Change of Control. If the Participant has in effect an employment, retention, change of control, severance or similar agreement with the Company or any Affiliate or is subject to a policy that discusses the effect of a Change of Control on the Participant’s Awards, then such agreement or policy shall control. In all other cases, unless provided otherwise in an Award agreement or by the Committee prior to the date of the Change of Control, in the event of a Change of Control:

Effect of Change in Control. Except as otherwise provided in a Participant’s Award Agreement or pursuant to Section 4(e) hereof, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, unless otherwise specifically prohibited under applicable laws, or by the rules and regulations of any governing governmental agencies or national securities exchanges:

In the event that there occurs a Change in Control, if the Participant’s employment with the Company, its Affiliates, or any Successor Corporation or parent or subsidiary of such successor corporation terminates in an event constituting an “Involuntary Termination” during the two-year period following the Change in Control, the following shall apply to Participant’s Awards (including Awards assumed or substituted by a Successor Corporation) upon such Involuntary Termination, unless otherwise provided by the Committee in the Award Agreement:

Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control, each Participant shall have the rights set forth in his individual Award agreement or such other rights as may be determined by the incumbent Board, in its sole discretion, prior to the Change in Control.

Change of Control. Except as provided in an applicable Award Agreement, upon a Change of Control of the Company, all Awards made in accordance with the Plan that were made prior to such Change of Control shall be effected as follows:

Change in Control. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3(a), in the event of a Change in Control, if the Awards are not assumed or replaced with awards of substantially equal value by the acquiring entity in such a Change in Control and/or cease to remain outstanding immediately following the Change in Control, all of the Retention Stock Units subject to a Participant’s Award will become fully vested as of the date immediately following such Change in Control, provided the Participant has remained continuously employed by the Company or a Related Company through such date. After a Change in Control, references to the “Company” as they relate to the Award shall refer to the successor entity.

Change in Control. In order to preserve a Participant’s rights under an Award in the event of a change in control of the Company (as defined by the Committee), the Committee in its discretion may, at the time an Award is made or at any time thereafter, take such actions, including without limitation one or more of the following: # providing for the acceleration of any time period relating to the exercise or payment of the Award, # providing for payment to the Participant of cash or other property with a Fair Market Value equal to the amount that would have been received upon the exercise or payment of the Award had the Award been exercised or paid upon the change in control, whereupon the Award shall terminate, # adjusting the terms of the Award in a manner determined by the Committee to reflect the change in control, or # causing the Award to be assumed, or new rights substituted therefor, by another entity, as the Committee may consider equitable to Participants and in the best interests of the Company.

“Change of Control” shall mean what the term is defined to mean in an Award Agreement between a Participant and the Company or, in the absence of any such definition, any of the following events for Awards granted under the Plan: