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Equity Grants
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Equity Grants. Senior Management will recommend to the Company’s Board of Directors or its Committee after commencement of Executive’s employment that Executive receive a grant of options to purchase with respect to 180,000 shares of ’s Common Stock, and a grant of 60,000 Restricted Stock Units. Such grants will be subject to vesting conditions (time-based, performance-based, and/or other conditions) and other conditions and terms as determined in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors and/or its Committee, and further subject to applicable policies then in effect or implemented thereafter. Any grant will be subject to the approval of the Board of Directors or its Committee. Any grant will be priced in accordance with Company’s equity incentive plan and Company’s policies governing equity awards. Thereafter Executive will be eligible to participate in future grants in amounts commensurate with her position, at intervals consistent with similarly situated executives, all subject to recommendation by Senior Management and approval by the Board of Directors or its Committee, in all such cases in their respective sole discretion.

Quarterly Equity Grants. Effective for service on or after October 1, 2008, to be granted beginning on January 1, 2009, and on the first day of each succeeding calendar quarter (or April 10, 2023 in respect of the partial calendar quarter ending on April 9, 2023), and ending on April 1, 2023 (in respect of the calendar quarter ending on March 31, 2023) and April 10, 2023 (in respect of the partial calendar quarter ending on April 9, 2023), each Outside Director who is then a member of the Board of Directors and served as a member of the Board for any portion of the calendar quarter ended immediately prior to such day, will be granted the number of Restricted Stock Units that will be equal to the applicable Equity Grant Amount (or the pro-rata amount based on the number of days of service in the quarter if the Outside Director did not serve the whole quarter) divided by the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock for such grant date, or if the primary exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading is not open for trading on such date, the grant date shall be the next following trading date. For the last quarterly grant with respect to the last quarter of Board service, any fractional amount of the applicable Equity Grant Amount (or the pro-rata amount based on the number of days of service in the quarter if the Outside Director did not serve the whole quarter) that is not utilized in converting the grant into whole Restricted Stock Units when added to any outstanding fractional Restricted Stock Unit shall be cancelled. Effective for quarterly grants made in respect of service on or after October 1, 2010, the Restricted Stock Units are further restricted by only ratably vesting over three years, subject to accelerated full vesting upon becoming a Retired Outside Director.

Annual Equity Grants. Each fiscal year of the Company, with respect to each Executive Participant other than the CEO, # 33% of the Participant’s Aggregate Target Value shall be granted as an annual award (the “Annual LTIP RSU Award”) in the form of restricted stock units with time-based vesting requirements, paid out in shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “LTIP RSUs”), # 33% of the Participant’s Aggregate Target Value shall be granted as an annual award (the “Annual LTIP PSU Award”) in the form of restricted stock units with performance-based vesting requirements, paid out in shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “LTIP PSUs”), and # 33% of the Participant’s Aggregate Target Value shall be granted as an annual award (the “Annual LTIP Option Award”) in the form of nonqualified stock options with time-based vesting requirements (“LTIP Options”). Each fiscal year of the Company, with respect to the CEO, # 25% of the CEO’s Aggregate Target Value shall be granted as an Annual LTIP RSU Award in the form of LTIP RSUs, # 50% of the CEO’s Aggregate Target Value shall be granted as an Annual LTIP PSU Award in the form of LTIP PSUs, and # 25% of the CEO’s Aggregate Target Value shall be granted as an Annual LTIP Option Award in the form of LTIP Options. Each fiscal year of the Company, with respect to each Other Participant, 100% of the Participant’s Aggregate Target Value shall be granted as an Annual LTIP RSU Award in the form of LTIP RSUs.

Equity Grants; Vacation Accrual. Employee shall not be entitled to receive awards after the Effective Date under any of the Company’s equity incentive plans, nor shall Employee be eligible to receive an annual incentive or any other bonus of any kind. Outstanding equity-based awards granted to Employee prior to the Effective Date shall continue to vest in accordance with their respective terms until the Termination Date. Employee acknowledges that he is currently entitled to vest up to 9,846 shares in June 2016, provided that Employee remains employed by the Company. Employee further acknowledges that outstanding equity-based awards scheduled to vest following the Termination Date shall be forfeited, including 15,018 unvested shares, which are not scheduled to vest in their entirety until June 2019. In addition, Employee shall not accrue any vacation or paid time off during the Term of this Agreement.

Grants. The Committee may in its discretion grant Share Appreciation Rights to any Eligible Person pursuant to Award Agreements, in any of the following forms:

Grants. The Committee may in its sole discretion grant restricted shares (“Restricted Shares”) to any Eligible Person and shall evidence such grant in an Award Agreement that is delivered to the Participant and that sets forth the number of Restricted Shares, the purchase price for such Restricted Shares (if any), and the terms upon which the Restricted Shares may become vested. In addition, the Company may in its discretion grant to any Eligible Person the right to receive Shares after certain vesting requirements are met (“Restricted Share Units”), and shall evidence such grant in an Award Agreement that is delivered to the Participant and that sets forth the number of Shares (or formula, that may be based on future performance or conditions, for determining the number of Shares) that the Participant shall be entitled to receive upon vesting and the terms upon which the Shares subject to a Restricted Share Unit may become vested. The Committee may condition any Award of Restricted Shares or Restricted Share Units to a Participant on receiving from the Participant such further assurances and documents as the Committee may require to enforce the restrictions. In addition, the Committee may grant Awards hereunder in the form of unrestricted shares (“Unrestricted Shares”), which shall vest in full upon the date of grant or such other date as the Committee may determine or which the Committee may issue pursuant to any program under which one or more Eligible Persons (selected by the Committee in its sole discretion) elect to pay for such Shares or to receive Unrestricted Shares in lieu of cash bonuses that would otherwise be paid.

Grants. The Committee may grant # a Stock Appreciation Right independent of an Option or # a Stock Appreciation Right in connection with an Option, or a portion thereof. A Stock Appreciation Right granted pursuant to clause (ii) of the preceding sentence # may be granted at the time the related Option is granted or at any time prior to the exercise or cancellation of the related Option, # shall cover the same number of Shares covered by an Option (or such lesser number of Shares as the Committee may determine) and # shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as such Option except for such additional limitations as are contemplated by this Section 7 (or such additional limitations as may be included in an Award agreement).

Grants. The Committee may grant stock options alone or in addition to other Awards granted under the Plan to any Participant. Each person so selected shall be offered an option to purchase the number of Shares determined by the Committee. The Committee shall specify whether such option is an Incentive Stock Option or Nonqualified Stock Option and any other terms and conditions relating to such Award, including whether the option is exercisable for Restricted Stock rather than unrestricted Shares. Each such person so selected shall have a reasonable period of time within which to accept or reject the offered option. Failure to accept within the period so fixed by the Committee may be treated as a rejection. Each person who accepts an option shall enter into a written agreement with the Company, in such form as the Committee may prescribe, setting forth the terms and conditions of the option (including the extent to which the option is an Incentive Stock Option or Nonqualified Stock Option), consistent with the provisions of the Plan.

Grants. The Committee may grant Awards of Restricted Stock for no cash consideration, for such minimum consideration as may be required by applicable law, or for such other consideration as may be specified by the grant. The terms and conditions of the Restricted Stock shall be specified by the grant agreement. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may specify any particular rights which the person to whom an Award of Restricted Stock is made shall have in the Restricted Stock during the restriction period and the restrictions applicable to the particular Award, the vesting schedule (which may be based on service, performance or other factors) and rights to acceleration of vesting (including, without limitation, whether non-vested Shares are forfeited or vested upon termination of employment or service). Further, the Committee may award performance-based Restricted Stock by conditioning the grant or vesting or such other factors, such as the release, expiration or lapse of restrictions upon any such Award (including the acceleration of any such conditions or terms) of such Restricted Stock, upon the attainment of specified performance goals or such other factors as the Committee may determine. The Committee shall also determine when the restrictions shall lapse or expire and the conditions, if any, under which the Restricted Stock will be forfeited or sold back to the Company. Each Award of Restricted Stock may have different restrictions and conditions. The Committee, in its discretion, may prospectively change the restriction period and the restrictions applicable to any particular Award of Restricted Stock. Unless otherwise set forth in the Plan, Restricted Stock may not be disposed of by the recipient until the restrictions specified in the Award expire.

Automatic Grants. The Awards to be made pursuant to the Automatic Grant Program shall be as follows:

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