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Establishment of Stock Unit Account
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Stock Unit Account. In the case of cash deferrals, the account will be credited with the number of shares of Common Stock that the amount deferred could have purchased at the Fair Market Value on the date the Non-Employee Director’s cash compensation is payable. In the case of a credit to the Stock Unit Account in lieu of the grant of Restricted Stock described in Section 4(a) or 4(d), the account will be credited with the number of shares of Common Stock otherwise applicable to the grant of Restricted Stock subject to the same vesting conditions otherwise applicable to such Restricted Stock. Thereafter, any dividends earned will be treated as if those dividends had been invested in additional shares of Common Stock at the Fair Market Value on the date the dividend is payable. Vested amounts credited to the Stock Unit Account shall be distributed in shares of Common Stock either in a single payment or in substantially equal annual installments (over a period not to exceed 15 years), as specified by the Non-Employee Director on the deferral election form. Any fractional shares will be paid in cash. If a Non-Employee Director fails to specify the manner in which the Stock Unit Account shall be distributed, then it shall be distributed in a single payment.

Common Stock Unit Account.Common Stock Unit Account” means the bookkeeping subaccount established and maintained under this Plan and which is credited with units equivalent to shares of Common Stock that are paid in shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 5(b), and which is maintained solely to calculate amounts payable to each Participant under this Plan and shall not constitute a separate fund of assets.

Common Stock Unit Account. The Participant’s Common Stock Unit Account shall be credited with units equivalent to shares of Common Stock equal to the number of full and fractional shares (to the nearest thousandths) which could have been purchased with the portion of Deferred Compensation a Participant has elected to allocate to the Common Stock Unit Account on each Initial Allocation Date based on the Fair Market Value of such Common Stock on such Allocation Date. There will be credited to each Participant’s Common Stock Unit Account amounts equal to the cash dividends, and other distributions, paid on shares of issued and outstanding Common Stock represented by the Participant’s Common Stock Unit Account which the Participant would have received had he or she been a record owner of shares of Common Stock equal to the amount of Common Stock based upon the units equivalent to the Common Stock credited to his or her Common Stock Unit Account at the time of payment of such cash dividends or other distributions. The Participant’s Common Stock Unit Account shall be credited with a quantity of units equivalent to shares of Common Stock and fractions thereof (to the nearest thousandths) that could have been purchased with the dividends or other distributions based on the Fair Market Value of Common Stock on each Dividend Allocation Date. A Participant shall have no voting or any other rights as a shareholder of the Company with respect any Common Stock in the Trust. A Participant’s future right to receive shares of Common Stock under this Plan shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company. Upon, but not prior to, distribution of the Common Stock Unit Accounts in the form of shares of Common Stock to a Participant (in accordance with Section 7 hereof), a Participant shall have all of the rights of a shareholder of the Company.

The Company shall establish and maintain, as appropriate, separate unfunded Stock Unit Accounts for each Director who has elected that any portion of his or her Deferred Cash Compensation be credited to a Stock Unit Account.

Stock Unit Agreement. Each grant of Stock Units under the Plan shall be evidenced by a Stock Unit Agreement between the recipient and the Company. Stock Units shall be subject to all applicable terms of the Plan and may be subject to any other terms that are not inconsistent with the Plan. The provisions of the various Stock Unit Agreements entered into under the Plan need not be identical. Stock Units may be granted in consideration of a reduction in the Participant’s other compensation.

Restricted Stock Unit. An Award, designated as a Restricted Stock Unit under the Plan, that represents the right to receive Company Stock and/or cash in lieu thereof upon the terms and subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 7 and which, unless otherwise expressly provided, is valued by reference to the Fair Market Value of a share of Company Stock.

Restricted Stock Unit. On the First Trading Day, each Eligible Director shall automatically be granted a Restricted Stock Unit Award with a fair market value (computed as of the date of grant in accordance with applicable financial accounting rules) equal to $75,000 (the “Annual Restricted Stock Unit Grant”). The number of shares subject to the Annual Restricted Stock Unit Grant shall be determined using the closing price of the Common Stock on the grant date, and rounding this number to the nearest integer multiple of one hundred (100) shares. With respect to an individual who becomes an Eligible Director during a calendar year after the First Trading Day, such Eligible Director’s Annual Restricted Stock Unit Grant for that year shall have a fair market value obtained by multiplying $75,000 by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of whole calendar months remaining in the calendar year and the denominator of which is twelve. Such prorated grant shall be made upon the first trading day of the calendar month, within the Company’s open trading window, following the date such individual becomes an Eligible Director, with the number of shares determined using the closing price of the Common Stock on the grant date, and rounding this number to the nearest integer multiple of one hundred (100) shares.

Deferred Stock Unit Award. The Company hereby grants to Holder an aggregate of ​ Deferred Stock Units (“Award DSUs”) on the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan and supplemented in this Award, including, without limitation, the restrictions more specifically set forth in Sections 2 and 5 below. Such Award DSUs shall be credited to Holder’s account. The Award DSUs shall be adjusted from time to time as provided in the Plan.

Restricted Stock Unit Award. The Company hereby grants to Holder an aggregate of ​ RSUs (“Award RSUs”) on the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan and supplemented in this Award, including, without limitation, the restrictions more specifically set forth in Section 2 herein.

Restricted Stock Unit Award. The Committee is authorized to grant Restricted Stock Unit Awards to any Eligible Person on the following terms and conditions:

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