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Forfeiture or Termination of Awards or Stock. If all or any portion of an Award granted hereunder is forfeited or otherwise terminates or expires without the delivery of Stock, then the Stock that is subject to or reserved for the portion of the Award that is forfeited, terminated or expired shall again be available for issuance in connection with future Awards under the Plan as set forth in Section 3(a), except to the extent the Participant who had been awarded such forfeited, expired or terminated Award (or portion thereof) has theretofore received a benefit of ownership with respect to the Stock covered by such Award (or portion thereof). For purposes hereof, # a Participant shall not be deemed to have received a benefit of ownership with respect to an Award by the exercise of voting rights or the accumulation of dividends, other distributions or Dividend Equivalents which are not realized due to the expiration, forfeiture or termination of all or a portion of the related Award without delivery of such amounts to the Participant, and # a Participant shall be deemed to have received a benefit of ownership with respect to any shares of Stock withheld to pay an Option Exercise Price or strike price/base value or to satisfy any applicable tax withholding obligations in connection with an exercise, vesting or distribution of all or any portion of an Award. The number of shares of Stock available for grant under the Plan shall not be reduced by shares subject to Awards granted upon the assumption of or in substitution for awards granted by a business or entity that is merged into or acquired by (or whose assets are acquired by) the Company.

Forfeiture or Termination of Awards or Stock. If all or any portion of an Award granted hereunder is forfeited or otherwise terminates or expires without the delivery of Stock, then the Stock that is subject to or reserved for the portion of the Award that is forfeited, terminated or expired shall again be available for issuance in connection with future Awards under the Plan as set forth in Section 3(a), except to the extent the Participant who had been awarded such forfeited, expired or terminated Award (or portion thereof) has theretofore received a benefit of ownership with respect to the Stock covered by such Award (or portion thereof). For purposes hereof, # a Participant shall not be deemed to have received a benefit of ownership with respect to an Award by the exercise of voting rights or the accumulation of dividends, other distributions or Dividend Equivalents which are not realized due to the expiration, forfeiture or termination of the related Award without delivery of such Stock to the Participant, and # a Participant shall be deemed to have received a benefit of ownership with respect to any shares of Stock withheld to pay an Option Exercise Price or strike price/base value or to satisfy applicable Taxes in connection with an exercise or vesting of all or any portion of an Award. The number of shares of Stock available for grant under the Plan shall not be reduced by shares subject to Awards granted upon the assumption of or in substitution for awards granted by a business or entity that is merged into or acquired by (or whose assets are acquired by) the Company.

To the extent any shares of Stock covered by an Award are not delivered to a Participant or beneficiary thereof because the Award expires, is forfeited, lapses without exercise, canceled or otherwise terminated, or any shares of Restricted Stock (as defined in Section 9) are forfeited, such shares shall not be deemed to have been delivered for purposes of determining the maximum number of shares of Stock available for delivery under the Plan with respect to, and shall be available for, future grants of Awards. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, shares of stock used to pay the exercise price or withholding taxes related to an outstanding Award shall be treated as issued under the Plan and may not again be made available for issuance as Awards under the Plan. Any Stock Appreciation Right awarded under the Plan will count as granted and not as settled if settled in Stock.

If, after the effective date of the Plan, # any Shares covered by an Award or Stock Unit Account, or to which such an Award relates, are forfeited, or # if an Award or Account expires or is cancelled or is otherwise terminated without the delivery of Shares, then such Shares, to the extent of any such forfeiture, expiration, cancellation, or termination, shall again be, or shall become, available for issuance under the Plan. For purposes of this Section, awards and options granted under any previous director compensation plan of the Company shall be treated as Awards, and accounts established under any such plan shall be treated as Accounts. For the avoidance of doubt, the number of Shares available for issuance under the Plan shall not be increased by: # the withholding of Shares as a result of the net settlement of an outstanding Option; # the delivery of Shares to pay the exercise price or withholding taxes relating to an Award; or # the repurchase of Shares on the open market using the proceeds of an Option’s exercise.

Any shares of Company Stock subject to an Award that is canceled, forfeited or expires prior to exercise, vesting or settlement, either in full or in part, shall again become available for issuance under the Plan; provided that shares subject to an Award shall not again be made available for issuance or delivery under the Plan if such shares are tendered or withheld in payment of an Option exercise price or to satisfy any amount of tax withholding with respect to the Award.

Availability of Shares Not Issued under Awards. Shares of Stock subject to an Award under this Plan that expires or is canceled, forfeited, settled in cash or otherwise terminated without an issuance of shares to the Participant, including # shares forfeited with respect to Restricted Stock and # the number of shares withheld or surrendered in payment of any exercise or purchase price of an Award or taxes relating to Awards, in each case, will again be available for Awards under this Plan, except that if any such shares could not again be available for Awards to a particular Participant under any applicable law or regulation, such shares shall be available exclusively for Awards to Participants who are not subject to such limitation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, or other Award for which a Participant pays (or the value or amount payable under the Award is reduced by) an amount equal to or exceeding the Fair Market Value of the Stock determined as of the date of grant, the following shares will not, in each case, be available for future Awards under the Plan: # shares tendered or withheld in payment of any exercise or purchase price of such Award or taxes relating to such Award, # shares that were subject to such Award that was exercised, or # shares repurchased on the open market with the proceeds of such Award’s exercise price. If an Award may be settled only in cash, such Award need not be counted against any of the share limits under this Section 4 but will remain subject to the limitations in Section 5 to the extent required to preserve the status of any Award intended to be a [Section 162(m)] Award.

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