The parties acknowledge and agree that, to the extent applicable, this Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder, including without limitation any such regulations or other guidance that may be issued after the date hereof. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that the Employer determines that any amounts payable hereunder will be immediately taxable to the Employee under Section 409A of the Code and related Department of Treasury guidance, the Employer may # adopt such amendments to this Agreement and appropriate policies and procedures, including amendments and policies with retroactive effect, that the Employer determines necessary or appropriate to preserve the intended tax treatment of the benefits provided by this Agreement and/or # take such other actions as the Employer determines necessary or appropriate to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and related Department of Treasury guidance, including such Department of Treasury guidance and other interpretive materials as may be issued after the date hereof.

Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules. Notwithstanding anything herein or in the Plan to the contrary, the DSUs granted pursuant to this Agreement are intended to be compliant with the applicable requirements of Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules and shall be limited, construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent. If the Participant is deemed to be a “specified employee” within the meaning of the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules, as determined by the Committee, at a time when the Participant becomes eligible for settlement of the DSUs upon his “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, then to the extent necessary to prevent any accelerated or additional tax under the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules, such settlement will be delayed until the earlier of: # the date that is six months following the Participant’s separation from service and # the Participant’s death. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and its Affiliates make no representations that the DSUs provided under this Agreement are exempt from or compliant with the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules and in no event shall the Company or any Affiliate be liable for all or any portion of any taxes, penalties, interest or other expenses that may be incurred by the Participant on account of non-compliance with the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Rules.

Incentive and Deferred Compensation. Executive shall be eligible to participate in all incentive and deferred compensation programs available this executive position, executives or officers of [[the Company:Organization]]. Such participation to be in similar form, under similar terms for each specified executive level, and to the same extent that such programs are made available to other such executives for each executive position or officers.

Other Deferrals. An Employer may award an Eligible Employee a right to deferred compensation from time to time; for example, in a recruitment letter agreement. Any such award shall identify in writing the objectively determinable amount of the award and the Type of the Account to which such deferred compensation is credited. Such a written instrument shall be adopted no later than the time the Participant first obtains a legally binding right to payment of an amount that is or will be credited to such an Account.

Payment Upon Death. Within a reasonable period of time following the death of a Participant, the amount credited to the Participant's Deferred Compensation Account and the Shares credited to the Participant's Share Account shall be paid by the Company in a lump sum to the Participant's Beneficiary. For purposes of this [subsection 8.3], the amount credited to the Participant's Deferred Compensation Account and the number of Shares credited to the Participant's Share Account shall be determined as of the later of the date of death or the last Business Day of the month prior to the month in which the payment occurs.

Deductions and Withholdings, Payment of Deferred Compensation. All amounts payable under this Agreement shall be paid less deductions and income and payroll tax withholdings as may be required under applicable law and any benefits and perquisites provided to you under this Agreement shall be taxable to you as may be required under applicable law.

Time of Payment. The Company’s obligation to make the payments provided for in Section 3(b)(i) and (ii) shall be subject to your execution of a release, in the form attached as Exhibit A, which you have not revoked, such actions to be completed by the end of any applicable revocation period. If and only if such release has become legally effective, on the business day immediately following the 52nd day after your Date of Termination, the Company shall pay the amount specified in Section 3(b)(i) and (ii) in a lump sum. For purposes of compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, the payments under Section 3(b)(i) and (ii) shall each be deemed to be separate payments, and it is intended that the payment under Section 3(b)(i) and (ii) (and any related payment under Section 3(c)) in each case shall be deemed first to be a short-term deferral under Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(b)(4), and the payment under Section 3(b)(i) then shall be deemed to be separation pay excluded from being a deferral of compensation to the extent provided under Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii). If, however, # for any reason all or any portion of the payment under Section 3(b)(i) or the payment under Section 3(b)(ii), is deemed to be a non-excluded deferral of compensation under Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(b) payable based upon your Termination, and # any of the Company’s stock is publicly traded on an established securities market or otherwise, and # at the Date of Termination you are a “key employee” (as defined in Code Section 416(i) without regard to paragraph # thereof), then the affected portion of such payment shall be made on the first business day that is on or after the date that is six months after the date of your separation from service. Likewise, if any other payment or benefit under this Agreement would be subject to a tax penalty under Code Section 409A, such payment or benefit will be payable to you only at the date specified in the preceding sentence if such delay would avoid such tax penalty to you. You shall not be entitled to exercise any influence on the time of any payment payable hereunder, including in any case in which the permitted payment period would include portions of two different tax years.

Time of Payment. Subject to the provisions of any separate written deferred compensation plan or agreement that may be applicable to a Participant, any Annual Awards awarded by the Committee under the Plan shall be paid as soon as practicable following the Committee’s determinations under this Section 4 and the certification of the Committee’s findings under [Section 4.7], but in no event later than March 15 of the Year following the Year in which the Performance Period ends. Any such payment shall be in such form on such payment date as the Committee may approve or require, subject to applicable tax withholding requirements (as provided in [Section 4.9]).

Commencement of Benefits – Unless the participant elects otherwise, distribution of benefits shall begin no later than the 60th day after the latest of the close of the plan year in which:

Time of Payment. The Participant may elect among the distribution commencement times described in this section; provided that: # SPP Benefit Transfer Credits determined pursuant to Appendix A, Section A-4.3 will be distributed as provided in [Section 6.2.5(b), and (z)])] SPP Benefit Transfer Credits, other than those pursuant to Appendix A, Section A-4.3, as well as unvested ESBP Benefit Transfer Credits may not be distributed on a fixed payment date as described in paragraph (c).