Payment of the Option Price for the shares of Stock purchased pursuant to the exercise of an Option shall be made in cash or in cash equivalents acceptable to the Company.

Payment. At the time of exercise of an Option, payment in full, or adequate provision therefore, in cash or in Shares or any combination thereof, at the option of the Participant, shall be made for all Shares then being purchased.

Payment for any shares of Stock purchased upon exercise of the Option shall be made in full at the time of exercise. Such payment must be made in cash.

Payment for Shares. Payment for shares purchased upon exercise of this Option shall be made in full at the time of exercise of the Option. No loan shall be made or guaranteed by the Company for the purpose of financing the purchase of any optioned shares. Payment of the Option Price shall be made in cash or may be made by delivering Common Stock of the Company having a fair market value at least equal to the Option Price, or a combination of Common Stock and cash. Such fair market value shall be determined by the closing price of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the date on which this Option is exercised or, if no sale of the Common Stock shall have been made on the Exchange on that day, then on the next following day for which there is a reported sale.

A condition of the issuance of the Shares as to which an Option shall be exercised shall be the payment of the Option Price. The Option Price of any Option shall be payable to the Company in full either: # in cash or its equivalent; # by tendering (either by actual delivery or attestation) previously acquired Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value at the time of exercise equal to the Option Price (provided that the Shares that are tendered must have been held by the Participant for at least six (6) months prior to their tender to satisfy the Option Price or have been purchased on the open market); # by a combination of (a) and (b); or # any other method approved or accepted by the Compensation Committee in its sole discretion.

The Option Price upon exercise of any Option shall be payable to the Company in full either: # in cash or its equivalent, or # by tendering previously acquired Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value at the time of exercise equal to the total Option Price (provided that the Shares that are tendered must have been held by the Participant for at least six (6) months prior to their tender to satisfy the Option Price), or # by a combination of (a) and (b).

Payment for Shares. The exercise price of the Shares with respect to which an Option is exercised shall be payable at the time of exercise in accordance with procedures established by the Company. The exercise price of any Option may be paid in cash or, to the extent allowed by the Committee, an irrevocable commitment by a broker to pay over such amount from a sale of the Shares issuable under an Option, the delivery (either physically or by attestation) of previously owned Shares, or a combination thereof or any other method approved by the Committee.