Negative Discretion. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 9, the Committee retains the discretion to reduce the amount of any Long-Term Incentive Bonus, including a reduction of such amount to zero. By way of illustration, and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Committee may, in its discretion, determine # not to grant a pro-rated Award Opportunity pursuant to Section 9.A above, # not to adjust an outstanding Award Opportunity pursuant to Section 9.B above, # to grant a pro-rated Award Opportunity in a smaller amount than would otherwise be provided by Section 9.A above, or # to adjust an outstanding Award Opportunity to produce a smaller Long-Term Incentive Award than would otherwise be provided by Section 9.B above.