No Special Employment Rights; No Rights to Awards. Nothing contained in the Plan or this Agreement shall be construed or deemed by any person under any circumstances to bind any member of the Corporation Group to continue your employment for the vesting period or for any other period, to create a right to employment with the Corporation, to form or amend an employment or service contract with the Corporation or to interfere in any way with any right of a member of the Corporation Group to terminate your employment at any time. You hereby acknowledge and agree that # the Plan is established voluntarily by the Corporation, is discretionary in nature and may be modified, amended, or terminated by the Corporation at any time, as provided in the Plan, # your participation in the Plan is voluntary and you are voluntarily accepting the grant of RSUs, # the RSUs and the shares of Common Stock subject to the RSUs, and the income and value of same, do not constitute part of your normal or expected compensation or salary for any purposes, including, but not limited to, calculating any severance, resignation, termination indemnities, redundancy, dismissal, end-of-service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, pension or retirement benefits or welfare benefits or similar payments, and in no event should be considered as compensation for, or in any way relating to, past services to the Corporation Group, # the RSUs and shares of Common Stock subject to the RSUs, and the income and value of same, are not intended to replace any pension rights or compensation, # the grant of the RSUs is exceptional, voluntary and occasional and does not create any contractual or other right to receive future grants of RSUs, or benefits in lieu of RSUs, even if RSUs have been granted in the past, # unless otherwise agreed with the Corporation, the RSUs and the shares of Common Stock subject to the RSUs, and the income and value of same, are not granted as consideration, or in connection with, the service you may provide as a director of a subsidiary of the Corporation, # the future value of the underlying shares of Common Stock is unknown, indeterminable and cannot be predicted with certainty, # no claim or entitlement to compensation or damages shall arise from forfeiture or recoupment of the RSU resulting from the termination of your Employment or other service relationship (regardless of the reason for such termination and whether or not later found to be invalid or in breach of employment laws in the jurisdiction where you are employed or the terms of your employment agreement, if any), # you shall seek all necessary approvals under, make all required notifications under, and comply with all laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the ownership of the RSUs and, if applicable, shares of Common Stock, including currency and exchange laws, rules, and regulations, # neither the Corporation nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates shall be liable for any foreign exchange rate fluctuation between your local currency and the US dollar that may affect the value of the RSUs or of any amounts due to you pursuant to settlement of the RSUs or the subsequent sale of any shares of Common Stock acquired upon settlement, # the determination of the form of any award granted under the Plan is made by the Committee in its sole discretion and # the Corporation is not providing any tax, legal, or financial advice, nor is the Corporation making any recommendations regarding your participation in the Plan, or your acquisition or sale of the underlying shares of Common Stock, you should consult your own personal tax, legal and financial advisors regarding your participation in the Plan before taking any action related to the RSUs.
You understand that the Corporation has unilaterally, gratuitously and in its sole discretion decided to grant any RSUs under the Plan to individuals who may be employees of the Corporation Group throughout the world. The decision is a limited decision, which is entered into upon the express assumption and condition that the RSU granted will not economically or otherwise bind the Corporation or any of its affiliates on an ongoing basis, other than as expressly set forth in the Agreement, including this Appendix A. Consequently, you understand that the RSUs granted hereunder are given on the assumption and condition that they shall not become a part of any employment contract (either with the Corporation or any of its affiliates) and shall not be considered a mandatory benefit, salary for any purposes (including severance compensation) or any other right whatsoever. Further, you understand and freely accept that there is no guarantee that any benefit whatsoever shall arise from any gratuitous and discretionary grant of RSUs since the future value of the RSUs and the underlying shares of Common Stock is unknown and unpredictable. In addition, you understand that any RSUs granted hereunder would not be made but for the assumptions and conditions referred to above; thus, you understand, acknowledge and freely accept that, should any or all of the assumptions be mistaken or should any of the conditions not be met for any reason, then any grant of RSUs or right to RSUs shall be null and void.
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