Vesting. The Retention Incentive shall vest and be earned on the Retention Date provided Employee is still employed by Albany on such date and it has been determined, in Albany’s sole discretion, that Employee has substantially completed the transition of his duties. In the event that Albany terminates Employee’s employment prior to the Retention Date without Cause (as defined in paragraph 5), Albany shall be obligated to pay Employee the Retention Incentive upon termination; in the event Employee’s employment with Albany terminates prior to the Retention Date for any other reason, the Retention Incentive shall be forfeited and shall never vest.

Vesting. At the time of the grant of RSUs, the Committee may place restrictions on RSUs that shall lapse, in whole or in part, upon the passage of time. Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, upon the vesting of a RSU, there shall be delivered to the Grantee, within 30 days of the date on which such Award (or any portion thereof) vests, the number of shares of common stock equal to the number of RSUs becoming so vested.

Vesting. Unless an Award Agreement expressly provides otherwise, each Participant shall be 100% vested at all times in any Shares subject to Deferred Share Units.

Vesting The Participant's Supplemental Retirement Benefit is fully vested at all times

Vesting. The Option will vest and become exercisable in accordance with the schedule set forth above, subject to Section 3 of this Agreement.

Vesting. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 5 and 7 of this Agreement, on each of the dates set forth below (each a “Vesting Date”), subject to the Participant’s continued employment with the Company, the Participant will become vested in the below-stated percentage of the total number of RSUs granted with respect to this Award, until the Participant is 100% vested in the RSUs:

Vesting. This Option shall be exercisable as follows:

Vesting. Subject to Sections 3 and 8 below, the Performance RSUs shall vest in accordance with the performance-based and time-based vesting conditions, as applicable, set forth in Exhibit A. Notwithstanding provisions to the contrary and subject to the provisions of Section 7 below, the Company may cause such number of Performance RSUs to vest prior to the vesting dates and issuance of the Company’s common stock in satisfaction thereof to the extent necessary to satisfy any Tax-Related Items (as defined in Section 7 below) that may arise before the vesting dates.

Vesting. Except as otherwise provided in Section 4 hereof, the Performance RSUs subject to each Award Tranche shall vest on the Time-Based Vesting Date (as set forth in Section 2) corresponding to the applicable Award Tranche based # on the value that the Shares has appreciated over the corresponding Installment Performance Period and # the Participant’s continuous service as an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates through the corresponding Time-Based Vesting Date. The Share value appreciation/depreciation shall be calculated based on the difference between # the average of the mean of the high and low trading price of the Shares for each trading day as reported on the New York Stock Exchange for the 30 consecutive trading days commencing on the first trading day of the applicable Installment Performance Period, and # the average of the mean of the high and low trading price of the Shares for each trading day as reported on the New York Stock Exchange for the 30 consecutive trading days commencing on the date following the last day of the applicable Installment Performance Period. Any Performance RSUs subject to an Award Tranche that have not vested as of the corresponding Time-Based Vesting Date shall be forfeited.

Vesting. Stock Options or portions thereof, are exercisable at such time or times as determined by the Committee in its discretion at or after grant. The Committee may provide that a vesting schedule shall be specified in an Award Agreement. If the Committee provides that any Stock Option becomes Vested over a period of time or upon performance events, in full or in installments, the Committee may waive or accelerate such Vesting provisions at any time. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee in connection with the grant and set forth in the Award Agreement, all unvested Stock Options shall immediately vest upon the Death or Disability of the holder.