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Vesting of Units
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effective control of, or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of, the Company under Code Section 409A.

Vesting of Units. For purposes of this Agreement, “Vesting Date” means any date, including the Scheduled Vesting Date specified on the cover page of this Agreement, on which Units subject to this Agreement vest as provided in this Section 5.

Subject to the restrictions in clause 7 or the deferral of vesting in clause 8, the total number of RSUs granted under a particular Grant Instrument shall vest in accordance with the following schedule:

Number of Units Vesting. The number of Restricted Stock Units (if any) that vest in connection with the Award will be determined by application of the following formula:

Vesting of Restricted Units. Subject to the release requirement described in Section 5 of this Agreement, the Restricted Units (excluding dividend equivalents) shall vest in full on the third (3rd) anniversary of the Effective Date (such date, the “Vesting Date”), provided that Grantee complies with Section 15 of this Agreement and remains continuously and actively employed through the Vesting Date as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of or other executive officer that is a member of the Office of the Chief Executive and performs Grantee’s job duties in a satisfactory manner through the Vesting Date, as determined solely in the discretion of ’s Chief Executive Officer (“Vesting Criteria”). For purposes of this Section 3, Grantee shall no longer be considered a regular full-time employee of any System Company Employer on the date Grantee is no longer actively employed on a full-time basis with any System Company Employer on the date Grantee is no longer actively employed on a full-time basis with any System Company Employer for any reason, including without limitation because of Grantee’s resignation, retirement, death, separation from employment due to disability, involuntary termination of employment for any reason or no reason, or any other separation from full-time active employment with Grantee’s System Company Employer, except as otherwise required by law. If Grantee fails to meet the Vesting Criteria, then Grantee shall not vest in the Restricted Units, except as otherwise provided in Section 4 of this Agreement.

Vesting and Forfeiture of Units. The Units will vest at the earliest of the following times and to the degree specified. For purposes of this Agreement, use of the terms “employment” and “employed” refers to providing services to the Company and its Affiliates in the capacity of an Employee, Nonemployee Director or Third-Party Service Provider.

One-third of the Restricted Share Units (subject to such rounding conventions as maintained by the Company from time to time) shall vest on each of the Vesting Dates set forth above (each, a “Vesting Date”), provided that Grantee shall have remained in the continuous employment of the Company or a Subsidiary (“Continuous Service”) through the applicable Vesting Date.

Accelerated Vesting. The vesting of outstanding Units will be accelerated under the circumstances provided below:

If application of the above schedule on the first vesting date or the second vesting date would produce vesting in a fraction of a Restricted Stock Unit, then the number of Restricted Stock Units that become vested on that vesting date shall be rounded down to the next lower whole number of Restricted Stock Units, and the fractional Restricted Stock Unit shall be carried forward into the next Tranche of Restricted Stock Units.

Vesting Dates: Cumulative Units Vested:

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