(e)Committee Discretion to Accelerate Vesting. In addition to the foregoing, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate vesting of the PSUs at any time and for any reason.
(f)Forfeiture. Subject to the terms of this Section 3, all unvested PSUs (taking into account any vesting that may occur upon the Participant’s termination of Service in accordance with Section 3 hereof) shall be immediately forfeited upon the Participant’s termination of Service for any reason.
4.Delivery of Shares.
(a)General. Subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, on the Determination Date (and no later than the 15th day of the third month following the end of the Performance Period), the Participant shall receive the number of Shares that correspond to the number of Earned PSUs, less any shares withheld by the Company for tax withholding purposes; provided, that, a Participant who (i) is a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A) on the date his or her “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A) and (ii) who continues to vest due to Retirement pursuant to Section 3(c), shall have settlement under
this Section 4(a) delayed to the date that is the first day of the seventh month following Participant’s separation from service, to the extent required by Section 409A.
(b)Release. The receipt of Shares subject to the Earned PSUs that are eligible to vest pursuant to Section 3(b), (c) or (d) shall be subject to the execution and nonrevocation of a general release of claims in favor of the Company, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
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By signing below, the Participant hereby acknowledges receipt of the PSUs issued on the Grant Date indicated above, which have been issued under the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement.