4.1Timing of Elections: Generally. All elections shall be made on the form, in the manner and within the time period prescribed by the Company. A Director may make a
separate election with respect to each Deferral Year (or applicable calendar year). Unless a new election is made for a Deferral Year (or applicable calendar year), a Director’s election shall carry over from Deferral Year (or applicable calendar year) to Deferral Year (or applicable calendar year).
4.2Timing of Elections: Annual Retainer.
(a)During the election window provided by the Company each year (which must end no later than December 31) (the 「Election Window」), a Director may elect to receive his or her Annual Retainer payable to the Director with respect to the Deferral Year that commences in the following calendar year in one of the following forms: (i) a Cash Retainer, paid in four, equal installments following each quarter of service during the Deferral Year, (ii) an Equity Retainer granted concurrently with the corresponding Annual Equity Grant made during the calendar year in which the Deferral Year commences and with the number of RSUs subject to such Equity Retainer determined based on the amount of his or her Annual Retainer in the same manner that the number of RSUs subject to the Annual Equity Grant is determined based on the target value for the Annual Equity Grant set forth in the Director Compensation Policy, or (iii) a combination of Cash Retainer and Equity Retainer, with the allocation between the Equity Retainer and the Cash Retainer determined by the Director and with the number of RSUs subject to the portion of the Director’s Annual Retainer that the Director has allocated to the Equity Retainer being determined in the same manner that the number of RSUs subject to the Annual Equity Grant is determined under the Director Compensation Policy, taking into account the applicable percentage of the target value of his or her Annual Retainer that the Director has allocated to the Equity Retainer. In the event that a Director does not make an affirmative and timely election on the form of payment of the Annual Retainer with respect to a Deferral Year, the Director shall be deemed to have elected the Cash Retainer for such Deferral Year. Further, any Annual Board Chair Retainer, Annual Committee Chair Retainers and/or Annual Member Retainers that become determined as to a Director after the time of an Annual Equity Grant to such Director shall be payable in cash notwithstanding any contrary election by such Director. Any election made under this Sub-Plan shall be irrevocable as of the end of the Election Window, or such December 31, as specified by the Company.
(b)如果個人在公司的年度股東大會之外被選舉或任命爲董事,那麼該個人可以選擇在該選舉或任命生效日期之前,以以下形式之一收取年度津貼:(i) 在推遲年度期間的每個服務季度結束時支付的現金津貼,最多可分爲四期相等的分期付款 (ii) 以股權形式作爲年度股權授予同時授予的權益津貼,在推遲年度開始的日曆年內,根據他/她的年度津貼金額確定權益津貼部分的RSU數量,方式與根據年度股權授予的目標價值確定的RSU數量的方式相同 (iii) 現金津貼和股權津貼的組合,由董事確定股權津貼和現金津貼之間的分配比例,以及根據董事以這種方式分配給股權津貼的年度津貼部分的RSU數量確定RSU數量,方法與根據董事薪酬政策確定年度股權授予的RSU數量的方式相同,並將董事分配給股權津貼的年度津貼目標價值的適用百分比考慮在內。 如果董事未及時肯定並選擇推遲年度的年度津貼支付形式,則視爲董事選擇現金津貼作爲該推遲年度的年度津貼。 此選擇應在個人成爲董事之前立即生效且不可撤銷。