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ALTERA 公司
2024股权激励计划
基于绩效的限制性股票单位协议
1.基于绩效的受限股票单位条款本基于绩效的受限股票单位协议,包括任何附表和附件(本基于绩效的受限股票单位协议及附件统称为“协议”),随附交付的基于绩效的受限股票单位授予通知书(或通过适用的授奖接受页面的网络门户随时生效)(“期权授予通知”)和 Altera Corporation 2024 年股权激励计划(该“2024年激励计划”),可能不时经修订,构成了您、特殊股份公司 Altra Corporation(下称“公司)您所在的公司或您为其提供服务的实体(如果不同于公司,则为“雇主”), regarding the Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units (“PSU”) identified in your Notice of Grant. The PSUs granted to you are effective as of the grant date set forth in the Notice of Grant (the “授予日期”)。如果本协议条款与2024年计划条款产生冲突,则2024年计划条款将优先。本协议或通知授予书中未明确定义但在2024年计划中定义的大写字母词语将具有2024年计划中相同的定义。
2.优先度如果您受2024计划的管理员指示接受本协议,并未在管理员在首次归属日期或授予日期后180天中指定的方式内执行,您通知授予中标识的PSU将被取消,除非公司依其唯一决定确定其他情况。
3.PSU 的归属。除非本协议第 6、7、8 和 9 节另有规定,但前提是您继续受雇于公司、公司任何子公司或英特尔在过渡日期之前,从授予通知中规定的授予日起至本协议所附基于绩效的归属计划中规定的每个归属日期,或持续向英特尔提供服务 附录 A,PSU将归属并转换为获得公司普通股数量的权利,面值为0.001美元(”普通股”),根据本文所附的基于绩效的归属时间表确定 附录 A,除非本协议另有规定。如果普通股在证券交易所或国家市场系统上交易(”交换”)且任何 PSU 的归属日期均为周末或该交易所未开放的任何其他日期,此类PSU将在本文所附的基于绩效的归属时间表中规定的归属日期归属 附录 A,但此类既得PSU的公允市场价值(定义见2024年计划),包括用于预扣税款和申报税款的公允市场价值,将在下一个交易所交易日确定;但是,如果您被董事会指定为1934年《证券交易法》第16a-1(f)条所定义的 “高级职员”(a”第 16 节官员”),前述规定不适用,您受影响的PSU将在下一个交易所交易日归属,此类既得PSU的公允市场价值将自PSU归属之日起确定。授予通知中规定的PSU转换成普通股的数量将根据2024年计划中规定的股票拆分和类似事项进行调整。
PSUs将按照授予通知书和本协议的条款提供的内容和条款授予。如果您作为雇员、顾问或董事身份的地位在授予通知书中设定的归属日期之前因任何原因而终止(除了死亡或残疾(根据2024计划的定义),您的未归属PSU将被取消。
4.普通股换股普通股股票的发行或在PSUs归属后尽快解除限制,(或在因死亡或伤残导致的归属加速事件中,根据附件A中规定的原始归属日期);前提是您已根据本协议第10条规定,履行了您的税收扣缴义务,并已完成、签署并退回任何文件,并采取任何对公司来说合适的额外行动,以使其完成发行普通股的交付。普通股将以您的名义发行(或在您死亡或伤残时可能发行给您的遗嘱执行人或个人代表),并可通过在公司的股份记录上记录股份或



按照公司确定的方案,在您的名义在券商公司或其他托管机构建立账户信贷股份。在任何情况下,公司都不会有义务发行零股。
尽管如前所述,(i) 公司在确定PSU转换或根据本协议交付股份会违反美国或您的居住国和/或工作国家的任何法律,或难以发行受限制条款的股份时,公司无需在任何时间交付普通股股份,该受限条款根据公司律师的认定,是为了符合证券或其他监管要求,(ii) 发行股份的日期可能会延迟,以便公司有足够的时间处理涉及税金扣减和其他行政事务。
5.对于不端行为暂停或终止PSUs如果董事会根据2024年计划设立的委员会,在此包括任何小组委员会或“授权官员”(如2024年计划中定义的)合理相信您已经实施了第8(b)(vi)条所述的不当行为(挪用、欺诈、不诚实、未支付应支付给公司或其子公司的任何债务、违反受托责任或故意无视公司或其子公司规定导致公司或其子公司损失、损害或伤害、未经授权披露任何公司或其子公司的商业秘密或机密信息、构成不公平竞争的任何行为、诱导任何客户违反与公司或其子公司的合同或诱导任何对公司或其子公司充当代理的主体终止该代理关系),则您的RSUs的归属权可能会被暂停,直至确定是否已经实施了不当行为。如果公司确定您已实施不当行为,所有在公司收到通知您可能已经实施不当行为的日期之前尚未取得归属权的RSUs将被取消,您和任何受益人均无权要求RSUs的任何索赔。关于上述事项的任何委员会或授权官员的决定将是最终、确定和对所有有关方当事人具有约束力的。委员会包括任何小组委员会或“授权官员”(按照2024计划的定义)合理相信您已经犯下了2024计划第8(b)(vi)节中描述的不端行为(挪用、欺诈、不诚实、未支付任何欠公司或其子公司的义务、违反受托责任或故意违反公司或其子公司规定导致公司或其子公司损失、损害或伤害、未经授权披露任何公司或其子公司的商业秘密或保密信息、任何构成不正当竞争的行为、诱使任何客户违约与公司或其子公司的合同或诱使公司或其子公司代理的任何委托人终止此代理关系),您的PSUs的授予可能会在确定是否已经犯有不端行为之前暂停。如果公司确定您已经犯下不端行为,所有在公司被通知您可能已经犯下不端行为的日期之前尚未授予的PSUs将被取消,您和任何受益人均无权就PSUs提出任何索赔。有关委员会或授权官员对前述事项的任何决定将是最终的、结论性的,并对所有利害关系方具有约束力。
6.解除雇佣/服务除非本协议另有明文规定,若您在公司、公司任何附属公司或英特尔在过渡日期之前终止雇佣或服务,无论自愿或非自愿,但除因死亡或伤残之外,所有未获授权的PSU将在终止日取消,无论该终止是否因出售或其他原因。根据本第6条的规定,若您在不符合附属公司要求的任何合作伙伴、合资企业或公司内任职,且该公司或公司的附属公司是本条款当事方,则该实体将被视为此条款的雇佣或服务,当且仅当(a) 受委员会指定为此条款目的的附属公司;或 (b) 您被明确指定为此条款目的的员工、顾问或外部董事。
根据此条款,若在从公司终止服务后60天前,被公司的附属公司聘用,或在过渡日期前,被英特尔公司或其附属公司聘用,使您有资格获得公司未来的PSU赏,则不视您的雇佣或服务为终止。此外,从英特尔调任至公司至过渡日期,或从公司调任至公司的任何附属公司,或从一个附属公司调任至另一个,或从附属公司调任至公司,也不视为雇佣或服务终止。尽管本协议的其他条款,如果在过渡日期后,您被英特尔公司(或公司的任何其他母公司)聘用,并在此后终止您与公司或其附属公司的雇佣或服务,则所有当时尚未取得的PSU将于终止日期取消,无论该终止是否因出售或其他原因。
7.死亡除本协议另有明文规定外,如果您在受雇于公司或为公司或公司附属公司提供服务期间死亡,您的PSUs将全部成熟。由于死亡而导致解锁加速的PSUs将按照第4部分的描述结算。
8.残疾除非本协议明确另有规定,如果您与公司或公司的任何子公司的雇佣或服务因伤残而终止,您的员工股份将于您因伤残而终止或确定您的伤残的日期后100%完全发放。 由于伤残而导致的PSUs的累积允许期将如第4条所述处置。



9.Sysco的控制变更条款设计结构.
(a)如果(a)发生变更控制且(b)股份单位未在此期间内被假定或替代,则(1)股份单位的任何未发放部分将完全确定,并且(2)对于股份单位所强加的任何绩效条件将被认定为达到目标和实际绩效水平中的较高者。就本第9条而言,若股份单位在变更控制后仍受同样条款和条件约束,则股份单位将被视为被假定或替代,除非在变更控制前刚好适用的是另外的权益,该权益如有需要可由委员会自行决定(如现金或其他安全性或实体)。
(b)如果发生(a) 控制权变更并且(b) PSUs,在尚未全部完工的情况下,与之相关总额被假定或替代,且您受到公司、其继承者或附属机构无故终止雇用或服务,或者由您因正当理由终止,在此情况下,最终变更控制生效日期之后但在变更控制后十二(12)个月内终止您的雇用,任何未授予的PSUs将按比例授权,通过将指定在授权通知中设定的PSUs总数乘以一个分数来确定,分子是从性能届期首日至您的雇用终止之日经历的整月总数,分母是性能届期中的总月数,前提是您签署并且在您终止雇用后的60天内未撤销有关您和公司之间将根据双方协议进行的释放 (“释放”),且该释放在您终止雇用后60天内生效。 在前述句子中描述的授权将自释放生效日起生效,前提是如果这60天期限跨越两个日历年,则此授权将在该两个日历年中较晚的第一天发生。 为了本第9(b)条的目的,即使计划或本奖励协议中有相反规定,控制权变更将在英特尔在2024年1月1日之后五(5)年内的任何时间持有公司少于40%的受益所有权(在《证券交易法》第13条下颁布的第13d-3条规定的含义之内)。
就本第9条而言,“为何Corcept Therapeutics股票今天飙升?”代表您 (a) 对英特尔、公司或任何子公司实施实质诈欺或不诚实行为;(b) 故意拒绝或故意不遵从董事会的合法和合理指示(除非是由于您的残疾造成的任何这样的失误);(c) 被判犯有重罪或涉及道德堕落的轻罪或三不抗辩(道德堕落指对诚实、良好风俗、正义或伦理标准的极端违背,使社区的道德感觉受到震惊);(d) 在履行参与者职责时的严重不当行为;(e) 不当泄露机密信息(不包括参与者履行职责或促进公司常规所做的诚信行为或活动),或实质违反公司或任何子公司的政策或行为准则,或在适用范围内英特尔的政策或行为准则;(f) 违反对英特尔、公司或其任何子公司的信托责任;(g) 未能合理配合英特尔、公司或任何子公司的任何调查或正式程序,或因此类调查、正式程序或执法行动而被美国证券交易所委员会认定有罪或被取消担任参与者职位的资格;或(h) 违反对公司或其任何子公司的忠诚义务,或在适用范围内对英特尔的忠诚义务。除非公司有正当理由并善意认定您的行为或不作为是出于恶意或没有合理相信您的行为或不作为符合公司最佳利益,否则您的任何行为或不作为将不被视为「故意」。在此不受限制,任何行为或不作为都是基于董事会根据正式通过的决议授予的明确权限进行,或基于公司法律顾问的建议,将被坚定地假定是您出于善意和公司最佳利益完成或未能完成的。
根据第9节的规定,“6. 承认。雇员明确同意在本修正案所提供的薪酬、条款和福利的基础上。作为继续雇佣的一部分,雇员同意并承认,在本修正案的日期上,不存在任何构成悔职或正当理由辞职权利的情况,包括就业协议第8条款或公司维护的任何其他企业分离或控制方案、协议或政策。此外,雇员特此明确放弃(如有)主张本修正案或任何其他情况或发生形成没有正当原因终止或出于正当理由的辞职权利的权利,包括就业协议第8条款或公司维护的任何其他企业分离或控制方案、协议或政策。”表示您在未经您的明确书面同意的情况下,遵守了发生以下一项或多项事件后的良好理由流程(如下定义)



控件(无论是单一行为还是一系列行为):(a)您头衔、职责、责任或权力实质性减少;(b)公司实质性降低您的年度基本工资或目标奖金;或(c)公司未能及时履行在您入职信中描述的任何股权奖励授予方面的义务。“好的原因处理过程”指的是(1)发生了合理理由控件;(2)您在首次发现导致存在合理理由的事件或情况后的六十(60)天内向公司书面通知;(3)公司未能在通知后的三十(30)天内纠正这些事件或情况(“”);并且(4)您在纠正期结束后的三十(30)天内通过书面通知董事会终止您的雇佣关系。如果公司在纠正期内纠正了合理理由控件,则在这种情况下将被视为不存在合理理由。9. 副本。本修正案可以在副本中执行,在此情况下,副本将被视为一个原件,签名的传真和电子影像副本(包括pdf或符合美国联邦ESIGN法2000年的任何电子签名)或其他传输方法将相当于原本签名。 如果公司在纠正期内纠正了合理理由控件,则在此情况下将被视为不存在合理理由。
10.税款代扣.
(a)在PSUs受到税款代扣义务的情况下,应纳税金额通常将基于应税事件当日的公允市值。根据您在授予日期、兑现日期或归属期间所居住和/或就业的国家或国家的现行或未来税法规定,PSUs将按照相关国家的现行或未来税法规定纳税。根据您的公民国家和/或您在授予日期、兑现日期或在归属期间所居住或就业的国家,您的PSUs可能在一个以上国家应纳税,至授予日期、兑现日期或归属或其他相关期间。
(b)您将就授予或解封PSU或出售已解封PSU(适用的情况下)而引发的任何所得税、社会保险税、工资税、社会税、适用的国家税或地方税或其他应扣缴税收关联的支付和满足安排对公司(或雇佣您的实体,如果不同于公司并且雇主参与了2024年计划的管理)满意地做出安排。
(c)公司无需根据您的PSUs发行或解除对普通股的任何限制,也无需承认任何声称的对普通股的转让,直到履行这些义务为止。
(d)除非委员会另有规定,公司将通过扣减一定数量的普通股份来满足所发行的PSUs下的最大税收代扣义务的公允市场价值,以满足所有相关司法辖区的义务,减去您已以现金支付给公司的任何代扣金额。如果委员会规定这些义务不得通过前述方法满足,您授权公司或任何继任计划管理人卖出公司发行的一定数量的PSUs下的普通股份,公司认定这些数量足以产生满足税收代扣义务的金额以及额外股份以应对四舍五入和市场波动,并向公司支付税款代扣金额,以便公司代交给适当的税务机关。这些股份可能作为一项与其他参与人一起进行的大宗交易的一部分而出售,其中所有参与人均获得平均价格。
(e)You are ultimately liable and responsible for all taxes owed by you in connection with your PSUs, regardless of any action the Corporation takes or any transaction pursuant to this Section 10 with respect to any tax withholding obligations that arise in connection with the PSUs. The Corporation makes no representation or undertaking regarding the treatment of any tax withholding in connection with the grant, issuance, vesting or settlement of the PSUs or the subsequent sale of any of the shares of Common Stock underlying the PSUs that vest. The Corporation does not commit and is under no obligation to structure the PSU program to reduce or eliminate your tax liability.
11.Rights as Stockholder. Your PSUs may not be otherwise sold, assigned, conveyed, gifted, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise transferred in any manner, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution or as permitted by Rule 701 of the Securities Act of 1933. Any attempt to transfer, assign, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of your PSUs other than as permitted above, will be void and unenforceable against the Corporation.



You will have the rights of a stockholder only after shares of the Common Stock have been issued to you following vesting of your PSUs and satisfaction of all other conditions to the issuance of those shares as set forth in this Agreement. PSUs will not entitle you to any rights of a stockholder of Common Stock and there are no voting or dividend rights with respect to your PSUs. PSUs will remain terminable pursuant to this Agreement at all times until they vest and convert into shares. As a condition to having the right to receive shares of Common Stock pursuant to your PSUs, you acknowledge that unvested PSUs will have no value for purposes of any aspect of your employment or service relationship with the Corporation or a Parent or Subsidiary of the Corporation.
12.Disputes. Any question concerning the interpretation of this Agreement, your Notice of Grant, the PSUs or the 2024 Plan, any adjustments required to be made thereunder, and any controversy that may arise under this Agreement, your Notice of Grant, the PSUs or the 2024 Plan will be determined by the Committee (including any person(s) to whom the Committee has delegated its authority) in its sole and absolute discretion. Such decision by the Committee will be final and binding unless determined pursuant to Section 15(f) to have been arbitrary and capricious.
13.Amendments. The 2024 Plan and PSUs may be amended or altered by the Committee or the Board of Directors to the extent provided in the 2024 Plan.
14.Data Privacy. You explicitly and unambiguously consent to the collection, use and transfer, in electronic or other form, of your personal data as described in this document and any other PSU grant materials (“Data”) by and among, as applicable, the Corporation, the Employer and any other Parent or Subsidiary of the Corporation for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing your participation in the 2024 Plan.
You hereby understand that the Corporation holds certain personal information about you, including, but not limited to, your name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, social insurance number or other identification number, salary, nationality, job title, any shares of stock or directorships held in the Corporation, details of all PSUs or any other entitlement to shares of stock awarded, canceled, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in your favor for the purpose of implementing, administering and managing the 2024 Plan. You hereby understand that Data will be transferred to the Corporation and any other third parties assisting in the implementation, administration and management of the 2024 Plan, that these recipients may be located in your country or elsewhere, and that the recipient’s country (e.g., the United States) may have different data privacy laws and protections than your country. You hereby understand that you may request a list with the names and addresses of any potential recipients of the Data by contacting your local human resources representative. You authorize the Corporation and any other possible recipients to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing your participation in the 2024 Plan, including any requisite transfer of such Data as may be required to another broker or other third party with whom you may elect to deposit any shares of Common Stock acquired under your PSUs. You hereby understand that Data will be held only as long as is necessary to implement, administer and manage your participation in the 2024 Plan. You hereby understand that you may, at any time, view Data, request additional information about the storage and processing of Data, require any necessary amendments to Data or refuse or withdraw the consents herein, in any case without cost, by contacting in writing your local human resources representative.
Further, you understand that you are providing the consents herein on a purely voluntary basis. If you do not consent, or if you later seek to revoke your consent, your employment status or service with the Corporation or the Employer will not be affected; the only consequence of refusing or withdrawing your consent is that the Corporation would not be able to grant you PSUs or other equity awards or administer or maintain such awards. Therefore, you hereby understand that refusing or withdrawing your consent may affect your ability to participate in the 2024 Plan. For more information on the consequences of your refusal to consent or withdrawal of consent, you hereby understand that you may contact the human resources representative responsible for your country at the local or regional level.
Finally, upon request of the Corporation or the Employer, you agree to provide an executed data privacy consent form (or any other agreements or consents) that the Corporation and/or the Employer may deem necessary to obtain from you for the purpose of administering your participation in the 2024 Plan in compliance with the data privacy laws in your country, either now or in the future. You understand and agree that you will not be able to participate in the 2024 Plan if you fail to provide any such consent or agreement requested by the Corporation and/or the Employer. 



15.The 2024 Plan and Other Terms.
(a)Any prior agreements, commitments or negotiations concerning the PSUs are superseded by this Agreement and your Notice of Grant. You hereby acknowledge that a copy of the 2024 Plan has been made available to you.
(b)The grant of PSUs to an Employee, Consultant or Outside Director in any one year, or at any time, does not obligate the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Corporation to make a grant in any future year or in any given amount and should not create an expectation that the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Corporation might make a grant in any future year or in any given amount.
(c)In connection with an initial offering of the Corporation’s Shares pursuant to a registration statement filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission and upon request of the Corporation or the underwriters managing such offering of the Corporation’s securities, Participant hereby agrees not to sell, make any short sale of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of, or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Corporation however or whenever acquired (other than those included in the registration) without the prior written consent of the Corporation or such underwriters, as the case may be, for such period of time (not to exceed 180 days) from the effective date of such registration as may be requested by the Corporation or such managing underwriters and to execute an agreement reflecting the foregoing as may be requested by the underwriters at the time of the Corporation’s initial public offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if during the last 17 days of the restricted period, the Corporation issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Corporation occurs, or prior to the expiration of the restricted period the Corporation announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the restricted period, then, upon the request of the managing underwriter, to the extent required by any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority rules, the restrictions imposed by this subsection shall continue to apply until the end of the third trading day following the expiration of the 15-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event. In no event will the restricted period extend beyond 216 days after the effective date of the registration statement.
(d)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any changes in law or the financial or tax accounting rules applicable to the PSUs covered by this Agreement will occur, the Corporation may, in its sole discretion, (i) modify this Agreement to impose such restrictions or procedures with respect to the PSUs (whether vested or unvested), the shares issued or issuable pursuant to the PSUs and/or any proceeds or payments from or relating to such shares as it determines to be necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable law or to address, comply with or offset the economic effect to the Corporation of any accounting or administrative matters relating thereto, or (ii) cancel and cause a forfeiture with respect to any unvested PSUs at the time of such determination.
(e)Nothing contained in this Agreement creates or implies an employment contract or term of employment upon which you may rely.
(f)Because this Agreement relates to terms and conditions under which you may be issued shares of Common Stock, an essential term of this Agreement is that it will be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to choice of law principles of Delaware or other jurisdictions. Any action, suit, or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the PSUs granted hereunder will be brought in the state or federal courts of competent jurisdiction in the State of California.
(g)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or the applicable Notice of Grant, your PSUs are subject to reduction by the Corporation if you change your employment classification from a full-time Employee to a part-time Employee, or from a full-time Employee to a Consultant or Outside Director.
(h)PSUs are not part of your employment or service contract (if any) with the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Corporation, your salary or fees, your normal or expected compensation, or other remuneration for any purposes, including for purposes of computing severance pay or other termination compensation or indemnity.



(i)In consideration of the grant of PSUs, no claim or entitlement to compensation or damages will arise from termination of your PSUs or diminution in value of the PSUs or Common Stock acquired through vested PSUs resulting from termination of your active employment by the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Corporation (for any reason whatsoever and whether or not in breach of local labor laws) and you hereby release the Corporation and any Parent or Subsidiary of the Corporation from any such claim that may arise; if, notwithstanding the foregoing, any such claim is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have arisen, then you will be deemed irrevocably to have waived your entitlement to pursue such claim.
(j)Notwithstanding any terms or conditions of the 2024 Plan to the contrary, in the event of involuntary termination of your employment (whether or not in breach of local labor laws), your right to receive the PSUs and vest in PSUs under the 2024 Plan, if any, will terminate effective as of the date that you are no longer actively employed and will not be extended by any notice period mandated under local law (e.g., active employment would not include a period of “garden leave” or similar period pursuant to local law); furthermore, in the event of involuntary termination of employment (whether or not in breach of local labor laws), your right to sell shares of Common Stock that converted from vested PSUs after termination of employment, if any, will be measured by the date of termination of your active employment and will not be extended by any notice period mandated under local law.
(k)Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement, the Notice of Grant or the 2024 Plan to the contrary, if, at the time of your termination of employment with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, you are a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”), and one or more of the payments or benefits received or to be received by you pursuant to the PSUs would constitute deferred compensation subject to Section 409A, no such payment or benefit will be provided under the PSUs until the earliest of (A) the date which is six (6) months after your “separation from service” for any reason, other than death or “disability” (as such terms are used in Section 409A(a)(2) of the Code), (B) the date of your death or “disability” (as such term is used in Section 409A(a)(2)(C) of the Code) or (C) the effective date of a “change in the ownership or effective control” of the Corporation (as such term is used in Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Code). Each payment under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment for purposes of Section 409A of the Code. The PSUs are intended to comply with or be exempt from the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Code and shall be limited, construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent; provided, that the Corporation does not guarantee you any particular tax treatment of the PSUs. In addition, if any provision of the PSUs would cause you to incur any penalty tax or interest under Section 409A of the Code or any regulations or Treasury guidance promulgated thereunder, the Corporation may reform such provision to maintain to the maximum extent practicable the original intent of the applicable provision without violating the provisions of Section 409A of the Code. In no event whatsoever shall the Corporation be liable for any additional tax, interest or penalties that may be imposed on you by Section 409A of the Code or any damages for failing to comply with Section 409A of the Code.
(l)The Corporation is not providing any tax, legal or financial advice, nor is the Corporation making any recommendations regarding your participation in the 2024 Plan, or his or her acquisition or sale of the underlying shares of Common Stock. You understand and agree that you are advised to consult with your own personal tax, legal and financial advisors regarding your participation in the 2024 Plan before taking any action related to the 2024 Plan.
(m)In the event that any provision in this Agreement will be held invalid or unenforceable, such provision will be severable from, and such invalidity or unenforceability will not be construed to have any effect on, the remaining provisions of this Agreement.
(n)You acknowledge that a waiver by the Corporation of breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any other provision of this Agreement, or of any subsequent breach of this Agreement.
16.Imposition of Other Requirements. The Corporation reserves the right to impose other requirements on the PSUs and on any shares of Common Stock acquired upon vesting of the PSUs, to the extent that the Committee determines it



is necessary for legal or administrative reasons, and to require you to sign any additional agreements or undertakings that may be necessary to accomplish the foregoing.
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By acknowledging this grant of an award or your acceptance of this Agreement in the manner specified by the administrator, you, the Corporation and the Employer agree that the PSUs identified in your Notice of Grant are governed by the terms of this Agreement, the Notice of Grant and the 2024 Plan. You further acknowledge that you have read and understood the terms of the PSUs set forth in this Agreement, the Notice of Grant and the 2024 Plan.