(ii) To construe and
interpret the Plan and Awards granted under it, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for its administration. The Board, in the exercise of this power, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan or in any Award
Agreement, in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan fully effective.
(iii) To amend the Plan or an Award as provided in Section 14 of the
Plan.
(iv) To adopt
sub-plans and/or special provisions applicable to Awards regulated by the laws of a jurisdiction other than and outside of the United States. Such sub-plans and/or
special provisions may take precedence over other provisions of the Plan, with the exception of Section 4 of the Plan, but unless otherwise superseded by the terms of such sub-plans and/or special
provisions, the provisions of the Plan shall govern.
(v) To
authorize any person to execute on behalf of the Company any instrument required to effect the grant of an Award previously granted by the Board.
(vi) To determine whether Awards will be settled in shares of Common
Stock, cash or in any combination thereof.
(vii) To determine
whether Awards will be adjusted for Dividend Equivalents, with Dividend Equivalents meaning a credit, made at the discretion of the Board, to the account of a Participant in an amount equal to the cash dividends paid on one share of
Common Stock for each share of Common Stock represented by an Award held by such Participant.
(viii) To establish a program whereby Participants designated by the
Board can reduce compensation otherwise payable in cash in exchange for Awards under the Plan.
(ix) To impose such restrictions, conditions or limitations as it
determines appropriate as to the timing and manner of any resales by a Participant or other subsequent transfers by the Participant of any shares of Common Stock issued as a result of or under an Award, including, without limitation,
(A) restrictions under an insider trading policy and (B) restrictions as to the use of a specified brokerage firm for such resales or other transfers.
(x) To provide, either at the time an Award is granted or by subsequent
action, that an Award shall contain as a term thereof, a right, either in tandem with the other rights under the Award or as an alternative thereto, of the Participant to receive, without payment to the Company, a number of shares of Common Stock,
cash or a combination thereof, the amount of which is determined by reference to the value of the Award.
(xi) Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as the
Board deems necessary, desirable, convenient or expedient to promote the best interests of the Company that are not in conflict with the provisions of the Plan.
3.3 Delegation to Committee.
(i) General. The Board may delegate administration of the Plan to a Committee or
Committees consisting of one or more members of the Board or one or more officers of the Company who are not members of the Board (to the extent allowed by law), and the term Committee shall apply to any person or persons to whom
such authority has been delegated. If administration is delegated to a Committee, the Committee also may exercise, in connection with the administration of the Plan, any of the powers and authority granted to the Board under the Plan, and the
Committee may delegate to a subcommittee any of the administrative powers the Committee is authorized to exercise (and references in this Plan to the Board shall thereafter be to the Committee or subcommittee, as applicable), subject, however, to
such resolutions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may be adopted from time to time by the Board. The Board may abolish the Committee at any time and revest in the Board the administration of the Plan.
(ii) Committee Composition when Common Stock is Publicly Traded. At any such time as
the Common Stock is publicly traded, in the discretion of the Board, a Committee may consist solely of two or
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