Approved Retirement. If your employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries terminates due to your Approved Retirement, your Options will become exercisable just as if you had not retired, and you may exercise your Options at any time until the close of business on February 18, 2012. Any of your Options that are not exercised within that period will be forfeited. In addition to other events that constitute an Approved Retirement under the Plan, your actual retirement on or after the early retirement date established under any retirement plan maintained by the Company or a Subsidiary in which you participate will be considered an Approved Retirement. "Bridge eligibility" is not considered Approved Retirement.
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Samples: Management Stock Option Agreement (Metlife Inc), Management Stock Option Agreement (Metlife Inc), Management Stock Option Agreement (Metlife Inc)
Approved Retirement. If your employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries terminates due to your Approved Retirement, your Options will become exercisable just as if you had not retired, and you may exercise your Options at any time until prior to April 8, 2011 or within three years after the close of business on February 18Approved Retirement, 2012whichever is earlier. Any of your Options that are not exercised within that period will be forfeited. In addition to other events that constitute an Approved Retirement under the Plan, your actual retirement on or after the early retirement date established under any retirement plan maintained by the Company or a Subsidiary in which you participate will be considered an Approved Retirement. "Bridge eligibility" is not considered Approved Retirement.
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