Common use of Effect of Termination of Employment or Other Service Clause in Contracts

Effect of Termination of Employment or Other Service. (a) If the Optionee’s employment or other service with the Company Group is terminated due to death, Disability (as defined in the Plan) or Retirement (as defined in the Plan), then (i) any portion of the Option that is exercisable on the date of termination shall remain exercisable by the Optionee (or, in the event of death, the Optionee’s beneficiary) during the one year period following the date of termination but in no event after expiration of the stated term hereof and, to the extent not exercised during such period, shall thereupon terminate, provided that, in the event of a termination due to Disability, if the Optionee dies during such one-year period, then the deceased Optionee’s beneficiary may exercise the Option, to the extent exercisable by the deceased Optionee immediately prior to death, for a period of one year following the date of death but in no event after expiration of the stated term hereof, and (ii) any portion of the Option that is not exercisable on the date of termination shall thereupon terminate.