Common use of Execution of Purchases and Sales Clause in Contracts

Execution of Purchases and Sales. To implement transactions regarding investments in Company Stock, including purchases, redemptions and exchanges, the Trustee shall purchase or sell Company Stock on the open market, as the case may be, as soon as practicable on or following the date on which the Trustee receives from the Company in good order all information and documentation necessary to effect such purchase or sale. However, the Trustee may accumulate all like purchases into a single batch and may accumulate all like sales as a result of receiving instructions for redemptions and exchanges out of Company Stock into a single batch, but shall not be required to do so. The Trustee may purchase or sell Company Stock from or to the Company if the purchase or sale is for no more than adequate consideration (within the meaning of Section 3(18) of ERISA) and no commission is charged. To the extent that Company contributions under the Plan are to be invested in Company Stock, the Company may transfer Company Stock to the Trust in lieu of cash. The number of shares so transferred shall be determined by dividing the amount of the contribution by the closing price of Company Stock on any national securities exchange on the trading day immediately preceding the date as of which the contribution is made. The Trustee and the Company may, in an appendix to this Section 9, agree upon such prescribed dates for purchases and sales of Company Stock and such rules and conventions in connection with such purchases and sales as they may find mutually acceptable.

Execution of Purchases and Sales. To implement transactions regarding investments in Company Stock, including purchases, redemptions and exchanges, the Trustee shall purchase or sell Company Stock on the open market, as the case may be, as soon as practicable on or following the date on which the Trustee receives from the Company in good order all information and documentation necessary to effect such purchase or sale. However, the Trustee may accumulate all like purchases into a single batch and may accumulate all like sales as a result of receiving instructions for redemptions and exchanges out of Company Stock into a single batch, but shall not be required to do so. The Trustee may purchase or sell Company Stock from or to the Company if the purchase or sale is for no more than adequate consideration (within the meaning of Section 3(18) of ERISA) and no commission is charged. To the extent that Company contributions under the Plan are to be invested in Company Stock, the Company may transfer Company Stock to the Trust in lieu of cash. The number of shares so transferred shall be determined by dividing the amount of the contribution by the closing price of Company Stock on any national securities exchange on the trading day immediately preceding the date as of which the contribution is made. The Trustee and the Company may, in an appendix to this Section 97, agree upon such prescribed dates for purchases and sales of Company Stock and such rules and conventions in connection with such purchases and sales as they may find mutually acceptable.

Execution of Purchases and Sales. To implement transactions regarding investments in Company Stock, including purchases, redemptions and exchanges, the Trustee shall purchase or sell Company Stock on the open market, as the case may be, as soon as practicable on or following the date on which the Trustee receives from the Company in good order all information and documentation necessary to effect such purchase or sale. However, the Trustee may accumulate all like purchases into a single batch and may accumulate all like sales as a result of receiving instructions for redemptions and exchanges out of Company Stock into a single batch, but shall not be required to do so. The Trustee may purchase or sell Company Stock from or to the Company if the purchase or sale is for no more than adequate consideration (within the meaning of Section 3(18Section3(18) of ERISA) and no commission is charged. To the extent that Company contributions under the Plan are to be invested in Company Stock, the Company may transfer Company Stock to the Trust in lieu of cash. The number of shares so transferred shall be determined by dividing the amount of the contribution by the closing price of Company Stock on any national securities exchange on the trading day immediately preceding the date as of which the contribution is made. The Trustee and the Company may, in an appendix to this Section 97, agree upon such prescribed dates for purchases and sales of Company Stock and such rules and conventions in connection with such purchases and sales as they may find mutually acceptable.

Execution of Purchases and Sales. To implement transactions -------------------------------- regarding investments in Company Stock, including purchases, redemptions and exchanges, the Trustee shall purchase or sell Company Stock on the open market, as the case may be, as soon as practicable on or following the date on which the Trustee receives from the Company in good order all information and documentation necessary to effect such purchase or sale. However, the Trustee may accumulate all like purchases into a single batch and may accumulate all like sales as a result of receiving instructions for redemptions and exchanges out of Company Stock into a single batch, but shall not be required to do so. The Trustee may purchase or sell Company Stock from or to the Company if the purchase or sale is for no more than adequate consideration (within the meaning of Section 3(18) of ERISA) and no commission is charged. To the extent that Company contributions under the Plan are to be invested in Company Stock, the Company may transfer Company Stock to the Trust in lieu of cash. The number of shares so transferred shall be determined by dividing the amount of the contribution by the closing price of Company Stock on any national securities exchange on the trading day immediately preceding the date as of which the contribution is made. The Trustee and the Company may, in an appendix to this Section 97, agree upon such prescribed dates for purchases and sales of Company Stock and such rules and conventions in connection with such purchases and sales as they may find mutually acceptable.