Exercisability. (i) Except as provided below, if the Optionee's employment by the Company is terminated, the Option granted to the Optionee hereunder shall be exercisable only to the extent that the right to purchase shares under such Option has accrued and is in effect on the date the Optionee's employment by the Company is terminated. (ii) If the Optionee's employment is terminated by the Company because he or she has become permanently disabled, as defined above, the option granted to the Optionee hereunder shall be immediately exercisable as to the full number of Shares covered by such Option, whether or not under the provisions of Section 3 hereof such Option was otherwise exercisable as of the date of disability. (iii) In the event of the death of the Optionee, the Option granted to such Optionee may be exercised to the full number of Shares covered thereby, whether or not under the provisions of Section 3 hereof the Optionee was entitled to do so at the date of his or her death, by the executor, administrator or personal representative of such Optionee, or by any person or persons who acquired the right to exercise such Option by bequest or inheritance or by reason of the death of such Optionee.
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Samples: Stock Option Agreement (Green Mountain Coffee Inc), Stock Option Agreement (Green Mountain Coffee Inc), Stock Option Agreement (Green Mountain Coffee Inc)