Common use of Substitution of SSARs Clause in Contracts

Substitution of SSARs. The Committee shall have the authority to substitute, without receiving the Participant’s permission, options to purchase Common Stock for the SSARs in the event that the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, that such substitution is necessary or desirable based on legal and/or accounting requirements applicable to the Company or the Participant; provided, that (i) the vesting and expiration terms of any such substituted option shall be the same as set forth in this Agreement, (ii) the exercise price of any such substituted option shall be equal to the Conversion Price, and (iii) the exercisability and transferability of any such substituted option shall be consistent with the Plan and this Agreement and in compliance with applicable law; and provided further, that the Committee also shall have the ability to revert, without receiving the Participant’s permission, any unvested substituted options to purchase Common Stock back to equivalent SSARs, in the event that the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, that such reversion is necessary or desirable based on legal and/or accounting requirements applicable to the Company or the Participant.

Substitution of SSARs. The Committee shall have the authority to substitute, without receiving the Participant’s permission, options to purchase Common Stock for the SSARs in the event that the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, that such substitution is necessary or desirable based on legal and/or accounting requirements applicable to the Company or the Participant; provided, that (i) the vesting and expiration terms of any such substituted option shall be the same as set forth in this Agreement, (ii) the exercise price of any such substituted option shall be equal to the Conversion Price, and (iii) the exercisability and transferability of any such substituted option shall be consistent with the Plan Plan, the Executive’s Agreement and this Agreement and in compliance with applicable law; and provided further, that the Committee also shall have the ability to revert, without receiving the Participant’s permission, any unvested substituted options to purchase Common Stock back to equivalent SSARs, in the event that the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, that such reversion is necessary or desirable based on legal and/or accounting requirements applicable to the Company or the Participant.

Substitution of SSARs. The Committee shall have the authority to substitute, without receiving the Participant’s permission, options to purchase Common Stock for the SSARs in the event that the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, that such substitution is necessary or desirable based on legal and/or accounting requirements applicable to the Company or the Participant; provided, that (i) the vesting and expiration terms of any such substituted option shall be the same as set forth in this Agreementabove, (ii) the exercise price of any such substituted option shall be equal to the Conversion Price, and (iii) the exercisability and transferability of any such substituted option shall be consistent with the Plan and this Agreement and in compliance with applicable law; and provided further, that the Committee also shall have the ability to revert, without receiving the Participant’s permission, any unvested substituted options to purchase Common Stock back to equivalent SSARs, in the event that the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, that such reversion is necessary or desirable based on legal and/or accounting requirements applicable to the Company or the Participant.

Substitution of SSARs. The Committee shall have the authority authority, in its sole discretion, to substitute, without receiving the Participant’s permission, substitute options to purchase Common Stock for the SSARs in the event that the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, that such substitution is necessary or desirable based on legal and/or accounting requirements applicable to the Company or the Participant; provided, that (i) the vesting and expiration terms of any such substituted option shall be the same as set forth in this Agreement, (ii) the exercise price of any such substituted option shall be equal to the Conversion Price, and (iii) the exercisability and transferability of any such substituted option shall be consistent with the Plan and this Agreement and in compliance with applicable law; and provided further, that the Committee also shall have the ability to revert, without receiving the Participant’s permission, any unvested substituted options to purchase Common Stock back to equivalent SSARs, in the event that the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, that such reversion is necessary or desirable based on legal and/or accounting requirements applicable to the Company or the Participant.