Tax and Social Security Contributions Withholding. Regardless of any action the Company and/or the affiliate that employs the Employee (the “Employer”) take with respect to any or all income tax (including U.S. federal, state and local taxes and/or non-U.S. taxes), social insurance, payroll tax, payment on account or other tax-related withholding (“Tax-Related Items”), the Employee acknowledges that the ultimate liability for all Tax-Related Items legally due by the Employee is and remains the Employee’s responsibility, and the Company and the Employer: (i) make no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with any aspect of the Restricted Stock, including the grant of the Restricted Stock, the vesting of the Restricted Stock, the subsequent sale of any Stock acquired pursuant to the Restricted Stock and the receipt of any dividends; and (ii) do not commit to structure the terms of the grant or any aspect of the Restricted Stock to reduce or eliminate the Employee’s liability for Tax-Related Items. If any taxing jurisdiction requires withholding of Tax-Related Items, the Company may withhold a sufficient number of whole Shares otherwise subject to this Award that have an aggregate Fair Market Value not to exceed the maximum statutory Tax-Related Items required to be withheld with respect to this Award. The cash equivalent of the Shares withheld will be used to settle the obligation to withhold the Tax-Related Items (determined by reference to the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the applicable vesting date). No fractional Shares will be withheld or issued pursuant to the grant of this Award and the issuance of Stock hereunder. Alternatively, the Company and/or the Employer may, in its discretion, withhold any amount necessary to pay the Tax-Related Items from the Employee’s salary/wages or other amounts payable to the Employee, with no withholding in Shares, or may require the Employee to remit to the Company an amount of cash sufficient to satisfy withholding relating to Tax-Related Items. In the event the withholding requirements are not satisfied through the withholding of Shares or through the withholding from the Employee’s salary/wages or other amounts payable to the Employee, no Shares will be released upon vesting of the Restricted Stock unless and until satisfactory arrangements (as determined by the Committee) have been made by the Employee with respect to the payment of any Tax-Related Items which the Company and/or the Employer determine, in...
