Tax Consequences and Withholding. As of the Grant Date, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, the Participant hereby authorizes withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to the Participant, and otherwise agrees to make adequate provision for, any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company, if any, which arise in connection with the Award. Unless the tax withholding obligations of the Company are satisfied, the Company shall have no obligation to issue a certificate or book-entry transfer for such shares. The Participant understands that unless a proper and timely Section 83(b) election has been made as further described below, generally under Section 83 of the Code, at the time the shares of Restricted Stock vest, the Participant will be obligated to recognize ordinary income and be taxed in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value as of the date of vesting for the shares of Restricted Stock then vesting. The Participant shall be solely responsible for any tax obligations that may arise as a result of the shares of Restricted Stock, provided that the Company may require the forfeiture of a number of shares of Restricted Stock having a Fair Market Value as of the date of vesting equal to the amount of any required withholding. The Participant has been informed that, with respect to the grant of the Award, an election may be filed by the Participant with the Internal Revenue Service, within 30 days of the date of grant, electing pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code to be taxed currently on the Fair Market Value of the Restricted Stock on the date of grant. The Participant acknowledges that it is the Participant’s sole responsibility to timely file the election under Section 83(b) of the Code. If the Participant makes such election, the Participant shall promptly provide the Company a copy and the Company may require at the time of such election an additional payment for withholding tax purposes based on the Fair Market Value of the Restricted Stock as of the date of issuance.
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Samples: Restricted Stock Agreement (Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc), Restricted Stock Agreement (Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc)
Tax Consequences and Withholding. As of the Grant Date, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, (a) The Participant acknowledges that unless the Participant hereby authorizes withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to the Participant, and otherwise agrees to make adequate provision for, any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company, if any, which arise in connection with the Award. Unless the tax withholding obligations of the Company are satisfied, the Company shall have no obligation to issue a certificate or book-entry transfer for such shares. The Participant understands that unless makes a proper and timely Section 83(b) election has been made as further described below, generally under Section 83 of the Code, then at the time the shares of Restricted Stock Shares vest, the Participant will be obligated to recognize ordinary income and be taxed in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value as of the date of vesting for of the shares of Restricted Stock Shares then vesting. The No Vested Shares will be delivered to the Participant shall be solely responsible unless the Participant has made arrangements acceptable to the Company for payment of any tax obligations federal, state, local or foreign withholding taxes that may arise be due as a result of the shares vesting of Restricted Stock, provided that the Shares. The Participant hereby authorizes the Company may require (or any Affiliate) to withhold from payroll or other amounts payable to the forfeiture Participant any sums required to satisfy such withholding tax obligations in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Plan. If the Participant wishes to satisfy some or all of such withholding tax obligations by delivering Shares already owned by the Participant or by having the Company retain a number of shares of Restricted Stock having a Fair Market Value as of the date of vesting equal Vested Shares otherwise deliverable to the amount of any required withholding. Participant, the Participant must make such a request which shall be subject to approval by the Company.
(b) The Participant has been informed understands that, with respect to the grant of the this Award, the Participant may file an election may be filed by the Participant with the Internal Revenue Service, within 30 days of the date of grantGrant Date, electing pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code to be taxed currently on the Fair Market Value of the Restricted Stock on the date of grant. The Participant acknowledges that it is the Participant’s sole responsibility to timely file the election under Section 83(b) Unvested Shares as of the CodeGrant Date. THE PARTICIPANT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT IS THE PARTICIPANT’S SOLE RESPONSIBILITY AND NOT THE COMPANY’S TO FILE TIMELY THE ELECTION UNDER SECTION 83(b), EVEN IF THE PARTICIPANT REQUESTS THE COMPANY OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES TO MAKE THIS FILING ON THE PARTICIPANT’S BEHALF. If the Participant makes such an election, the Participant shall must promptly provide the Company with a copy copy, and make arrangements acceptable to the Company may require at for the time payment of such election an additional payment for withholding tax purposes based on the Fair Market Value of the Restricted Stock taxes as of the date of issuancedescribed above.
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Tax Consequences and Withholding. As of the Grant Date, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, the Participant hereby authorizes withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to the Participant, and otherwise agrees to make adequate provision for, any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company, if any, which arise in connection with the Award. Unless the tax withholding obligations of the Company are satisfied, the Company shall have no obligation to issue a certificate or book-entry transfer for such shares. The Participant understands that unless a proper and timely Section 83(b) election has been made as further described below, generally under Section 83 of the Code, at the time the shares of Restricted Stock RSUs vest, the Participant will be obligated to recognize ordinary income and be taxed in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value as of the date of vesting for the shares of Restricted Stock RSUs then vesting. The Participant shall be solely responsible for any tax obligations that may arise as a result of the shares of Restricted StockRSUs, provided that the Company may require the forfeiture of a number of shares of Restricted Stock RSUs having a Fair Market Value as of the date of vesting equal to the amount of any required withholding. The Participant has been informed that, with respect to the grant of the Award, an election may be filed by the Participant with the Internal Revenue Service, within 30 days of the date of grant, electing pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code to be taxed currently on the Fair Market Value of the Restricted Stock RSUs on the date of grant. The Participant acknowledges that it is the Participant’s sole responsibility to timely file the election under Section 83(b) of the Code. If the Participant makes such election, the Participant shall promptly provide the Company a copy and the Company may require at the time of such election an additional payment for withholding tax purposes based on the Fair Market Value of the Restricted Stock RSUs as of the date of issuance.
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Samples: Restricted Stock Units Agreement (Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc)
Tax Consequences and Withholding. As of the Grant Date, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, the Participant hereby authorizes withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to the Participant, and otherwise agrees to make adequate provision for, any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company, if any, which arise in connection with the Award. Unless the tax withholding obligations of the Company are satisfied, the Company shall have no obligation to issue a certificate or book-entry transfer for such shares. The (a) Participant understands that unless a proper and timely Section 83(b) election has been made as further described below, generally under Section 83 of the Code, at the time the shares of Restricted Stock Shares vest, the Participant will be obligated to recognize ordinary income and be taxed in an amount equal to the then-current Fair Market Value as of the date of vesting for the shares of Restricted Stock Shares then vesting. The Participant shall be solely responsible for any tax obligations that may arise as a result of the shares of Restricted Stock, provided that the Company may require the forfeiture of a number of shares of Restricted Stock having a Fair Market Value as of the date of vesting equal to the amount of any required withholding. The Participant has been informed that, with respect to the grant of the AwardRestricted Shares, an election may be filed by the Participant with the Internal Revenue Service, within 30 thirty (30) days of the date of grantGrant Date, electing pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code to be taxed currently on the Fair Market Value of the Restricted Stock Shares on the date of grantGrant Date. The Participant acknowledges that it is the Participant’s sole responsibility to timely file the election under Section 83(b) of the Code. If the Participant makes such election, the Participant shall promptly provide the Company a copy and the Company may require at the time of such election an additional payment for withholding tax purposes based on the Fair Market Value of the Restricted Stock Shares as of the date Grant Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Participant may not make a Section 83(b) election unless and until the Company has publicly announced entering into a definitive agreement involving the sale or merger of issuancethe Company.
(b) The Company shall not be obligated to deliver any certificate representing unrestricted Shares or remove the restrictions from any book-entry or deliver any cash payment in respect of the Dividend Rights to Participant or his or her legal representative unless and until Participant or his or her legal representative shall have paid or otherwise satisfied in full the amount of all federal, state, local and foreign taxes applicable with respect to the taxable income of Participant resulting from the vesting of the Restricted Shares or the Dividend Rights or any other taxable event related to the Restricted Shares or the Dividend Rights (the “Tax Withholding Obligation”).
(c) Unless Participant elects to satisfy the Tax Withholding Obligation by some other means in accordance with clause (d) below prior to the time the Tax Withholding Obligation arises, receipt of this Award constitutes Participant’s instruction and authorization to the Company to, and the Company shall, forfeit a number of unrestricted Shares to be delivered upon vesting of the Restricted Shares having a then-current Fair Market Value not exceeding the amount necessary to satisfy the Tax Withholding Obligation of the Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to the vesting of the Restricted Shares based on the minimum applicable statutory withholding rates (or such higher rate as may be determined by the Administrator, which higher rate may not exceed the maximum individual statutory tax rate in the applicable jurisdiction at the time of such withholding (or such other rate as may be required to avoid the liability classification of the applicable award under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America), provided, that, such Shares shall be rounded up to the nearest whole Share to the extent rounding up to the nearest whole share does not result in the liability classification of the applicable Award under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America). In the event Participant’s Tax Withholding Obligation will be satisfied under this Section 1.2(c), then the Company may elect to instruct any brokerage firm determined acceptable to the Company for such purpose to sell on Participant’s behalf a whole number of shares from those Shares as the Company determines to be appropriate to generate cash proceeds sufficient to satisfy Participant’s Tax Withholding Obligation with respect to the the Restricted Shares. Receipt of this Award constitutes Participant’s instruction and authorization to the Company and such brokerage firm to complete the transactions described above, including the transactions described in the previous sentence, as applicable. Any Shares to be sold at the Company’s direction through a broker-assisted sale will be sold on the day the Tax Withholding Obligation with respect to the vesting of the Restricted Shares arises or as soon thereafter as practicable. The Shares may be sold as part of a block trade with other participants of the Plan in which all participants receive an average price. Participant will be responsible for all broker’s fees and other costs of sale, and Participant agrees to indemnify and hold the Company harmless from any losses, costs, damages, or expenses relating to any such sale. To the extent the proceeds of such sale exceed Participant’s Tax Withholding Obligation with respect to the the Restricted Shares, the Company agrees to pay such excess in cash to Participant as soon as practicable. Participant acknowledges that the Company or its designee is under no obligation to arrange for such sale at any particular price, and that the proceeds of any such sale may not be sufficient to satisfy Participant’s Tax Withholding Obligation.
(d) At any time not less than five (5) business days before any Tax Withholding Obligation arises, Participant may elect to satisfy the Tax Withholding Obligation by delivering to the Company an amount that the Company determines is sufficient to satisfy the Tax Withholding Obligation in one or more of the forms specified below:
(i) by the deduction of such amount from other compensation payable to Participant;
(ii) by tendering Shares owned by Participant having a then-current Fair Market Value not exceeding the amount necessary to satisfy the Tax Withholding Obligation of the Company and its Subsidiaries based on the minimum applicable statutory withholding rates (or such higher rate as may be determined by the Administrator, which higher rate may not exceed the maximum individual statutory tax rate in the applicable jurisdiction at the time of such withholding (or such other rate as may be required to avoid the liability classification of the applicable award under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America), provided, that, such Shares shall be rounded up to the nearest whole Share to the extent rounding up to the nearest whole share does not result in the liability classification of the applicable Award under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America);
(iii) through the delivery of a notice that Participant has placed a market sell order with a broker acceptable to the Company with respect to the Restricted Shares then vesting and that the broker has been directed to pay a sufficient portion of the net proceeds of the sale to the Company or its Subsidiary with respect to which the Tax Withholding Obligation arises in satisfaction of such obligation; provided that payment of such proceeds is then made to the Company or the applicable Subsidiary at such time as may be required by the Administrator, but in any event not later than the settlement of such sale; or
(iv) in any combination of the foregoing.
(e) To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Company further has the authority to deduct or withhold such amount as is necessary to satisfy any Tax Withholding Obligation from other compensation payable to Participant with respect to any taxable event arising from the Restricted Shares or the Dividend Rights.
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Tax Consequences and Withholding. As of the Grant Date, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, the Participant hereby authorizes withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to the Participant, and otherwise agrees to make adequate provision for, any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company, if any, which arise in connection with the Award. Unless the tax withholding obligations of the Company are satisfied, the Company shall have no obligation to issue a certificate or book-entry transfer for such shares. The Participant understands that unless a proper and timely Section 83(b) election has been made as further described below, generally under Section 83 of the Code, at the time the shares of Restricted Stock Shares vest, the Participant will be obligated to recognize ordinary income and be taxed in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value as of the date of vesting for the shares of Restricted Stock Shares then vesting. The Participant shall be solely responsible for any tax obligations that may arise as a result of the shares of Restricted Stock, provided that the Company may require the forfeiture of a number of shares of Restricted Stock having a Fair Market Value as of the date of vesting equal to the amount of any required withholding. The Participant has been informed that, with respect to the grant of the Restricted Stock Award, an election may be filed by the Participant with the Internal Revenue Service, within 30 days of the date of grant, electing pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code to be taxed currently on the Fair Market Value of the Restricted Stock Shares on the date of grant. The Participant acknowledges that it is the Participant’s sole responsibility to timely file the election under Section 83(b) of the Code. If the Participant makes such election, the Participant shall promptly provide the Company a copy and the Company may require at the time of such election an additional payment for withholding tax purposes based on the Fair Market Value of the Restricted Stock Shares as of the date of issuancegrant. The Company (or any Subsidiary or Affiliate employing the Participant) shall have a right to require the Participant to pay the Company (or such Subsidiary or Affiliate) a cash amount sufficient to cover any required domestic or foreign tax withholding obligation, including income, employment, social insurance, payroll tax, fringe benefit tax, payment on account or other tax-related items related to the Participant’s participation in the Plan and legally applicable to the Participant including, without limitation, in connection with the vesting of the Restricted Shares, the subsequent sale of Shares acquired upon vesting and/or the receipt of any dividends on such Shares which the Company determines must be withheld (“Tax-Related Items”), before delivery of any Shares under this Restricted Stock Award. In lieu of all or any part of a cash payment from the Participant, the Participant may elect to cover the Tax-Related Items by forfeiting a number of Shares delivered to the Participant equal in value to the amount of such tax withholding obligation. The Participant acknowledges that the Company and its Affiliates (1) make no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with any aspect of the Restricted Shares; and (2) do not commit to and are under no obligation to structure the terms of the grant or any aspect of the Restricted Shares to reduce or eliminate the Participant’s liability for Tax-Related Items or achieve any particular tax result.
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Tax Consequences and Withholding. As of the Grant Date, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, the Participant hereby authorizes withholding from payroll a. Employee acknowledges and any other amounts payable to the Participant, agrees that:
i. Employee and otherwise agrees to make adequate provision for, any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company, if any, which arise in connection with the Award. Unless the tax withholding obligations of the Company are satisfied, not the Company shall have no obligation to issue a certificate or book-entry transfer for such shares. The Participant understands that unless a proper and timely Section 83(b) election has been made as further described below, generally under Section 83 of the Code, at the time the shares of Restricted Stock vest, the Participant will be obligated to recognize ordinary income and be taxed in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value as of the date of vesting for the shares of Restricted Stock then vesting. The Participant shall be solely responsible for any tax obligations liability that may arise as a result of the shares of Restricted Stock, provided that the Company may require the forfeiture of a number of shares of Restricted Stock having a Fair Market Value as of the date of vesting equal to the amount of any required withholding. The Participant has been informed that, with respect to the grant of the Award, transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
i. Employee will not make an election may be filed by the Participant with the Internal Revenue Service, within 30 days of the date of grant, electing pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, with respect to the Award.
ii. Employee will pay, or make arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Company to pay, any taxes that the Company is required by law to withhold with respect to the Award. The payment will be due on the date upon which the Company is obligated to withhold such taxes. If Employee does not make such tax payment when due, the Company shall have the right to do one or more of the following in order to have sufficient funds to satisfy the amount required to be taxed currently on withheld:
(a) retain, or sell within ten (10) days of written notice to Employee or such longer period as may be required by applicable law, a number of the Shares sufficient to cover all or part of the amount required to be withheld; or
(b) deduct, to the extent permitted by law, from any payment of any kind otherwise due Employee from the Company all or a part of the amount required to be withheld; or
(c) to pursue any other remedy at law or in equity.
iii. On or before the date upon which any tax attributable to the Award is required to be withheld, Employee may satisfy his/her tax obligation, in whole or in part, by electing to:
(a) have the Company withhold the number of Shares otherwise to be delivered to Employee upon vesting with a then current Fair Market Value equal to the amount of the Restricted Stock on the date of grant. The Participant acknowledges that it is the Participant’s sole responsibility such tax obligation; or
(b) surrender to timely file the election under Section 83(b) of the Code. If the Participant makes such election, the Participant shall promptly provide the Company shares of Graco common stock currently owned by Employee with a copy and the Company may require at the time of such election an additional payment for withholding tax purposes based on the then current Fair Market Value of equal to the Restricted Stock as of the date of issuanceamount required to satisfy such tax obligation.
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Tax Consequences and Withholding. As of the Grant Date, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, the Participant hereby authorizes withholding from payroll a. Employee acknowledges and any other amounts payable to the Participant, agrees that:
i. Employee and otherwise agrees to make adequate provision for, any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company, if any, which arise in connection with the Award. Unless the tax withholding obligations of the Company are satisfied, not the Company shall have no obligation to issue a certificate or book-entry transfer for such shares. The Participant understands that unless a proper and timely Section 83(b) election has been made as further described below, generally under Section 83 of the Code, at the time the shares of Restricted Stock vest, the Participant will be obligated to recognize ordinary income and be taxed in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value as of the date of vesting for the shares of Restricted Stock then vesting. The Participant shall be solely responsible for any tax obligations liability that may arise as a result of the shares of Restricted Stock, provided that the Company may require the forfeiture of a number of shares of Restricted Stock having a Fair Market Value as of the date of vesting equal to the amount of any required withholdingtransactions contemplated by this Agreement.
ii. The Participant has been informed that, with respect to the grant of the Award, Employee will not make an election may be filed by the Participant with the Internal Revenue Service, within 30 days of the date of grant, electing pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, with respect to the Award.
iii. Employee will pay, or make arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Company to pay, any taxes that the Company is required by law to withhold with respect to the Award. The payment will be due on the date upon which the Company is obligated to withhold such taxes. If Employee does not make such tax payment when due, the Company shall have the right to do one or more of the following in order to have sufficient funds to satisfy the amount required to be taxed currently on withheld:
(a) retain, or sell within ten (10) days of written notice to Employee or such longer period as may be required by applicable law, a number of the Shares sufficient to cover all or part of the amount required to be withheld; or
(b) deduct, to the extent permitted by law, from any payment of any kind otherwise due Employee from the Company all or a part of the amount required to be withheld; or
(c) to pursue any other remedy at law or in equity.
iv. On or before the date upon which any tax attributable to the Award is required to be withheld, Employee may satisfy his/her tax obligation, in whole or in part, by electing to:
(a) have the Company withhold the number of Shares otherwise to be delivered to Employee upon vesting with a then current Fair Market Value equal to the amount of the Restricted Stock on the date of grant. The Participant acknowledges that it is the Participant’s sole responsibility such tax obligation; or
(b) surrender to timely file the election under Section 83(b) of the Code. If the Participant makes such election, the Participant shall promptly provide the Company shares of Graco common stock currently owned by Employee with a copy and the Company may require at the time of such election an additional payment for withholding tax purposes based on the then current Fair Market Value of equal to the Restricted Stock as of the date of issuanceamount required to satisfy such tax obligation.
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Tax Consequences and Withholding. As of the Grant Date, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, the Participant hereby authorizes withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to the Participant, and otherwise agrees to make adequate provision for, any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company, if any, which arise in connection with the Award. Unless the tax withholding obligations of the Company are satisfied, the Company shall have no obligation to issue a certificate or book-entry transfer for such shares. The Participant understands that unless a proper and timely Section 83(b) election has been made as further described below, generally under Section 83 of the Code, at the time the shares of Restricted Stock Shares vest, the Participant will be obligated to recognize ordinary income and be taxed in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value as of the date of vesting for the shares of Restricted Stock Shares then vesting. The Participant shall be solely responsible for any tax obligations that may arise as a result of the shares of Restricted Stock, provided that the Company may require the forfeiture of a number of shares of Restricted Stock having a Fair Market Value as of the date of vesting equal to the amount of any required withholding. The Participant has been informed that, with respect to the grant of the Restricted Stock Award, an election may be filed by the Participant with the Internal Revenue Service, within 30 days of the date of grant, electing pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code to be taxed currently on the Fair Market Value of the Restricted Stock Shares on the date of grant. The Participant acknowledges that it is the Participant’s sole responsibility to timely file the election under Section 83(b) of the Code. If the Participant makes such election, the Participant shall promptly provide the Company a copy and the Company may require at the time of such election an additional payment for withholding tax purposes based on the Fair Market Value of the Restricted Stock Shares as of the date of issuancegrant. The Company (or any Subsidiary or Affiliate employing the Participant) shall have a right to require the Participant to pay the Company (or such Subsidiary or Affiliate) a cash amount sufficient to cover any required domestic or foreign tax withholding obligation, including income, employment, social insurance, payroll tax, fringe benefit tax, payment on account or other tax-related items related to the Participant’s receipt of this Award and legally applicable to the Participant including, without limitation, in connection with the vesting of the Restricted Shares, the subsequent sale of Shares acquired upon vesting and/or the receipt of any dividends on such Shares which the Company determines must be withheld (“Tax-Related Items”), before delivery of any Shares under this Restricted Stock Award. In lieu of all or any part of a cash payment from the Participant, the Participant may elect to cover the Tax-Related Items by forfeiting a number of Shares delivered to the Participant equal in value to the amount of such tax withholding obligation. The Participant acknowledges that the Company and its Affiliates (1) make no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with any aspect of the Restricted Shares; and (2) do not commit to and are under no obligation to structure the terms of the grant or any aspect of the Restricted Shares to reduce or eliminate the Participant’s liability for Tax-Related Items or achieve any particular tax result.
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Tax Consequences and Withholding. As of the Grant Date, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, the Participant hereby authorizes withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to the Participant, and otherwise agrees to make adequate provision for, any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company, if any, which arise in connection with the Award. Unless the tax withholding obligations of the Company are satisfied, the Company shall have no obligation to issue a certificate or book-entry transfer for such shares. The Participant understands that unless a proper and timely Section 83(b) election has been made as further described below, generally under Section 83 of the Code, at the time the shares of Restricted Stock Shares vest, the Participant will be obligated to recognize ordinary income and be taxed in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value as of the date of vesting for the shares of Restricted Stock Shares then vesting. The Participant shall be solely responsible for any tax obligations that may arise as a result of the shares of Restricted Stock, provided that the Company may require the forfeiture of a number of shares of Restricted Stock having a Fair Market Value as of the date of vesting equal to the amount of any required withholding. The Participant has been informed that, with respect to the grant of the Restricted Stock Award, an election may be filed by the Participant with the Internal Revenue Service, within 30 days of the date of grant, electing pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code to be taxed currently on the Fair Market Value of the Restricted Stock Shares on the date of grant. The Participant acknowledges that it is the Participant’s sole responsibility to timely file the election under Section 83(b) of the Code. If the Participant makes such election, the Participant shall promptly provide the Company a copy and the Company may require at the time of such election an additional payment for withholding tax purposes based on the Fair Market Value of the Restricted Stock Shares as of the date of issuancegrant. The Company (or any Subsidiary or Affiliate employing the Participant) shall have a right to require the Participant to pay the Company (or such Subsidiary or Affiliate) a cash amount sufficient to cover any required domestic or foreign tax withholding obligation, including income, employment, social insurance, payroll tax, fringe benefit tax, payment on account or other tax-related items related to Holder’s participation in the Plan and legally applicable to Holder including, without limitation, in connection with the vesting of the Restricted Shares, the subsequent sale of Shares acquired upon vesting and/or the receipt of any dividends on such Shares which the Company determines must be withheld (“Tax-Related Items”), before delivery of any Shares under this Restricted Stock Award. In lieu of all or any part of a cash payment from the Participant, the Participant may elect to cover the Tax-Related Items forfeiting a number of Shares delivered to the Participant equal in value to the amount of such tax withholding obligation. Holder acknowledges that the Company and its Affiliates (1) make no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with any aspect of the Restricted Shares; and (2) do not commit to and are under no obligation to structure the terms of the grant or any aspect of the Restricted Shares to reduce or eliminate Holder’s liability for Tax-Related Items or achieve any particular tax result.
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