Termination of Employment for Retirement Prior to Full Vesting. If the Participant ceases to be employed by the Company by reason of Retirement prior to the full vesting of the Option Shares under Section 5(b) above and subject to Participant's compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 12 below, if (1) the date of Retirement occurs on or after the first anniversary of the Award Date, this Option shall vest in accordance with the schedule set forth in Section 5(b) above, or (2) if the date of Retirement occurs before the first anniversary of the Award Date, the number of Option Shares subject to this Option shall be deemed vested by multiplying that number of Option Shares by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of full calendar months of employment service subsequent to the Award Date, and the denominator of which shall be twelve (12). “Retires” or “Retirement” means for purposes of this Award Agreement the Participant’s resignation on or after attaining (A) age 55 and 5 or more years of service, or (B) 30 or more years of service. For clarity, a Company-initiated termination of the employment of the Participant shall not be considered a “Retirement”. Subject to Participant's compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 12 below, this Option shall, to the extent rights to purchase shares hereunder have vested, be exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time within the period of five (5) years following the date of Retirement subject, however, to prior expiration of the term of this Option and any other limitations upon its exercise in effect at the date of exercise. If the Participant dies after such Retirement, this Option shall be exercisable in accor-dance with Section 8(e) hereof.
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Samples: Stock Option Agreement (Miller Herman Inc), Stock Option Agreement (Miller Herman Inc)
Termination of Employment for Retirement Prior to Full Vesting. If the Participant Employee ceases to be employed by the Company by reason of Retirement prior to the full vesting of the Option Shares under Section paragraph 5(b) above and subject to ParticipantEmployee's compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 12 paragraph 10 below, if (1) the date of Retirement occurs on or after the first anniversary of the Award Effective Date, this Option shall vest in accordance with the schedule set forth in Section paragraph 5(b) above, or (2) if the date of Retirement occurs before the first anniversary of the Award Effective Date, the number of Option Shares subject to this Option shall be deemed vested by multiplying that number of Option Shares by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of full calendar months of employment service subsequent to the Award Effective Date, and the denominator of which shall be twelve (12). “Retires” or “Retirement” means for purposes of this Award Agreement the Participant’s resignation on or after attaining (A) age 55 and 5 or more years of service, or (B) 30 or more years of service. For clarity, a Company-initiated termination of the employment of the Participant shall not be considered a “Retirement”. Subject to ParticipantEmployee's compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 12 paragraph 10 below, this Option shall, to the extent rights to purchase shares hereunder have vestedvested in accordance with the preceding sentence, be exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time within following the period expiration of the Restricted Period (as defined in paragraph 10(d) below) and prior to the expiration of the five (5) years year period following the date of Retirement Retirement, subject, however, to prior expiration of the term of this Option and any other limitations upon its exercise in effect at the date of exercise. If the Participant Employee dies after such Retirement, this Option shall be exercisable in accor-dance with Section paragraph 8(e) hereof.
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Termination of Employment for Retirement Prior to Full Vesting. If the Participant ceases to be employed by the Company by reason of Retirement prior to the full vesting of the Option Shares under Section 5(b) above and subject to Participant's compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 12 below, if (1) the date of Retirement occurs on or after the first anniversary of the Award Date, this Option shall vest in accordance with the schedule set forth in Section 5(b) above, or (2) if the date of Retirement occurs before the first anniversary of the Award Date, the number of Option Shares subject to this Option shall be deemed vested by multiplying that number of Option Shares by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of full calendar months of employment service subsequent to the Award Date, and the denominator of which shall be twelve (12). “Retires” or “Retirement” means for purposes of this Award Agreement the Participant’s resignation on or after attaining (A) age 55 and 5 or more years of service, or (B) 30 or more years of service. For clarity, a Company-initiated termination of the employment of the Participant shall not be considered a “Retirement”. Subject to Participant's compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 12 below, this Option shall, to the extent rights to purchase shares hereunder have vested, be exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time within the period of five (5) years following the date of Retirement subject, however, to prior expiration of the term of this Option and any other limitations upon its exercise in effect at the date of exercise. If the Participant dies after such Retirement, this Option shall be exercisable in accor-dance accordance with Section 8(e) hereof.
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