(b) Payment upon Participant’s Death or Disability. Notwithstanding Section 3(a) above, if Participant’s Continuous Service terminates during the Performance Period as a result of Participant’s death or Disability, then Participant will receive a pro rata portion of the Award that otherwise would have been payable hereunder, with Participant’s Award to be calculated in the manner set forth in Section 2 above except that the amount of the Award, if any, will bepro-rated based on the number of days that Participant was employed by the Company between the date of the beginning of the Performance Period and the date that Participant’s Continuous Service terminated as a percentage of the total number of days in the Performance Period.
4. Change in Control. Notwithstanding Section 3(a) above, if a Change in Control of the Company occurs prior to the last day of the Performance Period, then the Award shall be payable to Participant at the Target Award level and shall be payable no later than five (5) days following such Change in Control.
5. Payment of Awards. The Committee shall determine the amount, if any, of the Award payable to Participant in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Plan. Except as provided in Section 4 hereof, the percentage of Participant’s Target Award that is earned under this Agreement shall be paid in cash within two andone-half (2½) months following the end of the Performance Period, including in the case of a payment pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof.
6. Transferability. The Award and any rights relating thereto may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred, or disposed of in any manner other than in accordance with the terms of the Plan.
7. No Right to Continued Service. Neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall confer upon Participant any right to be retained in any position or as an Employee of the Company. Further, nothing in the Plan or this Agreement shall be construed to limit the discretion of the Company to terminate Participant’s Continuous Service at any time, with or without Cause.
8. Tax Withholding. The Company shall withhold from any Award payable hereunder all federal, state, local and other income and employment taxes required to be withheld from such Award.
9. Conflicts and Interpretation. Participant acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan, and agrees that this Award shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan, including future amendments thereto, if any, pursuant to the terms thereof, which Plan is incorporated herein by reference as a part of this Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of the Plan, the terms and conditions of the Plan shall control. Furthermore, subject to applicable law and the terms of the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations and other decisions with respect to the Award shall be within the sole discretion of the Committee, may be made at any time, and shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all persons, including Participant.
10. Construction of Agreement. Any provision of this Agreement (or portion thereof) which is deemed invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction and
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