Article IX. Administrative Provisions.
A. Administration.
The O&C Committee and its members, the Company CEO and the Executive Team, and any other individual to whom the O&C Committee, the Company CEO, and/or the Executive Team have delegated their responsibilities regarding the administration of this Plan, shall have full authority, discretion, and power necessary or desirable to administer and interpret this Plan. Without in any way limiting the foregoing, all such individuals shall have complete authority, discretion, and power, as granted by this Plan or delegated thereunder, to: (i) determine the Participants for each Plan Year; (ii) determine the Operational Metrics and the applicable threshold, target, superior, aspirational, and/or other achievement levels for such Operational Metrics; (iii) determine the weighting of each Operational Metric to be used in calculating the Total Weighted Operational Metric Funding Percentage; (iv) evaluate and determine the level of attainment of the Operational Metrics and the individual performance of Participants; (v) determine the Individual Performance Modifier applicable to each Participant (vi) determine the amount of the Award for each Participant; (vii) interpret the provisions of this Plan and any other documentation used in connection with this Plan, including documentation specifying the Operational Metrics and their various achievement levels and weighting, the individual performance goals, Award opportunities, and the like; (viii) establish and interpret rules and procedures (written or by practice) for the administration of the Plan; and (ix) make all other determinations and take all other actions necessary or desirable for the administration or interpretation of this Plan. All actions, decisions, and interpretations of such individuals shall be final, conclusive, and binding on all parties.
B. No Right to Continued Employment.
Nothing in this Plan shall be deemed by implication, action, or otherwise to constitute a contract of employment, or otherwise to provide a Participant with any right of continued employment or impose any limitation on any right of the Company to terminate a Participant’s employment at any time.
C. No Assignment.
A Participant or Participant’s beneficiary shall have no right to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, or encumber any right to receive any Award made under the Plan, nor will any Participant or Participant’s beneficiary have any lien on any assets of the Company, or any affiliate thereof, by reason of any Award made under the Plan. No Award shall be in any manner subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements, or torts of any Participant.
D. Withholding.
The Company shall have the right to deduct or withhold, or require a Participant to remit to the Company, any taxes required by law to be withheld from Awards made under this Plan.
E. Amendment of Plan.
The Plan may be amended, suspended, or terminated at any time and from time to time, by action of the O&C Committee, provided no such amendment, suspension, or termination adversely affects any Participant’s right to receive any amount to which they have become entitled under the terms of this Plan prior to such amendment, suspension, or termination. In order to be effective, any amendment of this Plan or any Award must be in writing. No oral statement, representation, or the like shall have the effect of amending or modifying this Plan or any Award, or otherwise have any binding effect on the Company, the O&C Committee, the Executive Team, or any individual who has been delegated authority by the O&C Committee or the Executive Team to administer this Plan.
F. No Obligation to Continue Plan.
The adoption of the Plan does not imply any commitment to continue to maintain the Plan, or any modified version of the Plan, or any other plan for incentive compensation, for any succeeding year.
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