16. RESTRICTIONSON SALEOF AWARDSAND SHARES
16.1 AWARDS. Awards may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of, except by will or the laws of descent.
16.2 SHARES. Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, prior to the consummation by the Company of an IPO, Underlying Shares may not be sold assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of, except as stated below in thisSection 16. Any disposition of Underlying Shares carried out by Participants before an IPO, without the Administrator’s prior written approval, shall be null and void. Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, any Underlying Shares issued upon exercise or settlement of Awards granted under any of the tax tracks detailed inSection 11 above, will be held by the Trustee until the earlier to occur of a Merger, as detailed inSection 4.2 above, or an IPO.
16.3 ACCELERATION PROVISION. The Administrator, at its sole discretion, may decide to add a provision in certain Grant Letters, according to which in case of a Merger or IPO, all or some of the unvested Awards or/and Shares, shall automatically accelerate, and become fully vested and exercisable upon such event.
16.4 LOCK UP.Notwithstanding the Holding Period, if the Company engages in a financing transaction, or conducts a public offering, at the request of the investors in such transaction or underwriters, as the case may be, the Administrator may determine that the Underlying Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of Awards may be subject to alock-up period of up to 180 days, or such longer period of time as may be recommended by the Company’s Board, during which time Participants shall not be allowed to sell the Shares. As a condition for the grant of Awards and issuance of Underlying Shares thereunder, each Participant shall execute such other documents and/or agreement as shall be determined by the Administrator at its sole discretion.
16.5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO RESTRICTIONS. As a condition for the grant of Awards and issuance of Underlying Shares thereunder, each Participant shall acknowledge the terms and provisions of the corporate documents of the Company, including organizational documents, as amended from time to time, and all other agreements among the Shareholders which are applicable to the holders of the Company’s Shares and shall agree to be bound by their terms with respect to any restriction applicable to the Shares of the Company (including without limitation, any right of first refusal,co-sale and bring along provisions, as applicable).
17. TAX MATTERS. Grants of Awards made to 102 Participants under this Plan shall be governed by, and shall conform with and be interpreted so as to comply with, the requirements of Section 102 and any written approval or ruling from the ITA. All tax consequences under any Applicable Law (other than stamp duty) that may arise from the Grant of the Awards, from the exercise or settlement of Awards or from the holding or sale of the Underlying Shares (or other securities issued under the Plan) by or on behalf of the Participant or from any other event or act hereunder (whether any act of the Participant or of the Company or its Affiliates or of the Trustee), shall be borne solely by the Participant. The Participant shall indemnify the Company and/or Affiliate and/or the Trustee, as the case may be, and hold them harmless, against and from any liability for any such tax or any penalty, interest or indexing.
Except as otherwise required by Applicable Law, the Company shall not be obligated to honor the exercise or settlement of any Award by or on behalf of a Participant or the sale, exchange or other transfer of any Underlying Shares issued upon exercise or settlement of Awards until all tax consequences (if any) arising from the exercise or settlement of such Awards or sale, exchange or other transfer of Shares are resolved to the full satisfaction of the Company. Without derogating from the above, the Company and/or, when applicable, the Trustee shall not be required to release any share certificate to a Participant until all required payments, if any, have been fully made.
If the Company elects to grant Awards according to the provisions of the Income Tax Track Without a Trustee (Section 11.3 of this Plan), and if prior to the Exercise of any and/or all of these Awards, such Participant ceases to be an Employee, Director, or officer of the Company or Affiliate, the Participant shall deposit with the Company a guarantee or other security as required by law, in order to ensure the payment of applicable taxes upon the exercise or settlement of such Awards, as the case may be.
It is clarified that if any Awards granted under either of the tax tracks under Section 102 do not comply with the requirement of such tax route, the Award shall be considered subject to thenon-trustee route under Section 102, or Section 3(i) or Section 2 of the Ordinance, as applicable.
18. WITHHOLDING TAXES. Whenever an amount with respect to withholding tax relating to Awards granted to a Participant and/or Underlying Shares issued upon the exercise thereof is due from the Participant and/or the
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