6.3 No Effect on Other Benefits. Except as expressly set forth in a Participant’s employment agreement with the Company, any Actual Awards or Progress Payments under the Plan shall not be considered for the purpose of calculating other benefits to which such Participant may be entitled, including: (a) any termination, severance, redundancy orend-of-service payments; (b) other bonuses or long-service awards; (c) overtime premiums; (d) future Base Salary.
6.4 Successors. All obligations of the Company and any Affiliate under the Plan, with respect to awards granted hereunder, shall be binding on any successor to the Company and/or such Affiliate, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a merger, consolidation, direct or indirect purchase of all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company or such Affiliate, or any similar transaction.
6.5 Nontransferability of Awards. No award granted under the Plan shall be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will, by the laws of descent and distribution or to the limited extent provided in Section 4.4. All rights with respect to an award granted to a Participant shall be available during his or her lifetime only to the Participant.
ARTICLE 7. DURATION, AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
7.1 Duration of the Plan. The Plan shall commence on the date specified herein and shall remain in effect thereafter until terminated pursuant to Section 7.2.
7.2 Amendment, Suspension or Termination. The Board or the Committee may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan, or any part thereof, at any time and for any reason. No award may be granted during any period of suspension or after termination of the Plan.
ARTICLE 8. LEGAL CONSTRUCTION
8.1 Severability. In the event any provision of the Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.
8.2 Requirements of Law. The granting of awards under the Plan shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities markets as may be required.
8.3 Governing Law. The Plan and all awards shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to theirconflict-of-law provisions.
8.4 Captions. Captions are provided herein for convenience only and shall not serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of the Plan.
8.5 Compensation Recovery for Fraud or Misconduct. In the event the Company adopts any policy related to the recovery of compensation in the event of fraud or other misconduct, any Actual Awards or Progress Payments payable thereafter under the Plan shall be subject to such policy as in effect from time to time, and the terms and conditions of such policy shall be incorporated into the Plan.
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