20.2 Participation. The participation of any Participant in the Plan is entirely voluntary and not obligatory. No individual shall have the right to be selected to receive an Award under this Plan, or having been so selected, to be selected to receive a future Award. The Committee may grant more than one Award to a Participant and may designate an individual as a Participant for overlapping periods of time.
20.3 Rights as a Shareholder. Except as otherwise provided herein, a Participant shall have none of the rights of a shareholder with respect to Shares covered by any Award until the Participant becomes the record holder of such Shares. No adjustment shall be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date on which the Participant becomes the record holder of the Shares.
ARTICLE 21.
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
21.1 Amendment and Termination of this Plan and Awards. The Board may from time to time, without notice and without approval of the holders of voting shares of the Company, amend, modify, change, suspend or terminate the Plan or any Awards granted pursuant to the Plan as it, in its discretion, determines appropriate, provided, however, that any amendment that would cause an Award held by a Participant that is subject to the Code to be subject to the additional tax penalty under Section 409A(1)(b)(i)(II) of the Code shall be null and void ab initio.
21.2 Shareholder Approval. Notwithstanding Section 21.1, approval of the holders of the voting shares of the Company shall be required for any amendment, modification or change that:
(a) Increases the number of Shares reserved for issuance under the Plan, except in connection with a corporate transaction involving the Company (including, without limitation, any stock dividend, stock split, extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination or exchange of Shares);
(b) Reduces the Option Price of an Option or the Grant Price of a SAR (for this purpose, a cancellation or termination of an Award of a Participant prior to its expiry date for the purpose of reissuing an Award to the same Participant with a lower Option Price shall be treated as an amendment to reduce the Option Price of an Award) or exchanges such Awards for Awards of a different type, and/or cash, except in connection with a corporate transaction involving the Company (including, without limitation, any stock dividend, stock split, extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination or exchange of Shares);
(c) Extends the term of an Award beyond the original expiration date, except where the expiration date is extended to the tenth business day following a period during which the Participant is prohibited from trading in the Shares by applicable laws, rules or regulations or the Company’s insider trading plan as in effect from time to time (subject to compliance with Section 409A of the Code);
(d) Permits Awards to be transferred to a person other than a Permitted Transferee or for normal estate settlement purposes; or
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