necessary or desirable. Any decision of the Committee in the interpretation and administration of the Plan, as described herein, shall lie within its sole and absolute discretion and shall be final, conclusive and binding on all parties concerned (including, but not limited to, Participants and their beneficiaries or successors).” Further, with respect to this Option, in the event that this Option is not assumed or substituted by the successor entity upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, then notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 10(b) of the Plan, this Option shall vest with respect to all the Shares subject thereto and be (i) exercisable as to all such Shares for a period of at least ten (10) business days prior to the Change in Control, or (ii) cancelled for fair value pursuant to clause (ii) of such Section 10(b), in each such case, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. No member of the Committee shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan or the Option. In its absolute discretion, the Board may at any time, and from time to time, exercise any and all rights and duties of the Committee under the Plan and this Agreement.
Section 5.2. Option Not Transferable.
Except as otherwise permitted by the Committee in writing, neither the Option nor any interest or right therein or part thereof shall be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect;provided,however, that, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, thisSection 5.2 shall not prevent transfers by will or by the Applicable Laws of descent and distribution.
Section 5.3. Forfeiture and Repayment Obligation for Engaging in Repayment Behavior.
(a) By accepting the Option, the Optionee acknowledges and agrees that, if the Optionee engages in Repayment Behavior at any time during the Optionee’s Employment or theone-year period following the termination of the Optionee’s Employment, then, in addition to the consequences described inSection 3.1(e) above, upon the date on which the Optionee first engages in such Repayment Behavior (such date, the “Trigger Date”): (i) if and to the extent then outstanding, the portion of the Option held by the Optionee or any member of the Optionee’s Management Stockholder Group that first vested and became exercisable during thetwo-year period immediately preceding the Trigger Date shall be automatically forfeited for no consideration (suchtwo-year period, the “Claw Back Period” and such portion of the Option, the “Claw Back Option”), (ii) any Shares then held by the Optionee or any member of the Optionee’s Management Stockholder Group that were acquired upon the exercise of the Claw Back Option will immediately cease to be transferable by the Optionee or any members of the Optionee’s Management Stockholder Group (other than to the Optionee’s Management Stockholder Group pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Management Stockholders Agreement, to the Company pursuant to this clause (ii), or transfers pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.4 and, prior to the Merger Closing, Section 3.5 of the Management Stockholders Agreement) and, subject to any applicable Repurchase Limitations, may, at the Company’s election, be repurchased by the Company for a payment equal to the aggregate Option Price paid by the Optionee or any member of the Optionee’s Management Stockholder Group to acquire such Shares, which election shall be made within the three (3) month period
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