(b) all decisions with respect to future grants of options under the Plan, if any, will be at the sole discretion of the Company;
(c) the grant of the options under the Plan shall not create a right to employment or be interpreted as forming an employment or service contract with the Company, or any Affiliate, Parent, Subsidiary of the Company, and shall not interfere with the ability of the Company or any Affiliate, Parent or Subsidiary, as applicable, to terminate Participant’s employment;
(d) Participant is voluntarily participating in the Plan;
(e) the options granted under the Plan and the shares of Common Stock underlying such options, and the income and value of same, are not intended to replace any pension rights or compensation;
(f) the options granted under the Plan and the purchase of shares of Common Stock underlying such options, and the income and value of same, are not part of Participant’s normal or expected compensation for any purpose, including, but not limited to, calculating any severance, resignation, termination, redundancy, dismissal, end-of-service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, pension or retirement benefits or similar payments;
(g) the future value of the shares of Common Stock underlying the options granted under the Plan is unknown, indeterminable and cannot be predicted with certainty, and may be greater or less than the value of shares of Common Stock on the date hereof, the date of Participant’s contributions to the Plan, and/or the dates of any applicable purchases of shares under the Plan;
(h) the shares of Common Stock that Participant acquires under the Plan may increase or decrease in value, even below the Purchase Price;
(i) no claim or entitlement to compensation or damages shall arise from the forfeiture of all or any portion of the options granted to Participant under the Plan as a result of the termination of Participant’s status as an Eligible Employee (for any reason whatsoever, and whether or not later found to be invalid or in breach of employment laws in the jurisdiction where Participant is employed or the terms of Participant’s employment agreement, if any) and, in consideration of the grant of the options under the Plan to which Participant is otherwise not entitled, Participant irrevocably agrees (i) never to institute a claim against the Company, or any Affiliate, Parent, or Subsidiary, (ii) to waive Participant’s ability, if any, to bring such claim, and (iii) to release the Company, any Affiliate, Parent or Subsidiary from any such claim that may arise; if, notwithstanding the foregoing, any such claim is allowed by a court of competent jurisdiction, Participant shall be deemed irrevocably to have agreed to not to pursue such claim and agree to execute any and all documents necessary to request dismissal or withdrawal of such claim;
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