(f) Incentive Stock Options.Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan shall be subject to the following additional conditions, limitations and restrictions:
(i) Eligibility.Incentive Stock Options may only be granted to Employees of the Company or a Related Company that is a subsidiary or parent corporation, within the meaning of Code Section 424, of the Company (an “ISO Related Company”). In no event may an Incentive Stock Option be granted to an Employee who owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or such Related Company or to a Consultant.
(ii) Timing of Grant.No Incentive Stock Option shall be granted under the Plan after the10-year anniversary of the date the Plan is adopted by the Board.
(iii) Amount of Award.The aggregate Fair Market Value on the date of grant of the Shares with respect to which such Incentive Stock Options first become exercisable during any calendar year under the terms of the Plan for any Participant may not exceed $100,000 (or such other limit as may be specified in the Code). For purposes of this $100,000 limit, the Participant’s Incentive Stock Options under this Plan and all Plan’s maintained by the Company and an ISO Related Company shall be aggregated. To the extent any Incentive Stock Option first becomes exercisable in a calendar year and such limit would be exceeded, such Incentive Stock Option shall thereafter be treated as a Nonqualified Stock Option for all purposes.
(iv) Timing of Exercise.In the event that the Committee exercises its discretion to permit an Incentive Stock Option to be exercised by a Participant more than 90 days after the Participant’s termination of employment with the Company and such exercise occurs more than three months after such Participant has ceased being an Employee (or more than 12 months after the Participant is Disabled or dies), such Incentive Stock Option shall thereafter be treated as a Nonqualified Stock Option for all purposes.
(v) Transfer Restrictions.In no event shall the Committee permit an Incentive Stock Option to be transferred by a Participant other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and any Incentive Stock Option granted hereunder shall be exercisable, during his or her lifetime, only by the Participant.
(g) Extension of Stock Option Term for Blackouts.At its discretion, the Committee may extend the term of any Stock Option beyond its earlier termination pursuant to Section 4.7(c), (d)(ii), (iii) or (iv) if the Company had prohibited the participant from exercising the option prior to termination or expiration in order to comply with applicable Federal, state, local or foreign law, provided that such extension may not exceed 30 days from the date such prohibition is lifted.
4.8 Other Equity-Based Awards.The Committee may, from time to time, grant Awards (other than Performance Bonuses, Restricted Stock or Stock Options) under this Section 4.8 that consist of, or are denominated in, payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to, Shares to any Employee or Consultant. These Awards may include, among other things Shares, restricted stock options, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights (SARs) (which shall lapse no later than the tenth anniversary of the grant date, subject to extension consistent with Section 4.7(g)), phantom or hypothetical Shares and Share units. The Committee shall determine, in its discretion, the terms, conditions, restrictions and limitations, if any, that shall apply to Awards granted pursuant to this Section 4.8, including whether dividend equivalents shall be credited or paid with respect to any Award, which terms, conditions, restrictions and/or limitations shall be set forth in the applicable Award Agreement; provided, however, that in no event will the exercise price of an SAR with respect to any Share be less than the Fair Market Value of a Share as of the date of grant.
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