shall be entitled to rely upon the advice, opinions or valuations of any such persons. All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the Committee and the Board in good faith shall be final and binding upon all Optionees, the Company and all other interested persons. No member of the Committee or the Board shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan or the Options, and all members of the Committee and the Board shall be fully protected by the Company with respect to any such action, determination or interpretation.
ARTICLE VII.
OTHER PROVISIONS
Section 7.1Changes in Common Stock; Disposition of Assets and Corporate Events
(a) Subject toSection 7.1(e), in the event that the Committee (or the Board, in the case of Options granted to Independent Directors) determines that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Common Stock, other securities, or other property), recapitalization, reclassification, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation,split-up,spin-off, combination, repurchase, liquidation, dissolution, or sale, transfer, exchange or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or exchange of Common Stock or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase Common Stock or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate transaction or event (other than an Equity Restructuring), in the Committee’s sole discretion (or in the case of Options granted to Independent Directors, the Board’s sole discretion), affects the Common Stock such that an adjustment is determined by the Committee (or the Board, in the case of Options granted to Independent Directors) to be appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan or with respect to an Option, then the Committee (or the Board, in the case of Options granted to Independent Directors) shall, in such manner as it may deem equitable, adjust any or all of:
(i) the number and kind of shares of Common Stock (or other securities or property) with respect to which Options may be granted under the Plan (including, but not limited to, adjustments of the limitations inSection 2.1 on the maximum number and kind of shares which may be issued);
(ii) the number and kind of shares of Common Stock (or other securities or property) subject to outstanding Options;
(iii) the exercise price with respect to any Option; and
(iv) the terms and conditions of outstanding Options, including any financial or other “targets” specified in each Stock Option Agreement for determining the exercisability of Options.
(b) Subject toSection 7.1(e) and the terms of outstanding Stock Option Agreements, upon the occurrence of a Corporate Event (other than an Equity Restructuring), the Committee (or the Board, in the case of Options granted to Independent Directors), in its sole discretion, and on such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate, either by the terms of the Option or by action taken prior to the occurrence of such Corporate Event, is hereby authorized
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