seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, the Plan, any Option or any Option Grant Agreement. The Company and each Participant hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, (i) any objection that it may now or hereafter have to laying venue of any suit, action or proceeding brought in such courts, and (ii) any claim that any suit, action or proceeding brought in such courts has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
5.10Exchange Act Exemption. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or any Option Grant Agreement, until such time as the Company becomes subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 12 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or is otherwise no longer relying on the exemption from registration under the Exchange Act set forth in Rule 12h-1(f) under the Exchange Act (the “Employee Options Exemption”) in connection with the grant of Options hereunder or the issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise of such Options, the Plan, the Options granted hereunder and the Option Grant Agreements entered into in connection with such grants are intended to comply with the Employee Options Exemption and, accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted, the Plan, such Options and such Option Grant Agreements shall be interpreted to be in compliance therewith.
5.11Waiver of Jury Trial. By accepting an Option under the Plan, each Participant waives any right to a trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim concerning any rights under the Plan and any Option Grant Agreements, or under any amendment, waiver, consent, instrument, document or other agreement delivered or which in the future may be delivered in connection therewith, and agrees that any such action, proceedings or counterclaim shall be tried before a court and not before a jury. By accepting an Option under the Plan, each Participant certifies that no officer, representative, or attorney of the Company or any of its Affiliates has represented, expressly or otherwise, that the Company or any of its Affiliates would not, in the event of any action, proceeding or counterclaim, seek to enforce the foregoing waivers.
5.12Limitation of Liability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, neither the Company, any Majority Stockholder or Juweel Investor, nor any Affiliate of the Company or any Juweel Investor, nor the Committee, nor the Effective Date Chairman, nor any Person acting on behalf of the Company, any Majority Stockholder, Juweel Investor or Affiliate of the Company or any Juweel Investor, or the Committee or Effective Date Chairman, will be liable to any Participant or to the estate or beneficiary of any Participant or to any other holder of an Option by reason of any acceleration of income, or any additional tax (including any interest and penalties), asserted by reason of the failure of an Option to satisfy the requirements of Section 422 or Section 409A of the Code or by reason of Section 4999 of the Code, or otherwise asserted with respect to the Option.
5.13Applicable Regulatory Guidance and Clawback/Adjustment. Notwithstanding any provision contained herein to the contrary, except as expressly provided in any Option Grant Agreement, the Committee and/or management of the Company may in its discretion clawback Options, reduce or eliminate the amount of the Option that would otherwise be earned, clawback dividend equivalents paid in respect of Options, clawback shares of Common Stock acquired upon the exercise of an Option and/or clawback proceeds received from the sale of shares of Common Stock acquired upon the exercise of an Option if, in the Committee’s or management’s