(b)all decisions with respect to future Performance Stock Units or other grants, if any, will be at the sole discretion of the Company;
(c)the Participant is voluntarily participating in the Plan;
(d)the Performance Stock Units and any shares of Common Stock acquired upon settlement, and the income and value of same, are not intended to replace any pension rights or compensation;
(e)the Performance Stock Units and any shares of Common Stock acquired upon settlement, and the income and value of same, are not part of normal or expected compensation for purposes of, including, but not limited to, calculating any severance, resignation, termination, redundancy, dismissal, end-of-service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, leave-related payments, holiday pay, pension or retirement or welfare benefits or similar mandatory payments;
(f)the future value of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Performance Stock Units is unknown, indeterminable, and cannot be predicted with certainty;
(g)if the Performance Stock Units become Earned PSUs and the Participant acquires shares of Common Stock, the value of such Common Stock may increase or decrease;
(h)unless otherwise agreed with the Company in writing, the Performance Stock Units and the shares of Common Stock subject to the Performance Stock Units, and the income and value of same, are not granted as consideration for, or in connection with, the service the Participant may provide as a director of any Subsidiary;
(i)no claim or entitlement to compensation or damages shall arise from forfeiture of the Performance Stock Units resulting from a Termination (for any reason whatsoever, whether or not later found to be invalid or in breach of employment laws in the jurisdiction where the Participant is employed or rendering services or the terms of the Participant’s employment or service agreement, if any);
(j)unless otherwise provided in the Plan or by the Company in its sole discretion, the Performance Stock Units and the benefits evidenced by this Performance Stock Unit Agreement do not create any entitlement to have the Performance Stock Units or any such benefits transferred to, or assumed by, another company nor to be exchanged, cashed out or substituted for, in connection with any corporate transaction affecting the shares of Common Stock;
(k)neither the Company nor the Employer shall be liable for any foreign exchange rate fluctuation between the Participant’s local currency and the United States Dollar that may affect the value of the Performance Stock Units or of any amounts due to the Participant pursuant to the settlement of the Performance Stock Units or the subsequent sale of any shares of Common Stock acquired upon settlement; and