your RSUs that vests is intended to constitute a separate payment for purposes of Code Section 409A.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement or the Plan, the Company, to the extent it deems necessary or advisable in its sole discretion, reserves the right, but shall not be required, to unilaterally amend or modify this Agreement so that payments made pursuant to this Agreement qualifies for exemption from or complies with Section 409A of the Code. However, the Company makes no representations that payments made pursuant to this Agreement shall be exempt from or comply with Section 409A of the Code and makes no undertaking to preclude Section 409A of the Code from applying to payments made under this Agreement.
8.9Construction. This Agreement is the result of negotiations between and has been reviewed by each of the parties hereto and their respective counsel, if any. Accordingly, this Agreement will be deemed to be the product of all the parties hereto, and no ambiguity will be construed in favor of or against any one of the parties hereto.
8.10Limitation on Rights; No Right to Future Grants; Extraordinary Item of Compensation. By entering into this Agreement, you acknowledge that:
●the Plan is discretionary in nature and may be amended, suspended or terminated by the Company at any time;
●the grant of the Award is a one-time benefit which does not create any contractual or other right to receive future grants of Awards, or benefits in lieu of Awards;
●all determinations with respect to any future grants, including, but not limited to, the times when Awards will be granted, the number of Shares subject to each Award, and the time or times when each Award will vest or be exercisable or settled, will be at the sole discretion of the Company;
●your participation in the Plan is voluntary;
●the value of the Award is an extraordinary item of compensation which is outside the scope of your employment contract, if any;
●the Award is not part of normal or expected compensation for purposes of calculating any benefits, severance, resignation, termination, redundancy, end of service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, pension or retirement benefits or similar payments unless expressly provided for under the terms of a specific Company benefit plan, and you will have no entitlement to compensation or damages as a consequence of your forfeiture of any unvested portion of the Award as a result of your termination of Service for any reason;
●the vesting of the Award ceases on your termination of Service for any reason (except as may otherwise be explicitly provided in the Plan or this Agreement);
●the future value of the Shares is unknown and cannot be predicted with certainty;
●if the Shares do not increase in value, the Award will have no value; and
●if you are not a direct employee of the Company, the grant of the Award will not be interpreted to form an employment or other relationship with the Company.