9. | Performance Units and Performance Shares |
| 9.1 | Grant of Performance Units and Performance Shares. Subject to and consistent with the provisions of the Plan, Performance Units or Performance Shares may be granted to any Eligible Person in such amounts and upon such terms, and at any time and from time to time, as shall be determined by the Incentive Plan Committee. |
| 9.2 | Value/Performance Goals. The Incentive Plan Committee shall set performance goals in its discretion which, depending on the extent to which they are met, will determine the number or value of Performance Units or Performance Shares that will be paid to the Participant. |
| (a) | Performance Unit. Each Performance Unit shall have an initial value that is established by the Incentive Plan Committee at the time of grant. |
| (b) | Performance Share. Each Performance Share shall represent the right to receive one Share, subject to the terms of the Award Agreement. |
Earning of Performance Units and Performance Shares. After the applicable Performance Period has ended, the holder of Performance Units or Performance Shares shall be entitled to payment based on the level of achievement of performance goals set by the Incentive Plan Committee.
At the discretion of the Incentive Plan Committee, the settlement of Performance Units or Performance Shares may be in cash, Shares of equivalent value, or in some combination thereof, as set forth in the Award Agreement provided that if is to be in Shares, issuance of the Shares shall be subject to payment by the Participant in cash of the nominal value for each Share so issued.
If a Participant is promoted, demoted or transferred to a different business unit of the Company during a Performance Period, then, to the extent the Incentive Plan Committee determines that the Award, the performance goals, or the Performance Period are no longer appropriate, the Incentive Plan Committee may adjust, change, eliminate or cancel the Award, the performance goals, or the applicable Performance Period, as it deems appropriate in order to make them appropriate and comparable to the initial Award, the performance goals, or the Performance Period.
Unless the Incentive Plan Committee determines and sets forth in the Award Agreement that Participant will not be entitled to receive any dividends or Dividend Equivalents declared with respect to Shares deliverable in connection with grants of Performance Units or Performance Shares, a Participant shall have the right to vote the Shares in respect of such Performance Shares and the right to receive any dividends or Dividend Equivalents in respect of such Performance Units and Performance Shares, which dividends and Dividend Equivalents shall be deemed reinvested in additional Shares of Performance Units or Performance Shares, as applicable, which shall remain subject to the same Forfeiture conditions applicable to the Performance Units or Performance Shares to which such dividends and Dividend Equivalents relate, or paid in cash if and at the time the Performance Units or Performance Shares are no longer subject to Forfeiture and become payable, as the Incentive Plan Committee shall set forth in the Award Agreement. No dividends or Dividend equivalents may be paid on Performance Units or Performance Shares that are Forfeited.
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