7. Participant. Whenever the word “Participant” is used in any provision of this Option Agreement under circumstances where the provision should logically be construed to apply to the executors, the administrators, or the Person or Persons to whom the Options may be transferred by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, the word “Participant” shall be deemed to include such Person or Persons.
8. Non-transferability. The Options are not transferable by the Participant except to Permitted Transferees in accordance with the Plan and subject to the terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement. Except as otherwise provided herein, no assignment or transfer of the Options, or of the rights represented thereby, whether voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise, shall vest in the assignee or transferee any interest or right herein whatsoever, but immediately upon such assignment or transfer the Options shall terminate and become of no further effect.
9. Rights as Stockholder. Except as set forth in Section 10, the Participant or a Permitted Transferee of the Options shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any share of Common Stock covered by an Option until the Participant shall have become the holder of record or the beneficial owner of such Stock, and no adjustment shall be made for dividends or distributions or other rights in respect of such share of Common Stock for which the record date is prior to the date upon which the Participant shall become the holder of record or the beneficial owner thereof.
10. Distributions.
(a) In the event of any dividend (other than a regular cash dividend) or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities, or other property) in respect of shares of Common Stock (a “Distribution”), in lieu of any other adjustment under Section 9 of the Plan, with respect to each Option that is then-outstanding and in-the-money, in lieu of any other permissible adjustment to such Option pursuant to the Plan, the Participant shall receive a dividend equivalent in respect of each such Option in an amount equal to the amount received in respect of one (1) share of Common Stock in connection with such Distribution (the “Distribution Amount”), with (i) any dividend equivalent payable in respect of a then-vested Option paid, less applicable withholdings, no later than the next regularly scheduled payroll date occurring immediately following the date of such Distribution, and (ii) any dividend equivalent payment payable in respect of a then-unvested Option, shall be deposited in a mutually agreed third party escrow account to be paid, less applicable withholdings, no later than the next regularly scheduled payroll date occurring immediately following the date such unvested Option vests by its terms; provided, however, if the Distribution Amount exceeds the in-the-money value of any such Option, the dividend equivalent payment shall be limited to the in-the-money value, and the Option, whether or not vested, shall remain subject to adjustment under the Plan as to the excess amount.
(b) Solely for purposes of this Section 10, in the event of (i) the acquisition by any Person of all or substantially all of the assets (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of the pharmacy services business of the Company (a “Pharmacy Sale”) and (ii) a subsequent Distribution arising from and in connection with the Pharmacy Sale (such Distribution, a “Pharmacy Sale Distribution”), (x) 50% of the Participant’s then-unvested
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