(c) Non-transferability. No benefit payable under, or interest in, this Program shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge to a third party and any such attempted action shall be void and no such benefit or interest shall be, in any manner, subject to, debts, contracts, or liabilities of any Participant or beneficiary; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company Group from encumbering a Participant’s Incentive Award to securitize a loan made to the Participant by the Company Group or prevent the Participant’s transfer of an Incentive Award by will or by the laws of descent or distribution.
(d) Not Part of Other Benefits. The benefits provided in this Program shall not be deemed a part of any other benefit provided by Company Group to its associates.
(e) Other Programs. Nothing contained in the Program shall limit the Company Group’s power to grant incentives to associates of the Company Group other than pursuant to this Program, whether such associates are Participants in this Program.
(f) No Accrued Interest. Under no circumstances will any interest accrue on the payment of any Incentive Award under the Program.
(g) No Fiduciary Relationship. Nothing contained in this Program (or in any document related thereto), nor the creation or adoption of this Program, nor any action taken pursuant to the provisions of this Program shall create, or be construed to create, a trust of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company Group and any Participant, beneficiary or other person.
(h) Limitation on Rights. Except as expressly granted pursuant to the Program, nothing in the Program shall be deemed to give any associate any contractual or other right to participate in the benefits of the Program. No award to any such Participant in any Performance Period shall be deemed to create a right to receive any award or to participate in the benefits of the Program in any subsequent Program Year.
9.5 Compensation Recovery Policy
Notwithstanding provisions of this Program or any other agreement to the contrary, including without limitation Sections 6 and 7 of the Program, any Incentive Award granted to a Participant hereunder shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth in the Ingram Micro Inc. Compensation Recovery Policy or any other clawback policy implemented by the Parent Company, as in effect from time to time, including, without limitation, any clawback policy adopted to comply with applicable law. No recovery of compensation under such a clawback policy will be an event giving rise to a right to resign for “good reason” or “constructive termination” (or similar term) under any agreement with any member of the Company Group.
Furthermore, the Company reserves the right to determine whether any Participant in this Program may have forfeited any unpaid Incentive Award or recover any Incentive Award paid to any Participant under this Program, to the extent permitted by applicable laws, in the event that a Participant engages in conduct that is detrimental to the Company Group, which includes: (i) the Participant’s engagement in conduct that constitutes Cause for the termination of the Participant’s employment; (ii) the Participant’s engagement in fraudulent, intentional, willful, or grossly negligent misconduct, whether by commission or omission; (iii) either (a) the payment of any Incentive Award, or (b) the calculation of the magnitude of any such Incentive Award, which was based on materially inaccurate financial statements (including, without limitation,
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