| (a) | In the event of a merger of the Company with or into another corporation or other entity or a Change of Control, each outstanding Award will be treated as the Administrator determines (subject to the provisions of the following paragraph) without a Participant’s consent, including, without limitation, that (a) Awards will be assumed or substantially equivalent awards will be substituted, by the acquiring or successor corporation or a parent or subsidiary of the successor corporation with appropriate adjustments as to the number and kind of shares and prices; (b) upon written notice to a Participant, that the Participant’s Awards will terminated upon or immediately prior to the consummation of such merger or Change of Control; (c) outstanding Awards will vest and become exercisable, realizable, or payable, or restrictions applicable to an Award will lapse, as to the whole Award or a portion thereof, prior to or upon consummation of such merger or Change of Control, and, to the extent the Administrator determines, terminate upon or immediately prior to the effectiveness of such merger or Change of Control; (d) (i) the termination of an Award in exchange for an amount of cash and/or property, if any, equal to the amount that would have been attained upon the exercise of such Award or realization of the Participant’s rights as of the date of the occurrence of the transaction (and, for the avoidance of doubt, if as of the date of the occurrence of the transaction the Administrator determines in good faith that no amount would have been attained upon the exercise of such Award or realization of the Participant’s rights, then such Award may be terminated by the Company without payment), or (ii) the replacement of such Award with other rights or property selected by the Administrator in its sole discretion; or (e) any combination of the foregoing. In taking any of the actions permitted under this Section 11.3, the Administrator will not be required to treat all Awards, all Awards held by a Participant, all portions of an Award, or all Awards of the same type, similarly. |