(c) As to all of the Shares, in the event of a Change in Control, as follows:
(i) To the extent that the successor or surviving company in the Change in Control event does not assume or substitute for the Award (or in which the Company is the ultimate parent corporation and does not continue the Award) on substantially similar terms or with substantially equivalent economic benefits (as determined by the Committee) as Awards outstanding under the Plan immediately prior to the Change in Control event, any restrictions, including but not limited to the restriction period, applicable to the Award shall be deemed to have been met, and the Award shall become fully vested, earned and payable to the fullest extent of the original grant of the Award, provided the Participant remains employed by the Company from the Grant Date until the time of the Change in Control.
(ii) Further, the Award will nonetheless become vested in full if the employment or service of the Participant is terminated by the Company or the Participant in contemplation of a Change in Control (whether or not the Change in Control is consummated) or, in the event that the Award is substituted, assumed or continued as provided in Section 3(c)(i) herein, within one year after the effective date of a Change in Control, if such termination of employment or service (A) is by the Company not for Cause or (B) is by the Participant for Good Reason. The employment or service of the Participant will be deemed to have been terminated in contemplation of a Change in Control if the Participant’s employment or service terminates at any time during which (i) the Company has initiated a transaction process or is engaged in discussions with a third party about a specific transaction that, if consummated, would result in a Change in Control (and before complete abandonment of such discussions without the transaction being consummated) or (ii) the Company has become a party to a definitive agreement to consummate a transaction that would result in a Change in Control (and before complete termination of such agreement without the transaction being consummated).
(d) For clarification, for the purposes of this Section 3, “Cause” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 2.15 of the Plan; “Disability” shall have the meaning given such term in Section 2.26(a) of the Plan; “Retirement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Company’s Executive Severance Plan, as it may be amended and/or restated, (the “Executive Severance Plan”); provided, however, that, if on the Grant Date, the Participant is not a participant in the Executive Severance Plan, the meaning shall be the occurrence of both (i) the Participant’s Termination of Service (other than for Cause) on or after the date that Participant’s age plus years of employment with the Company and its Affiliates equals or exceeds 65, and (ii) the Committee’s determination that the Participant’s termination qualifies as a retirement that is not in connection with a pending involuntary termination, including any notification of inclusion in a reduction in force, and, provided that, if the Committee has not made a determination within thirty (30) days of the Participant’s Termination of Service, the Participant’s termination shall be deemed to qualify as a retirement; and “Good Reason” shall have the same definition as under any employment, change in control or service agreement between the Company or any Affiliate and the Participant or, if no such employment, change in control or service agreement exists or if such employment, change in control or service agreement does not contain any such definition, Good Reason shall mean, without the Participant’s consent, the following: (i) any action taken by the Company or an Affiliate which results in a material reduction in the Participant’s authority, duties or responsibilities (except that any change in the foregoing that results solely from (A) the Company ceasing to be a publicly traded entity or from the Company becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of another publicly traded entity or (B) any change in the geographic scope of the Participant’s authority, duties or responsibilities will not, in any event and standing alone, constitute a substantial reduction in the Participant’s authority, duties or responsibilities); (ii) the assignment to the Participant of duties that are materially inconsistent with Participant’s authority, duties or
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