in favor of the Company shall also be delivered to and held by the Company. Any Adjustment Shares shall be Restricted Stock for all purposes of this Award Notice, subject to the same restrictions and vesting schedule as were applicable to the shares of Restricted Stock to which they relate.
If you shall receive rights or warrants in respect of any shares of Restricted Stock or any Adjustment Shares, such rights or warrants may be held, exercised, sold or otherwise disposed of by you, and any shares or other securities acquired by you as a result of the exercise of such rights or warrants likewise may be held, sold, or otherwise disposed of by you free and clear of any restrictions.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN; AUTHORITY OF THE COMMITTEE
The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee has the authority, in its sole discretion, to interpret the Plan and all awards of restricted stock thereunder, to establish, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, and to make any determination it believes necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan. The scope of the Committee’s authority is more fully described in the Plan. All decisions of the Committee in the administration of the Plan are conclusive and binding on you.
FORFEITURE
If (1) in the opinion of the Committee, you, without the written consent of the Company, engage directly or indirectly in any manner or capacity as principal, agent, partner, officer, director, employee, owner, promoter or otherwise, in any business or activity competitive with the business conducted by the Company or any Subsidiary, or (2) you perform any act or engage in any activity which in the opinion of the Committee is inimical to the best interests of the Company, your unvested shares of Restricted Stock shall be deemed forfeited and canceled.
MISCELLANEOUS
You have no right to assign, sell, transfer, pledge or encumber your unvested shares of Restricted Stock, except by will, or by the laws of descent and distribution.
Nothing in this letter agreement, the Plan or your Restricted Stock confers on you any right to continue in the employment of the Company or a Subsidiary or restricts the right of the Company or a Subsidiary to terminate your employment.
At the time you are taxable with respect to your Restricted Stock, the Company may deduct and withhold from amounts payable to you under the Plan or from any payment of any kind otherwise due to you, an amount sufficient to satisfy all Federal, state and/or local income and employment tax withholding requirements. In accordance with Section 14(b) of the Plan, you may elect to have the withholding obligation satisfied by authorizing the Company to hold back shares of Common Stock to be issued that have a Fair Market Value as of the date withholding is effected sufficient to satisfy the withholding amount due, or by transferring to the Company shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value as of the date withholding is effected sufficient to satisfy such withholding amount; provided, however, that if you are subject to Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 you may do so only in compliance with the additional requirements set forth in Section 14(b)(i)-(v) of the Plan.
