(e) Custodian shall mean the custodian appointed by the Committee from
time to time pursuant to Section 7 herein to hold the shares of Common Stock purchased under the Plan and to maintain the Investment Accounts.
(f) Designated Subsidiary shall mean a Subsidiary of the Company that adopts (with the prior approval of the Committee), and
has not terminated participation in or withdrawn from, the Plan. The Committee may designate any Subsidiary as a Designated Subsidiary, or revoke any such designation, at any time and from time to time.
(g) Election Form shall mean the election form or any other required enrollment documents, which may be in electronic form,
as issued by the Committee or its designee from time to time.
(h) Eligible Employee shall mean an employee of the
Company or a Designated Subsidiary who is eligible to participate in the Plan under the rules set forth in Section 5 herein.
(i)
Entry Date shall mean the first business day of each calendar quarter, or such other date as may be determined by the Committee from time to time.
(j) Exchange Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as it may be amended from time to time.
(k) Investment Account shall mean a separate account maintained by the Custodian for each Participant which reflects the
number of shares of Common Stock purchased under the Plan by such Participant and held by the Custodian.
(l) Option
shall mean the right to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Plan during each Offering Period.
(m) Offering
Period shall mean, effective commencing on the Offering Period Effective Date, each calendar quarter that occurs during the term of the Plan, unless otherwise determined by the Committee in its discretion. Prior to the Offering Period
Effective Date, the Offering Period shall mean each calendar month that occurs during the term of the Plan.
(n)
Participant shall mean each Eligible Employee who elects to participate in the Plan.
(o) Purchase
Date shall mean the last trading day of the Offering Period, or such other date as determined by the Committee.
(p)
Subsidiary shall mean a subsidiary corporation as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.
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Common Stock Reserved for the Plan. |
There shall be reserved for issuance under the Plan a total of 2,566,484 shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 12 herein. Such shares of Common Stock consist of 566,484 shares of Common Stock previously authorized, but unissued, under the Prior Plan, and 2,000,000 newly authorized shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan, as
of the Effective Date. If any Option terminates without having been exercised in full, the shares of Common Stock not purchased under such Option will again become available for issuance under the Plan. Shares of Common Stock issued under the Plan
may be either authorized and un-issued shares, treasury shares or both.
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