foregoing, unless otherwise specified by the Committee, any Awards under the Plan and any shares of Stock issued pursuant to the Plan shall be subject to the Company’s compensation recovery, clawback, and recoupment policies as in effect from time to time.
8.5 Dividends and Dividend Equivalents. An Award (other than an Option or a SAR Award) may provide the Participant with the right to receive dividend payments, dividend equivalent payments or dividend equivalent units with respect to shares of Stock subject to the Award (both before and after the shares of Stock subject to the Award are earned, vested, or acquired), which payments may be either made currently or credited to an account for the Participant, and may be settled in cash or shares of Stock as determined by the Committee. Any such settlements, and any such crediting of dividends or dividend equivalents or reinvestment in shares of Stock or Stock equivalents, may be subject to such conditions, restrictions and contingencies as the Committee shall establish, including the reinvestment of such credited amounts in Stock equivalents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no dividends or dividend equivalent rights will be paid or settled on Awards that have not been earned or vested.
8.6 Withholding. All Awards and distributions under the Plan are subject to withholding of all applicable taxes, and the Committee may condition the delivery of any shares or other benefits under the Plan on satisfaction of the applicable withholding obligations. The Committee, in its discretion, and subject to such requirements as the Committee may impose prior to the occurrence of such withholding, may permit such withholding obligations to be satisfied (a) through cash payment by the Participant, (b) through the surrender of shares of Stock which the Participant already owns, or (c) through the surrender of shares of Stock to which the Participant is otherwise entitled under the Plan; provided, however, that (i) the amount withheld in the form of shares of Stock under this subsection 8.6 may not exceed the minimum statutory withholding obligation (based on the minimum statutory withholding rates for Federal and state purposes, including, without limitation, payroll taxes) unless otherwise elected by the Participant, (ii) in no event shall the Participant be permitted to elect less than the minimum statutory withholding obligation, and (iii) in no event shall the Participant be permitted to elect to have an amount withheld in the form of shares of Stock pursuant to this Section 8.6 that exceeds the maximum individual tax rate for the employee in applicable jurisdictions.
8.7 Transferability. Awards under the Plan are not transferable except as designated by the Participant by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. To the extent that the Participant who receives an Award under the Plan has the right to exercise such Award, the Award may be exercised during the lifetime of the Participant only by the Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection 8.7 the Committee may permit awards under the Plan to be transferred to or for the benefit of the Participant’s family (including, without limitation, to a trust or partnership for the benefit of a Participant’s family or in connection with a qualified domestic relations order), in accordance with rules established by the Committee.
8.8 Notices. Any notice or document required to be filed with the Committee under the Plan will be properly filed if delivered in person, mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid, or sent by nationally recognized courier service to the Committee, in care of the Company at its at its principal executive offices. The Committee may, by advance written notice to affected persons, revise such notice procedure from time to time. Any notice required under the Plan (other than a notice of election) may be waived by the person entitled to notice.
8.9 Form and Time of Elections. Unless otherwise specified herein, each election required or permitted to be made by any Participant or other person entitled to benefits under the Plan, and any permitted modification or revocation thereof, shall be in writing filed with the Committee at such times, in such form, and subject to such restrictions and limitations, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as the Committee shall require.
8.10 Agreement With Company. At the time of an Award to a Participant under the Plan, the Committee may require a Participant to enter into an “Award Agreement” with the Company in a form specified by the Committee, evidencing the Award under the Plan, agreeing to the terms and conditions of the Plan and agreeing to such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the Plan, as the Committee may, in its sole discretion, prescribe.
8.11 Limitation of Implied Rights.
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| Neither a Participant nor any other person shall, by reason of the Plan, acquire any right in or title to any assets, funds or property of the Employer whatsoever, including, without limitation, any specific funds, assets, or other property which the Company or any Related Company, in their sole discretion, |