Authority to Grant Awards. The Committee may grant Awards to those Employees, Directors and Third Party Service Providers as the Committee shall from time to time determine, under the terms and conditions of the Plan. Subject only to any applicable limitations set out in the Plan, the number of shares of Stock or other value to be covered by any Award to be granted under the Plan shall be as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.
Authority to Grant Awards. The Committee shall have authority to grant Awards upon such terms the Committee deems appropriate and that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Plan. Such terms may include conditions on the exercise of all or any part of an Award. The Compensation Committee may delegate authority to key officers of the Company to grant Awards to certain employees, consultants and advisors.
Authority to Grant Awards. The Committee may grant Awards to those key Employees and other eligible persons as the Committee shall from time to time determine, under the terms and conditions of the Plan. Subject only to any applicable limitations set out in the Plan, the number of Shares or other value to be covered by any Award to be granted under the Plan shall be as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. The Chief Executive Officer of the Company is authorized to grant Awards (other than awards pursuant to Article VIII) as inducements to hire prospective Employees who will not be officers of the Company or any Affiliate and subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act but such awards shall not exceed an amount determined by the Committee. On an annual basis, the Committee also may delegate to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company the ability to grant Awards (other than Awards pursuant to Article VIII) to eligible persons who are not officers or Directors of the Company or any Affiliate and subject to the provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
Authority to Grant Awards. 4 3.3 Persons Subject to Section 16(b)....................................... 4 ARTICLE IV. ELIGIBILITY AND LIMITATIONS ON GRANTS
Authority to Grant Awards. The Committee may grant Awards to those eligible persons as the Committee shall from time to time determine, under the terms and conditions of the Plan. Subject only to any applicable limitations set out in the Plan, the number of Shares or other value to be covered by any Award to be granted under the Plan shall be as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. The Committee may from time to time authorize the Chief Executive Officer of the Company to grant Awards to eligible persons who are not officers or Directors of the Company subject to the provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and as inducements to hire prospective Employees who will not be officers or directors of the Company subject to the provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, including other applicable law.
Authority to Grant Awards. The Committee may grant Awards to those eligible persons as the Committee shall from time to time determine, under the terms and conditions of the Plan. Subject only to any applicable limitations set out in the Plan, the number of Shares or other value to be covered by any Award to be granted under the Plan shall be as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. To the extent permitted by applicable Irish and United States law, the Committee may from time to time authorize the Chief Executive Officer or another senior officer of the Company to grant Awards, with respect to no more than 1,000,000 Shares per Fiscal Year, to eligible persons who are not officers of the Company subject to the provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and as inducements to hire prospective Employees who will not be officers of the Company subject to the provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act. For the avoidance of doubt, provided it meets the limitations in this Section 4.1, this delegation shall include the right to grant, amend, exchange, replace, buyout, redeem, surrender, forfeit or cancel Awards as necessary to accommodate changes in the laws or regulations, including in jurisdictions outside the United States and Ireland. Any delegation shall be subject to the restrictions and limits that the Committee specifies at the time of such delegation, and the Committee may at any time rescind the authority so delegated or appoint a new delegate, and at all times, the delegate appointed under this Section 4.1 shall serve in such capacity at the pleasure of the Committee.
Authority to Grant Awards. The Committee may grant Awards to those eligible persons as the Committee shall from time to time determine, under the terms and conditions of the Plan. Subject only to any applicable limitations set out in the Plan, the number of shares of Stock or other value to be covered by any Award to be granted under the Plan shall be as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. The Chief Executive Officer of the Company is authorized to grant Awards (other than Awards pursuant to Article IX) as inducements to hire prospective Employees who will not be officers of the Company subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, but such awards shall not exceed 100,000 shares of Stock per Fiscal Year. On an annual basis, the Committee also may delegate to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company the ability to grant Awards (other than Awards pursuant to Article IX) to eligible persons who are not officers of the Company subject to the provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
Authority to Grant Awards. 2 3.3 Participants' Accounts............................................ 3 3.4
Authority to Grant Awards. The Committee shall have authority to grant Awards upon such terms as the Committee deems appropriate and that are not inconsistent with the provisions of Articles 4 and 5 of this Plan. Such terms may include restrictions on the transfer of all or any portion of the Stock granted under an Award.
Authority to Grant Awards. The Committee may grant to those Employees of the Company or any of its Affiliates and other eligible persons as it shall from time to time determine, Awards under the terms and conditions of the Plan. Subject only to any applicable limitations set out in the Plan, the number of shares of Stock to be covered by any Award to be granted to any person shall be as determined by the Committee. In addition, pursuant to direction from the Board of Directors, the Committee may also establish local country plans as subplans to this Plan, each of which shall be attached as an appendix hereto. In establishing such a plan, the Committee shall take any action, before or after an Award is made, which it deems advisable to obtain or comply with any necessary local government regulatory exemptions or approvals; provided, that the Board of Directors may not take any action hereunder which would violate any securities law of any governing country. Provided further, that no such action shall constitute any change in the aggregate number of shares of Stock which may be issued under Awards under this Plan, nor shall any such action expand the Employees (or class of Employees) otherwise eligible to receive Awards hereunder, nor in any way cause Incentive Options granted hereunder to cease to qualify as incentive options. In the event of a conflict between the terms of the Plan and the terms of any local country plan, the terms of the Plan shall control.
