Common use of Book Entry Form; Certificates Clause in Contracts

Book Entry Form; Certificates. (a) At the sole discretion of the Company, the Shares will be issued in either (i) uncertificated form, with the Shares recorded in the name of the Grantee in the books and records of the Company’s transfer agent with appropriate notations regarding the restrictions on transfer imposed pursuant to this Agreement and upon vesting, the Company shall remove such notations on any such vested shares of Common Stock; or (ii) certificated form pursuant to the terms of Sections 5.1(b), (c) and (d) hereof. (b) Certificates evidencing the Shares, to the extent appropriate at the time, shall have noted conspicuously on the certificates a legend intended to give all persons full notice of the existence of the conditions, restrictions, rights and obligations set forth in this Award and in the Plan. Immediately upon receipt of the certificate or certificates representing the Shares, the Grantee hereby agrees to deposit such certificates, together with stock powers and other instruments of transfer, appropriately endorsed in blank, with the Company or an escrow agent designated by the Company under an escrow agreement in such form as shall be determined by the Compensation Committee. If such certificates are deposited with the Company, the Company may transfer such certificates to an escrow agent at any time in its sole discretion. (c) At such time as any number of the Shares are no longer subject to the restrictions, terms, and conditions of this Agreement (the “Unrestricted Shares”), the Compensation Committee shall cause a new certificate to be delivered to the Grantee, without the legend set forth above, for the Unrestricted Shares. The Shares remaining subject to this Agreement shall either be canceled or, if appropriate, shall continue to be held by the Company or held in escrow subject to the restrictions, terms, and conditions of this Agreement. (d) In the event that a Grantee becomes entitled to receive any new, additional, or different securities by virtue of a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, or any similar change affecting the Shares (“Other Securities”), such Other Securities shall be subject to the restrictions, terms and conditions of this Agreement as if they were Shares, including, without limit, deposit with the Company or in escrow.