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“Accounting Restatement” means an accounting restatement of any of the Company’s financial statements due to the Company’s material noncompliance with any financial reporting requirement under
the securities laws, including any required accounting restatement to correct an error in previously issued financial statements that is material to the previously issued financial statements, or to correct an error that is not material
to previously issued financial statements, but would result in a material misstatement if the error were corrected in the current period or left uncorrected in the current period, within the meaning of Rule 10D-1 and Section 303A.14.
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“Covered Incentive Compensation” means Incentive Compensation that is Received on or after October 2, 2023 by a person: (i) after beginning service as an Executive Officer, (ii) who served as an Executive Officer at any time
during the performance period for that Incentive Compensation, (iii) while the Company has a class of securities listed on a national securities exchange or a national securities association, and (iv) during the three completed fiscal years
immediately preceding the date that the Company is required to prepare the Accounting Restatement (or such longer period as required under Section 303A.14 in the event the Company changes its fiscal year). The date that the Company is
required to prepare the Accounting Restatement will be the earlier of (x) the date the Board concluded or reasonably should have concluded that the Accounting Restatement is required and (y) the date a court, regulator or other authorized
body directs the Company to prepare the Accounting Restatement.
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“Erroneously Awarded Compensation” means the amount of Covered Incentive Compensation that was Received by each Covered Executive in excess of the Covered Incentive Compensation that would have been Received by the Covered
Executive had such Covered Incentive Compensation been determined based on the restated Financial Reporting Measure following an Accounting Restatement, computed without regard to taxes paid. For this purpose, if the amount of Covered
Incentive Compensation that is Received by a Covered Executive was based on the Company’s stock price or total shareholder return and is not subject to mathematical recalculation directly from the Accounting Restatement, the amount to be
recovered as Erroneously Awarded Compensation shall be based on a reasonable estimate of the effect of the Accounting Restatement on the Financial Reporting Measure upon which the Covered Incentive Compensation was Received. The Company’s
Corporate Secretary shall, on behalf of the Committee, obtain and maintain all documentation of the determination of any such reasonable estimate and provide such documentation to the NYSE when required.
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“Financial Reporting Measure” means (i) any measure that is determined and presented in accordance with the accounting principles used in preparing the Company’s financial statements and any measure that is derived wholly or in
part from any such measure, and (ii) the Company’s stock price and the total shareholder return of the Company. A measure, however, need not be presented within the financial statements or included in a filing with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to constitute a Financial Reporting Measure.
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“Impracticable” means that (i) the direct expense paid to a third party to assist in enforcing the Policy would exceed the amount to be recovered, (ii) recovery would violate an applicable home country law adopted prior to
November 28, 2022, or (iii) recovery would likely cause an otherwise tax-qualified, broad-based retirement plan of the Company to fail to meet the requirements of 26 U.S.C. 401(a)(13) or 26 U.S.C. 411(a) and regulations thereunder. Before concluding that it would be impracticable to recover any Erroneously Awarded Compensation based on the expense of enforcement, the Company shall make a reasonable attempt to recover such
Erroneously Awarded Compensation, and the Company’s Corporate Secretary, on behalf of the Committee, shall document such reasonable attempt(s) to recover and provide that documentation to the NYSE when required. Before concluding that it
would be impracticable to recover any amount of Erroneously Awarded Compensation based on violation of law, the Committee shall engage legal counsel experienced and qualified to practice law in the applicable jurisdiction (if such counsel
is acceptable to the NYSE) to render an opinion that recovery would result in a violation of law and shall provide such opinion to the NYSE. The Company shall provide funding for the fees and expenses of such legal counsel as approved by
the Committee.
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“Incentive Compensation” means any compensation that is granted, earned, or vested based wholly or in part upon the attainment of a Financial Reporting Measure. For the avoidance of doubt, Incentive Compensation shall also be
deemed to include any amounts which were determined based on (or were otherwise calculated by reference to) Incentive Compensation (including, without limitation, any amounts under any long-term
disability, life insurance or supplemental retirement plan or any notional account that is based on Incentive Compensation, as well as any earnings accrued thereon).
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“Received”: Incentive Compensation is deemed “received” in the Company’s fiscal period during which the Financial Reporting Measure specified in such Incentive Compensation is attained.
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Requiring reimbursement of cash Incentive Compensation previously paid;
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Seeking recovery of any gain or value realized on or since the vesting, exercise, settlement, sale, transfer, or other disposition of any equity-based awards;
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Offsetting the recouped amount from any compensation otherwise owed by the Company to the Covered Executive (including, without limitation, any severance otherwise payable by the Company to the Covered Executive);
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Making a deduction from the Covered Executive’s salary;
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Requiring the Covered Executive to transfer back to the Company any shares he or she received pursuant to an equity award;
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Cancelling, or reducing the number of shares subject to, or the value of, outstanding vested or unvested equity awards; and/or
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Taking any other remedial and recovery action permitted by law, as determined by the Committee.
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