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a director, officer or employee;
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an entity controlled by a director, officer or
employee; or
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a contractor, consultant, or other person
designated by the Company.
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purchase, sell, gift or otherwise transfer any
security of the Company while you possess material nonpublic information about the Company;
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purchase, sell, gift or otherwise transfer any
security of any other company, while you possess material nonpublic information about the other company that you obtained in connection with your employment by or service to the Company;
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directly or indirectly communicate material
nonpublic information to anyone outside the Company unless you follow Company policy regarding confidential information; or
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directly or indirectly communicate material
nonpublic information to anyone within the Company except on a need-to-know basis.
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securities includes shares, bonds, notes, debentures, options, warrants, equity and other convertible securities, as well as derivative instruments;
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purchase includes not only the actual purchase of a security, but also any contract to purchase or otherwise acquire a security;
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sale includes not only the actual sale of a security, but also any contract to sell or otherwise dispose of a security;
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material means likely to have a significant effect on the market price of the security (also understood to mean a substantial likelihood that a reasonable investor would
consider the information important in making an investment decision); and
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nonpublic means not broadly disseminated to the general public so that investors have been able to factor the information into the market price of the security.
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begins on the 17th day of the last month of each
fiscal quarter; and
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ends after completion of one trading day after the
earnings release for that quarter.
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may be granted or withheld in the sole discretion
of the Compliance Officer (or the Chief Executive Officer or EVP Finance for transactions by the Compliance Officer);
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remains valid for five business days for
transactions without a proposed transaction date;
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remains subject to your independent obligation to
confirm that you do not possess material nonpublic information at the time of your transaction;
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will not constitute legal advice that a proposed
transaction complies with applicable law;
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will not result in liability to the Company or any
other person, including the Compliance Officer, if delayed or withheld; and
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is not required for “sell-to-cover” transactions
pursuant to a policy adopted by the Company or transactions under a previously approved Rule 10b5-1 plan.
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transactions directly with the Company;
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gift transactions for family or estate planning
purposes, where securities are gifted to a person or entity subject to this policy, except that gift transactions involving Company securities are subject to pre-clearance;
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transactions relating to equity incentive awards
without any open-market sale of securities (e.g. cash exercises of options to purchase ordinary shares or the “net settlement” of restricted stock units but not broker-assisted cashless exercises or open-market sales to cover taxes upon
the vesting of restricted stock units);
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“sell-to-cover” transactions pursuant to a
non-discretionary policy adopted by the Company that is intended to facilitate the payment of withholding taxes associated with vesting of equity awards (other than stock options); or
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transactions under a pre-cleared Rule 10b5-1 plan.
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the conditions of Rule 10b5-1; or
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the elements of a non-Rule 10b5-1 trading
arrangement as defined in Item 408(c) of Regulation S-K; and
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the Compliance Officer has pre-approved.
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short sales (i.e. sales of shares that you do not
own at the time of sale);
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options trading, including puts, calls, or other
derivative securities on an exchange, an over-the-counter market, or any other organized market;
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hedging transactions, such as prepaid variable
forward contracts, equity swaps, collars, exchange funds, or other transactions that hedge or offset any decrease in market value of the Company’s equity securities; and
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pledging Company securities as collateral for a
loan, purchasing Company securities on margin (i.e., borrowing money to purchase the securities), or placing Company securities in a margin account.
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