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ARTICLE THREE
ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
Each full-time employee of the Corporation or a Participating Employer who has been recommended to the Compensation Committee
to be a Tier I or Tier II Executive by the Chief Executive Officer and whose participation in the Plan has been approved by the
Compensation Committee, as of the Effective Date will be a Participant in the Plan.
Except as provided in the next sentence, each full-time employee of the Corporation or a Participating Employer who is recommende
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to the Compensation Committee to be a Tier I or Tier II Executive by the Chief Executive Officer will be a Participant in the Plan only
if the Compensation Committee approves his or her participation after the Effective Date and before a Change in Control.
Appendix I lists, as of the date of this current amendment and restatement of the Plan, the individuals whom the Compensation
Committee has designated as Participants in accordance with Sections 3.01 and 3.02.
At any time prior to the six (6) month period preceding the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Compensation Committee may
authorize a Company to provide a Participant with written notice of termination of the Participant’s designation as a Participant in the
Plan.
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3.01 Eligibility on the Effective Date
3.02 Future Eligibility
3.03 Plan Participants
3.04 End of Participation