 Who may remove restrictions on Awarded Shares when it determines that changes in Applicable Laws or changes in circumstances after the date of this Agreement are appropriate?
Subject to the provisions of the Plan and the terms of this Agreement, from the Date of Grant until the date the Awarded Shares are no longer subject to the lock-up provisions of Section 14 hereof (the “ Restriction Period ”), the Participant shall not be permitted to sell, transfer, pledge, hypothecate, margin, assign or otherwise encumber any of the Awarded Shares.  Except for these limitations, the Committee may in its sole discretion, remove any or all of the restrictions on such Awarded Shares whenever it may determine that, by reason of changes in Applicable Laws or changes in circumstances after the date of this Agreement, such action is appropriate.
Committee