Options shall vest and become exercisable in such manner and on such date or dates or upon such event or events as determined by the Committee. Except as set forth in Sections 11 and 13(g) hereto, the Committee shall not accelerate vesting of an Option. Options shall expire after such period, as may be determined by the Committee, not to exceed ten (10) years from the Date of Grant (the “ Option Period ”); provided , that if the Option Period would expire at a time when trading in the shares of Common Stock is prohibited by the Company’s insider trading policy (or Company-imposed “blackout period”), then the Option Period shall be automatically extended until the thirtieth (30 th ) day following the expiration of such prohibition.