In the event that the Participant ceases to be employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries during the Exercise Period by reason of death at a time when the SARs granted pursuant hereto are still in force and unexpired, any unvested SARs shall be accelerated and 100% vested. Such acceleration shall be effective as of the date of death of the Participant. The Participant’s representatives, devises or heirs, as applicable, shall have a period of one (1) year following the date of death in which to exercise the SARs (or, if earlier, on the expiration date of the SARs).