The Restricted Shares awarded hereunder may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred or disposed of in any manner during the Restriction Period, which begins on the Date of Grant and ends with respect to a portion of the Restricted Shares on the vesting dates specified in this Section 2, other than by the executor or administrator of the Participant’s estate in the event of the Participant’s death. The Restricted Shares awarded hereunder shall not be assignable by operation of law or subject to execution, attachment or similar process. Any attempted sale, pledge, assignment, hypothecation, transfer or other disposition of the Restricted Shares contrary to the provisions of this Agreement or the Plan and the levy of any execution, attachment or similar process upon the Restricted Shares shall be null and void and without force or effect. No transfer of the Restricted Shares by will or by the laws of descent and distribution shall be effective to bind the Company unless the Company shall have been furnished written notice thereof and an authenticated copy of the will and/or such other evidence as the Committee may deem necessary to establish the validity of the transfer. The transfer to the executor or administrator of the Participant’s estate shall be binding upon the executors, administrators, heirs and successors of the Participant.