This Policy does not apply to purchases of Company stock in a 401(k) plan resulting from a periodic contribution of money to such plan pursuant to a Company Person’s payroll deduction election. The Policy’s trading restrictions do apply, however, to certain elections a Company Person may make under such plan, including (1) an election to make an intra-plan transfer of an existing account balance into or out of the Company stock fund, (2) an election to borrow money against a plan account if the loan is to result in a liquidation of some or all of the Company Person’s Company stock fund balance, (3) an election to pre-pay a plan loan if the pre-payment is to result in allocation of loan proceeds to the Company stock fund, and (4) an election to increase or decrease the percentage of a Company Person’s periodic contributions that is to be allocated to the Company stock fund.
5.3.3Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards
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This Policy does not apply to the vesting and settlement of restricted stock and restricted stock units, or the withholding or sale of stock back to the Company to satisfy tax withholding obligations upon the vesting of any restricted stock or restricted stock units.
The Policy’s trading restrictions do apply, however, to any market sale of stock after vesting, including to satisfy tax withholding obligations.
5.3.4Dividend Reinvestment Plan and Employee Stock Ownership Plan
This Policy does not apply to purchases of Company stock under the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan resulting from a Company Person’s reinvestment of dividends paid on Company stock or under an employee stock ownership plan pursuant to a Company Person’s payroll deduction election.
The Policy’s trading restrictions do apply, however, to voluntary purchases of Company stock resulting from additional contributions a Company Person chooses to make to the dividend reinvestment plan or employee stock ownership plan, and to an election to participate in such a plan or to increase his or her level of participation in the plan. They also apply to a Company Person’s sale of any Company stock purchased pursuant to such a plan.