Company: ALGN
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001097149-25-000016
Chunk: 142

Company: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 142
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 person to execute on behalf of the Company any instrument required to effect the grant of an Award previously granted by the Administrator;

(xi) to allow a Participant to defer the receipt of the payment of cash or the delivery of Shares that would otherwise be due to such Participant under an Award pursuant to such procedures as the Administrator may determine;

(xii) to grant in addition to the incentives described in Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 below, other incentives payable in cash or Shares under the Plan as determined by the Administrator to be in the best interests of the Company and subject to any terms and conditions the Administrator deems advisable; and

(xiii) to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for administering the Plan.

(c) Effect of Administrator’s Decision . The Administrator’s decisions, determinations and interpretations will be final and binding on all Participants and any other holders of Awards and will be given the maximum deference permitted by Applicable Laws.

(d) No Liability . Under no circumstances will the Company, its Affiliates, the Administrator, or the Board incur liability for any indirect, incidental, consequential or special damages (including lost profits) of any form incurred by any person, whether or not foreseeable and regardless of the form of the act in which such a claim may be brought, with respect to the Plan or the Company’s, its Affiliates’, the Administrator’s or the Board’s roles in connection with the Plan.

5. Eligibility . Nonstatutory Stock Options, Restricted Stock, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Units, Performance Shares and such other cash or stock awards as the Administrator determines may be granted to Service Providers. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company.

6. Limitations.

(a) No Exchange Program . Notwithstanding the powers of the Administrator set forth herein, the Administrator may not institute an Exchange Program.

(b) Dividends . Dividends or other distributions payable with respect to Shares subject to Awards will not be paid before and unless the underlying Shares vest. No dividends or other distributions will be paid with respect to Shares that are subject to unexercised Options or Stock Appreciation Rights.

(c) Minimum Vesting Requirements .

(i) General . Except as specified otherwise in Section 6(c)(ii), no portion of an Award will vest earlier than the 1-year anniversary of the Award’s date of grant, unless the vesting of the Award is accelerated pursuant