Deferral Election A Participant may elect to defer all or a specified percentage of the Compensation earned in a Plan Year by such Participant for serving as a member of the Board of any Participating Fund or as a member of any committee or subcommittee thereof. Reimbursement of expenses of attending meetings of the Board, committees of the Board or subcommittees of such committees may not be deferred. Such election shall be made by executing before the first day of such Plan Year such election notice as the Administrator may prescribe; provided, however, that upon first becoming eligible to participate in the Plan by reason of appointment to a Board, a Participant may file a Deferral Election not later than 30 days after the effective date of such appointment, which election shall apply to Compensation earned in the portion of the Plan Year commencing the day after such election is filed and ending on the last day of such Plan Year.
Initial Election The Director shall make an initial deferral election under this Agreement by filing with the Company a signed Election Form within 30 days after the Effective Date of this Agreement. The Election Form shall set forth the amount of Fees to be deferred and shall be effective to defer only Fees earned after the date the Election Form is received by the Company.
Election Procedures (a) Each record holder of Shares (other than Dissenting Shares, if any, Shares owned by Textron and shares to be cancelled in accordance with Section 3.1(b)) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be entitled to submit a request specifying the portion of such record holder's Shares which such record holder desires to have converted into (i) the Cash Consideration (a "Cash Election"), (ii) the Stock Consideration (a "Stock Election") or (iii) the Mixed Consideration (a "Mixed Election"), or to indicate that such record holder has no preference as to the receipt of Cash Consideration, Stock Consideration or Mixed Consideration for such Shares (a "Non-Election"). Shares in respect of which a Non-Election is made (including Shares in respect of which such an election is deemed to have been made pursuant to this Section 3.2(a) and Section 3.1(g)) (collectively, "Non-Election Shares") shall be deemed to be Shares in respect of which a Cash Election has been made. (b) Elections pursuant to Section 3.2(a) shall be made on the form of letter of transmittal and form of election (the "Letter of Transmittal and Form of Election") to be provided by the Paying Agent (as defined in Section 3.3(a)) to holders of record of Shares, together with instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates for payment therefor, as soon as practicable following the Effective Time. The Letter of Transmittal and Form of Election shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates transmitted therewith shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Paying Agent. Elections shall be made by mailing to the Paying Agent a duly completed Letter of Transmittal and Form of Election in accordance with Section 3.3(b). To be effective, a Letter of Transmittal and Form of Election must be (i) properly completed, signed and submitted to the Paying Agent at its designated office and (ii) accompanied by the Certificates representing the Shares as to which the election is being made (or by an appropriate guarantee of delivery of such Certificates by a commercial bank or trust company in the United States or a member of a registered national security exchange or of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., provided such Certificates are in fact delivered to the Paying Agent within eight Trading Days after the date of execution of such guarantee of delivery). The Company shall determine, in its sole and absolute discretion, which authority it may delegate in whole or in part to the Paying Agent, whether any Letter of Transmittal and Form of Election has been properly completed, signed and submitted or revoked. The decision of the Company (or the Paying Agent, as the case may be) in such matters shall be conclusive and binding. Neither the Company nor the Paying Agent will be under any obligation to notify any person of any defect in a Letter of Transmittal and Form of Election submitted to the Paying Agent.
Deferral Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting registration pursuant to this Section 2.3, a certificate signed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board, it would be materially detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be filed at such time, then the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period; provided further, that the Company shall not register any other of its shares during such twelve (12) month period. A demand right shall not be deemed to have been exercised until such deferred registration shall have been effected.
83(b) Election You may make and file with the Internal Revenue Service an election under Section 83(b) of the Code with respect to the grant of the Restricted Shares hereunder, electing to include in your gross income as of the Grant Date the Fair Market Value of the Restricted Shares as of the Grant Date. You shall promptly provide a copy of such election to the Company. If you make and file such an election, you shall make such arrangements in accordance with Section 8 as are satisfactory to the Committee to provide for the timely payment of all applicable withholding taxes.