12.8. Deferrals. The Administrator may allow a Participant to elect to defer receipt of any payment of cash or any delivery of shares of Stock that would otherwise be due to such Participant by virtue of the exercise, earn-out, or settlement of any Award made under the Plan, other than Options or Stock Appreciation Rights. If such election is permitted, the Committee shall establish rules and procedures for such deferrals, including provisions that the Committee or the Participant determines are necessary or advisable to comply with, or avoid being subject to, the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, and provisions for the payment or crediting of dividend equivalents in respect of deferrals credited in units of Stock.
12.9. Recoupment/Clawback. Each Award shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Avnet’s compensation recoupment or clawback policy, as in effect and amended from time to time, including disgorgement or repayment to the extent required by such policy. 12.10. Nontransferability. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.7 (Foreign Laws), this Section 12.10, or the applicable Agreement, no Award granted under the Plan, and no interests therein, may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, exchanged, encumbered or otherwise alienated or hypothecated; and each Award shall be exercisable during the Participant’s lifetime only by the Participant or his legal guardian or representative.
(a) An Award may be transferred by testamentary disposition or the laws of descent and distribution.
(b) The Committee shall have sole discretion to approve, and to establish terms and conditions for, a transfer of an Option to (i) the child, step-child, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, and any person sharing the Participant’s household (other than a tenant or employee) of the Participant (an “Immediate Family Member”); (ii) a trust in which Immediate Family Members have more than 50% of the beneficial interest; (iii) a foundation in which Immediate Family Members or the Participant control the management of the assets; or (iv) any other entity in which Immediate Family Members or the Participant own more than 50% of the voting interests (each (i) - (iv), a “Permitted Transferee”); provided, however, that, without the prior approval of the Committee, no Permitted Transferee shall further transfer an Award, either directly or indirectly, other than by testamentary disposition or the laws of descent and distribution. For example, without prior approval of the Committee, a Permitted Transferee may not transfer an Award by reason of the dissolution of, or a change in the beneficiaries of, a Permitted Transferee that is a trust; the sale, merger, consolidation, dissolution, or liquidation of a Permitted Transferee that is a partnership (or the sale of all or any portion of the partnership interests therein); or the sale, merger, consolidation, dissolution or liquidation of a Permitted Transferee that is a corporation (or the sale of all or any portion of the stock thereof).
(c) The Committee shall have discretion to authorize a transfer pursuant to a domestic relations order; provided, however, that the Committee shall not be required under any circumstance to accept or approve a transfer pursuant to a domestic relations order.
(d) An Award may be forfeited or transferred to the extent required to satisfy a tax levy or judgment under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act or similar federal or state law.
12.11. Applicable Law and Severability. The Plan, and its rules, rights, agreements and regulations, shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to any conflicts or choice of law rule or principle that might result in the application of the substantive law of another jurisdiction. If any provision of the Plan is held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, in whole or in part, for any reason, such determination shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of any remaining provision, portion of provision or the Plan overall, which shall remain in full force and effect as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision (or portion thereof) had never been included in the Plan.