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Date
The date an Exercise request was submitted to your company for fulfillment, or the date on which a Restricted Stock Award (RSA) was awarded.

Date Acquired
The date on which shares are deposited in your Stock Plan Account. Acquisition can occur either from the purchase of stock or the granting of stock that has vested and been deposited into your account or from a transfer of assets from another institution.

Date Sold
The date on which the stock was sold. The date a stock is sold determines in which tax year the gain/loss has tax implications.

Day
A time-in-force limitation on the execution of a sell request. This limitation requires that the sell request be canceled if it cannot be executed before the current day's market close (4 p.m. US. Eastern time). If you place a limit sell request with a time-in-force of day and the limit you specify is not reached during the current day, the sell request is canceled. If you place a sell request with a time-in-force of day after the close of trading, the sell request is good until the close of the next trading day.

Deduction Method
The method that can be used to select a payroll deduction amount. If permissible under plan rules, you can choose dollar payroll deductions, percentage payroll deductions, or a combination of both.

Delayed
Stock and option quotes: The date and time of the last request for shares of the security. The quote is delayed at least 20 minutes. Note that delayed quotes will only display composite quotes. A composite quote lists the last trade, best bid and ask, and volume for all exchanges where a security trades.

Description
The full name of the security corresponding to a symbol displayed on a screen.

Disqualifying Exercise
For non-U.S. tax purposes the exercise of a qualified stock option prior to the end of the disqualifying exercise period may cause you to cease to qualify for favorable tax treatment of your grant. Consult your grant agreement and your tax advisor for the rules applicable to your grant.

Disqualifying Disposition
For U.S. federal tax purposes the sale, gift, or exchange of shares acquired through exercise of an Incentive Stock Option or a Section 423 Employee Stock Purchase Plan within two years of the grant date or within one year of the purchase date.

Upon a disqualifying disposition, participants in Employee Stock Purchase Plans and Incentive Stock Option Plans are required to recognize any resulting gain (up to the spread at exercise and purchase) as taxable ordinary compensation income.

The sale, gift, exchange or transfer of legal title of shares acquired through exercise of an Incentive Stock Option or a Section 423 Employee Stock Purchase Plan within two years of the grant date or within one year of the purchase date. Upon a disqualifying disposition, participants in Employee Stock Purchase Plans and Incentive Stock Option Plans are required to recognize ordinary compensation income from the exercise of the Incentive Stock Option or purchase under the Section 423 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Distributed Through
Distribution method defines how net cash proceeds from this transaction will be distributed to you. The method of distribution will depend on your company's plan rules and may include an automated distribution to you through your company's payroll or a deposit into your Stock Plan Account.

Distributed Through Admin Only
Admin Only events do not distribute shares/cash to the Fidelity Stock Plan account. Fidelity administers this grant for recordkeeping purposes only. Please contact a Fidelity representative for additional details.

Dividend per Share
Accrued dividend equivalent value on one share of stock over a pre-defined period.

Do Not Reduce
A condition that can be placed on a good 'til cancel stop request to sell a stock. This condition requires that the sell request limit or stop price not be reduced by the amount of the dividend when a stock goes ex-dividend or the stock's price is reduced due to a split. Reverse stock splits do not affect Do Not Reduce sell requests.