FINANCIAL SECTION XIV - PRIZE MONEY FORMULA 2.  Increased Prize Money WTA 250 Tournaments shall have the option to increase their prize money  to allow more than one (1) Top 10 Player to play singles and/or doubles in  the Tournament. Tournaments must increase prize money by $250,000 for  each additional Top 10 Player accepted into the draw. Prize money increases  will be distributed in accordance with Section XV.D. Tournaments may notify  the WTA anytime up until the Qualifying Sign-In deadline of their decision to  increase prize money above the minimum. The WTA will not accept additional Top 10 Player entries until the Tournament  provides written notice to the WTA confirming the required prize money  increase.  Regardless of whether any Top 10 Player(s) withdraw(s), a WTA 250 Tournament  may not reduce its prize money if: a.  the Tournament accepts an additional Top 10 Player at the Main Draw  Entry Deadline; b.  the Tournament publicly announces the prize money increase; or c.  the Qualifying Sign-In Deadline has passed. 3.  Top 10 Player Delivery D. NOT A MAXIMUM An increase in the WTA 250 Tournament’s minimum prize money will not alter  the Top 10 Player Delivery requirements set out in Section II.C above. Nothing in this Section XIV shall prevent a Tournament from paying player  compensation in excess of the Minimum Player Compensation. For the  avoidance of doubt, in the event any Tournament has been approved to  pay player compensation in excess of the Minimum Player Compensation,  and the Minimum Player Compensation increases from the prior Tour Year,  such Tournament will not be required to increase its player compensation  further. (For example, if a Tournament is paying 110% of the Minimum Player  Compensation and the Minimum Player Compensation increases by 5%, such  Tournament will not be required to increase its player compensation for that  Tour Year.) If in any Tour Year a Tournament voluntarily pays player compensation  greater than its PMF-calculated MPC for that Tour Year, the calculation of that  Tournament’s MPC in future Tour Years must use its PMF-calculated MPC for all  265