Payments Upon Termination A. Upon termination of the Executive's employment hereunder, the Company shall be obligated to pay and the Executive shall be entitled to receive, on the pay date for the pay period in which the termination occurs, all accrued and unpaid Base Salary to the date of termination. In addition, the Executive shall be entitled to any benefits to which he is entitled under the terms of any applicable employee benefit plan or program or applicable law.
B. Except as provided in Section 7(A), upon termination of the Executive's employment by the Company without Cause or by the Executive due to Good Reason, in addition to the amount set forth in Section 6(A), the Company shall be obligated to pay, and the Executive shall be entitled to receive, (i) Base Salary for a period of three years and (ii) continued medical and dental benefits for a period of three years at no cost to the Executive. The Company may cease all payments of Base Salary and bonus under this Section 6(B) in the event of a willful breach by the Executive of the provisions of Sections 8, 9 or 10 of this Agreement or any inadvertent breach that continues after notice given to the Executive by the Company. As a condition precedent to the receipt of any of the severance benefits hereunder the Executive hereby agrees to execute a release of claims against the Company and its affiliates in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
C. In the event Executive elects to terminate employment as set forth in Section 5(F) then in such event any options not vested as set forth in Section 3(B) shall terminate.
D. Upon any termination or expiration of the Executive's employment hereunder pursuant to Section 5, the Executive shall have no further liability or obligation under or in connection with this Agreement; provided, however, that the Executive shall continue to be subject to the provisions of Sections 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 hereof (it being understood and agreed that such provisions shall survive any termination or expiration of the Executive's employment hereunder for any reason). Upon any Voluntary Termination by the Executive (other than a resignation by the Executive for Good Reason), or expiration of Executive's employment agreement, the Company shall have no further liability under or in connection with this Agreement, except to pay the portion of the Executive's Base Salary earned or accrued at the date of termination.
Compensation Upon Termination (i) If Executive's employment is terminated by the Company pursuant to subsection 5(f), or if Executive shall terminate his employment pursuant to subsection 5(d)(i), 5(d)(ii) or 5(d)(iii), then the Company shall pay to Executive, within 30 days of such termination (or, if there is a dispute regarding such termination, within 30 days of the date such dispute is resolved) the following amounts, and in lieu of any further salary and bonus or other incentive compensation payments to Executive for periods subsequent to the date of termination, an amount (the "Severance Payment") equal to the aggregate salary payments (based on the Base Salary in effect on the termination date) that would have been paid to Executive from the date of termination to the end of the Term then in effect, plus the bonus that would have been payable to Executive for the bonus year in which such termination occurs (which shall not be discounted to take into account present value), and the Executive shall be entitled to continue to participate in all Company Benefit Plans on the same basis as the Company's executive employees through the end of the fiscal year in which such termination occurs; provided, that if (A) (i) the period from the date of Executive's termination for reasons described in this Section 6(a)(i) to the end of the Term then in effect (the "Severance Period") is less than two years or (ii) the Company gives notice under Section 2 that the term will not be beyond the last year of the term then in effect (the last day of such term is referred to as the "Nonrenewal Date") and (B) Executive is not engaged in regular employment (whether as an employee or as a self-employed person) at the end of the Severance Period or at the Nonrenewal Date, then at the end of the Severance Period, or on the Nonrenewal Date as the case may be the Company shall begin making additional monthly severance payments ("Supplemental Severance Payments") to Executive (based on Executive's Base Salary at the time of termination, payable in arrears, pro rated for the months in which such payments begin and end and otherwise calculated and paid in accordance with the Company's payroll practices for its executive employees) until the earlier of (1) if clause (A)(i) of this proviso applies, the second anniversary of the date of such Executive's termination, or if clause (A)(ii) of this proviso applies, the first anniversary of the Nonrenewal Date and (2) the date that the Executive finds regular employment, whether as an employee or as a self-employed person, provided that the Company may at any time, in the discretion of the Company's chief executive officer, elect not to pay, or elect to discontinue payment of any, Supplemental Severance Payments, if at the time of such election, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ is the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. If ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ is not then Chief Executive Officer, such election shall be made by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ so long as Vestar Equity Partners, L.P., together with its general partner and their respective affiliates, own, or have the power to vote or direct the voting of, shares of the capital stock of the Company sufficient to elect a majority of the Company's Board of Directors. The provision in clause (A)(ii) of the foregoing proviso relating to continuing payments after the Nonrenewal Date on account of the Company's failure to extend the Term shall not be applicable if Executive's employment is terminated prior to the Nonrenewal Date.
(ii) If Executive's employment terminates for any reason other than pursuant to subparagraph 5(f), 5(d)(i), 5(d)(ii) or 5(d)(iii), Executive shall receive compensation and benefits through the end of the calendar month in which termination occurs (or, if earlier, the end of the Term then in effect) and shall thereafter receive no other compensation or, except as required by law, any benefits of any kind whatsoever; it being understood that no bonus shall be payable for the year in which such termination occurs.
(iii) Any sums due pursuant to the provisions of this subsection 6(a) shall be reduced by any sums payable to Executive pursuant to any severance or termination pay program maintained by the Company.
(b) Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 6 by seeking other employment or otherwise.
Compensation and Benefits Upon Termination (a) The Company’s obligation to compensate Executive ceases on the Termination Date except as to: (i) any unpaid Base Salary earned by Executive as of that time; (ii) any unpaid amount actually earned and due to Executive pursuant to the MIP; (iii) any business expenses for which Executive is entitled to reimbursement under this Agreement; and (iv) any compensation and/or benefits to which Executive may be entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 6.
(b) If the Company terminates Executive’s employment without Cause or Executive resigns for Good Reason, then the Company shall pay Executive the payments referenced above in Subsections 6(a)(i), (ii), and (iii) (collectively, the “Accrued Payments”). In addition, subject to Executive’s compliance with Sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 and 15 of this Agreement and subject to the requirements of Section 6(e) below: (i) the Company will pay Executive an amount equal to his/her Base Salary as of the Termination Date for a period of twelve (12) months following the Termination Date, payable through the Company’s regular payroll procedures (the “Severance Pay”) commencing on the sixtieth (60th) day following the Termination Date (with the first payment including a catch-up payment for any Base Salary that would have otherwise been paid as Severance Pay during such sixty (60) day period); and (ii) if Executive timely elects continued health insurance coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”), the Company shall, on the sixtieth (60th) day following the Termination Date, reimburse Executive for the entire amount of any premiums paid by Executive prior to such date necessary to continue such COBRA coverage for Executive and Executive’s covered spouse and eligible dependents and thereafter the Company shall pay the entire premium necessary to continue such coverage, in each case, until the earlier of (A) the expiration of the eighteen (18) month period following the Termination Date, or (B) the date on which Executive becomes eligible for group health insurance coverage under another employer’s plan, notice of which Executive shall promptly provide the Company.
(c) If the Company terminates Executive’s employment for Cause or if the Executive terminates his/her employment without Good Reason, or if Executive’s employment ends due to his/her death, then the Company’s sole obligation shall be to pay Executive (or his/her estate) only the Accrued Payments.
(d) If the Company terminates Executive’s employment due to Disability or upon Executive’s death, the Company shall pay Executive or his/her estate, in addition to any short term or long term disability benefits that he/she may have received and/or be entitled to receive, the Accrued Payments. In addition, Executive shall be eligible to receive payment of the Target Bonus as set forth in Section 3(b) above, subject to the terms of the MIP and to the extent actually earned for the fiscal year in which such termination takes place, prorated based on the number of days in such fiscal year that Executive was employed prior to the Termination Date, to be paid in accordance with the timing set forth in Section 3(b) (or if later, the sixtieth (60th) day following the Termination Date).
(e) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company’s obligation to make any payments or to provide any benefits under Sections 6(b) or Section 6(d) above is subject to and conditioned upon Executive’s execution of an enforceable release and waiver of claims agreement in a form satisfactory to the Company (the “Release Agreement”) and his/her compliance with the covenants in Sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 and 15 of this Agreement. If Executive chooses not to timely execute such Release Agreement, revokes the Release Agreement, or fails to comply with the covenants in Sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 and 15 of this Agreement, then the Company’s obligation to compensate him/her ceases on the effective Termination Date except as to the Accrued Payments. The Release Agreement shall be provided to Executive within seven (7) days of the Termination Date and Executive must execute it within the twenty-one (21) or forty-five (45) day time period specified in the Release Agreement. The Release Agreement and any payments due following its execution by Executive shall not be effective until any applicable revocation period has expired.
(f) Executive is not entitled to receive any compensation or benefits upon his/her termination except as: (i) set forth in this Agreement, (ii) otherwise required by applicable law, or (iii) otherwise specifically required by any employee benefit plan of the Company in which he/she participates. Moreover, the terms and conditions provided to Executive under this Agreement are in lieu of any severance benefits to which he/she otherwise might be entitled pursuant to any severance plan, policy and practice of the Company and or any of its affiliates. Nothing in this Agreement however, is intended to waive or supplant any accrued death, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, retirement 401 (k) or pension benefits of the Company to which he/she may be entitled under employee benefit plans of the Company in which he/she participates.
(g) If, within the twelve (12) month period following a Change in Control, as defined below, Executive is terminated without Cause or he/she resigns for Good Reason, but in either case subject to the provisions of Section 6(e) above, Executive shall, in addition to the payments and benefits set forth in Section 6(b), be entitled to a lump sum payment, payable on the sixtieth (60th) day following the Termination Date, equal to the greater of: (A) fifty percent (50%) of Executive’s then Base Salary, or (B) his/her Target Bonus under the MIP. A “Change in Control,” as defined herein solely for purposes of this Agreement, shall mean: (i) any merger, consolidation, or reorganization involving the Company, in which, immediately after giving effect to such merger, consolidation or reorganization, less than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of outstanding stock of the surviving or resulting entity is then “beneficially owned” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1943, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) in the aggregate by the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger consolidation or reorganization; (ii) any sale, lease, exchange, or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any other person or entity (other than to one or more wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company) in a transaction or a series of related transactions; (iii) the dissolution or liquidation of the Company; (iv) when any person or entity not currently a stockholder, including a “group” as contemplated by Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, acquires or gains ownership or control (including, without limitation, power to vote) of more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of the Company’s voting stock (based upon voting power); or (v) as a result of or in connection with a contested election of directors, the persons who were directors of the Company before such election shall cease to constitute a majority of the Company’s Board.