Compensation Upon Certain Separation From Service Events Sample Clauses
Compensation Upon Certain Separation From Service Events
Compensation Upon Termination of Employment If the Executive’s employment hereunder is terminated, in accordance with the provisions of Article III hereof, and except for any other rights or benefits specifically provided for herein to be effective following the Executive’s period of employment, the Company will provide compensation and benefits to the Executive only as follows:
Separation from Service A termination of employment shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any provision of this Agreement providing for the payment of any amounts or benefits upon or following a termination of employment unless such termination also constitutes a “Separation from Service” within the meaning of Section 409A and, for purposes of any such provision of this Agreement, references to a “termination,” “termination of employment,” “separation from service” or like terms shall mean Separation from Service.
Severance Compensation upon Termination of Employment If the Company shall terminate the Executive’s employment other than pursuant to Section 5(a), (b) or (c) or if the Executive shall terminate his employment for Good Reason, then the Company shall pay to the Executive as severance pay in a lump sum, in cash, on the fifth day following the Date of Termination, an amount equal to three (3) times the average of the aggregate annual compensation paid to the Executive during the three (3) fiscal years of the Company immediately preceding the Change of Control by the Company subject to United States income taxes (or, such fewer number of fiscal years if the Executive has not been employed by the Company during each of the preceding three (3) fiscal years).
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.
Plan Terminations Under Section 409A Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 7.2, if the Company terminates this Agreement in the following circumstances: (a) Upon the Company’s termination and liquidation of the Agreement pursuant to irrevocable action taken within thirty (30) days before, or twelve (12) months after a change in the ownership or effective control of the Company, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company as described in Section 409A(2)(A)(v) of the Code, provided that all distributions are made no later than twelve (12) months following such termination of the Agreement and further provided that all the Company’s arrangements which are substantially similar to the Agreement are terminated so the Executive and all participants in the similar arrangements are required to receive all amounts of compensation deferred under the terminated arrangements within twelve (12) months of the termination of the arrangements; (b) Upon the Company’s termination and liquidation of the Agreement within twelve (12) months of a corporate dissolution taxed under Section 331 of the Code or with the approval of a bankruptcy court provided that the amounts deferred under the Agreement are included in the Executive’s gross income in the latest of the following years (or, if earlier, the taxable year in which the amount is actually or constructively received): (i) the calendar year in which the Agreement terminates; (ii) the first calendar year in which the amount is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture; or (iii) the first calendar year in which the distribution is administratively practical; or (c) Upon the Company’s termination and liquidation of this and all other non-account balance plans (as referenced in Section 409A of the Code) provided that (i) such action does not occur proximate to a downturn in the financial health of the Company; (ii) all distributions are made no earlier than twelve (12) months and no later than twenty-four (24) months following such termination, and (iii) the Company does not adopt any new non-account balance plans for a minimum of three (3) years following the date of such termination; the Company may distribute the vested Accrual Balance as shown on Schedule A, determined as of the date of the termination of the Agreement, to the Executive in a lump sum subject to the above terms.