Good Reason Termination Good Reason Termination means a Termination of Employment initiated by Participant that is related to one or more conditions described in subsection (a), and that is subject to the timing, notice and remedy provisions of subsection (b):
Good Reason; Other Than for Cause or Disability If, during the Employment Period, the Company terminates the Executive's employment other than for Cause or Disability or the Executive terminates employment for Good Reason:
(i) the Company shall pay to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination the aggregate of the following amounts (such aggregate being hereinafter referred to as the "Special Termination Amount"):
A. the sum of (1) the Executive's Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination to the extent not theretofore paid, (2) the product of (x) the Highest Annual Bonus and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the current fiscal year through the Date of Termination, and the denominator of which is 365 and (3) any compensation previously deferred by the Executive (together with any accrued interest or earnings thereon) (including, without limitation, compensation, bonus, incentive compensation or awards deferred under the FPL Group, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan or incentive compensation or awards deferred under the FPL Group, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan of 1985, the FPL Group, Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan of 1994, or pursuant to an individual deferral agreement) and any accrued vacation pay, in each case to the extent not theretofore paid (the sum of the amounts described in clauses (1), (2), and (3) being herein called the "Accrued Obligations"); and
B. the amount equal to the product of (1) the greater of two or the number of years (with any partial year expressed as a fraction) remaining in the Employment Period and (2) the sum of (x) the Executive's Annual Base Salary and (y) the Highest Annual Bonus; provided, however, that such amount shall be paid in lieu of, and the Executive hereby waives the right to receive, any other amount of severance relating to salary or bonus continuation to be received by the Executive upon termination of employment of the Executive under any severance plan, policy or arrangement of the Company; and
C. the maximum amount payable under all performance share grants and all other long term incentive compensation grants to the Executive, calculated as though the Executive had remained employed by the Company for the remainder of the Employment Period and on the basis of actual achievement of performance measures through the end of the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in which the Date of Termination occurs and thereafter assuming 100% achievement of all performance measures through the end of the Employment Period; and
D. a separate lump-sum supplemental retirement benefit equal to the difference between (1) the actuarial equivalent (utilizing for this purpose the actuarial assumptions utilized with respect to the FPL Group Employee Pension Plan (or any successor plan thereto) (the "Retirement Plan") during the 90-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date) of the benefit payable under the Retirement Plan and all supplemental and/or excess retirement plans providing benefits for the Executive (the "SERP") (including, but not limited to the Supplemental Pension Benefit (as defined in the FPL Group, Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan)) which the Executive would receive if the Executive's employment continued at the compensation level provided for in Sections 5(a) and 5(b) of this Agreement for the remainder of the Employment Period, assuming for this purpose that all accrued benefits are fully vested and that benefit accrual formulas are no less advantageous to the Executive than those in effect during the 90-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date, or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect generally at any time thereafter during the Employment Period with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies, and (2) the actuarial equivalent (utilizing for this purpose the actuarial assumptions utilized with respect to the Retirement Plan during the 90-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date) of the Executive's actual benefit (paid or payable), if any, under the Retirement Plan and the SERP; and E. a separate lump-sum supplemental retirement benefit equal to the difference between (1) the value of the Company Account (as defined in the FPL Group Employee Thrift Plan or any successor plan thereto) (the "Thrift Plan") and any other matching contribution accounts (including, but not limited to the Supplemental Matching Contribution Account (as defined in the FPL Group, Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan)) under a SERP which the Executive would receive if (i) the Executive s employment continued at the compensation level provided for in Sections 5(a) and 5(b) of this Agreement for the remainder of the Employment Period, (ii) the Executive made pre- and after-tax contributions at the highest permissible rate (disregarding any limitations imposed by the Internal Revenue Code, which may or may not be set forth in the Thrift Plan) for each year remaining in the Employment Period, (iii) the Company Account and the matching contribution accounts are fully vested, and (iv) the matching contribution formulas are no less advantageous to the Executive than those in effect during the 90-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect generally at any time during the remainder of the Employment Period with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies, and (2) the actual value of the Executive s Company Account and matching contribution accounts (paid or payable), if any, under the Thrift Plan and the SERP; and
(ii) for the remainder of the Employment Period, or such longer period as any plan, program, practice or policy may provide, the Company shall continue benefits to the Executive and/or the Executive's family at least equal to those which would have been provided to them in accordance with the plans, programs, practices and policies described in Sections 5(e) and 5(g) of this Agreement if the Executive's employment had not been terminated, in accordance with the most favorable plans, practices, programs or policies of the Company and its affiliated companies applicable generally to other peer executives and their families during the 90-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, as in effect generally at any time thereafter with respect to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies and their families, provided, however, that if the Executive becomes reemployed with another employer and is eligible to receive medical or other welfare benefits under another employer provided plan, the medical and other welfare benefits described herein shall be secondary to those provided under such other plan during such applicable period of eligibility. For purposes of determining eligibility of the Executive for retiree benefits pursuant to such plans, practices, programs and policies, the Executive shall be considered to have remained employed until the end of the Employment Period and to have retired on the last day of such period; and
(iii) to the extent not theretofore paid or provided, the Company shall timely pay or provide to the Executive any other amounts or benefits required to be paid or provided or which the Executive is eligible to receive pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise under any plan, program, policy or practice or contract or agreement of the Company and its affiliated companies (such other amounts and benefits shall be hereinafter referred to as the "Other Benefits"), but excluding solely for purposes of this Section 7(a)(iii) amounts waived by the Executive pursuant to Section 7(a)(i)(B).
Good Reason Defined For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall exist if, without the Executive’s express written consent, the Company: (i) materially reduces or decreases the Executive’s Base Salary or Incentive Compensation opportunity level from the level in effect on the Effective Date (or some subsequent higher level put into effect by the Board subsequent to the Effective Date), unless such reduction or decrease is in connection with an across-the-board reduction or decrease in the Base Salaries or Incentive Compensation opportunity levels of all the Company’s other senior level executives, (ii) willfully fails to include the Executive in any incentive compensation plans, bonus plans, or other plans and benefits provided by the Company to other executive level executives, (iii) materially reduces, decreases or diminishes the nature, status or duties and responsibilities of the Position from those in effect on the Effective Date, and such reduction, decrease or diminution is not reasonably related to or the result of an adverse change in the Executive’s performance of assigned duties and responsibilities, or (iv) requires the Executive to (A) regularly perform the duties and responsibilities of the Position at, or (B) relocate the Executive’s principal place of employment to, a location which is more than fifty (50) miles from the location of the Executive’s principal place of employment as of the Effective Date. Notwithstanding the above, Good Reason shall not include the death, Disability or voluntary retirement of the Executive or any other voluntary action taken by or agreed to by the Executive related to the Position or his employment with the Company or its Subsidiaries. Further, Good Reason shall not include any of the events or conditions described in items (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above unless the Executive provides notice to the Company of the existence of the event or condition within ninety (90) days of the initial existence of the event or condition, the Company fails to cure such event or condition within thirty (30) days of receiving the Employee’s initial notice, and the Executive terminates employment with a subsequent written notice to the Company after such thirty (30) day cure period but within ninety (90) days after the Executive provides the initial written notice to the Company of the existence of such event or condition. If requested by the Company, the Executive shall continue to work exclusively for the Company during such thirty (30) day cure period; provided, however, the Company shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate this Agreement at any time during such thirty (30) day cure period upon written notice to the Executive.
Good Reason The Executive's employment may be terminated by the Executive for Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, "Good Reason" shall mean:
Change in Condition From and after the Balance Sheet Date to and including the date hereof, the Company has conducted its Business only in the Ordinary Course of Business and has maintained the value of its Business as a going concern and, except as set forth on Schedule 4.12, its relationships with customers, distributors, suppliers, vendors, employees, agents and others. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as set forth on Schedule 4.12, which matters have not had and will not have in the aggregate a Material Adverse Effect, since the Balance Sheet Date the Company has not:
(a) Entered into any transaction otherwise than on an arms’ length basis or any transaction with any Existing Stockholder or any Affiliate thereof;
(b) Made any capital expenditure in excess of $100,000 individually or $500,000 in the aggregate;
(c) Incurred or otherwise become liable in respect of any Debt, except for borrowings in the Ordinary Course of Business under the Loan and Security Agreement dated as of December 13, 2000, between Kenexa Financial, Inc. and Citicorp USA, or become liable in respect of any Guarantee;
(d) Created or suffered the imposition of any Lien (other than capital leases in excess of $100,000) upon any assets, whether tangible or intangible, of the Company;
(i) Sold, leased to others or otherwise disposed of any of its Assets, (ii) entered into any Contractual Obligation relating to (A) the purchase by the Company of any capital stock of or interest in any Person (other than purchases by the Company from terminated employees), (B) the purchase of assets constituting a business or (C) any merger, consolidation or other business combination, (iii) canceled or compromised any Debt or claim (other than compromises of accounts receivable in the Ordinary Course of Business), (iv) waived or released any right of substantial value or (v) instituted, settled or agreed to settle any material Action;
(i) Made any changes in the rate of Compensation of any director, officer, employee, or consultant to, or agent of the Company, except for changes in the Ordinary Course of Business to the compensation of Persons other than directors and officers of the Company, or (ii) paid or agreed to pay any extra Compensation to any such Person (including, without limitation, any such payments to be made in connection with and/or from the proceeds of the transactions contemplated hereby or by the other Transaction Documents);
(g) Suffered any material damage, destruction or loss (whether or not covered by insurance) to any of its Assets;
(h) Made any change in its customary methods of accounting or accounting practices, pricing policies or payment or credit practices, or failed to pay any creditor any amount owed to such creditor when due, or granted any extensions of credit other than in the Ordinary Course of Business (it being understood that the consummation of the Reorganization required the Company to change from a cash method to an accrual method of accounting for income tax purposes);
(i) Made any Distributions;
(j) Entered into any Contractual Obligation to do any of the things referred to in clauses (a) through (i) above; and
(k) Suffered or incurred any Material Adverse Effect, nor any event or events which in the aggregate will have a Material Adverse Effect.