Termination by Employee with Good Reason. Thirty (30) days following the date of a written notice of termination given to the Company by Employee to the effect that any one or more of the following events (“Change Event”) has occurred and the Company has failed within such thirty (30) day period to restore the Employee to the position he was in prior to the Change Event (provided, that such written notice of termination must have been given by Employee within ninety (90) days of the Change Event): (a) failure by the Company to maintain the level of responsibility and status of the Employee similar in all material respects to those of Employee's position as of the date of the Agreement, or (b) a reduction by the Company in Employee's base salary as in effect as of the date hereof plus all increases thereof subsequent thereto; other than any reduction which is insignificant or is implemented as part of a formal austerity program approved by the Board of Directors of the Company and applicable to all continuing domestic executive employees of the Company, provided such reduction does not reduce Employee's salary by a percentage greater than the average reduction in the compensation of all employees who continue as employees of the Company during such austerity program; or (c) the failure of the Company to maintain and to continue Employee's participation in all material respects in the Company's benefit plans as in effect from time to time on a basis substantially equivalent to the participation and benefits of Company domestic executive employees; or (d) any material and uncorrected breach of the Agreement by the Company.
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Sources: Employment Agreement (Dentsply International Inc /De/), Employment Agreement (Dentsply International Inc /De/), Employment Agreement (Dentsply International Inc /De/)
Termination by Employee with Good Reason. Thirty (30) days following the date of a written notice of termination given to the Company by Employee to the effect that any one or more of the following events (“Change Event”) has occurred and the Company has failed within such thirty (30) day period to restore the Employee to the position he was in prior to the Change Event (provided, that such written notice of termination must have been given by Employee within ninety (90) days of the Change Event):
(a) failure by the Company to maintain the level of responsibility and status of the Employee similar in all material respects to those of Employee's ’s position as of the date of the Agreement, ; or
(b) a reduction by the Company in Employee's base salary as in effect as of the date hereof plus all increases thereof subsequent thereto; other than any reduction which is insignificant or is implemented as part of a formal austerity program approved by the Board of Directors of the Company and applicable to all continuing domestic executive employees of the Company, provided such reduction does not reduce Employee's salary by a percentage greater than the average reduction in the compensation of all employees who continue as employees of the Company during such austerity program; or
(c) the failure of the Company to maintain and to continue Employee's participation in all material respects in the Company's benefit plans as in effect from time to time on a basis substantially equivalent to the participation and benefits of Company domestic executive employees; or
(d) any material and uncorrected breach of the Agreement by the Company.
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Sources: Employment Agreement (Dentsply International Inc /De/)