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:
Payments Upon Termination of Employment (a) If Executive's employment with the Company is terminated by reason of:
(i) Executive's abandonment of Executive’s employment or Executive's resignation for any reason (whether or not such resignation is set forth in writing or otherwise communicated to the Company);
(ii) termination of Executive's employment by the Company for Cause (as defined below); or
(iii) termination of Executive's employment by the Company without Cause following expiration of the Term; the Company shall pay to Executive his or her then-current base salary through the Termination Date and any and all other benefits to which Executive may be entitled under any applicable Company policy, plan or procedure (without duplication of benefits).
(b) Except in the case of a Change in Control, which is governed by Section 10(c) below, if Executive's employment with the Company is terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 9(a)(i) effective prior to the expiration of the Term for any reason other than for Cause (as defined below), then the Company shall pay to Executive, subject to Section 10(g) of this Agreement and in addition to the consideration described in Section 4(b) above, the following amounts:
(i) Executive’s then-current base salary through the Termination Date;
(ii) pro rata portions of any quarterly and annual non-equity bonus payouts under any non-equity incentive-based compensation plans then in effect (provided that any applicable performance measures are achieved); and
(iii) the amount of Executive’s then current base salary that Executive would have received from the Termination Date through the date that is nine months following such Termination Date. Any amount payable to Executive pursuant to Section 10(b)(iii) shall be subject to deductions and withholdings and shall be paid to Executive by the Company in the same periodic installments in accordance with the Company's regular payroll practices commencing on the first normal payroll date of the Company following the expiration of all applicable rescission periods provided by law. Any amount payable to Executive pursuant to Section 10(b)(ii) shall be subject to deductions and withholdings and shall be paid to Executive by the Company in the same manner and at the same time that incentive bonus payments are made to current employees of the Company, but no earlier than the first normal payroll date of the Company following the expiration of all applicable rescission periods provided by law and no later than March 15th of the year following the year in which the Termination Date occurs.
(c) If Executive's employment is terminated by the Company without Cause following a Change in Control as defined in this Agreement and before the end of the Term, or if the Executive's employment is terminated by the Executive for Good Reason following a Change in Control and before the end of the Term, then the Company shall pay to Executive, subject to Executive's compliance with Section 10(g) of this Agreement, the lesser of the total of Executive’s then current base salary and prorated non-equity incentive bonus payouts as referenced above through the end of the Term of the Agreement, or nine months of Executive’s current base salary.
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.
Benefits Upon Termination of Employment If the Executive is entitled to benefits pursuant to this Section 2, the Company agrees to pay or provide to the Executive as severance payment, the following:
(i) A single lump sum payment, payable in cash within five days of the Termination Date (or if later, the Change of Control Date), equal to the sum of:
(A) the accrued portion of any of the Executive's unpaid base salary and vacation through the Termination Date and any unpaid portion of the Executive's bonus for the prior fiscal year; plus
(B) a portion of the Executive's bonus for the fiscal year in progress, prorated based upon the number of days elapsed since the commencement of the fiscal year and calculated assuming that 100% of the target under the bonus plan is achieved; plus
(C) an amount equal to the Executive's Base Compensation times the Compensation Multiplier.
(ii) Continuation, on the same basis as if the Executive continued to be employed by the Company, of Benefits for the Benefit Period commencing on the Termination Date. The Company's obligation hereunder with respect to the foregoing Benefits shall be limited to the extent that the Executive obtains any such benefits pursuant to a subsequent employer's benefit plans, in which case the Company may reduce the coverage of any Benefits it is required to provide the Executive hereunder as long as the aggregate coverages and benefits of the combined benefit plans is no less favorable to the Executive than the Benefits required to be provided hereunder.
(iii) Outplacement services to be provided by an outplacement organization of national repute, which shall include the provision of office space and equipment (including telephone and personal computer) but in no event shall the Company be required to provide such services for a value exceeding 17% of the Executive's Base Compensation.
(iv) Accelerated vesting of all outstanding stock options and of all previously granted restricted stock awards.
(v) Target amounts that would have accrued under the MagneTek Shareholder Return Plan had the applicable period for each such target elapsed, calculated and paid, PRO RATA, for the actual period elapsed.
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