Common use of Benefit Computation Base Clause in Contracts

Benefit Computation Base. The Executive’s Benefit Computation Base for purposes of Section 2.1(a) shall be the average of the Executive’s compensation from the Corporation for the five (5) consecutive calendar years during the ten (10) years preceding the Executive’s termination of employment with the Corporation in which such compensation is the highest (excluding all years of the Executive’s employment by the Corporation after the year in which the Normal Retirement Date occurs). For the purposes of this Agreement, compensation shall mean the amount actually paid or made available to the Executive during a calendar year as remuneration of a kind or nature reported by the Corporation on the Executive’s W-2, except as set forth below. Compensation shall also include annual bonuses, any contributions made on behalf of the Executive by the Corporation pursuant to a salary reduction agreement under Internal Revenue Code Sections 125, 129 and/or 401(k), and any and all other amounts that would have been reportable by the Corporation on the Executive’s W-2 but for deferral of payment of such amounts under any agreement or plan or program (other than the Pension Plan), including any voluntary deferrals and any deferrals required or mandated by the terms of any agreement or plan or program of the Corporation or action of its Board of Directors, except that the $86,400 short-term incentive bonus for calendar 2004 the payment of which was accelerated to December 2004 shall be taken into account as if it was paid in 2005 rather than 2004. Compensation shall not include any amounts available to the Executive pursuant to any Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Senior Management Long Term Incentive or Restricted Stock Unit Plans of the Corporation or paid to the Executive pursuant to Sections 7, 10 and 11 of the Employment Agreement.

Benefit Computation Base. The Executive’s Benefit Computation Base for purposes of Section 2.1(a) shall be the average of the Executive’s compensation from the Corporation for the five (5) consecutive calendar years during the ten (10) years preceding the Executive’s termination of employment with the Corporation in which such compensation is the highest (excluding all years of the Executive’s employment by the Corporation after the year in which the Normal Retirement Date occurs). For the purposes of this Agreement, compensation shall mean the amount actually paid or made available to the Executive during a calendar year as remuneration of a kind or nature reported by the Corporation on the Executive’s W-2, except as set forth below. Compensation shall also include annual bonuses, any contributions made on behalf of the Executive by the Corporation pursuant to a salary reduction agreement under Internal Revenue Code Sections 125, 129 and/or 401(k), and any and all other amounts that would have been reportable by the Corporation on the Executive’s W-2 but for deferral of payment of such amounts under any agreement or plan or program (other than the Pension Plan), including any voluntary deferrals and any deferrals required or mandated by the terms of any agreement or plan or program of the Corporation or action of its Board of Directors, except that the $86,400 178,480 short-term incentive bonus for calendar 2004 the payment of which was accelerated to December 2004 shall be taken into account as if it was paid in 2005 rather than 2004. Compensation shall not include any amounts available to the Executive pursuant to any Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Senior Management Long Term Incentive or Restricted Stock Unit Plans of the Corporation or paid to the Executive pursuant to Sections 7, 10 and 11 of the Employment Agreement.