Benefits for Qualified Terminations in Connection with a Change of Control. (a) If (1) during the period commencing on the date the Company enters into a definitive agreement with respect to a transaction that would constitute a Change of Control (as defined in Appendix A) and ending on the date the definitive agreement therefor is terminated or the Change of Control is consummated, the Company terminates Executive’s employment without Cause (as defined in Appendix A), (2) during the period commencing upon the consummation of the Change of Control and ending eighteen (18) months thereafter, the Company or, if applicable, the surviving or successor employer (“Successor Employer”) terminates Executive’s employment without Cause (as defined in Appendix A), or (3) during the period commencing upon the consummation of the Change of Control and ending eighteen (18) months thereafter, Executive resigns for Good Reason (as defined in Appendix A), then Executive shall be entitled to receive the following termination payments and benefits and shall not also be eligible to receive the payments and benefits under Section 3.3: (i) an amount equal to six (6) months’ Salary, measured as the higher of the Salary in effect immediately prior to the Change of Control or the Salary in effect immediately prior to termination, payable to Executive in accordance with the terms below (“CIC Severance Payments”); (ii) Accrued Obligations, payable in a lump sum on the next regularly scheduled payroll date following the date on which Executive’s employment terminated; (iii) COBRA continuation coverage paid in full by the Company, so long as Executive has not become actually covered by the medical plan of a subsequent employer during any such month and is otherwise entitled to COBRA continuation coverage, with such payments for up to a maximum of six (6) months following the date of termination. After such period, Executive is responsible for paying the full cost for any additional COBRA continuation coverage to which Executive is then entitled; (iv) accelerated vesting of fifty percent (50%) of Executive’s (A) then unvested stock options to purchase securities of the Company or options to purchase comparable securities of a Successor Employer issued in substitution or replacement therefor in connection with the Change of Control and (B) any other then outstanding equity-based awards that vest based on continued employment or service; and (v) an extension of the time period during which Executive may exercise Executive’s then outstanding stock options, to the extent vested as of the date of termination (taking into account the accelerated vesting provided in this Section 3.4.1(a)), until the earlier of (A) one (1) year from the date of termination and (B) the latest date upon which such stock options would have expired by their original terms under any circumstances. (b) As a condition to receiving the payments and benefits under this Section 3.4.1 other than the Accrued Obligations, Executive shall execute (and not revoke within the applicable revocation period) a general release and waiver of all claims against the Company, which release and waiver shall be in a form acceptable to the Company (including any Successor Employer thereto), and in substantially the form attached hereto as Appendix B. Such release and waiver shall be delivered to the Company (or any Successor Employer thereto) no later than the date specified by the Company (or any Successor Employer thereto) (which date shall in no event be later than twenty-one (21) days or forty-five (45) days, as applicable, after the date on which Executive is presented with the terms of the release and waiver). In addition, payment of the amounts and benefits under this Section 3.4.1 are contingent on Executive’s full and continued compliance with the Company’s Confidential Information, Inventions, Nonsolicitation and Noncompetition Agreement, as the same may be amended from time to time. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, termination of employment by Executive will not be for Good Reason unless (1) Executive notifies the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) in writing of the existence of the condition which Executive believes constitutes Good Reason within thirty (30) days of the initial existence of such condition (which notice specifically identifies such condition), (2) the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) fails to remedy such condition within thirty (30) days after the date on which it receives such notice (the “Remedial Period”), and (3) Executive actually terminates employment within thirty (30) days after the expiration of the Remedial Period and before the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) remedies such condition. If Executive terminates employment before the expiration of the Remedial Period or after the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) remedies the condition (even if after the end of the Remedial Period), then Executive’s termination will not be considered to be for Good Reason. (d) Subject to Section 3.4.1(b), the CIC Severance Payments under Section 3.4.1(a) shall be paid to Executive through the Company’s (or the Successor Employer’s) normally scheduled payroll during the six (6) month period commencing within sixty (60) days following the date on which Executive’s employment was terminated without Cause or Executive resigned for Good Reason; provided, however, that in the event such sixty (60) day period begins in one taxable year of Executive and ends in a second taxable year of Executive, the Company will not make any CIC Severance Payments to Executive until the second taxable year. Each such payment shall be treated as a separate payment for purposes of Code Section 409A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any payments and benefits payable pursuant to Section 3.4.1(a) constitute a “deferral of compensation” subject to Code Section 409A (after taking into account, to the maximum extent possible, any applicable exemptions), then the applicable provisions of Section 13 hereof shall apply.
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Samples: Executive Employment Agreement (Zillow Inc), Executive Employment Agreement (Zillow Inc)
Benefits for Qualified Terminations in Connection with a Change of Control. (a) If (1) during the period commencing on the date the Company enters into a definitive agreement with respect to a transaction that would constitute a Change of Control (as defined in Appendix A) and ending on the date the definitive agreement therefor is terminated or the Change of Control is consummated, the Company terminates Executive’s employment without Cause (as defined in Appendix A), (2) during the period commencing upon the consummation of the Change of Control and ending eighteen twelve (1812) months thereafter, the Company or, if applicable, the surviving or successor employer (“Successor Employer”) terminates Executive’s employment without Cause (as defined in Appendix A), or (3) during the period commencing upon the consummation of the Change of Control and ending eighteen twelve (1812) months thereafter, Executive resigns for Good Reason (as defined in Appendix A), then Executive shall be entitled to receive the following termination payments and benefits and shall not also be eligible to receive the payments and benefits under Section 3.3following:
(i) an amount equal to six (6) months’ Salary, measured as at the higher of the Salary in effect immediately prior to the Change of Control or the Salary rate in effect immediately prior to termination, payable to Executive in accordance with the terms below (“CIC Severance Payments”)below;
(ii) Accrued Obligations, payable in a lump sum on the next regularly scheduled payroll date following the date on which Executive’s employment terminated;
(iii) COBRA continuation coverage paid in full by the Company, so long as Executive has not become actually covered by the medical plan of a subsequent employer during any such month and is otherwise entitled to COBRA continuation coverage, with such payments for up to a maximum of six (6) months following the date of termination. After such period, Executive is responsible for paying the full cost for any additional COBRA continuation coverage to which Executive is then entitled;; and
(iv) an extension of the time period during which Executive may exercise Executive’s then outstanding stock options granted by the Company on or after the Effective Date, to the extent vested on the date of termination (taking into account the accelerated vesting provided in this Section 3.4(a)), until the earlier of (A) one (1) year from the date of termination and (B) the latest date upon which such stock options would have expired by their original terms under any circumstances; and
(v) accelerated vesting of fifty percent (50%) of Executive’s (A) then unvested stock options to purchase securities of the Company or options to purchase comparable securities of a Successor Employer issued in substitution or replacement therefor in connection with the Change of Control and (B) any other then outstanding equity-based awards that vest based on continued employment or service; and
(v) an extension of , in each case such acceleration limited to those equity awards that were granted by the time period during which Executive may exercise Executive’s then outstanding stock options, to Company or a Successor Employer on or after the extent vested as of the date of termination (taking into account the accelerated vesting provided in this Section 3.4.1(a)), until the earlier of (A) one (1) year from the date of termination and (B) the latest date upon which such stock options would have expired by their original terms under any circumstancesEffective Date.
(b) As a condition to receiving the payments and benefits under this Section 3.4.1 other than the Accrued Obligations, Executive shall execute (and not revoke within the applicable revocation period) a general release and waiver of all claims against the Company, which release and waiver shall be in a form acceptable to the Company (including any Successor Employer thereto), and in substantially the form attached hereto as Appendix B. Such release and waiver shall be delivered to the Company (or any Successor Employer thereto) no later than the date specified by the Company (or any Successor Employer thereto) (which date shall in no event be later than twenty-one (21) days or forty-five (45) days, as applicable, after the date on which Executive is presented with the terms of the release and waiver). In addition, payment of the amounts and benefits under this Section 3.4.1 are contingent on Executive’s full and continued compliance with the Company’s Confidential Information, Inventions, Nonsolicitation and Noncompetition Agreement, as the same may be amended from time to time.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, termination of employment by Executive will not be for Good Reason unless (1) Executive notifies the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) in writing of the existence of the condition which Executive believes constitutes Good Reason within thirty (30) days of the initial existence of such condition (which notice specifically identifies such condition), (2) the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) fails to remedy such condition within thirty (30) days after the date on which it receives such notice (the “Remedial Period”), and (3) Executive actually terminates employment within thirty (30) days after the expiration of the Remedial Period and before the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) remedies such condition. If Executive terminates employment before the expiration of the Remedial Period or after the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) remedies the condition (even if after the end of the Remedial Period), then Executive’s termination will not be considered to be for Good Reason.
(d) Subject to Section 3.4.1(b), the CIC Severance Payments payments under Section 3.4.1(a3.4.1(a)(i) shall be paid to Executive through the Company’s (or the Successor Employer’s) normally scheduled payroll during the six (6) month period commencing within sixty (60) days following the date on which Executive’s employment was terminated without Cause or Executive resigned for Good Reason; provided, however, that in the event such sixty (60) day period begins in one taxable year of Executive and ends in a second taxable year of Executive, the Company will not make any CIC Severance Payments to Executive until the second taxable yearmanner consistent with that set forth in Section 3.3(d). Each such payment shall be treated as a separate payment for purposes of Code Section 409A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any payments and benefits payable pursuant to Section 3.4.1(a) constitute a “deferral of compensation” subject to Code Section 409A (after taking into account, to the maximum extent possible, any applicable exemptions), then the applicable provisions of Section 13 hereof shall apply.
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Samples: Executive Employment Agreement (Zillow Group, Inc.)
Benefits for Qualified Terminations in Connection with a Change of Control. (a) If (1) during the period commencing on the date the Company enters into a definitive agreement with respect to a transaction that would constitute a Change of Control (as defined in Appendix A) and ending on the date the definitive agreement therefor is terminated or the Change of Control is consummatedconsummated pursuant to such definitive agreement, the Company terminates Executive’s employment without Cause (as defined in Appendix A), (2) during the period commencing upon the consummation of the Change of Control and ending eighteen twenty-four (1824) months thereafter, the Company or, if applicable, the surviving or successor employer (“Successor Employer”) terminates Executive’s employment without Cause (as defined in Appendix A), or (3) during the period commencing upon the consummation of the Change of Control and ending eighteen twenty-four (1824) months thereafter, Executive resigns for Good Reason (as defined in Appendix A), then Executive shall be entitled to receive the following termination payments and benefits and shall not also be eligible to receive the payments and benefits under Section 3.34.3:
(i) an amount equal to six two and a half times the sum of (6A) months’ Salary, measured as the higher of Executive’s Salary at the Salary in effect immediately prior to the Change of Control or the Salary rate in effect immediately prior to termination, plus (B) the average amount of the annual bonus paid to the Executive over the course of the immediately preceding fiscal years (not including 2012), up to a maximum of three (3) years, all payable to Executive in accordance with the terms below (“CIC Severance PaymentsPayment”);
(ii) Accrued Obligations, payable in a lump sum on the next regularly scheduled payroll date following the date on which Executive’s employment terminated;
(iii) COBRA continuation coverage paid in full by the Company, so long as Executive has not become actually covered by the medical plan of a subsequent employer during any such month and is otherwise entitled to COBRA continuation coverage, with such payments for up to a maximum of six eighteen (618) months following the date of termination. After such period, Executive is responsible for paying the full cost for any additional COBRA continuation coverage to which Executive is then entitled;. If the Company’s payment of the COBRA premiums on the Executive’s behalf would violate the nondiscrimination rules or cause the reimbursement of claims to be taxable under the Act or Section 105(h) of the Code, the Company paid premiums shall be treated as taxable payments and be subject to imputed income tax treatment to the extent necessary to eliminate any discriminatory treatment or taxation under the Act or Section 105(h) of the Code; and
(iv) accelerated vesting number of fifty percent (50%) of Executive’s (A) then unvested stock options to purchase securities of the Company or options to purchase comparable securities of a Successor Employer issued in substitution or replacement therefor in connection with the Change of Control Restricted Shares that will be deemed vested, and (B) any other then outstanding equity-based awards that vest based on continued employment or service; and
(v) an extension of the time period during which Executive may exercise Executive’s then outstanding stock options, only to the extent vested as of the date of termination (taking into account the accelerated vesting provided in this Section 3.4.1(a))that no Restricted Shares have vested, until the earlier of (A) one (1) year from the date of termination and (B) the latest date upon which such stock options would have expired by their original terms under any circumstanceswill be 231,666.
(b) As a condition to receiving the payments and benefits under this Section 3.4.1 other than the Accrued Obligations, Executive shall execute (and not revoke within the applicable revocation period) a general release and waiver of all claims against the Company, which release and waiver shall be in a form acceptable to the Company (including any Successor Employer thereto), and in substantially the form attached hereto as Appendix B. Such release and waiver shall be delivered to the Company (or any Successor Employer thereto) no later than the date specified by the Company (or any Successor Employer thereto) (which date shall in no event be later than twenty-one (21) days or forty-five (45) days, as applicable, after the date on which Executive is presented with the terms of the release and waiver). In addition, payment of the amounts and benefits under this Section 3.4.1 4.4.1 are contingent on Executive’s full and continued compliance with the Company’s Confidential Information, Inventions, Nonsolicitation and Noncompetition Agreement, as the same may be amended from time to time.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, termination of employment by Executive will not be for Good Reason unless (1) Executive notifies the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) in writing of the existence of the condition which Executive believes constitutes Good Reason within thirty (30) days of the initial existence of such condition (which notice specifically identifies such condition), (2) the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) fails to remedy such condition within thirty (30) days after the date on which it receives such notice (the “Remedial Period”), and (3) Executive actually terminates employment within thirty (30) days after the expiration of the Remedial Period and before the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) remedies such condition. If Executive terminates employment before the expiration of the Remedial Period or after the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) remedies the condition (even if after the end of the Remedial Period), then Executive’s termination will not be considered to be for Good Reason.
(d) Subject to Section 3.4.1(b), the CIC Severance Payments under Section 3.4.1(a) shall be paid to Executive through the Company’s (or the Successor Employer’s) normally scheduled payroll during the six (6) month period commencing within sixty (60) days following the date on which Executive’s employment was terminated without Cause or Executive resigned for Good Reason; provided, however, that in the event such sixty (60) day period begins in one taxable year of Executive and ends in a second taxable year of Executive, the Company will not make any CIC Severance Payments to Executive until the second taxable year. Each such payment shall be treated as a separate payment for purposes of Code Section 409A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any payments and benefits payable pursuant to Section 3.4.1(a) constitute a “deferral of compensation” subject to Code Section 409A (after taking into account, to the maximum extent possible, any applicable exemptions), then the applicable provisions of Section 13 hereof shall apply5 hereof.
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Samples: Executive Employment Agreement (Warren Resources Inc)
Benefits for Qualified Terminations in Connection with a Change of Control. (a) If (1) during the period commencing on the date the Company enters into a definitive agreement with respect to a transaction that would constitute a Change of Control (as defined in Appendix A) and ending on the date the definitive agreement therefor is terminated or the Change of Control is consummated, the Company terminates Executive’s employment without Cause (as defined in Appendix A), (2) during the period commencing upon the consummation of the Change of Control and ending eighteen (18) months thereafter, the Company or, if applicable, the surviving or successor employer (“Successor Employer”) terminates Executive’s employment without Cause (as defined in Appendix A), or (3) during the period commencing upon the consummation of the Change of Control and ending eighteen (18) months thereafter, Executive resigns for Good Reason (as defined in Appendix A), then Executive shall be entitled to receive the following termination payments and benefits and shall not also be eligible to receive the payments and benefits under Section 3.3:
(i) an amount equal to six (6) months’ Salary, measured as the higher of the Salary in effect immediately prior to the Change of Control or the Salary in effect immediately prior to termination, payable to Executive in accordance with the terms below (“CIC Severance Payments”);
(ii) Accrued Obligations, payable in a lump sum on the next regularly scheduled payroll date following the date on which Executive’s employment terminated;
(iii) COBRA continuation coverage paid in full by the Company, so long as Executive has not become actually covered by the medical plan of a subsequent employer during any such month and is otherwise entitled to COBRA continuation coverage, with such payments for up to a maximum of six (6) months following the date of termination. After such period, Executive is responsible for paying the full cost for any additional COBRA continuation coverage to which Executive is then entitled;
(iv) accelerated vesting of fifty percent (50%) of Executive’s (A) then unvested stock options to purchase securities of the Company or options to purchase comparable securities of a Successor Employer issued in substitution or replacement therefor in connection with the Change of Control and (B) any other then outstanding equity-based awards that vest based on continued employment or service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent any option agreements evidencing stock options granted to Executive prior to the Effective Date contain terms that provide for greater acceleration of vesting than that set forth in this paragraph, the terms of such option agreements shall continue to govern; and
(v) an extension of the time period during which Executive may exercise Executive’s then outstanding stock options, to the extent vested as of the date of termination (taking into account the accelerated vesting provided in this Section 3.4.1(a)), until the earlier of (A) one (1) year from the date of termination and (B) the latest date upon which such stock options would have expired by their original terms under any circumstances.
(b) As a condition to receiving the payments and benefits under this Section 3.4.1 other than the Accrued Obligations, Executive shall execute (and not revoke within the applicable revocation period) a general release and waiver of all claims against the Company, which release and waiver shall be in a form acceptable to the Company (including any Successor Employer thereto), and in substantially the form attached hereto as Appendix B. Such release and waiver shall be delivered to the Company (or any Successor Employer thereto) no later than the date specified by the Company (or any Successor Employer thereto) (which date shall in no event be later than twenty-one (21) days or forty-five (45) days, as applicable, after the date on which Executive is presented with the terms of the release and waiver). In addition, payment of the amounts and benefits under this Section 3.4.1 are contingent on Executive’s full and continued compliance with the Company’s Confidential Information, Inventions, Nonsolicitation and Noncompetition Agreement, as the same may be amended from time to time.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, termination of employment by Executive will not be for Good Reason unless (1) Executive notifies the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) in writing of the existence of the condition which Executive believes constitutes Good Reason within thirty (30) days of the initial existence of such condition (which notice specifically identifies such condition), (2) the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) fails to remedy such condition within thirty (30) days after the date on which it receives such notice (the “Remedial Period”), and (3) Executive actually terminates employment within thirty (30) days after the expiration of the Remedial Period and before the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) remedies such condition. If Executive terminates employment before the expiration of the Remedial Period or after the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) remedies the condition (even if after the end of the Remedial Period), then Executive’s termination will not be considered to be for Good Reason.
(d) Subject to Section 3.4.1(b), the CIC Severance Payments under Section 3.4.1(a) shall be paid to Executive through the Company’s (or the Successor Employer’s) normally scheduled payroll during the six (6) month period commencing within sixty (60) days following the date on which Executive’s employment was terminated without Cause or Executive resigned for Good Reason; provided, however, that in the event such sixty (60) day period begins in one taxable year of Executive and ends in a second taxable year of Executive, the Company will not make any CIC Severance Payments to Executive until the second taxable year. Each such payment shall be treated as a separate payment for purposes of Code Section 409A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any payments and benefits payable pursuant to Section 3.4.1(a) constitute a “deferral of compensation” subject to Code Section 409A (after taking into account, to the maximum extent possible, any applicable exemptions), then the applicable provisions of Section 13 hereof shall apply.
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Benefits for Qualified Terminations in Connection with a Change of Control. (a) If (1) during the period commencing on the date the Company enters into a definitive agreement with respect to a transaction that would constitute a Change of Control (as defined in Appendix A) and ending on the date the definitive agreement therefor is terminated or the Change of Control is consummated, the Company terminates Executive’s employment without Cause (as defined in Appendix A), (2) during the period commencing upon the consummation of the Change of Control and ending eighteen (18) months thereafter, the Company or, if applicable, the surviving or successor employer (“Successor Employer”) terminates Executive’s employment without Cause (as defined in Appendix A), or (3) during the period commencing upon the consummation of the Change of Control and ending eighteen (18) months thereafter, Executive resigns for Good Reason (as defined in Appendix A), then Executive shall be entitled to receive the following termination payments and benefits and shall not also be eligible to receive the payments and benefits under Section 3.3:
(i) an amount equal to six (6) months’ Salary, measured as the higher of the Salary in effect immediately prior to the Change of Control or the Salary in effect immediately prior to termination$10,000,000, payable to Executive in accordance with the terms below (“CIC Severance Payments”);
(ii) Accrued Obligations, payable in a lump sum on the next regularly scheduled payroll date following the date on which Executive’s employment terminated;
(iii) COBRA continuation coverage paid in full by the Company, so long as Executive has not become actually covered by the medical plan of a subsequent employer during any such month and is otherwise entitled to COBRA continuation coverage, with such payments for up to a maximum of six (6) months following the date of termination. After such period, Executive is responsible for paying the full cost for any additional COBRA continuation coverage to which Executive is then entitled;
(iv) accelerated vesting of fifty percent (50%) of Executive’s (A) then unvested stock options to purchase securities of the Company or options to purchase comparable securities of a Successor Employer issued in substitution or replacement therefor in connection with the Change of Control and (B) any other then outstanding equity-based awards that vest based on continued employment or service; and
(v) an extension of the time period during which Executive may exercise Executive’s then outstanding stock options, to the extent vested as of the date of termination (taking into account the accelerated vesting provided in this Section 3.4.1(a)), until the earlier of (A) one (1) year from the date of termination and (B) the latest date upon which such stock options would have expired by their original terms under any circumstances.
(b) As a condition to receiving the payments and benefits under this Section 3.4.1 other than the Accrued Obligations, Executive shall execute (and not revoke within the applicable revocation period) a general release and waiver of all claims against the Company, which release and waiver shall be in a form acceptable to the Company (including any Successor Employer thereto), and in substantially the form attached hereto as Appendix B. Such release and waiver shall be delivered to the Company (or any Successor Employer thereto) no later than the date specified by the Company (or any Successor Employer thereto) (which date shall in no event be later than twenty-one (21) days or forty-five (45) days, as applicable, after the date on which Executive is presented with the terms of the release and waiver). In addition, payment of the amounts and benefits under this Section 3.4.1 are contingent on Executive’s full and continued compliance with the Company’s Confidential Information, Inventions, Nonsolicitation and Noncompetition Agreement, as the same may be amended from time to time.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, termination of employment by Executive will not be for Good Reason unless (1) Executive notifies the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) in writing of the existence of the condition which Executive believes constitutes Good Reason within thirty (30) days of the initial existence of such condition (which notice specifically identifies such condition), (2) the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) fails to remedy such condition within thirty (30) days after the date on which it receives such notice (the “Remedial Period”), and (3) Executive actually terminates employment within thirty (30) days after the expiration of the Remedial Period and before the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) remedies such condition. If Executive terminates employment before the expiration of the Remedial Period or after the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) remedies the condition (even if after the end of the Remedial Period), then Executive’s termination will not be considered to be for Good Reason.
(d) Subject to Section 3.4.1(b), the CIC Severance Payments under Section 3.4.1(a) shall be paid to Executive through the Company’s (or the Successor Employer’s) normally scheduled payroll during the six (6) month period commencing within sixty (60) days following the date on which Executive’s employment was terminated without Cause or Executive resigned for Good Reason; provided, however, that in the event such sixty (60) day period begins in one taxable year of Executive and ends in a second taxable year of Executive, the Company will not make any CIC Severance Payments to Executive until the second taxable year. Each such Such payment shall be treated as a separate payment for purposes of Code Section 409A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any payments and benefits payable pursuant to Section 3.4.1(a) constitute a “deferral of compensation” subject to Code Section 409A (after taking into account, to the maximum extent possible, any applicable exemptions), then the applicable provisions of Section 13 hereof shall apply.409A.
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Samples: Executive Employment Agreement (BIMI International Medical Inc.)
Benefits for Qualified Terminations in Connection with a Change of Control. (a) If (1) during the period commencing on the date the Company enters into a definitive agreement with respect to a transaction that would constitute a Change of Control (as defined in Appendix A) and ending on the date the definitive agreement therefor is terminated or the Change of Control is consummatedconsummated pursuant to such definitive agreement, the Company terminates Executive’s employment without Cause (as defined in Appendix A), (2) during the period commencing upon the consummation of the Change of Control and ending eighteen twenty-four (1824) months thereafter, the Company or, if applicable, the surviving or successor employer (“Successor Employer”) terminates Executive’s employment without Cause (as defined in Appendix A), or (3) during the period commencing upon the consummation of the Change of Control and ending eighteen twenty-four (1824) months thereafter, Executive resigns for Good Reason (as defined in Appendix A), then Executive shall be entitled to receive the following termination payments and benefits and shall not also be eligible to receive the payments and benefits under Section 3.34.3:
(i) an amount equal to six (6A) months’ Salary, measured as one (1) times the higher of Executive’s Annual Salary at the Salary in effect immediately prior to the Change of Control or the Salary rate in effect immediately prior to termination, plus (B) the average amount of the annual bonus paid to the Executive over the course of the immediately preceding fiscal years, up to a maximum of three (3) years, plus (C) prorated bonus for the year of termination, all payable to Executive in accordance with the terms below (“CIC Severance PaymentsPayment”);
(ii) Accrued Obligations, payable in a lump sum on the next regularly scheduled payroll date following the date on which Executive’s employment terminated;
(iii) COBRA continuation coverage paid in full by the Company, so long as Executive has not become actually covered by the medical plan of a subsequent employer during any such month and is otherwise entitled to COBRA continuation coverage, with such payments for up to a maximum of six (6) 9 months following the date of termination. After such period, Executive is responsible for paying the full cost for any additional COBRA continuation coverage to which Executive is then entitled;. If the Company’s payment of the COBRA premiums on the Executive’s behalf would violate the nondiscrimination rules or cause the reimbursement of claims to be taxable under the Act or Section 105(h) of the Code, the Company paid premiums shall be treated as taxable payments and be subject to imputed income tax treatment to the extent necessary to eliminate any discriminatory treatment or taxation under the Act or Section 105(h) of the Code
(iv) accelerated vesting of fifty percent (50%) of Executive’s (A) then unvested stock options Time-Based Equity Awards;
(v) Any Time-Based Equity Awards that are eligible to purchase securities vest pursuant to this Section shall vest based upon the date the general release and waiver of all claims against the Company substantially the form attached hereto as Appendix B becomes effective. Any Time-Based Equity Awards that vest pursuant to this Section 4.4.1 shall be promptly settled within (30) days following the date of vesting but in no event later than March 15 of the Company calendar year following the calendar year in which the later of the vesting event or options to purchase comparable securities your termination of a Successor Employer issued in substitution or replacement therefor in connection with the Change of Control and (B) any other then outstanding equity-based awards that vest based on continued employment or serviceEmployment occurs; and
(vvi) an extension of the time period during which Executive may exercise Executive’s then outstanding stock options, to the extent vested as of on the date of termination (taking into account the accelerated vesting provided in this Section 3.4.1(a)4.4.1), until the earlier of (A) one (1) year from the date of termination and (B) the latest date upon which such stock options would have expired by their original terms under any circumstances.
(b) As a condition to receiving the payments and benefits under this Section 3.4.1 4.4.1 other than the Accrued Obligations, Executive shall execute (and not revoke within the applicable revocation period) a general release and waiver of all claims against the Company, which release and waiver shall be in a form acceptable to the Company (including any Successor Employer thereto), and in substantially the form attached hereto as Appendix B. Such release and waiver shall be delivered to the Company (or any Successor Employer thereto) no later than the date specified by the Company (or any Successor Employer thereto) (which date shall in no event be later than twenty-one (21) days or forty-five (45) days, as applicable, after the date on which Executive is presented with the terms of the release and waiver). In addition, payment of the amounts and benefits under this Section 3.4.1 4.4.1 are contingent on Executive’s full and continued compliance with the Company’s Confidential Information, Inventions, Nonsolicitation and Noncompetition Agreement, as the same may be amended from time to time.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, termination of employment by Executive will not be for Good Reason unless (1) Executive notifies the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) in writing of the existence of the condition which Executive believes constitutes Good Reason within thirty (30) days of the initial existence of such condition (which notice specifically identifies such condition), (2) the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) fails to remedy such condition within thirty (30) days after the date on which it receives such notice (the “Remedial Period”), and (3) Executive actually terminates employment within thirty (30) days after the expiration of the Remedial Period and before the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) remedies such condition. If Executive terminates employment before the expiration of the Remedial Period or after the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) remedies the condition (even if after the end of the Remedial Period), then Executive’s termination will not be considered to be for Good Reason.
(d) Subject to Section 3.4.1(b4.4.1(b), the CIC Severance Payments under Section 3.4.1(a4.4.1(a) shall be paid to Executive through the Company’s (or the Successor Employer’s) normally scheduled payroll during the six (6) month period commencing in a lump sum within sixty (60) days following the date on which Executive’s employment was terminated without Cause or Executive resigned for Good Reason; provided, however, that in the event such sixty (60) day period begins in one taxable year of Executive and ends in a second taxable year of Executive, the Company will not make any CIC Severance Payments to Executive until the second taxable year. Each such payment shall be treated as a separate payment for purposes of Code Section 409A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any payments and benefits payable pursuant to Section 3.4.1(a4.4.1(a) constitute a “deferral of compensation” subject to Code Section 409A (after taking into account, to the maximum extent possible, any applicable exemptions), then the applicable provisions of Section 13 14 hereof shall apply.
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Samples: Executive Employment Agreement (Warren Resources Inc)
Benefits for Qualified Terminations in Connection with a Change of Control. (a) If (1) during the period commencing on the date the Company enters into a definitive agreement with respect to a transaction that would constitute a Change of Control (as defined in Appendix A) and ending on the date the definitive agreement therefor is terminated or the Change of Control is consummatedconsummated pursuant to such definitive agreement, the Company terminates Executive’s employment without Cause (as defined in Appendix A), (2) during the period commencing upon the consummation of the Change of Control and ending eighteen twenty-four (1824) months thereafter, the Company or, if applicable, the surviving or successor employer (“Successor Employer”) terminates Executive’s employment without Cause (as defined in Appendix A), or (3) during the period commencing upon the consummation of the Change of Control and ending eighteen twenty-four (1824) months thereafter, Executive resigns for Good Reason (as defined in Appendix A), then Executive shall be entitled to receive the following termination payments and benefits and shall not also be eligible to receive the payments and benefits under Section 3.34.3:
(i) an amount equal to six (6A) months’ Salary, measured as two (2) times the higher of Executive’s Annual Salary at the Salary in effect immediately prior to the Change of Control or the Salary rate in effect immediately prior to termination, plus (B) the average amount of the annual bonus paid to the Executive over the course of the immediately preceding fiscal years, up to a maximum of three (3) years, plus (C) prorated bonus for the year of termination, all payable to Executive in accordance with the terms below (“CIC Severance PaymentsPayment”);
(ii) Accrued Obligations, payable in a lump sum on the next regularly scheduled payroll date following the date on which Executive’s employment terminated;
(iii) COBRA continuation coverage paid in full by the Company, so long as Executive has not become actually covered by the medical plan of a subsequent employer during any such month and is otherwise entitled to COBRA continuation coverage, with such payments for up to a maximum of six (6) 9 months following the date of termination. After such period, Executive is responsible for paying the full cost for any additional COBRA continuation coverage to which Executive is then entitled;. If the Company’s payment of the COBRA premiums on the Executive’s behalf would violate the nondiscrimination rules or cause the reimbursement of claims to be taxable under the Act or Section 105(h) of the Code, the Company paid premiums shall be treated as taxable payments and be subject to imputed income tax treatment to the extent necessary to eliminate any discriminatory treatment or taxation under the Act or Section 105(h) of the Code
(iv) accelerated vesting of fifty percent (50%) of Executive’s (A) then unvested stock options Time-Based Equity Awards;
(v) Any Time-Based Equity Awards that are eligible to purchase securities vest pursuant to this Section shall vest based upon the date the general release and waiver of all claims against the Company substantially the form attached hereto as Appendix B becomes effective. Any Time-Based Equity Awards that vest pursuant to this Section 4.4.1 shall be promptly settled within (30) days following the date of vesting but in no event later than March 15 of the Company calendar year following the calendar year in which the later of the vesting event or options to purchase comparable securities your termination of a Successor Employer issued in substitution or replacement therefor in connection with the Change of Control and (B) any other then outstanding equity-based awards that vest based on continued employment or serviceEmployment occurs; and
(vvi) an extension of the time period during which Executive may exercise Executive’s then outstanding stock options, to the extent vested as of on the date of termination (taking into account the accelerated vesting provided in this Section 3.4.1(a)4.4.1), until the earlier of (A) one (1) year from the date of termination and (B) the latest date upon which such stock options would have expired by their original terms under any circumstances.
(b) As a condition to receiving the payments and benefits under this Section 3.4.1 4.4.1 other than the Accrued Obligations, Executive shall execute (and not revoke within the applicable revocation period) a general release and waiver of all claims against the Company, which release and waiver shall be in a form acceptable to the Company (including any Successor Employer thereto), and in substantially the form attached hereto as Appendix B. Such release and waiver shall be delivered to the Company (or any Successor Employer thereto) no later than the date specified by the Company (or any Successor Employer thereto) (which date shall in no event be later than twenty-one (21) days or forty-five (45) days, as applicable, after the date on which Executive is presented with the terms of the release and waiver). In addition, payment of the amounts and benefits under this Section 3.4.1 4.4.1 are contingent on Executive’s full and continued compliance with the Company’s Confidential Information, Inventions, Nonsolicitation and Noncompetition Agreement, as the same may be amended from time to time.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, termination of employment by Executive will not be for Good Reason unless (1) Executive notifies the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) in writing of the existence of the condition which Executive believes constitutes Good Reason within thirty (30) days of the initial existence of such condition (which notice specifically identifies such condition), (2) the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) fails to remedy such condition within thirty (30) days after the date on which it receives such notice (the “Remedial Period”), and (3) Executive actually terminates employment within thirty (30) days after the expiration of the Remedial Period and before the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) remedies such condition. If Executive terminates employment before the expiration of the Remedial Period or after the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) remedies the condition (even if after the end of the Remedial Period), then Executive’s termination will not be considered to be for Good Reason.
(d) Subject to Section 3.4.1(b4.4.1(b), the CIC Severance Payments under Section 3.4.1(a4.4.1(a) shall be paid to Executive through the Company’s (or the Successor Employer’s) normally scheduled payroll during the six (6) month period commencing in a lump sum within sixty (60) days following the date on which Executive’s employment was terminated without Cause or Executive resigned for Good Reason; provided, however, that in the event such sixty (60) day period begins in one taxable year of Executive and ends in a second taxable year of Executive, the Company will not make any CIC Severance Payments to Executive until the second taxable year. Each such payment shall be treated as a separate payment for purposes of Code Section 409A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any payments and benefits payable pursuant to Section 3.4.1(a4.4.1(a) constitute a “deferral of compensation” subject to Code Section 409A (after taking into account, to the maximum extent possible, any applicable exemptions), then the applicable provisions of Section 13 14 hereof shall apply.
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Samples: Executive Employment Agreement (Warren Resources Inc)
Benefits for Qualified Terminations in Connection with a Change of Control. (a) If (1) during the period commencing on the date the Company enters into a definitive agreement with respect to a transaction that would constitute a Change of Control (as defined in Appendix A) and ending on the date the definitive agreement therefor is terminated or the Change of Control is consummated, the Company terminates Executive’s employment without Cause (as defined in Appendix A), (2) during the period commencing upon the consummation of the Change of Control and ending eighteen (18) months thereafter, the Company or, if applicable, the surviving or successor employer (“Successor Employer”) terminates Executive’s employment without Cause (as defined in Appendix A), or (3) during the period commencing upon the consummation of the Change of Control and ending eighteen (18) months thereafter, Executive resigns for Good Reason (as defined in Appendix A), then Executive shall be entitled to receive the following termination payments and benefits and shall not also be eligible to receive the payments and benefits under Section 3.3:
(i) an amount equal to six the greater of (6i) $350,000 (USD) or (ii) twelve (12) months’ Salary, measured as the higher of the Salary in effect immediately prior to the Change of Control or the Salary in effect immediately prior to termination, payable to Executive in accordance with the terms below (“CIC Severance Payments”);
(ii) Accrued Obligations, payable in a lump sum on the next regularly scheduled payroll date following the date on which Executive’s employment terminated;
(iii) COBRA benefits continuation coverage paid in full by the Company, so long as Executive has not become actually covered by the medical plan of a subsequent employer during any such month and is otherwise entitled to COBRA benefits continuation coverage, with such payments for up to a maximum of six (6) months following the date of termination. After such period, Executive is responsible for paying the full cost for any additional COBRA benefits continuation coverage to which Executive is then entitled;; and
(iv) accelerated full acceleration of vesting of fifty percent (50%) any Initial RSUs and Annual Restricted Units that remain outstanding and unvested on the date of Executive’s (A) then unvested stock options to purchase securities termination of the Company or options to purchase comparable securities of a Successor Employer employment, including equity awards issued in substitution or replacement therefor of such Initial RSUs and Annual Restricted Units in connection with the Change of Control and (B) any other then outstanding equity-based awards that vest based on continued employment or service; and
(v) an extension of Control. Notwithstanding the time period during which Executive may exercise Executive’s then outstanding stock optionsforegoing, to the extent vested as any agreement evidencing the Initial RSUs or Annual Restricted Units contain terms that provide for greater acceleration of the date of termination (taking into account the accelerated vesting provided than that set forth in this Section 3.4.1(a))paragraph, until the earlier terms of (A) one (1) year from the date of termination and (B) the latest date upon which such stock options would have expired by their original terms under any circumstancesagreement shall continue to govern.
(b) As a condition to receiving the payments and benefits under this Section 3.4.1 other than the Accrued Obligations, Executive shall execute (and not revoke within the applicable revocation period) a general release and waiver of all claims against the Company, which release and waiver shall be in a form acceptable to the Company (including any Successor Employer thereto), and in substantially the form attached hereto as Appendix B. Such release and waiver shall be delivered to the Company (or any Successor Employer thereto) no later than the date specified by the Company (or any Successor Employer thereto) (which date shall in no event be later than twenty-one (21) days or forty-five (45) days, as applicable, after the date on which Executive is presented with the terms of the release and waiver). In addition, payment of the amounts and benefits under this Section 3.4.1 are contingent on Executive’s full and continued compliance with the Company’s Confidential Information, Inventions, Inventions and Nonsolicitation and Noncompetition Agreement, as the same may be amended from time to time.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, termination of employment by Executive will not be for Good Reason unless (1) Executive notifies the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) in writing of the existence of the condition which Executive believes constitutes Good Reason within thirty (30) days of the initial existence of such condition (which notice specifically identifies such condition), (2) the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) fails to remedy such condition within thirty (30) days after the date on which it receives such notice (the “Remedial Period”), and (3) Executive actually terminates employment within thirty (30) days after the expiration of the Remedial Period and before the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) remedies such condition. If Executive terminates employment before the expiration of the Remedial Period or after the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) remedies the condition (even if after the end of the Remedial Period), then Executive’s termination will not be considered to be for Good Reason.
(d) Subject to Section 3.4.1(b), the CIC Severance Payments under Section 3.4.1(a) shall be paid to Executive through the Company’s (or the Successor Employer’s) normally scheduled payroll during the six (6) month period commencing within sixty (60) days following the date on which Executive’s employment was terminated without Cause or Executive resigned for Good Reason; provided, however, that in the event such sixty (60) day period begins in one taxable year of Executive and ends in a second taxable year of Executive, the Company will not make any CIC Severance Payments to Executive until the second taxable year. Each such payment shall be treated as a separate payment for purposes of Code Section 409A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any payments and benefits payable pursuant to Section 3.4.1(a) constitute a “deferral of compensation” subject to Code Section 409A (after taking into account, to the maximum extent possible, any applicable exemptions), then the applicable provisions of Section 13 hereof shall apply.
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Benefits for Qualified Terminations in Connection with a Change of Control. (a) If (1) during the period commencing on the date the Company enters into a definitive agreement with respect to a transaction that would constitute a Change of Control (as defined in Appendix A) and ending on the date the definitive agreement therefor is terminated or the Change of Control is consummated, the Company terminates Executive’s employment without Cause (as defined in Appendix A), (2) during the period commencing upon the consummation of the Change of Control and ending eighteen (18) months thereafter, the Company or, if applicable, the surviving or successor employer (“Successor Employer”) terminates Executive’s employment without Cause (as defined in Appendix A), or (3) during the period commencing upon the consummation of the Change of Control and ending eighteen (18) months thereafter, Executive resigns for Good Reason (as defined in Appendix A), then Executive shall be entitled to receive the following termination payments and benefits and shall not also be eligible to receive the payments and benefits under Section 3.3:
(i) an amount equal to six (6) months’ Salary, measured as the higher of the Salary in effect immediately prior to the Change of Control or the Salary in effect immediately prior to termination$10,000,000, payable to Executive in accordance with the terms below (“CIC Severance Payments”);
(ii) Accrued Obligations, payable in a lump sum on the next regularly scheduled payroll date following the date on which Executive’s employment terminated;; and
(iii) COBRA continuation coverage paid in full by the Company, so long as Executive has not become actually covered by the medical plan of a subsequent employer during any such month and is otherwise entitled to COBRA continuation coverage, with such payments for up to a maximum of six (6) months following the date of termination. After such period, Executive is responsible for paying the full cost for any additional COBRA continuation coverage to which Executive is then entitled;
(iv) accelerated vesting of fifty percent (50%) of Executive’s (A) then unvested stock options to purchase securities of the Company or options to purchase comparable securities of a Successor Employer issued in substitution or replacement therefor in connection with the Change of Control and (B) any other then outstanding equity-based awards that vest based on continued employment or service; and
(v) an extension of the time period during which Executive may exercise Executive’s then outstanding stock options, to the extent vested as of the date of termination (taking into account the accelerated vesting provided in this Section 3.4.1(a)), until the earlier of (A) one (1) year from the date of termination and (B) the latest date upon which such stock options would have expired by their original terms under any circumstances.
(b) As a condition to receiving the payments and benefits under this Section 3.4.1 other than the Accrued Obligations, Executive shall execute (and not revoke within the applicable revocation period) a general release and waiver of all claims against the Company, which release and waiver shall be in a form acceptable to the Company (including any Successor Employer thereto), and in substantially the form attached hereto as Appendix B. Such release and waiver shall be delivered to the Company (or any Successor Employer thereto) no later than the date specified by the Company (or any Successor Employer thereto) (which date shall in no event be later than twenty-one (21) days or forty-five (45) days, as applicable, after the date on which Executive is presented with the terms of the release and waiver). In addition, payment of the amounts and benefits under this Section 3.4.1 are contingent on Executive’s full and continued compliance with the Company’s Confidential Information, Inventions, Nonsolicitation and Noncompetition Agreement, as the same may be amended from time to time.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, termination of employment by Executive will not be for Good Reason unless (1) Executive notifies the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) in writing of the existence of the condition which Executive believes constitutes Good Reason within thirty (30) days of the initial existence of such condition (which notice specifically identifies such condition), (2) the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) fails to remedy such condition within thirty (30) days after the date on which it receives such notice (the “Remedial Period”), and (3) Executive actually terminates employment within thirty (30) days after the expiration of the Remedial Period and before the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) remedies such condition. If Executive terminates employment before the expiration of the Remedial Period or after the Company (or a Successor Employer thereto) remedies the condition (even if after the end of the Remedial Period), then Executive’s termination will not be considered to be for Good Reason.
(d) Subject to Section 3.4.1(b), the CIC Severance Payments under Section 3.4.1(a) shall be paid to Executive through the Company’s (or the Successor Employer’s) normally scheduled payroll during the six (6) month period commencing within sixty (60) days following the date on which Executive’s employment was terminated without Cause or Executive resigned for Good Reason; provided, however, that in the event such sixty (60) day period begins in one taxable year of Executive and ends in a second taxable year of Executive, the Company will not make any CIC Severance Payments to Executive until the second taxable year. Each such Such payment shall be treated as a separate payment for purposes of Code Section 409A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any payments and benefits payable pursuant to Section 3.4.1(a) constitute a “deferral of compensation” subject to Code Section 409A (after taking into account, to the maximum extent possible, any applicable exemptions), then the applicable provisions of Section 13 hereof shall apply.409A.
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Samples: Executive Employment Agreement (NF Energy Saving Corp)