Calculations; When Paid. Subject to the provisions of Section 11(c) hereof, all determinations required to be made under this Section 11, including whether and when a Gross-Up Payment is required and the amount of such Gross-Up Payment and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made by a nationally recognized public accounting firm retained by the Company (the “Accounting Firm”) that will provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Executive as soon as practicable following the receipt of notice from the Executive that there has been a Payment. All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm will be borne solely by the Company. Such Gross-Up Payment, as determined pursuant to this Section 11, shall be paid by the Company to the Executive promptly following the receipt of the Accounting Firm’s determination. If the Accounting Firm determines that no Excise Tax is payable by the Executive, the Accounting Firm will furnish the Executive with a written opinion that failure to report the Excise Tax on the Executive’s applicable federal income tax return should not result in the imposition of a negligence or similar penalty or comparable opinion supporting such determination in accordance with the practices and procedures of the Accounting Firm. Any determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the Company and the Executive absent manifest error. As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the initial determination by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is possible that Gross-Up Payments which will not have been made by the Company should have been made (“Underpayment”), consistent with the calculations required to be made in accordance with this Section 11. If the Company exhausts its remedies pursuant to Section 11(c) and the Executive thereafter is required to make a payment of any Excise Tax, the Accounting Firm will determine the amount of the Underpayment that has occurred and any such Underpayment will be promptly paid by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Saks Inc), Employment Agreement (Saks Inc), Employment Agreement (Saks Inc)
Calculations; When Paid. Subject to the provisions of Section 11(c) hereofsection 7(c), all determinations required to be made under this Section 11section 7, including whether and when a Gross-Up Payment is required and the amount of such Gross-Up Payment and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made by a nationally recognized public accounting firm retained by the Company SKS (the “Accounting Firm”) that will provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company SKS and the Executive as soon as practicable following the receipt of notice from the Executive that there has been a Payment. All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm will be borne solely by the CompanySKS. Such All Gross-Up PaymentPayments, as determined pursuant to this Section 11section 7, shall be paid by the Company SKS to the Executive promptly following the receipt of the Accounting Firm’s determination. If the Accounting Firm determines that no Excise Tax is payable by the Executive, the Accounting Firm will furnish the Executive with a written opinion that failure to report the Excise Tax on the Executive’s applicable federal income tax return should not result in the imposition of a negligence or similar penalty or comparable opinion supporting such determination in accordance with the practices and procedures of the Accounting Firm. Any determination by the Accounting Firm shall will be binding upon the Company SKS and the Executive absent manifest error. As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the initial determination by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is possible that Gross-Up Payments which will not have been made by the Company SKS should have been made (“Underpayment”), consistent with the calculations required to be made in accordance with this Section 11section 7. If the Company SKS exhausts its remedies pursuant to Section 11(csection 7(c) and the Executive thereafter is required to make a payment of any Excise Tax, the Accounting Firm will determine the amount of the Underpayment that has occurred and any such Underpayment will be promptly paid by the Company SKS to or for the benefit of the Executive.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Saks Inc), Employment Agreement (Saks Inc), Employment Agreement (Saks Inc)