Certain Payment Adjustments. (i) If any amount or benefit paid or distributed to the Executive pursuant to this Agreement, taken together with any amounts or benefits otherwise paid or distributed to the Executive by the Company, any person whose actions result in a Change in Control of the Company, or any subsidiary (collectively, the "Covered Payments and each a "Payment"), would be an "excess parachute payment" as defined in Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and would thereby subject the Executive to the tax (together with any interest or penalties inherently associated with the imposition of such tax, the "Excise Tax") imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (or any similar tax that may hereafter be imposed), then the Executive shall be entitled to receive an additional payment (a "Gross-Up Payment") in an amount such that after payment by the Executive of all taxes (including, but not limited to, any income taxes, Excise Taxes and any interest or penalties imposed with respect to any such taxes) imposed upon the Gross-Up Payment, the Executive retains an amount of the Gross-Up Payment equal to the Excise Tax imposed upon the Payments.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Worldspan BBN Holdings LLC), Employment Agreement (Worldspan BBN Holdings LLC), Employment Agreement (Worldspan BBN Holdings LLC)
Certain Payment Adjustments. (i) If any amount or benefit paid or distributed to the Executive pursuant to this Agreement, taken together with any amounts or benefits otherwise paid or distributed to the Executive by the Company, any person whose actions result in a Change in Control of the Company, or any subsidiary (collectively, the "“Covered Payments and each a "“Payment"”), would be an "“excess parachute payment" ” as defined in Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "“Code"”), and would thereby subject the Executive to the tax (together with any interest or penalties inherently associated with the imposition of such tax, the "“Excise Tax"”) imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (or any similar tax that may hereafter be imposed), then the Executive shall be entitled to receive an additional payment (a "“Gross-Up Payment"”) in an amount such that after payment by the Executive of all taxes (including, but not limited to, any income taxes, Excise Taxes and any interest or penalties imposed with respect to any such taxes) imposed upon the Gross-Up Payment, the Executive retains an amount of the Gross-Up Payment equal to the Excise Tax imposed upon the Payments.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Ws Financing Corp), Employment Agreement (Ws Financing Corp)