Change in Control Period. As long as Executive remains employed by the Company or a Successor Company during the Change in Control Period, the Company agrees to pay or cause to be paid to Executive, and Executive agrees to accept in exchange for the services rendered hereunder by Executive during the Change in Control Period, the following compensation: (a) Executive shall receive an annual base salary at least equal to Executive’s annual base salary for the Fiscal Year in which the Change in Control Date occurs (as in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control Date). Executive’s annual base salary shall be paid in substantially equal installments and at the same intervals as the salaries of other executives of the Company are paid. During the Change in Control Period, the Board of Directors, the Compensation Committee or the Chief Executive Officer (as applicable) shall review Executive’s annual base salary at least annually and shall determine in good faith and consistent with any generally applicable Company policy any increases for future years. (b) In addition to an annual base salary, for each Fiscal Year ending during the Change in Control Period, Executive shall be awarded an annual performance bonus (the “Annual Performance Bonus”) in cash at least equal to Executive’s target annual bonus for the Fiscal Year containing the Change in Control Date or, if such target annual bonus has not been set as of the Change in Control Date, Executive’s target annual bonus for the immediately preceding Fiscal Year (annualized if Executive was employed by the Company for less than the entire preceding Fiscal Year); provided, however, that except as provided in Section 7.3(b), an Annual Performance Bonus shall be awarded for a Fiscal Year only if Executive is employed by the Company or a Successor Company on the last day of such Fiscal Year. Each Annual Performance Bonus shall be paid in the Fiscal Year following the Fiscal Year for which the Annual Performance Bonus is awarded, but no later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) month of such subsequent Fiscal Year, unless Executive elects to defer the receipt of the Annual Performance Bonus in accordance with the terms of the Company’s deferred compensation program. (c) Executive shall be entitled to participate in, subject to and in accordance with the eligibility and other terms and requirements thereof, such fringe benefit programs as generally are made available to other executives of the Company and its affiliated companies from time to time during the Change in Control Period, including, without limitation, paid vacations; any stock purchase, savings or retirement plan, practice, policy or program; and welfare benefit plans, practices, policies or programs (including, without limitation, medical, prescription, dental, disability, salary continuance, employee life, group life, accidental death and travel accident insurance plans or programs).
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Zymogenetics Inc), Employment Agreement (Zymogenetics Inc), Employment Agreement (Zymogenetics Inc)
Change in Control Period. As long as Executive remains employed by the Company or a Successor Company during the Change in Control Period, the Company agrees to pay or cause to be paid to Executive, and Executive agrees to accept in exchange for the services rendered hereunder by Executive during the Change in Control Period, the following compensation:
(a) Executive shall receive an annual base salary at least equal to Executive’s annual base salary for the Fiscal Year in which the Change in Control Date occurs (as in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control Date). Executive’s annual base salary shall be paid in substantially equal installments and at the same intervals as the salaries of other executives of the Company are paid. During the Change in Control Period, the Board of Directors, the Compensation Committee or the Chief Executive Officer (as applicable) shall review Executive’s annual base salary at least annually and shall determine in good faith and consistent with any generally applicable Company policy any increases for future years.
(b) In addition to an annual base salary, for each Fiscal Year ending during the Change in Control Period, Executive shall be awarded an annual performance bonus (the “Annual Performance Bonus”) in cash at least equal to Executive’s target annual bonus for the Fiscal Year containing the Change in Control Date or, if such target annual bonus has not been set as of the Change in Control Date, Executive’s target annual bonus for the immediately preceding Fiscal Year [Omit for President - (annualized if Executive was employed by the Company for less than the entire preceding Fiscal Year)]; provided, however, that except as provided in Section 7.3(b), an Annual Performance Bonus shall be awarded for a Fiscal Year only if Executive is employed by the Company or a Successor Company on the last day of such Fiscal Year. Each Annual Performance Bonus shall be paid in the Fiscal Year following the Fiscal Year for which the Annual Performance Bonus is awarded, but no later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) month of such subsequent Fiscal Year, unless Executive elects to defer the receipt of the Annual Performance Bonus in accordance with the terms of the Company’s deferred compensation program.
(c) Executive shall be entitled to participate in, subject to and in accordance with the eligibility and other terms and requirements thereof, such fringe benefit programs as generally are made available to other executives of the Company and its affiliated companies from time to time during the Change in Control Period, including, without limitation, paid vacations; any stock purchase, savings or retirement plan, practice, policy or program; and welfare benefit plans, practices, policies or programs (including, without limitation, medical, prescription, dental, disability, salary continuance, employee life, group life, accidental death and travel accident insurance plans or programs).
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Change in Control Period. As long as Executive remains employed by the Company or a Successor Company during the Change in Control Period, the Company agrees to pay or cause to be paid to Executive, and Executive agrees to accept in exchange for the services rendered hereunder by Executive during the Change in Control Period, the following compensation:
(a) Executive shall receive an annual base salary at least equal to Executive’s annual base salary for the Fiscal Year in which the Change in Control Date occurs (as in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control Date). Executive’s annual base salary shall be paid in substantially equal installments and at the same intervals as the salaries of other executives of the Company are paid. During the Change in Control Period, the Board of Directors, the Compensation Committee or the Chief Executive Officer (as applicable) shall review Executive’s annual base salary at least annually and shall determine in good faith and consistent with any generally applicable Company policy any increases for future years.
(b) In addition to an annual base salary, for each Fiscal Year ending during the Change in Control Period, Executive shall be awarded an annual performance bonus (the “Annual Performance Bonus”) in cash at least equal to Executive’s target annual bonus for the Fiscal Year containing the Change in Control Date or, if such target annual bonus has not been set as of the Change in Control Date, Executive’s target annual bonus for the immediately preceding Fiscal Year (annualized if Executive was employed by the Company for less than the entire preceding Fiscal Year); provided, however, that except as provided in Section 7.3(b), an Annual Performance Bonus shall be awarded for a Fiscal Year only if Executive is employed by the Company or a Successor Company on the last day of such Fiscal Year. Each Annual Performance Bonus shall be paid in the Fiscal Year following the Fiscal Year for which the Annual Performance Bonus is awarded, but no later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) month of such subsequent Fiscal Year, unless Executive elects to defer the receipt of the Annual Performance Bonus in accordance with the terms of the Company’s deferred compensation program.
(c) Executive shall be entitled to participate in, subject to and in accordance with the eligibility and other terms and requirements thereof, such fringe benefit programs as generally are made available to other executives of the Company and its affiliated companies from time to time during the Change in Control Period, including, without limitation, paid vacations; any stock purchase, savings or retirement plan, practice, policy or program; and welfare benefit plans, practices, policies or programs (including, without limitation, medical, prescription, dental, disability, salary continuance, employee life, group life, accidental death and travel accident insurance plans or programs).
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