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Common use of Continuance of Employment/Service Required; No Employment/Service Commitment Clause in Contracts

Continuance of Employment/Service Required; No Employment/Service Commitment. 2.1 The vesting schedule requires continued employment or service through each applicable vesting date as a condition to the vesting of the applicable installment of the Option and the rights and benefits under this Option Agreement. Partial employment or service, even if substantial, during any vesting period will not entitle the Participant to any proportionate vesting or avoid or mitigate a termination of rights and benefits upon or following a termination of employment or service as provided in Section 5 below or under the Plan. 2.2 Nothing contained in this Option Agreement or the Plan constitutes an employment commitment by the Company, affects the Participant's status as an employee who is subject to termination without cause, confers upon the Participant any right to remain employed by or in service to the Company or any Subsidiary, interferes in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary at any time to terminate such employment or service, or affects the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to increase or decrease the Participant's other compensation.

Appears in 5 contracts

Samples: Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement (Venoco, Inc.), Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement (Venoco, Inc.), Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement (Venoco, Inc.)

Continuance of Employment/Service Required; No Employment/Service Commitment. 2.1 The vesting schedule requires continued employment or service through each applicable vesting date as a condition to the vesting of the applicable installment of the Option and the rights and benefits under this Option Agreement. Partial employment or service, even if substantial, during any vesting period will not entitle the Participant to any proportionate vesting or avoid or mitigate a termination of rights and benefits upon or following a termination of employment or service as provided in Section 5 below or under the Plan. 2.2 Nothing contained in this Option Agreement or the Plan constitutes an employment commitment by the Company, affects the Participant's ’s status as an employee who is subject to termination without cause, confers upon the Participant any right to remain employed by or in service to the Company or any Subsidiary, interferes in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary at any time to terminate such employment or service, or affects the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to increase or decrease the Participant's ’s other compensation.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement (Venoco, Inc.), Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement (Venoco, Inc.)