Common use of Deferred Compensation/Section 409A Clause in Contracts

Deferred Compensation/Section 409A. (i). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if the Employee is a “ specified employee” at the time of the Employee’s “separation from service” as defined in Section 409A of the Code, all payments, benefits, or removal of restrictions on the transfer of equity under this Agreement with respect to the Employee’s “separation from service” that constitute compensation deferred under a nonqualified deferred compensation plan as defined in Section 409A of the Code to which such specified employee would otherwise be entitled during the first six months following the date of separation from service shall be made on the first day of the seventh month after the date of separation from service (or, if earlier, the date of death of the Employee).