Retention Period Unless earlier terminated as hereinafter provided, this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date hereof and shall end on March 31, 2016 (the “Retention Period”). This Agreement shall not be considered an employment agreement and in no way guarantees Executive the right to continue in the employment of the Employer or its affiliates. Executive’s employment is considered employment at will, subject to Executive’s right to receive payments upon certain terminations of employment as provided below.
Initial Term This Agreement shall become effective as of the date first written above (the “Start Date”) and shall continue thereafter throughout the period that ends two (2) years after the Start Date (the “Initial Term”).
Election Not to Extend the Employment Term In the event either party elects not to extend the Employment Term pursuant to Section 1, unless Executive’s employment is earlier terminated pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 8, Executive’s termination of employment hereunder (whether or not Executive continues as an employee of the Company Group thereafter) shall be deemed to occur on the close of business on the day immediately preceding the next scheduled Extension Date. In the event that the Executive elects not to extend the Employment Term, Executive shall be entitled to receive the Accrued Rights. In the event that the Company Group elects not to extend the Employment Term, Executive shall be entitled to receive the Accrued Rights and the Salary Continuation Payments. Following such termination of Executive’s employment hereunder as a result of either party’s election not to extend the Employment Term, except as set forth in this Section 8(d), Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.
During the Employment Period (i) Executive shall devote Executive's full time and energy solely and exclusively to the performance of Executive's duties described herein, except during periods of illness or vacation periods.
Termination of Consulting Period Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the Consulting Period and Consultant’s services as a consultant hereunder shall terminate, and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein, this Agreement shall terminate:
During the Term of Employment (a) Executive shall be eligible to participate in any life, health and long-term disability insurance programs, pension and retirement programs, stock option and other incentive compensation programs, and other fringe benefit programs made available to senior executive employees of the Company from time to time, and Executive shall be entitled to receive such other fringe benefits as may be granted to him from time to time by the Company's Board of Directors.
Post-Termination Period Because of the difficulty of establishing when any idea, process or invention is first conceived or developed by the Employee, or whether it results from access to Confidential Information or the Company’s equipment, facilities, and data, the Employee agrees that any idea, invention, research, plan for products or services, marketing plan, computer software (including, without limitation, source code), computer program, original work of authorship, character, know-how, trade secret, information, data, developments, discoveries, technology, algorithm, design, patent or copyright, or any improvement, rights, or claims relating to the foregoing, shall be presumed to be an Invention if it is conceived, developed, used, sold, exploited or reduced to practice by the Employee or with the aid of the Employee within one (1) year after termination of employment. The Employee can rebut the above presumption if he proves the idea, process or invention (i) was first conceived or developed after termination of employment, (ii) was conceived or developed entirely on the Employee’s own time without using the Company’s equipment, supplies, facilities, personnel or Confidential Information, and (iii) did not result from or is not derived directly or indirectly, from any work performed by the Employee for the Company or from work performed by another employee of the Company to which the Employee had access.
Consulting Period The consulting relationship will commence on the Separation Date and continue until March 31, 2014 unless terminated earlier pursuant to Section 4(k) below or extended as specifically provided herein or by agreement of you and the Company (the “Consulting Period”).
Post-Termination Exercise Period Subject to the expiration dates and other terms of the applicable stock option agreements, the Participant may elect to have the right to exercise any outstanding incentive stock options and nonqualified stock options granted prior to the Termination Date to the Participant under the Company's 1984 Long-Term Executive Compensation Plan, its 1993 Long-Term Executive Compensation Plan, or any successor plan to its 1993 Long-Term Executive Compensation Plan that are vested as of the Termination Date (or, if later, the Release Date), whether due to the operation of Section 6(a), above, or otherwise, at any time during the Severance Period and, except in the event that the Severance Period terminates pursuant to Section 8(a), for a period up to 3 months after the end of the Severance Period (notwithstanding Section 8). Any such election shall apply to all outstanding incentive stock options and nonqualified stock options, will be irrevocable and must be made in writing and delivered to the Plan Administrator on or before the later of the Termination Date or Release Date. If the Participant fails to make an election, the Participant's right to exercise such options will expire 3 months after the Termination Date.
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