No Employment or Other Rights The grant of the Option shall not confer upon the Grantee any right to be retained by or in the employ or service of the Employer and shall not interfere in any way with the right of the Employer to terminate the Grantee’s employment or service at any time. The right of the Employer to terminate at will the Grantee’s employment or service at any time for any reason is specifically reserved.
No Right To Employment or Other Status The grant of this option shall not be construed as giving the Participant the right to continued employment or any other relationship with the Company. The Company expressly reserves the right at any time to dismiss or otherwise terminate its relationship with the Participant free from any liability or claim hereunder.
Amendment or Termination of Agreement This Agreement may be changed or terminated only upon the mutual written consent of the Company and Executive. The written consent of the Company to a change or termination of this Agreement must be signed by an executive officer of the Company after such change or termination has been approved by the Board.
Termination of Employment Agreement As of the Effective Date, the Employment Agreement hereby is terminated in its entirety and shall no longer have any force or effect.
Effect of Termination of Employment (a) Upon the effective date of termination of the Employee's employment pursuant to Section 6, Section 7(a) or Section 7(c) hereof, neither the Employee nor the Employee's beneficiaries or estate shall have any further rights under this Agreement or any claims against the Corporation arising out of this Agreement, except the right to receive, within 30 days of the Termination Date:
(i) the unpaid portion of the Base Salary provided for in Section 5(a), computed on a pro rata basis to the Termination Date;
(ii) reimbursement for any expenses for which the Employee shall not have theretofore been reimbursed, as provided in Section 5(d); and
(iii) the unpaid portion of any amounts earned by the Employee prior to the Termination Date pursuant to any Benefit Arrangement; provided, however, unless specifically provided otherwise in this Section 8, the Employee shall not be entitled to receive any benefits under a Benefit Arrangement that have accrued during a fiscal year if the terms of such Benefit Arrangement require that the beneficiary be employed by the Corporation as of the end of such fiscal year.
(b) Upon the termination of the Employee's employment pursuant to Section 7(b), neither the Employee nor the Employee's beneficiaries or estate shall have any further rights under this Agreement or any claims against the Corporation arising out of this Agreement, except the right to receive:
(i) the unpaid portion of the Base Salary, computed on a pro rata basis, for the period from the Commencement Date until the first anniversary of the Termination Date, payable in such installments as the Base Salary was paid prior to the Termination Date; and
(ii) the payments, if any, referred to in Sections 8(a)(ii) and (iii).
(c) The Employee's obligations under Sections 9, 10 and 11 of this Agreement, and the Corporation's obligations under this Section 8, shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the termination of the Employee's employment hereunder.
Employment or Retention of Affiliates (a) Any Affiliate of the General Partner may be employed or retained by the Partnership and may otherwise deal with the Partnership (whether as a buyer, lessor, lessee, manager, furnisher of goods or services, broker, agent, lender or otherwise) and may receive from the Partnership any compensation, price, or other payment therefor which the General Partner determines to be fair and reasonable.
(b) The Partnership may lend or contribute to its Subsidiaries or other Persons in which it has an equity investment, and such Persons may borrow funds from the Partnership, on terms and conditions established in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner. The foregoing authority shall not create any right or benefit in favor of any Subsidiary or any other Person.
(c) The Partnership may transfer assets to joint ventures, other partnerships, corporations or other business entities in which it is or thereby becomes a participant upon such terms and subject to such conditions as the General Partner deems are consistent with this Agreement and applicable law.
(d) Except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, neither the General Partner nor any of its Affiliates shall sell, transfer or convey any property to, or purchase any property from, the Partnership, directly or indirectly, except pursuant to transactions that are on terms that are fair and reasonable to the Partnership.
Amendment or Termination This Agreement may be amended at any time by written agreement between the Company and the Executive.
Termination of Employment Relationship Your employment is terminable -------------------------------------- at will. That means that your employment relationship with Cardinal may be terminated by either party at any time, for any reason or no reason at all, subject to the notice provision addressed below.
(a) Cardinal may terminate your employment for Cause effective immediately upon written notice. In the event that Cardinal terminates your employment for Cause, you will be entitled to earned and unpaid base salary and payment for any earned and unused vacation days through the last date of your employment.
Termination of Employment for Other Reasons In the event that the Participant's employment with the Company or a Subsidiary terminates prior to the end of the Performance Period for any reason other than Death, Disability, Retirement, or Termination by the Company or a Subsidiary without Cause, then Participant's rights to all of the Target Performance Shares granted in this Award will be immediately and irrevocably forfeited upon such termination of employment.
Obligations of the Company Upon Termination of Employment (a) Expiration of Term, By the Company for Cause or by Executive without Good Reason. If Executive's employment shall be terminated:
(i) due to and upon expiration of the Term of this Agreement the Company shall pay Executive his full salary through the Date of Termination at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given, and an amount equal to the product of (x) all bonuses and awards that would have been earned by Executive upon completion of each award cycle that began during the Term but had not been completed as of the Date of Termination, calculated as though the full achievement of all goals and targets relating thereto had been achieved in full and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of days from the beginning of the applicable bonus or award cycle to and including the Date of Termination and the denominator of which shall be the number of days in such cycle; or
(ii) if Executive's employment shall be terminated by the Company for Cause or by Executive without Good Reason, then the Company shall pay Executive his Base Salary (at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given) through the Date of Termination, and the Company shall have no additional obligations to Executive under this Agreement.
(b) For any other reason. If Executive's employment shall be terminated for any reason other than those provided in Section 6(a) above, then:
(i) the Company shall pay Executive his full salary through the Date of Termination at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is given, and an amount equal to the product of (x) all bonuses and awards that would have been earned by Executive upon completion of each award cycle that began during the Term but had not been completed as of the Date of Termination, calculated as though the full achievement of all goals and targets relating thereto had been achieved in full and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of days from the beginning of the applicable bonus or award cycle to and including the Date of Termination and the denominator of which shall be the number of days in such cycle; and
(ii) in lieu of paying any further compensation to Executive for periods subsequent to the Date of Termination, the Company shall pay to the Executive severance payments in the form of continuation of Executive's Base Salary in effect as of the Date of Termination for a period of two (2) years following such Date of Termination (the "Severance Payment Period").
