Excess Payments. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in the event any payments or non-cash benefits that Employee is entitled to receive (whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise (the “Payments”)) would be subject to the excise tax (the “Excise Tax”) under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), then the amounts payable to Employee under this Agreement shall be reduced, but not below zero, to the maximum amount as will result in no portion of the Payments being subject to such excise tax (the “Safe Harbor Cap”). For purposes of reducing the Payments to the Safe Harbor Cap, only amounts payable to Employee under this Agreement (and no other Payments) shall be reduced, unless consented to by Employee.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Heartland Financial Usa Inc), Employment Agreement (Heartland Financial Usa Inc), Employment Agreement (Centennial Bank Holdings, Inc.)
Excess Payments. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in the event any payments or non-cash benefits that Employee is entitled to receive (whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise (the “"Payments”")) would be subject to the excise tax (the “"Excise Tax”") under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “"Code”"), then the amounts payable to Employee under this Agreement shall be reduced, but not below zero, to the maximum amount as will result in no portion of the Payments being subject to such excise tax (the “"Safe Harbor Cap”"). For purposes of reducing the Payments to the Safe Harbor Cap, only amounts payable to Employee under this Agreement (and no other Payments) shall be reduced, unless consented to by Employee.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Centennial Bank Holdings, Inc.)