Common use of IRS Code Section 409A Clause in Contracts

IRS Code Section 409A. It is intended that the Retention Bonus (or, if applicable, the Termination Bonus) payable under this Retention Agreement satisfy, to the greatest extent possible, the exemption from the application of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) provided under Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) and in all cases will be paid not later than March 15 of the year following the year in which your right to such amount became vested. To the extent that the Retention Bonus or the Termination Bonus is deferred compensation under Section 409A of the Code, and is not otherwise exempt from the application of Section 409A, then, if the period during which you may consider and sign the Release spans two (2) calendar years, the payment of such bonus will not be made until the later calendar year. Additionally, the terms of Section 12 of the Severance Agreement shall apply for purposes of this Agreement. Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, if the Retention Bonus or Termination Bonus is considered “deferred compensation” under Section 409A of the Code, and if you are a “specified employee” for purposes of Section 409A of the Code, no distribution or payment of any amount that is due because of a “separation from service” (as defined in Section 409A of the Code without regard to alternative definitions thereunder) will be issued or paid before the date that is six months following the date of such “separation from service” or, if earlier, the date of the your death, unless such distribution or payment can be made in a manner that complies with Section 409A of the Code, and any amounts so deferred will be paid in a lump sum on the day after such six month period elapses.