Common use of Modified Cutback Clause in Contracts

Modified Cutback. In the event that any payments or benefits received or to be received by the Executive in connection with the Executive’s employment with the Company (or termination thereof or otherwise) would subject the Executive to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), and if the net-after-tax amount (taking into account all applicable taxes payable by the Executive, including without limitation any Excise Tax) that the Executive would receive with respect to such payments or benefits does not exceed the net-after tax amount the Executive would receive if the amount of such payments and benefits were reduced to the maximum amount which could otherwise be payable to the Executive without the imposition of the Excise Tax, then, only to the extent necessary to eliminate the imposition of the Excise Tax, such payments and benefits shall be so reduced in the following order: first against the latest scheduled cash payments (if necessary, to zero), then to current cash payments and benefits (if necessary, to zero) and then to non-cash payments and benefits.

Modified Cutback. In the event that any payments or benefits received or to be received by the Executive in connection with the Executive’s employment with the Company (or termination thereof or otherwise) would subject the Executive to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), and if the net-after-tax amount (taking into account all applicable taxes payable by the Executive, including without limitation any Excise Tax) that the Executive would receive with respect to such payments or benefits does not exceed the net-after tax amount the Executive would receive if the amount of such payments and benefits were reduced to the maximum amount which could otherwise be payable to the Executive without the imposition of the Excise Tax, then, only to the extent necessary to eliminate the imposition of the Excise Tax, such payments and benefits shall be so reduced in the following order: first against the latest scheduled cash payments (if necessary, to zero), then to current cash payments and benefits (if necessary, to zero) and then to non-cash payments and benefits. In accordance with Section 12(h) of this Agreement, this Section 7 shall not apply prior to February 1, 2013.