Termination Other Than a Qualifying Termination If the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company Group is not a Qualifying Termination, then the Executive will not be entitled to receive severance or other benefits.
Entire Agreement; Termination This Agreement contains the entire understanding among the parties hereto and supersedes all prior written or oral agreements among them respecting the within subject matter, unless otherwise provided herein. There are no representations, agreements, arrangements or understandings, oral or written, among the parties hereto relating to the subject matter of this Agreement that are not fully expressed herein. This Agreement may be terminated at any time by written consent of all of the parties hereto.
SEVERANCE COMPENSATION IN THE EVENT OF A TERMINATION OTHER THAN FOR CAUSE In the event of a Termination Other Than for Cause, the Employee shall be paid as severance compensation his Base Salary (at the rate payable at the time of such termination) for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of such termination, on the dates specified in Section 3.1, and Employee shall also be paid an amount equal to the average annual bonus earned by the Employee as an employee of Avocent Corporation and its affiliates and predecessors in the two (2) years immediately preceding the date of termination. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.2 to the contrary, the Employee may in the Employee’s sole discretion, by delivery of a notice to the Employer within thirty (30) days following a Termination Other Than for Cause, elect to receive from the Employer a lump sum severance payment by bank cashier’s check equal to the present value of the flow of cash payments that would otherwise be paid to the Employee pursuant to this Section 4.2. Such present value shall be determined as of the date of delivery of the notice of election by the Employee and shall be based on a discount rate equal to the interest rate on 90-day U.S. Treasury bills, as reported in The Wall Street Journal (or similar publication), on the date of delivery of the election notice. If the Employee elects to receive a lump sum severance payment, Avocent Corporation shall cause the Employer to make such payment to the Employee within ten (10) days following the date on which the Employee notifies the Employer of the Employee’s election. The Employee shall also be entitled to have the vesting of any awards granted to the Employee under any AHC or Avocent stock option plans fully accelerated. The Employee shall be provided with medical plan benefits under any health plans of Avocent or Employer in which the Employee is a participant to the full extent of the Employee’s rights under such plans for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of such Termination Other Than for Cause (even if Employee elects to receive a lump sum severance payment).
Term of Agreement; Termination The term of this Agreement shall commence on the date hereof and such term and this Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier to occur of (i) the Effective Time, and (ii) the date on which the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms. Upon such termination, no party shall have any further obligations or liabilities hereunder; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, such termination shall not relieve any party from liability for any breach of this Agreement prior to such termination.
Post-Termination Cooperation Executive agrees that during and after employment with the Company and without additional compensation (other than reimbursement for reasonable associated expenses) to cooperate with the Company in the following areas:
Closing Termination The closing of the Transaction (the “Closing”) shall be effective between the Parties as of 12:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on January 6, 2006 (the “Closing Date”). However, in the event that the Parties have not satisfied all of the conditions necessary to Close by the Closing Date including, without limitation, the completion, review and approval of the Disclosure Schedule (hereinafter the “Closing Conditions”) then, in such event, either Party may extend the time period for satisfying such Closing Conditions until 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, February 28, 2006 (hereinafter the “Extended Time”) with the understanding and agreement that if the Closing Conditions are completed to the mutual satisfaction of the Parties by the Extended Time that this Transaction shall be effective as of the Closing Date. In the event that the Closing Conditions have not been completed to the mutual satisfaction of the Parties by the Extended Time, this Agreement may be terminated by either Party unless the Parties through their respective legal counsel otherwise agree in writing to an additional extension of time not to exceed ten (10) consecutive days beginning on the day immediately following the Extended Time for satisfying such Closing Conditions. The Closing shall be conducted remotely through the exchange of documents via fax or email with original documents exchanged via overnight, next day delivery by a reputable national courier on the Closing Date or, if the time for satisfying the Closing Conditions has been extended to the Extended Time, on the date on which the Extended Time ends. All deliveries made at the Closing shall be deemed to have been made simultaneously except as one delivery must logically be deemed to precede or follow another.
Termination by Employee other than for Good Reason The Employment under this Agreement may be terminated by Employee other than for Good Reason by written notice to the Board at least sixty (60) days prior to such termination. During the notice period, Employee shall diligently perform any assigned duties. The Company may make such resignation effective at any point during the notice period.
Resignation on Termination On termination of Executive’s employment, regardless of the reason for such termination, Executive shall immediately (and with contemporaneous effect) resign any directorships, offices or other positions that Executive may hold in the Company or any affiliate, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties.
Confidentiality of Agreement Terms The terms of this Agreement shall be held in strict confidence by Employee and shall not be disclosed by Employee to anyone other than Employee’s spouse, Employee’s legal counsel and Employee’s other advisors, unless required by law. Further, except as provided in the preceding sentence, Employee shall not reveal the existence of this Agreement or discuss its terms with any person (including but not limited to any employee of Employer or its Affiliates) without the express authorization of the President of Employer, provided that Employee shall advise any prospective new employer of the existence of Employee’s non-competition, confidentiality and similar obligations under this Agreement. To the extent that the terms of this Agreement have been disclosed by Employer, in a public filing or otherwise, the confidentiality requirements of this Section 21 shall no longer apply to such terms.
Qualifying Terminations The occurrence of any one of the following events within twenty-four calendar months after a Change in Control of the Company will trigger the payment of Severance Benefits under this Agreement:
