Release and Other Conditions. Before any severance benefits will be payable to Executive or will be continued under this Agreement, Executive much satisfy all of the following conditions: (i) Executive executes and delivers to the Company and does not revoke a general release of claims in favor of the Company, its subsidiaries, affiliates, successors and assigns, and its and their directors, officers, shareholders, employees and representatives, in a form acceptable to the Company (the “Release”), such that the Release Effective Date occurs no later than sixty (60) days following the Termination Date; (ii) if Executive holds any other positions with the Company, Executive resigns such position(s) to be effective no later than the Termination Date (or such other date as requested by the Company); (iii) Executive returns all Company property; (iv) Executive complies with any confidentiality, non-disclosure, non-competition, non-solicitation, trade secret, and/or assignment of inventions and other intellectual property provisions to which Executive’s employment was subject; and (v) Executive complies with the terms of the Release, including without limitation any non-disparagement and confidentiality provisions contained in the Release. The Release shall specifically relate to all of Executive’s rights and claims in existence at the time of such execution. Notwithstanding Section 1.2 of this Agreement, in the event the severance benefits described in Section 1.2 are subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and other guidance thereunder and any state law of similar effect (collectively, “Section 409A”), and the sixty (60) day period following the Termination Date begins in one calendar year and ends in a subsequent calendar year, the severance payments will not be paid until the subsequent calendar year even if the Release Effective Date occurs in the first year.
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Samples: Executive Severance Agreement (Mast Therapeutics, Inc.), Executive Severance Agreement (Mast Therapeutics, Inc.), Executive Severance Agreement (Mast Therapeutics, Inc.)