Common use of Retirement/death Clause in Contracts

Retirement/death. If the Executive’s employment with the Company terminates during the Measuring Period by reason of retirement or death, then the Executive or the Executive’s estate will be entitled to receive in settlement of the Performance Shares a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (x) the number of Performance Shares, if any, which subsequently vest under Section 3 above, multiplied by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months during the Measuring Period that the Executive was employed by the Company and the denominator of which is the total number of months in the Measuring Period, i.e., 36 months. For purposes of the foregoing calculation, the Executive will be deemed to have been employed by the Company during the month that his employment terminates if, and only if, such termination occurs on or after the fifteenth (15th) calendar day of that month.