Common use of Section 409A Gross-Up Clause in Contracts

Section 409A Gross-Up. The Company acknowledges and agrees that if any payment, award, benefit, or distribution (or any acceleration of any payment, award, benefit, or distribution) made or provided to Executive or for Executive’s benefit in connection with this Agreement, or Executive’s employment with the Company or the termination thereof (the “Payments”) is determined to be subject to the additional taxes, interest, or penalties imposed by Section 409A, or any interest or penalties with respect to such additional taxes, interest, or penalties (such additional taxes, together with any such interest and penalties, are referred to collectively as the “Section 409A Tax”), then Executive will be entitled to receive an additional payment (a “409A Gross-Up Payment”) from the Company such that the net amount Executive retains after paying any applicable Section 409A Tax and any federal, state, or local income or FICA taxes on such 409A Gross-Up Payment, shall be equal to the amount Executive would have received if the Section 409A Tax were not applicable to the Payments. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by Executive and the Company, all determinations of the Section 409A Tax and 409A Gross-Up Payment, if any, will be made by an independent accounting firm designated by the Company, and such accounting firm shall be instructed to provide the Company and Executive with a written opinion of any determination such accounting firm has been requested to provide. The Company shall be responsible for such accounting firm’s fees. For purposes of determining the amount of the 409A Gross-Up Payment, if any, Executive will be deemed to pay federal income tax at the actual marginal rate of federal income taxation in the calendar year in which the total Payments are made and state and local income taxes at the actual marginal rate of taxation in the state and locality of Executive’s residence on the date the total Payments are made, net of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes that could be obtained from deduction of such state and local taxes. If the Section 409A Tax is determined by the Internal Revenue Service, on audit or otherwise, to exceed the amount taken into account hereunder in calculating the 409A Gross-Up Payment (including by reason of any payment the existence or amount of which cannot be determined at the time of the 409A Gross-Up Payment), the Company shall make another 409A Gross-Up Payment in respect of such excess (plus any interest, penalties, or additions payable by Executive with respect to such excess). The Company and Executive shall each reasonably cooperate with the other in connection with any administrative or judicial proceedings concerning the existence or amount of liability for Section 409A Tax with respect to the total Payments. The 409A Gross-Up Payments provided to Executive shall be made no later than the tenth business day following the last date the Payments are made but in all events within the time period specified in Section 7(b).

Section 409A Gross-Up. The Company acknowledges and agrees that if any payment, award, benefit, or distribution (or any acceleration of any payment, award, benefit, or distribution) made or provided to Executive or for Executive’s benefit in connection with this Agreement, or Executive’s employment with the Company or the termination thereof (the “Payments”) is are determined to be subject to the additional taxes, interest, or penalties imposed by Section 409A, or any interest or penalties with respect to such additional taxes, interest, or penalties (such additional taxes, together with any such interest and penalties, are referred to collectively as the “Section 409A Tax”), then Executive will be entitled to receive an additional payment (a “409A Gross-Up Payment”) from the Company such that the net amount Executive retains after paying any applicable Section 409A Tax and any federal, state, or local income or FICA taxes on such 409A Gross-Up Payment, shall be equal to the amount Executive would have received if the Section 409A Tax were not applicable to the Payments. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by Executive and the Company, all determinations of the Section 409A Tax and 409A Gross-Up Payment, if any, will be made by an independent “big four” accounting firm designated by the Company, and such accounting firm shall be instructed to provide the Company and Executive with a written opinion of any determination such accounting firm has been requested to provide. The Company shall be responsible for such accounting firm’s fees. For purposes of determining the amount of the 409A Gross-Up Payment, if any, Executive will be deemed to pay federal income tax at the actual marginal rate of federal income taxation in the calendar year in which the total Payments are made and state and local income taxes at the actual marginal rate of taxation in the state and locality of Executive’s residence on the date the total Payments are made, net of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes that could be obtained from deduction of such state and local taxes. If the Section 409A Tax is determined by the Internal Revenue Service, on audit or otherwise, to exceed the amount taken into account hereunder in calculating the 409A Gross-Up Payment (including by reason of any payment the existence or amount of which cannot be determined at the time of the 409A Gross-Up Payment), the Company shall make another 409A Gross-Up Payment in respect of such excess (plus any interest, penalties, or additions payable by Executive with respect to such excess). The Company and Executive shall each reasonably cooperate with the other in connection with any administrative or judicial proceedings concerning the existence or amount of liability for Section 409A Tax with respect to the total Payments. The 409A Gross-Up Payments provided to Executive shall be made no later than the tenth business day following the last date the Payments are made but in all events within the time period specified in Section 7(b).

Section 409A Gross-Up. The Company acknowledges and agrees that Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if any payment, awarddistribution or provision of a benefit by the Company to or for the benefit of Executive, benefitwhether paid or payable, distributed or distribution (or any acceleration of any payment, award, benefit, or distribution) made distributable or provided or to Executive be provided pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or for Executive’s benefit in connection with this Agreement, or Executive’s employment with the Company or the termination thereof otherwise (the a “PaymentsPayment”) is determined to would be subject to an additional tax pursuant to Section 409A of the Code as a result of the Company’s failure to comply with the requirements of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code (such additional taxestax, interest, or penalties imposed by Section 409A, or together with any interest or penalties with respect to such additional taxes, interest, or penalties (such additional taxes, together with any such interest and penaltiestax, are hereinafter collectively referred to collectively as the “Section 409A TaxAdditional Taxes”), then the Company shall pay to Executive will be entitled to receive an additional payment (a “409A Gross-Up Payment”) from the Company in an amount such that the net amount after payment by Executive retains after paying of all Additional Taxes, including any applicable Section 409A Tax income taxes and Additional Taxes imposed on any federal, state, or local income or FICA taxes on such 409A Gross-Up Payment, shall be equal to the amount Executive would have received if the Section 409A Tax were not applicable to the Payments. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by Executive and the Company, all determinations of the Section 409A Tax and 409A Gross-Up Payment, if any, will be made by retains an independent accounting firm designated by the Company, and such accounting firm shall be instructed to provide the Company and Executive with a written opinion of any determination such accounting firm has been requested to provide. The Company shall be responsible for such accounting firm’s fees. For purposes of determining the amount of the 409A Gross-Up Payment (taking into account any similar gross-up payments to Executive under any stock incentive or other benefit plan or program of the Company) equal to the Additional Taxes imposed upon the Payments. The Company and Executive shall make an initial determination as to whether a 409A Gross-Up Payment is required and the amount of any such 409A Gross-Up Payment. Executive shall notify the Company in writing of any claim by the Internal Revenue Service which, if successful, would require the Company to make a 409A Gross-Up Payment (or a 409A Gross-Up Payment in excess of that, if any, initially determined by the Company and Executive) within ten business days after the receipt of such claim. The Company shall notify Executive in writing at least ten business days prior to the due date of any response required with respect to such claim if it plans to contest the claim. If the Company decides to contest such claim, Executive shall cooperate fully with the Company in such action; provided, however, the Company shall bear and pay directly or indirectly all costs and expenses (including additional interest and penalties) incurred in connection with such action and shall indemnify and hold Executive harmless, on an after-tax basis, for any Additional Taxes or income tax, including interest and penalties with respect thereto, imposed as a result of the Company’s action. If, as a result of the Company’s action with respect to a claim, Executive receives a refund of any amount paid by the Company with respect to such claim, Executive shall promptly pay such refund to the Company. If the Company fails to timely notify Executive whether it will contest such claim or the Company determines not to contest such claim, then the Company shall immediately pay to Executive the portion of such claim, if any, which it has not previously paid to Executive. In all events, any 409A Gross-Up Payment shall be deemed to pay federal income tax at made by December 31 of the actual marginal rate of federal income taxation in year following the calendar year in which the total Payments related taxes are made and state and local income taxes at remitted to the actual marginal rate of taxation in the state and locality of Executive’s residence on the date the total Payments are made, net of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes that could be obtained from deduction of such state and local taxesapplicable taxing authority. If the Section 409A Tax is determined by the Internal Revenue Service, on audit or otherwise, Executive agrees to exceed the amount taken into account hereunder in calculating the 409A Gross-Up Payment (including by reason of any payment the existence or amount of which cannot be determined at the time of the 409A Gross-Up Payment), the Company shall make another 409A Gross-Up Payment in respect of such excess (plus any interest, penalties, or additions payable by Executive with respect to such excess). The Company and Executive shall each reasonably cooperate with the other in connection with Company and to take any administrative or judicial proceedings concerning action reasonably requested by the existence or amount Company to minimize the effect of liability for Section 409A Tax with respect to of the total Payments. The 409A Gross-Up Payments provided to Executive shall be made no later than the tenth business day following the last date the Payments are made but in all events within the time period specified in Section 7(b)Code on a Payment.

Section 409A Gross-Up. The Company acknowledges and agrees that if any payment, award, benefit, or distribution (or any acceleration of any payment, award, benefit, or distribution) made or provided to Executive or for Executive’s benefit in connection with this Agreement, or Executive’s employment with the Company or the termination thereof (the “Payments”) is are determined to be subject to the additional taxes, interest, or penalties imposed by Section 409A, or any interest or penalties with respect to such additional taxes, interest, or penalties (such additional taxes, together with any such interest and penalties, are referred to collectively as the “Section 409A Tax”), then Executive will be entitled to receive an additional payment (a “409A Gross-Up Payment”) from the Company such that the net amount Executive retains after paying any applicable Section 409A Tax and any federal, state, or local income or FICA taxes on such 409A Gross-Up Payment, shall be equal to the amount Executive would have received if the Section 409A Tax were not applicable to the Payments. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by Executive and the Company, all determinations of the Section 409A Tax and 409A Gross-Up Payment, if any, will be made by an independent “big four” accounting firm designated by the Company, and such accounting firm shall be instructed to provide the Company and Executive with a written opinion of any determination such accounting firm has been requested to provide. The Company shall be responsible for such accounting firm’s fees. For purposes of determining the amount of the 409A Gross-Up Payment, if any, Executive will be deemed to pay federal income tax at the actual marginal rate of federal income taxation in the calendar year in which the total Payments are made and state and local income taxes at the actual marginal rate of taxation in the state and locality of Executive’s residence on the date the total Payments are made, net of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes that could be obtained from deduction of such state and local taxes. If the Section 409A Tax is determined by the Internal Revenue Service, on audit or otherwise, to exceed the amount taken into account hereunder in calculating the 409A Gross-Gross- Up Payment (including by reason of any payment the existence or amount of which cannot be determined at the time of the 409A Gross-Up Payment), the Company shall make another 409A Gross-Up Payment in respect of such excess (plus any interest, penalties, or additions payable by Executive with respect to such excess). The Company and Executive shall each reasonably cooperate with the other in connection with any administrative or judicial proceedings concerning the existence or amount of liability for Section 409A Tax with respect to the total Payments. The 409A Gross-Up Payments provided to Executive shall be made no later than the tenth business day following the last date the Payments are made but in all events within the time period specified in Section 7(b).

Section 409A Gross-Up. The Company acknowledges and agrees that if any payment, award, benefit, or distribution (or any acceleration of any payment, award, benefit, or distribution) made or provided to Executive or for Executive’s benefit in connection with this Agreement, or Executive’s employment with the Company or the termination thereof (the “Payments”) is are determined to be subject to the additional taxes, interest, or penalties imposed by Section 409A, or any interest or penalties with respect to such additional taxes, interest, or penalties (such additional taxes, together with any such interest and penalties, are referred to collectively as the “Section 409A Tax”), then Executive will be entitled to receive an additional payment (a “409A Gross-Up Payment”) from the Company such that the net amount Executive retains after paying any applicable Section 409A Tax and any federal, state, or local income or FICA taxes on such 409A Gross-Up Payment, shall be equal to the amount Executive would have received if the Section 409A Tax were not applicable to the Payments. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by Executive and the Company, all determinations of the Section 409A Tax and 409A Gross-Up Payment, if any, will be made by an independent “big four” accounting firm designated by the Company, and such accounting firm shall be instructed to provide the Company and Executive with a written opinion of any determination such accounting firm has been requested to provide. The Company shall be responsible for such accounting firm’s fees. For purposes of determining the amount of the 409A Gross-Up Payment, if any, Executive will be deemed to pay federal income tax at the actual marginal rate of federal income taxation in the calendar year in which the total Payments are made and state and local income taxes at the actual marginal rate of taxation in the state and locality of Executive’s residence on the date the total Payments are made, net of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes that could be obtained from deduction of such state and local taxes. If the Section 409A Tax is determined by the Internal Revenue Service, on audit or otherwise, to exceed the amount taken into account hereunder in calculating the 409A Gross-Up Payment (including by reason of any payment the existence or amount of which cannot be determined at the time of the 409A Gross-Up Payment), the Company shall make another 409A Gross-Up Payment in respect of such excess (plus any interest, penalties, or additions payable by Executive with respect to such excess). The Company and Executive shall each reasonably cooperate with the other in connection with any administrative or judicial proceedings concerning the existence or amount of liability for Section 409A Tax with respect to the total Payments. The 409A Gross-Up Payments provided to Executive shall be made no later than the tenth business day following the last date the Payments are made but in all events within the time period specified in Section 7(b)Section.

Section 409A Gross-Up. The Company acknowledges and agrees that if any payment, award, benefit, or distribution (or any acceleration of any payment, award, benefit, or distribution) made or provided to Executive or for Executive’s benefit in connection with this Agreement, or Executive’s employment with the Company or the termination thereof (the “Payments”) is are determined to be subject to the additional taxes, interest, or penalties imposed by Section 409A, or any interest or penalties with respect to such additional taxes, interest, or penalties (such additional taxes, together with any such interest and penalties, are referred to collectively as the “Section 409A Tax”), then Executive will be entitled to receive an additional payment (a “409A Gross-Up Payment”) from the Company such that the net amount Executive retains after paying any applicable Section 409A Tax and any federal, state, or local income or FICA taxes on such 409A Gross-Up Payment, shall be equal to the amount Executive would have received if the Section 409A Tax were not applicable to the Payments. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by Executive and the Company, all determinations of the Section 409A Tax and 409A Gross-Up Payment, if any, will be made by an independent “big four” accounting firm designated by the Company, and such accounting firm shall be instructed to provide the Company and Executive with a written opinion of any determination such accounting firm has been requested to provide. The Company shall be responsible for such accounting firm’s fees. For purposes of determining the amount of the 409A Gross-Up Payment, if any, Executive will be deemed to pay federal income tax at the actual marginal rate of federal income taxation in the calendar year in which the total Payments are made and state and local income taxes at the actual marginal rate of taxation in the state and locality of Executive’s residence on the date the total Payments are made, net of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes that could be obtained from deduction of such state and local taxes. If the Section 409A Tax is determined by the Internal Revenue Service, on audit or otherwise, to exceed the amount taken into account hereunder in calculating the 409A Gross-Up Payment (including by reason of any payment the existence or amount of which cannot be determined at the time of the 409A Gross-Up Payment), the Company shall make another 409A Gross-Up Payment in respect of such excess (plus any interest, penalties, or additions payable by Executive with respect to such excess). The Company and Executive shall each reasonably cooperate with the other other, in connection with any administrative or judicial proceedings concerning the existence or amount of liability for Section 409A Tax with respect to the total Payments. The 409A Gross-Up Payments provided to Executive shall be made no later than the tenth business day following the last date the Payments are made but in all events within the time period specified in Section 7(b).