Common use of Tax Payments Clause in Contracts

Tax Payments. If: (a) any payment or benefit to which the Executive is entitled from the Company, any affiliate, or trusts established by the Company or by any affiliate (the "Payments," which shall include, without limitation, the vesting of an option or other non-cash benefit or property) are more likely than not to be subject to the tax imposed by section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any successor provision to that section; and (b) reduction of the Payments to the amount necessary to avoid the application of such tax would result in the Executive retaining an amount that is greater than the amount he would retain if the Payments were made without such reduction but after the reduction for the amount of the tax imposed by section 4999; then the Payments shall be reduced to the extent required to avoid application of the tax imposed by section 4999. The Executive shall be entitled to select the order in which payments are to be reduced in accordance with the preceding sentence. Determination of whether Payments would result in the application of the tax imposed by section 4999, and the amount of reduction that is necessary so that no such tax would be applied, shall be made, at the Company's expense, by the independent accounting firm employed by the Company immediately prior to the occurrence of the Change in Control.