Termination by You for Good Reason Upon the occurrence of a “Good Reason” event, you may terminate your employment pursuant to this Agreement by providing a notice of termination for Good Reason to Tyson within no more than seven (7) days of the Good Reason event and providing Tyson thirty (30) days following receipt of such notice to cure the Good Reason event. If Tyson cures the Good Reason event within such 30 day period, you may not terminate your employment for Good Reason, but may voluntarily resign pursuant to Section 3(d) below. If Tyson fails to cure the Good Reason event within such 30 day period, your termination of employment will be effective under this Section 3(c). For purposes of the Agreement, you will be treated as having terminated for “Good Reason” if you terminate employment after having been demoted to a less senior Band than that in which you were employed when executing this Agreement or to a position not covered by a Band, which Tyson does not cure by restoring you to your former Band.
Termination by Company for Cause Subject to Section 3.2, the Company may terminate Employee’s employment and all of the Company’s obligations under this Agreement at any time “For Cause” (as defined below) by giving notice to Employee stating the basis for such termination, effective immediately upon giving such notice or at such other time thereafter as the Company may designate. “For Cause” shall mean any of the following: (i) Employee’s willful and continued failure to substantially perform the reasonably assigned duties with the Company which are consistent with Employee’s position and job description referred to in this Agreement, other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness, after a written notice is delivered to Employee by the Board of Directors of the Company which specifically identifies the manner in which Employee has not substantially performed the assigned duties and allowing Employee thirty (30) days after receipt by Employee of such notice to cure such failure to perform, (ii) material breach of this or any other written agreement between Employee and the Company which is not cured within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Employee from the Company of written notice of such breach, (iii) any material violation of any written policy of the Company which is not cured within thirty (30) days after receipt by Employee from the Company of written notice of such violation, (iv) Employee’s willful misconduct which is materially and demonstrably injurious to the Company, (v) Employee’s conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction of, or his pleading guilty or nolo contendere to, any felony, or (vi) Employee’s commission of an act of fraud, embezzlement, or misappropriation against the Company or any breach of fiduciary duty or breach of the duty of loyalty, including, but not limited to, the offer, payment, solicitation or acceptance of any unlawful bribe or kickback with respect to the Company’s business. For purposes of this paragraph, no act, or failure to act, on Employee’s part shall be considered “willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, in knowing bad faith and without reasonable belief that the action or omission was in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company. Any act, or failure to act, expressly authorized by a resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors or based upon the written advice of counsel for the Company shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, in good faith and in the best interests of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee shall not be deemed to have been terminated For Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to Employee a copy of a resolution, duly adopted by the Board of Directors at a meeting of the Board called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice to Employee and an opportunity for Employee, together with Employee’s counsel, to be heard before the Board), finding that in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors Employee committed the conduct set forth above in (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) or (vi) of this Section and specifying the particulars thereof in detail.
Termination by Employee for Good Reason Employee may terminate his employment hereunder for "Good Reason." As used herein, "Good Reason" shall mean the continuance of any of the following after ten (10) days' prior written notice by Employee to the Company, specifying the basis for such Employee's having Good Reason to terminate this Agreement:
Termination by Employer for Cause Employer may terminate Employee’s employment hereunder for “Cause” upon notice to Employee. “Cause” for this purpose shall mean any of the following:
Termination by Employee for Cause In the event of a Change of Control (as defined below) of the Company that results in either a substantial reduction or change of title in the Employee’s job duties related to his position as CFO or CEO, ,or a decrease in or a failure to provide the compensation or vested benefits under this Agreement or the Company initiates a substantial reduction or change of title in the Employee’s job duties related to his position as CFO, Employee shall have the right to resign his employment and will be entitled to a lump sum severance payment equal to twelve (12) months of Employee’s then base salary payable within thirty (30) days after the date of termination In addition, Employee will be entitled to payment of all unused vacation days at his current daily rate and a lump sum equal to all deferred salaries and earned bonuses. In addition, all Employee’s then outstanding but unvested stock options shall vest one hundred percent (100%). Employee shall have 12 months from the date written notice is given to Employee about the announcement and closing of a transaction resulting in a Change in Control of the Company that would result in a substantial change in the Employee’s job duties or decrease his compensation or vested benefits under this Agreement to resign or this Section 4(c) shall not apply. In the event Employee resigns from the Company for any other reason, Employee will not be entitled to receive or accrue any further Company benefits or other remuneration under this Agreement, and Employee specifically agrees that he will not be entitled to receive any severance pay. For purposes of this Section 4, a Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred if any of the following occur:
Termination by Company without Cause or by Executive for Good Reason If Executive's employment is terminated by the Company without Cause or by Executive for Good Reason:
Termination by Employer Without Cause or by Executive for Good Reason If Employer terminates Executive’s employment without Cause, or if Executive terminates his employment for Good Reason, Employer shall pay Executive in a lump sum: (i) all Base Salary earned and all reimbursable expenses incurred under this Agreement through such termination date; and (ii) an amount equal to one (1) times Executive’s highest Base Salary over the prior three (3) years. The amount described in 5.b.(i) herein shall be paid no later than forty-five (45) days after the day on which employment is terminated. The amount described in 5.b.(ii) herein shall be paid on the first day of the month following a period of six (6) months after the termination of employment, provided that the payment may be made sooner if either (i) the amount does not exceed the IRC Safe Harbor or (ii) at the Executive’s election, the amount described in Section 5.a.(ii) is reduced to fit within the IRC Safe Harbor. No payment will be made pursuant to Section 5.a.(ii) unless the Executive has signed a Release Agreement which has become irrevocable prior to the payment date.
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Termination by Employee with Good Reason Employee may terminate his employment with Good Reason by providing the Company thirty (30) days’ written notice setting forth with reasonable specificity the event that constitutes Good Reason, which written notice, to be effective, must be provided to the Company within sixty (60) days of the occurrence of such event. During such thirty (30) day notice period, the Company shall have a cure right (if curable), and if not cured within such period, Employee’s termination will be effective upon the date immediately following the expiration of the thirty (30) day notice period, and Employee shall be entitled to the same payments and benefits as provided in Section 8(d) above for a termination without Cause, it being agreed that Employee’s right to any such payments and benefits shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as described in Section 8(d) above. Following such termination of Employee’s employment by Employee with Good Reason, except as set forth in this Section 8(e), Employee shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.
Termination by Employee without Good Reason The Employee shall have the right at any time to terminate the Employee's employment with both Employers without Good Reason by giving the Employers written notice that the Employee is terminating his employment. Any such termination shall apply to the Employee's employment with both Employers and be effective ninety (90) days after the giving of such notice by the Employee.
