Termination by the Employer without Cause or by the Executive with Good Reason Sample Clauses

Termination by the Employer without Cause or by the Executive with Good Reason. Subject to Section 9(e), if the Employer terminates the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period for a reason other than for Cause or due to the Executive’s Disability pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii)(A) or if the Executive terminates his employment hereunder with Good Reason, subject to the Executive’s compliance with Section 7, (i) the Employer shall pay the Executive (A) the Accrued Benefits, (B) a pro rata portion (based on the number of days during the applicable fiscal period prior to the Date of Termination) of the Annual Bonus the Executive would have earned absent such termination, with such payment to be made based on actual performance and at the time bonus payments are made to executives of the Employer generally, and (C) continued Base Salary for 12 months following the Date of Termination (the “Severance Period”) payable in equal installments in accordance with the Employer’s normal payroll practices (the “Cash Severance Payment”); (ii) any unvested awards granted to the Executive under the Incentive Plan shall continue to vest during the Severance Period to the extent that such awards would have become vested had he remained employed through the end of the Severance Period; and (iii) the Executive shall be entitled to additional payments, payable in equal installments in accordance with the Employer’s normal payroll practices, equal to the total costs that would be incurred by the Executive to obtain and pay for continued coverage under the Employer’s health insurance plans during the Severance Period (the “Continued Coverage Payment”). For the purposes of this Agreement, a voluntary termination by the Executive upon the expiration of the Employment Period due to delivery of a non-renewal notice by the Employer pursuant to Section 2 shall be treated as a termination by the Employer without Cause.
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Termination by the Employer without Cause or by the Executive with Good Reason. Subject to Section 9(e), if the Employer terminates the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period other than for Cause or Disability pursuant to Section 8(a) or if the Executive terminates his employment hereunder with Good Reason, (i) the Employer shall immediately grant (to the extent not already granted) all equity awards described in Section 5(e); (ii) the Employer shall pay the Executive (A) the Executive’s Base Salary due through the Date of Termination, (B) a cash lump sum in an amount equal to a pro rata portion (based upon the number of days the Executive was employed during the calendar year in which the Date of Termination occurs) of the average amount of the annual bonuses, if any, that were earned by the Executive for the two calendar years immediately preceding the year of the Date of Termination, (C) all Accrued Benefits, if any, to which the Executive is entitled as of the Date of Termination, in each case at the time such payments are due and (D) a cash lump sum in an amount equal to the greater of (x) two times the sum of the Executive’s Base Salary and the average of the annual bonuses earned by the Executive for the two calendar years immediately preceding the year of the Date of Termination, if any, and (y) $1.8 million; (iii) (A) all deferred compensation credited on the Executive’s behalf and all equity or equity-related awards held by, or credited to, the Executive (including, without limitation, the equity awards required to be granted pursuant to clause (i) of this Section 9(d), stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, dividend equivalent rights, restricted stock units or deferred stock awards) shall immediately vest and, if applicable, become exercisable, (B) all stock options, stock appreciation rights or other similar rights held by the Executive shall remain exercisable for the remainder of their originally scheduled terms, and (C) all deferred compensation or other equity or equity-related awards will, to the extent applicable, be transferred or distributed to the Executive within 10 days of the Executive’s Date of Termination; and (iii) the Executive and his covered dependents shall be entitled to continued participation on the same terms and conditions as applicable immediately prior to the Executive’s Date of Termination for the greater of (A) 24 months or (B) the balance of the Employment Period in such medical, dental, hospitalization and life insurance coverages in which the Executive...
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Termination by the Employer without Cause or by the Executive with Good Reason. If the Employment Period is terminated in accordance with Section 4.01(b)(iii) or Section 4.01(c)(i) of this Agreement, the Employer shall pay the Executive (i) all accrued but unpaid Salary as of the Termination Date plus (ii) an amount equal to $500,000.00 to be paid to the Executive over a period of 12 months from the Termination Date, in accordance with the Employer’s normal payroll practices and schedule(such amount, the “Severance”).
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Termination by the Employer without Cause or by the Executive with Good Reason. If the Employment Period is terminated in accordance with Section 4.01(b)(iii) or Section 4.01(c)(i) of this Agreement, the (i) Executive will be entitled to receive the Salary that would have been payable for the remainder of the Term, (ii) Section 5 of this Agreement shall be null and void with respect to any Confidential Information owned by the Employer prior to July 1, 2006 and (iii) Section 6 of this Agreement shall be null and void. In addition, the Executive will be entitled to receive coverage under the group health plan sponsored by the Employer, if any, to the same extent as provided on the date of the termination of the Employment Period, for the remainder of the Term. The cost of coverage under the Employer's group health plan will be payable solely by the Employer. Except to the extent otherwise permitted under Section 409A of the Code, the Salary and payments for the cost of group health plan coverage shall be accumulated by the Employer and payable to the Executive no earlier than the first day of the seventh calendar month following the date on which the Employment Period is terminated, or if earlier, the date of the Executive's death. If, at the time the Employment Period is terminated, or at any time thereafter, the Salary or payments for the cost of the group health plan coverage to which the Executive is entitled under this Section 4.05(b) is not required to be deferred under Section 409A of the Code, then such amounts shall instead be payable in monthly installments on the first day of each calendar month, provided, that the first installment shall not be made earlier than the later of (i) the first day of the calendar month immediately following the date of termination of the Employment Period or (ii) the date which is fifteen (15) days following the date of the termination of the Employment Period.
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Termination by the Employer without Cause or by the Executive with Good Reason. Subject to Section 9(e), if the Employer terminates the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period for a reason other than for Cause or if the Executive terminates his employment hereunder with Good Reason, (i) the Employer shall pay the Executive (A) the Accrued Benefits, (B) a pro rata portion (based on the number of days during the applicable fiscal period prior to the Date of Termination) of the Annual Bonus the Executive would have earned absent such termination, with such payment to be made based on actual performance and at the time bonus payments are made to executives of the Employer generally, (C) a lump sum equal to 1.5x the Executive’s Target Annual Bonus for the year of termination, and (D) continued Base Salary for 18 months following the Date of Termination (the “Severance Period”) payable in equal installments in accordance with the Employer’s normal payroll practices (the “Cash Severance Payment”); (ii) (A) any outstanding equity awards granted pursuant to Section 5(c)(i) of this Agreement shall continue to vest during the Severance Period and (B) the Post-Merger Equity Awards shall immediately vest in full on the Date of Termination (without regard to any time-based or performance-based vesting conditions); (iii) the Executive shall be entitled to the Continued Coverage Payment; and (iv) the Executive shall be provided with executive outplacement with a provider of Executive’s choice, up to a maximum of $25,000. If a termination under this Section occurs within three years following the Executive’s relocation to Phoenix, Arizona, pursuant to Section 4 of the Employment Agreement, the Employer shall provide Executive with a relocation package substantially similar to the estimated costs in Exhibit A.
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Termination by the Employer without Cause or by the Executive with Good Reason. If the Employer terminates the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period pursuant to Section 8(a)(ii)(B) other than for Cause or the Executive terminates his employment hereunder with Good Reason, the Employer shall pay the Executive all Accrued Benefits, if any, to which the Executive is entitled as of the Date of Termination, in each case at the time such payments are due, and the Executive’s Base Salary due through the Date of Termination. The Executive shall also be entitled to the Severance Payments. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Plan or any other agreement between the Executive and Employer or any Company Affiliate, at any time before a Change in Control, upon or after having notice having been provided by the Executive of the occurrence or claimed occurrence of any Good Reason event or breach pursuant to the definition of Good Reason in this Agreement, the Executive may terminate employment during the cure period set forth in the definition of Good Reason in this Agreement and, if the Executive does not terminate employment during the cure period, the Employer may terminate Executive’s employment. During the cure period, such termination of employment, whether initiated by the Executive or the Employer, will not be considered to be a termination of employment by the Executive with or without Good Reason or a termination of employment by the Employer with or without Cause. The determination of the category of such termination will be made by the end of the cure period. The termination will not be treated as a Good Reason termination unless it is determined by the Employer that Good Reason exists and the Employer has failed to cure such event before the expiration of the cure period. If the Executive’s employment has terminated by the Executive or the Employer, and (i) no Good Reason event has occurred, the Executive will be deemed to have terminated employment without Good Reason, or (ii) there is a Good Reason event, the Employer cures it before the cure period expires, and the Executive fails to immediately return to work, the Executive will be deemed to have terminated employment without Good Reason.
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Termination by the Employer without Cause or by the Executive with Good Reason. Subject to Section 9(e), if the Employer terminates the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period other than for Cause or Disability pursuant to Section 8(a) or if the Executive terminates his employment hereunder with Good Reason, (i) the Employer shall immediately grant (to the extent not already granted) all equity awards described in Section 5(e); (ii) the Employer shall pay the Executive (A) the Executive’s Base Salary due through the Date of Termination, (B) a cash lump sum in an amount equal to a pro rata portion (based upon the number of days the Executive was employed during the calendar year in which the Date of Termination occurs) of the average amount of the annual bonuses, if any, that were earned by the Executive for the two calendar years immediately preceding the year of the Date of Termination,
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Related to Termination by the Employer without Cause or by the Executive with Good Reason

  • Termination by the Company Without Cause or by the Executive with Good Reason During the Term, if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause as provided in Section 3(d), or the Executive terminates the Executive’s employment for Good Reason as provided in Section 3(e), then the Company shall pay the Executive the Accrued Benefit. In addition, subject to the Executive signing a separation agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Separation Agreement and Release”) and the Separation Agreement and Release becoming fully effective, all within the time frame set forth in the Separation Agreement and Release but in no event more than 60 days after the Date of Termination: (i) the Company shall pay the Executive an amount equal to nine months of the Executive’s Base Salary (the “Severance Amount”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Executive breaches any of the provisions contained in the Restrictive Covenants Agreement, all payments of the Severance Amount shall immediately cease; and (ii) if the Executive properly elects to receive benefits under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”), nine months of COBRA premiums for the Executive and the Executive’s eligible dependents at the Company’s normal rate of contribution for employees for the Executive’s coverage at the level in effect immediately prior to the Date of Termination; provided, however, if the Company determines that it cannot pay such amounts without potentially violating applicable law (including, without limitation, Section 2716 of the Public Health Service Act), provided that the Executive is enrolled in the Company’s health care programs immediately prior to the Date of Termination, the Company will in lieu thereof provide to the Executive a taxable monthly payment in an amount equal to the portion of the COBRA premiums for the Executive and the Executive’s eligible dependents to continue the Executive’s group health coverage in effect on the Date of Termination at the Company’s normal rate of contribution for employee coverage at the level in effect immediately prior to the Date of Termination for a period of nine months. For the avoidance of doubt, the taxable payments described above may be used for any purpose, including, but not limited to, continuation coverage under COBRA; and (iii) the amounts payable under Section 4(b)(i) and (ii), to the extent taxable, shall be paid out in substantially equal installments in accordance with the Company’s payroll practice over nine months commencing on the first payroll date following the effective date of the Separation Agreement and Release and, in any case, within 60 days after the Date of Termination; provided, however, that if the 60-day period begins in one calendar year and ends in a second calendar year, the Severance Amount to the extent it qualifies as “non-qualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, shall begin to be paid no earlier than the first Company payroll date in the second calendar year and, in any case, by the last day of such 60-day period; provided, further, that the initial payment shall include a catch-up payment to cover amounts retroactive to the day immediately following the Date of Termination. Each payment pursuant to this Agreement is intended to constitute a separate payment for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(2).

  • Termination by the Employer Without Cause Subject to the payment of Termination Benefits pursuant to Section 7(b), the Executive’s employment under this Agreement may be terminated by the Employer without Cause upon no less than sixty (60) days prior written notice to the Executive.

  • Termination by the Company for Cause or by the Executive without Good Reason The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment pursuant to the terms of this Agreement at any time for Cause (as defined below) by giving the Executive written notice of termination. Such termination shall become effective upon the giving of such notice. Upon any such termination for Cause, or in the event the Executive terminates his employment with the Company without Good Reason (as defined in Section 6(c)), then the Executive shall have no right to compensation, or reimbursement under Section 4, or to participate in any Executive benefit programs under Section 5, except as may otherwise be provided for by law, for any period subsequent to the effective date of termination. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean: (i) the Executive is convicted of, or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony related to the business of the Company; (ii) the Executive, in carrying out his duties hereunder, has acted with gross negligence or intentional misconduct resulting, in any case, in material harm to the Company; (iii) the Executive misappropriates Company funds or otherwise defrauds the Company including a material amount of money or property; (iv) the Executive breaches his fiduciary duty to the Company resulting in material profit to him, directly or indirectly; (v) the Executive materially breaches any agreement with the Company and fails to cure such breach within 10 days of receipt of notice, unless the act is incapable of being cured; (vi) the Executive breaches any provision of Section 8 or Section 9; (vii) the Executive becomes subject to a preliminary or permanent injunction issued by a United States District Court enjoining the Executive from violating any securities law administered or regulated by the SEC; (viii) the Executive becomes subject to a cease and desist order or other order issued by the SEC after an opportunity for a hearing; (ix) the Executive refuses to carry out a resolution adopted by the Company’s Board at a meeting in which the Executive was offered a reasonable opportunity to argue that the resolution should not be adopted; or (x) the Executive abuses alcohol or drugs in a manner that interferes with the successful performance of his duties.

  • Termination by the Company Without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason (a) Employee shall not receive any of the benefits pursuant to this Section 5.2 unless he executes a general release in favor of the Company, in a form acceptable to the Company and substantially similar to the form attached hereto as Schedule B (the “Release”) within the consideration period specified therein (the “Release Review Period”) and until the Release becomes effective and can no longer be revoked by Employee under its terms. Employee’s ability to receive benefits pursuant to this Section 5.2 is further conditioned upon his: returning all Company property; complying with his post termination obligations under this Agreement and the Proprietary Information, Inventions and Non-Competition Agreement; and complying with the Release including without limitation any non-disparagement and confidentiality provisions contained therein. (b) In the event that Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to Section 4.2 by the Company without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason, the Company shall pay to Executive as severance twelve months of his annual Base Salary then in effect, together with an additional amount calculated by dividing by 365 the number of days employed in the year of termination and multiplying that number by the amount of the Executive’s previous year’s bonus (if any), such amount to be paid in one lump sum on the date the Release becomes effective, subject to standard payroll deductions and withholdings, provided, however, that if the Release Review Period begins in one tax year and ends in a later tax year, the payments under this Section 5.2(b) will be made following the date that the Release is effective that occurs in the later tax year . Additionally, if Executive timely elects and remains eligible for continued coverage under COBRA, the Company, as part of this Agreement, will pay that portion of Executive’s COBRA premiums it was paying prior to the Separation Date for twelve (12) months. (c) In the event Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to Section 4.2, and not for Cause, death or Disability, all unvested equity awards shall become fully vested, all unvested stock options shall become fully vested and exercisable and any ISO’s issued to Executive will automatically convert to a non-qualified options on the 91st day following termination, provided it has not been exercised, subject to the terms of the applicable stock plan and option agreement.

  • Termination by the Executive Without Good Reason The Executive may terminate his employment on his own initiative for any reason upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the Company; provided, however, that during such notice period, the Executive shall reasonably cooperate with the Company (at no cost to the Executive) in minimizing the effects of such termination on the Company Group. Such termination shall have the same consequences as a termination for Cause under Section 6.2.

  • Termination by the Employee for Good Reason The Employee shall have the right to terminate for “Good Reason” upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean (i) the Company’s material breach of its obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, its obligation to pay salary to the Employee, (ii) a material and adverse diminution in the Employee’s job duties, responsibilities or authority, (iii) a change in the location where the Employee is required to perform his duties and responsibilities which exceeds fifty (50) miles from the location specified in Section 5 hereof, or (iv) a material reduction in the Employee’s base salary, it being intended that an individual or aggregate reduction of more than 10% from the Employee’s prior base salary level shall be considered material for purposes of this Agreement. Employee may not resign Employee’s employment for Good Reason unless (A) Employee gives the Company written notice of his objection to any event set forth above within 30 days following such event, (B) such event is not corrected, in all material respects, by the Company within 30 days following its receipt of such notice, and (C) Employee resigns his employment with the Company not more than 30 days following the expiration of the 30-day correction period described in the foregoing subclause (B). In the event of a termination pursuant to this Section, in addition to any other payments or benefits to which the Employee may be entitled under the Company’s benefit plans then in effect, the Company shall pay to the Employee, (i) his base salary through the date of termination, and (ii) provided that the Employee executes within 21 days after termination of employment and does not revoke a general release of claims against the Company and its affiliates, equityholders officers, directors, agents and employees as to employment, benefits and compensation related claims, in a form acceptable to the Company, an amount equal to one times (1.0x) the sum of Employee’s (a) base salary as of the date of termination and (b) Bonus Amount, payable in a single lump sum within 30 days after the date of termination. In the event a severance payment is made under this Section 7.E., the Company will pay to Employee a monthly payment on the first payroll date of each month equal to the COBRA cost of continued health and dental coverage under health and dental plans of the Company pursuant to Section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code, less the amount that Employee would be required to contribute for health and dental coverage if Employee were an active employee, for a period of twelve (12) months from the termination date; provided, however, that this obligation shall cease at the end of the Benefits Period. These payments will commence on the Company’s first payroll date after the termination date and will continue until the end of the Benefit Period. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of a termination under this Section 7.E., the Employee shall not be entitled to any other payments under this Agreement except for the Accrued Obligations or as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence.

  • Voluntary Termination by the Executive Without Good Reason If the Executive terminates employment without Good Reason, the Executive shall receive the Base Salary and expense reimbursement to which the Executive is entitled through the date on which termination becomes effective.

  • Voluntary Termination by the Executive The Executive may voluntarily terminate his employment with the Company at any time prior to the expiration of the term of this Agreement. Such termination shall constitute a voluntary termination and, in such event, the Executive shall be limited to the same rights and benefits as applicable to the termination for Cause, as described in Section 10(c) above.

  • Termination by the Executive for Good Reason The Executive shall have the right to terminate this Agreement for Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean the occurrence, without the Executive’s express written consent, of any one or more of the following events:

  • Voluntary Termination by the Employee The Employee may voluntarily terminate the Employee's status as employee for other than Good Reason.

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