Termination Of Employment By Executive for Good Reason/Termination of Employment by Company Not For Cause. 1. Company may terminate the Term of Employment not for Cause (as defined above), and Executive may terminate the Term of Employment for “Good Reason” as defined herein. “Good Reason” for purposes of this Agreement shall only mean the occurrence of any of the following events without Executive’s consent: (a) a material reduction in Executive’s duties or responsibilities as identified in Section I(A), provided that such material reduction should not include removal of Legal and/or Consumer Products and Experience divisions from Executive’s duties or responsibilities; (b) Company’s material change in the location of Company office where Executive works (i.e., relocation to a location outside the New York, NY metropolitan area); or (c) a material breach of this Agreement by Company, including a change in the position to which Executive reports as set forth in Section I(B); provided however, that Executive must provide Company with written notice of the existence of the reduction, change or breach constituting Good Reason within sixty (60) days of any such event having occurred, and allow Company thirty (30) days to cure the same. If Company so cures the reduction, change or breach, Executive shall have no basis for terminating the Term of Employment for Good Reason with respect to such cured reduction, change or breach. Executive must terminate his employment in writing within five (5) days following the expiration of Company’s cure period for the termination to be on account of Good Reason or such right shall be deemed waived. (i) If Company terminates the Term of Employment not for Cause, (ii) if Company elects not to renew the Term of Employment in circumstances that trigger Executive’s entitlement to severance under Section II(B), or (iii) if Executive terminates the Term of Employment for Good Reason, then Company shall pay Executive the Accrued Benefits. In addition, Company shall make the following payments (collectively, the “Severance Payment”): (a) Commencing on the Release Deadline (as defined below), Company shall pay Executive his Base Salary for the period beginning on Executive’s termination date through the period which is the longest of (i) the balance of the Term of Employment up to a maximum of twenty-four (24) months, (ii) twelve (12) months, and (iii) the number of weeks of severance to which Executive would have been entitled had Company’s then-current redundancy severance plan applied to Executive’s termination, except that the first installment payment shall include any installments that would have been payable between the date of termination and the Release Deadline had the release requirement under Section (IV)(D)(3) hereof been satisfied on the date of termination (the “Base Salary Continuation”). For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Base Salary Continuation period be longer than twenty-four (24) months. In the event the Base Salary Continuation period is calculated under Section 2(a)(ii) or 2(a)(iii) of this paragraph and Company relieves Executive of all of Executive’s work responsibilities for some period of time prior to the effective date of Executive’s termination of employment, this period of “garden leave” shall be offset against the number of weeks of Base Salary Continuation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the period of garden leave may in no event exceed thirteen (13) weeks. Except as provided in this Section IV(D)(2) with respect to the first installment payment, the Base Salary Continuation shall be paid in substantially equal increments on regular Company paydays, less required deductions and withholdings, until the balance is paid in full. (b) Notwithstanding anything in Company’s then-effective annual incentive compensation plan to the contrary, Executive shall be paid a bonus at Target under Section III(B) for each full calendar year within the Base Salary Continuation period (which, for clarity, will include the year in which termination occurs). For any partial calendar year within which the Base Salary Continuation period ends, Executive shall only be entitled to a prorated Target bonus based on the elapsed time from January 1 of such partial year through the last day of the Base Salary Continuation period. The bonus/incentive payment portions of the Severance Payment shall be paid to Executive in a single lump sum on the date that Company pays bonuses/incentive payments to its other Senior Executive for the applicable then- effective annual incentive compensation plan year. (c) Company shall reimburse Executive for up to eighteen (18) months of post-termination continued health coverage (medical, dental, and vision) under the applicable Company medical plan pursuant to COBRA, should Executive be eligible for and elect COBRA. These reimbursements shall be subject to required withholdings. If Company determines the provision of continued medical coverage at Company’s sole or partial expense may result in Federal taxation of the benefit provided thereunder to Executive or his dependents because such benefits are provided by a self-insured basis by Company, then Executive shall be obligated to pay the full monthly or similar premium for such coverage under COBRA. In such event, Company shall pay Executive, in monthly installments over the eighteen (18) month COBRA period (or the remaining portion thereof) an amount equivalent to the monthly premium for COBRA coverage for the balance of the eighteen (18) month COBRA period (based on the COBRA rates then in effect). 3. No Severance Payment shall be made if Executive fails to sign a release substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. Such release must be executed and become effective within the sixty (60) calendar day period following the date of Executive’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A (the last day of such period being the “Release Deadline”). No Severance Payment shall be made if Executive materially violates Section VI hereof, in which case all Severance Payments shall cease, and Company may seek forfeiture of Severance Payments already made. 4. Company agrees that if, at the time the Term of Employment is terminated not for Cause, or Executive terminates the Term of Employment for Good Reason, and Company has a standard severance policy in effect that would be applicable in the absence of this Agreement (i.e., applicable to the circumstances surrounding the termination) and that would result in Executive receiving a sum greater than the Severance Payment, Executive shall receive whichever is the greater of the two payments; provided, that if (i) the standard severance policy would provide for a sum greater than the Severance Payment, and (ii) the payment schedule under the Severance Policy is different from the payment schedules for the Severance Payment and would result in an impermissible acceleration or delay in payment in violation of the time and manner of payment requirements of Code Section 409A, then the payment schedule provided in Company’s standard severance policy shall apply only to the portion of the amount payable under the standard severance policy that exceeds the Severance Payment. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Severance Payment exceed twenty-four (24)
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.)
Termination Of Employment By Executive for Good Reason/Termination of Employment by Company Not For Cause. 1. Company may terminate the Term of Employment not for Cause (as defined above), and Executive may terminate the Term of Employment for “Good Reason” as defined herein. “Good Reason” for purposes of this Agreement shall only mean the occurrence of any of the following events without Executive’s consent: (a) a material reduction in Executive’s duties or responsibilities as identified in Section I(A), provided that such material reduction should not include removal of Legal and/or Consumer Products and Experience divisions from Executive’s duties or responsibilities; (b) Company’s material change in the location of Company Company’s office where Executive works (i.e., relocation to a location outside the New YorkWashington, NY D.C. metropolitan area); or (c) a material breach of this Agreement by Company, including a change in the position to which Executive reports as set forth in Section I(B); provided however, that Executive must provide Company with written notice of the existence of the reduction, change or breach constituting Good Reason within sixty ninety (6090) days of any such event having occurredoccurred or Executive learning thereof, whichever is later, and allow Company thirty (30) days to cure the same. If Company so cures the reduction, change or breach, Executive shall have no basis for terminating the Term of Employment for Good Reason with respect to such cured reduction, change or breach. Executive must terminate his employment in writing within five twenty (520) business days following the expiration of Company’s cure period for the termination to be on account of Good Reason or such right shall be deemed waived. For clarity, Company is not obligated to actually utilize Executive’s services on a full-time regular basis for the entire Term of Employment, and payment of Executive’s Base Salary and all payments and provision of group benefit plans and programs, subject to any obligations of mitigation and rights of offset consistent with Sections IV(E) and (F) herein, will fully discharge its obligations under this Agreement. While employed in an inactive status, Executive’s obligation to provide exclusive and full-time services to Company pursuant to Sections 1(A) and (C) shall remain in full force and effect unless Executive is directed by Company in writing to mitigate. For purposes of Code Section 409A (as defined herein), Executive’s “Services Cessation Date” is the date Executive stops rendering active services, and “Service Cessation Date” means a “separation of service” under Code Section 409A. In no event shall Executive be employed in an inactive status for more than three (3) months under this provision.
(i) If Company terminates the Term of Employment not for Cause, (ii) if Company elects not to renew the Term of Employment in circumstances that trigger Executive’s entitlement to severance under Section II(B), or (iii) if Executive terminates the Term of Employment for Good Reason, then Company shall pay Executive the Accrued Benefits. In addition, Company shall make the following payments (collectively, the “Severance Payment”):
(a) Commencing on the Release Deadline (as defined below), Company shall pay Executive his Base Salary for the period beginning on Executive’s termination date through the period which is the longest of (i) the balance of the Term of Employment up to a EXECUTION COPY maximum of twenty-four (24) months, (ii) twelve (12) months, and (iii) the number of weeks of severance to which Executive would have been entitled had Company’s then-current redundancy severance plan applied to Executive’s termination, except that the first installment payment shall include any installments that would have been payable between the date of termination and the Release Deadline had the release requirement under Section (IV)(D)(3) hereof been satisfied on the date of termination (the “Base Salary Continuation”). For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Base Salary Continuation period be longer than twenty-four (24) months. In the event the Base Salary Continuation period is calculated under Section 2(a)(ii) or 2(a)(iii) of this paragraph and Company relieves Executive of all of Executive’s work responsibilities for some period of time prior to the effective date of Executive’s termination of employment, this period of “garden leave” shall be offset against the number of weeks of Base Salary Continuation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Base Salary Continuation period of garden leave may in no event exceed be less than thirteen (13) weeks. Except as provided in this Section IV(D)(2) with respect to the first installment payment, the Base Salary Continuation shall be paid in substantially equal increments on regular Company paydays, less required deductions and withholdings, until the balance is paid in full.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in Company’s then-effective annual incentive compensation plan to the contrary, Executive shall be paid a bonus at Target under Section III(B) for each full calendar year within the Base Salary Continuation period (which, for clarity, will include the year in which termination occurs)period. For any partial calendar year within which the Base Salary Continuation period ends, Executive shall only be entitled to a prorated Target bonus based on the elapsed time from January 1 of such partial year through the last day of the Base Salary Continuation period. The bonus/incentive payment portions of the Severance Payment shall be paid to Executive in a single lump sum on the date that Company pays bonuses/incentive payments to its other Senior Executive Executives for the applicable then- then-effective annual incentive compensation plan year.
(c) Company shall reimburse Executive for up to eighteen (18) months of post-termination continued health coverage (medical, dental, and vision) under the applicable Company medical plan pursuant to COBRA, should Executive be eligible for and elect COBRA. These reimbursements shall be subject to required withholdings. If Company determines the provision of continued medical coverage at Company’s sole or partial expense may result in Federal taxation of the benefit provided thereunder to Executive or his dependents because such benefits are provided by a self-insured basis by Company, then Executive shall be obligated to pay the full monthly or similar premium for such coverage under COBRA. In such event, Company shall pay Executive, in monthly installments over the eighteen (18) month COBRA period (or the remaining portion thereof) an amount equivalent to the monthly premium for COBRA coverage EXECUTION COPY for the balance of the eighteen (18) month COBRA period (based on the COBRA rates then in effect).
3. No Severance Payment shall be made if Executive fails to sign a release substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. Such release must be executed and become effective within the sixty (60) calendar day period following the date of Executive’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A (the last day of such period being the “Release Deadline”). No Severance Payment shall be made if Executive materially violates Section VI hereof, in which case all Severance Payments shall cease, and Company may seek forfeiture of Severance Payments already made.
4. Company agrees that if, at the time the Term of Employment is terminated not for Cause, or Executive terminates the Term of Employment for Good Reason, and Company has a standard severance policy (“Severance Policy”) in effect that would be applicable in the absence of this Agreement (i.e., applicable to the circumstances surrounding the termination) and that would result in Executive receiving a sum greater than the Severance Payment, Executive shall receive whichever is the greater of the two payments; provided, that if (i) the standard severance policy would provide for a sum greater than the Severance Payment, and (ii) the payment schedule under the Severance Policy is different from the payment schedules for the Severance Payment and would result in an impermissible acceleration or delay in payment in violation of the time and manner of payment requirements of Code Section 409A, then the payment schedule provided in Company’s standard severance policy Severance Policy shall apply only to the portion of the amount payable under the standard severance policy Severance Policy that exceeds the Severance Payment. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Severance Payment exceed twenty-four (24)) months of Base Salary Continuation and annual bonus.
5. If Executive terminates the Term of Employment before it has expired for a reason other than one or more of those stated in Section IV(D)(1) hereof, it shall be deemed a material breach of this Agreement. Executive agrees that, in that event, in addition to any other rights and remedies which Company may have as a result of such breach, he shall forfeit all rights to be compensated for any remaining portion of his Base Salary, Severance Payment and/or bonus/incentive payment that may otherwise be due and unpaid under this Agreement, pursuant to other Company plans or policies, or otherwise, except for Accrued Benefits or as may be required by law.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.)
Termination Of Employment By Executive for Good Reason/Termination of Employment by Company Not For Cause. 1. Company may terminate the Term of Employment not for Cause (as defined above), and Executive may terminate the Term of Employment for “Good Reason” as defined herein. “Good Reason” for purposes of this Agreement shall only mean the occurrence of any of the following events without Executive’s consent: (a) a material reduction in Executive’s duties or responsibilities as identified in Section I(A), provided that such material reduction should not include removal of Legal and/or Consumer Products and Experience divisions from Executive’s duties or responsibilities; (b) Company’s material change in the location of Company Company’s office where Executive works (i.e., relocation to a location outside the New YorkLos Angeles, NY CA metropolitan area); or (c) a material breach of this Agreement by Company, including a diminution of Executive’s title as set forth in Section I(A) or a change in the position to which Executive reports as set forth in Section I(B); provided however, that Executive must provide Company with written notice of the existence of the reduction, change or breach constituting Good Reason within sixty ninety (6090) days of any such event having occurredoccurred or Executive learning thereof, whichever is later, and allow Company thirty (30) days to cure the same. If Company so cures the reduction, change or breach, Executive shall have no basis for terminating the Term of Employment for Good Reason with respect to such cured reduction, change or breach. Executive must terminate his employment in writing within five twenty (520) business days following the expiration of Company’s cure period for the termination to be on account of Good Reason or such right shall be deemed waived. For clarity, Company is not obligated to actually utilize Executive’s services on a full-time regular basis for the entire Term of Employment, and payment of Executive’s Base Salary and all payments and provision of group benefit plans and programs, subject to any obligations of mitigation and rights of offset consistent with Sections IV(E) and (F) herein, will fully discharge its obligations under this Agreement. While employed in an inactive status, Executive’s obligation to provide exclusive and full-time services to Company pursuant to Sections 1(A) and (C) shall remain in full force and effect unless Executive is directed by Company in writing to mitigate. For purposes of Code Section 409A (as defined herein), Executive’s “Services Cessation Date” is the date Executive stops rendering active services, and “Service Cessation Date” means a “separation of service” under Code Section 409A. In no event shall Executive be employed in an inactive status for more than three (3) months under this provision.
(i) If Company terminates the Term of Employment not for Cause, (ii) if Company elects not to renew the Term of Employment in circumstances that trigger Executive’s entitlement to severance under Section II(B), or (iii) if Executive terminates the Term of Employment for Good Reason, then Company shall pay Executive the Accrued Benefits. In addition, Company shall make the following payments (collectively, the “Severance Payment”):
(a) Commencing on the Release Deadline (as defined below), Company shall pay Executive his Base Salary for the period beginning on Executive’s termination date through the period which is the longest of (i) the balance of the Term of Employment up to a maximum of twenty-four (24) months, (ii) twelve (12) months, and (iii) the number of weeks of severance to which Executive would have been entitled had Company’s then-current redundancy severance plan applied to Executive’s termination, except that the first installment payment shall include any installments that would have been payable between the date of termination and the Release Deadline had the release requirement under Section (IV)(D)(3) hereof been satisfied on the date of termination (the “Base Salary Continuation”). For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Base Salary Continuation period be longer than twenty-four (24) months. In the event the Base Salary Continuation period is calculated under Section 2(a)(ii) or 2(a)(iii) of this paragraph and Company relieves Executive of all of Executive’s work responsibilities for some period of time prior to the effective date of Executive’s termination of employment, this period of “garden leave” shall be offset against the number of weeks of Base Salary Continuation. During this period of garden leave Executive’s obligations as a Company employee, including pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, shall remain in effect except that Executive shall be permitted to seek and accept other employment (subject to the restrictions set forth in Section VI below), but may not commence performance for any other employer prior to the effective date of Executive’s official termination of employment with Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Base Salary Continuation period of garden leave may in no event exceed be less than thirteen (13) weeks. Except as provided in this Section IV(D)(2) with respect to the first installment payment, the Base Salary Continuation shall be paid in substantially equal increments on regular Company paydays, less required deductions and withholdings, until the balance is paid in full.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in Company’s then-effective annual incentive compensation plan to the contrary, Executive shall be paid a bonus at Target under Section III(B) for each full calendar year within the Base Salary Continuation period (which, for clarity, will include the year in which termination occurs)period. For any partial calendar year within which the Base Salary Continuation period ends, Executive shall only be entitled to a prorated Target bonus based on the elapsed time from January 1 of such partial year through the last day of the Base Salary Continuation period. The bonus/incentive payment portions of the Severance Payment shall be paid to Executive in a single lump sum on the date that Company pays bonuses/incentive payments to its other Senior Executive Executives for the applicable then- then-effective annual incentive compensation plan year.
(c) Company shall reimburse Executive for up to eighteen (18) months of post-termination continued health coverage (medical, dental, and vision) under the applicable Company medical plan pursuant to COBRA, should Executive be eligible for and elect COBRA. These reimbursements shall be subject to required withholdings. If Company determines the provision of continued medical coverage at Company’s sole or partial expense may result in Federal taxation of the benefit provided thereunder to Executive or his dependents because such benefits are provided by a self-insured basis by Company, then Executive shall be obligated to pay the full monthly or similar premium for such coverage under COBRA. In such event, Company shall pay Executive, in monthly installments over the eighteen (18) month COBRA period (or the remaining portion thereof) an amount equivalent to the monthly premium for COBRA coverage for the balance of the eighteen (18) month COBRA period (based on the COBRA rates then in effect).
3. No Severance Payment shall be made if Executive fails to sign a release substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. Such release must be executed and become effective within the sixty (60) calendar day period following the date of Executive’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A (the last day of such period being the “Release Deadline”). No Severance Payment shall be made if Executive materially violates Section VI hereof, in which case all Severance Payments Payment shall cease, and Company may seek forfeiture of Severance Payments already made.
4. Company agrees that if, at the time the Term of Employment is terminated not for Cause, or Executive terminates the Term of Employment for Good Reason, and Company has a standard severance policy (“Severance Policy”) in effect that would be applicable in the absence of this Agreement (i.e., applicable to the circumstances surrounding the termination) and that would result in Executive receiving a sum greater than the Severance Payment, Executive shall receive whichever is the greater of the two payments; provided, that if (i) the standard severance policy would provide for a sum greater than the Severance Payment, and (ii) the payment schedule under the Severance Policy is different from the payment schedules for the Severance Payment and would result in an impermissible acceleration or delay in payment in violation of the time and manner of payment requirements of Code Section 409A, then the payment schedule provided in Company’s standard severance policy Severance Policy shall apply only to the portion of the amount payable under the standard severance policy Severance Policy that exceeds the Severance Payment. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Severance Payment exceed twenty-four (24)) months of Base Salary Continuation and annual bonus.
5. If Executive terminates the Term of Employment before it has expired for a reason other than one or more of those stated in Section IV(D)(1) hereof, it shall be deemed a material breach of this Agreement. Executive agrees that, in that event, in addition to any other rights and remedies which Company may have as a result of such breach, he shall forfeit all rights to be compensated for any remaining portion of his Base Salary, Severance Payment and/or bonus/incentive payment that may otherwise be due and unpaid under this Agreement, pursuant to other Company plans or policies, or otherwise, except for Accrued Benefits or as may be required by law.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.)
Termination Of Employment By Executive for Good Reason/Termination of Employment by Company Not For Cause. 1. Company may terminate the Term of Employment not for Cause (as defined above), and Executive may terminate the Term of Employment for “Good Reason” as defined herein. “Good Reason” for purposes of this Agreement shall only mean the occurrence of any of the following events without Executive’s consent: (a) a material reduction in Executive’s duties or responsibilities as identified in Section I(A), provided that such material reduction should not include removal of Legal and/or Consumer Products and Experience divisions from Executive’s duties or responsibilities; (b) Company’s material change in the location of Company office where Executive works (i.e., relocation to a location outside the New York, NY metropolitan area); or (c) a material breach of this Agreement by Company, including a change in the position to which Executive reports as set forth in Section I(B); provided however, that Executive must provide Company with written notice of the existence of the reduction, change or breach constituting Good Reason within sixty (60) days of any such event having occurred, and allow Company thirty (30) days to cure the same. If Company so cures the reduction, change or breach, Executive shall have no basis for terminating the Term of Employment for Good Reason with respect to such cured reduction, change or breach. Executive must terminate his employment in writing within five (5) days following the expiration of Company’s cure period for the termination to be on account of Good Reason or such right shall be deemed waived.
(i) If Company terminates the Term of Employment not for Cause, (ii) if Company elects not to renew the Term of Employment in circumstances that trigger Executive’s entitlement to severance under Section II(B), or (iii) if Executive terminates the Term of Employment for Good Reason, then Company shall pay Executive the Accrued Benefits. In addition, Company shall make the following payments (collectively, the “Severance Payment”):
(a) Commencing on the Release Deadline (as defined below), Company shall pay Executive his Base Salary for the period beginning on Executive’s termination date through the period which is the longest of (i) the balance of the Term of Employment up to a maximum of twenty-four (24) months, (ii) twelve (12) months, and (iii) the number of weeks of severance to which Executive would have been entitled had Company’s then-current redundancy severance plan applied to Executive’s termination, except that the first installment payment shall include any installments that would have been payable between the date of termination and the Release Deadline had the release requirement under Section (IV)(D)(3) hereof been satisfied on the date of termination (the “Base Salary Continuation”). For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Base Salary Continuation period be longer than twenty-four (24) months. In the event the Base Salary Continuation period is calculated under Section 2(a)(ii) or 2(a)(iii) of this paragraph and Company relieves Executive of all of Executive’s work responsibilities for some period of time prior to the effective date of Executive’s termination of employment, this period of “garden leave” shall be offset against the number of weeks of Base Salary Continuation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Base Salary Continuation period of garden leave may in no event exceed be less than thirteen (13) weeks. Except as provided in this Section IV(D)(2) with respect to the first installment payment, the Base Salary Continuation shall be paid in substantially equal increments on regular Company paydays, less required deductions and withholdings, until the balance is paid in full.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in Company’s then-effective annual incentive compensation plan to the contrary, Executive shall be paid a bonus at Target under Section III(B) for each full calendar year within the Base Salary Continuation period (which, for clarity, will include the year in which termination occurs)period. For any partial calendar year within which the Base Salary Continuation period ends, Executive shall only be entitled to a prorated Target bonus based on the elapsed time from January 1 of such partial year through the last day of the Base Salary Continuation period. The bonus/incentive payment portions of the Severance Payment shall be paid to Executive in a single lump sum on the date that Company pays bonuses/incentive payments to its other Senior Executive for the applicable then- then-effective annual incentive compensation plan year.
(c) Company shall reimburse Executive for up to eighteen (18) months of post-termination continued health coverage (medical, dental, and vision) under the applicable Company medical plan pursuant to COBRA, should Executive be eligible for and elect COBRA. These reimbursements shall be subject to required withholdings. If Company determines the provision of continued medical coverage at Company’s sole or partial expense may result in Federal taxation of the benefit provided thereunder to Executive or his dependents because such benefits are provided by a self-insured basis by Company, then Executive shall be obligated to pay the full monthly or similar premium for such coverage under COBRA. In such event, Company shall pay Executive, in monthly installments over the eighteen (18) month COBRA period (or the remaining portion thereof) an amount equivalent to the monthly premium for COBRA coverage for the balance of the eighteen (18) month COBRA period (based on the COBRA rates then in effect).
(d) Company shall provide Executive with repatriation benefits to return Executive and his family to Germany, as those benefits would apply if Executive were separating during an expatriate assignment from Germany to the United States.
3. No Severance Payment shall be made if Executive fails to sign a release substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. Such release must be executed and become effective within the sixty (60) calendar day period following the date of Executive’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Code Section 409A (the last day of such period being the “Release Deadline”). No Severance Payment shall be made if Executive materially violates Section VI hereof, in which case all Severance Payments Payment shall cease, and Company may seek forfeiture of Severance Payments those already mademade shall be forfeited.
4. Company agrees that if, at the time the Term of Employment is terminated not for Cause, or Executive terminates the Term of Employment for Good Reason, and Company has a standard severance policy in effect that would be applicable in the absence of this Agreement (i.e., applicable to the circumstances surrounding the termination) and that would result in Executive receiving a sum greater than the Severance Payment, Executive shall receive whichever is the greater of the two payments; provided, that if (i) the standard severance policy would provide for a sum greater than the Severance Payment, and (ii) the payment schedule under the Severance Policy is different from the payment schedules for the Severance Payment and would result in an impermissible acceleration or delay in payment in violation of the time and manner of payment requirements of Code Section 409A, then the payment schedule provided in Company’s standard severance policy shall apply only to the portion of the amount payable under the standard severance policy that exceeds the Severance Payment. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Severance Payment exceed twenty-four (24)
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.)