Automatic Termination This Agreement shall automatically and immediately terminate in the event of its “assignment” (as defined in the 1940 Act).
Premature Termination (i) In the event of the termination of the employment of the Executive under this Agreement by the Employer because of failure to meet the minimum no-growth budget (attached hereto) or for any reason other than expiration of the term hereof or a "for-cause" termination in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (d) of this Section 3, then notwithstanding any actual or allegedly available alternative employment or other mitigation of damages by or available to the Executive, the Executive shall be entitled to a "Lump Sum Payment" equal to the sum of: (w) his monthly Base Salary then payable, multiplied by the remaining number of months or partial months until expiration of the Basic Term or renewal term, if any, and an annualized and proportional amount equal to the average of the two (2) most recent annual Performance Bonuses that the Executive received; For purposes of calculating the Lump Sum Payment amounts due, the Executive's employment with the Employer shall be agreed to have commenced on October , 1997. In the event of a termination governed by this subparagraph (b)(i) of Section 3, the Employer shall also: (y) notwithstanding the vesting schedule otherwise applicable, fully vest all of Executive's options outstanding under any option or stock incentive plan herein after established by Employer ("Option Plan") and allow a period of eighteen (18) months following the termination of employment for the Executive to exercise any such options; and (z) continue for the Executive (provided that such items are not available to him by virtue of other employment secured after termination) the perquisites. plans and benefits provided under the Employer's Perquisite Policy and Benefit Plans as of and after the date of termination, [all items in (z) being collectively referred to as "Post-Termination Perquisites and Benefits"], for the lesser of the number of full months the Executive has theretofore been employed by the Employer or twenty four (24) months following such termination. The payments and benefits provided under (w), (x), (y) and (z) above by the Employer shall not be offset against or diminish any other compensa- tion or benefits accrued as of the date of termination.