Limitation on Rights; No Right to Future Grants; Extraordinary Item By entering into this Agreement and accepting the Option, Participant acknowledges that: (a) Participant’s participation in the Plan is voluntary; (b) the value of the Option is an extraordinary item which is outside the scope of any employment contract with Participant; (c) the Option is not part of normal or expected compensation for any purpose, including without limitation for calculating any benefits, severance, resignation, termination, redundancy, end of service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, pension or retirement benefits or similar payments, and Participant will not be entitled to compensation or damages as a consequence of Participant’s forfeiture as provided for in the Plan or this Agreement of any part of the Option as a result of Participant’s termination of employment with the Company or any Subsidiary for any reason; and (d) in the event that Participant is not a direct employee of Company, the grant of the Option will not be interpreted to form an employment relationship with the Company or any Subsidiary and will not be interpreted to form an employment contract with Participant’s employer, the Company or any Subsidiary. The Company shall be under no obligation to advise Participant of the existence, maturity or termination of any of Participant’s rights hereunder and Participant shall be responsible for familiarizing himself or herself with all matters contained herein and in the Plan which may affect any of Participant’s rights or privileges hereunder.
Limitation on Rights; No Right to Future Grants; Extraordinary Item of Compensation By accepting this Agreement and the grant of the Restricted Units contemplated hereunder, the Participant expressly acknowledges that (a) the Plan is discretionary in nature and may be suspended or terminated by the Corporation at any time; (b) the grant of Restricted Units is a one-time benefit that does not create any contractual or other right to receive future grants of restricted units, or benefits in lieu of restricted units; (c) all determinations with respect to future grants of restricted units, if any, including the grant date, the number of Shares granted and the restricted period, will be at the sole discretion of the Corporation; (d) the Participant’s participation in the Plan is voluntary; (e) the value of the Restricted Units is an extraordinary item of compensation that is outside the scope of the Participant’s employment contract, if any, and nothing can or must automatically be inferred from such employment contract or its consequences; (f) grants of restricted units are not part of normal or expected compensation for any purpose and are not to be used for calculating any severance, resignation, redundancy, end of service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, pension or retirement benefits or similar payments, and the Participant waives any claim on such basis; and (g) the future value of the underlying Shares is unknown and cannot be predicted with certainty. In addition, the Participant understands, acknowledges and agrees that the Participant will have no rights to compensation or damages related to restricted unit proceeds in consequence of the termination of the Participant’s employment for any reason whatsoever and whether or not in breach of contract.
Employee’s Right to Terminate for Convenience In addition to Employee’s right to terminate Employee’s employment for Good Reason, Employee shall have the right to terminate Employee’s employment with the Company for convenience at any time and for any other reason, or no reason at all, upon thirty (30) days’ advance written notice to the Company; provided, however, that if Employee has provided notice to the Company of Employee’s termination of employment, the Company may determine, in its sole discretion, that such termination shall be effective on any date prior to the effective date of termination provided in such notice (and, if such earlier date is so required, then it shall not change the basis for Employee’s termination of employment nor be construed or interpreted as a termination of employment pursuant to Section 7(b)).
Right to Change Plans By reason of Sections 5.4, 5.5, 5.6 and 5.7 herein, the Company shall not be obligated to institute, maintain, or refrain from changing, amending, or discontinuing any benefit plan, policy or program, so long as such changes are similarly applicable to the Executive’s peer executives.
Right to Cancel YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO RETURN THIS CONTRACT. You may cancel this Contract within [ 10 ] days after you receive it by returning it to our administrative office, or to the agent who sold it to you, with a written request for cancellation. If you return it by mail, effective date of the cancellation will be determined by the postmark date on the properly addressed and postage-paid return package. We will promptly return the Contract Value plus any amounts deducted from your Purchase Payments before they were applied to this Contract. The amount returned may be more or less than your Purchase Payments. THIS IS A LEGALLY BINDING CONTRACT - READ IT CAREFULLY Administrative Office: PROTECTIVE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY [ xxx.Xxxxxxxxxx.xxx ] [ 0000 Xxxxxxx 000 Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 P. O. Box 1928, Birmingham, Alabama 35282-8238 (000) 000-0000 ] ICC11-VDA-P-2006C-WW [ 12/11 ] TABLE OF CONTENTS SCHEDULE A DEFINITIONS 1 PARTIES TO THE CONTRACT 2 Company 2 Owner 2 Change of Owner 2 Beneficiary 2 Change of Beneficiary 2 Annuitant 2 Change of Annuitant 3 Payee 3 GENERAL PROVISIONS 3 Entire Contract 3 Modification of the Contract 3 Non-Participating 3 Incontestability 3 Application of Law 3 Form Approval 3 Assignment 3 Protection of Proceeds 4 Minimum Values 4 Reports 4 Error in Age or Gender 4 Settlement 4 Receipt of Payment 4 Premium Tax 4 Written Notice 4 PURCHASE PAYMENTS 5 Purchase Payments 5 Allocation of Purchase Payments 5 VARIABLE ACCOUNT 5 General Description 5 Sub-Accounts of the Variable Account 5 Variable Account Value 6 Accumulation Unit Values 6 Net Investment Factor 7 TRANSFERS 7 Transfers 7 Limitation on Frequent Transfers 7 Dollar Cost Averaging 7 SURRENDERS AND WITHDRAWALS 8 Surrenders 8 Withdrawals 8 Surrender Value 8 Suspension or Delay in Payment of Surrender or Withdrawal 8 DEATH BENEFIT 8 Death of an Owner 8 Death of the Annuitant 8 Death Benefit 8 Payment of the Death Benefit 9 Suspension or Delay in Payment of Death Benefit 9 ANNUITY INCOME PAYMENTS 9 Annuity Date 9 Annuity Income Payments 9 Fixed Income Payments 9 Variable Income Payments 10 Annuity Unit Values 10 Selection of Annuity Option 10 Annuity Options 11 Minimum Amounts 11 Guaranteed Purchase Rates 11 FIXED ANNUITY TABLES 12 VARIABLE ANNUITY TABLES 12
Reservation of Right to Revise Structure Buyer may at any time change the method of effecting the business combination contemplated by this Agreement if and to the extent that it deems such a change to be desirable; provided, however, that no such change shall (a) alter or change the amount of the consideration to be issued to holders of Company Common Stock as merger consideration as currently contemplated in this Agreement, (b) reasonably be expected to materially impede or delay consummation of the Merger, (c) adversely affect the federal income tax treatment of holders of Company Common Stock in connection with the Merger, or (d) require submission to or approval of the Company’s shareholders after the plan of merger set forth in this Agreement has been approved by the Company’s shareholders. In the event that Buyer elects to make such a change, the parties agree to execute appropriate documents to reflect the change.
Company Not to Diminish Benefits of Rights The Company covenants and agrees that after the earlier of the Shares Acquisition Date or Distribution Date it will not, except as permitted by Section 23, Section 26 or Section 27, take (or permit any Subsidiary to take) any action if at the time such action is taken it is reasonably foreseeable that such action will substantially diminish or otherwise eliminate the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights.
Reservation of Right to Revise Transaction Buyer may at any time change the method of effecting the acqui- sition of Seller or Seller's Subsidiaries by Buyer and Seller shall cooperate in such efforts (including without limitation (a) the provisions of this Article I and (b) causing the merger of Roosevelt Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Seller ("Seller Bank") and/or any of the Banks (as defined herein) with any depository institution which is a Subsidiary of Buyer (any such merger together with the Merger being referred to herein as the "Transactions")) if and to the extent it deems such change to be desirable, including without limitation to provide for a merger of Seller directly into Buyer, in which Buyer is the surviving corporation, provided, however, that no such change shall (A) alter or change the amount or kind of consideration to be issued to holders of Seller Common Stock as provided for in this Agreement (the "Merger Consideration"), (B) adversely affect the tax treatment to Seller's stockholders as a result of receiving the Merger Consideration or (C) materially delay receipt of any approval referred to in Section 6.01(b) or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agree- ment.
Employee’s Right to Terminate for Good Reason Employee shall have the right to terminate Employee’s employment with the Company at any time for “Good Reason.” For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean:
WAIVING EXECUTIVE’S RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL Finally, Executive agrees that Executive has been provided an opportunity to seek the advice of an attorney of Executive’s choice before signing this Agreement.
