Upon Disability. (i) If during the Term, the Executive shall become physically or mentally disabled, whether totally or partially, either permanently or so that the Executive, in the good faith judgment of the Board based on the opinion of a physician selected by the Board who may but need not be the Executive’s normal treating physician, is unable as a result of such disability, with or without a reasonable accommodation, to substantially and competently perform his duties hereunder for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days or for one hundred twenty (120) days during any six month period (a “Disability”), the Company may terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder. In order to assist the Board in making that determination, the Executive shall, as reasonably requested by the Board, (a) make himself available for medical examinations by one or more physicians chosen by the Board and (b) use his best efforts to cause his own physician(s) to be available to discuss with the Board such Disability. (ii) Upon termination of the Executive’s employment for Disability, the Company shall not be obligated to make any salary, bonus or other payments or to provide any benefits under this Agreement (other than payments in respect of the Base Salary then in effect for services rendered or expenses incurred through the date of such termination or accrued and unpaid benefits pursuant to any medical, dental, disability insurance, life insurance, retirement, savings, vacation or any other employee benefit plans or programs in which the Executive participates on the Executive’s last day of employment hereunder which shall be paid in accordance with the Company’s plans and applicable law (collectively, “Accrued Termination Obligations”)); provided, however, in addition to the Accrued Termination Obligations, the Company shall (A) pay to the Executive, or the legal representative of the Executive or his estate, the Base Salary at the rate in effect on the date of termination (less any amounts that the Executive receives pursuant to any Company-sponsored long-term disability insurance policy for the Executive as and if in effect at the date of termination) in equal installments in accordance with the Payroll Policies for a period of eighteen (18) months following such termination, and (B) reimburse the Executive for the premiums the Executive pays for any continued medical and dental coverage under the Company’s group health plans for eighteen (18) months following the date of such termination as provided in Section 7(k) and (C) if applicable, continue to provide disability insurance coverage for the Executive to the extent necessary to continue benefits which the Executive became entitled to receive prior to the termination of his employment with the Company; provided further, however, that the Company shall be entitled to amend or terminate any plans which are applicable generally to the Company’s senior executives, officers or other employees. If the Executive is not a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and Final Department of Treasury Regulations issued thereunder (collectively, “Section 409A”) at the time of termination (“Specified Employee”), and the Executive has timely signed and delivered to the Company, by the deadline established by the Company, a mutual release of claims in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Executive and the Company (a “Release Agreement”), which has become irrevocable by the time set forth below, the Company shall pay the Executive the cash severance benefits described in clause (A) in accordance with the Payroll Policies commencing on the first payroll date under the Payroll Policies that coincides with or immediately follows the date that is sixty (60) days following the date of the Executive’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A (“Separation From Service”). The Executive will not be permitted to specify the year in which his payment will be made. If the 60-day period spans two taxable years of the Executive, the cash severance benefits will begin to be paid in the later of such taxable years. In the event that the Company is described in Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code and the Executive is a Specified Employee and the Executive has timely signed and delivered to the Company, by the deadline established by the Company, a Release Agreement, which has become irrevocable by the time set forth below, the Company shall pay the Executive the cash severance benefits described in clause (A) in accordance with the Payroll Policies; provided, however, that the payments for the first six (6) months, to the extent (if any) such payments are subject to Section 409A of the Code, shall be accumulated and paid to the Executive on the date that is six (6) months and one day following the date of the Executive’s Separation From Service to the extent that earlier payment would result in adverse tax consequences under Section 409A. Whether the Executive is or is not a Specified Employee, the Executive will not be paid the cash severance benefits described in clause (A) or entitled to the benefits described in clause (B) (except for the Executive’s rights under section 4980B of the Code and the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”)) and the Executive shall forfeit any right to such payments and benefits, unless (i) the Executive has signed and delivered to the Company the Release Agreement and (ii) the period for revoking the Release Agreement shall have expired (in the case of both clauses (i) and (ii)) prior to the date that is 60 days following the date of the Executive’s Separation From Service.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Mattress Firm Holding Corp.), Employment Agreement (Mattress Firm Holding Corp.)
Upon Disability. (i) If during the Term, the Executive shall become physically or mentally disabled, whether totally or partially, either permanently or so that the Executive, in the good faith judgment of the Board based on the opinion of a physician selected by the Board who may but need not be the Executive’s normal treating physician, is unable as a result of such disability, with or without a reasonable accommodation, to substantially and competently perform the essential functions of his duties hereunder for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days or for one hundred twenty (120) days during any six six-month period (a “Disability”), the Company may terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder. In order to assist the Board in making that determination, the Executive shall, as reasonably requested by the Board, (aA) make himself available for medical examinations by one or more physicians chosen by the Board and (bB) use his best efforts to cause his own physician(s) to be available to discuss with the Board such Disability.
(ii) Upon termination of the Executive’s employment for Disability, the Company shall not be obligated to make any salary, bonus or other payments or to provide any benefits under this Agreement (other than payments in respect of the Base Salary then in effect for services rendered or expenses incurred through the date of such termination or accrued and unpaid benefits pursuant to any medical, dental, disability insurance, life insurance, vacation, retirement, savings, vacation savings or any other employee benefit plans or programs in which the Executive participates on the Executive’s last day of employment hereunder hereunder, which shall be paid in accordance with the Company’s plans and applicable law (collectively, “Accrued Termination Obligations”)); provided, however, that, in addition to the Accrued Termination Obligations, the Company shall (A) pay to the Executive, or the legal representative of the Executive or his estateExecutive, the Base Salary at the rate in effect on the date of termination (less any amounts that the Executive receives pursuant to any Company-sponsored long-term disability insurance policy for the Executive as and if in effect at the date of termination) in equal installments in accordance with the Payroll Policies for a period of eighteen (18) months following such termination, and (B) reimburse the Executive for the premiums the Executive pays for any continued medical and dental coverage for the Executive and the Executive’s eligible dependents under the Company’s group health plans for eighteen (18) months following the date of such termination as provided in Section 7(k7(j) and (C) if applicable, continue to provide disability insurance coverage for the Executive to the extent necessary to continue benefits which the Executive became entitled to receive prior to the termination of his employment with the Company; provided and provided, further, however, that the Company shall be entitled to amend or terminate any plans which are applicable generally to the Company’s senior executives, officers or other employees. If at the time of termination of employment accrued vacation is paid out under the Company’s policies as then generally applicable to senior executives, then such accrued vacation shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as an Accrued Termination Obligation hereunder to the extent such accrued vacation is otherwise payable under such policies. If the Executive is not a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and Final Department of Treasury Regulations issued thereunder (collectively, “Section 409A”) at the time of termination (“Specified Employee”), and the Executive has timely signed and delivered to the Company, by the deadline established by the Company, a mutual general release of claims in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Executive and the Company (a “Release AgreementRelease”), which has become irrevocable by the time set forth below, the Company shall pay the Executive the cash severance benefits described in clause (A) in accordance with the Payroll Policies commencing on the first payroll date under the Payroll Policies that coincides with or immediately follows the date that is sixty (60) days following the date of the Executive’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A (“Separation From Service”). The Executive will not be permitted to specify the year in which his payment will be made. If the 60-day period spans two taxable years of the Executive, the cash severance benefits will begin to be paid in the later of such taxable years. In the event that the Company is described in Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code and the Executive is a Specified Employee and the Executive has timely signed and delivered to the Company, by the deadline established by the Company, a Release AgreementRelease, which has become irrevocable by the time set forth below, the Company shall pay the Executive the cash severance benefits described in clause (A) in accordance with the Payroll Policies; provided, however, that the payments for the first six (6) months, to the extent (if any) such payments are subject to Section 409A of the Code, shall be accumulated and paid to the Executive on the date that is six (6) months and one day following the date of the Executive’s Separation From Service to the extent that earlier payment would result in adverse tax consequences under Section 409A. Whether the Executive is or is not a Specified Employee, the Executive will not be paid the cash severance benefits described in clause (A) or entitled to the benefits described in clause (B) (except for the Executive’s rights under section 4980B of the Code and the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”)) and the Executive shall forfeit any right to such payments and benefits, unless (i) the Executive has signed and delivered to the Company the Release Agreement and (ii) the period for revoking the Release Agreement shall have expired (in the case of both clauses (i) and (ii)) prior to the date that is 60 sixty (60) days following the date of the Executive’s Separation From Service.
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Upon Disability. If the Executive becomes disabled during his employment hereunder so that he is unable substantially to perform his services hereunder for 180 consecutive days, then the term of this Agreement may be terminated by resolution of the Board 60 days after the expiration of such 180 days, such termination to be effective upon delivery of written notice to the Executive of the adoption of such resolution (i) If during the Term“Disability Termination Date”); provided, that the Executive shall become physically or mentally disabled, whether totally or partially, either permanently or so that the Executive, in the good faith judgment of the Board based on the opinion of a physician selected by the Board who may but need not be the Executive’s normal treating physician, is unable as a result of such disability, with or without a reasonable accommodation, entitled to substantially and competently perform his duties hereunder for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days or for one hundred twenty (120) days during receive any six month period (a “Disability”), the Company may terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder. In order to assist the Board in making that determination, the Executive shall, as reasonably requested by the Board, (a) make himself available for medical examinations by one or more physicians chosen by the Board and (b) use his best efforts to cause his own physician(s) to be available to discuss with the Board such Disability.
(ii) Upon termination of the Executive’s employment for Disability, the Company shall not be obligated to make any salary, bonus or other payments or to provide any benefits under this Agreement (other than payments in respect of the Base Salary then in effect for services rendered or expenses incurred through the date of such termination or accrued and unpaid benefits pursuant Annual Salary through such effective date of separation from service (to any medical, dental, disability insurance, life insurance, retirement, savings, vacation or any other employee benefit plans or programs in which the Executive participates on the Executive’s last day of employment hereunder which shall be paid in accordance with the Company’s plans and applicable law (collectivelyusual payroll practices), “Accrued Termination Obligations”)); provided, however, in addition to the Accrued Termination Obligations, the Company shall (A) pay to plus a portion of the Executive, or ’s Annual Bonus during the legal representative year of the Executive or his estateDisability Termination Date (with the “target” Annual Bonus being deemed to have been achieved), as set forth in Section 3.2 computed on a pro rata basis (to be paid as promptly as practicable but no later than 10 days after the Base Salary at the rate in effect on the date of termination (less Executive’s separation from service), and any amounts that benefit to which the Executive receives pursuant to any Company-sponsored long-term disability insurance policy for the Executive as may be entitled under and if in effect at the date of termination) in equal installments in accordance with the Payroll Policies for a period terms of eighteen (18) months following such termination, and (B) reimburse the Executive for the premiums the Executive pays for any continued medical and dental coverage under the Company’s group health plans for eighteen (18) months following the date of such termination as provided in Section 7(k) and (C) if applicable, continue to provide disability insurance coverage for the Executive to the extent necessary to continue benefits which the Executive became entitled to receive prior to the termination of his employment with the Company; provided further, however, that the Company shall be entitled to amend employee benefit plan or terminate any plans which are applicable generally to the Company’s senior executives, officers or other employees. If the Executive is not a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and Final Department of Treasury Regulations issued thereunder (collectively, “Section 409A”) at the time of termination (“Specified Employee”), and the Executive has timely signed and delivered to the Company, by the deadline established program maintained by the Company. Upon the executive’s disability during his continuous employment, a mutual release of claims in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Executive and the Company (a “Release Agreement”), which has become irrevocable by the time set forth below, the Company shall pay the Executive the cash severance benefits described in clause (A) in accordance with the Payroll Policies commencing on the first payroll date under the Payroll Policies that coincides with or immediately follows the date that is sixty (60) days following the date of the Executive’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A (“Separation From Service”). The Executive will not be permitted to specify the year in which his payment will be made. If the 60-day period spans two taxable years of the Executive, the cash severance benefits will begin to be paid in the later of such taxable years. In the event that the Company is described in Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code and the Executive is a Specified Employee and the Executive has timely signed and delivered to the Company, by the deadline established by the Company, a Release Agreement, which has become irrevocable by the time set forth below, the Company shall pay the Executive the cash severance benefits described in clause (A) in accordance with the Payroll Policies; provided, however, that the payments for the first six (6) months, to the extent (if any) such payments are subject to Section 409A of the Code, shall be accumulated and paid to the Executive on the date that is six (6) months and one day following the date of the Executive’s Separation From Service to the extent that earlier payment would result in adverse tax consequences under Section 409A. Whether the Executive is or is not a Specified Employee, the Executive will not be paid the cash severance benefits described in clause (A) or entitled to the benefits described in clause (B) (except for the Executive’s rights under section 4980B of the Code and the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”)) and the Executive shall forfeit any right to such payments and benefits, unless (i) all of his outstanding General Stock Awards shall vest (other than the Executive has signed and delivered to 102,000 Options which shall be immediately cancelled) and, in the Company case of stock options other than the Release Agreement 102,000 Options, be fully exercisable for the duration of Exercise Period and (ii) the period for revoking greater of (a) 15,000 restricted stock units under the Release Agreement shall Special RSU Awards multiplied by the number of full 12 month periods of Executive’s continuous employment with the Company following the Effective Date until the Disability Termination Date (less the number of such restricted stock units that may have expired (in the case of both clauses (i) and (ii)) vested prior to the date that is 60 days following Disability Termination Date) or (b) 45,000 such restricted stock units under his Special RSU Awards shall vest and convert to shares as follows: 60% of such amount shall vest and convert to shares on the date Disability Termination Date, 20% of such amount shall vest and convert to shares on the first anniversary of the Executive’s Separation From ServiceDisability Termination Date and the final 20% shall vest and convert to shares on the second anniversary of the Disability Termination Date (but in any event on the tenth anniversary of the applicable grant date, if earlier). Such restricted stock units shall vest first from the 2009 Special RSU Award until all such restricted stock units are vested and then, if necessary, from the 2010 Special RSU Award. On the Disability Termination Date, those outstanding restricted stock units from the Special RSU Awards not eligible for such vesting shall be immediately cancelled.
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Upon Disability. (i) If during the Term, the Executive shall become physically or mentally disabled, whether totally or partially, either permanently permanently, or so that the Executive, in the good faith judgment determination of the Board Board, based on the opinion of a physician selected by the Board Board, who may but need not be the Executive’s normal treating physician, the Executive is unable as a result of such disability, with or without a reasonable accommodation, to substantially and competently perform the essential functions of his duties hereunder for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days or for one hundred twenty (120) days during any six six-month period as a result of such disability, with or without a reasonable accommodation (a “Disability”), the Company may terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder. In order to To assist the Board in making that determination, the Executive shall, as reasonably requested by the Board, (aA) make himself available for medical examinations by one or more physicians chosen by the Board and (bB) use his best efforts to cause his own physician(s) to be available to discuss with the Board such Disability.
(ii) Upon termination of the Executive’s employment for Disability, the Company shall not be obligated to make any salary, bonus or other payments or to provide any benefits under this Agreement (other than payments in respect of the Base Salary then in effect for services rendered or expenses incurred through the date of such termination or accrued and unpaid benefits pursuant to any medical, dental, disability insurance, life insurance, retirement, savingsvacation, vacation savings or any other employee benefit plans or programs in which the Executive participates on the Executive’s last day of employment hereunder hereunder, which shall be paid in accordance with the Company’s plans and applicable law (collectively, “Accrued Termination Obligations”)); provided, however, that, in addition to the Accrued Termination Obligations, the Company shall (A) pay to the Executive, or the legal representative of the Executive or his estateExecutive, the Base Salary at the rate in effect on the date of termination (less any amounts that the Executive receives pursuant to any Company-sponsored long-term disability insurance policy for the Executive as and if in effect at the date of termination) in equal installments in accordance with the Payroll Policies for a period of eighteen twelve (1812) months following such termination, and (B) reimburse the Executive for the premiums the Executive pays for any continued medical and dental coverage for the Executive and the Executive’s eligible dependents under the Company’s group health plans for eighteen twelve (1812) months following the date of such termination as provided in Section 7(k7(j) and (C) if applicable, continue to provide disability insurance coverage for the Executive to the extent necessary to continue benefits which the Executive became entitled to receive prior to the termination of his employment with the Company; provided and provided, further, however, that the Company shall be entitled to amend or terminate any plans which are applicable generally to the Company’s senior executives, officers or other employees. If at the time of termination of employment accrued vacation is paid out under the Company’s policies as then generally applicable to senior executives, then such accrued vacation shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as an Accrued Termination Obligation hereunder to the extent such accrued vacation is otherwise payable under such policies. If the Executive is not a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and Final Department of Treasury Regulations issued thereunder (collectively, “Section 409A”) at the time of termination (“Specified Employee”), and the Executive has timely signed and delivered to the Company, by the deadline established by the Company, a mutual general release of claims in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Executive and the Company (a “Release AgreementRelease”), which has become irrevocable by the time set forth below, the Company shall pay the Executive the cash severance benefits described in clause (A) in accordance with the Payroll Policies commencing on the first payroll date under the Payroll Policies that coincides with or immediately follows the date that is sixty (60) days following the date of the Executive’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A (“Separation From Service”). The Executive will not be permitted to specify the year in which his payment will be made. If the 60-day period spans two taxable years of the Executive, the cash severance benefits will begin to be paid in the later of such taxable years. In the event that the Company is described in Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code and the Executive is a Specified Employee and the Executive has timely signed and delivered to the Company, by the deadline established by the Company, a Release AgreementRelease, which has become irrevocable by the time set forth below, the Company shall pay the Executive the cash severance benefits described in clause (A) in accordance with the Payroll Policies; provided, however, that the payments for the first six (6) months, to the extent (if any) such payments are subject to Section 409A of the Code, shall be accumulated and paid to the Executive on the date that is six (6) months and one day following the date of the Executive’s Separation From Service to the extent that earlier payment would result in adverse tax consequences under Section 409A. Whether the Executive is or is not a Specified Employee, the Executive will not be paid the cash severance benefits described in clause (A) or entitled to the benefits described in clause (B) (except for the Executive’s rights under section 4980B of the Code and the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”)) and the Executive shall forfeit any right to such payments and benefits, unless (i) the Executive has signed and delivered to the Company the Release Agreement and (ii) the period for revoking the Release Agreement shall have expired (in the case of both clauses (i) and (ii)) prior to the date that is 60 sixty (60) days following the date of the Executive’s Separation From Service.
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Upon Disability. (i) If during the Term, the Executive shall become physically or mentally disabled, whether totally or partially, either permanently or so that the Executive, in the good faith judgment of the Board based on the opinion of a physician selected by the Board who may but need not be the Executive’s normal treating physician, is unable as a result of such disability, with or without a reasonable accommodation, to substantially and competently perform his duties hereunder for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days or for one hundred twenty (120) days during any six six-month period (a “Disability”), the Company may terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder. In order to assist the Board in making that determination, the Executive shall, as reasonably requested by the Board, (aA) make himself available for medical examinations by one or more physicians chosen by the Board and (bB) use his best efforts to cause his own physician(s) to be available to discuss with the Board such Disability.
(ii) Upon termination of the Executive’s employment for Disability, the Company shall not be obligated to make any salary, bonus or other payments or to provide any benefits under this Agreement (other than payments in respect of the Base Salary then in effect for services rendered or expenses incurred through the date of such termination or accrued and unpaid benefits pursuant to any medical, dental, disability insurance, life insurance, retirement, savings, vacation savings or any other employee benefit plans or programs in which the Executive participates on the Executive’s last day of employment hereunder hereunder, which shall be paid in accordance with the Company’s plans and applicable law (collectively, “Accrued Termination Obligations”)); provided, however, that, in addition to the Accrued Termination Obligations, the Company shall (A) pay to the Executive, or the legal representative of the Executive or his estateExecutive, the Base Salary at the rate in effect on the date of termination (less any amounts that the Executive receives pursuant to any Company-sponsored long-term disability insurance policy for the Executive as and if in effect at the date of termination) in equal installments in accordance with the Payroll Policies for a period of eighteen twelve (1812) months following such termination, and (B) reimburse the Executive for the premiums the Executive pays for any continued medical and dental coverage for the Executive and the Executive’s eligible dependents under the Company’s group health plans for eighteen twelve (1812) months following the date of such termination as provided in Section 7(k7(j) and (C) if applicable, continue to provide disability insurance coverage for the Executive to the extent necessary to continue benefits which the Executive became entitled to receive prior to the termination of his employment with the Company; provided and provided, further, however, that the Company shall be entitled to amend or terminate any plans which are applicable generally to the Company’s senior executives, officers or other employees. If at the time of termination of employment accrued vacation is paid out under the Company’s policies as then generally applicable to senior executives, then such accrued vacation shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as an Accrued Termination Obligation hereunder to the extent such accrued vacation is otherwise payable under such policies. If the Executive is not a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and Final Department of Treasury Regulations issued thereunder (collectively, “Section 409A”) at the time of termination (“Specified Employee”), and the Executive has timely signed and delivered to the Company, by the deadline established by the Company, a mutual general release of claims in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Executive and the Company (a “Release AgreementRelease”),, which has become irrevocable by the time set forth below, the Company shall pay the Executive the cash severance benefits described in clause (A) in accordance with the Payroll Policies commencing on the first payroll date under the Payroll Policies that coincides with or immediately follows the date that is sixty (60) days following the date of the Executive’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A (“Separation From Service”). The Executive will not be permitted to specify the year in which his payment will be made. If the 60-day period spans two taxable years of the Executive, the cash severance benefits will begin to be paid in the later of such taxable years. In the event that the Company is described in Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code and the Executive is a Specified Employee and the Executive has timely signed and delivered to the Company, by the deadline established by the Company, a Release AgreementRelease, which has become irrevocable by the time set forth below, the Company shall pay the Executive the cash severance benefits described in clause (A) in accordance with the Payroll Policies; provided, however, that the payments for the first six (6) months, to the extent (if any) such payments are subject to Section 409A of the Code, shall be accumulated and paid to the Executive on the date that is six (6) months and one day following the date of the Executive’s Separation From Service to the extent that earlier payment would result in adverse tax consequences under Section 409A. Whether the Executive is or is not a Specified Employee, the Executive will not be paid the cash severance benefits described in clause (A) or entitled to the benefits described in clause (B) (except for the Executive’s rights under section 4980B of the Code and the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”)) and the Executive shall forfeit any right to such payments and benefits, unless (i) the Executive has signed and delivered to the Company the Release Agreement and (ii) the period for revoking the Release Agreement shall have expired (in the case of both clauses (i) and (ii)) prior to the date that is 60 days following the date of the Executive’s Separation From Service.
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Upon Disability. (i) If during the Term, the Executive shall become physically or mentally disabled, whether totally or partially, either permanently permanently, or so that the Executive, in the good faith judgment determination of the Board Board, based on the opinion of a physician selected by the Board Board, who may but need not be the Executive’s normal treating physician, the Executive is unable as a result of such disability, with or without a reasonable accommodation, to substantially and competently perform the essential functions of his duties hereunder for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days or for one hundred twenty (120) days during any six six-month period as a result of such disability, with or without a reasonable accommodation (a “Disability”), the Company may terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder. In order to To assist the Board in making that determination, the Executive shall, as reasonably requested by the Board, (aA) make himself available for medical examinations by one or more physicians chosen by the Board and (bB) use his best all reasonable efforts to cause his own physician(s) to be available to discuss with the Board such Disability.
(ii) Upon termination of the Executive’s employment for Disability, the Company shall not be obligated to make any salary, bonus or other payments or to provide any benefits under this Agreement (other than (1) payments in respect of the Base Salary then in effect for services rendered or rendered, (2) expenses incurred through the date of such termination or termination, and (3) accrued and unpaid benefits pursuant to any medical, vision dental, disability insurance, life insurance, retirement, savingsvacation, vacation savings or any other employee benefit plans or programs in which the Executive participates on the Executive’s last day of employment hereunder hereunder, which shall be paid in accordance with the Company’s plans and applicable law (collectively, “Accrued Termination Obligations”)); provided, however, that, in addition to the Accrued Termination Obligations, the Company shall (A) pay to the Executive, or the legal representative of the Executive Executive, or his estate, the Base Salary at the rate in effect on the date of termination (less any amounts that the Executive receives pursuant to any Company-sponsored long-term disability insurance policy for the Executive as and if in effect at the date of termination) in equal installments in accordance with the Payroll Policies for a period of eighteen (18) months following such termination, and (B) reimburse the Executive for the premiums the Executive pays for any continued medical medical, vision and dental coverage for the Executive and the Executive’s eligible dependents under the Company’s group health plans for eighteen (18) months following the date of such termination as provided in Section 7(k7(j) and (C) if applicable, continue to provide disability insurance coverage for the Executive to the extent necessary to continue benefits which the Executive became entitled to receive prior to the termination of his employment with the Company; provided and provided, further, however, that the Company shall be entitled to amend or terminate any plans which are applicable generally to the Company’s senior executivesexecutives (including the Chief Executive Officer), officers or other employees. If the Executive is not a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and Final Department of Treasury Regulations issued thereunder (collectively, “Section 409A”) at the time of termination (“Specified Employee”), and the Executive has timely signed and delivered to the Company, by the deadline established by the Company, a mutual release of claims in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Executive and the Company (a “Release Agreement”), which has become irrevocable by the time set forth below, the Company shall pay the Executive the cash severance benefits described in clause (A) in accordance with the Payroll Policies commencing on the first payroll date under the Payroll Policies that coincides with or immediately follows the date that is sixty (60) days following the date of the Executive’s “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A (“Separation From Service”). The Executive will not be permitted to specify the year in which his payment will be made. If the 60-day period spans two taxable years of the Executive, the cash severance benefits will begin to be paid in the later of such taxable years. In the event that the Company is described in Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code and the Executive is a Specified Employee and the Executive has timely signed and delivered to the Company, by the deadline established by the Company, a Release Agreement, which has become irrevocable by the time set forth belowEmployee, the Company shall pay the Executive the cash severance benefits described in clause (A) in accordance with the Payroll Policies; provided, however, that the payments for the first six (6) months, to the extent (if any) such payments are subject to Section 409A of the Code, shall be accumulated and paid to the Executive on the date that is six (6) months and one day following the date of the Executive’s Separation From Service to the extent that earlier payment would result in adverse tax consequences under Section 409A. Whether the Executive is or is not a Specified EmployeeEmployee or not, the Executive will not be paid the cash severance benefits described in clause (A) or entitled to the benefits described in clause (B) (except for the Executive’s rights under section 4980B of the Code and the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”)), if the Executive has not fulfilled the Mutual Release requirements as applicable and as set forth in Section 7(h) below, and the Executive shall forfeit any right to such payments and benefits, unless (i) the Executive has signed and delivered to the Company the Release Agreement and (ii) the period for revoking the Release Agreement shall have expired (in the case of both clauses (i) and (ii)) prior to the date that is 60 days following the date of the Executive’s Separation From Service.
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