By Employer. With or without Cause (as defined below), Employer may terminate the employment of Employee at any time during the term of employment upon giving Notice of Termination (as defined below).
By Employer. With or without Cause (as defined below), Employer may terminate the employment of Employee at any time during the term of employment by giving written notice to Employee. The notice shall be effective immediately if termination is for Cause and sixty (60) days later if termination is not for Cause.
By Employer. Employer may terminate Executive's employment ----------- without cause or reason by giving Executive written notice. Such notice shall set forth the date of termination, which date shall be not later than 30 days following the date of notice (the "Notice Period"). During any Notice Period, Executive shall make reasonable efforts to cooperate with Employer in achieving a transition of Executive's duties and responsibilities. Upon termination of Executive's employment by Employer without cause, Executive shall be entitled to continue to receive, for the lesser of the three years following termination or the balance of the Initial Term of Employment, (i) his salary and (ii) an annual amount equal to the average for the two full fiscal years prior to termination (or the amount in the immediately preceding fiscal year, if Executive is terminated prior to having completed two full years of employment) of any payments to Executive pursuant to any cash bonus plan of Employer. Employer, at its discretion, may elect to continue to pay Executive his salary and any such bonus on regularly scheduled paydays, but reduced by any amounts earned by Executive from alternative employment or to make a lump sum payment to Executive equal to the unpaid balance of such salary and bonus payments discounted to the date of payment using a discount rate of 7% per annum; provided, however, that Employer shall not be obligated to continue to -------- ------- employ Executive or to continue payment of salary or bonus for any period if Employer has grounds to terminate Executive's employment as specified above in subparagraph (A) or (C)(iii) and (iv). Subsequent to termination pursuant to this subparagraph 5(D), Executive shall not be obligated to look for or accept alternative employment; provided, however, that if Executive accepts any -------- ------- alternative employment during the balance of the Initial Term of Employment, Employer may reduce from amounts owed under this subparagraph 5(D) all amounts earned by Executive from such alternative employment, and Executive shall be obligated to inform Employer of the amount of income received by him from alternative employment for the balance of the Initial Term of Employment.
By Employer. The Board may terminate the Employee’s employment at any time immediately and without notice.
By Employer. Employer may terminate the Executive’s employment under this Agreement during the Employment Period for Cause or without Cause. “Cause” means:
By Employer. The Company may terminate this Agreement at any time without cause upon thirty (30) days written notice to Executive. In such event, the Company shall pay Executive during regular payroll periods (less customary withholding taxes) the Base Salary for up to the greater of twelve (12) months or the remainder of the Employment Period. All other obligations of the Company shall be prorated to the date of termination.
By Employer. For all services rendered by Employee hereunder, Employer shall (i) pay Employee a base annual salary, payable in equal monthly installments, one at the end of each monthly period, with the base annual salary presently in effect through December 31, 2007 being $215,855; (ii) include the Employee as a participant in the Employer’s salaried employees’ benefit programs and provide to Employee benefits under each such salaried employees’ benefit program that are no less favorable to Employee than the benefits that were provided to Employee under such benefit plan on May 31, 2007 (or would have been provided to Employee under such benefit plan as of May 31, 2007 if Employee had been employed by Employer and covered by such benefit plan on May 31, 2007), including but not limited to post retirement benefits; and (iii) provide Employee with the use of an automobile. Use of the automobile shall be subject to such rules and limitations as Employer may establish from time to time. Salary payments shall be subject to withholding and other applicable taxes. All compensation payable under the Executive Bonus Plans referred to in subparagraph (c) immediately below shall be included in the calculation of Employee’s retirement benefits. In addition to any other benefits that may apply to Employee, or that may be implemented during the term of this Agreement, Employer shall provide to Employee such additional life insurance on the life of Employee as shall be necessary to cause the aggregate of the life insurance provided by Employer on the life of Employee to equal not less than three and one-fourth (3¼) times Employee’s base salary, and the costs of all such life insurance aggregating three and one-fourth (3¼) times Employee’s base salary shall be borne 100% by Employer.
By Employer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither you nor Employer shall be prohibited from making statements in response to statements by the other party (or in your case, with respect to any Specified Executives) that criticize or ridicule or are disparaging or derogatory, provided that the responsive statements do not criticize or ridicule and are not disparaging or derogatory.
By Employer. Employer may terminate Executive’s employment and this Agreement with or without Cause immediately on written notice to Executive. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean a good faith determination by the Holding Company Board or the Bank Board that any of the following has occurred: (i) any intentional misconduct by Executive in connection with Employer’s business or relating to Executive’s duties, or any willful violation of any laws, rules or regulations applicable to banks or the banking industry generally (including but not limited to the regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”), the State of Georgia Department of Banking and Finance, or any other applicable regulatory authority); (ii) Executive’s material failure to comply with Employer’s policies or guidelines of employment or corporate governance policies or guidelines, including, without limitation, any business code of ethics adopted by Employer; (iii) any act of fraud, misappropriation or embezzlement by Executive, whether or not such act was committed in connection with the business of Employer; (iv) a breach or threatened breach of this Agreement, including, without limitation, a breach of any of the obligations set forth in Section 6 hereof, that, if such breach is capable of being cured, is not cured by Executive within ten (10) days of written notice by Employer of the breach; or (v) the conviction by Executive of, or Executive’s pleading guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude (including pleading guilty or nolo contendere to a felony or lesser charge which results from plea bargaining), whether or not such felony, crime or lesser offense is connected with the business of Employer.
By Employer. Cause. Employer may, at any time during the Employment Period by action of its Board of Directors and upon notice to Executive, terminate the Employment Period "for cause" effective immediately. Such notice shall specify the cause for termination. For the purposes hereof, "for cause" means: