Common use of Excess Parachute Limitation Clause in Contracts

Excess Parachute Limitation. If either the Company or the Executive receives confirmation from the Company’s independent tax counsel or its certified public accounting firm, or such other accounting firm retained as independent certified public accountants for the Company (the “Tax Advisor”), that any payment by the Company to the Executive under this Agreement or otherwise would be considered to be an “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor statute then in effect (the “Code”), then the aggregate payments by the Company pursuant to this Agreement shall be reduced to the highest amount that may be paid to the Executive by the Company under this Agreement without having any portion of any amount payable to the Executive by the Company or a related entity under this Agreement or otherwise treated as such an “excess parachute payment”, and, if permitted by applicable law and without adverse tax consequence, such reduction shall be made to the last payment due hereunder. Any payments made by the Company to the Executive under this Agreement which are later confirmed by the Tax Advisor to be “excess parachute payments” shall promptly be repaid by the Executive to the Company.