EXPENSE PAYMENTS The Owner hereby gives power to the Agent to pay expenses and costs for the Property from the Owner’s funds held by the Agent, unless otherwise directed by the Owner. The expenses and costs may include, but are not limited to, property management compensation, fees and charges, expenses for goods and services, property taxes and other taxes, association or condominium dues, assessments, loan payments, and insurance premiums.
Excise Tax Payments (a) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that any payment (within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended or replaced (the "Code")), or distribution to or for the benefit of the Executive, whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise in connection with, or arising out of, his or her employment with the Company (a "Payment" or "Payments"), would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or any interest or penalties are incurred by the Executive with respect to such excise tax (such excise tax, interest and penalties collectively referred to as the "Excise Tax"), then the Executive shall be entitled to receive an additional payment (a "Gross-Up Payment") in an amount such that after payment by the Executive of all such taxes (including any interest or penalties imposed with respect to such taxes), including any Excise Tax imposed upon the Gross-Up Payment, the Executive retains an amount of the Gross-Up Payment equal to the Excise Tax imposed upon the Payments; provided, that the Executive shall not be entitled to receive any additional payment relating to any interest or penalties attributable to any action or omission by the Executive in bad faith.
Incentive Payments The Settlement Fund Administrator will treat incentive payments under Section IV.F on a State-specific basis. Incentive payments for which a Settling State is eligible under Section IV.F will be allocated fifteen percent (15%) to its State Fund, seventy percent (70%) to its Abatement Accounts Fund, and fifteen percent (15%) to its Subdivision Fund. Amounts may be reallocated and will be distributed as provided in Section V.D.
PURCHASE PAYMENTS The initial Purchase Payment is due on the Contract Date. It must be paid at Our Office in United States currency. Coverage under a Contract does not take effect until We have accepted the initial Purchase Payment during Your lifetime. Each Purchase Payment after the Contract Date must be at least the amount shown on the Contract Schedule. Provided the Contract Value under a Contract does not go to zero, a Contract will stay in force until the Income Date even if You make no payments after the initial one. We reserve the right to reject any subsequent Purchase Payment. Allocation of Purchase Payments Your initial Purchase Payment is allocated to the Sub-accounts of the Variable Account and to the Fixed Account, if available, in accordance with the selections made by You at the Contract Date. Unless otherwise changed by You, subsequent Purchase Payments are allocated in the same manner as the initial Purchase Payment. Allocation of Purchase Payments is subject to the terms and conditions imposed by Us. We reserve the right to allocate initial Purchase Payments to the Money Market Sub-account until the expiration of the Right to Examine Contract period set forth on Page 1 of the Contract. The Contract This contract form, any attached copy of the application, and any attached riders or endorsements make up the entire contract between You and Us. All statements made by the Contract Owner or any Annuitant will be deemed representations and not warranties. No such statement will be used in any contest unless it is contained in the application signed by You, a copy of which has been furnished to You, or to the Beneficiary. Only Our President or Secretary may agree to change any of the terms of the Contract. Any changes must be in writing. Any change to the terms of a Contract must be in writing and with Your Consent, unless provided otherwise by the Contract. To assure that the Contract will maintain its status as a variable annuity under the Internal Revenue Code, We reserve the right to change this Contract to comply with future changes in the Internal Revenue Code, any regulations or rulings issued thereunder, and any requirements otherwise imposed by the Internal Revenue Service. You will be sent a copy of any such amendment as well as a copy of the regulatory change requiring the amendment. If the issue state shown on Page 3 is Connecticut or Massachusetts, such amendment will be filed for approval with the state's insurance supervisory official. We reserve the right, subject to compliance with the law as currently applicable or subsequently changed, to: (a) operate the Variable Account in any form permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (the "1940 Act"), or in any other form permitted by law; (b) take any action necessary to comply with or obtain and continue any exemptions from the 1940 Act, or to comply with any other applicable law; (c) transfer any assets in any Sub-account to another Sub-account, or to one or more separate investment accounts, or the General Account; or to add, combine or remove Sub-accounts in the Variable Account; and (d) change the way We assess charges, so long as We do not increase the aggregate amount beyond that currently charged to the Variable Account and the Eligible Funds in connection with this Contract. If the shares of any of the Eligible Funds should become unavailable for investment by the Variable Account or if in Our judgment further investment in such Portfolio shares should become inappropriate in view of the purpose of the Contract, We may add or substitute shares of another mutual fund for the Portfolio shares already purchased under the Contract. No substitution of Portfolio shares in any Sub-account may take place without prior approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission and notice to the affected Contract Owners, to the extent required by the 1940 Act. Contract Owner The Contract Owner and any Joint Contract Owner are shown on Page 3. They may be changed by You. If You change an owner who is also the Annuitant, the owner being changed will still be the Annuitant. You may exercise all rights of this Contract while it is In Force, subject to the rights of: (a) any assignee under an assignment filed with Us; and (b) any irrevocably-named beneficiary. Joint Contract Owner A Contract may be owned by Joint Contract Owners. Upon the death of any Contract Owner or Joint Contract Owner, the surviving owner(s) will be the primary Beneficiary(ies). Any other beneficiary designation will be treated as a Contingent Beneficiary unless otherwise indicated in a Written Request filed with Us.
Company Payments In the event that this Agreement is terminated by Parent or the Company, as applicable, pursuant to Sections 7.1(d), 7.1(f) or 7.1(h), Company shall promptly, but in no event later than two days after the date of such termination, pay Parent a fee equal to $50 million in immediately available funds; provided, that in the case of a termination under Sections 7.1(d) or 7.1(h) prior to which no Triggering Event has occurred, (i) such payment shall be made only if (A) following the date of this Agreement and prior to the termination of this Agreement, a person has publicly announced a bona fide Acquisition Proposal and (B) within nine months following the termination of this Agreement either a Company Acquisition (as defined below) is consummated, or the Company enters into an agreement providing for a Company Acquisition and such Company Acquisition is later consummated with the person (or another person controlling, controlled by or under common control with, such person) with whom such agreement was entered into (regardless of when such consummation occurs if the Company has entered into such an agreement within such nine-month period) and (ii) such payment shall be made promptly, but in no event later than two days after the consummation of such Company Acquisition (regardless of when such consummation occurs if the Company has entered into such an agreement within such nine-month period). Company acknowledges that the agreements contained in this Section 7.3(b) are an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and that, without these agreements, Parent would not enter into this Agreement. Accordingly, if the Company fails to pay in a timely manner the amounts due pursuant to this Section 7.3(b), and, in order to obtain such payment, Parent makes a claim that results in a judgment against the Company for the amounts set forth in this Section 7.3(b), Company shall pay to Parent its reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) in connection with such suit, together with interest on the amounts set forth in this Section 7.3(b) at the prime rate of The Chase Manhattan Bank in effect on the date such payment was required to be made. Payment of the fees described in this Section 7.3(b) shall not be in lieu of damages incurred in the event of breach of this Agreement.
Severance Payments 6.1 If the Executive's employment is terminated following a Change in Control and during the Term, other than (A) by the Company for Cause, (B) by reason of death or Disability, or (C) by the Executive without Good Reason, then the Company shall pay the Executive the amounts, and provide the Executive the benefits, described in this Section 6.1 ("Severance Payments") and Section 6.2, in addition to any payments and benefits to which the Executive is entitled under Section 5 hereof; provided, however, that the Executive shall not be entitled to the Severance Payments unless and until the Executive (or, in the event of the Executive's death, the executor, personal representative or administrator of the Executive's estate) has signed a written waiver and release substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit A hereto. For purposes of this Agreement, the Executive's employment shall be deemed to have been terminated following a Change in Control by the Company without Cause or by the Executive with Good Reason, if (i) during the Term the Executive's employment is terminated by the Company without Cause following a Potential Change in Control but prior to a Change in Control (whether or not a Change in Control ever occurs) and such termination was at the request or direction of a Person who has entered into an agreement with the Company the consummation of which would constitute a Change in Control, (ii) during the Term the Executive terminates his employment for Good Reason following a Potential Change in Control but prior to a Change in Control (whether or not a Change in Control ever occurs) and the circumstance or event which constitutes Good Reason occurs at the request or direction of such Person or (iii) during the Term the Executive's employment is terminated by the Company without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason and such termination or the circumstance or event which constitutes Good Reason is otherwise in connection with or in anticipation of a Change in Control (whether or not a Change in Control ever occurs). An Executive will not be considered to have been terminated by reason of the divestiture of a facility, sale or other disposition of a business or business unit, or the outsourcing of a business activity with which the Executive is affiliated, notwithstanding the fact that such divestiture, sale or outsourcing takes place within two years following a Change in Control, if the Executive is offered comparable employment by the successor company and such successor company agrees to assume the Company's obligations to the Executive under this Agreement.
Overtime Payments (1) Subject to the provisions of this subclause, all work performed outside of the Ordinary Hours and time worked to accrue an RDO on any day, Monday to Friday, inclusive, shall be paid for at the rate of time and one half for the first two hours and double time thereafter.
Excise Taxes Neither the Company nor any member of a Controlled Group has any liability to pay excise taxes with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan under applicable provisions of the Code or ERISA.
Excise Tax In the event you become entitled to any amounts payable hereunder or any other amounts in connection with a change in control (whether or not such amounts are payable pursuant to this Agreement) (the "Severance Payments"), if any of such Severance Payments are subject to the tax (the "Excise Tax") imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (or any similar federal, state or local tax that may hereafter be imposed), the Company shall pay to you at the time specified in Section 7 hereof an additional amount (the "Gross-Up Payment") such that the net amount retained by you, after deduction of any Excise Tax on the Total Payments (as hereinafter defined) and any federal, state and local income tax and Excise Tax upon the payment provided for by this Section 6, shall be equal to the Total Payments. For purposes of determining whether any of the Severance Payments will be subject to the Excise Tax and the amount of such Excise Tax: (i) any other payments or benefits received or to be received by you in connection with a Change in Control or your termination of employment (whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement or agreement with the Company, any Person whose actions result in a Change in Control or any Person affiliated with the Company or such Person) (which, together with the Severance Payments, constitute the "Total Payments") shall be treated as "parachute payments" within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code, and all "excess parachute payments" within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code shall be treated as subject to the Excise Tax, unless in the opinion of nationally-recognized tax counsel selected by you such other payments or benefits (in whole or in part) do not constitute parachute payments, or such excess parachute payments (in whole or in part) represent reasonable compensation for services actually rendered within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(4) of the Code in excess of the base amount within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code, or are otherwise not subject to the Excise Tax; (ii) the amount of the Total Payments which shall be treated as subject to the Excise Tax shall be equal to the lesser of (A) the total amount of the Total Payments and (B) the amount of excess parachute payments within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code (after applying Section 6(i) hereof); and (iii) the value of any non-cash benefits or any deferred payments or benefit shall be determined by a nationally-recognized accounting firm selected by you in accordance with the principles of Sections 280G(d)(3) and (4) of the Code. For purposes of determining the amount of the Gross-Up Payment, you shall be deemed to pay federal income taxes at the highest marginal rate of federal income taxation in the calendar year in which the Gross-Up Payment is to be made and state and local income taxes at the highest marginal rate of taxation in the state and locality of your residence, net of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes which could be obtained from deduction of such state and local taxes. In the event that the Excise Tax is subsequently determined to be less than the amount taken into account hereunder, you shall repay to the Company within ten days after the time that the amount of such reduction in Excise Tax is finally determined the portion of the Gross-Up Payment attributable to such reduction (plus the portion of the Gross-Up Payment attributable to the Excise Tax and federal and state and local income tax imposed on the Gross-Up Payment being repaid by you if such repayment results in a 5 5 reduction in Excise Tax and/or federal and state and local income tax deduction) plus interest on the amount of such repayment at the rate provided in Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code. In the event that the Excise Tax is determined to exceed the amount taken into account hereunder (including by reason of any payment the existence or amount of which cannot be determined at the time of the Gross-Up Payment), the Company shall make an additional gross-up payment in respect of such excess) within ten days after the time that the amount of such excess is finally determined.
Lease Payments No Borrower will, or will permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, incur or assume (whether pursuant to a Guarantee or otherwise) any liability for rental payments except in the Ordinary Course of Business.
