Final Average Pay Clause Samples
The Final Average Pay clause defines how an employee's pension or retirement benefits are calculated based on the average of their earnings over a specified period, typically the last few years of employment. For example, the clause may specify that the average of the employee's highest three or five consecutive years of salary will be used to determine benefit amounts. This approach ensures that retirement benefits reflect the employee's most recent and often highest earnings, providing a fair and predictable basis for calculating post-employment income.
Final Average Pay. The average monthly compensation of the Executive for the highest-paid 36 months of the Executive's final 60 months of Continuous Service. For this purpose (i) the Executive's "compensation" shall mean his base salary (without regard to any salary deferral pursuant to sections 125 or 401(k) of the Code or any successor provision) and all amounts earned (whether paid or payable) under all management incentive or other bonus plans in which he participates and (ii) any incentive pay or other bonus shall be deemed to have been earned ratably over the period with respect to which it is earned.
Final Average Pay. The Executive’s Final Average Pay shall equal the average of the sum of the Executive’s Base Salary and Target Bonus for the three full calendar years preceding his termination of employment for any reason (or such smaller number of full calendar years that the Executive has worked as of his date of termination).
Final Average Pay. The average of Executive's annual Compensation for the five consecutive Plan Years (or, if shorter, all consecutive Plan Years) immediately preceding the Plan Year in which occurs the earlier of (i) the termination of Executive's employment with the Company Group or (ii) the death of Executive; provided, however, that in the event of a Change in Control prior to the termination of Executive's employment with the Company Group, "Final Average Pay" shall be the greater of (i) the average of Executive's annual Compensation for the five consecutive Plan Years (or, if shorter, all consecutive Plan Years) immediately preceding the Plan Year in which occurs the Change in Control or (ii) the average of Executive's annual Compensation for the five consecutive Plan Years (or, if shorter, all consecutive Plan Years) immediately preceding the Plan Year in which occurs the earlier of (1) the termination of Executive's employment with the Company Group or (2) the death of Executive.