Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunder, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (a) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employment, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (b) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled to receive any grants of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant to Paragraph 9.b below, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-current Employment Term); provided; however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto. b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this Agreement, an award will be deemed to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is eligible to vest will be determined after the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award will be eligible to vest. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grant. In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employment.
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.), Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.), Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunderthe Employment Term, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (ai) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment the Employment Term by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term Expiration Date and the second anniversary of the termination of your employmentthe Employment Term, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (bii) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled to receive any grants of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant to Paragraph 9.b below, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employmentthe Employment Term. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment the Employment Term pursuant to this paragraph Paragraph 9 (but not to exceed extend beyond the end of the then-current Employment TermExpiration Date); provided; , however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment the Employment Term pursuant to this paragraphParagraph 9. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year, and the right to such Continued Benefits cannot be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment the Employment Term pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this Agreement, an award will be deemed to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is eligible to vest will be determined after the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteriacriteria (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not the service requirements), as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance periodperiod (subject to the proration formula set forth in this Paragraph 9.b). With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award will be eligible to vestvest to the extent provided herein. Vesting will be determined promptly following termination of the Employment Term. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term period through the Expiration Date in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding preceding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grantgrant (subject to termination in the event of a corporate transaction to the extent permitted by the applicable Plan). In the case of With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employmentthe Employment Term.
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.), Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.), Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunderthe Employment Term, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (ai) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment the Employment Term by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term Expiration Date and the second anniversary of the termination of your employmentthe Employment Term, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (bii) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled to receive any grants of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant to Paragraph 9.b below, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employmentthe Employment Term. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment the Employment Term pursuant to this paragraph Paragraph 9 (but not to exceed extend beyond the end of the then-current Employment TermExpiration Date); provided; , however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment the Employment Term pursuant to this paragraphParagraph 9. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year, and the right to such Continued Benefits cannot be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment the Employment Term pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this Agreement, an award will be deemed to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is eligible to vest will be determined after the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteriacriteria (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not the service requirements), as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance periodperiod (subject to the proration formula set forth in this Paragraph 9.b). With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award will be eligible to vestvest to the extent provided herein. Vesting will be determined promptly following termination of the Employment Term. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term period through the Expiration Date in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding preceding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grantgrant (subject to termination in the event of a corporate transaction, to the extent permitted by the applicable Plan). In the case of With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employmentthe Employment Term.
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.), Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.), Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability become totally medically disabled and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunder, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (a) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employment, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (b) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled able to substantially perform your duties for at least six (6) consecutive months or a total of one hundred eighty (180) days during any two hundred seventy (270) day period, the Board, at any time after such disability has continued for sixty (60) consecutive days, may determine, provided such determination is made while the disability is still in effect, that Employer requires such duties and responsibilities be performed by another executive. In the event that you become “disabled” within the meaning of such term under Employer’s Short-Term Disability (STD) and its Long-Term Disability (LTD) program, you will first receive any grants benefits under the STD program for the first twenty-six (26) weeks of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant absence in accordance with such program, which will be equal to Paragraph 9.b belowyour salary, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior the amount of such benefits will offset any salary that otherwise would be paid to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-current Employment Term); provided; howeverAgreement. Thereafter, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become will be eligible to receive as a result of benefits under the disability resulting LTD program in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or accordance with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as followsits terms. For purposes of this Agreement, an award you will be deemed considered to have vested when it is no longer subject to experienced a substantial risk termination of forfeiture (within employment with Employer as of the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is date you first become eligible to vest receive benefits under the LTD program, and until that time you shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as an active employee of Employer. Upon receipt of benefits under the LTD program, you will also be determined after entitled to receive the end of following in accordance with the performance period specified payment provisions set forth in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, Paragraph 9(d)(iii) and subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount provisions of such award will be eligible to vest. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of Paragraph 9(d)(v):
(i) Employer will pay your actual period Accrued Compensation and Benefits;
(ii) Employer will pay you a prorated Bonus for the year of service in months your termination of employment based on your Target Bonus and the number of calendar days of such year elapsed through the date of your termination plus of employment;
(iiiii) the lesser all of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event your outstanding unvested options will the numerator exceed the denominator)vest, and all such options and all of your outstanding options that have previously vested will remain exercisable for the denominator greater of which is three years and the total performance period in months (provided for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with under the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part agreement, but in no event beyond their normal expiration date;
(iv) all of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b your unvested and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all outstanding restricted stock options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grant. In the case of and/or restricted stock units and any other type of equity awards that are subject then unvested and outstanding, in each case, as of the date on which the Employment Term ends shall vest and be settled within ten (10) business days after your termination date; and
(v) Employer will continue to performance-based vesting criteria, except provide you with life insurance coverage as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 255(b) until the end of the Original Employment Term or, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after if earlier, the date on which you become eligible for at least as much insurance coverage from a third party employer at such employer’s expense; provided, however, that Employer may decrease the amount of life insurance coverage it provides you so long as the amount of such awards become vested. With respect coverage that it continues to restricted stock units that are subject provide, and the amount of such coverage provided to time-based vesting criteriayou from a third party employer at such employer’s expense, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employmentaggregates at least the amount set forth in Paragraph 5(b).
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Employment Agreement (Anavex Life Sciences Corp.), Employment Agreement (Anavex Life Sciences Corp.), Employment Agreement (Anavex Life Sciences Corp.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability become totally medically disabled and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunder, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (a) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employment, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (b) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled able to substantially perform your duties for at least six (6) consecutive months or a total of 180 days during any 270 day period, the Board, at any time after such disability has continued for 60 consecutive days, may determine that Employer requires such duties and responsibilities be performed by another executive. In the event that you become “disabled” within the meaning of such term under Employer’s Short-Term Disability (STD) and its Long-Term Disability (LTD) program, you will first receive any grants benefits under the STD program for the first 26 weeks of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant consecutive absence, which will be equal to Paragraph 9.b belowyour Salary, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior the amount of such benefits will offset any Salary that otherwise would be paid to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-current Employment Term); provided; howeverAgreement. Thereafter, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become will be eligible to receive as a result of benefits under the disability resulting LTD program in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or accordance with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as followsits terms. For purposes of this Agreement, an award you will be deemed considered to have vested when it is no longer subject experienced a termination of employment with Employer as of the date you first become eligible to a substantial risk receive benefits under the LTD program, and until that time you shall be treated for all purposes of forfeiture this Agreement as an active employee of Employer. Upon receipt of benefits under the LTD program, you will also be entitled to receive the following:
(within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(di) Employer will pay your Accrued Compensation and Benefits (as defined below in paragraph 10(d)(i)). With ;
(ii) Employer will pay you a prorated Bonus for the year of your termination of employment based on your Target Bonus and the number of calendar days of such year elapsed through the date of your termination of employment;
(iii) all of your outstanding unvested Employer stock options will vest, and all such options and all of your outstanding options that have previously vested will remain exercisable until the applicable date set forth in paragraph 4(a)(v);
(iv) the number of Shares to which you are entitled in respect of your outstanding awards of PSUs will be determined as provided in paragraph 4(b) for Qualifying Terminations, and all Shares delivered upon settlement of PSUs will be considered vested;
(v) all of your unvested Target PRSU Awards and Matching RSUs will vest and be settled as promptly as administratively practicable after your termination date; and
(vi) Employer will continue to grants having performance-based vesting criteriaprovide you with life insurance coverage as set forth in paragraph 6(b) until the end of the Employment Term or, if earlier, the date on which you become eligible for at least as much insurance coverage from a third party employer at the employer’s expense; provided, however, that Employer may decrease the amount of life insurance coverage it provides you so along as the amount of such award coverage that is eligible it continues to vest will be determined after provide, and the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award will be eligible coverage provided to vest. A ratable portion of you from a third party employer at the employer’s expense, aggregates at least the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grant. In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employmentparagraph 6(b).
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Employment Agreement, Employment Agreement (Viacom Inc.), Employment Agreement (Viacom Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunder, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (a) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employment, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (b) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled to receive any grants of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant to Paragraph 9.b below, car allowance which has accrued prior to your termination, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, car allowance and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-current Employment Term); provided; however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. In the case of car allowance payments, such payments will be equal to your monthly car allowance at the time of termination of your employment and will be made to you in equal monthly payments during such period in accordance with Studio’s regular practice of paying a monthly car allowance to similarly situated active employees. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this Agreement, an award will be deemed to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is eligible to vest will be determined after the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award will be eligible to vest. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grant. In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employment.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.), Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months become totally medically disabled at any time during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunder, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (a) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and are not expected to be able to substantially perform your duties for a six (6) consecutive month period, the second anniversary Chairman, at any time after such disability has in fact continued for 60 consecutive days, may determine that Viacom requires such duties and responsibilities be performed by another executive. In the event you become disabled, you will first receive benefits under Viacom's short-term disability program for the first 26 weeks of the termination of your employmentconsecutive absence. Thereafter, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments you will be payable eligible to receive benefits under Viacom's Long-Term Disability ("LTD") program or any supplement thereto, in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices its terms. Upon receipt of benefits under the LTD program you will also be entitled to receive, subject to applicable withholding taxes:
(i) a Target Bonus prorated for the portion of calendar year through the date on which you become eligible to similarly situated active employeesreceive benefits under the LTD program, payable at the time that the Bonus for such calendar year would otherwise be paid;
(ii) prorated Deferred Compensation for the calendar year in which such benefits commence and Deferred Compensation attributable to prior calendar years, payable, together with the return thereon as provided in paragraph 3(c), prior to January 31 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which such benefits commence;
(biii) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made stock options granted to you under the 1997 LTMIP which are exercisable on or prior to the date as of termination which benefits commence under the LTD program or that would have vested and become exercisable on or before the last day of the Employment Term will be exercisable for two (it being understood 2) years after the date as of which such benefits commence or, if later, until December 31, 2003, but in no event may such stock options be exercised following the expiration date of such stock options; and In the event that you thereafter become able to substantially perform your duties, you will not then be entitled to receive any grants of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant from Viacom your Salary and Deferred Compensation at the rate being paid to Paragraph 9.b below, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you immediately prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-current Employment Term); provided; however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time commencement of such disability, and your Bonus calculated pursuant to paragraph 3(b) hereof, through the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be remainder of the Employment Term reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income employment compensation earned by you for any work or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid service performed for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition theretoany other person.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this Agreement, an award will be deemed to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is eligible to vest will be determined after the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award will be eligible to vest. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grant. In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employment.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Employment Agreement (Viacom Inc), Employment Agreement (CBS Corp)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability become totally medically disabled and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunder, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (a) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employment, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (b) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled able to substantially perform your duties for at least six (6) consecutive months or a total of 180 days during any 270 day period, the Board, at any time after such disability has continued for 60 consecutive days, may determine that Employer requires such duties and responsibilities be performed by another executive. In the event that you become "disabled" within the meaning of such term under Employer's Short-Term Disability (STD) and its Long-Term Disability (LTD) program, you will first receive any grants benefits under the STD program for the first 26 weeks of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant consecutive absence, which will be equal to Paragraph 9.b belowyour Salary, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior the amount of such benefits will offset any Salary that otherwise would be paid to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-current Employment Term); provided; howeverAgreement. Thereafter, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become will be eligible to receive as a result of benefits under the disability resulting LTD program in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or accordance with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as followsits terms. For purposes of this Agreement, an award you will be deemed considered to have vested when it is no longer subject to experienced a substantial risk termination of forfeiture (within employment with Employer as of the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is date you first become eligible to vest receive benefits under the LTD program, and until that time you shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as an active employee of Employer. Upon receipt of benefits under the LTD program, you will also be determined after entitled to receive the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award will be eligible to vest. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of following:
(i) Employer will pay your actual period Accrued Compensation and Benefits (as defined below in paragraph 10(d)(i));
(ii) Employer will pay you a prorated Bonus for the year of service in months your termination of employment based on your Target Bonus and the number of calendar days of such year elapsed through the date of your termination plus of employment;
(iiiii) the lesser all of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event your outstanding unvested Employer stock options will the numerator exceed the denominator)vest, and all such options and all of your outstanding options that have previously vested will remain exercisable for the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (provided for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with under the terms of the applicable award agreement shall agreement;
(iv) the number of Shares to which you are entitled in respect of your outstanding awards of PSUs will be credited against any part determined as provided in paragraph 4(b) for Qualifying Terminations, and all Shares delivered upon settlement of such award that performance share units will be considered vested;
(v) all of your Matching RSUs will vest and be settled as promptly as administratively practicable after your termination date; and
(vi) Employer will continue to provide you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination with life insurance coverage as set forth in paragraph 6(b) until the proceeding sentence. The balance end of the Employment Term or, if earlier, the date on which you become eligible for at least as much insurance coverage from a third party employer at the employer's expense; provided, however, that Employer may decrease the amount of life insurance coverage it provides you so along as the amount of such awards will be forfeited. Subject coverage that it continues to this Paragraph 9.b provide, and the amount of such coverage provided to you from a third party employer at the other terms and conditions of employer's expense, aggregates at least the grants, all stock options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grant. In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise amount set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employmentparagraph 6(b).
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Employment Agreement (Viacom Inc.), Employment Agreement (Viacom Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability become totally medically disabled and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunder, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (a) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employment, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (b) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled able to substantially perform your duties for at least six (6) consecutive months or a total of 180 days during any 270 day period, the Board, at any time after such disability has continued for 60 consecutive days, may determine, provided such determination is made while the disability is still in effect, that Employer requires such duties and responsibilities be performed by another executive. In the event that you become “disabled” within the meaning of such term under Employer’s Short-Term Disability (STD) and its Long-Term Disability (LTD) program, you will first receive any grants benefits under the STD program for the first 26 weeks of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant absence in accordance with such program, which will be equal to Paragraph 9.b belowyour Salary, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior the amount of such benefits will offset any Salary that otherwise would be paid to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-current Employment Term); provided; howeverAgreement. Thereafter, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become will be eligible to receive as a result of benefits under the disability resulting LTD program in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or accordance with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as followsits terms. For purposes of this Agreement, an award you will be deemed considered to have vested when it is no longer subject to experienced a substantial risk termination of forfeiture (within employment with Employer as of the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is date you first become eligible to vest receive benefits under the LTD program, and until that time you shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as an active employee of Employer. Upon receipt of benefits under the LTD program, you will also be determined after entitled to receive the end of following in accordance with the performance period specified payment provisions set forth in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, paragraph 9(d)(iii) and subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount provisions of such award will be eligible to vest. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of paragraph 9(d)(v):
(i) Employer will pay your actual period Accrued Compensation and Benefits (as defined below in paragraph 9(d)(i));
(ii) Employer will pay you a prorated Bonus for the year of service in months your termination of employment based on your Target Bonus and the number of calendar days of such year elapsed through the date of your termination plus of employment;
(iiiii) the lesser all of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event your outstanding unvested Employer stock options will the numerator exceed the denominator)vest, and all such options and all of your outstanding options that have previously vested will remain exercisable for the denominator greater of which is three years and the total performance period in months (provided for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with under the terms of the applicable award agreement agreement, but in no event beyond their normal expiration date;
(iv) all of your unvested and outstanding restricted stock and/or restricted stock units and any other type of equity awards that are then unvested and outstanding, in each case, as of the date on which the Employment Term ends shall vest and be credited against any part of such award that settled within ten (10) business days after your termination date; and
(v) Employer will continue to provide you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination with life insurance coverage as set forth in paragraph 5(b) until the proceeding sentence. The balance end of the Original Employment Term or, if earlier, the date on which you become eligible for at least as much insurance coverage from a third party employer at such employer’s expense; provided, however, that Employer may decrease the amount of life insurance coverage it provides you so long as the amount of such awards will be forfeited. Subject coverage that it continues to this Paragraph 9.b provide, and the amount of such coverage provided to you from a third party employer at such employer’s expense, aggregates at least the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grant. In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise amount set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employmentparagraph 5(b).
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Employment Agreement, Employment Agreement (CBS Corp)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability become totally medically disabled and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunder, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (a) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employment, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (b) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled able to substantially perform your duties for at least six (6) consecutive months or a total of 180 days during any 270 day period, the Board, at any time after such disability has continued for 60 consecutive days, may determine, provided such determination is made while the disability is still in effect, that Employer requires such duties and responsibilities be performed by another executive. In the event that you become “disabled” within the meaning of such term under Employer’s Short-Term Disability (STD) and its Long-Term Disability (LTD) program, you will first receive any grants benefits under the STD program for the first 26 weeks of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant absence in accordance with such program, which will be equal to Paragraph 9.b belowyour Salary, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior the amount of such benefits will offset any Salary that otherwise would be paid to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-current Employment Term); provided; howeverAgreement. Thereafter, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become will be eligible to receive as a result of benefits under the disability resulting LTD program in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or accordance with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as followsits terms. For purposes of this Agreement, an award you will be deemed considered to have vested when it is no longer subject to experienced a substantial risk termination of forfeiture (within employment with Employer as of the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is date you first become eligible to vest receive benefits under the LTD program, or, if you do not become eligible to receive benefits under the LTD program, on the date following the sixth consecutive month in which you have not been able to substantially perform your duties hereunder (“Disability Termination Date”), and until that time you shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as an active employee of Employer. Upon your Disability Termination Date, your benefits will be determined after the end of following in accordance with the performance period specified payment provisions set forth in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, paragraph 10(d)(iii) and subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount provisions of such award will be eligible to vest. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of paragraph 10(d)(v):
(i) Employer will pay your actual period Accrued Compensation and Benefits (as defined below in paragraph 10(d)(ii));
(ii) Employer will pay you a prorated Bonus for the year of service in months your termination of employment based on your Target Bonus and the number of calendar days of such year elapsed through the date of your termination plus of employment;
(iiiii) the lesser all of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event your outstanding unvested Employer stock options will the numerator exceed the denominator)vest, and all such options and all of your outstanding options that have previously vested will remain exercisable for the denominator greater of which is three years and the total performance period in months (provided for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with under the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part agreement, but in no event beyond their normal expiration date;
(iv) all of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b your unvested and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all outstanding restricted stock options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grant. In the case of and/or restricted stock units and any other type of equity awards that are then unvested and outstanding, in each case, as of the date on which the Employment Term ends shall vest and, subject to any prior deferral election, be settled within ten (10) business days after your termination date; provided, that to the extent any such unvested and outstanding equity awards remain subject to performance-based vesting criteriaconditions on your termination date, except such equity awards shall immediately vest (with an assumption that the performance goal(s) were achieved at target level, if and to the extent applicable) and, subject to any prior deferral election, be settled within ten (10) business days thereafter; and
(v) Employer will continue to pay the same premium amounts it was paying at the time of your termination in connection with providing you with life insurance coverage as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25paragraph 5(b). Such payments of premiums will continue until the end of the Original Employment Term or, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after if earlier, the date on which you become eligible for at least as much insurance coverage as the coverage that was in effect at the time of your termination, from a third party employer at such awards become vested. With respect employer’s expense; provided, however, that Employer may decrease the amount of premiums it pays towards life insurance coverage it provides you so long as the amount of such coverage that it continues to restricted stock units provide, combined with the amount of such coverage provided to you from a third party employer at such employer’s expense, aggregates at least the amount of coverage that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following was in effect for you at the time of your termination as a result of employmentEmployer’s obligations as set forth in paragraph 5(b).
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Employment Agreement (CBS Corp)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunder, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (a) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employment, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s 's regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (b) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled to receive any grants of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant to Paragraph 9.b below9.b, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-then current Employment Term); provided; , however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraphParagraph 9. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. With respect , and the right to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) cannot be liquidated or exchanged for any similar applicable federal or state statuteother benefit. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced offset on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) Plan or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this Agreement, an award will be deemed to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is eligible to vest will be determined after the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance periodperiod (subject to the proration formula set forth in this Paragraph 9.b). With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award will be eligible to vestvest to the extent provided herein. Vesting will be determined promptly following termination of employment. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding preceding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options SARs and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grantgrant (subject to termination in the event of a corporate transaction, to the extent permitted by the applicable Plan). In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employment.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event that you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability have become totally medically disabled and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunder, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (a) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employment, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (b) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled able to substantially perform your duties for at least six (6) consecutive months or a total of 180 days during any 270 day period, the Board, at any time after such disability has continued for 60 consecutive days, may determine, provided such determination is made while the disability is still in effect, that Employer requires such duties and responsibilities be performed by another executive. In the event that you become “disabled” within the meaning of such term under Employer’s Short-Term Disability (STD) and its Long-Term Disability (LTD) program, you will first receive any grants benefits under the STD program for the first 26 weeks of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant absence in accordance with such program, which will be equal to Paragraph 9.b belowyour Salary, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior the amount of such benefits will offset any Salary that otherwise would be paid to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-current Employment Term); provided; howeverAgreement. Thereafter, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become will be eligible to receive as a result of benefits under the disability resulting LTD program in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or accordance with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as followsits terms. For purposes of this Agreement, an award you will be deemed considered to have vested when it is no longer subject to experienced a substantial risk termination of forfeiture (within employment with Employer as of the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is date you first become eligible to vest receive benefits under the LTD program, or, if you do not become eligible to receive benefits under the LTD program, on the date following the sixth consecutive month in which you have not been able to substantially perform your duties hereunder (“Disability Termination Date”), and until that time you shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as an active employee of Employer. Upon your Disability Termination Date, your benefits will be determined after the end of following in accordance with the performance period specified payment provisions set forth in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, paragraph 10(d)(iii) and subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount provisions of such award will be eligible to vest. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of paragraph 10(d)(v):
(i) Employer will pay your actual period Accrued Compensation and Benefits (as defined below in paragraph 10(d)(ii));
(ii) Employer will pay you a prorated Bonus for the year of service in months your termination of employment based on your Target Bonus and the number of calendar days of such year elapsed through the date of your termination plus of employment;
(iiiii) the lesser all of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event your outstanding unvested Employer stock options will the numerator exceed the denominator)vest, and all such options and all of your outstanding options that have previously vested will remain exercisable for the denominator greater of which is three years and the total performance period in months (provided for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with under the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part agreement, but in no event beyond their normal expiration date;
(iv) all of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b your unvested and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all outstanding restricted stock options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grant. In the case of and/or restricted stock units and any other type of equity awards that are then unvested and outstanding, in each case, as of the Disability Termination Date shall vest and, subject to any prior deferral election, be settled within ten (10) business days after your Disability Termination Date; provided, that to the extent any such unvested and outstanding equity awards remain subject to performance-based vesting criteriaconditions on your Disability Termination Date, except such equity awards shall immediately vest (with an assumption that the performance goal(s) were achieved at target level, if and to the extent applicable) and, subject to any prior deferral election, be settled within ten (10) business days thereafter;
(v) You will receive (x) grants of shares of Class B Common Stock earned as otherwise the Performance Awards (if any) pursuant to (and at the time provided in) Schedules A, B and C, and (y) payment of the Cash Performance Award (if any) pursuant to (and at the time provided in) Schedule D, in each case subject to paragraph 10(d)(v); and
(vi) Employer will continue to provide you with life insurance coverage as set forth in Paragraph 25paragraph 5(b), at the same level of coverage that was in effect immediately prior to the Disability Termination Date and on terms and conditions under which the life insurance is provided that are no less favorable to you than those in effect immediately prior to the Disability Termination Date, until the end of the Original Employment Term or, if earlier, the date on which you become eligible for at least as much insurance coverage as the coverage that was in effect at the time of your termination, from a third party employer at such awards will be settled employer’s expense; provided, however, that Employer may decrease the amount of premiums it pays towards life insurance coverage it provides you so long as the amount of such coverage that it continues to provide, combined with the amount of such coverage provided to you from a third party employer at such employer’s expense, aggregates at least the amount of coverage that was in effect for you on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination Disability Termination Date as a result of employmentEmployer’s obligations as set forth in paragraph 5(b).
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Employment Agreement (CBS Corp)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Termterm hereof, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunder, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (a) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employment, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate the specified Base Salary for the remainder of Base Salarythe then current Employment Term, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable but not to similarly situated active employeesexceed two (2) years, and (b) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled to receive any grants of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant to Paragraph 9.b below, car allowance which has accrued prior to your termination, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, disability, car allowance and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-then current Employment Term); provided; however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a 9.b or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio the Company during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by inclusive of any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by inclusive of the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) Plan or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this Agreement, an award will be deemed to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, your rights to receive or exercise the amount of such award that is eligible to vest awards provided by the grants will be determined after the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, your rights to receive or exercise the full amount of such award awards provided by the grants will be eligible determined promptly following your termination of employment. You will be entitled to vest. A receive or exercise a ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested determined in the preceding sentence, calculated by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options Options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grant. In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employment.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to become totally medically disabled and cannot substantially perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during your duties at any twelve (12) month period time during the Employment Term, the Board of Directors may at any time after such disability has continued for ninety (90) consecutive days require Studio shall have the rightto give you written notice that it intends, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate suspend this Agreement. Upon receipt of such notice, prior to any suspension hereunder, you shall be entitled to an expedited arbitration to determine whether or not you are medically disabled and have been disabled for at least ninety (90) consecutive days, provided that you request such arbitration within ten (10) business days of receipt of such notice from Studio. If you do not so request such an arbitration, or if the arbitrator rules that you are so disabled, you shall be placed on a “medical payroll”. You will remain employed for the first twenty-six (26) weeks of consecutive absence commencing at the end of the later of the ten (10) day period or upon the conclusion of the arbitration. Thereafter, if you are not able to resume your duties hereunder, your employment hereunder, and Studio shall only will be obligated to pay you (a) for a period commencing on the terminated.
b. Upon termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employment, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments you will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable entitled to similarly situated active employees, and (b) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any retain all grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination and to receive and retain any approved grants of equity-based compensation (it being understood or substituted Cash Payment) for which you have become eligible but which have not been made, but will not be entitled to receive any additional grants of equity-based compensation thereafter. Any such Cash Payment that you become entitled to receive will be paid to you within thirty (30) as determined pursuant to Paragraph 9.b below, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you prior to the days following termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-current Employment Term); provided; however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive except as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted otherwise required by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto30.
b. c. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) Plan or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this Agreement, an award will be deemed to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, your rights to receive or exercise the amount of such award that is eligible to vest awards provided by the grants will be determined after the end of the performance period period, if any, specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, if any, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, your rights to receive or exercise the full amount of such award awards provided by the grants will be eligible determined promptly following your termination of employment. You will be entitled to vest. A receive or exercise a ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested determined in the preceding two sentences, calculated by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of one (A1) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination year (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding preceding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grant. In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 2526, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employment.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunder, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (a) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employment, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (b) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled to receive any grants of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant to Paragraph 9.b below9.b, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and financial counseling and other benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-then current Employment Term); provided; however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced offset on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) Plan or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this Agreement, an award will be deemed to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is eligible to vest will be determined after the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award will be eligible to vest. Vesting will be determined promptly following termination of employment. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding preceding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options SARs and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grant. In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employment.
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Sources: Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunder, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (a) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employment, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (b) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled to receive any grants of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant to Paragraph 9.b below, car allowance which has accrued prior to your termination, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, disability, car allowance and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-then current Employment Term); provided; however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. In the case of car allowance payments, such payments will be equal to your monthly car allowance at the time of termination of your employment and will be made to you in equal monthly payments during such period in accordance with Studio’s regular practice of paying a monthly car allowance to similarly situated active employees. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this Agreement, an award will be deemed to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section § 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is eligible to vest will be determined after the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award will be eligible to vest. Vesting will be determined promptly following termination of employment. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grant. In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employment.
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Sources: Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunder, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (a) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employment, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (b) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled to receive any grants of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant to Paragraph 9.b below9.b, car allowance which has accrued prior to your termination, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and car allowance, financial counseling and other benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-then current Employment Term); provided; however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. With respect In the case of car allowance payments, such payments will be equal to any Continued Benefits for which your monthly car allowance at the time of termination of your employment and will be made to you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio in equal monthly payments during any continuation such period you shall elect in accordance with Studio’s regular practice of paying a monthly car allowance to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statutesimilarly situated active employees. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced offset on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) Plan or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this Agreement, an award will be deemed to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is eligible to vest will be determined after the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award will be eligible to vest. Vesting will be determined promptly following termination of employment. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding preceding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options SARs and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grant. In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employment.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunderthe Employment Term, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (ai) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment the Employment Term by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term Expiration Date and the second anniversary of the termination of your employmentthe Employment Term, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (bii) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled to receive any grants of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant to Paragraph 9.b below, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employmentthe Employment Term. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment the Employment Term pursuant to this paragraph Paragraph 9 (but not to exceed extend beyond the end of the then-current Employment TermExpiration Date); provided; , however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment the Employment Term pursuant to this paragraphParagraph 9. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), ) and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year, and the right to such Continued Benefits cannot be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) Plan or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment the Employment Term pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this Agreement, an award will be deemed to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-performance- based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is eligible to vest will be determined after the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteriacriteria (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not the service requirements), as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance periodperiod (subject to the proration formula set forth in this Paragraph 9.b). With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award will be eligible to vestvest to the extent provided herein. Vesting will be determined promptly following termination of the Employment Term. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term period through the Expiration Date in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding preceding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grantgrant (subject to termination in the event of a corporate transaction to the extent permitted by the applicable Plan). In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employment.the Employment Term; provided, however, that in the case of any restricted stock units that constitute deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A), unless you are disabled (within the meaning of Section 409A), then even though your rights to payment with respect to such restricted stock units will become vested pursuant to this Paragraph 9.b and the amount of such payment will be determined as of the date the Employment Term terminates pursuant to this Paragraph 9.b, such amount will not be paid to you until the earliest time permitted under Section 409A.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Termterm hereof, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunder, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (a) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employment, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate the specified Base Salary for the remainder of Base Salarythe then current Employment Term, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable but not to similarly situated active employeesexceed two (2) years, and (b) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled to receive any grants of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant to Paragraph 9.b below9.b, car allowance which has accrued prior to your termination, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, insurance and financial counseling other benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-then current Employment Term); provided; however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by inclusive of any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by inclusive of the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) Plan or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this Agreement, an award will be deemed Your rights to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within receive or exercise the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to awards provided by the grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is eligible to vest will be determined after the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award You will be eligible entitled to vest. A receive or exercise a ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested determined in the preceding sentence, calculated by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options SARs and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grant. In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employment.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability become totally medically disabled and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunder, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (a) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employment, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (b) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled able to substantially perform your duties for at least six (6) consecutive months or a total of 180 days during any 270 day period, the Board, at any time after such disability has continued for 60 consecutive days, may determine that Employer requires such duties and responsibilities be performed by another executive. In the event that you become “disabled” within the meaning of such term under Employer’s Short-Term Disability (STD) and its Long-Term Disability (LTD) program, you will first receive any grants benefits under the STD program for the first 26 weeks of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant consecutive absence, which will be equal to Paragraph 9.b belowyour Salary, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior the amount of such benefits will offset any Salary that otherwise would be paid to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-current Employment Term); provided; howeverAgreement. Thereafter, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become will be eligible to receive as a result of benefits under the disability resulting LTD program in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or accordance with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as followsits terms. For purposes of this Agreement, an award you will be deemed considered to have vested when it is no longer subject experienced a termination of employment with Employer as of the date you first become eligible to a substantial risk receive benefits under the LTD program, and until that time you shall be treated for all purposes of forfeiture this Agreement as an active employee of Employer. Upon receipt of benefits under the LTD program, you will also be entitled to receive the following:
(within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(di) Employer will pay your Accrued Compensation and Benefits (as defined below in paragraph 9(d)(i)). With ;
(ii) Employer will pay you a prorated Bonus for the year of your termination of employment based on your Target Bonus and the number of calendar days of such year elapsed through the date of your termination of employment;
(iii) all of your outstanding unvested Employer stock options will vest, and all such options and all of your outstanding options that have previously vested will remain exercisable until the applicable date set forth in paragraph 4(a)(v);
(iv) the number of Shares to which you are entitled in respect of your outstanding awards of PSUs will be determined as provided in paragraph 4(b) for Qualifying Terminations, and all Shares delivered upon settlement of PSUs will be considered vested;
(v) all of your unvested PRSUs will vest at the target level and be settled as promptly as administratively practicable after your termination date; and
(vi) Employer will continue to grants having performance-based vesting criteriaprovide you with life insurance coverage as set forth in paragraph 5(b) until the end of the Employment Term or, if earlier, the date on which you become eligible for at least as much insurance coverage from a third party employer at the employer’s expense; provided, however, that Employer may decrease the amount of life insurance coverage it provides you so along as the amount of such award coverage that is eligible it continues to vest will be determined after provide, and the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award will be eligible coverage provided to vest. A ratable portion of you from a third party employer at the employer’s expense, aggregates at least the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grant. In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employmentparagraph 5(b).
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Sources: Employment Agreement (Viacom Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to become totally medically disabled and cannot substantially perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during your duties at any twelve (12) month period time during the Employment Term, the Board of Directors may at any time after such disability has continued for ninety (90) consecutive days require Studio shall have the rightto give you written notice that it intends, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate suspend this Agreement. Upon receipt of such notice, prior to any suspension hereunder, you shall be entitled to an expedited arbitration to determine whether or not you are medically disabled and have been disabled for at least ninety (90) consecutive days, provided that you request such arbitration within ten (10) business days of receipt of such notice from Studio. If you do not so request such an arbitration, or if the arbitrator rules that you are so disabled, you shall be placed on a “medical payroll”. You will remain employed for the first twenty-six (26) weeks of consecutive absence commencing at the end of the later of the ten (10) day period or upon the conclusion of the arbitration. Thereafter, if you are not able to resume your duties hereunder, your employment hereunder, and Studio shall only will be obligated to pay you (a) for a period commencing on the terminated.
b. Upon termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employment, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments you will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable entitled to similarly situated active employees, and (b) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any retain all grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination and to receive and retain any approved grants of equity-based compensation (it being understood or substituted Cash Payment) for which you have become eligible but which have not been made, but will not be entitled to receive any additional grants of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant to Paragraph 9.b below, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-current Employment Term); provided; however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) Plan or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this Agreement, an award will be deemed to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, your rights to receive or exercise the amount of such award that is eligible to vest awards provided by the grants will be determined after the end of the performance period period, if any, specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, if any, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, your rights to receive or exercise the full amount of such award awards provided by the grants will be eligible determined promptly following your termination of employment. You will be entitled to vest. A receive or exercise a ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested determined in the preceding two sentences, calculated by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of one (A1) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination year (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), ) and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding preceding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options Options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grant. In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employment.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to become totally medically disabled and cannot substantially perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during your duties at any twelve (12) month period time during the Employment Term, the Board of Directors may at any time after such disability has continued for ninety (90) consecutive days require Studio shall have the rightto give you written notice that it intends, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate suspend this Agreement. Upon receipt of such notice, prior to any suspension hereunder, you shall be entitled to an expedited arbitration to determine whether or not you are medically disabled and have been disabled for at least ninety (90) consecutive days, provided that you request such arbitration within ten (10) business days of receipt of such notice from Studio. If you do not so request such an arbitration, or if the arbitrator rules that you are so disabled, you shall be placed on a “medical payroll,” meaning you will remain employed for the first twenty-six (26) weeks of consecutive absence commencing at the end of the later of the ten (10) day period or upon the conclusion of the arbitration. Thereafter, if you are not able to resume your duties hereunder, your employment hereunder, and Studio shall only will be obligated to pay you (a) for a period commencing on the terminated.
b. Upon termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employmentas provided in Paragraph 9.a, payments at a rate equal you shall remain entitled to receive 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and100% of all medical, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.adental, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employeeslife insurance and other benefits for the remainder of the then current Employment Term, and (b) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any all grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you termination, but will not be entitled to receive any grants of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant to Paragraph 9.b below, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-current Employment Term); provided; however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) Plan or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this Agreement, an award will be deemed Your rights to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within receive or exercise the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to awards provided by the grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is eligible to vest will be determined after the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award You will be eligible entitled to vest. A receive or exercise a ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested determined in the preceding sentence, calculated by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options Options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grant. In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employment.
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Sources: Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunderthe Employment Term, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (ai) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment the Employment Term by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of Initial Expiration Date (or, if applicable, the Employment Term Extended Expiration Date) and the second anniversary of the termination of your employmentthe Employment Term, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (bii) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled to receive any grants of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant to Paragraph 9.b below, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employmentthe Employment Term. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment the Employment Term pursuant to this paragraph Paragraph 9 (but not to exceed extend beyond the end of Initial Expiration Date (or, if applicable, the then-current Employment TermExtended Expiration Date)); provided; , however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment the Employment Term pursuant to this paragraphParagraph 9. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year, and the right to such Continued Benefits cannot be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment the Employment Term pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this Agreement, an award will be deemed to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is eligible to vest will be determined after the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteriacriteria (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not the service requirements), as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance periodperiod (subject to the proration formula set forth in this Paragraph 9.b). With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award will be eligible to vestvest to the extent provided herein. Vesting will be determined promptly following termination of the Employment Term. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term period through the Initial Expiration Date (or, if applicable, the Extended Expiration Date) in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding preceding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grantgrant (subject to termination in the event of a corporate transaction to the extent permitted by the applicable Plan). In the case of With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employmentthe Employment Term.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunder, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (a) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employment, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (b) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled to receive any grants of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant to Paragraph 9.b below9.b, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and financial counseling and other benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-then current Employment Term); provided; however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced offset on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) Plan or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this AgreementAgreement (other than Paragraph 4.b(viii)), an award will be deemed to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section § 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is eligible to vest will be determined after the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award will be eligible to vest. Vesting will be determined promptly following termination of employment. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options Options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grant. In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employment.; provided, however, that in the case of any restricted stock units that constitute deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A), unless you are disabled (within the meaning of Section 409A), then even though your rights to payment with respect to such restricted stock units will become vested pursuant to this Paragraph 9.b and the amount of such payment will be determined as of the date your employment terminates pursuant to this Section 9.b, such amount will not be paid to you until the earliest time permitted under Section 409A.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during become “medically disabled” at any twelve (12) month period time during the Employment Term, the Board of Directors may require Studio shall have the rightto give you written notice that it intends, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate suspend this Agreement. Upon receipt of such notice, you shall be placed on a “medical payroll,” meaning you will remain employed for the first twenty-six (26) weeks of consecutive absence commencing upon receipt of such notice. Thereafter, if you are not able to resume your duties hereunder, your employment hereunderwill be terminated. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “medically disabled” shall mean your inability, to perform a material portion of your duties for 90 consecutive days as a result of incapacity due to a mental or physical condition, which is determined to be total and permanent by a board-certified physician selected by you and Studio, and Studio the determination of such physician shall only be obligated binding upon you and Studio.
b. Upon termination of employment as provided in Paragraph 9.a, you shall remain entitled to pay you receive (ai) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employmentTerm, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salarybase salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, and such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, (ii) 100% of all medical, dental, life insurance and other benefits (excluding disability coverage, “Continued Benefits”) for the remainder of the then current Employment Term, and (biii) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any to retain all grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you termination, but will not be entitled to receive any grants of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant to Paragraph 9.b below, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-current Employment Term); provided; however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) Plan or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this Agreement, an award will be deemed to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is eligible to vest will be determined after the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award will be eligible to vest. Vesting will be determined promptly following termination of employment. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding preceding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all Options, stock options appreciation rights and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grant. In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 2527, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employment.; provided, however, that in the case of any restricted stock units that constitute deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A), unless you are disabled (within the meaning of Section 409A), then even though your rights to payment with respect to such restricted stock units will become vested pursuant to this Paragraph 9.b and the amount of such payment will be determined as of the date your employment terminates pursuant to this Section 9.b, such amount will not be paid to you until the earliest time permitted under Section 409A.
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Sources: Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability become totally medically disabled and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunder, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (a) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employment, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (b) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled able to substantially perform your duties for at least six (6) consecutive months or a total of 180 days during any 270 day period, the Board, at any time after such disability has continued for 60 consecutive days, may determine, provided such determination is made while the disability is still in effect, that Employer requires such duties and responsibilities be performed by another executive. In the event that you become “disabled” within the meaning of such term under Employer’s Short-Term Disability (STD) and its Long-Term Disability (LTD) program, you will first receive any grants benefits under the STD program for the first 26 weeks of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant absence in accordance with such program, which will be equal to Paragraph 9.b belowyour Salary, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior the amount of such benefits will offset any Salary that otherwise would be paid to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-current Employment Term); provided; howeverAgreement. Thereafter, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become will be eligible to receive as a result of benefits under the disability resulting LTD program in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or accordance with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as followsits terms. For purposes of this Agreement, an award you will be deemed considered to have vested when it is no longer subject to experienced a substantial risk termination of forfeiture (within employment with Employer as of the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is date you first become eligible to vest receive benefits under the LTD program, or, if you do not become eligible to receive benefits under the LTD program, on the date following the sixth consecutive month in which you have not been able to substantially perform your duties hereunder (“Disability Termination Date”), and until that time you shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as an active employee of Employer. Upon your Disability Termination Date, your benefits will be determined after the end of following in accordance with the performance period specified payment provisions set forth in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, paragraph 10(d)(iii) and subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount provisions of such award will be eligible to vest. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of paragraph 10(d)(v):
(i) Employer will pay your actual period Accrued Compensation and Benefits (as defined below in paragraph 10(d)(ii));
(ii) Employer will pay you a prorated Bonus for the year of service in months your termination of employment based on your Target Bonus and the number of calendar days of such year elapsed through the date of your termination plus of employment;
(iiiii) the lesser all of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event your outstanding unvested Employer stock options will the numerator exceed the denominator)vest, and all such options and all of your outstanding options that have previously vested will remain exercisable for the denominator greater of which is three years and the total performance period in months (provided for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with under the terms of the applicable award agreement agreement, but in no event beyond their normal expiration date;
(iv) all of your unvested and outstanding restricted stock and/or restricted stock units and any other type of equity awards that are then unvested and outstanding, in each case, as of the date on which the Employment Term ends shall vest and be credited against any part settled within ten (10) business days after your termination date; and
(v) Employer will continue to pay the same premium amounts it was paying at the time of such award that your termination in connection with providing you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination with life insurance coverage as set forth in paragraph 5(b). Such payments of premiums will continue until the proceeding sentence. The balance end of the Original Employment Term or, if earlier, the date on which you become eligible for at least as much insurance coverage as the coverage that was in effect at the time of your termination, from a third party employer at such employer’s expense; provided, however, that Employer may decrease the amount of premiums it pays towards life insurance coverage it provides you so long as the amount of such awards will be forfeited. Subject coverage that it continues to this Paragraph 9.b and provide, combined with the amount of such coverage provided to you from a third party employer at such employer’s expense, aggregates at least the other terms and conditions amount of coverage that was in effect for you at the grants, all stock options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term time of the grant. In the case your termination as a result of restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except Employer’s obligations as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employmentparagraph 5(b).
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Employment Agreement (CBS Corp)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunder, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (a) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employment, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (b) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled to receive any grants of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant to Paragraph 9.b below9.b, car allowance which has accrued prior to your termination, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and car allowance, financial counseling and other benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-then current Employment Term); provided; however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. With respect In the case of car allowance payments, such payments will be equal to any Continued Benefits for which your monthly car allowance at the time of termination of your employment and will be made to you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio in equal monthly payments during any continuation such period you shall elect in accordance with Studio’s regular practice of paying a monthly car allowance to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statutesimilarly situated active employees. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced offset on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) Plan or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this Agreement, an award will be deemed to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section § 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is eligible to vest will be determined after the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award will be eligible to vest. Vesting will be determined promptly following termination of employment. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options Options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grant. In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employment.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunderthe Employment Term, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (ai) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment the Employment Term by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of Initial Expiration Date (or, if applicable, the Employment Term Extended Expiration Date) and the second anniversary of the termination of your employmentthe Employment Term, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (bii) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled to receive any grants of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant to Paragraph 9.b below, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employmentthe Employment Term. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment the Employment Term pursuant to this paragraph Paragraph 9 (but not to exceed extend beyond the end of Initial Expiration Date (or, if applicable, the then-current Employment TermExtended Expiration Date)); provided; , however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment the Employment Term pursuant to this paragraphParagraph 9. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year, and the right to such Continued Benefits cannot be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment the Employment Term pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this Agreement, an award will be deemed to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is eligible to vest will be determined after the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteriacriteria (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not the service requirements), as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance periodperiod (subject to the proration formula set forth in this Paragraph 9.b). With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award will be eligible to vestvest to the extent provided herein. Vesting will be determined promptly following termination of the Employment Term. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term period through the Initial Expiration Date (or, if applicable, the Extended Expiration Date) in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding preceding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grantgrant (subject to termination in the event of a corporate transaction, to the extent permitted by the applicable Plan). In the case of With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employment.the Employment Term; provided, however, that in the case of any restricted stock units that constitute deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A), unless you are disabled (within the meaning of Section 409A), then even though your rights to payment with respect to such restricted stock units will become vested pursuant to this Paragraph 9.b and the amount of such payment will be determined as of the date the Employment Term terminates pursuant to this Paragraph 9.b, such amount will not be paid to you until the earliest time permitted under Section 409A.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable become totally medically disabled and you will not be able to substantially perform your duties for at least six (6) consecutive months or a total of 180 days during any 270 day period, the services required Chairman of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and Viacom, at any time after such disability has continued for 60 consecutive days, may determine that Viacom requires such duties and responsibilities be performed by another executive. In the event that you become “disabled” within the meaning of such term under Viacom’s Short-Term Disability (STD) and its Long-Term Disability (LTD) program, you will first receive benefits under the STD program for the first 26 weeks of consecutive absence, which will be equal to your Salary and you shall continue to earn your Deferred Compensation for a period such period. Thereafter, you will be eligible to receive benefits under the LTD program in accordance with its terms. Upon receipt of ninety benefits under the LTD program, you will also be entitled to receive the following:
(90i) Target Bonus prorated for the portion of the calendar year through the date on which you become eligible to receive benefits under the LTD program, payable at the time the Bonus for such calendar year would otherwise be paid;
(ii) Deferred Compensation attributable to prior calendar years, payable, together with the return thereon as provided in paragraph 3(b), prior to January 31st of the calendar year following the calendar year in which such benefits commence;
(iii) all unvested restricted share units will vest and payment will be made within ten (10) business days after the date as of which you begin to receive benefits under the LTD or more consecutive days such payment will be deferred in accordance with the election that you made prior to the time of grant; and
(iv) LTMIP stock options granted on or an aggregate after July 1, 2004 that are vested on the date as of four (4) which benefits commence under the LTD, or more months during any twelve (12) month period during that would have vested and become exercisable on or before the last day of the Employment Term, Studio shall have will be exercisable for three (3) years after the rightdate as of which benefits commence under the LTD or, at its option if earlier, the expiration date of the stock options. For the periods that you receive compensation and subject benefits under the STD and LTD programs, the compensation and benefits provided under such programs and the compensation provided under this paragraph 7 are in lieu of Salary, Deferred Compensation and Bonus under paragraphs 3(a), (b) and (c) for such periods. In the event that you thereafter become able to applicable state and federal lawsubstantially perform your duties, to terminate your employment hereunderwill be terminated pursuant to paragraph 8(c) and you will be entitled to receive, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (a) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the after such termination of your employment, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salarythe compensation and benefits ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ July 1, 2004 provided in paragraphs 8(d)(i) through (iv) and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (b) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled to receive any grants of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant to Paragraph 9.b belowextent applicable, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-current Employment Term8(d)(vii); provided; however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this Agreement, an award will be deemed to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is eligible to vest will be determined after the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award will be eligible to vest. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grant. In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employment.
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Sources: Employment Agreement (Viacom Inc)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunderthe Employment Term, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (ai) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment the Employment Term by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term Expiration Date and the second anniversary of the termination of your employmentthe Employment Term, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (bii) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled to receive any grants of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant to Paragraph 9.b below, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employmentthe Employment Term. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, insurance and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment the Employment Term pursuant to this paragraph Paragraph 9 (but not to exceed extend beyond the end of the then-current Employment TermExpiration Date); provided; , however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment the Employment Term pursuant to this paragraphParagraph 9. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year, and the right to such Continued Benefits cannot be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) Plan or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment the Employment Term pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this Agreement, an award will be deemed to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is eligible to vest will be determined after the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteriacriteria (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not the service requirements), as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance periodperiod (subject to the proration formula set forth in this Paragraph 9.b). With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award will be eligible to vestvest to the extent provided herein. Vesting will be determined promptly following termination of the Employment Term. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term period through the Expiration Date in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding preceding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options Options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grantgrant (subject to termination in the event of a corporate transaction, to the extent permitted by the applicable Plan). In the case of With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employment.the Employment Term; provided, however, that in the case of any restricted stock units that constitute deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A), unless you are disabled (within the meaning of Section 409A), then even though your rights to payment with respect to such restricted stock units will become vested pursuant to this Paragraph 9.b and the amount of such payment will be determined as of the date the Employment Term terminates pursuant to this Paragraph 9.b, such amount will not be paid to you until the earliest time permitted under Section 409A.
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Sources: Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event that you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability have become totally medically disabled and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunder, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (a) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employment, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (b) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled able to substantially perform your duties for at least six (6) consecutive months or a total of 180 days during any 270 day period, the Board, at any time after such disability has continued for 60 consecutive days, may determine, provided such determination is made while the disability is still in effect, that Employer requires such duties and responsibilities be performed by another executive. In the event that you become “disabled” within the meaning of such term under Employer’s Short-Term Disability (STD) and its Long-Term Disability (LTD) program, you will first receive any grants benefits under the STD program for the first 26 weeks of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant absence in accordance with such program, which will be equal to Paragraph 9.b belowyour Salary, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior the amount of such benefits will offset any Salary that otherwise would be paid to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-current Employment Term); provided; howeverAgreement. Thereafter, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become will be eligible to receive as a result of benefits under the disability resulting LTD program in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or accordance with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as followsits terms. For purposes of this Agreement, an award you will be deemed considered to have vested when it is no longer subject to experienced a substantial risk termination of forfeiture (within employment with Employer as of the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is date you first become eligible to vest receive benefits under the LTD program, or, if you do not become eligible to receive benefits under the LTD program, on the date following the sixth consecutive month in which you have not been able to substantially perform your duties hereunder (“Disability Termination Date”), and until that time you shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as an active employee of Employer. Upon your Disability Termination Date, your benefits will be determined after the end of following in accordance with the performance period specified payment provisions set forth in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, paragraph 10(d)(iii) and subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount provisions of such award will be eligible to vest. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of paragraph 10(d)(v):
(i) Employer will pay your actual period Accrued Compensation and Benefits (as defined below in paragraph 10(d)(ii));
(ii) Employer will pay you a prorated Bonus for the year of service in months your termination of employment based on your Target Bonus and the number of calendar days of such year elapsed through the date of your termination plus of employment;
(iiiii) the lesser all of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event your outstanding unvested Employer stock options will the numerator exceed the denominator)vest, and all such options and all of your outstanding options that have previously vested will remain exercisable for the denominator greater of which is three years and the total performance period in months (provided for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with under the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part agreement, but in no event beyond their normal expiration date;
(iv) all of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b your unvested and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all outstanding restricted stock options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grant. In the case of and/or restricted stock units and any other type of equity awards that are then unvested and outstanding, in each case, as of the Disability Termination Date shall vest and, subject to any prior deferral election, be settled within ten (10) business days after your Disability Termination Date; provided, that to the extent any such unvested and outstanding equity awards remain subject to performance-based vesting criteriaconditions on your Disability Termination Date, except such equity awards shall immediately vest (with an assumption that the performance goal(s) were achieved at target level, if and to the extent applicable) and, subject to any prior deferral election, be settled within ten (10) business days thereafter;
(v) You will receive a grant of shares of Class B Common Stock earned as otherwise the Performance Award (if any) pursuant to (and at the time provided in) Schedule A, subject to paragraph 10(d)(v); and
(vi) Employer will continue to provide you with life insurance coverage as set forth in Paragraph 25paragraph 5(b), at the same level of coverage that was in effect immediately prior to the Disability Termination Date and on terms and conditions under which the life insurance is provided that are no less favorable to you than those in effect immediately prior to the Disability Termination Date, until the end of the Original Employment Term or, if earlier, the date on which you become eligible for at least as much insurance coverage as the coverage that was in effect at the time of your termination, from a third party employer at such awards will be settled employer’s expense; provided, however, that Employer may decrease the amount of premiums it pays towards life insurance coverage it provides you so long as the amount of such coverage that it continues to provide, combined with the amount of such coverage provided to you from a third party employer at such employer’s expense, aggregates at least the amount of coverage that was in effect for you on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination Disability Termination Date as a result of employmentEmployer’s obligations as set forth in paragraph 5(b).
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Employment Agreement (CBS Corp)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunder, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (a) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employment, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (b) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled to receive any grants of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant to Paragraph 9.b below, car allowance which has accrued prior to your termination, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, car allowance, and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-then current Employment Term); provided; however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. In the case of car allowance payments, such payments will be equal to your monthly car allowance at the time of termination of your employment and will be made to you in equal monthly payments during such period in accordance with Studio’s regular practice of paying a monthly car allowance to similarly situated active employees. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this Agreement, an award will be deemed to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With 1.409A-1(d)).With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is eligible to vest will be determined after the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award will be eligible to vest. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grant. In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employment.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability become totally medically disabled and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunder, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (a) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employment, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (b) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled able to substantially perform your duties for at least six (6) consecutive months or a total of 180 days during any 270-day period, the Board, at any time after such disability has continued for 60 consecutive days, may determine that Employer requires such duties and responsibilities be performed by another executive. In the event that you become “disabled” within the meaning of such term under Employer’s Short-Term Disability (STD) and its Long-Term Disability (LTD) program, you will first receive any grants benefits under the STD program for the first 26 weeks of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant consecutive absence, which will be equal to Paragraph 9.b belowyour Salary, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior the amount of such benefits will offset any Salary that otherwise would be paid to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-current Employment Term); provided; howeverAgreement. Thereafter, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become will be eligible to receive as a result of benefits under the disability resulting LTD program in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or accordance with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as followsits terms. For purposes of this Agreement, an award you will be deemed considered to have vested when it is no longer subject experienced a termination of employment with Employer as of the date you first become eligible to a substantial risk receive benefits under the LTD program, and until that time you shall be treated for all purposes of forfeiture this Agreement as an active employee of Employer. Upon receipt of benefits under the LTD program, you will also be entitled to receive the following:
(within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(di) Employer will pay your Accrued Compensation and Benefits (as defined below in paragraph 10(d)(i)). With ;
(ii) Employer will pay you a prorated Bonus for the year of your termination of employment based on your Target Bonus and the number of calendar days of such year elapsed through the date of your termination of employment;
(iii) all of your outstanding unvested Employer stock options will vest, and all such options and all of your outstanding options that have previously vested will remain exercisable until the applicable date set forth in paragraph 4(a)(iv);
(iv) the number of Shares to which you are entitled in respect of your outstanding awards of PSUs will be determined as provided in paragraph 4(b) for Qualifying Terminations, and all Shares delivered upon settlement of PSUs will be considered vested; and
(v) Employer will continue to grants having performanceprovide you with life insurance coverage as set forth in paragraph 6(b) until the end of the Employment Term or, if earlier, the date on which you become eligible for at least as much insurance coverage from a third-based vesting criteriaparty employer at the employer’s expense; provided, however, that Employer may decrease the amount of life insurance coverage it provides you so along as the amount of such award coverage that is eligible it continues to vest will be determined after provide, and the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award will be eligible coverage provided to vest. A ratable portion of you from a third-party employer at the employer’s expense, aggregates at least the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grant. In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employmentparagraph 6(b).
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Sources: Employment Agreement (Viacom Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunderthe Employment Term, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (ai) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment the Employment Term by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of Initial Expiration Date (or, if applicable, the Employment Term Extended Expiration Date) and the second anniversary of the termination of your employmentthe Employment Term, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (bii) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled to receive any grants of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant to Paragraph 9.b below, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employmentthe Employment Term. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment the Employment Term pursuant to this paragraph Paragraph 9 (but not to exceed extend beyond the end of Initial Expiration Date (or, if applicable, the then-current Employment TermExtended Expiration Date)); provided; , however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment the Employment Term pursuant to this paragraphParagraph 9. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year, and the right to such Continued Benefits cannot be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment the Employment Term pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this Agreement, an award will be deemed to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is eligible to vest will be determined after the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteriacriteria (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not the service requirements), as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance periodperiod (subject to the proration formula set forth in this Paragraph 9.b). With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award will be eligible to vestvest to the extent provided herein. Vesting will be determined promptly following termination of the Employment Term. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term period through the Initial Expiration Date (or, if applicable, the Extended Expiration Date) in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding preceding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grantgrant (subject to termination in the event of a corporate transaction to the extent permitted by the applicable Plan). In the case of With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employmentthe Employment Term.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunder, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (ai) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Initial Term (or, if applicable, the Extended Term) and the second anniversary of the termination of your employment, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s 's regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (bii) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled to receive any grants of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant to Paragraph 9.b below, below and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-current Employment Initial Term (or, if applicable, the Extended Term)); provided; , however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraphParagraph 9. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), ) and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year, and the right to such Continued Benefits cannot be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this Agreement, an award will be deemed to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section § 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is eligible to vest will be determined after the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance periodperiod (subject to the proration formula set forth in this Paragraph 9.b). With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award will be eligible to vestvest to the extent provided herein. Vesting will be determined promptly following termination of employment. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Initial Term (or, if applicable, Extended Term) in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grantgrant (subject to termination in the event of a corporate transaction, to the extent permitted by the applicable Plan). In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employment.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to become totally medically disabled and cannot substantially perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during your duties at any twelve (12) month period time during the Employment Term, the Board of Directors may at any time after such disability has continued for ninety (90) consecutive days require Studio shall have the rightto give you written notice that it intends, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate suspend this Agreement. Upon receipt of such notice, prior to any suspension hereunder, you shall be entitled to an expedited arbitration to determine whether or not you are medically disabled and have been disabled for at least ninety (90) consecutive days, provided that you request such arbitration within ten (10) business days of receipt of such notice from Studio. If you do not so request such an arbitration, or if the arbitrator rules that you are so disabled, you shall be placed on a “medical payroll,” meaning you will remain employed for the first twenty-six (26) weeks of consecutive absence commencing at the end of the later of the ten (10) day period or upon the conclusion of the arbitration. Thereafter, if you are not able to resume your duties hereunder, your employment hereunderwill be terminated.
b. Upon termination of employment as provided in Paragraph 9.a, and Studio you shall only be obligated remain entitled to pay you receive (ai) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employmentTerm, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, and such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, (ii) 100% of all medical, dental, life insurance and other benefits (“Continued Benefits”) for the remainder of the then current Employment Term, and (biii) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any to retain all grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you termination, but will not be entitled to receive any grants of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant to Paragraph 9.b below, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-current Employment Term); provided; however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) Plan or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this Agreement, an award will be deemed to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is eligible to vest will be determined after the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award will be eligible to vest. Vesting will be determined promptly following termination of employment. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding preceding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all Options, stock options appreciation rights and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grant. In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 2527, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employment.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Term, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunder, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (a) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employment, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (b) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled to receive any grants of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant to Paragraph 9.b below, car allowance which has accrued prior to your termination, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, and car allowance, financial counseling and other benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-then current Employment Term); provided; however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. With respect In the case of car allowance payments, such payments will be equal to any Continued Benefits for which your monthly car allowance at the time of termination of your employment and will be made to you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio in equal monthly payments during any continuation such period you shall elect in accordance with Studio’s regular practice of paying a monthly car allowance to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statutesimilarly situated active employees. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced offset on a dollar-for-dollar basis by of any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) Plan or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this Agreement, an award will be deemed to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section § 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is eligible to vest will be determined after the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award will be eligible to vest. Vesting will be determined promptly following termination of employment. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding preceding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options and Options any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grant. In the case of restricted stock units RSUs that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to restricted stock units In the case of RSUs that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employment.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during become “medically disabled” at any twelve (12) month period time during the Employment Term, the Board of Directors may require Studio shall have the rightto give you written notice that it intends, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate suspend this Agreement. Upon receipt of such notice, you shall be placed on a “medical payroll,” meaning you will remain employed for the first twenty-six (26) weeks of consecutive absence commencing upon receipt of such notice. Thereafter, if you are not able to resume your employment duties hereunder, the Employment Term will be terminated. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “medically disabled” shall mean your inability to perform a material portion of your duties for 90 consecutive days as a result of incapacity due to a mental or physical condition, which is determined to be total and Studio permanent by a board-certified physician selected by you and Studio, and the determination of such physician shall only be obligated binding upon you and Studio.
(i) Upon termination of the Employment Term as provided in Paragraph 9.a, you shall remain entitled to pay you receive (aA) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment the Employment Term by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employmentExpiration Date, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, and such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (bB) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants 100% of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled to receive any grants of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant to Paragraph 9.b below, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of all medical, dental, life insurance, insurance and financial counseling other benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve through the Expiration Date (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-current Employment Term); provided; , however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment the Employment Term pursuant to this paragraphParagraph 9) and (C) all grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination, but you will not be entitled to receive any grants of equity-based compensation thereafter. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), ) and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. With respect , and the right to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) cannot be liquidated or exchanged for any similar applicable federal or state statuteother benefit. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced offset on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. (ii) Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) Plan or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment the Employment Term pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this Agreement, an award will be deemed to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is eligible to vest will be determined after the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteriacriteria (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not the service requirements), as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance periodperiod (subject to the proration formula set forth in this Paragraph 9.b). With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, the full amount of such award will be eligible to vestvest to the extent provided herein. Vesting will be determined promptly following termination of the Employment Term. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (iA) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term period through the Expiration Date in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding preceding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options Options, SARs and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grantgrant (subject to termination in the event of a corporate transaction, to the extent permitted by the applicable Plan). In the case of With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 2526, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employment.the Employment Term; provided, however, that in the case of any restricted stock units that constitute deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A), unless you are disabled (within the meaning of Section 409A), then even though your rights to payment with respect to such restricted stock units will become vested pursuant to this Paragraph 9.b and the amount of such payment will be determined as of the date the Employment Term terminates pursuant to this Paragraph 9.b, such amount will not be paid to you until the earliest time permitted under Section 409A.
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Sources: Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.)
Incapacity. a. In the event you are unable to perform the services required of you hereunder as a result of a physical or mental disability and such disability shall continue for a period of ninety (90) or more consecutive days or an aggregate of four (4) or more months during any twelve (12) month period during the Employment Termterm hereof, Studio shall have the right, at its option and subject to applicable state and federal law, to terminate your employment hereunder, and Studio shall only be obligated to pay you (a) for a period commencing on the termination of your employment by Studio and ending on the earlier of the expiration of the Employment Term and the second anniversary of the termination of your employment, payments at a rate equal to 50% of your rate of Base Salary, and, except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph 9.a, such payments will be payable in accordance with Studio’s regular payroll practices applicable to similarly situated active employees, and (b) any additional compensation (including, without limitation, any grants of equity-based compensation made to you on or prior to the date of termination (it being understood you will not be entitled to receive any grants of equity-based compensation thereafter) as determined pursuant to Paragraph 9.b below, car allowance which has accrued prior to your termination, and expense reimbursement for expenses incurred prior to your termination) earned by you prior to the termination of your employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, you further will be entitled to continuation of medical, dental, life insurance, car allowance, and financial counseling benefits (collectively, excluding disability insurance, the “Continued Benefits”) for a period of twelve (12) months after termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph (but not to exceed the end of the then-then current Employment Term); provided; however, that nothing in this sentence is intended to discontinue any short-term or long-term disability insurance benefits you are receiving or may become eligible to receive as a result of the disability resulting in termination of your employment pursuant to this paragraph. Except as specifically permitted by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the regulations thereunder as in effect from time to time (collectively, hereinafter, “Section 409A”), the Continued Benefits provided to you during any calendar year will not affect the Continued Benefits to be provided to you in any other calendar year. In the case of car allowance payments, such payments will be equal to your monthly car allowance at the time of termination of your employment and will be made to you in equal monthly payments during such period in accordance with Studio’s regular practice of paying a monthly car allowance to similarly situated active employees. With respect to any Continued Benefits for which you may become eligible under this Paragraph 9.a or otherwise under this Agreement, if requested by Studio during any continuation period you shall elect to treat such Continued Benefits as being provided pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (“COBRA”) or any similar applicable federal or state statute. Whenever compensation is payable to you hereunder, during or with respect to a time when you are partially or totally disabled and such disability (except for the provisions hereof) would entitle you to disability income or to salary continuation payments from Studio according to the terms of any plan now or hereafter provided by Studio or according to any policy of Studio in effect at the time of such disability, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any such disability income or salary continuation and shall not be in addition thereto. If disability income is payable directly to you by an insurance company under an insurance policy paid for by Studio, the compensation payable to you hereunder shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amounts paid to you by said insurance company and shall not be in addition thereto.
b. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable equity compensation plan of Studio (each such plan, a “Plan”) or in the agreement evidencing the grant, in each case as of the date of the grant, after termination of employment pursuant to Paragraph 9.a, your grants of equity-based compensation will be determined as follows. For purposes of this Agreement, an award will be deemed to have vested when it is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(d)). With 1.409A-1(d)).With respect to grants having performance-based vesting criteria, the amount of such award that is eligible to vest will be determined after the end of the performance period specified in the grant, or satisfaction of such other criteria pursuant to the Plan, subject to the applicable performance or other criteria, as if you had continued to remain employed with Studio throughout such performance period. With respect to grants having time-based vesting criteria, ,the full amount of such award will be eligible to vest. A ratable portion of the amount of each award that is eligible to vest will become vested by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) your actual period of service in months through the date of termination plus (ii) the lesser of (A) twelve (12) months or (B) 50% of the remaining Employment Term in months determined as of the date of termination (but in no event will the numerator exceed the denominator), and the denominator of which is the total performance period in months (for grants having performance-based vesting criteria) or the total vesting period in months (for grants having time-based vesting criteria) specified in the grant. To avoid any double-counting, any part of any equity-based compensation award that has vested in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement shall be credited against any part of such award that you shall be entitled to receive or exercise pursuant to the determination set forth in the proceeding sentence. The balance of such awards will be forfeited. Subject to this Paragraph 9.b and to the other terms and conditions of the grants, all stock options and any similar equity-based awards will remain exercisable for the remaining term of the grant. In the case of restricted stock units that are subject to performance-based vesting criteria, except as otherwise set forth in Paragraph 25, such awards will be settled on the seventieth (70th) day after the date that such awards become vested. With respect to restricted stock units that are subject to time-based vesting criteria, such awards will be settled within thirty (30) days following your termination of employment.
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Sources: Employment Agreement (DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.)