Involuntary Termination Clause Samples
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Involuntary Termination. “Involuntary Termination” shall mean (i) without the Employee’s express written consent, the significant reduction of the Employee’s duties or responsibilities relative to the Employee’s duties or responsibilities in effect immediately prior to such reduction; provided, however, that a reduction in duties or responsibilities solely by virtue of the Company being acquired and made part of a larger entity (as, for example, when the Chief Financial Officer of Company remains as such following a Change of Control and is not made the Chief Financial Officer of the acquiring corporation) shall not constitute an “Involuntary Termination”; (ii) without the Employee’s express written consent, a substantial reduction, without good business reasons, of the facilities and perquisites (including office space and location) available to the Employee immediately prior to such reduction; (iii) without the Employee’s express written consent, a material reduction by the Company in the Base Compensation or Target Incentive of the Employee as in effect immediately prior to such reduction, or the ineligibility of the Employee to continue to participate in any long-term incentive plan of the Company; (iv) a material reduction by the Company in the kind or level of employee benefits to which the Employee is entitled immediately prior to such reduction with the result that the Employee’s overall benefits package is significantly reduced; (v) the relocation of the Employee to a facility or a location more than 50 miles from the Employee’s then present location, without the Employee’s express written consent; (vi) any purported termination of the Employee by the Company which is not effected for death or Disability or for Cause; or (vii) the failure of the Company to obtain the assumption of this agreement by any successors contemplated in Section 10 below.
Involuntary Termination. Subject to the provisions of Sections 5.5 and 5.6 hereof, if Executive’s employment by Company or any subsidiary thereof or successor thereto shall be subject to an Involuntary Termination, then Company shall, as additional compensation for services rendered to Company (including its subsidiaries), pay to Executive the following amounts and take the following actions after the last day of Executive’s employment with Company:
(a) Pay Executive a lump sum cash payment in an amount equal to the Severance Amount on or before the 30th day after the last day of Executive’s employment with Company.
(b) Cause Executive and those of Executive’s dependents (including Executive’s spouse) who were covered under Company’s medical, dental and life insurance benefit plans on the day prior to Executive’s Involuntary Termination to continue to be covered under such plans (or to receive equivalent benefits, including the life insurance benefits described in Section 4.3(e)) throughout the three-year period beginning on the date of such Involuntary Termination at no greater cost to Executive than that applicable to Executive immediately prior to such Involuntary Termination; provided, however, that (i) such coverage shall terminate if and to the extent Executive becomes eligible to receive medical, dental and/or life insurance coverage from a subsequent employer (and any such eligibility shall be promptly reported to Company by Executive), and (ii) such coverage to Executive (or the receipt of equivalent benefits) shall be provided under one or more insurance policies so that reimbursement or payment of benefits to Executive thereunder shall not result in taxable income to Executive (or, if any such reimbursement or payment of benefits is taxable (including subject to any additional tax under Section 409A of the Code), then Company shall pay to Executive an amount as shall be required to hold Executive harmless from any additional tax liability resulting from the failure by Company to so provide insurance policies so that reimbursement or payment of benefits to Executive thereunder shall not result in taxable income to Executive).
(c) If Executive’s employment with Company is subject to an Involuntary Termination during a Change of Control Period or to a termination due to Executive’s death or Disability, cause any and all outstanding options to purchase common stock of Company held by Executive to become immediately exercisable in full, cause any and all restricted shares of...
Involuntary Termination. “Involuntary Termination” shall mean:
Involuntary Termination. (i) Subject to 5(f) below, in the event ----------------------- of your Involuntary Termination (as defined in Section 5(g) below) during the Term, the Company shall pay you (A) the full amount of the accrued but unpaid Salary you have earned through the Date of Termination (as defined in Section 5(d) below), plus a cash payment (calculated on the basis of your rate of Salary then in effect) for all unused vacation time which you may have accrued as of the Date of Termination; (B) the amount of any earned but unpaid Annual Bonus for any Fiscal Year of the Company ended on or prior to the Date of Termination; and (C) any unpaid reimbursement for business expenses you are entitled to receive under Section 3(d) above. If such Involuntary Termination occurs on or after September 1, 1999, you will continue to be eligible to receive the Sale Bonus in accordance with the terms of Section 4 hereof.
(ii) In the event of your Involuntary Termination during the Term prior to a Sale of the Company, the Company shall pay you a severance amount equal to your annual rate of Salary, based on the annual rate then in effect immediately prior to such Involuntary Termination, multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which shall be the number of months remaining in the Term and the denominator of which shall be twelve (the "Severance Amount"); provided, however, that in no event shall the Severance Amount be greater than twice your annual rate of Salary. The Severance Amount shall be payable in installments during the period beginning on the Date of Termination and ending on the last day of the Term (the "Severance Period") in accordance with the Company's ordinary payroll practices.
(iii) In the event of your Involuntary Termination during the Term and on or after a Sale of the Company, the Company shall pay you a severance amount equal to your Salary, as in effect on the Date of Termination, multiplied by two (the "Sale Severance Amount"). You shall receive the Sale Severance Amount in installments during the period beginning on the Date of Termination and ending on the second anniversary thereof (the "Sale Severance Period") in accordance with the Company's ordinary payroll practices.
(iv) In the event of your Involuntary Termination during the Term, you and your eligible dependents shall continue to be eligible to participate during the Benefit Continuation Period (as hereinafter defined) in the welfare benefit plans, including medical, dental, health, life and similar in...
Involuntary Termination. The Board of Directors may terminate the Employee’s employment at any time, but, except in the case of Termination for Cause, termination of employment shall not prejudice the Employee’s right to compensation or other benefits under this Agreement. In the event of Involuntary Termination other than concurrently with or within twelve (12) months after a Change in Control, (1) the Bank shall pay to the Employee during the remaining term of this Agreement, the Employee’s salary at the rate in effect immediately prior to the Involuntary Termination, payable in such manner and at such times as such salary would have been payable to the Employee under Section 4 if the Employee had continued to be employed by the Bank, and (2) the Bank shall provide to the Employee during the remaining term of this Agreement substantially the same benefits as the Bank maintained for its executive officers immediately prior to the Involuntary Termination, including Bank-paid dependent medical and dental coverage, provided that if either the Bank is unable to provide such insurance coverage in-kind or the continuation of such insurance coverage would trigger excise taxes under Section 4980D of the Code, then the Bank shall make a lump sum cash payment to the Employee equal to the projected cost of providing such insurance coverage for the remaining term of this Agreement, with the projected cost to be based on the costs being incurred immediately prior to the Involuntary Termination as increased by 10% on each scheduled renewal date. If the Employee is a “Specified Employee” (as defined in Section 409A of the Code) at the time of his Separation from Service, then payments under this Section 7(a) which are not considered paid on account of an involuntary separation from service (as defined in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii)), and as such constitute deferred compensation under Section 409A of the Code, shall not be paid until the 185th day following the Employee’s Separation from Service, or his earlier death (the “Delayed Distribution Date”). Any payments deferred on account of the preceding sentence shall be accumulated without interest and paid with the first payment that is payable in accordance with the preceding sentence and Section 409A of the Code. To the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code, amounts payable under this Section 7(a) which are considered deferred compensation shall be treated as payable after amounts which are not considered deferred compensati...
Involuntary Termination. The term “Involuntary Termination” shall mean either the Executive’s (i) Termination Without Cause or (ii) Resignation for Good Reason.
Involuntary Termination. “Involuntary Termination” shall mean the Company’s termination of Employee’s employment or the Employee’s resignation from the Company, as applicable, in either case upon or within 3 months after the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) without the Employee’s express written consent, the material reduction of the Employee’s duties, authority, responsibilities, job title or reporting relationships relative to the Employee’s duties, authority, responsibilities, job title, or reporting relationships as in effect immediately prior to such reduction, or the assignment to the Employee of such reduced duties, authority, responsibilities, job title, or reporting relationships; (ii) without the Employee’s express written consent, a material reduction, without good business reasons, of the facilities and perquisites (including office space, secretarial support, other support staff, and location) available to the Employee immediately prior to such reduction; (iii) a material reduction by the Company in the base salary of the Employee as in effect immediately prior to such reduction; (iv) a material reduction by the Company in the kind or level of employee benefits, including bonuses, to which the Employee was entitled immediately prior to such reduction with the result that the Employee’s overall benefits package is materially reduced; (v) the relocation of the Employee to a facility or a location more than twenty-five (25) miles from the Employee’s then present location, without the Employee’s express written consent; (vi) any termination of the Employee by the Company which is not effected for Disability or for Cause, or any actual or purported termination effected by the Company for Disability or for Cause for which the grounds relied upon are not valid; (vii) the failure of the Company to obtain the assumption of this Agreement by any successors contemplated in Section 7(a) below; or (viii) any act or set of facts or circumstances which would, under California case law or statute, constitute a constructive termination of the Employee. For purposes of clause (i) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Employee’s responsibilities shall be deemed to be materially reduced if the Employee is no longer an executive officer (in the case of current executive officers) or on the executive officer management staff (in the case of current E-Staff) of such ultimate parent entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Involuntary Termination only shall be deemed to h...
Involuntary Termination. If the Employee's employment is terminated as a result of Involuntary Termination other than for Cause, then the Employee shall receive the following severance benefits from the Company:
Involuntary Termination. In the event of Service Termination due to death, disability, mandatory retirement pursuant to Board policy or failure of the Director to be re-nominated or re-elected to the Board (provided such Director has indicated his willingness to stand for re-nomination or re-election, as the case may be), the Granted Units shall vest on the Termination Date and the shares of Common Stock to be issued under the vested Granted Units shall be delivered to the Grantee in accordance with Section 4 hereof, provided, however, that in the event of a Change in Control on or after the Termination Date and prior to the Delivery Date, the Common Stock shall be delivered on the date of the Change in Control.
Involuntary Termination. For purposes of this Agreement, “Involuntary Termination” means a termination of your employment with the Company pursuant to either (i) a termination initiated by the Company without Cause, or (ii) your resignation for Good Reason, and provided in either case such termination constitutes a Separation from Service. An Involuntary Termination does not include any other termination of your employment, including a termination due to your death or disability.
