Limitation on Acceleration. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Plan or this Agreement, if the Payment (as hereinafter defined) due to the Participant hereunder as a result of the acceleration of vesting of the PSUs pursuant to paragraph 6 of this Agreement, either alone or together with all other Payments received or to be received by the Participant from the Company or any of its Affiliates (collectively, the “Aggregate Payments”), or any portion thereof, would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (or any successor thereto), the following provisions shall apply:
Limitation on Acceleration. No Holder of Subordinated Indebtedness shall be entitled to accelerate the maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness, exercise any remedies or commence any action or proceeding to recover any amounts due or to become due with respect to Subordinated Indebtedness unless and until such time as the Briar Obligations shall have been paid in full in cash and the Briar Agreements shall have been irrevocably terminated.
Limitation on Acceleration. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Plan or this Agreement, if the Payment (as hereinafter defined) due to the Non-Employee Director hereunder as a result of the acceleration of vesting of the RSUs pursuant to paragraph 6 of this Agreement, either alone or together with all other Payments received or to be received by the Non-Employee Director from the Company or any of its Affiliates (collectively, the “Aggregate Payments”), or any portion thereof, would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (or any successor thereto), the following provisions shall apply:
Limitation on Acceleration a) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Plan or this Agreement, in the event it is determined by an independent nationally recognized public accounting firm, which is engaged and paid for by the Company prior to the consummation of any transaction constituting a Change in Control (which for purposes of this Section 7 shall mean a change in ownership or control as determined in accordance with the regulations promulgated under Section 280G of the Code), which accounting firm shall in no event be the accounting firm for the entity seeking to effectuate the Change in Control (the “Accountant”), which determination shall be certified by the Accountant and set forth in a certificate delivered to the Participant not less than ten (10) business days prior to the Change in Control setting forth in reasonable detail the basis of the Accountant’s calculations (including any assumptions that the Accountant made in performing the calculations), that part or all of the consideration, compensation or benefits to be paid to such Participant under this Agreement constitute “parachute payments” under Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code, then, if the aggregate present value of such parachute payments, singularly or together with the aggregate present value of any consideration, compensation or benefits to be paid to such Participant under any other plan, arrangement or agreement which constitute “parachute payments” (collectively, the “Parachute Amount”) exceeds the maximum amount that would not give rise to any liability under Section 4999 of the Code, the amounts constituting “parachute payments” which would otherwise be payable to such Participant or for such Participant’s benefit shall be reduced to the maximum amount that would not give rise to any liability under Section 4999 of the Code (the “Reduced Amount”); provided that such amounts shall not be so reduced if the Accountant determines that without such reduction such Participant would be entitled to receive and retain, on a net after-tax basis (including, without limitation, any excise taxes payable under Section 4999 of the Code), an amount which is greater than the amount, on a net after-tax basis, that such Participant would be entitled to retain upon receipt of the Reduced Amount. In connection with making determinations under this Section 7, the Accountant shall take into account any positions to mitigate any excise taxes payable under Section 4999 of the Code, such as the value of any reasonable ...
Limitation on Acceleration. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Plan or this Agreement, if the Payment (as hereinafter defined) due to the Participant hereunder as a result of the acceleration of vesting of the Restricted Shares pursuant to paragraph 8 of this Agreement, either alone or together with all other Payments received or to be received by the Participant from the Company or any of its Affiliates (collectively, the “Aggregate Payments”), or any portion thereof, would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (or any successor thereto), the following provisions shall apply:
Limitation on Acceleration. Notwithstanding anything contained herein [(except as otherwise provided in Section 18 hereof)] or in the Plan or any other agreement to the contrary, in no event shall the vesting of any share of Restricted Stock be accelerated pursuant to Section 6.3 of the Plan or Section 8(c) hereof to the extent that the Company would be denied a federal income tax deduction for such vesting because of Section 280G of the Code and, in such circumstances, the restricted shares not subject to acceleration will continue to vest in accordance with and subject to the other provisions hereof.
Limitation on Acceleration. Notwithstanding anything else set -------------------------- forth in this Section 4, if it is reasonably determined by the Company's Board of Directors in good faith, upon consultation with Company management and the Company's independent auditors, that the acceleration of vesting of stock options or restricted stock or the acceleration and cash-out of affiliate options upon a Change in Control (to the extent that those Sections provide for acceleration or cash-out that would not otherwise occur under the terms of the instruments evidencing such options or restricted stock) would preclude accounting for any proposed business combination of the Company as a pooling of interests, and the Board of Directors otherwise desires to approve such a proposed business transaction which requires as a condition to the closing of such transaction that it be accounted for as a pooling of interests, then, solely to the extent necessary to permit such accounting, such acceleration or cash- out shall not occur. The previous sentence shall not limit any acceleration of vesting or cash-out of any option or restricted stock that would occur, in absence of this Employment Agreement, under the terms of the Option Agreement or Option Plan.
Limitation on Acceleration. For so long as any Obligations are outstanding, the Permitted Subordinated Debt may not be declared to be due and payable before its stated maturity unless all Obligations have become due and payable, whether automatically or by declaration, before its stated maturity and such declaration has not been rescinded. Insolvency, Etc.
Limitation on Acceleration. Notwithstanding anything contained herein [(except as otherwise provided in Section 18 hereof)] or in the Plan or any other agreement to the contrary, in no event shall the vesting of any Stock Unit be accelerated pursuant to Section 6.3 of the Plan or Section 8(c) hereof to the extent that the Company would be denied a federal income tax deduction for such vesting or the distribution of shares of Common Stock in respect of the Award because of Section 280G of the Code and, in such circumstances, the Stock Units not subject to acceleration will continue to vest in accordance with and subject to the other provisions hereof.
Limitation on Acceleration. During any period described in Section 2.2 (a) hereof in which a Distribution is not permitted to be made on Subordinated Indebtedness, Subordinated Lender shall not be entitled to accelerate the maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness, exercise any Secured Lender Remedies or commence any other action or proceeding to recover any amounts due or to become due with respect to Subordinated Indebtedness, provided, however, the foregoing limitation on acceleration or exercise of any remedies shall not be applicable following (x) the occurrence of an Insolvency Event or (y) following the maturity or acceleration of the Senior Indebtedness.
