Common use of Separation Package Clause in Contracts

Separation Package. Except as set out in Section 9.1, the Board by majority vote at a special meeting called for that purpose may terminate the Executive's employment at any time, without Cause and without prior notice, by providing the Executive with a Separation Package (the "Separation Package") equivalent to a lump sum payment of twenty four (24) months' Base Salary plus a pro rata portion of any Bonus (prorated with reference to the number of months the Executive has worked in the 7 -7- year in which the termination of employment occurs (the "Months Worked") to an amount equal to the Bonus payable to the Executive for the fiscal year preceding the year in which the termination occurs, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is Months Worked and the denominator of which is twelve (12)) and, in fulfillment of the Executive's entitlement to compensation in respect of bonus for the twenty four (24) month notice period, an amount equivalent to two times the Bonus payable to the Executive for the fiscal year preceding the year in which termination occurs and in any event not less than the amount to which the Executive would have been entitled in respect of bonus had he remained actively employed with the Company during the notice period. At the discretion of the Board, the Company may provide the Separation Package in twenty four (24) equal monthly payments to the Executive.