Common use of Severance Compensation upon Termination of Employment Clause in Contracts

Severance Compensation upon Termination of Employment. If the Company shall terminate the Executive's employment other than pursuant to Section 3(b), 3(c) or 3(d) or if the Executive shall voluntarily terminate his employment for Good Reason, then the Company shall pay to the Executive as severance pay an amount equal to 2.99 times the annualized aggregate annual compensation paid to the Executive by the Company or any of its subsidiaries during the five (5) calendar years (or the period of the Executive's employment with the Company if the Executive has been employed with the Company for less than five calendar years) preceding the Change in Control of the Company in twenty-four equal monthly installments beginning on the regular payroll date for salaried employees of the Company in the month of the Executive's Date of Termination; provided, however, that if the severance payment under this Section 4, either alone or together with other payments which the Executive has the right to receive from the Company, would constitute a "parachute payment" (as defined in Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code")), such severance payment shall be reduced to the largest amount as will result in no portion of the severance payment under this Section 4 being subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code. The determination of any reduction in the lump sum severance payment under this Section 4 pursuant to the foregoing proviso shall be made by the Company's Independent Certified Public Accountants, and their decision shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and the Executive.

Severance Compensation upon Termination of Employment. If the Company shall terminate the Executive's ’s employment other than pursuant to Section 3(b), 3(c) or 3(d) or if the Executive shall voluntarily terminate his employment for Good Reason, then the Company shall pay to the Executive as severance pay an amount equal to 2.99 times the annualized aggregate annual compensation paid to the Executive by the Company or any of its subsidiaries during the five (5) calendar years (or the period of the Executive's ’s employment with the Company if the Executive has been employed with the Company for less than five calendar years) preceding the Change in Control of the Company in twenty-four equal monthly installments beginning on the regular payroll date for salaried employees of the Company in the month of the Executive's ’s Date of Termination; provided, however, that if the severance payment under this Section 4, either alone or together with other payments which the Executive has the right to receive from the Company, would constitute a "“parachute payment" ” (as defined in Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "“Code"”)), such severance payment shall be reduced to the largest amount as will result in no portion of the severance payment under this Section 4 being subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code. The determination of any reduction in the lump sum severance payment under this Section 4 pursuant to the foregoing proviso shall be made by the Company's ’s Independent Certified Public Accountants, and their decision shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and the Executive.

Severance Compensation upon Termination of Employment. If the Company shall terminate the Executive's ’s employment other than pursuant to Section 3(b), 3(c) or 3(d) or if the Executive shall voluntarily terminate his employment for Good Reason, then the Company shall pay to the Executive as severance pay an amount equal to 2.99 times the annualized aggregate annual compensation (or base salary if Executive’s period of employment with the Company is less than one year) paid to the Executive by the Company or any of its subsidiaries during the five (5) calendar years (or the period of the Executive's ’s employment with the Company if the Executive has been employed with the Company for less than five calendar years) preceding the Change in Control of the Company in twenty-four equal monthly installments beginning on the regular payroll date for salaried employees of the Company in the month of the Executive's ’s Date of Termination; provided, however, that if the severance payment under this Section 4, either alone or together with other payments which the Executive has the right to receive from the Company, would constitute a "“parachute payment" ” (as defined in Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "“Code"”)), such severance payment shall be reduced to the largest amount as will result in no portion of the severance payment under this Section 4 being subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code. The determination of any reduction in the lump sum severance payment under this Section 4 pursuant to the foregoing proviso shall be made by the Company's ’s Independent Certified Public Accountants, and their decision shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and the Executive.