Common use of Severance Not in Connection with a Change In Control Clause in Contracts

Severance Not in Connection with a Change In Control. If your employment is terminated by the Company other than for Cause or by you for Good Reason, in either case prior to a Change in Control or more than 12 months following a Change in Control, you will be entitled to receive the following: (i) your Accrued Compensation, (ii) a severance payment equal to 12 months of your salary as of your date of termination, (iii) a payment equal to the pro rata portion of your target bonus through your date of termination (provided Board approved performance targets were achieved in the quarter immediately preceding your termination), (iv) acceleration of 12 months of vesting of any then-outstanding equity awards, other than the Performance Option, to the extent it was not Performance Earned prior to such termination, or other performance based awards (except as may be set forth in any future grants awarded), and (v) Company’s payment of 100% of the premiums necessary to continue your group health care coverage for a period of 12 months following your termination date pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) so long as you elect COBRA and remain eligible during this period, provided that if the Company determines that it cannot provide such continued health benefits without potentially violating applicable law (including, without limitation, Section 2716 of the Public Health Service Act), the Company shall in lieu thereof provide to you a taxable lump sum payment in an amount equal to 12 months of such continued health benefits, which payment shall be made regardless of whether you elect COBRA continuation coverage and which you may, but are not obligated to, use toward the cost of COBRA continuation coverage premiums (items (ii) through (v) hereinafter referred to as the “Severance”). The Severance payment equal to 12 months of your salary (item (ii) immediately above), and if applicable, the lump-sum payment for your continued health benefits (item (v) immediately above), shall be paid out in a lump sum on the first Business Day after the 60th day following your termination, and the payment equal to the pro rata portion of your target bonus through your date of termination (item (iii) immediately above) shall occur no later than the 15th day of the third month following the end of the fiscal year in which your termination occurs and when other target bonuses are generally paid. Receipt of the Severance shall be conditioned in its entirety upon your execution of a release of claims and shall contain a mutual non-disparagement clause in the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto (the “Release”) and your resignation from the Board. Your Release must be executed and become irrevocable within 60 days of your termination.

Severance Not in Connection with a Change In Control. If your employment is terminated by the Company other than for Cause or by you for Good Reason, in either case more than 3 months prior to a Change in Control or more than 12 months following a Change in Control, you will be entitled to receive the following: (i) your Accrued Compensation, (ii) a severance payment equal to 12 months of your salary as of your date of termination, (iii) a payment equal to the pro rata portion of your target bonus through your date of termination (provided Board approved performance targets were achieved in the quarter immediately preceding your termination), (iv) acceleration of 12 months of vesting of any then-outstanding equity awards, other than the Performance Option, to the extent it was not Performance Earned prior to such termination, or other performance based awards (except as may be set forth in any future grants awarded), and (v) Company’s payment of 100% of the premiums necessary to continue your group health care coverage for a period of 12 months following your termination date pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) so long as you elect COBRA and remain eligible during this period, provided that if the Company determines that it cannot provide such continued health benefits without potentially violating applicable law (including, without limitation, Section 2716 of the Public Health Service Act), the Company shall in lieu thereof provide to you a taxable lump sum payment in an amount equal to 12 months of such continued health benefits, which payment shall be made regardless of whether you elect COBRA continuation coverage and which you may, but are not obligated to, use toward the cost of COBRA continuation coverage premiums (items (ii) through (v) hereinafter referred to as the “Severance”). The Severance payment equal to 12 months of your salary (item (ii) immediately above), and if applicable, the lump-sum payment for your continued health benefits (item (v) immediately above), shall be paid out in a lump sum on the first Business Day after the 60th day following your termination, and the payment equal to the pro rata portion of your target bonus through your date of termination (item (iii) immediately above) shall occur no later than the 15th day of the third month following the end of the fiscal year in which your termination occurs and when other target bonuses are generally paid. Receipt of the Severance shall be conditioned in its entirety upon your execution of a release of claims and shall contain a mutual non-disparagement clause in the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto (the “Release”) and your resignation from the Board. Your Release must be executed and become irrevocable within 60 days of your termination.