Certain Reduction of Payments. (a) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that it shall be determined as set forth herein that any payment or distribution by the Company to or for the benefit of the Employee, whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise (a “Payment”), would constitute an “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and that it would be economically advantageous to the Employee to reduce the Payment to avoid or reduce the taxation of excess parachute payments under Section 4999 of the Code, the aggregate present value of amounts payable or distributable to or for the benefit of the Employee pursuant to this Agreement (such payments or distributions pursuant to this Agreement are hereinafter referred to as “Agreement Payments”) shall be reduced (but not below zero) to the Reduced Amount. The “Reduced Amount” shall be an amount expressed in present value which maximizes the aggregate present value of Agreement Payments without causing any Payment to be subject to the taxation under Section 4999 of the Code. For purposes of this Section 10, present value shall be determined in accordance with Section 280G(d)(4) of the Code.
Certain Reduction of Payments. In the event that any payment or benefit received or to be received by Executive under this Agreement would result in all or a portion of such payment to be subject to the excise tax on "golden parachute payments" under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), then Executive's payment shall be either (a) the full payment or (b) such lesser amount which would result in no portion of the payment being subject to excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code, whichever of the foregoing amounts, taking into account the applicable Federal, state and local employment taxes, income taxes, and the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, results in the receipt by Executive on an after-tax basis, of the greatest amount of the payment notwithstanding that all or some portion of the payment may be taxable under Section 4999 of the Code.
Certain Reduction of Payments. (a) In the event that it shall be determined that any payment or distribution in the nature of compensation (within the meaning of section 280G(b)(2) of the Code) to or for the benefit of the Executive, whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise (a “Payment”), would constitute an “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of section 280G of the Code, the aggregate present value of the Payments under the Agreement shall be reduced (but not below zero) to the Reduced Amount (defined below), provided that the reduction shall be made only if the Accounting Firm (described below) determines that the reduction will provide the Executive with a greater net after-tax benefit than would no reduction. The “Reduced Amount” shall be an amount expressed in present value which maximizes the aggregate present value of Payments under this Agreement without causing any Payment under this Agreement to be subject to the Excise Tax (defined below), determined in accordance with section 280G(d)(4) of the Code. The term “
Certain Reduction of Payments. If (a)(i) the Severance Benefits, (ii) the Change in Control Benefits, (iii) the benefits received under Section 6 hereof and/or (iv) any payment or benefit received or to be received by Executive pursuant to any other plan, arrangement or agreement (collectively, the "Total Payments") would constitute (in whole or in part) an "excess parachute payment" within the meaning of Section 280G(b) of the Code, and (b) Executive would retain more of the Total Payments (after the payment of applicable tax liabilities imposed on the Total Payments) in the event that the Cap (defined below) is imposed, then the amount of the Total Payments shall be reduced until the aggregate "present value" (as that term is defined in Section 280G(d)(4) of the Code using the applicable federal rate in effect on the date of this Agreement) of the Total Payments is such that no part of the Total Payments constitutes an "excess parachute payment" within the meaning of Section 280G(b) of the Code (the "Cap").
Certain Reduction of Payments. (a) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if it is determined that any portion of the sum of (i) the amounts paid or payable to the Executive or for the Executive's benefit under the Agreement (the "Agreement Benefits") and (ii) the amount of all other payments, and the value of all other benefits received or to be received by the Executive or for the Executive's benefit (collectively, along with Agreement Benefits, referred to as "Benefits"), is likely to result in the imposition of a tax to the Executive or his estate under Code Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (the "Code"), the aggregate present value of the Agreement Benefits yet to be paid to the Executive shall be reduced (but not below zero) to the Reduced Amount. For purposes of this Agreement, "Reduced Amount" shall be an amount expressed as a single sum that maximizes the aggregate present value of Agreement Benefits previously paid and yet to be paid to the Executive without causing the aggregate of any Benefits previously paid and yet to be paid to the Executive to be subject to taxation to the Executive or his estate under Section 4999 of the Code. The provisions of this subsection (a) and subsection (b) shall be applied in a manner that is consistent with the provisions of subsection (c) below, and to the extent required, the provisions of subsection (c) shall supersede the provisions of this subsection (a) and subsection (b) to permit such consistency.
Certain Reduction of Payments. If (a) the Change in Control Benefits and any payment or benefit received or to be received by Executive pursuant to any other plan, arrangement, or agreement (collectively, the “Total Payments”) would constitute (in whole or in part) an “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b) of the Code, and (b) Executive would retain more of the Total Payments (after the payment of applicable tax liabilities imposed on the Total Payments) in the event that the Cap (defined below) is imposed, then the amount of the Total Payments shall be reduced until the aggregate “present value” (as that term is defined in Section 280G(d)(4) of the Code using the applicable federal rate in effect on the date of this Agreement) of the Total Payments is such that no part of the Total Payments constitutes an “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b) of the Code (the “Cap”). In such event, the Total Payments shall be reduced in the following order: (i) cash payments not subject to Section 409A of the Code; (ii) cash payments subject to Section 409A of the Code; (iii) equity-based payments and acceleration; and (iv) non-cash forms of benefits. To the extent any payment is to be made over time (e.g., in installments, etc.), then the payments shall be reduced in reverse chronological order.
Certain Reduction of Payments. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, if payments and benefits under this Agreement, together with any other payments and benefits received or to be received by the Employee in connection with a change in control, would cause any amount to be nondeductible by the Bank or the Company for federal income tax purposes pursuant to Section 280G of the Code, then payments and benefits under this Agreement shall be reduced (not less than zero) to the extent necessary so as to maximize payments and benefits to the Employee without causing any amount to become nondeductible by the Bank or the Company by reason of Section 280G of the Code. The Employee shall determine the allocation of such reduction among payments and benefits to the Employee.
Certain Reduction of Payments. (a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that it shall be determined that any payments or distributions by Quipp or Quipp Systems to the Officer, whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise, would constitute "excess parachute payments" within the meaning of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder, the Change of Control Payment to or for the benefit of the Officer pursuant to this Agreement shall be reduced (but not below zero) to the extent necessary so that such payments or distributions shall not constitute "excess parachute payments."
Certain Reduction of Payments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event it shall be determined that any payment or distribution by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive (whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise) (a "Payment") would be nondeductible by the Company for Federal income tax purposes because of Section 280G of the Code, then the aggregate present value of amounts payable or distributable to or for the benefit of the Executive pursuant to this Agreement (such payments or distributions pursuant to this Agreement are hereinafter referred to as "Agreement Payments") shall be reduced (but not below zero) to the Reduced Amount. The "Reduced Amount" shall be an amount expressed in present value that maximizes the aggregate present value of Agreement Payments without causing any Payment to be nondeductible by the Company because of Section 280G of the Code. For purposes of this Section X, present value shall be determined in accordance with Section 280G(d)(4) of the Code. All determinations required to be made under this Section 9 shall be made by Ernst & Young LLP (the "Accounting Firm"), which shall provide detailed supporting calculations to both the Company and the Executive within 30 business days of the Date of the Change of Control or such earlier time as is requested by the Company. Any such determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the Company and the Executive. The Executive shall determine which and how much of the Plan Payments (or, at the election of the Executive, other Payments) shall be eliminated or reduced consistent with the requirements of this Section 9, provided that, if the Executive does not make such determination within ten business days of the receipt of the calculations made by the Accounting Firm, the Company shall elect which and how much of the Plan Payments shall be eliminated or reduced consistent with the requirements of this Section 9 and shall notify the Executive promptly of such election. Within five business days thereafter, the Company shall pay to or distribute to or for the benefit of the Executive such amounts as are then due to the Executive under the Plan. As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 280G of the Code at the time of the initial determination by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is possible that Plan Payments will have been made by the Company that should not have been made ("Overpayment") or that additional P...
Certain Reduction of Payments. (a) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that it shall be determined that any payment or distribution by the Company to or for the benefit of the Employee, whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise (a "Payment"), would constitute an "excess parachute payment" within the meaning of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), the aggregate present value of amounts payable or distributable to or for the benefit of the Employee pursuant to this Agreement (such payments or distributions pursuant to this Agreement are hereinafter referred to as "Agreement Payments") shall be reduced (but not below zero) to the Reduced Amount. The "Reduced Amount" shall be an amount expressed in present value which maximizes the aggregate present value of Agreement Payments without causing any Payment to be subject to the taxation under Section 4999 of the Code. For purposes of this Section 11, present value shall be determined in accordance with Section 280G(d)(4) of the Code. (b) All determinations to be made under this Section 11 shall be made by Ernst & Young (or the Company's independent public accountant immediately prior to the Change of Control if other than Ernst & Young (the "Accounting Firm")), which firm shall provide its determinations and any supporting calculations both to the Company and the Employee within 10 days of the Termination Date. Any such determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the Company and the Employee. Within five days after this determination, the Company shall pay (or
