Common use of Certain Reductions Clause in Contracts

Certain Reductions. The Company shall reduce an Eligible Employee’s severance benefits under this Plan, in whole or in part, by any other severance benefits, pay in lieu of notice, or other similar benefits payable to the Eligible Employee by the Company in connection with the Eligible Employee’s Qualifying Termination, including but not limited to any payments or benefits that are due pursuant to (i) any other severance plan, policy or practice, or any individually negotiated employment contract or agreement with the Company relating to severance benefits, in each case, as is in effect on the Eligible Employee’s termination date, (ii) any applicable legal requirement, including, without limitation, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (the “WARN Act”), or (iii) any Company policy or practice providing for the Eligible Employee to remain on the payroll without being in active service for a limited period of time after being given notice of the termination of the Eligible Employee’s employment. The benefits provided under this Plan are intended to satisfy, to the greatest extent possible, any and all statutory obligations that may arise out of an Eligible Employee’s termination of employment, and the Plan Administrator shall so construe and implement the terms of the Plan. In the Company’s sole discretion, such reductions may be applied on a retroactive basis, with severance benefits previously paid being recharacterized as payments pursuant to the Company’s statutory obligation.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Release Agreement (Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc), Release Agreement (Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc), Release Agreement (Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc)

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Certain Reductions. The Company Company, in its sole discretion, shall have the authority to reduce an Eligible Employee’s severance benefits under this Planbenefits, in whole or in part, by any other severance benefits, pay in lieu of notice, or other similar benefits payable to the Eligible Employee by the Company that become payable in connection with the Eligible Employee’s Qualifying Termination, including but not limited to any payments or benefits that are due termination of employment pursuant to (i) any other severance plan, policy or practice, or any individually negotiated employment contract or agreement with the Company relating to severance benefits, in each case, as is in effect on the Eligible Employee’s termination date, (ii) any applicable legal requirement, including, without limitation, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (the “WARN Act”), (ii) a written employment or severance agreement with the Company, or (iii) any Company policy or practice providing for the Eligible Employee to remain on the payroll without being in active service for a limited period of time after being given notice of the termination of the Eligible Employee’s employment. The benefits provided under this Plan Agreement are intended to satisfy, to the greatest extent possiblein whole or in part, any and all statutory obligations and other contractual obligations of the Company that may arise out of an Eligible Employee’s termination of employment, and the Plan Administrator shall so construe and implement the terms of the PlanAgreement. The Company’s decision to apply such reductions to the severance benefits of Employee and the amount of such reductions shall in no way obligate the Company to apply the same reductions in the same amounts to the severance benefits of any other employee, even if similarly situated. In the Company’s sole discretion, such reductions may be applied on a retroactive basis, with severance benefits previously paid being recharacterized as payments pursuant to the Company’s statutory obligationor other contractual obligations.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Control and Severance Benefit Agreement (Kosan Biosciences Inc)

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