If Executive’s employment is terminated in circumstances entitling Executive to Change in Control Non-Compete Benefits as provided in Section 5(a), shall pay Executive, in a single lump sum payment in cash, and subject to Section 26, within 10 days of the Date of Termination, Change in Control Non-Compete Benefits in an amount equal to the sum of:
If Executive is entitled to Change in Control Non-Compete Benefits pursuant to Section 5(a), Executive shall continue to be provided with medical, dental,
commissions, overtime, health benefits, perquisites and incentive compensation. For the purpose of determining an Executive’s Change in Control Non-Compete Benefits, “Base Salary” shall mean, with respect to Executive, the greater of # Executive’s highest Base Salary during the 12 month period immediately preceding the Change in Control and # Executive’s highest Base Salary in effect at any time thereafter.
Change in Control Benefits. During the Term, if upon or within 18 months after a Change in Control, the Executives employment is terminated by the Company without Cause as provided in Section 4(d) or the Executive terminates his employment for Good Reason as provided in Section 4(e), then, subject to the signing of the Separation Agreement and Release by the Executive and the Separation Agreement and Release becoming irrevocable and subject also to the parties obligations set forth in Section 6(d) below, all within 60 days after the Date of Termination, # the Company shall pay the Executive a lump sum in cash in an amount equal to 300% of the sum of # the Executives current Base Salary (or the Executives Base Salary in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control, if higher) plus # the Executives Annual Incentive Cash Compensation; and # all equity awards held by the Executive shall immediately accelerate and become fully vested, exercisable (if applicable) and nonforfeitable; and # for a period of 18 months following the Date of Termination or until the Executive becomes covered under a group health plan of another employer, whichever is earlier, subject to the Executives continued copayment of premium amounts in amounts consistent with that applicable to active employees, the Executive, the Executives spouse and dependents shall continue to participate in the Companys health insurance plan (medical, dental and vision) upon the same terms and conditions in effect for other executives of the Company; provided, however, that the continuation of health benefits under this Subsection shall reduce and count against the rights of the Executive, the Executives spouse and dependents under COBRA; and # the amount payable under this Section 6(b)(i) shall be paid within 60 days after the Date of Termination; provided, however, that if the 60-day period begins in one calendar year and ends in a second calendar year, such payment shall be paid or commence to be paid in the second calendar year by the last day of such 60-day period.
Payment of any Severance Benefits or Change in Control Benefits under this Plan is contingent upon a Covered Officer’s compliance with the non-compete, non-solicitation, and all other provisions of any Non-Competition and Non-Disclosure Agreement, and each Covered Officer hereby acknowledges and reaffirms that, during the Term and for the period set forth in any Non-Competition and Non-Disclosure Agreement, the Covered Officer shall comply with the terms and conditions set forth in such Non-Competition and Non-Disclosure Agreement.
In further consideration of the compensation to be paid to the Executive hereunder, the Executive acknowledges that in the course of Executive’s employment with , Executive has, and will continue to, become familiar with ’s Confidential Information, methods of doing business, business plans and other valuable proprietary information concerning , its Affiliates, and their customers and suppliers and that Executive’s services have been and will be of special, unique and extraordinary value to and its Affiliates. The Executive agrees that, during the Employment Period and continuing for, as applicable, # twelve (12) months thereafter, regardless of the reason for the termination of Executive’s employment other than under Section 9(a) above or # eighteen (18) months in the event of a termination under Section 9(a) above (the “Restricted Period”), the Executive will not, directly or indirectly, anywhere in the Restricted Area:
During the term of the Executive’s employment and for the one (1) year period commencing on the termination of the Executive’s employment for any reason whatsoever during the Contract Period (the “Restricted Period”), the Executive shall not, without express prior written consent of the Company, directly or indirectly, own or hold any proprietary interest in, or be employed by or receive remuneration from, any corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship or other entity (collectively, an “entity”) “engaged in competition” (as defined below) with the Company or any of its subsidiaries (a “Competitor”). For purposes of the preceding sentence, # the term “proprietary interest” means direct or indirect ownership of an equity interest in an entity other than ownership of less than two (2) percent of any class stock in a publicly-held entity, and # an entity shall be considered to be “engaged in competition” if such entity is, or is a holding company for or a subsidiary of an entity which is engaged in the business of # providing banking, trust services, asset management advice, or similar financial services to consumers, businesses individuals or other entities, and # the entity, holding company or subsidiary maintains any physical offices for the transaction of such business located within fifty (50) miles of the main office of the Company.
Non-Compete/Non-Solicitation. In consideration of the Grant, the Participant shall not during the course of employment for the Company and for a period of one (1) year subsequent to termination of employment for any reason, or such longer period of time as set forth in an employment agreement or any other agreement between the Participant and the Company, (the “Restrictive Period”), either individually or in partnership or in conjunction with any other person or persons, firm, association, syndicate, company, corporation or any other business entity, as principal, agent, director, officer, employee, investor or in any other manner whatsoever, directly or indirectly, own, manage, operate, control, be employed by, be engaged in, be interested in or advise any business entity or person, carrying on, engaged in, interested in or concerned with, any business activities anywhere in the world that reasonably compete with those business activities in which the Participant was engaged on behalf of the Company (whether directly or indirectly) at any time during the twelve (12) months prior to separation from the Company (the “Restricted Activities”). The Participant shall also not during the Restrictive Period contact any customers or former customers of the Company, in any manner, for the purpose of soliciting or accepting any business that competes with the Restricted Activities, or request, induce or advise any customers of the Company to withdraw, curtail or cancel their respective business with the Company. In addition, the Participant shall not during the Restrictive Period contact any employees of the Company for the purpose of inducing or otherwise encouraging said employees to leave their employment with the Company. The Participant hereby confirms that all restrictions and affirmative obligations contained in this Section 10 are reasonable, valid and necessary to protect the Company’s legitimate business interests and the Participant hereby waives all defenses to the strict enforcement thereof by the Company. The Company agrees that the provisions of this Section 10 shall not prevent the Participant from purchasing as a passive investor up to two percent (2%) of the outstanding publicly traded shares or other securities of any class of stock listed on a stock exchange.
Executive’s Change in Control Non-Compete Benefits shall be reduced and offset, but not below zero, by any severance pay or pay in lieu of notice required to be paid to Executive under applicable law, including, without limitation, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act or any similar state or local law.
Benefits Upon Change of Control. If, as of the date of a Change of Control which occurs during the Employment Period (including on the Effective Date), the Executive is employed by the Company or one of its Affiliated Companies, then as of such date:
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