Code Section 409A. Under Code Section 409A, an Option that vests after December 31, 2004 (or that vested on or prior to such date but which was materially modified after October 3, 2004) that was granted with a per Share exercise price that is determined by the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) to be less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant (a discount option) may be considered deferred compensation. An Option that is a discount option may result in # income recognition by Participant prior to the exercise of the Option, # an additional twenty percent (20%) federal income tax, and # potential penalty and interest charges. The discount option may also result in additional state income, penalty and interest tax to the Participant. Participant acknowledges that the Company cannot and has not guaranteed that the IRS will agree that the per Share exercise price of this Option equals or exceeds the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant in a later examination. Participant agrees that if the IRS determines that the Option was granted with a per Share exercise price that was less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant, Participant shall be solely responsible for Participants costs related to such a determination.
Code Section 409A. This Plan is drafted with the intent that all payments or benefits provided hereunder will be exempt from Code Section 409A to the maximum extent possible under the law, and the Plan shall be construed and operated as necessary to comply with such intent. For purposes of Code Section 409A, all payments under the Plan shall be deemed separate payments and shall not be aggregated with any other payment. This Plan shall be administered and interpreted to maximize the short-term deferral exemption to [Section 409A]. The portion of any payment under this Plan that is paid within the short-term deferral period (within the meaning of Code Section 409A) shall be treated as a short-term deferral. Any other portion of a payment that does not meet the short-term deferral requirement shall, to the maximum extent possible, be deemed to satisfy the exception from Code Section 409A for involuntary separation pay. A participant shall not, directly or indirectly, designate the taxable year of a payment made under this Plan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, if any payment or benefit is deferred compensation subject to Section 409A, and solely to the extent required by [Section 409A], if a participant is a Key Employee, then any such payments shall be delayed by six (6) months and paid on the first business day of the seventh month following the participant’s Separation from Service or, if earlier, his date of death, and the amount of such accumulated delayed payments shall be credited with interest during such six-month period at a rate computed using 120% of the short-term applicable federal rate for a semi-annual compounding period under Code Section 1274(d), applicable for the month in which the participant’s Separation from Service occurs, provided that such interest rate shall not exceed 120% of the long-term applicable federal interest rate under Code Section 1274(d). The identification of a participant as a Key Employee shall be made by the Company in accordance with Section 1.7 of the Plan and sections 416(i) and 409A of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder. Any provision of the Plan that is noncompliant with Code Section 409A shall be deemed to be amended to comply with Code Section 409A, or if it cannot be so amended, shall be void. The Employer does not guarantee or warrant the tax consequences of the Plan, and the participants shall in all cases be liable for any taxes due with respect to Plan.
Code Section 409A. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent required by Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code Section 409A”) to avoid the imposition of any additional taxes or other adverse consequences under Code Section 409A, if Pennypacker is a “specified employee” for purposes of Code Section 409A, any payments of deferred compensation under this Agreement being made as a result of a separation from service shall be delayed until six (6) months after the Separation Date. This Agreement is intended to meet the requirements of the "short-term deferral" exception, the "separation pay" exception and other exceptions under Code Section 409A and the regulations promulgated thereunder to the extent applicable. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent required for compliance with Code Section 409A, payments may only be made under this Agreement upon an event and in a manner permitted by Code Section 409A, to the extent applicable. For purposes of Code Section 409A, the right to a series of payments under the Agreement shall be treated as a right to a series of separate payments. All reimbursements and in-kind benefits provided under this Agreement shall be made or provided in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A, including, where applicable, the requirement that # any reimbursement is for expenses incurred during the period of time specified in this Agreement, # the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits provided, during a calendar year may not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits to be provided, in any other calendar year, # the reimbursement of an eligible expense will be made no later than the last day of the calendar year following the year in which the expense is incurred, and # the right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits is not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit. In no event may Pennypacker designate the year of payment for any amounts payable under this Agreement. The Company does not guarantee that the payments or other benefits under this Agreement will comply with, or be exempt from, Code Section 409A, or receive any other specific tax treatment.
To the extent applicable, it is intended that this Agreement and any payment made hereunder shall comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code or an exemption or exclusion there from, and any related regulations or other guidance promulgated with respect to [Section 409A] by the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service and shall in all respects be administered in accordance with Code Section 409A. Any provision that would cause the Agreement or any payment hereof to fail to satisfy Code Section 409A shall have no force or effect until amended to comply with Code Section 409A in the least restrictive manner necessary and without any diminution in the value of the payments to the Executive, which amendment may be retroactive to the extent permitted by Code Section 409A.
Code Section 409A. The term “Code Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and all Treasury Regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder.
Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, if any amount or benefit that the Company determines would constitute non-exempt deferred compensation for purposes of Section 409A of the Code would otherwise be payable or distributable under this Plan by reason of an Eligible Employees Separation from Service, then to the extent necessary to comply with Code Section 409A:
The Award Agreement for any Award that the Committee reasonably determines to constitute a nonqualified deferred compensation plan under Section 409A of the Code (a [Section 409A] Plan), and the provisions of the [Section 409A] Plan applicable to that Award, shall be construed in a manner consistent with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Code, and the Committee, in its sole discretion and without the consent of any Participant, may amend any Award Agreement (and the provisions of the Plan applicable thereto) if and to the extent that the Committee determines that such amendment is necessary or appropriate to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.
Code Section 409(A). All severance benefits provided under the Plan are intended to satisfy the requirements for an exemption from application of Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and other guidance thereunder and any state law of similar effect (collectively [Section 409A]) to the maximum extent that an exemption is available and any ambiguities herein shall be interpreted accordingly.
Subject to Code Amendments. The foregoing limitations are designed to comply with the requirements of Section 422 of the Code and shall be automatically amended or modified to comply with amendments or modifications to Section 422 of the Code. Any ISO which fails to comply with Section 422 of the Code is automatically treated as an NQSO appropriately granted under this Plan provided it otherwise meets the Plan’s requirements for NQSOs.
It is intended that this Plan comply with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code, so as to prevent the inclusion in gross income of any amounts deferred hereunder in a taxable year that is prior to the taxable year or years in which such amounts would otherwise actually be paid or made available to Participants or beneficiaries. This Plan shall be construed, administered and governed in a manner that effects such intent. In furtherance of that intent, to the extent necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code: # a Participant will be deemed to cease to be a Director on the date of the Participant’s “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code); and # notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary other than [Sections 14(b)(i) and 14(b)(ii)])], in the event that a Participant is a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code), any payment that would otherwise be made or commence as a result of such separation from service shall be paid or commence on the first business day which is no less than six (6) months after the Participant’s separation from service. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in no event shall the Board (or any member or committee thereof), or the Company (or its employees, officers, directors or affiliates) have any liability to any Participant (or any other person) due to the failure of the Plan to satisfy the requirements of Section 409A of the Code or any other applicable law.
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