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Death and Disability
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Death and Disability. Employee’s employment hereunder shall automatically terminate in the event of Employee’s death during employment. In the event Employee becomes disabled during employment and, as a result, is unable to continue to perform substantially all of Employee’s duties and responsibilities under this Agreement, either with or without reasonable accommodation, the Company will continue to pay Employee the Base Salary and to provide Employee benefits in accordance with Section 2(c) above, to the extent permitted by plan terms, for up to twelve (12) weeks of disability during any period of three hundred sixty-five (365) consecutive calendar days.

Death and Disability. Employee’s employment hereunder shall automatically terminate in the event of Employee’s death during employment. In the event Employee becomes disabled during employment and, as a result, is unable to continue to perform substantially all of Employee’s duties and responsibilities under this Agreement, either with or without reasonable accommodation, the Company will continue to pay Employee the Base Salary and to provide Employee benefits in accordance with Section 2(d) above, to the extent permitted by plan terms, for up to twelve (12) weeks of disability during any period of three hundred sixty-five (365) consecutive calendar days.

Death or Disability. The Employee's employment will terminate immediately upon the Employee's death. If the Employee becomes physically or mentally disabled so as to become unable for a period of more than five consecutive months or for shorter periods aggregating at least five months during any twelve-month period to perform the Employee's duties hereunder on a substantially full-time basis, the Employee's employment will terminate as of the end of such five-month or twelve-month period and this shall be considered a " disability" under this Agreement. Such termination shall not affect the Employee's benefits under the Company's disability insurance program, if any, then in effect.

Termination Upon Death or Disability. Employee’s employment under this Agreement shall terminate immediately upon Employee’s death or Disability. The term “Disability” means Employee is # unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months; or # by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three (3) months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Company.

Death or Disability. The Employee's employment shall terminate automatically upon the Employee's death during the Employment Period. If the Company determines in good faith that the Disability of the Employee has occurred during the Employment Period (pursuant to the definition of Disability set forth below), it may give to the Employee written notice of its intention to terminate the Employee's employment. In such event, the Employee's employment with the Company shall terminate effective on the 30th day after receipt of such notice by the Employee (the "Disability Effective Date"), provided that, within the 30 days after such receipt, the Employee shall not have returned to full-time performance of the Employee's duties. For purposes of this Agreement, "Disability" shall mean the absence of the Employee from the Employee's duties with the Company on a full-time basis for 150 consecutive business days as a result of incapacity due to mental or physical illness which is determined to be total and permanent by a physician selected by the Company or its insurers and acceptable to the Employee or the Employee's legal representative.

Death and Disability. Employee’s employment shall terminate automatically in the event of Employee’s death or Disability during the Term. If Employee’s employment is terminated on account of death or Disability, Employee or, as applicable, Employee’s estate, legal representatives or designee shall be entitled to receive, in full satisfaction of all obligations due to Employee or Employee’s estate, legal representatives or designee by Employer hereunder, the Accrued Obligations, all of which (except for the Bonus) will be paid in a lump sum at the time required by law, but no later than thirty (30) days after the Termination Date.

Death and Permanent Disability. Upon Employee’s death or permanent disability during the Employment Period, the employment relationship created pursuant to this Agreement will immediately terminate and no further compensation will become payable to Employee pursuant to Section 5 or Section 6. Should Employee’s employment with the Company terminate by reason of Employee’s death or permanent disability during the Employment Period, # the unpaid base salary earned by Employee pursuant to Section 5.A for services rendered through the date of Employee’s death or permanent disability, as applicable, # any accrued but unpaid compensation pursuant to Section 5.C determined by the Compensation Committee, in its sole direction, to have been earned in respect of the immediately preceding calendar year plus a pro rata portion, based on the date of death or permanent disability, of the bonus compensation pursuant to Section 5.C in respect of the current calendar year, assuming for these purposes that all performance targets have been met, contingent on funding of the bonus pool in respect of the current calendar year, with this amount to be paid on or before March 15 of the next succeeding calendar year, # unreimbursed amounts under Section 6.A, and # the limited death, disability, and/or income continuation benefits provided under Section 6.B, if any, will be payable within thirty (30) days of the death or permanent disability; provided, however, that any amount in respect of clause (ii) shall be paid in accordance with clause (ii). For purposes of this Agreement, Employee will be deemed “permanently disabled” if Employee is so characterized pursuant to the terms of the Company’s disability policies or programs applicable to Employee from time to time, or if no such policy is applicable, if Employee is unable to perform her duties or responsibilities to the Company as a result of physical or mental ailment or incapacity for an aggregate period of one hundred eighty (180) calendar days (whether or not consecutive).

Termination Upon Death or Disability. Employee’s employment under this Agreement shall terminate immediately upon Employee’s death or Disability. The term “Disability” means any medically determinable illness or ailment, whether physical or mental, that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, which renders Employee unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity and perform the bona fide occupational requirements associated with her Position, even with accommodations being offered by the Company up to the point of Undue Hardship (as defined below). For the purpose of this subsection, the Parties acknowledge and agree that “Undue Hardship” shall occur when: # an accommodation or set of accommodations is so costly that it alters the essential nature of the enterprise or affects its viability, after having taken into consideration the presence of any available outside sources of funding to assist in funding the accommodation; or # where an accommodation is likely to cause significant health and safety risks, either to the Employee or other employees of the Company.

Disability. Upon termination of this Agreement due to the Employee's Disability, the Company shall pay to the Employee the Employee's Base Salary, any Bonus for the year prior to the year in which the Employee’s termination due to Disability occurs (to the extent unpaid) and Benefits accrued through the date of the determination of the Employee's Disability. Upon payment to the Employee of the foregoing amount, the Company shall have no further obligation or liability to or for the benefit of the Employee under this Agreement, except as required by applicable law.

Termination for Death or Disability. If your employment with the Company is terminated by reason of death or disability, then, as a severance benefit, the Company shall continue to pay one-twelfth (1/12th) of your Salary for a period of three (3) months, in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll schedule and policy in effect from time to time. For purposes of this section, “Disability” shall mean your inability to perform your duties under this Agreement because you have become permanently disabled within the meaning of any policy of disability income insurance covering employees of the Company then in force. In the event the Company has no policy of disability income insurance covering employees of the Company in force when you become disabled, the term “Disability” shall mean your inability to perform your duties under this Agreement by reason of any incapacity, physical or mental, which the Board, based upon medical advice or an opinion provided by a licensed physician acceptable to the Board, determines to have incapacitated you from satisfactorily performing all of your usual services for the Company for a period of at least ninety (90) days during any twelve (12) month period (whether or not consecutive) and is expected to continue to incapacitate you thereafter, not including any time during which you were on medical leave required by federal or state law. Based upon such medical advice or opinion, the determination of the Board shall be final and binding and the date such determination is made shall be the date of such Disability for purposes of this Agreement.

Termination by Death or Disability. The employment of Employee by the Company under this Agreement shall terminate if Employee is unable to perform the duties of Employee due to death of Employee or disability of Employee lasting more than 90 days.

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