Termination Without Cause. If Employee’s employment with the Company is terminated without Cause, the Company shall upon termination of Employee’s employment, provide Employee with the greater of # Annual Base Salary (paid in a lump sum or through regular payroll at the Company’s discretion) for the remainder of the four (4) year period specified in paragraph 1 above; or # the Severance Benefits (as defined in the Severance Plan), if any, due to Employee pursuant to the terms of the Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc. Severance Program for Officers and Management Employees (the “Severance Plan”). For purposes of determining Severance Benefits under the Severance Plan, Employee’s job classification shall be Senior Vice President.

Involuntary Termination for Cause. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable award agreement, if an Optionee’s employment or provision of services terminates involuntarily for Cause, all Stock Options held by such Optionee, whether or not then vested and exercisable, shall thereupon terminate.

Without Cause. If Employer shall discharge Executive from his employment hereunder for any reason other than one set forth in Section 5(a), or if it shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the discharge under Section 5(a) was not justified, the Executive’s employment shall end as of the date of such discharge by Employer, provided however, that Executive shall receive the following separation payments: # a lump sum payment, payable within thirty (30) days following the date of such discharge, equal to six (6) times his then monthly Base Salary amount; and # six (6) monthly installment payments, each installment payment equal to such monthly Base Salary amount, commencing on the first day of the seventh month following the month in which Executive’s last day of employment occurs, and continuing on the first day of each immediately succeeding month for the next five (5) months.

Without Cause. The Employer may Terminate Employee’s employment during the Employment Period without Cause (“Termination Without Cause”).

Without Cause. The Employee’s Term of employment may be terminated by the Company for any reason or no reason, to be effective upon thirty (30) days prior written notice given by the Company to Employee.

Without Cause. The Corporation may terminate such employment without Cause (which shall be for any reason not covered by preceding [Sections 5(a) through (c)]), with such termination to be effective upon the date specified by the Corporation in a written notice delivered to the Employee.

Without Cause. At any time and for any reason (“Without Cause”), other than reasons set forth in [Sections 7(b)(ii), (iii) or (iv)])])]; or

Involuntary Terminations without Cause Not Following a Change in Control. Notwithstanding Section 3(a), if a Participant is involuntarily terminated for a reason other than for Cause prior to the last day of the Performance Period, the Participant will earn, as of the date of termination from employment, except as otherwise provided below, a portion of the Participant’s Achieved Shares determined for the Participant at the end of the Measurement Period pursuant to Section 2, if any, based on the number of complete months that the Participant was employed by the Company or an Affiliate during the Performance Period, divided by the total number of complete months in the Performance Period.

Involuntary Termination. If a Grantee’s employment terminates during the Award Period and the Company determines that employment was involuntarily terminated on or after the first anniversary of the first day of the Award Period, a pro rata portion (based on the number of completed months held during the Award Period prior to the date employment terminated) of this PSU Award will be distributed at such time as it would have been paid if employment had continued, based on actual performance during the Award Period as determined in accordance with Section III. The remainder will be forfeited on the date employment ends. The pro rata portion shall be determined by multiplying the Final Award by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of completed months in the Award Period during which the Grantee was employed by the Company or JV, and the denominator of which is 36. An “involuntary termination” includes termination of employment by the Company as the result of a restructuring or job elimination, but excludes non-performance of duties and the reasons listed under paragraphs C through G of this section.

Except as set forth in Section 2(e) below, if the Grantee terminates employment on or before the first Vesting Date because of an Involuntary Termination, 33% of the Grantee’s Restricted Stock Units will automatically vest on the date of such termination of employment and the remaining unvested Restricted Stock Units shall be immediately forfeited. If the Grantee terminates employment during the Restriction Period and after the first Vesting Date because of an Involuntary Termination, the Grantee’s Restricted Stock Units will automatically vest in full on the date of such termination of employment.