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Repayment of Bonus
Repayment of Bonus contract clause examples

Cash Bonus. The parties shall defer payment of the Annual Bonus for 2019 as calculated by [Section 3(b)] to December 31, 2020, which Annual Bonus shall accrue on the books and records of the Company.

Separation Bonus. Payment of a separation bonus in an amount equal to the target Annual Performance Bonus to which Executive may have been entitled for the year in which Executive’s employment terminates less all customary and required taxes and employment-related deductions, paid on the first payroll date following the date on which the release of claims required by Section 4(e) becomes effective and non-revocable, but not after seventy (70) days following the effective date of termination from employment.

Retention Bonus. The Company agrees to pay Employee the retention bonuses as provided in this Section 1.

Signing Bonus. In addition to Initial Equity Award, and payable within 30 days of the Effective Date, the Executive shall receive a cash signing bonus equal to One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) issued through normal payroll procedures (“Signing Bonus”). This bonus may be deferred at the sole discretion of the Company and instead paid in 6 equal monthly installments beginning with the first month following the Effective Date. The (“Signing Bonus”) can be accelerated upon the completion of the public offering, or by board decision.

Performance Bonus. Each year, commencing in calendar 2017, you will be eligible to earn an annual incentive bonus equal to 40 percent of your annual base salary as actually paid during the year. Whether you receive such a bonus, and the amount of any such bonus, shall be determined by the Board in its sole discretion, and shall be based upon achievement of performance objectives to be mutually agreed upon between you and the Board (or duly authorized committee thereof) and other criteria to be determined by the Board. Any bonus shall be paid within thirty (30) days after the Board’s determination that a bonus shall be awarded. You must be employed on the day that your bonus (if any) is paid in order to earn the bonus. Therefore, if your employment is terminated either by you or the Company for any reason prior to the bonus being paid, you will not have earned the bonus and no partial or prorated bonus will be paid.

Performance Bonus. Executive shall be eligible to receive an annual bonus ("Bonus") to be determined by the Board within ninety (90) days following the end of the Company's fiscal year end.

Performance-Based Compensation earned in a period of 12 months or more.

Annual Bonus. In addition to the Base Salary, the Executive shall have the opportunity annually to earn as a bonus ninety percent (90%) of his Base Salary (the “Target Award Opportunity”). In determining the actual bonus earned each year by the Executive (the “Annual Bonus”), the HR Committee, in consultation with the Executive, shall have the discretion to increase the Annual Bonus above or decrease the Annual Bonus below the Target Award Opportunity for that year. In so doing, the HR Committee’s determination shall be based upon an assessment of the performance of both the Executive and the Company taking into consideration such performance goals as may be established by the HR Committee periodically in consultation with the Executive. Any Annual Bonus due hereunder shall be payable to the Executive no later than the 15th day of the third month following the end of the year to which the Annual Bonus relates (subject to a reasonable delay in payment due to an unforeseeable event making it administratively impracticable to make the payment by such time).

Signing Bonus. Within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date, Employee will receive a one-time cash payment of Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000) (the "Signing Bonus") which shall be subject to payroll taxes and withholding. If Employee voluntarily terminates his employment or is terminated for cause in accordance with Section 5(c) with the Employer prior to his twelve-month anniversary of the Effective Date, the Employee agrees to repay the Signing Bonus in full to the Employer.

Discretionary Bonus. For each calendar year during the Employment Period, Executive shall be eligible to receive a discretionary annual bonus subject to the terms of the bonus plan established by the Board (the “Annual Bonus”). As of the Effective Date, the Executive’s annual target bonus opportunity shall be equal to 100% of Base Salary (the “Target Bonus”), based on the achievement of performance goals established by the Board. For the 2018 calendar year, Executive will be eligible for a prorated Annual Bonus determined by multiplying the Annual Bonus (if any) by a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the number of days Executive works in calendar year 2018 and the denominator of 365.

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