Section 409a Clause Example from Business Contracts

Section 409a. Executive and the Employer intend for all payments under this Agreement to be either outside the scope of Section 409A of the Code or to comply with its requirements as to timing of payments. Accordingly, to the extent applicable, this Agreement at all times is intended to be operated so as to be exempt from or in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, as amended, and the regulations and rulings thereunder, including any applicable transition rules. The Employer shall have... authority to take action, or refrain from taking any action, with respect to the payments and benefits under this Agreement that is reasonably necessary to be exempt from or comply with Section 409A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, in no event will the Employer be liable to Executive if this Agreement or any compensation payable hereunder fails to be exempt from or comply with Section 409A of the Code. Any payments that qualify for the "short-term deferral" exception or another exception under Section 409A of the Code shall be paid under the applicable exception (with the earliest amounts payable being deemed subject to the exception to the extent available). For purposes of the limitations on nonqualified deferred compensation under Section 409A of the Code, each payment of compensation under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment of compensation for purposes of applying the Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any amounts or benefits payable under this Agreement in the event of Executive's termination of employment constitute "nonqualified deferred compensation" within the meaning of Code Section 409A, payment of such amounts and benefits shall commence when Executive incurs a "separation from service" within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(h), without regard to any of the optional provisions thereunder, from the Company or the Bank and any entity that would be considered a single employer with the Company or the Bank under Code Section 414(b) or 414(c) as modified by the rules under Section 409A of the Code (a "Separation from Service"). Such payments or benefits shall be provided in accordance with the timing provisions of this Agreement by substituting the Agreement's references to "termination of employment" or "termination" with Separation from Service. In addition, if at the time of Executive's Separation from Service Executive is a "specified employee" within the meaning of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i), any amount or benefits that the constitutes "nonqualified deferred compensation" within the meaning of Code Section 409A that becomes payable to Executive on account of Executive's Separation from Service will not be paid until after the earlier of (i) the first business day of the seventh month following Executive's Separation from Service, or (ii) the date of Executive's death (the "409A Suspension Period") to the extent required to comply with Section 409A of the Code. After the end of the 409A Suspension Period, Executive shall be paid a cash lump sum payment equal to any payments (including interest on any such payments, at an interest rate of not less than the prime interest rate, as published in the Wall Street Journal, over the period such payment is restricted from being paid to Executive) and benefits that the Employer would otherwise have been required to provide under this Agreement but for the imposition of the 409A Suspension Period. Thereafter, Executive shall receive any remaining payments and benefits due under this Agreement in accordance with the terms of Section 6(d) or Section 7(a), as applicable (as if there had not been any 409A Suspension Period beforehand). To the extent not otherwise specified in this Agreement, all (A) reimbursements and (B) in-kind benefits provided under this Agreement shall be made or provided in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, including, where applicable, the requirement that (1) any reimbursement is for expenses incurred during Executive's lifetime (or during a shorter period of time specified in this Agreement); (2) 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; (3) 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 (4) the right to reimbursement or in kind benefits is not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit. View More