Termination of Employment due to Retirement Contract Clauses (37)

Termination of Employment due to Retirement. In the event of the Retirement of the Participant after nine months of the Performance Cycle have elapsed, the Participant's Performance Units shall be settled based on the performance for the Performance Cycle and payable on a pro-rata basis as determined and certified by the Committee after the close of the Performance Cycle, as described below. Subject to the negative discretion of the Committee, the Participant will be entitled to receive a payment equal to the product of (i) the pro-rata ve...sting percentage equal to the days of Participant's Employment during the Performance Cycle divided by the total days in the Performance Cycle and (ii) the Payout Value. Such payment shall be made as soon as administratively feasible following the Committee's determination under Paragraph 3 and, in any event, between January 1 and March 15 immediately following the end of the Performance Cycle. If, in accordance with the Committee's determination under Paragraph 3, the Payout Value is zero, the Participant shall immediately forfeit any and all rights to the Performance Units. Upon the vesting and/or forfeiture of the Performance Units pursuant to this Paragraph 7 and the making of the related cash payment, if any, the rights of the Participant and the obligations of the Corporation under this Award Agreement shall be satisfied in full. The death of the Participant following Retirement but prior to the close of the Performance Cycle shall have no effect on this Paragraph 7. View More