CCO » Topics » 9. COMPENSATION UPON TERMINATION

This excerpt taken from the CCO 8-K filed Jan 5, 2010.

9. COMPENSATION UPON TERMINATION

(a) Death. Upon termination of employment pursuant to Section 8(a), the Company shall pay to Employee’s designee or, if no person is designated, to Employee’s estate, (i) Employee’s unpaid Base Salary, if any, less applicable payroll, taxes and other deductions, that was earned through the termination date but not otherwise previously paid, which shall be paid within 30 days after the date of Employee’s termination of employment (“Accrued Base Salary”), (ii) the Annual Bonus, if any, Employee earned with respect to the calendar year prior to the calendar year that includes the termination date that was not paid as of such date shall be paid at the time such Annual Bonus is payable in accordance with Section 3(c), less applicable payroll, taxes and other deductions (the “Unpaid Prior Year Bonus”) and (iii) any payments required under applicable employee benefit plans. The Company shall have no further obligation to Employee upon such termination under this Agreement.

(b) Disability. Upon termination of employment pursuant to Section 8(b), the Company shall pay any Accrued Base Salary and any payments required under applicable employee benefit plans. In addition, if Employee signs and delivers a Severance Agreement and General Release of claims in a form satisfactory to the Company (the “Release”) and such Release is no longer subject to revocation, if applicable, on the date that is sixty (60) days after the date of Employee’s termination of employment (the “Payment Date”), then the Company shall pay to Employee (i) any Unpaid Prior Year Bonus (which shall be paid on the Payment Date), and (ii) a pro-rata portion of the Annual Bonus for the calendar year that includes the termination date, less applicable payroll, taxes and other deductions (the “Pro-Rata Bonus”), determined as follows. The Pro-Rata Bonus shall be determined by multiplying the Proration Factor (defined below) by the actual Annual Bonus that would have been earned by Employee (i) had he remained employed until the normal bonus payment date, (ii) had 100% of his bonus opportunity been based on the Company financial performance criteria, and (iii) based on the Company’ actual performance against such criteria as of the end of the performance period. The Proration Factor shall be the number of days in the calendar year prior to the termination date divided by 365. To the extent earned, the Pro-Rata Bonus shall be paid on the normal payment date for such Annual Bonus.

(c) Termination By Company For Cause: Upon termination of employment by the Company for Cause pursuant to Section 8(c), the Company shall pay to Employee any Accrued Base Salary and any payments required under applicable employee benefit plans. The Company shall have no further obligation to Employee upon such termination under this Agreement.

(d) Termination By Company Without Cause or By Employee With Good Reason. Upon termination of employment by the Company without Cause pursuant to Section 8(c) and not by reason of disability (within the meaning of Section 8(b)), or upon termination of employment by Employee for Good Reason pursuant to Section 8(d), the Company will pay to Employee any Accrued Base Salary and any payments required under applicable employee benefit plans. In addition, if Employee signs and delivers the Release to the Company after the date of Employee’s termination of employment and such Release is no longer subject to revocation, if applicable, on the Payment Date, then the Company shall pay to Employee the following:

 

  (i) any Unpaid Prior Year Bonus (which shall be paid on the Payment Date);


  (ii) the Pro-Rata Bonus, if applicable (which shall be paid on the normal Annual Bonus payment date);

 

  (iii) a payment (the “Equity Value Preservation Payment”), to be paid in a lump sum on the Payment Date, calculated as follows:

 

  a. if the date of termination occurs in calendar year 2010, the Equity Value Preservation Payment shall be equal to $1,250,000;

 

  b. if the date of termination occurs in calendar year 2011, the Equity Value Preservation Payment shall be equal to $2,500,000 minus the Option Spread (as defined in Section 3(h)) on the vested Options granted to Employee under Section 3(h) (whether or not still held by Employee) as of the date of termination;

 

  c. if the date of termination occurs in calendar year 2012, the Equity Value Preservation Payment shall be equal to $3,750,000 minus the Option Spread on the vested Options granted to Employee under Section 3(h) (whether or not still held by Employee) as of the date of termination;

 

  d. if the date of termination occurs in calendar year 2013, the Equity Value Preservation Payment shall be equal to $5,000,000 minus the Option Spread on the vested Options granted to Employee under Section 3(h) (whether or not still held by Employee) as of the date of termination;

 

  e. if the date of termination occurs after calendar year 2013, the Equity Value Preservation Payment shall be equal to $5,000,000 minus the sum of the Option Spread on the vested Options granted to Employee under Section 3(h) (whether or not still held by Employee) as of the date of termination and the Fair Market Value, as of the date of termination, of any vested RSUs granted to Employee under Section 3(h) (whether or not still held by Employee); and

 

  (iv) a severance payment equal to 1.5 times the sum of (x) Employee’s annual rate of Base Salary on the date of termination plus (y) the Target Bonus with respect to the calendar year that includes the date of termination (the “Severance Payment”), which amount shall be paid in periodic equal installment payments in accordance with ordinary payroll practices and deductions over a period of eighteen (18) months (the “Severance Pay Period”).

The Company shall have no further obligation to Employee upon such termination under this Agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Employee violates the Non-Compete provisions of Section 7 during the Severance Pay Period (but without regard to whether Employee’s activities are within or outside the Non-Compete Area), in Company’s discretion the Severance Payments shall cease. The foregoing shall not affect Company’s right to enforce the Non-Compete pursuant to Section 7.


If Employee is rehired by the Company during any Severance Pay Period, Severance Payments shall cease; however, if Employee’s new Base Salary is less than his previous Base Salary, Company shall pay Employee the difference between Employee’s previous and new Base Salary for the remainder of the Severance Pay Period.

(e) Termination By Employee Without Good Reason: Upon termination of employment by Employee without Good Reason pursuant to Section 8(e), the Company shall pay any Accrued Base Salary and any payments required under applicable employee benefit plans. In addition, if Employee signs and delivers the Release after the date of Employee’s termination of employment and such Release is no longer subject to revocation, if applicable, on the Payment Date, then the Company shall pay to Employee on the Payment Date, if payable, any Unpaid Prior Year Bonus. If the Company terminates Employee’s employment immediately upon or after receipt of Employee’s notice of termination (such termination by the Company shall not be deemed a termination by the Company without Cause), the Company shall also pay any pro-rata Base Salary for the remaining portion of the ninety (90) day notice advance period as described in Section 8(e) if Employee signs and delivers the Release after the date of Employee’s termination of employment and such Release is no longer subject to revocation, if applicable, on the Payment Date (and pro-rata Base Salary that would otherwise be paid sooner shall be paid on the earlier of the date such Release becomes irrevocable or the Payment Date). The Company shall have no further obligation to Employee upon such termination under this Agreement.

(f) Nonqualified Deferred Compensation. To the extent that the payment of any amount under this Section 9 constitutes “nonqualified deferred compensation” for purposes of Code Section 409A (as defined in Section 19), any such payment scheduled to occur during the first sixty (60) days following the termination of employment shall not be paid until the sixtieth (60th) day following such termination and shall include payment of any amount that was otherwise scheduled to be paid prior thereto. In addition, if the Employee is deemed on the date of termination to be a “specified employee” within the meaning of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B), any amounts to which Employee is entitled under this Section 9 that constitute “non-qualified deferred compensation” under Code Section 409A and would otherwise be payable prior to the earlier of (i) the 6-month anniversary of the Employee’s date of termination and (ii) the date of the Employee’s death (the “Delay Period”) shall instead be paid in a lump sum immediately upon (and not before) the expiration of the Delay Period to the extent required under Code Section 409A.

This excerpt taken from the CCO 8-K filed Dec 11, 2009.

9. COMPENSATION UPON TERMINATION

(a) Death. Upon termination of employment pursuant to Section 8(a), the Company shall pay to Employee’s designee or, if no person is designated, to Employee’s estate, (i) Employee’s unpaid Base Salary, if any, less applicable payroll, taxes and other deductions, that was earned through the termination date but not otherwise previously paid, which shall be paid within 30 days of the date of Employee’s termination of employment (“Accrued Base Salary”), (ii) the Annual Bonus, if any, that Employee earned with respect to the calendar year prior to the calendar year that includes the termination date (to the extent not paid as of the date of termination) shall be paid at the time such Annual Bonus is payable in accordance with Section 3(c), less applicable payroll, taxes and other deductions (the “Unpaid Prior Year Bonus”), (iii) a pro-rata portion of the Annual Bonus for the calendar year that includes the termination date (which proration shall be determined by the Company and payable only as follows: If Employee’s termination date is between September 1st and December 31st, Employee will receive a pro-rata portion of the Annual Bonus calculated based upon performance as of the termination date as related to overall performance at the end of the calendar year for which pro-rata portion of the Annual Bonus Employee shall be eligible only if a bonus would have been earned by the end of the calendar year and the calculation and payment of the pro-rata bonus, if any, will be pursuant to the plan in effect during the calendar year that includes the date of termination), less applicable payroll, taxes and other deductions (the “Pro-Rata Bonus”) and (iv) any payments required under applicable employee benefit plans. The Company shall have no further obligation to Employee upon such termination under this Agreement.

(b) Disability. Upon termination of employment pursuant to Section 8(b), the Company shall pay any Accrued Base Salary and any payments required under applicable employee benefit plans. In addition, if Employee signs and delivers a Severance Agreement and General Release of claims in a form satisfactory to the Company (the “Release”) and such Release is no longer subject to revocation, if applicable, on the date that is sixty (60) days after the date of Employee’s termination of employment (the “Payment Date”), then the Company shall pay to Employee on the Payment Date, if payable, any (i) Unpaid Prior Year Bonus and/or (ii) any Pro-Rata Bonus.


(c) Termination By Company For Cause: Upon termination of employment by the Company for Cause pursuant to Section 8(c), the Company shall pay to Employee any Accrued Base Salary and any payments required under applicable employee benefit plans. The Company shall have no further obligation to Employee upon such termination under this Agreement.

(d) Termination By Company Without Cause or By Employee With Good Cause. Upon termination of employment by the Company without Cause pursuant to Section 8(c) and not by reason of disability (within the meaning of Section 8(b)), or upon termination of employment by Employee for Good Cause pursuant to Section 8(d), the Company will pay to Employee any Accrued Base Salary and any payments required under applicable employee benefit plans, and, to the extent provided within Section 3(f)(c) above, certain of the unvested Company RSUs, Company Options and CCMH Options may fully vest and become exercisable. In addition, if Employee signs and delivers the Release to the Company after the date of Employee’s termination of employment and such Release is no longer subject to revocation, if applicable, on the Payment Date, then the Company shall pay to Employee a single lump sum on the Payment Date equal to (less applicable payroll, taxes and other deductions), (i) one and one-half (1.5) times the sum of (x) Employee’s annual rate of Base Salary on the date of termination plus (y) the Target Bonus with respect to the calendar year that includes the date of termination (the “Severance Payment”), plus, if payable, any (ii) Unpaid Prior Year Bonus and/or (iii) Pro-Rata Bonus. The Company shall have no further obligation to Employee upon such termination under this Agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Employee violates Section 7 of this Agreement during the Non-Compete Period, then Employee shall forfeit any right to the pro-rata portion of the Severance Payment equal to the product of (x) the number of full months remaining in the Non-Compete Period after the date such breach occurs divided by eighteen (18) multiplied by (y) the Severance Payment, and Employee shall reimburse such forfeited pro-rata portion of the Severance Payment to the Company within thirty (30) days of notice of such violation from the Company. The foregoing shall not affect Company’s right to enforce the Non-Compete pursuant to Section 7.

(e) Termination By Employee Without Good Cause: Upon termination of employment by Employee without Good Cause pursuant to Section 8(e), the Company shall pay any Accrued Base Salary and any payments required under applicable employee benefit plans. In addition, if Employee signs and delivers the Release after the date of Employee’s termination of employment and such Release is no longer subject to revocation, if applicable, on the Payment Date, then the Company shall pay to Employee on the Payment Date, if payable, any Unpaid Prior Year Bonus. If the Company terminates Employee’s employment immediately upon or after receipt of Employee’s notice of termination (such termination by the Company shall not be deemed a termination by the Company without Cause), the Company shall also pay any pro-rata Base Salary for the remaining portion of the ninety (90) day notice advance period as described in Section 8(e) if Employee signs and delivers the Release after the date of Employee’s termination of employment and such Release is no longer subject to revocation, if applicable, on the Payment Date (and pro-rata Base Salary that would otherwise be paid sooner shall be paid on


the earlier of the date such Release becomes irrevocable or the Payment Date). The Company shall have no further obligation to Employee upon such termination under this Agreement.

(f) Nonqualified Deferred Compensation. To the extent that the payment of any amount under this Section 9 constitutes “nonqualified deferred compensation” for purposes of Code Section 409A (as defined in Section 19), any such payment scheduled to occur during the first sixty (60) days following the termination of employment shall not be paid until the sixtieth (60th) day following such termination and shall include payment of any amount that was otherwise scheduled to be paid prior thereto. In addition, if the Employee is deemed on the date of termination to be a “specified employee” within the meaning of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B), any amounts to which Employee is entitled under this Section 9 that constitute “non-qualified deferred compensation” under Code Section 409A and would otherwise be payable prior to the earlier of (i) the 6-month anniversary of the Employee’s date of termination and (ii) the date of the Employee’s death (the “Delay Period”) shall instead be paid in a lump sum immediately upon (and not before) the expiration of the Delay Period to the extent required under Code Section 409A.

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