4.第409A條。 For purposes of Internal Revenue Code Section 409A, the regulations and other guidance thereunder and any state law of similar effect (collectively 「Section 409A」), each payment that is paid pursuant to this letter is hereby designated as a separate payment. The parties intend that all payments made or to be made under this letter comply with, or are exempt from, the requirements of Section 409A so that none of the payments will be subject to the adverse tax penalties imposed under Section 409A, and any ambiguities herein will be interpreted to so comply or be so exempt. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any payments in connection with your separation from service do not qualify for any reason to be exempt from Section 409A and you are, at the time of your separation from service, a 「specified employee,」 as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(i) (持受益所有權是根據SEC規則確定的。該信息並不一定表明任何其他目的的所有權。按照這些規則,在2023年5月12日後60天內(即通過任何期權或認股權的行使獲得的股票),被認爲是持有受益權並對計算該持有人擁有的股數和受益的股數所生效。, you are a 「key employee」 of a publicly traded company), each such payment will not be made until the first regularly scheduled payroll date of the 7th month after your separation from service and, on such date (or, if earlier, the date of your death), you will receive all payments that would have been paid during such period in a single lump sum.
5.EMPLOYMENt STATUS. Your employment with Central remains 「at will」 in that it can be terminated with or without cause, and with or without notice, at any time at the option of either Central or yourself, except as otherwise detailed below. The terms of this offer letter, therefore, do not and are not intended to alter the at-will nature of the relationship.
6.TERMINATION IN THE EVENt OF INCAPACITY OR DEATH. If you become physically or mentally disabled or incapacitated such that it is the reasonable, good faith opinion of Central that you are unable to perform the services required as CEO with or without reasonable accommodation, then after four (4) months of continuous physical or mental disability, your employment will be terminated. During the four (4) month period, you will be entitled to the continuation of your compensation; however, such continued payments by Central shall be integrated with any disability, workers’ compensation, or other insurance payments received, such that the total amount does not exceed the compensation as provided by this letter. For purposes of this paragraph, physical or mental disability does not include any disability arising from