foregoing shall be paid to the EMPLOYEE (based upon the rate in effect for such year as set forth in the Code at the time of the payment under this Agreement), less (iv) the amount of excise taxes imposed with respect to the payments and benefits described in (i) and (ii) above by Section 4999 of the Code. The parachute payments reduced shall first be the payments under Section 9, and then any other parachute payments. Within any of these categories, a reduction shall occur first with respect to amounts that are not deemed to constitute a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of and subject to Code Section 409A (“Nonqualified Deferred Compensation”) and then with respect to amounts that are treated as Nonqualified Deferred Compensation, with such reduction being applied in each case to the payments in the reverse order in which they would otherwise be made, that is, later payments shall be reduced before earlier payments. All determinations required to be made under this Section 10 shall be made by an independent accounting firm, law firm or compensation consultant, agreed upon by the EMPLOYEE and TBOP. All fees and expenses incurred in connection with the calculation required under this Section 10 shall be borne solely by TBOP.
11. Withholding Taxes. All compensation and benefits provided for herein shall, to the extent required by law, be subject to federal, state, and local tax withholding.
12. Confidential Information. The EMPLOYEE agrees that during and subsequent to his employment with TBOP and the Company, he will not, at any time, communicate or disclose to any unauthorized person, without the written consent of TBOP or the Company, any proprietary or other confidential information concerning TBOP, the Company or any Subsidiary or affiliate thereof; provided, however, that the obligations under this paragraph shall not apply to the extent that such matters (a) are disclosed in circumstances where the EMPLOYEE is legally obligated to do so, or (b) become generally known to and available for use by the public otherwise than by his wrongful act or omission; and provided further, that he may disclose any knowledge of insurance, financial, legal and economic principles, concepts and ideas which are not solely and exclusively derived from the business plans and activities of TBOP and the Company.
13. Covenants Not to Compete or to Solicit.
(a) Noncompetition. During the Term and for a period of 6 months after the Date of Termination (the “Noncompetition Period”), the EMPLOYEE shall not, without the written consent in writing of the Boards of Directors, become an officer, employee, agent, partner, consultant, member, director, or a four and nine-tenths percent or greater shareholder or equity owner of any entity engaged in the banking or lending business within any county in which TBOP or the Company has a branch, administrative office or loan production office. If at the time of the enforcement of this paragraph a court holds that the duration, scope, or area restrictions stated herein are unreasonable under the circumstances then existing and, thus, unenforceable, TBOP,the Company and the EMPLOYEE agree that the maximum duration, scope, or area reasonable under such circumstances shall be substituted for the stated duration, scope, or area.
(b) Nonsolicitation. During his employment and the Noncompetition Period, the EMPLOYEE shall not, whether on his own behalf or on behalf of any other individual or business entity, solicit, endeavor to entice away from TBOP, the Company a Subsidiary or any affiliated company, or otherwise interfere with the relationship of TBOP, the Company, a Subsidiary, or any affiliated company with any person who is, or was within the then most recent 12 month period, an employee or associate thereof.
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