Service

Service. Means a Participant's service with the Company.

Service. The period beginning on the most recent date on which an employee became a Member pursuant to Section 2.7 and ending on the effective date of the termination of his or her status as a Member. Service completed before the date an affiliate of Sybase becomes an Employer will be included for such affiliate only to the extent specified by Sybase in writing. (a) Service includes only periods of employment with an Employer as a Member and excludes all periods of employment with other ... affiliates of Sybase, except to the extent specified by Sybase in writing. If a Member (i) transfers to a Sybase affiliate, and (ii) is compensated on the Sybase affiliate's payroll, and if the Sybase affiliate offers sabbatical leave, then Service credit under this Plan shall continue to be earned, but no Service credit with respect to the affiliate sabbatical plan will be earned. If such Member transfers to a Sybase affiliate which does not offer sabbatical leave, then earned Service credit under this Plan shall be suspended until the Member returns to the payroll of Sybase or another affiliate which offers sabbatical leave. (b) A Member's Service credit will be cancelled when his or her employment with Sybase and all its affiliates terminates and will not be restored in the event of rehire, 2 unless the Member is rehired by an Employer as a Member within 12 months of his or her termination effective date. Service credit will not be given for the days between the termination effective date and the date of rehire. (c) A maximum of 90 days of Service will be credited for any period of approved paid or unpaid absence from active employment (other than vacation or Sabbatical Leave). Service will be credited for any period of military or other legally mandated leave of absence in accordance with legal requirements. View More

Service. : (i) Employment as a common-law employee of the Company or one of its non-U.S. subsidiaries; or (ii) Period served as an elected Board Member. A Participant's Service shall be determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion. A Participant's Service shall not be deemed to have separated from Service merely because the capacity in which the Participant renders Service to the Company or any of its non-U.S. subsidiaries changes from Eligible Employee to Eligible Board Member... or vice-versa. 5 Notwithstanding the foregoing, a separation from Service will not be deemed to have occurred if an Eligible Employee continues to provide services to the Company or any of its non-U.S. subsidiaries in a capacity other than as an employee and if the former Eligible Employee is providing services at an annual rate that is fifty percent or more of the services rendered, on average, during the immediately preceding three full calendar years of employment with the Company or any of its non-U.S. subsidiaries (or if employed by the Company or any of its non-U.S. subsidiaries less than three years, such lesser period) and the annual remuneration for such services is fifty percent or more of the annual remuneration earned during the final three full calendar years of employment (of if less, such lesser period); provided, however, that a separation from Service will be deemed to have occurred if an Eligible Employee's service with the Company or any of its non-U.S. subsidiaries is reduced to an annual rate that is less than twenty percent of the services rendered, on average, during the immediately preceding three full calendar years of employment with the Company or any of its non-U.S. subsidiaries (or if employed by the Company or any of its non-U.S. subsidiaries less than three years, such lesser period) or the annual remuneration for such services is less than twenty percent of the annual remuneration earned during the three full calendar years of employment with the Company or any of its non-U.S. subsidiaries (or if less, such lesser period). In addition to the foregoing, a separation from Service will not be deemed to have occurred while an Eligible Employee is on military leave, sick leave, or other bona fide leave of absence if the period of such leave does not exceed six months, or if longer, so long as the Eligible Employee's right to reemployment with the Company or any of its non-U.S. subsidiaries is provided either by statute or contract. If the period of leave exceeds six months and the Eligible Employee's right to reemployment is not provided either by statute or contract, then the employee is deemed to have separated from Service on the first day immediately following such six-month period. View More

Service. Means that the provision of services to the Company or a Related Entity in any capacity of Employee, Director or Consultant is not interrupted or terminated. In jurisdictions requiring notice in advance of an effective termination as an Employee, Director or Consultant, Service shall be deemed terminated upon the actual cessation of providing services to the Company or a Related Entity notwithstanding any required notice period that must be fulfilled before a termination as an Employee,... Director or Consultant can be effective under Applicable Laws. A Grantee's Service shall be deemed to have terminated either upon an actual termination of Service or upon the entity for which the Grantee provides services ceasing to be a Related Entity. Service shall not be considered interrupted in the case of (i) any approved leave of absence, (ii) transfers among the Company, any Related Entity, or any successor, in any capacity of Employee, Director or Consultant, or (iii) any change in status as long as the individual remains in the service of the Company or a Related Entity in any capacity of Employee, Director or Consultant (except as otherwise provided in the Award Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise determined by the Administrator, in the event of any spin-off of a Related Entity, service as an Employee, Director or Consultant for such Related Entity following such spin-off shall be deemed to be Service for purposes of the Plan and any Award under the Plan. An approved leave of absence shall include sick leave, military leave, or any other authorized personal leave. For purposes of each Incentive Stock Option granted under the Plan, if such leave exceeds three (3) months, and reemployment upon expiration of such leave is not guaranteed by statute or contract, then the Incentive Stock Option shall be treated as a Non-Statutory Stock Option on the day three (3) months and one (1) day following the expiration of such three (3) month period. View More

Service. Shall mean (i) an employee-employer relationship between the Optionee and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) service to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries provided by the Optionee as a member of the Company's or such Subsidiary's Board of Directors, or (iii) service by the Optionee as a consultant or independent contractor. Optionee will not be treated as terminating Service (A) where there is a simultaneous reemployment or continuing employment of the Optionee by the Company or... any of its Subsidiaries, (B) where there is a simultaneous establishment of a consulting relationship or continuing consulting relationship between the Optionee and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (C) if the Optionee continues to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the termination of an employee-employer or consulting relationship, in which case, the Optionee's Service will cease on the date the Optionee no longer is employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, no longer performs services as a consultant, and is no longer a member of the Board of Directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine the effect of all matters and questions relating to terminations of Service, including, but not by way of limitation, the question of whether a particular leave of absence constitutes a termination of Service. View More

Service. Shall mean the work described in the Statement of Work attached hereto as Exhibit A.

Service. Shall mean service as an Outside Director.

Service. Shall mean service as an Employee, Officer, Director or Consultant of the Portfolio Company or a Subsidiary.

Service. Shall mean any of the CPEX Services and the Bentley Services, as applicable.

Service. In regard to employees, service as an employee of the Company or Subsidiary and means, in regard to directors or consultants, service as a director or consultant of the Company or Subsidiary.