(a) For and in consideration of the Executive’s agreement to provide the transitional services contemplated by this Agreement, subject to the provisions of Section 6.01, Section 6.02 and Section 6.03 hereof, the Company shall pay the Executive an aggregate amount, excluding any incentive compensation which the Executive may become entitled to pursuant to the following provisions of this Article 2, equal to the amount which the Executive would be entitled to receive at his current base salary over the period beginning April 1, 2016 and ending December 31, 2017 (such period being hereinafter the “Transitional Services Payment Period”), which amount is equal to Four Hundred Forty One Thousand Dollars ($441,000.00) (such amount being hereinafter the “Transitional Services Salary Payment”). Subject to the provisions of Section 6.01, Section 6.02 and Section 6.03 hereof, the Transitional Services Salary Payment shall be payable to the Executive in substantially equal installments, less applicable withholding taxes, over the Transitional Services Payment Period. Except as provided in Section 6.02(a), the dates on which the installments of the Transitional Services Salary Payment are made to the Executive shall be the same dates during the Transitional Services Payment Period that salaried employees employed by the Company at its Buffalo, New York corporate headquarters receive regularly scheduled payments of their base salaries. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that, effective as of April 1, 2016, he will no longer be entitled to receive payment of his base salary and, instead of payment of his base salary, he will, subject to the provisions of Section 6.01, Section 6.02 and Section 6.03 hereof, be entitled to payment of the Transitional Services Salary Payment.