Employment and Employee Benefits Matters (a) Parent will cause the Surviving Corporation and each of its Subsidiaries, for the period commencing at the Control Time and ending on the first anniversary thereof (the “Continuation Period”), to (i) maintain for the individuals employed by the Company at the Control Time (the “Current Employees”) and who remain employees of the Surviving Corporation during the Continuation Period base compensation and target incentive compensation that is no less favorable to each Current Employee than such Current Employee’s base compensation and target incentive compensation immediately prior to the Control Time, and (ii) provide benefits that are of comparable economic value in the aggregate to the benefits provided by the Company as of immediately prior to the Control Time (excluding, for purposes of Section 6.4(a)(i) and (ii) equity and equity-based compensation, retention, stay, or transaction bonuses or similar arrangements); provided, however, that nothing in this Section 6.4 will be construed as an amendment to or prevent the amendment or termination of any particular Company Plan or employee benefit plan of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, to the extent permissible thereunder, or interfere with the Parent’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ or the Surviving Corporation’s right or obligation to make such changes as are necessary to conform with applicable Law. Parent will cause the Surviving Corporation and each of its Subsidiaries to honor all obligations and agreements relating to 2010 Bonuses (as defined in Section 4.13(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter) as are, and to the fullest extent, set forth in Section 6.4(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter. During the Continuation Period, Parent will cause the Surviving Corporation to pay or cause to be paid, consistent with the Company’s past practice in similar circumstances, to each Current Employee (i) who is involuntarily terminated or (ii) in the case of any employee covered by an employment, change in control, severance or similar agreement or entitlement providing for benefits upon a voluntary termination for good reason, who terminates employment voluntarily for good reason as therein defined, severance in accordance with past practices, including with respect to bonuses.
COMPENSATION; EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS; ORGANIZED LABOR MATTERS The Company has delivered to TCI an accurate list (which is set forth on Schedule 5.18) showing all officers, directors and key employees of the Company, listing all employment agreements with such officers, directors and key employees and the rate of compensation (and the portions thereof attributable to salary, bonus and other compensation, respectively) of each of such persons as of (i) the Balance Sheet Date and (ii) the date hereof. The Company has provided to TCI true, complete and correct copies of any employment agreements for persons listed on Schedule 5.18. Since the Balance Sheet Date, there have been no material increases in the compensation payable or any special bonuses to any officer, director, key employee or other employee, except ordinary salary increases implemented and bonuses paid on a basis consistent with past practices. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.18, (i) the Company is not bound by or subject to any arrangement with any labor union, (ii) no employees of the Company are represented by any labor union or covered by any collective bargaining agreement, (iii) to the knowledge of the Stockholders, no campaign to establish such representation is in progress and (iv) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Stockholders, threatened labor dispute involving the Company and any group of its employees nor has the Company experienced any labor interruptions over the past three years. The Company believes its relationship with employees to be good.
Employment and Employee Benefits (a) Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation and its subsidiaries to provide employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries (the “Company Employees”) for the period of twelve (12) months immediately following the Closing Date, (i) at least the same level of base salary and hourly wages as in effect on the Closing Date, and (ii) benefits that are substantially comparable, in the aggregate, to the benefits provided by the Company and its Affiliates to Company Employees prior to the Closing Date; provided, however, that no defined benefit pension, post-retirement medical, equity-based, retention, change-in-control or other special or non-recurring compensation or benefits provided prior to the Closing Date shall be taken into account for purposes of this covenant. From and after the Closing Date, Parent or one of its Affiliates shall honor, and shall cause the Surviving Corporation to honor, in accordance with their terms, all employment, retention and severance agreements and all severance, incentive and bonus plans, programs and arrangements as in effect on the Closing Date that are applicable to any current or former employees or directors of the Company, subject to the terms and conditions, including the amendment and termination provisions, thereof. Parent or one of its Affiliates shall recognize the service of the Company Employees with the Company and its Affiliates prior to the Closing Date as service with Parent and its Affiliates in connection with any pension or welfare benefit plans and policies (including vacations, paid time-off, and holiday policies) maintained by Parent or one of its Affiliates (each, a “Parent Plan”) which is made available following the Closing Date by Parent or one of its Affiliates for purposes of any waiting period, vesting, eligibility, benefit entitlement and benefit accrual, provided that service credit shall not be required with respect to benefit accruals under any defined benefit pension plan, or to the extent that service credit would result in a duplication of benefits. Parent shall, or shall cause its Affiliates to, to the extent commercially and administratively practicable, (i) waive, or cause its insurance carriers to waive, all limitations as to pre-existing and at-work conditions, if any, with respect to participation and coverage requirements applicable to Company Employees under any welfare benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) which is made available to Company Employees following the Closing Date by Parent or one of its Affiliates, and (ii) provide credit to Company Employees for any co-payments, deductibles and out-of-pocket expenses paid by such employees under the employee benefit plans, programs and arrangements of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the portion of the relevant plan year including the Closing Date.
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Compensation; Employment Agreements; Etc Enter into or amend or renew any employment, consulting, severance or similar agreements or arrangements with any of its directors, officers or employees or those of its subsidiaries or grant any salary or wage increase or increase any employee benefit (including incentive or bonus payments), except (1) for normal individual increases in compensation to employees (other than executive officers or directors) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (2) for other changes that are required by applicable law and (3) to satisfy Previously Disclosed contractual obligations.
Employees and Employee Benefit Plans The Purchaser does not (a) have any paid employees or (b) maintain, sponsor, contribute to or otherwise have any Liability under, any Benefit Plans.
Benefits - In General The Executive shall be permitted during the Term to participate in any group life, hospitalization or disability insurance plans, health programs, equity incentive plans, long-term incentive programs, 401(k) and other retirement plans, fringe benefit programs and similar benefits that may be available (currently or in the future) to other senior executives of the Company generally, in each case to the extent that the Executive is eligible under the terms of such plans or programs.
Employees and Benefit Plans (a) From and after the Effective Time, Buyer agrees to provide the employees of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries who remain employed after the Effective Time (collectively, the "Company Employees") with at least the types and levels of employee benefits (including employee contribution levels) comparable in the aggregate to those maintained by Buyer for similarly-situated employees of Buyer. Buyer will treat, and cause its applicable benefit plans to treat, the service of the Company Employees with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as service rendered to Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries for purposes of eligibility to participate, vesting and for level of benefits including, but not limited to, severance benefits, vacation entitlement and applicability of minimum waiting periods for participation (but not for benefit accrual under any defined benefit plan (including minimum pension amount) and not for participation in the Brookline Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan) attributable to any period before the Effective Time. Without limiting the foregoing, but subject to the terms and conditions of Buyer's health and similar plans, Buyer shall not treat any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as a "new" employee for purposes of any exclusions under any health or similar plan of Buyer for a pre-existing medical condition to the extent that any such exclusion did not apply under a health or similar plan of the Company or its Subsidiaries immediately prior to the Effective Time, and any deductibles, co-payments or out-of-pocket expenses paid under any of the Company's or any of its Subsidiaries' health plans shall be credited towards deductibles, co-payments or out-of-pocket expenses under Buyer's health plans upon delivery to Buyer of appropriate documentation, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable Buyer Employee Program.
Employees and Employee Benefits (a) All Business Employees and the date of their employment, date of birth, annual salary, total compensation for the 2000 calendar year, Benefit Plan participation and election, job title, job location and the immediate supervisor of each of them as of the date of this Agreement are listed on Schedule 5.08. Schedule 5.08 also identifies each of the Business Employees who is a party to any contract or agreement with any of Sellers or Sellers' Affiliates, and each such employment contract or agreement which is in writing is included in Schedule 3.05B. Purchaser shall have the right, but not the obligation, to offer employment effective as of the Closing Date to any or none of the Business Employees as Purchaser chooses in its sole discretion. If Purchaser offers employment to any of the Business Employees effective as of the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement, such offer shall be not less than the salary in effect for such Business Employee on the date of this Agreement and with benefits that are not less than those generally available to Purchasers' employees on the date of this Agreement. Sellers and Shareholders shall use commercially reasonable efforts to assist Purchaser in hiring Business Employees designated by Purchaser as Transferred Employees. Sellers and Shareholders shall not offer other employment to any Transferred Employee on or after the Closing Date without the prior written consent of Purchaser. Any severance obligations to Business Employees relating to the transactions contemplated hereby shall be borne solely by Sellers.
Compensation of Trustees, Officers and Employees No Trustee, officer or employee of the Trust or the Fund shall receive from the Trust or the Fund any salary or other compensation as such Trustee, officer or employee while he is at the same time a director, officer, or employee of the Subadviser or any affiliated company of the Subadviser, except as the Board may decide. This paragraph shall not apply to Trustees, executive committee members, consultants and other persons who are not regular members of the Subadviser’s or any affiliated company’s staff.