Certain Employee Agreements. Following the Effective Time, the Company will (subject to this Section 5.07) cause its subsidiaries to honor all obligations of the employer under any contracts, agreements, collective bargaining agreements and commitments of CEI and NU and their respective subsidiaries entered into prior to the date of this Agreement (or as established or amended in accordance with or permitted by this Agreement), which apply to any current or former employee, or current or former trustee, director or officer of any of the parties hereto or any of their subsidiaries; provided, however, that this undertaking is not intended to prevent the Company (or any subsidiary of the Company after the Effective Time succeeding to such obligations by operation of law) from enforcing such contracts, agreements, collective bargaining agreements and commitments in accordance with their terms, including any reserved right to amend, modify, suspend, revoke or terminate any such contract, agreement, collective bargaining agreement or commitment or portion thereof.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Northeast Utilities System), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Consolidated Edison Inc), Merger Agreement (Consolidated Edison Inc)