Labor and Employee Relations (i) (A) None of the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is represented in his or her capacity as an employee of such company by any labor organization; (B) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has recognized any labor organization nor has any labor organization been elected as the collective bargaining agent of any of their employees, nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries signed any collective bargaining agreement or union contract recognizing any labor organization as the bargaining agent of any of their employees; and (C) to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no active or current union organization activity involving the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor has there ever been union representation involving employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
Employee Related Matters Parent may offer certain employees of the Acquired Corporations as of the date of this Agreement who are also employees of the Acquired Corporations immediately prior to the Effective Time employment by the Parent after the Effective Time, and each such offer shall be in the form of an individual offer letter prepared in accordance with Parent's customary form (such letter to confirm such employee's initial position, compensation, location and reporting relationship). Those employees of the Acquired Corporations that continue to be employees of Parent or any of its affiliates, including the Acquired Corporations, following the Closing (the "Continuing Employees") and, if applicable, their eligible dependents, shall, subject to any necessary transition period and the terms of such plans, be immediately eligible to participate in Parent's health, vacation, employee stock purchase, 401(k) and other plans, to the same extent as comparably situated employees of Parent. Each such Continuing Employee shall receive credit under Parent's employee benefit plans for purposes of eligibility to participate under such plans for years of service with the Acquired Corporations prior to the Effective Time, and Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any and all pre-existing condition limitations and evidence of insurability requirements under any group health plans of Parent in which such employees and, if applicable, their eligible dependents shall participate to be waived and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide credit for any co-payments and deductibles prior to the Closing Date for purposes of satisfying any applicable deduction, out-of-pocket or similar requirements under any such plans that may apply after the Closing Date. Parent shall pay to the Eligible Employees (as defined below) up to an aggregate of $10,000,000 in cash (the "Contingent Employee Amount") subject to the following terms and conditions: Subject to any right of setoff that Parent may be entitled to exercise (pursuant to Section 9.5 or otherwise), and subject to the other provisions of this Section 5.4(b): if the Actual Q4 2003 Net Bookings are equal to or greater than $1,900,000, then Parent shall pay to each Eligible Employee on a date selected by Parent on or prior to February 28, 2004 cash in an amount equal to such Eligible Employee's Percentage Allocation in the amount equal to the product of (A) $125,000 multiplied by (B) the quotient of (I) the Actual Q4 2003 Net Bookings, divided by (II) $3,800,000; provided, however, that in no event shall the aggregate amount payable by Parent to the Eligible Employees pursuant to this Section 5.4(b)(i)(1) exceed $125,000; and provided, further that if the Shareholders' Agent delivers an Initial Objection Notice or a Final Objection Notice to Parent in accordance with Section 1.8(f), then Parent shall make any payments required under this Section 5.4(b)(i)(1) to the Eligible Employees within 30 days after the dispute identified in such Initial Objection Notice or a Final Objection Notice, as the case may be, is resolved; if the Actual Q4 2003 Net Revenues are equal to or greater than $1,150,000, then Parent shall pay to each Eligible Employee on a date selected by Parent on or prior to February 28, 2004 cash in an amount equal to such Eligible Employee's Percentage Allocation in the amount equal to the product of (A) $125,000 multiplied by (B) the quotient of (I) the Actual Q4 2003 Net Revenues, divided by (II) $2,300,000; provided, however, that in no event shall the aggregate amount payable by Parent to the Eligible Employees pursuant to this Section 5.4(b)(i)(2) exceed $125,000; and provided, further that if the Shareholders' Agent delivers an Initial Objection Notice or a Final Objection Notice to Parent in accordance with Section 1.8(f), then Parent shall make any payments required under this Section 5.4(b)(i)(2) to the Eligible Employees within 30 days after the dispute identified in such Initial Objection Notice or a Final Objection Notice, as the case may be, is resolved; if the Actual 2004 Net Bookings are equal to or greater than $75,000,000, then Parent shall pay to each Eligible Employee on a date selected by Parent on or prior to February 28, 2005 cash in an amount equal to such Eligible Employee's Percentage Allocation in the amount equal to the product of (A) $4,125,000 multiplied by (B) the quotient of (I) the Actual 2004 Net Bookings, divided by (II) $150,000,000; provided, however, that in no event shall the aggregate amount payable by Parent to the Eligible Employees pursuant to this Section 5.4(b)(i)(3) exceed $4,125,000; and provided, further that if the Shareholders' Agent delivers an Initial Objection Notice or a Final Objection Notice to Parent in accordance with Section 1.8(f), then Parent shall make any payments required under this Section 5.4(b)(i)(3) to the Eligible Employees within 30 days after the dispute identified in such Initial Objection Notice or a Final Objection Notice, as the case may be, is resolved; if the Actual 2004 Net Revenues are equal to or greater than $25,000,000, then Parent shall pay to each Eligible Employee on a date selected by Parent on or prior to February 28, 2005 cash in an amount equal to such Eligible Employee's Percentage Allocation (as defined below) in the amount equal to the product of (A) $4,125,000 multiplied by (B) the quotient of (I) the Actual 2004 Net Revenues, divided by (II) $50,000,000; provided, however, that in no event shall the aggregate amount payable by Parent to the Eligible Employees pursuant to this Section 5.4(b)(i)(1) exceed $4,125,000; and provided, further that if the Shareholders' Agent delivers an Initial Objection Notice or a Final Objection Notice to Parent in accordance with Section 1.8(f), then Parent shall make any payments required under this Section 5.4(b)(i)(1) to the Eligible Employees within 30 days after the dispute identified in such Initial Objection Notice or a Final Objection Notice, as the case may be, is resolved; if a future version of Parent's hosted CRM OnDemand product satisfies the Milestones on or prior to June 30, 2004, then (A) promptly following Parent's determination that the Milestones have been satisfied, Parent shall deliver to the Shareholders' Agent written notice thereof, and (II) Parent shall pay to each Eligible Employee on a date selected by Parent within 45 days after the date such notice is delivered to the Shareholders' Agent cash in an amount equal to such Eligible Employee's Percentage Allocation in $1,500,000 (it being understood that if Parent, acting in good faith and in its reasonable discretion, determines that the Milestones are not satisfied on or prior to June 30, 2004, then no amount shall be payable under this Section 5.4(b)(i)(5));
Employee Relations Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is involved in any labor dispute nor, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, is any such dispute threatened. None of the Company's or its subsidiaries' employees is a member of a union and the Company and its subsidiaries believe that their relations with their employees are good.
Certain Employee Payments The Company is not a party to any employment agreement which could result in the payment to any current, former or future director or employee of the Company of any money or other property or rights or accelerate or provide any other rights or benefits to any such employee or director as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, whether or not (i) such payment, acceleration or provision would constitute a “parachute payment” (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code), or (ii) some other subsequent action or event would be required to cause such payment, acceleration or provision to be triggered.
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.
Employee Retention The two Company employees listed in ------------------ Schedule 7.02(f) shall have entered into employment and noncompetition ---------------- agreements with Parent providing for such employees to be employed by Parent (or to continue to be employed by the Surviving Corporation) after the Effective Time; both such employment agreements shall be in full force and effect; and neither of such employees shall have ceased employment with Company or given notice to the Board of Directors of Parent or the Board of Directors of Company of his intention to cease employment with Parent or Company after the Effective Time.
ERISA and Employee Benefits Matters (A) To the knowledge of the Company, no “prohibited transaction” as defined under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and not exempt under ERISA Section 408 and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder has occurred with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan. At no time has the Company or any ERISA Affiliate maintained, sponsored, participated in, contributed to or has or had any liability or obligation in respect of any Employee Benefit Plan subject to Part 3 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA, Title IV of ERISA, or Section 412 of the Code or any “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA or any multiple employer plan for which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or could incur liability under Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA. No Employee Benefit Plan provides or promises, or at any time provided or promised, retiree health, life insurance, or other retiree welfare benefits except as may be required by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended, or similar state law. Each Employee Benefit Plan is and has been operated in material compliance with its terms and all applicable laws, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code and, to the knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred (including a “reportable event” as such term is defined in Section 4043 of ERISA) and no condition exists that would subject the Company or any ERISA Affiliate to any material tax, fine, lien, penalty or liability imposed by ERISA, the Code or other applicable law. Each Employee Benefit Plan intended to be qualified under Code Section 401(a) is so qualified and has a favorable determination or opinion letter from the IRS upon which it can rely, and any such determination or opinion letter remains in effect and has not been revoked; to the knowledge of the Company, nothing has occurred since the date of any such determination or opinion letter that is reasonably likely to adversely affect such qualification; (B) with respect to each Foreign Benefit Plan, such Foreign Benefit Plan (1) if intended to qualify for special tax treatment, meets, in all material respects, the requirements for such treatment, and (2) if required to be funded, is funded to the extent required by applicable law, and with respect to all other Foreign Benefit Plans, adequate reserves therefor have been established on the accounting statements of the applicable Company or subsidiary; (C) the Company does not have any obligations under any collective bargaining agreement with any union and no organization efforts are underway with respect to Company employees. As used in this Agreement, “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; “Employee Benefit Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, including, without limitation, all stock purchase, stock option, stock-based severance, employment, change-in-control, medical, disability, fringe benefit, bonus, incentive, deferred compensation, employee loan and all other employee benefit plans, agreements, programs, policies or other arrangements, whether or not subject to ERISA, under which (x) any current or former employee, director or independent contractor of the Company or its subsidiaries has any present or future right to benefits and which are contributed to, sponsored by or maintained by the Company or any of its respective subsidiaries or (y) the Company or any of its subsidiaries has had or has any present or future obligation or liability; “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended; “ERISA Affiliate” means any member of the company’s controlled group as defined in Code Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o); and “Foreign Benefit Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan established, maintained or contributed to outside of the United States of America or which covers any employee working or residing outside of the United States.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among any Partnership Entity, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, affiliates, customers or suppliers of any Partnership Entity, on the other hand, that is required to be described in the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus and is not so described.
Compensation and Related Matters During the Term of the Executive’s employment, as compensation and consideration for the performance by the Executive of the Executive’s duties, responsibilities and covenants pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall pay the Executive and the Executive agrees to accept in full payment for such performance the amounts and benefits set forth below.
Certain Employee Matters (a) Seller and the Acquired Companies shall take such action as is necessary such that the Acquired Companies shall, as of the Closing Date, cease being “participating employers” and shall cease any co-sponsorship and participation in each Seller Plan that is jointly adopted, sponsored or maintained by Seller and an Acquired Company. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Section 4.6, the Acquired Companies shall have no further liability and Seller shall retain all liabilities with respect to claims incurred under any such Seller Plan prior to the Closing Date, whether such claims are made prior to, on or after the Closing Date. For this purpose claims under any medical, dental, vision, or prescription drug plan, generally will be deemed to be incurred on the date that the service giving rise to such claim is performed and not when such claim is made; provided, however, that with respect to claims relating to hospitalization the claim will be deemed to be incurred on the first day of such hospitalization and not on the date that such services are performed. Claims for disability under any long or short term disability plan shall be incurred on the date the employee or former employee is first absent from work because of the condition giving rise to such disability and not when the employee or former employee is determined to be eligible for benefits under the applicable Seller Plan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Seller shall retain all liabilities under all Seller Plans, except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 4.6. For the avoidance of doubt, Seller shall retain all liabilities with respect to equity or equity-based awards under any Plan. Seller shall provide any continuation coverage required under Section 4980B of the Code, Part 6 of Title I of ERISA or applicable state Law (“COBRA”) to each “qualified beneficiary” as that term is defined in COBRA whose first “qualifying event” (as defined in COBRA) occurs on or prior to the Closing Date. The Acquired Companies shall retain responsibility for all accrued but unused vacation pay for each of their respective Acquired Company Employees (other than any Bank Channel Employees who become Acquired Company Employees). As soon as practicable, but in any event within five (5) Business Days following the Closing Date, Seller shall provide Buyer with a list setting forth, with respect to each Acquired Company Employee (other than any Bank Channel Employee who becomes an Acquired Company Employee) the number of days of accrued but unused vacation as of the Closing Date.
