Common use of Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans Clause in Contracts

Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans. (a) Part 2.14 of the Disclosure Schedule lists each employee benefit plan, program, arrangement and contract (including, without limitation, any “Employee Benefit Plan”, as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer or director of the Company, or with respect to which the Company could incur Liability under Section 4069, 4201 or 4212(c) of ERISA (collectively, the “Plans”). (b) The Company does not maintain, sponsor or contribute to, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, has not at any time in the past maintained, sponsored or contributed to, any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA). None of the Plans is subject to Title IV of ERISA and the Company has not incurred, and does not reasonably expect to incur, any direct or indirect Liability under or by operation of Title IV of ERISA. (c) Each of the Plans is now and always has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and all applicable Legal Requirements, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code. The Company has performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under, is not in any material respect in default under or in violation of, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no default or violation by any other party to, any Plan. (d) Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has timely received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) covering all of the provisions applicable to the Plan for which determination letters are currently available that the Plan is so qualified and each trust established in connection with any Plan which is intended to be exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code has received a determination letter from the IRS that it is so exempt, and no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust. All contributions required to be made to any Plan have been made on a timely basis. (e) None of the Plans in effect on the date hereof would result, separately or in the aggregate (including, without limitation, as a result of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby), in the payment of any “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code. (f) The Company has made available to Parent (i) copies of each Plan (and, if applicable, related trust agreements) and all amendments thereto, all written interpretations thereof and all written descriptions thereof that have been distributed to the Company employees, all annuity contracts or other funding instruments, and a complete description of any Plan which is not in writing; (ii) the most recent determination letter issued by the IRS with respect to each applicable Plan; (iii) for the three most recent plan years, annual reports on Form 5500 series with respect to each applicable Plan, (iv) copies of all employment agreements and severance agreements plans and policies with or relating to employees, officers and directors; and (v) copies of all plans, programs, agreements and other arrangements of the Company with or relating to its current or former employees, officers and directors which contain change in control provisions. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (vi) result in any payment (including, without limitation, severance, unemployment compensation, “golden parachute” or otherwise) becoming due to any employee, officer or director of the Company under any Plan or otherwise, (vii) increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Plan, or (viii) result in any acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any benefits. (g) Neither the Company nor any Plan has any present or future obligation to make any payment to, or with respect to, any present or former employee, officer or director of the Company pursuant to any retiree medical benefit plan or other retiree welfare plan. (h) The Company is not a party to any collective bargaining or other labor union contract applicable to its employees, officers or directors. As of the date hereof, there is no labor dispute, strike or work stoppage against the Company pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened which may interfere with the business activities of the Company. As of the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its representatives or employees, has committed any unfair labor practices in connection with the operation of the business of the Company, and there is no pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company threatened charge or complaint against the Company by the National Labor Relations Board or any comparable state agency. The Company’s relations with its employees are good.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (Favrille Inc), Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (RHL Group, Inc.)

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Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans. (a) Part 2.14 The Company has provided an accurate and complete list to Purchaser that sets forth the name, title, hire date and annual gross compensation of each current employee and independent contractor of Company (including wages, salary, commissions, fringe benefits, bonuses and other payments or benefits of any type) in 2016 and 2017 (through March 31, 2017). Other than the Disclosure Schedule lists each employee benefit planindividual Company Employee Agreements, program, arrangement and contract (including, without limitation, any “Employee Benefit Plan”, as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) maintained, contributed Company is not a party to or sponsored bound by any union contract, collective bargaining agreement or similar Contract. To the Company for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer or director Knowledge of the Company, (i) no employee or independent contractor of Company intends to terminate his employment or relationship with Company or intends not to undertake employment with Purchaser if given an offer, and (ii) no employee or independent contractor is a party to or is bound by any confidentiality agreement, non-competition agreement or other Contract with any Person (other than Company) that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance by such employee or independent contractor of any of his duties with respect to which Company or its business. Except as under any Company Employee Plan, no former employee of the Company could incur Liability under Section 4069, 4201 is receiving or 4212(cis scheduled to receive (nor any spouse or other dependent is receiving or is scheduled to receive) any benefits (whether from any of ERISA (collectively, the “Plans”)Company or otherwise) relating to such former employee’s employment with the Company. (b) Part 2.17 (b) of the Disclosure Schedule identifies each Company Employee Plan. Each Company Employee Plan is being and has at all times been operated and administered in compliance with the provisions thereof. Each contribution or other payment that is required to have been accrued or made under or with respect to any Company Employee Plan has been duly accrued and made on a timely basis. Each Company Employee Plan has at all times complied and been operated and administered in compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements. The Company does is not maintainproposing to introduce any new or revised Company Employee Plans for all or any of its employees. (c) There are no claims or Legal Proceedings pending, sponsor or contribute to, andor, to the Knowledge of the Company, has not at threatened, against any time in Company Employee Plan or against the past maintainedassets of any Company Employee Plan. Each Company Employee Plan can be amended, sponsored terminated or contributed to, any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA). None of otherwise discontinued upon the Plans is subject to Title IV of ERISA and the Company has not incurred, and does not reasonably expect to incur, any direct or indirect Liability under or by operation of Title IV of ERISA. (c) Each of the Plans is now and always has been operated in all material respects Closing in accordance with its terms and all terms, without liability to Purchaser, the Company or any Affiliate thereof (other than ordinary administration expenses), subject to applicable Legal Requirements. There are no audits, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code. The Company has performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under, is not in any material respect in default under inquiries or in violation of, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no default or violation by any other party to, any Plan. (d) Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has timely received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) covering all of the provisions applicable to the Plan for which determination letters are currently available that the Plan is so qualified and each trust established in connection with any Plan which is intended to be exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code has received a determination letter from the IRS that it is so exempt, and no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust. All contributions required to be made to any Plan have been made on a timely basis. (e) None of the Plans in effect on the date hereof would result, separately or in the aggregate (including, without limitation, as a result of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby), in the payment of any “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code. (f) The Company has made available to Parent (i) copies of each Plan (and, if applicable, related trust agreements) and all amendments thereto, all written interpretations thereof and all written descriptions thereof that have been distributed to the Company employees, all annuity contracts or other funding instruments, and a complete description of any Plan which is not in writing; (ii) the most recent determination letter issued by the IRS with respect to each applicable Plan; (iii) for the three most recent plan years, annual reports on Form 5500 series with respect to each applicable Plan, (iv) copies of all employment agreements and severance agreements plans and policies with or relating to employees, officers and directors; and (v) copies of all plans, programs, agreements and other arrangements of the Company with or relating to its current or former employees, officers and directors which contain change in control provisions. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (vi) result in any payment (including, without limitation, severance, unemployment compensation, “golden parachute” or otherwise) becoming due to any employee, officer or director of the Company under any Plan or otherwise, (vii) increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Plan, or (viii) result in any acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any benefits. (g) Neither the Company nor any Plan has any present or future obligation to make any payment to, or with respect to, any present or former employee, officer or director of the Company pursuant to any retiree medical benefit plan or other retiree welfare plan. (h) The Company is not a party to any collective bargaining or other labor union contract applicable to its employees, officers or directors. As of the date hereof, there is no labor dispute, strike or work stoppage against the Company Legal Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened by any Governmental Body with respect to any Company Employee Plan. The Company has not incurred any penalty or Tax with respect to any Company Employee Plan under any applicable Legal Requirement. The Company has timely made all contributions and other payments required by and due under the terms of each Company Employee Plan and no funding deficiency or arrearage exists with respect to any Company Employee Plan which may will result in a liability of the Company or Purchaser. (d) No Company Employee Plan provides, or reflects or represents any liability of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company to provide, retiree life insurance, retiree health benefits or other retiree employee welfare benefits to any Person for any reason. The Company has not ever represented, promised or contracted (whether in oral or written form) to any Company Employee (either individually or to Company Employees as a group) or any other Person that any such Company Employee or other Person would be provided with retiree life insurance, retiree health benefits or other retiree employee welfare benefits, except to the extent required by applicable Legal Requirements or pursuant to a Company Employee Agreement set forth on Part 2.11(a)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule or any Company Employee Plan. (e) Except as expressly required or contemplated under this Agreement, neither the execution or delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of any of the Transactions will (either alone or upon the occurrence of any additional or subsequent events) constitute an event under any Company Employee Plan, Company Employee Agreement, trust or loan that will or would reasonably be expected to result (either alone or in connection with any other circumstance or event) in any payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise), acceleration of any right, obligation or benefit, forgiveness of indebtedness, vesting, distribution, increase in benefits or obligation to fund benefits with respect to any Company Employee. (f) The Company has not: (i) violated or otherwise failed to comply with any Legal Requirement in any material respect respecting employment, employment practices, immigration requirements, terms and conditions of employment or wages and hours; (ii) failed to withhold or report any material amounts required by applicable Legal Requirements or by Contract to be withheld or reported with respect to wages, salaries and other payments to Company Employees; (iii) become liable for any arrears of wages or any taxes or any penalty for failure to comply with the Legal Requirements applicable to any of the foregoing; and (iv) become liable for any payment to any trust or other fund governed by or maintained by or on behalf of any Governmental Body with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, provident funds, or other benefits or obligations for Company Employees (other than routine payments to be made in the normal course of business and consistent with past practice). There are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened claims or Legal Proceedings against the Company under any work injury compensation policy or long-term disability policy. (g) To the Knowledge of the Company, no employee of the Company is obligated under any Contract or subject to any Order that would interfere with such Person’s efforts to promote the interests of the Company or that would interfere with the business activities businesses of the Company. As Neither the execution nor the delivery of this Agreement, nor the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its representatives or employees, has committed any unfair labor practices in connection with the operation carrying on of the business of the CompanyCompany as presently conducted nor any activity of such Company Employee in connection with the carrying on of the business of the Company as presently conducted will, and there is no pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company, conflict with, result in a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any Contract under which any of such Company threatened charge Employee has any rights or complaint against the Company by the National Labor Relations Board or any comparable state agency. The Company’s relations with its employees are goodobligations.

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Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement (Vir Biotechnology, Inc.), Securities Purchase Agreement (Vir Biotechnology, Inc.)

Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans. (a) Part 2.14 of the Disclosure Schedule lists each Other than those benefits available under COBRA to any former employee benefit plan, program, arrangement and contract (including, without limitation, any “Employee Benefit Plan”, as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer or director of the Company, or with respect to which no former employee of the Company could incur Liability under Section 4069, 4201 is receiving or 4212(cis scheduled to receive (and no spouse or other dependent of any such former employee is receiving or is scheduled to receive) of ERISA any benefits (collectively, whether from the “Plans”)Company or otherwise) relating to such former employee's employment with the Company. (b) The Company does not maintain, sponsor has provided to Parent an accurate and complete copy of each employment agreement or contribute to, and, severance agreement between the Company and any current or former employee of the Company that has created or could reasonably be expected to give rise to an Accrued Liability or a Potential Liability. With the Knowledge exception of those current and former employees for whom the Company has provided to Parent an accurate and complete copy of an employment agreement or severance agreement between the Company and such current or former employee of the Company, has not at any time in the past maintained, sponsored or contributed to, any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) employment of ERISA). None each of the Plans Company's employees is subject to Title IV of ERISA and terminable by the Company at will. No Person is currently performing services on behalf of the Company as an independent contractor of the Company other than the individual who performs accounting support services for the Company. The Company has not incurreddelivered or made available to Parent an accurate and complete copy of each employee manual, employee handbook, disclosure material, policy statement and does not reasonably expect other material relating to incur, any direct or indirect Liability under or by operation the employment of Title IV each of ERISAthe current and former employees of the Company. (c) Each of the Plans is now and always has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and all applicable Legal Requirements, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code. The Company has performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under, is not in any material respect in default under or in violation of, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no default or violation by any other party to, any Plan. (d) Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has timely received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) covering all of the provisions applicable to the Plan for which determination letters are currently available that the Plan is so qualified and each trust established in connection with any Plan which is intended to be exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code has received a determination letter from the IRS that it is so exempt, and no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust. All contributions required to be made to any Plan have been made on a timely basis. (e) None of the Plans in effect on the date hereof would result, separately or in the aggregate (including, without limitation, as a result of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby), in the payment of any “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code. (f) The Company has made available to Parent (i) copies of each Plan (and, if applicable, related trust agreements) and all amendments thereto, all written interpretations thereof and all written descriptions thereof that have been distributed to the Company employees, all annuity contracts or other funding instruments, and a complete description of any Plan which is not in writing; (ii) the most recent determination letter issued by the IRS with respect to each applicable Plan; (iii) for the three most recent plan years, annual reports on Form 5500 series with respect to each applicable Plan, (iv) copies of all employment agreements and severance agreements plans and policies with or relating to employees, officers and directors; and (v) copies of all plans, programs, agreements and other arrangements of the Company with or relating to its current or former employees, officers and directors which contain change in control provisions. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (vi) result in any payment (including, without limitation, severance, unemployment compensation, “golden parachute” or otherwise) becoming due to any employee, officer or director of the Company under any Plan or otherwise, (vii) increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Plan, or (viii) result in any acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any benefits. (g) Neither the Company nor any Plan has any present or future obligation to make any payment to, or with respect to, any present or former employee, officer or director of the Company pursuant to any retiree medical benefit plan or other retiree welfare plan. (h) The Company is not a party to or bound by, and the Company has never been a party to or bound by, any union contract, collective bargaining agreement or other labor union contract applicable similar Contract, except where previously being a party to its employees, officers or directors. As bound by any of the date hereofforegoing has not resulted in the imposition on or incurrence by the Company, there and could not reasonably be expected to result in the imposition on or incurrence by the Company, Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any other Subsidiary of Parent, of any Accrued Liability or Potential Liability. (d) The Company is not, and has never been engaged, in any unfair labor practice of any nature, except to the extent that any such practice has not resulted in the imposition on or incurrence by the Company, and could not reasonably be expected to result in the imposition on or incurrence by the Company, Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any other Subsidiary of Parent, of any Accrued Liability or Potential Liability. There are no actions, suits, claims, labor dispute, strike disputes or work stoppage against the Company grievances pending or, to the Knowledge best of the knowledge of the Company, threatened which may interfere with the business activities of the Company. As of the date hereofor reasonably anticipated relating to any labor, neither the Company nor any of its representatives safety or employees, has committed any unfair labor practices in connection with the operation of the business of the Company, and there is no pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company threatened charge or complaint against the Company by the National Labor Relations Board or any comparable state agency. The Company’s relations with its employees are good.discrimination matters

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Exegenics Inc)

Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans. (a) Part 2.14 of the Disclosure Schedule lists each employee benefit plan, program, arrangement and contract (including, without limitation, any “Employee Benefit Plan”, Except as defined in set forth on Section 3(33.17(a) of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act Company Disclosure Schedule, the employment of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) maintained, contributed to or sponsored each of the Company’s and any of its Subsidiaries’ employees is terminable by the Company for or the benefit applicable Subsidiary at will. The Company has made available to Zordich accurate and complete copies of any current or former employeeall employee manuals and handbooks, officer or director disclosure materials, policy statements and other materials relating to the employment of Company Associates to the Company, or with respect to which the Company could incur Liability under Section 4069, 4201 or 4212(c) of ERISA (collectively, the “Plans”)extent currently effective and material. (b) The No officer or Key Employee of the Company does not maintainor any of its Subsidiaries has indicated that he or she presently intends to terminate his or her employment with the Company or the applicable Subsidiary, sponsor nor has any such officer or contribute Key Employee threatened or expressed any intention to do so. (c) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, andbound by, or has a duty to bargain under, any collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with a labor organization representing any of its employees, and there are no labor organizations representing or, to the Knowledge of the Company, has not at purporting to represent or seeking to represent any time in the past maintained, sponsored or contributed to, any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA). None employees of the Plans is subject to Title IV of ERISA and the Company has not incurred, and does not reasonably expect to incur, any direct or indirect Liability under or by operation of Title IV of ERISA. (c) Each of the Plans is now and always has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and all applicable Legal Requirements, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code. The Company has performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under, is not in any material respect in default under or in violation of, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no default or violation by any other party to, any PlanSubsidiaries. (d) Section 3.17(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all Company Employee Plans and the Holdings Plan. (e) Each Company Employee Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has timely received a favorable determination or is the subject of a favorable opinion letter with respect to such qualified status from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) covering all . To the Knowledge of the provisions applicable to the Plan for which determination letters are currently available that the Plan is so qualified and each trust established in connection with any Plan which is intended to be exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code has received a determination letter from the IRS that it is so exemptCompany, and no fact or event nothing has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the qualified status of any such Company Employee Plan or the exempt status of any such related trust. (f) Each Company Employee Plan and the Holdings Plan has been established, maintained and operated in compliance, in all material respects, with its terms and all applicable Law, including the Code, ERISA, and the Affordable Care Act. No Legal Proceeding (other than those relating to routine claims for benefits) is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened with respect to any Company Employee Plan or the Holdings Plan. All payments and/or contributions required to be made to any Plan have been made on a timely basiswith respect to all Company Employee Plans or the Holdings Plan either have been made or have been accrued in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan and applicable Law. (eg) None Neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has, since its inception, maintained, contributed to, or been required to contribute to (i) any employee benefit plan that is or was subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Plans Code, (ii) a Multiemployer Plan, (iii) any funded welfare benefit plan within the meaning of Section 419 of the Code, (iv) any Multiple Employer Plan, or (v) any Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement. Neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has ever incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA that has not been paid in effect full. No Company Employee Plan provides for medical or other welfare benefits beyond termination of service or retirement, other than pursuant to (i) COBRA or an analogous state law requirement or (ii) continuation coverage through the end of the month in which such termination or retirement occurs. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries sponsors or maintains any self-funded medical or long-term disability employee benefit plan. No Company Employee Plan or the Holdings Plan is subject to any Law of a foreign jurisdiction outside of the United States. (h) No Holdings Options or other equity-based awards issued or granted by Holdings or the Company are subject to the requirements of Code Section 409A. Each Company Employee Plan that constitutes in any part a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (as such term is defined under Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code and the guidance thereunder) (each, a “Company 409A Plan”) complies in all material respects, in both form and operation, with the requirements of Code Section 409A and the guidance thereunder. No payment to be made under any Company 409A Plan is or, when made in accordance with the terms of the 409A Plan, will be subject to the penalties of Code Section 409A(a)(1). (i) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in material compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations respecting employment, employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, worker classification, tax withholding, prohibited discrimination, equal employment, fair employment practices, meal and rest periods, immigration status, employee safety and health, wages (including overtime wages), compensation, and hours of work, and in each case, with respect to the employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries: (i) has withheld and reported all material amounts required by law or by agreement to be withheld and reported with respect to wages, salaries and other payments to employees, (ii) is not liable for any arrears of wages, severance pay or any Taxes or any penalty for failure to comply with any of the foregoing and (iii) is not liable for any material payment to any trust or other fund governed by or maintained by or on behalf of any governmental authority, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security or other benefits or obligations for employees (other than routine payments to be made in the date hereof Ordinary Course of Business). There are no actions, suits, claims or administrative matters pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened or reasonably anticipated against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to any employee, employment agreement or Company Employee Plan (other than routine claims for benefits). To the Knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, there are no pending or threatened or reasonably anticipated claims or actions against the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, any Company trustee or any trustee of any Subsidiary under any workers’ compensation policy or long-term disability policy. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary thereof is a party to a conciliation agreement, consent decree or other agreement or Order with any federal, state, or local agency or Governmental Authority with respect to employment practices. (j) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material liability with respect to any misclassification within the past three years of: (i) any Person as an independent contractor rather than as an employee, (ii) any employee leased from another employer or (iii) any employee currently or formerly classified as exempt from overtime wages. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any action which would resultconstitute a “plant closing” or “mass layoff” within the meaning of the WARN Act or similar state or local law, separately issued any notification of a plant closing or mass layoff required by the WARN Act or similar state or local law, or incurred any liability or obligation under WARN or any similar state or local law that remains unsatisfied. (k) There has never been, nor has there been any threat of, any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, job action, union, organizing activity, question concerning representation or any similar activity or dispute, affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. No event has occurred within the past six months, and no condition or circumstance exists, that might directly or indirectly be likely to give rise to or provide a basis for the commencement of any such strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, job action, union organizing activity, question concerning representation or any similar activity or dispute. (l) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is, nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries been, engaged in any unfair labor practice within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act. There is no Legal Proceeding, claim, labor dispute or grievance pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened or reasonably anticipated relating to any employment contract, privacy right, labor dispute, wages and hours, leave of absence, plant closing notification, workers’ compensation policy, long-term disability policy, harassment, retaliation, immigration, employment statute or regulation, safety or discrimination matter involving any Company Associate, including charges of unfair labor practices or discrimination complaints. (m) There is no contract, agreement, plan or arrangement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound to compensate any of its employees for excise taxes paid pursuant to Section 4999 or Section 409A of the Code. (n) Neither the Company nor Holdings nor any of their Subsidiaries is a party to any Contract which could, due to the Merger (either alone or in the aggregate conjunction with any other event) (including, without limitation, as a i) result of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby), in the payment of any “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code. (f) The Company has made available to Parent (i) copies of each Plan (and, if applicable, related trust agreements) and all amendments thereto, all written interpretations thereof and all written descriptions thereof that have been distributed to the Company employees, all annuity contracts Code or other funding instruments, and a complete description of any Plan which is not in writing; (ii) result in, or cause the most recent determination letter issued by accelerated vesting, payment, funding or delivery of, or increase the IRS with respect to each applicable Plan; (iii) for the three most recent plan yearsamount or value of, annual reports on Form 5500 series with respect to each applicable Plan, (iv) copies of all employment agreements and severance agreements plans and policies with or relating to employees, officers and directors; and (v) copies of all plans, programs, agreements and other arrangements of the Company with or relating to its current or former employees, officers and directors which contain change in control provisions. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (vi) result in any payment (including, without limitation, severance, unemployment compensation, “golden parachute” or otherwise) becoming due benefit to any employee, officer officer, director or director other service provider of the Company under any Plan or otherwise, (vii) increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Plan, Holdings or (viii) result in any acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any benefits. (g) Neither the Company nor any Plan has any present or future obligation to make any payment to, or with respect to, any present or former employee, officer or director of the Company pursuant to any retiree medical benefit plan or other retiree welfare plan. (h) The Company is not a party to any collective bargaining or other labor union contract applicable to its employees, officers or directors. As of the date hereof, there is no labor dispute, strike or work stoppage against the Company pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened which may interfere with the business activities of the Company. As of the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its representatives or employees, has committed any unfair labor practices in connection with the operation of the business of the Company, and there is no pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company threatened charge or complaint against the Company by the National Labor Relations Board or any comparable state agency. The Company’s relations with its employees are goodtheir Subsidiaries.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Zafgen, Inc.)

Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans. (a) Part 2.14 of the Disclosure Schedule lists each employee benefit plan, program, arrangement and contract (including, without limitation, any “Employee Benefit Plan”, as defined in Section 3(33.17(a) of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth (on an anonymized basis), for each Company Associate who is an employee of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company for the benefit or any of any its Subsidiaries, whether full- or part-time, annual salary and wage rate, most recent annual bonus received and current or former employee, officer or director of annual bonus opportunity. No Company Key Employee has indicated to the Company, or with respect any of its Subsidiaries, that he or she intends to which resign or retire as a result of the Company could incur Liability under Section 4069, 4201 transactions contemplated by this Agreement or 4212(c) of ERISA (collectively, the “Plans”)otherwise. (b) The employment of the Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ employees is terminable by the Company and/or its applicable Subsidiary at will. The Company has made available to Magenta accurate and complete copies of all employee manuals and handbooks, disclosure materials, policy statements and other materials relating to the employment of the Company Associates to the extent currently effective and material. (c) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, bound by the terms of, and does not maintainhave a duty to bargain under, sponsor any collective bargaining agreement or contribute toother Contract with a labor organization representing its employees, andand there are no labor organizations representing or, to the Knowledge of the Company, has not at purporting to represent or seeking to represent any time in the past maintained, sponsored or contributed to, any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA). None of the Plans is subject to Title IV of ERISA and the Company has not incurred, and does not reasonably expect to incur, any direct or indirect Liability under or by operation of Title IV of ERISA. (c) Each of the Plans is now and always has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and all applicable Legal Requirements, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code. The Company has performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under, is not in any material respect in default under or in violation of, and, to the Knowledge employees of the Company, there is no default or violation by any other party to, any Plan. (d) Section 3.17(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all Company Employee Plans (other than employment arrangements which are terminable “at will” without any contractual obligation on the part of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to make any severance, termination, change in control or similar payment and that are substantively identical to the employment arrangements made available to Magenta). (e) Each Company Employee Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has timely received a favorable determination or opinion letter with respect to such qualified status from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) covering all . To the Knowledge of the provisions applicable to the Plan for which determination letters are currently available that the Plan is so qualified and each trust established in connection with any Plan which is intended to be exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code has received a determination letter from the IRS that it is so exemptCompany, and no fact or event nothing has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the qualified status of any such Company Employee Plan or the exempt status of any such related trust. All contributions required to be made to any Plan have been made on a timely basis. (ef) None of the Plans Each Company Employee Plan has been established, maintained and operated in effect on the date hereof would resultcompliance, separately or in the aggregate (all material respects, with its terms all applicable Law, including, without limitation, as a result of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby), in the payment of any “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code. , ERISA and the Affordable Care Act. No Legal Proceeding (f) The Company has made available to Parent (i) copies of each Plan (and, if applicable, related trust agreements) and all amendments thereto, all written interpretations thereof and all written descriptions thereof that have been distributed to the Company employees, all annuity contracts or other funding instruments, and a complete description of any Plan which is not in writing; (ii) the most recent determination letter issued by the IRS with respect to each applicable Plan; (iii) for the three most recent plan years, annual reports on Form 5500 series with respect to each applicable Plan, (iv) copies of all employment agreements and severance agreements plans and policies with or than those relating to employees, officers and directors; and (vroutine claims for benefits) copies of all plans, programs, agreements and other arrangements of the Company with or relating to its current or former employees, officers and directors which contain change in control provisions. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (vi) result in any payment (including, without limitation, severance, unemployment compensation, “golden parachute” or otherwise) becoming due to any employee, officer or director of the Company under any Plan or otherwise, (vii) increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Plan, or (viii) result in any acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any benefits. (g) Neither the Company nor any Plan has any present or future obligation to make any payment to, or with respect to, any present or former employee, officer or director of the Company pursuant to any retiree medical benefit plan or other retiree welfare plan. (h) The Company is not a party to any collective bargaining or other labor union contract applicable to its employees, officers or directors. As of the date hereof, there is no labor dispute, strike or work stoppage against the Company pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened which may interfere with respect to any Company Employee Plan. All payments and/or contributions required to have been made with respect to all Company Employee Plans either have been made or have been accrued in accordance with the business activities terms of the Company. As of the date hereof, neither applicable Company Employee Plan and applicable Law. (g) Neither the Company nor any of its representatives ERISA Affiliates maintains, contributes to or is required to contribute to, or has, in the past six (6) years, maintained, contributed to or been required to contribute to (i) any “employee benefit plan” that is or was subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, (ii) a Multiemployer Plan, (iii) any funded welfare benefit plan within the meaning of Section 419 of the Code, (iv) any Multiple Employer Plan, or (v) any Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement. Neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has ever incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA. (h) No Company Employee Plan provides for medical or other welfare benefits to any service provider beyond termination of service or retirement, other than (1) pursuant to COBRA or an analogous state law requirement or (2) continuation coverage through the end of the month in which such termination or retirement occurs. The Company does not sponsor or maintain any self-funded medical or long-term disability benefit plan. (i) No Company Employee Plan is subject to any law of a foreign jurisdiction outside of the United States. (j) Each Company Employee Plan that constitutes in any part a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (as such term is defined under Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code and the guidance thereunder) (each, a “Company 409A Plan”) has been operated and maintained in all material respects in operational and documentary compliance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the applicable guidance thereunder. No payment to be made under any Company 409A Plan is or, when made in accordance with the terms of the Company 409A Plan, will be subject to the penalties of Section 409A(a)(1) of the Code. (k) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is, and has been, in material compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations respecting employment, employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, worker classification, tax withholding, prohibited discrimination, retaliation and harassment, equal employment, fair employment practices, meal and rest periods, immigration status, employee and workplace safety and health, wages (including overtime wages), compensation, hours of work, “plant closings” and “mass layoffs” within the meaning of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act of 1988 or similar state or local law (the “WARN Act”), labor practices or disputes, restrictive covenants, employment agreements, workers’ compensation and long-term disability policies, leaves of absence and worker privacy (collectively, “Employment-Related Laws”), and in each case, with respect to employees of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries: (i) has withheld and reported all material amounts required by law or by agreement to be withheld and reported with respect to wages, salaries and other payments to employees, has committed (ii) is not liable for any unfair labor practices in connection material amounts of arrears of wages, severance pay or any Taxes or any penalty for failure to comply with the operation any of the business foregoing and (iii) is not liable for any material payment to any trust or other fund governed by or maintained by or on behalf of any Governmental Authority, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security or other benefits or obligations for employees (other than routine payments to be made in the CompanyOrdinary Course of Business). There are no material Legal Proceedings, and there is no pendingclaims, labor disputes or organizing activities, or grievances pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened or reasonably anticipated against or involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any trustee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to any employee, contingent worker, director, employment agreement or Employee Plan (other than routine claims for benefits) or Employment-Related Laws. To the Knowledge of the Company, there are no material pending or threatened charge or complaint reasonably anticipated claims or actions against the Company, any trustee or any trustee of any Subsidiary of the Company under any workers’ compensation policy or long-term disability policy. The Company is not a party to a conciliation agreement, consent decree or other agreement or Order with any federal, state or local agency or Governmental Authority with respect to employment practices. (l) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material liability with respect to any misclassification within the past four (4) years of: (i) any Person as an independent contractor rather than as an employee, (ii) any employee leased from another employer or (iii) any employee currently or formerly classified as exempt from overtime wages. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any action which would constitute a “plant closing” or “mass layoff” within the meaning of the WARN Act, issued any notification of a plant closing or mass layoff required by the WARN Act (nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries been under any requirement or obligation to issue any such notification), or incurred any liability or obligation under the WARN Act that remains unsatisfied. (m) There has never been, nor has there been any threat of, any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, job action, union, organizing activity, question concerning representation or any similar activity or dispute, affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. No event has occurred within the past six months, and no condition or circumstance exists, that might directly or indirectly be likely to give rise to or provide a basis for the commencement of any such strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, job action, union organizing activity, question concerning representation or any similar activity or dispute. (n) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is, nor has the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries been, engaged in any material unfair labor practice within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Board Act. There is no material Legal Proceeding, claim, labor dispute or grievance pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened or reasonably anticipated relating to any employment contract, privacy right, labor dispute, wages and hours, leave of absence, plant closing notification, workers’ compensation policy, long-term disability policy, harassment, retaliation, immigration, employment statute or regulation, safety or discrimination matter involving any current or former employee of the Company or any comparable state agency. The Company’s relations with of its Subsidiaries including charges of unfair labor practices or discrimination complaints. (o) There is no contract, agreement, plan or arrangement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound to compensate any of its employees are goodor other service providers for any income or excise taxes paid pursuant to the Code, including, but not limited to, Section 4999 or Section 409A of the Code. (p) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Contract that as a result of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the stockholder approval of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, could (either alone or in conjunction with any other event) result in, or cause the accelerated vesting, payment, funding or delivery of, or increase the amount or value of, any payment or benefit to any employee, officer, director or other service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Magenta Therapeutics, Inc.)

Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans. (a) Part 2.14 The employment of each of the Disclosure Schedule lists each employee benefit plan, program, arrangement Company’s and contract (including, without limitation, any “Employee Benefit Plan”, as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) maintained, contributed to or sponsored its Subsidiaries’ employees is terminable by the Company for or the benefit applicable Subsidiary at will. The Company has made available to Vibrant accurate and complete copies of any current or former employeeall employee manuals and handbooks, officer or director disclosure materials, policy statements and other materials relating to the employment of Company Associates to the Company, or with respect to which the Company could incur Liability under Section 4069, 4201 or 4212(c) of ERISA (collectively, the “Plans”)extent currently effective and material. (b) The Neither the Company does not maintain, sponsor or contribute nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, andbound by, or has a duty to bargain under, any collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with a labor organization representing any of its employees, and there are no labor organizations representing or, to the Knowledge of the Company, has not at purporting to represent or seeking to represent any time in the past maintained, sponsored or contributed to, any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA). None employees of the Plans is subject to Title IV of ERISA and the Company has not incurred, and does not reasonably expect to incur, any direct or indirect Liability under or by operation of Title IV of ERISAits Subsidiaries. (c) Each Section 3.17(c) of the Plans is now and always has been operated in Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material respects in accordance with its terms and all applicable Legal Requirements, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code. The Company has performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under, is not in any material respect in default under or in violation of, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no default or violation by any other party to, any PlanEmployee Plans. (d) Each Company Employee Plan that is intended to be qualified qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has timely received a favorable determination or approval letter with respect to such qualified status from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) covering all . To the Knowledge of the provisions applicable Company, no event or omission has occurred that would cause any Company Employee Plan to lose such qualification or require corrective action to the IRS or Employee Plan for which determination letters are currently available that the Plan is so qualified and each trust established in connection with any Plan which is intended Compliance Resolution System to be exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code has received a determination letter from the IRS that it is so exempt, and no fact or event has occurred since the date of maintain such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust. All contributions required to be made to any Plan have been made on a timely basisqualification. (e) None of the Plans Each Company Employee Plan has been established, operated and administered in effect on the date hereof would resultcompliance, separately or in the aggregate (includingall material respects, with its terms and all applicable Law, including without limitation, as the Code, ERISA, and the Affordable Care Act. No Company Employee Plan is, or within the past six years has been, the subject of an application or filing under a result of this Agreement government sponsored amnesty, voluntary compliance, or similar program, or been the transactions contemplated hereby), in the payment subject of any “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code. self-correction under any such program. No Legal Proceeding (f) The Company has made available to Parent (i) copies of each Plan (and, if applicable, related trust agreements) and all amendments thereto, all written interpretations thereof and all written descriptions thereof that have been distributed to the Company employees, all annuity contracts or other funding instruments, and a complete description of any Plan which is not in writing; (ii) the most recent determination letter issued by the IRS with respect to each applicable Plan; (iii) for the three most recent plan years, annual reports on Form 5500 series with respect to each applicable Plan, (iv) copies of all employment agreements and severance agreements plans and policies with or than those relating to employees, officers and directors; and (vroutine claims for benefits) copies of all plans, programs, agreements and other arrangements of the Company with or relating to its current or former employees, officers and directors which contain change in control provisions. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (vi) result in any payment (including, without limitation, severance, unemployment compensation, “golden parachute” or otherwise) becoming due to any employee, officer or director of the Company under any Plan or otherwise, (vii) increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Plan, or (viii) result in any acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any benefits. (g) Neither the Company nor any Plan has any present or future obligation to make any payment to, or with respect to, any present or former employee, officer or director of the Company pursuant to any retiree medical benefit plan or other retiree welfare plan. (h) The Company is not a party to any collective bargaining or other labor union contract applicable to its employees, officers or directors. As of the date hereof, there is no labor dispute, strike or work stoppage against the Company pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened which may interfere with respect to any Company Employee Plan. All payments and/or contributions required to have been made with respect to all Company Employee Plans either have been made or have been accrued in accordance with the business activities terms of the Companyapplicable Company Employee Plan and applicable Law. As of The Company Employee Plans satisfy in all material respects the date hereofminimum coverage, neither affordability and non-discrimination requirements under the Code. (f) Neither the Company nor any of its representatives ERISA Affiliates has ever maintained, contributed to, or employeesbeen required to contribute to or had any liability or obligation (including on account of any ERISA Affiliate and whether contingent or otherwise) with respect to (i) any employee benefit plan that is or was subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, (ii) a Multiemployer Plan, (iii) any funded welfare benefit plan within the meaning of Section 419 of the Code, (iv) any Multiple Employer Plan, or (v) any Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement. Neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has committed ever incurred any unfair labor practices liability under Title IV of ERISA that has not been paid in connection full. (g) No Company Employee Plan provides health care or any other non-pension benefits to any service provider beyond termination of service or retirement (other than as required by Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA or similar state Law). No Company Employee Plan provides major medical health or long-term disability benefits that are not fully insured through an insurance contract. (h) No Company Employee Plan is subject to any Law of a foreign jurisdiction outside of the United States. (i) Each Company Employee Plan that constitutes in any part a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (as such term is defined under Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code and the guidance thereunder) has been operated and maintained in all material respects in operational and documentary compliance with the operation requirements of Section 409A of the business of Code and the Company, and there is no pendingapplicable guidance thereunder. No payment to be made under any Company Employee Plan is, or to the Knowledge of the Company, will be subject to the penalties of Section 409A(a)(1) of the Code. (j) Any transfer of property by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which was subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture and which would otherwise have been subject to taxation under Section 83(a) of the Code is covered by a valid and timely filed election under Section 83(b) of the Code, and a copy of such election has been provided to the Company. (k) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in material compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations respecting employment, employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, worker classification, tax withholding, prohibited discrimination, equal employment, fair employment practices, meal and rest periods, immigration status, employee safety and health, wages (including overtime wages), compensation, and hours of work, and in each case, with respect to the employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries: (i) has withheld and reported all material amounts required by law or by agreement to be withheld and reported with respect to wages, salaries and other payments to employees, (ii) is not liable for any arrears of wages, severance pay or any Taxes or any penalty for failure to comply with any of the foregoing and (iii) is not liable for any material payment to any trust or other fund governed by or maintained by or on behalf of any Governmental Authority, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security or other benefits or obligations for employees (other than routine payments to be made in the Ordinary Course of Business). There are no actions, suits, claims or administrative matters pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened charge or complaint reasonably anticipated against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to any employee, employment agreement or Company Employee Plan (other than routine claims for benefits). To the Knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, there are no pending or threatened or reasonably anticipated claims or actions against the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, any Company trustee or any trustee of any Subsidiary under any workers’ compensation policy or long-term disability policy. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary thereof is a party to a conciliation agreement, consent decree or other agreement or Order with any federal, state, or local agency or Governmental Authority with respect to employment practices. (l) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material liability with respect to any misclassification within the past three years of: (i) any Person as an independent contractor rather than as an employee, (ii) any employee leased from another employer or (iii) any employee currently or formerly classified as exempt from overtime wages. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any action which would constitute a “plant closing” or “mass layoff” within the meaning of the WARN Act or similar state or local law, issued any notification of a plant closing or mass layoff required by the WARN Act or similar state or local law, or incurred any liability or obligation under WARN or any similar state or local law that remains unsatisfied. (m) There has never been, nor has there been any threat of, any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, job action, union, organizing activity, question concerning representation or any similar activity or dispute, affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. No event has occurred, and no condition or circumstance exists, that might directly or indirectly be likely to give rise to or provide a basis for the commencement of any such strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, job action, union organizing activity, question concerning representation or any similar activity or dispute. (n) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is, nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries been, engaged in any unfair labor practice within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Board Act. There is no Legal Proceeding, claim, labor dispute or grievance pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company or any comparable state agency. The Company’s relations of its Subsidiaries, threatened or reasonably anticipated relating to any employment contract, privacy right, labor dispute, wages and hours, overtime and overtime payment, working during rest days, leave of absence, plant closing notification, workers’ compensation policy, long-term disability policy, harassment, retaliation, immigration, employment statute or regulation, collective bargaining, civil rights, fringe benefits, employment practices, workers’ compensation and the collection, payment of withholding or social security taxes and any similar tax, safety, health or discrimination matter involving any Company Associate or former employee, independent contractor, officer or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including charges of unfair labor practices or discrimination complaints. (o) No Company Employee Plan provides for any tax “gross-up” or similar “make-whole” payments. (p) None of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the shareholder approval of this Agreement, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby could (either alone or in conjunction with any other event) (i) result in, or cause the accelerated vesting payment, funding or delivery of, or increase the amount or value of, any payment or benefit to any employee, officer, director or other service provider of the Company or any of its employees are goodSubsidiaries; (ii) further restrict any rights of the Company to amend or terminate any Company Employee Plan; (iii) result in the forgiveness of any indebtedness of any employee, officer, director or other service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the Company or its Subsidiaries or (iv) result in any “parachute payment” as defined in Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code (whether or not such payment is considered to be reasonable compensation for services rendered).

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Vascular Biogenics Ltd.)

Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans. (a) Part 2.14 of the Disclosure Schedule lists each employee benefit plan, program, arrangement and contract (including, without limitation, any “Employee Benefit Plan”, as defined in Section 3(34.17(a) of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act MEDS Disclosure Schedule sets forth, for each Person who is currently an employee of 1974MEDS or any of its Subsidiaries, as amended such employee’s name, employer, title, hire date, location, whether full- or part-time, whether active or on leave (“ERISA”and, if on leave, the expected return), whether exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act, annual salary and wage rate, most recent annual bonus received and current annual bonus opportunity. Section 4.17(a) maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer or director of the CompanyMEDS Disclosure Schedule separately sets forth, for each Person who currently is an individual independent contractor engaged by MEDS or with respect any of its Subsidiaries, such contractor’s name, duties and rate of compensation. No Key Employee has indicated to which MEDS or any of its Subsidiaries that he or she intends to resign or retire as a result of the Company could incur Liability under Section 4069, 4201 transactions contemplated by this Agreement or 4212(c) of ERISA (collectively, the “Plans”)otherwise. (b) The employment of MEDS’s employees is terminable by MEDS at will. MEDS has made available to the Company accurate and complete copies of all employee manuals and handbooks, disclosure materials, policy statements and other materials relating to the employment of MEDS employees to the extent currently effective and material. (c) MEDS is not a party to, bound by the terms of, and does not maintainhave a duty to bargain under, sponsor any collective bargaining agreement or contribute toother Contract with a labor organization representing any of its employees, andand there are no labor organizations representing or, to the Knowledge of the CompanyMEDS, has not at purporting to represent or seeking to represent any time in the past maintained, sponsored or contributed to, any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) employees of ERISA). None of the Plans is subject to Title IV of ERISA and the Company has not incurred, and does not reasonably expect to incur, any direct or indirect Liability under or by operation of Title IV of ERISA. (c) Each of the Plans is now and always has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and all applicable Legal Requirements, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code. The Company has performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under, is not in any material respect in default under or in violation of, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no default or violation by any other party to, any PlanMEDS. (d) Section 4.17(d) of the MEDS Disclosure Schedule lists all MEDS Employee Plans (other than employment arrangements which are terminable “at will” without any contractual obligation on the part of MEDS or any of its Subsidiaries to make any severance, termination, change in control or similar payment and that are substantively identical to the employment arrangements made available to the Company). (e) Each MEDS Employee Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has timely received a favorable determination or opinion letter with respect to such qualified status from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) covering all . To the Knowledge of the provisions applicable to the Plan for which determination letters are currently available that the Plan is so qualified and each trust established in connection with any Plan which is intended to be exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code has received a determination letter from the IRS that it is so exemptMEDS, and no fact or event nothing has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the qualified status of any such MEDS Employee Plan or the exempt status of any such related trust. All contributions required to be made to any Plan have been made on a timely basis. (ef) None of the Plans Each MEDS Employee Plan has been established, maintained and operated in effect on the date hereof would resultcompliance, separately or in the aggregate (all material respects, with its terms all applicable Law, including, without limitation, the Code, ERISA and the Affordable Care Act. No Legal Proceeding (other than those relating to routine claims for benefits) is pending or, to the Knowledge of MEDS, threatened with respect to any MEDS Employee Plan. All payments and/or contributions required to have been made with respect to all MEDS Employee Plans either have been made or have been accrued in accordance with the terms of the applicable MEDS Employee Plan and applicable Law. (g) Neither MEDS nor any of its ERISA Affiliates maintains, contributes to or is required to contribute to, or has, in the past six (6) years, maintained, contributed to, or been required to contribute to (i) any “employee benefit plan” that is or was subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, (ii) a Multiemployer Plan, (iii) any funded welfare benefit plan within the meaning of Section 419 of the Code, (iv) any Multiple Employer Plan, or (v) any Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement. Neither MEDS nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has ever incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA. (h) No MEDS Employee Plan provides for medical or other welfare benefits to any service provider beyond termination of service or retirement, other than (1) pursuant to COBRA or an analogous state law requirement or (2) continuation coverage through the end of the month in which such termination or retirement occurs. MEDS does not sponsor or maintain any self-funded medical or long-term disability benefit plan. (i) No MEDS Employee Plan is subject to any law of a foreign jurisdiction outside of the United States. (j) Each MEDS Employee Plan that constitutes in any part a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (as such term is defined under Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code and the guidance thereunder) (each, a “409A Plan”) has been operated and maintained in all material respects in operational and documentary compliance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the applicable guidance thereunder. No payment to be made under any 409A Plan is or, when made in accordance with the terms of the 409A Plan, will be subject to the penalties of Section 409A(a)(1) of the Code. (k) MEDS is, and at all times during the past three (3) years has been, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations respecting employment, employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, worker classification, tax withholding, prohibited discrimination, harassment, equal employment, fair employment practices, meal and rest periods, immigration status, employee safety and health, wages (including overtime wages), compensation, and hours of work, and in each case, with respect to the employees of MEDS: (i) has withheld and reported all amounts required by law or by agreement to be withheld and reported with respect to wages, salaries and other payments to employees, (ii) is not liable for any arrears of wages, severance pay or any Taxes or any penalty for failure to comply with any of the foregoing and (iii) is not liable for any payment to any trust or other fund governed by or maintained by or on behalf of any Governmental Authority, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security or other benefits or obligations for employees (other than routine payments to be made in the Ordinary Course of Business). There are no, and during the past three (3) years there have been no, actions, suits, claims or administrative matters pending or, to the Knowledge of MEDS, threatened or reasonably anticipated against MEDS relating to any employee, independent contractor, director, employment agreement or MEDS Employee Plan (other than routine claims for benefits). To the Knowledge of MEDS, there are no pending or threatened or reasonably anticipated claims or actions against MEDS, any MEDS trustee or any trustee of any Subsidiary under any workers’ compensation policy or long-term disability policy. MEDS is not a party to a conciliation agreement, consent decree or other agreement or Order with any federal, state, or local agency or Governmental Authority with respect to employment practices. (l) MEDS has no material Liability with respect to any misclassification within the past four (4) years of: (i) any Person as an independent contractor rather than as an employee, (ii) any employee leased from another employer or (iii) any employee currently or formerly classified as exempt from overtime wages. MEDS has not taken any action which would constitute a “plant closing” or “mass layoff” within the meaning of the WARN Act or similar state or local law, issued any notification of a plant closing or mass layoff required by the WARN Act or similar state or local law (nor has MEDS been under any requirement or obligation to issue any such notification), or incurred any liability or obligation under WARN or any similar state or local law that remains unsatisfied. (m) There has never been, nor has there been any threat of, any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, job action, union, organizing activity, question concerning representation or any similar activity or dispute, affecting MEDS. No event has occurred within the past six months, and no condition or circumstance exists, that might directly or indirectly be likely to give rise to or provide a basis for the commencement of any such strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, job action, union organizing activity, question concerning representation or any similar activity or dispute. (n) MEDS is not, nor has MEDS been, engaged in any unfair labor practice within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act. There is no, and during the past three (3) years there has been no, Legal Proceeding, claim, labor dispute or grievance pending or, to the Knowledge of MEDS, threatened or reasonably anticipated relating to any employment contract, privacy right, labor dispute, wages and hours, leave of absence, plant closing notification, workers’ compensation policy, long-term disability policy, harassment, retaliation, immigration, employment statute or regulation, safety or discrimination matter involving any MEDS Associate, including charges of unfair labor practices or discrimination complaints. (o) There is no contract, agreement, plan or arrangement to which MEDS or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound to compensate any of its employees for excise taxes paid pursuant to the Code, including, but not limited to, Section 4999 or Section 409A of the Code. (p) Neither MEDS nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Contract that as a result of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or Agreement, the shareholder approval of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby), could (either alone or in conjunction with any other event) (i) result in the payment of any “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code. (f) The Company has made available to Parent (i) copies of each Plan (and, if applicable, related trust agreements) and all amendments thereto, all written interpretations thereof and all written descriptions thereof that have been distributed to the Company employees, all annuity contracts Code or other funding instruments, and a complete description of any Plan which is not in writing; (ii) result in, or cause the most recent determination letter issued by accelerated vesting, payment, funding or delivery of, or increase the IRS with respect to each applicable Plan; (iii) for the three most recent plan yearsamount or value of, annual reports on Form 5500 series with respect to each applicable Plan, (iv) copies of all employment agreements and severance agreements plans and policies with or relating to employees, officers and directors; and (v) copies of all plans, programs, agreements and other arrangements of the Company with or relating to its current or former employees, officers and directors which contain change in control provisions. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (vi) result in any payment (including, without limitation, severance, unemployment compensation, “golden parachute” or otherwise) becoming due benefit to any employee, officer or officer, director of the Company under any Plan or otherwise, (vii) increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Plan, or (viii) result in any acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any benefits. (g) Neither the Company nor any Plan has any present or future obligation to make any payment to, or with respect to, any present or former employee, officer or director of the Company pursuant to any retiree medical benefit plan or other retiree welfare plan. (h) The Company is not a party to any collective bargaining service provider of MEDS or other labor union contract applicable to its employees, officers or directors. As of the date hereof, there is no labor dispute, strike or work stoppage against the Company pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened which may interfere with the business activities of the Company. As of the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its representatives or employees, has committed any unfair labor practices in connection with the operation of the business of the Company, and there is no pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company threatened charge or complaint against the Company by the National Labor Relations Board or any comparable state agency. The Company’s relations with its employees are goodSubsidiaries.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (TRxADE HEALTH, INC)

Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans. (a) Part 2.14 2.15(a) of the Disclosure Schedule lists accurately sets forth (i) the name, title, hire date of each current employee and independent contractor of the Company and (ii) the combined annual salary received from Parent and Company by Xxxxxxx Link Jr., MD Chief Executive Officer; Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, MD, Chief Scientific Officer; Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Chief Financial Officer; Xxxxx Xxxxx Chief Scientific Officer; and Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Sr. VP for Government Affairs (including wages, salary, commissions, fringe benefits, bonuses and other payments or benefits of any type) in 2009 and 2010 to date. The Company is not a party to or bound by any employment agreement, union contract, collective bargaining agreement or similar Contract, and the employment of each employee benefit plan, program, arrangement and contract (including, without limitation, any “Employee Benefit Plan”, as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) maintained, contributed to or sponsored by Company is terminable at will. To the Company for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer or director Knowledge of the Company, (a) no employee or independent contractor of any the Company intends to terminate his employment or relationship with the Company or intends not to undertake employment with Parent if given an offer and (b) no employee or independent contractor is a party to or is bound by any confidentiality agreement, noncompetition agreement or other Contract with any Person (other than Company) that could reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on the performance by such employee or independent contractor of any of his duties with respect to which the Company could incur Liability under Section 4069, 4201 or 4212(cits business. No former employee of the Company is receiving or is scheduled to receive (nor any spouse or other dependent is receiving or is scheduled to receive) any benefits (whether from any of ERISA (collectively, the “Plans”)Company or otherwise) relating to such former employee's employment with the Company. (b) Part 2.15(b) of the Disclosure Schedule identifies each Company Employee Plan. Each Company Employee Plan is being and has at all times been operated and administered in compliance with the provisions thereof. Each contribution or other payment that is required to have been accrued or made under or with respect to any Company Employee Plan has been duly accrued and made on a timely basis. Each Company Employee Plan has at all times complied and been operated and administered in compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements. No Company Employee Plan is subject to Title IV of ERISA. With respect to any employee of Company who becomes an employee of Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent, neither Company nor any entity that is deemed to be one employer together with Company pursuant to Section 414 of the Code has within five (5) years prior to the date hereof contributed to (or been obligated to contribute to) any multiemployer plan within the meaning of ERISA. The Company does not maintainhas neither maintained nor contributed to a defined benefit pension plan (as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA). The Company Employee Plan that is intended to meet the requirements of a "qualified plan" under Code Section 401(a) received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that it meets the requirements of Code Section 401(a). Each nonqualified deferred compensation plan of Company complies with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code by its terms and has been operated in accordance with such requirements. No nonqualified deferred compensation plan has been "materially modified" (within the meaning of IRS Notice 2005-1) at any time after October 3, sponsor 2004 based on a reasonable interpretation of the term "materially modified" or, if materially modified, such plans, as modified, are compliant with Section 409A of the Code. (c) There are no claims or contribute toLegal Proceedings pending, andor, to the Knowledge of the Company, has not at threatened against any time in Company Employee Plan or against the past maintainedassets of any Company Employee Plan. Each Company Employee Plan can be amended, sponsored terminated or contributed to, any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA). None of otherwise discontinued after the Plans is subject to Title IV of ERISA and the Company has not incurred, and does not reasonably expect to incur, any direct or indirect Liability under or by operation of Title IV of ERISA. (c) Each of the Plans is now and always has been operated in all material respects Closing in accordance with its terms and all terms, without liability to Parent, the Company or any of their Affiliates (other than ordinary administration expenses), subject to applicable Legal Requirements. There are no audits, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code. The Company has performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under, is not in any material respect in default under inquiries or in violation of, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no default or violation by any other party to, any Plan. (d) Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has timely received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) covering all of the provisions applicable to the Plan for which determination letters are currently available that the Plan is so qualified and each trust established in connection with any Plan which is intended to be exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code has received a determination letter from the IRS that it is so exempt, and no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust. All contributions required to be made to any Plan have been made on a timely basis. (e) None of the Plans in effect on the date hereof would result, separately or in the aggregate (including, without limitation, as a result of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby), in the payment of any “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code. (f) The Company has made available to Parent (i) copies of each Plan (and, if applicable, related trust agreements) and all amendments thereto, all written interpretations thereof and all written descriptions thereof that have been distributed to the Company employees, all annuity contracts or other funding instruments, and a complete description of any Plan which is not in writing; (ii) the most recent determination letter issued by the IRS with respect to each applicable Plan; (iii) for the three most recent plan years, annual reports on Form 5500 series with respect to each applicable Plan, (iv) copies of all employment agreements and severance agreements plans and policies with or relating to employees, officers and directors; and (v) copies of all plans, programs, agreements and other arrangements of the Company with or relating to its current or former employees, officers and directors which contain change in control provisions. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (vi) result in any payment (including, without limitation, severance, unemployment compensation, “golden parachute” or otherwise) becoming due to any employee, officer or director of the Company under any Plan or otherwise, (vii) increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Plan, or (viii) result in any acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any benefits. (g) Neither the Company nor any Plan has any present or future obligation to make any payment to, or with respect to, any present or former employee, officer or director of the Company pursuant to any retiree medical benefit plan or other retiree welfare plan. (h) The Company is not a party to any collective bargaining or other labor union contract applicable to its employees, officers or directors. As of the date hereof, there is no labor dispute, strike or work stoppage against the Company Legal Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened by the IRS, the DOL, or any other Governmental Body with respect to any Company Employee Plan. The Company has not incurred any penalty or tax with respect to any Company Employee Plan under Section 502(i) of ERISA, under Sections 4975 through 4980 of the Code or under any other applicable Legal Requirement. The Company has timely made all contributions and other payments required by and due under the terms of each Company Employee Plan. No Company Employee Agreement and no Company Employee Plan has or can reasonably be expected to result in gross income inclusion pursuant to Section 409A(a)(1)(A) of the Code. (d) The Company does not and has not ever maintained, established, sponsored, participated in, or contributed to any: (i) Company Pension Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA; (ii) "multiemployer plan" within the meaning of Section (3)(37) of ERISA; or (iii) Company Pension Plan in which stock of any of the Company or any of their Affiliates is or was held as a plan asset. (e) No Company Employee Plan provides, or reflects or represents any liability of any of the Company or any of its Affiliates to provide, retiree life insurance, retiree health benefits or other retiree employee welfare benefits to any Person for any reason, except as may be required by COBRA or other applicable Legal Requirements. The Company has not ever represented, promised or contracted (whether in oral or written form) to any Company Employee (either individually or to Company Employees as a group) or any other Person that any such Company Employee or other Person would be provided with retiree life insurance, retiree health benefits or other retiree employee welfare benefits, except to the extent required by applicable Legal Requirements. (f) Except as expressly required or provided by this Agreement, neither the execution or delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will (either alone or upon the occurrence of any additional or subsequent events) constitute an event under any Company Employee Plan, Company Employee Agreement, trust or loan that will or could reasonably be expected to result (either alone or in connection with any other circumstance or event) in any payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise), acceleration of any right, obligation or benefit, forgiveness of indebtedness, vesting, distribution, increase in benefits or obligation to fund benefits with respect to any Company Employee. (g) The Company has not: (i) except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, violated or otherwise failed to comply with any Legal Requirement respecting employment, employment practices, terms and conditions of employment or wages and hours, including the health care continuation requirements of COBRA, the requirements of FMLA, the requirements of HIPAA and the provisions of any similar Legal Requirement; (ii) failed to withhold or report any amounts required by applicable Legal Requirements or by Contract to be withheld or reported with respect to wages, salaries and other payments to Company Employees; (iii) become liable for any arrears of wages or any taxes or any penalty for failure to comply with the Legal Requirements applicable to any of the foregoing; and (iv) become liable for any payment to any trust or other fund governed by or maintained by or on behalf of any Governmental Body with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security or other benefits or obligations for Company Employees (other than routine payments to be made in the normal course of business and consistent with past practice). There are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened or reasonably anticipated claims or Legal Proceedings against the Company under any worker's compensation policy or long-term disability policy. (h) To the Knowledge of the Company, no stockholder of the Company and no Company Employee, is obligated under any Contract or subject to any Order that would interfere with such Person's efforts to promote the interests of the Company or that would interfere with the business activities of the Company. As Neither the execution nor the delivery of this Agreement, nor the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its representatives or employees, has committed any unfair labor practices in connection with the operation carrying on of the business of the CompanyCompany as presently conducted or as presently proposed to be conducted nor any activity of such stockholder or Company Employees in connection with the carrying on of the business of the Company as presently conducted will, and there is no pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company, conflict with, result in a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any Contract under which any of such stockholders or Company threatened charge Employees has any rights or complaint against the Company by the National Labor Relations Board or any comparable state agency. The Company’s relations with its employees are goodobligations.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Newlink Genetics Corp)

Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans. (a) Part 2.14 The employment of each of the Disclosure Schedule lists each employee benefit plan, program, arrangement Company’s and contract (including, without limitation, any “Employee Benefit Plan”, as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) maintained, contributed to or sponsored its Subsidiaries’ employees is terminable by the Company for or the benefit applicable Subsidiary at will, subject to any notice provisions of any current or former employeeapplicable employment agreements. The Company has made available to Gem accurate and complete copies of all employee manuals and handbooks, officer or director disclosure materials, policy statements and other materials relating to the employment of Company Associates to the Company, or with respect to which the Company could incur Liability under Section 4069, 4201 or 4212(c) of ERISA (collectively, the “Plans”)extent currently effective and material. (b) The Neither the Company does not maintain, sponsor or contribute nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, andbound by, or has a duty to bargain under, any collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with a labor organization representing any of its employees, and there are no labor organizations representing or, to the Knowledge of the Company, has not at purporting to represent or seeking to represent any time in the past maintained, sponsored or contributed to, any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA). None employees of the Plans is subject to Title IV of ERISA and the Company has not incurred, and does not reasonably expect to incur, any direct or indirect Liability under or by operation of Title IV of ERISAits Subsidiaries. (c) Each Section 3.17(c) of the Plans is now and always has been operated in Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material respects in accordance with its terms and all applicable Legal Requirements, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code. The Company has performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under, is not in any material respect in default under or in violation of, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no default or violation by any other party to, any PlanEmployee Plans. (d) Each Company Employee Plan that is intended to be qualified qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has timely received a favorable determination or opinion letter from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) covering all of the provisions applicable with respect to the Plan for which determination letters are currently available that the Plan is so such qualified and each trust established in connection with any Plan which is intended to be exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code has received a determination letter status from the IRS that it is so exemptor may rely on an opinion letter issued by the IRS with respect to a prototype plan adopted in accordance with the requirements for such reliance, and no fact or event has time remaining for application to the IRS for a determination of the qualified status of such Employee Plan for any period for which such Employee Plan would not otherwise be covered by an IRS determination. To the Knowledge of the Company, nothing has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the qualified status of any such Company Employee Plan or require corrective action to the exempt status of any IRS or Employee Plan Compliance Resolution System to maintain such trust. All contributions required to be made to any Plan have been made on a timely basisqualification. (e) None of the Plans Each Company Employee Plan has been established, operated and administered in effect on the date hereof would resultcompliance, separately or in the aggregate (includingall material respects, with its terms and all applicable Law, including without limitation, as a result of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby), in the payment of any “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code. (f) The Company has made available to Parent (i) copies of each Plan (and, if applicable, related trust agreements) and all amendments thereto, all written interpretations thereof and all written descriptions thereof that have been distributed to the Company employees, all annuity contracts or other funding instrumentsERISA, and a complete description of any Plan which is not in writing; the Affordable Care Act. No Legal Proceeding (ii) the most recent determination letter issued by the IRS with respect to each applicable Plan; (iii) for the three most recent plan years, annual reports on Form 5500 series with respect to each applicable Plan, (iv) copies of all employment agreements and severance agreements plans and policies with or other than those relating to employees, officers and directors; and (vroutine claims for benefits) copies of all plans, programs, agreements and other arrangements of the Company with or relating to its current or former employees, officers and directors which contain change in control provisions. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (vi) result in any payment (including, without limitation, severance, unemployment compensation, “golden parachute” or otherwise) becoming due to any employee, officer or director of the Company under any Plan or otherwise, (vii) increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Plan, or (viii) result in any acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any benefits. (g) Neither the Company nor any Plan has any present or future obligation to make any payment to, or with respect to, any present or former employee, officer or director of the Company pursuant to any retiree medical benefit plan or other retiree welfare plan. (h) The Company is not a party to any collective bargaining or other labor union contract applicable to its employees, officers or directors. As of the date hereof, there is no labor dispute, strike or work stoppage against the Company pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened which may interfere with respect to any Company Employee Plan. All payments and/or contributions required to have been made with respect to all Company Employee Plans either have been made or have been accrued in accordance with the business activities terms of the Company. As of the date hereof, neither applicable Company Employee Plan and applicable Law. (f) Neither the Company nor any of its representatives ERISA Affiliates has ever maintained, contributed to, or employeesbeen required to contribute to or had any liability or obligation (including on account of any ERISA Affiliate) with respect to (i) any employee benefit plan that is or was subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, (ii) a Multiemployer Plan, (iii) any funded welfare benefit plan within the meaning of Section 419 of the Code, (iv) any Multiple Employer Plan, or (v) any Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement. Neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has committed ever incurred any unfair labor practices liability under Title IV of ERISA that has not been paid in connection full. (g) Except for as listed on Section 3.17(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Company Employee Plan provides health care or any other non-pension benefits to any service provider beyond termination of service or retirement (other than as required by Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA or similar state Law or as cash severance). No Company Employee Plan provides major medical health or long-term disability benefits that are not fully insured through an insurance contract. (h) No Company Employee Plan is subject to any Law of a foreign jurisdiction outside of the United States. (i) Each Company Employee Plan that constitutes in any part a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (as such term is defined under Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code and the guidance thereunder) has been operated and maintained in all material respects in operational and documentary compliance with the operation requirements of Section 409A of the business of Code and the Company, and there is no pendingapplicable guidance thereunder. No payment to be made under any Company Employee Plan is, or to the Knowledge of the Company, will be subject to the penalties of Section 409A(a)(1) of the Code. (j) Any transfer of property by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which was subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture and which would otherwise have been subject to taxation under Section 83(a) of the Code is covered by a valid and timely filed election under Section 83(b) of the Code, and a copy of such election has been provided to the Company. (k) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is and has since January 1, 2019 been in material compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations respecting employment, employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, worker classification, and tax withholding. prohibited discrimination, equal employment, fair employment practices, meal and rest periods, immigration status, employee safety and health, wages (including overtime wages), compensation, and hours of work, and in each case, with respect to the employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries: (i) has withheld and reported all material amounts required by law or by agreement to be withheld and reported with respect to wages, salaries and other payments to employees, (ii) is not liable for any arrears of wages, severance pay or any Taxes or any penalty for failure to comply with any of the foregoing and (iii) is not liable for any material payment to any trust or other fund governed by or maintained by or on behalf of any Governmental Authority, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security or other benefits or obligations for employees (other than routine payments to be made in the Ordinary Course of Business). To the Knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, there are no pending or threatened charge or complaint reasonably anticipated claims or actions against the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, any Company trustee or any trustee of any Subsidiary under any workers’ compensation policy or long-term disability policy that would or would be reasonably expected to result in a material liability to the Company. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary thereof is a party to a conciliation agreement, consent decree or other agreement or Order with any federal, state, or local agency or Governmental Authority with respect to employment practices. (l) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material liability with respect to any misclassification since January 1, 2019 of: (i) any Person as an independent contractor rather than as an employee, (ii) any employee leased from another employer or (iii) any employee currently or formerly classified as exempt from overtime wages. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any action which would constitute a “plant closing” or “mass layoff” within the meaning of the WARN Act or similar state or local law, issued any notification of a plant closing or mass layoff required by the WARN Act or similar state or local law, or incurred any liability or obligation under the WARN Act or any similar state or local law that remains unsatisfied. (m) There has never been, nor has there been any threat of, any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, job action, union, organizing activity, question concerning representation or any similar activity or dispute, affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. No event has occurred within the past six months, and no condition or circumstance exists, that might directly or indirectly be likely to give rise to or provide a basis for the commencement of any such strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, job action, union organizing activity, question concerning representation or any similar activity or dispute. (n) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is, nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries been, engaged in any unfair labor practice within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Board Act. There is no Legal Proceeding, claim, labor dispute or grievance pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company or any comparable state agency. The Company’s relations of its Subsidiaries, threatened or reasonably anticipated relating to any employment contract, employment termination, privacy right, labor dispute, wages and hours, leave of absence, plant closing notification, workers’ compensation policy, long-term disability policy, harassment, retaliation, immigration, employment statute or regulation, safety or discrimination matter involving any Company Associate, including charges of unfair labor practices or discrimination complaints. (o) No Company Employee Plan provides for any tax “gross-up” or similar “make-whole” payments. (p) Except as set forth on Section 3.17(p) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, none of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the shareholder approval of this Agreement, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby could (either alone or in conjunction with any other event) (i) result in, or cause the accelerated vesting payment, funding or delivery of, or increase the amount or value of, any payment or benefit to any employee, officer, director or other service provider of the Company or any of its employees are goodSubsidiaries; (ii) further restrict any rights of the Company to amend or terminate any Company Employee Plan; (iii) result in the forgiveness of any indebtedness of any employee, officer, director or other service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the Company or its Subsidiaries or (iv) result in any “parachute payment” as defined in Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code (whether or not such payment is considered to be reasonable compensation for services rendered).

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Gemini Therapeutics, Inc. /DE)

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Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans. (a) Part 2.14 The Company has made available to Parent a list (on an anonymized basis) setting forth, for each Company Associate who is an employee of the Disclosure Schedule lists each employee benefit planCompany or any of its Subsidiaries, programwhether full- or part-time, arrangement such employee’s annual salary (or if hourly, hourly rate), most recent annual bonus received, and contract (including, without limitation, any “current annual bonus opportunity. No Company Key Employee Benefit Plan”, as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) maintained, contributed has indicated to or sponsored by the Company for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer or director of the Company, or with respect any of its Subsidiaries, that he or she intends to which resign or retire as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise. The Company could incur Liability under Section 4069has made available to Parent a list (on an anonymized basis) setting forth, 4201 or 4212(c) for each Company Associate who is an individual independent contractor engaged by the Company, such contractor’s rate of ERISA (collectively, the “Plans”)compensation. (b) The employment of the Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ employees is terminable by the Company and/or its applicable Subsidiary at will. The Company has made available to Parent accurate and complete copies of all employee manuals and handbooks, to the extent currently effective and material. (c) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, bound by the terms of, and does not maintainhave a duty to bargain under, sponsor any collective bargaining agreement or contribute toother Contract with a labor organization representing its employees, andand there are no labor organizations representing or, to the Knowledge of the Company, has not at purporting to represent or seeking to represent any time in the past maintained, sponsored or contributed to, any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA). None of the Plans is subject to Title IV of ERISA and the Company has not incurred, and does not reasonably expect to incur, any direct or indirect Liability under or by operation of Title IV of ERISA. (c) Each of the Plans is now and always has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and all applicable Legal Requirements, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code. The Company has performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under, is not in any material respect in default under or in violation of, and, to the Knowledge employees of the Company, there is no default or violation by any other party to, any Plan. (d) Section ‎3.17(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists all Company Employee Plans (other than employment arrangements which are terminable “at will” without any contractual obligation on the part of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to make any severance, termination, change in control or similar payment and that are substantively identical to the employment arrangements made available to Parent). (e) Each Company Employee Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has timely received a favorable determination or opinion letter with respect to such qualified status from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) covering all . To the Knowledge of the provisions applicable to the Plan for which determination letters are currently available that the Plan is so qualified and each trust established in connection with any Plan which is intended to be exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code has received a determination letter from the IRS that it is so exemptCompany, and no fact or event nothing has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the qualified status of any such Company Employee Plan or the exempt status of any such related trust. All contributions required to be made to any Plan have been made on a timely basis. (ef) None of the Plans Each Company Employee Plan has been established, maintained and operated in effect on the date hereof would resultcompliance, separately or in the aggregate (all material respects, with its terms all applicable Law, including, without limitation, as a result of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby), in the payment of any “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code. , ERISA and the Affordable Care Act. No Legal Proceeding (f) The Company has made available to Parent (i) copies of each Plan (and, if applicable, related trust agreements) and all amendments thereto, all written interpretations thereof and all written descriptions thereof that have been distributed to the Company employees, all annuity contracts or other funding instruments, and a complete description of any Plan which is not in writing; (ii) the most recent determination letter issued by the IRS with respect to each applicable Plan; (iii) for the three most recent plan years, annual reports on Form 5500 series with respect to each applicable Plan, (iv) copies of all employment agreements and severance agreements plans and policies with or than those relating to employees, officers and directors; and (vroutine claims for benefits) copies of all plans, programs, agreements and other arrangements of the Company with or relating to its current or former employees, officers and directors which contain change in control provisions. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (vi) result in any payment (including, without limitation, severance, unemployment compensation, “golden parachute” or otherwise) becoming due to any employee, officer or director of the Company under any Plan or otherwise, (vii) increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Plan, or (viii) result in any acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any benefits. (g) Neither the Company nor any Plan has any present or future obligation to make any payment to, or with respect to, any present or former employee, officer or director of the Company pursuant to any retiree medical benefit plan or other retiree welfare plan. (h) The Company is not a party to any collective bargaining or other labor union contract applicable to its employees, officers or directors. As of the date hereof, there is no labor dispute, strike or work stoppage against the Company pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened which may interfere with respect to any Company Employee Plan. All payments and/or contributions required to have been made with respect to all Company Employee Plans either have been made or have been accrued in accordance with the business activities terms of the Company. As of the date hereof, neither applicable Company Employee Plan and applicable Law. (g) Neither the Company nor any of its representatives ERISA Affiliates maintains, contributes to or is required to contribute to, or has, in the past six (6) years, maintained, contributed to or been required to contribute to (i) any “employee benefit plan” that is or was subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, (ii) a Multiemployer Plan, (iii) any funded welfare benefit plan within the meaning of Section 419 of the Code, (iv) any Multiple Employer Plan, or (v) any Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement. Neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has ever incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA. (h) No Company Employee Plan provides for medical or other welfare benefits to any service provider beyond termination of service or retirement, other than (1) pursuant to COBRA or an analogous state law requirement or (2) continuation coverage through the end of the month in which such termination or retirement occurs. The Company does not sponsor or maintain any self-funded medical or long-term disability benefit plan. (i) Each Company Employee Plan that constitutes in any part a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (as such term is defined under Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code and the guidance thereunder) (each, a “Company 409A Plan”) has been operated and maintained in all material respects in operational and documentary compliance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the applicable guidance thereunder. (j) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is, and has been, in material compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations respecting employment, employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, worker classification, tax withholding, prohibited discrimination, retaliation and harassment, equal employment, fair employment practices, meal and rest periods, immigration status, employee and workplace safety and health, wages (including overtime wages), compensation, hours of work, “plant closings” and “mass layoffs” within the meaning of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act of 1988 or similar state or local law (the “WARN Act”), labor practices or disputes, restrictive covenants, employment agreements, workers’ compensation and long-term disability policies, leaves of absence and worker privacy (collectively, “Employment-Related Laws”), and in each case, with respect to employees of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries: (i) has withheld and reported all material amounts required by law or by agreement to be withheld and reported with respect to wages, salaries and other payments to employees, has committed (ii) is not liable for any unfair labor practices in connection material amounts of arrears of wages, severance pay or any Taxes or any penalty for failure to comply with the operation any of the business foregoing and (iii) is not liable for any material payment to any trust or other fund governed by or maintained by or on behalf of any Governmental Authority, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security or other benefits or obligations for employees (other than routine payments to be made in the CompanyOrdinary Course of Business). There are no material Legal Proceedings, and there is no pendingclaims, labor disputes or organizing activities, or grievances pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened or reasonably anticipated against or involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any trustee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to any employee, contingent worker, director, employment agreement or Employee Plan (other than routine claims for benefits) or Employment-Related Laws. To the Knowledge of the Company, there are no material pending or threatened charge in writing or complaint reasonably anticipated claims or actions against the Company, any trustee or any trustee of any Subsidiary of the Company under any workers’ compensation policy or long-term disability policy. The Company is not a party to a conciliation agreement, consent decree or other agreement or Order with any federal, state or local agency or Governmental Authority with respect to employment practices. (k) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material liability with respect to any misclassification within the last three (3) years of: (i) any Person as an independent contractor rather than as an employee, (ii) any employee leased from another employer or (iii) any employee currently or formerly classified as exempt from overtime wages. (l) To the Company’s Knowledge, in the last three (3) years, there has never been, nor has there been any threat of, any material strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, job action, union, organizing activity, question concerning representation or any similar activity or dispute, by or with respect to any Company Associates. No event has occurred within the past six months, and no condition or circumstance exists, that, to the Company’s Knowledge, might directly or indirectly be likely to give rise to or provide a basis for the commencement of any such material strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, job action, union organizing activity, question concerning representation or any similar activity or dispute. (m) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is, nor has the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries been, engaged in any material unfair labor practice within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Board Act. There is no material Legal Proceeding, claim, labor dispute or grievance pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened or reasonably anticipated relating to any employment contract, privacy right, labor dispute, wages and hours, leave of absence, plant closing notification, workers’ compensation policy, long-term disability policy, harassment, retaliation, immigration, employment statute or regulation, safety or discrimination matter involving any current or former employee of the Company or any comparable state agency. The Company’s relations with of its Subsidiaries including charges of unfair labor practices or discrimination complaints. (n) There is no contract, agreement, plan or arrangement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound to compensate any of its employees are goodor other service providers for any income or excise taxes paid pursuant to Section 4999 or Section 409A of the Code. (o) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Contract that as a result of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the stockholder approval of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, could (either alone or in conjunction with any other event) result in, or cause the accelerated vesting, payment, funding or delivery of any payment or benefit to any employee, officer, director or other service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Pulmatrix, Inc.)

Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans. (a) Except as set forth in Part 2.14 of the Disclosure Schedule lists each employee benefit plan, program, arrangement and contract (including, without limitation, any “Employee Benefit Plan”, as defined in Section 3(33.16(a) of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act Company Disclosure Schedule, the employment of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) maintained, contributed to or sponsored each of the Company Entities’ employees is terminable by the applicable Company for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer or director Entity at will. None of the CompanyCompany Entities is a party to, or has a duty to bargain for, any collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with respect a labor organization or works council representing any of its employees and there are no labor organizations or works councils representing, purporting to which the Company could incur Liability under Section 4069, 4201 or 4212(c) of ERISA (collectively, the “Plans”). (b) The Company does not maintain, sponsor or contribute to, andrepresent or, to the Knowledge of the Company, has not at seeking to represent any time in the past maintained, sponsored or contributed to, employees of any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA). None of the Plans is subject to Title IV of ERISA and the Company has not incurred, and does not reasonably expect to incur, any direct or indirect Liability under or by operation of Title IV of ERISAEntities. (cb) Each Prior to the Closing Date, each of the Plans is now Company Entities and always Company Affiliates has performed all obligations required to be performed by it under each Company Employee Plan, and each Company Employee Plan has been operated established and maintained in all material respects in accordance with its terms and all applicable Legal Requirements. Each Company Employee Plan intended to be Tax qualified under applicable Legal Requirements is so Tax qualified, including but not limited and no event has occurred and no circumstance or condition exists that could reasonably be expected to ERISA result in the disqualification of any such Company Employee Plan. None of the Company Entities, and no Company Affiliate, has ever maintained, established, sponsored, participated in or contributed to any: (i) Company Pension Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA; (ii) “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section (3)(37) of ERISA; or (iii) plan described in Section 413 of the Code. The None of the Company has performed Entities, and no Company Affiliate, maintains, sponsors or contributes to any Company Employee Plan that is an employee welfare benefit plan (as such term is defined in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it underSection 3(1) of ERISA) and that is, is not in any material respect in default under whole or in violation ofpart, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no default self-funded or violation by any other party to, any Planself-insured. (dc) Each Plan that There is intended no agreement, plan, arrangement or other Contract covering any Company Associate, and no payments have been made to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has timely received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) covering all of the provisions applicable to the Plan for which determination letters are currently available that the Plan is so qualified and each trust established any Company Associate, that, in connection with the Merger, considered individually or considered collectively with any Plan which is intended to other such Contracts or payments, will, or could reasonably be exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code has received a determination letter from the IRS that it is so exemptexpected to, and no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust. All contributions required to be made to any Plan have been made on a timely basis. (e) None of the Plans in effect on the date hereof would result, separately or in the aggregate (including, without limitation, characterized as a result of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby), in the payment of any excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G 280G(b)(2) of the Code or give rise directly or indirectly to the payment of any amount that would not be deductible pursuant to Section 162(m) of the Code (or any comparable provision under state or foreign Tax laws). No Company Entity is a party to or has any obligation under any Contract to compensate any Person for excise Taxes payable pursuant to Section 4999 of the Code or for additional Taxes payable pursuant to Section 409A of the Code. (f) The Company has made available to Parent (i) copies of each Plan (and, if applicable, related trust agreements) and all amendments thereto, all written interpretations thereof and all written descriptions thereof that have been distributed to the Company employees, all annuity contracts or other funding instruments, and a complete description of any Plan which is not in writing; (ii) the most recent determination letter issued by the IRS with respect to each applicable Plan; (iii) for the three most recent plan years, annual reports on Form 5500 series with respect to each applicable Plan, (iv) copies of all employment agreements and severance agreements plans and policies with or relating to employees, officers and directors; and (v) copies of all plans, programs, agreements and other arrangements of the Company with or relating to its current or former employees, officers and directors which contain change in control provisions. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (vi) result in any payment (including, without limitation, severance, unemployment compensation, “golden parachute” or otherwise) becoming due to any employee, officer or director of the Company under any Plan or otherwise, (vii) increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Plan, or (viii) result in any acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any benefits. (g) Neither the Company nor any Plan has any present or future obligation to make any payment to, or with respect to, any present or former employee, officer or director of the Company pursuant to any retiree medical benefit plan or other retiree welfare plan. (h) The Company is not a party to any collective bargaining or other labor union contract applicable to its employees, officers or directors. As of the date hereof, there is no labor dispute, strike or work stoppage against the Company pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened which may interfere with the business activities of the Company. As of the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its representatives or employees, has committed any unfair labor practices in connection with the operation of the business of the Company, and there is no pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company threatened charge or complaint against the Company by the National Labor Relations Board or any comparable state agency. The Company’s relations with its employees are good.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Creative Realities, Inc.)

Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans. (a) Part 2.14 The Company has made available to Parent a list (on an anonymized basis) setting forth, for each Company Associate who is an employee of the Disclosure Schedule lists each employee benefit planCompany or any of its Subsidiaries, programwhether full- or part-time, arrangement such employee’s annual salary (or if hourly, hourly rate), most recent annual bonus received, and contract (including, without limitation, any “current annual bonus opportunity. No Company Key Employee Benefit Plan”, as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) maintained, contributed has indicated to or sponsored by the Company for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer or director of the Company, or with respect any of its Subsidiaries, that he or she intends to which resign or retire as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise. The Company could incur Liability under Section 4069has made available to Parent a list (on an anonymized basis) setting forth, 4201 or 4212(c) for each Company Associate who is an individual independent contractor engaged by the Company, such contractor’s rate of ERISA (collectively, the “Plans”)compensation. (b) The employment of the Company’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ employees is terminable by the Company and/or its applicable Subsidiary at will. The Company has made available to Parent accurate and complete copies of all employee manuals and handbooks, to the extent currently effective and material. (c) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, bound by the terms of, and does not maintainhave a duty to bargain under, sponsor any collective bargaining agreement or contribute toother Contract with a labor organization representing its employees, andand there are no labor organizations representing or, to the Knowledge of the Company, has not at purporting to represent or seeking to represent any time in the past maintained, sponsored or contributed to, any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA). None of the Plans is subject to Title IV of ERISA and the Company has not incurred, and does not reasonably expect to incur, any direct or indirect Liability under or by operation of Title IV of ERISA. (c) Each of the Plans is now and always has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and all applicable Legal Requirements, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code. The Company has performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under, is not in any material respect in default under or in violation of, and, to the Knowledge employees of the Company, there is no default or violation by any other party to, any Plan. (d) Section 3.17(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists all Company Employee Plans (other than employment arrangements which are terminable “at will” without any contractual obligation on the part of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to make any severance, termination, change in control or similar payment and that are substantively identical to the employment arrangements made available to Parent). (e) Each Company Employee Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has timely received a favorable determination or opinion letter with respect to such qualified status from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) covering all . To the Knowledge of the provisions applicable to the Plan for which determination letters are currently available that the Plan is so qualified and each trust established in connection with any Plan which is intended to be exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code has received a determination letter from the IRS that it is so exemptCompany, and no fact or event nothing has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the qualified status of any such Company Employee Plan or the exempt status of any such related trust. All contributions required to be made to any Plan have been made on a timely basis. (ef) None of the Plans Each Company Employee Plan has been established, maintained and operated in effect on the date hereof would resultcompliance, separately or in the aggregate (all material respects, with its terms all applicable Law, including, without limitation, as a result of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby), in the payment of any “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code. , ERISA and the Affordable Care Act. No Legal Proceeding (f) The Company has made available to Parent (i) copies of each Plan (and, if applicable, related trust agreements) and all amendments thereto, all written interpretations thereof and all written descriptions thereof that have been distributed to the Company employees, all annuity contracts or other funding instruments, and a complete description of any Plan which is not in writing; (ii) the most recent determination letter issued by the IRS with respect to each applicable Plan; (iii) for the three most recent plan years, annual reports on Form 5500 series with respect to each applicable Plan, (iv) copies of all employment agreements and severance agreements plans and policies with or than those relating to employees, officers and directors; and (vroutine claims for benefits) copies of all plans, programs, agreements and other arrangements of the Company with or relating to its current or former employees, officers and directors which contain change in control provisions. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (vi) result in any payment (including, without limitation, severance, unemployment compensation, “golden parachute” or otherwise) becoming due to any employee, officer or director of the Company under any Plan or otherwise, (vii) increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Plan, or (viii) result in any acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any benefits. (g) Neither the Company nor any Plan has any present or future obligation to make any payment to, or with respect to, any present or former employee, officer or director of the Company pursuant to any retiree medical benefit plan or other retiree welfare plan. (h) The Company is not a party to any collective bargaining or other labor union contract applicable to its employees, officers or directors. As of the date hereof, there is no labor dispute, strike or work stoppage against the Company pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened which may interfere with respect to any Company Employee Plan. All payments and/or contributions required to have been made with respect to all Company Employee Plans either have been made or have been accrued in accordance with the business activities terms of the Company. As of the date hereof, neither applicable Company Employee Plan and applicable Law. (g) Neither the Company nor any of its representatives ERISA Affiliates maintains, contributes to or is required to contribute to, or has, in the past six (6) years, maintained, contributed to or been required to contribute to (i) any “employee benefit plan” that is or was subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, (ii) a Multiemployer Plan, (iii) any funded welfare benefit plan within the meaning of Section 419 of the Code, (iv) any Multiple Employer Plan, or (v) any Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement. Neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has ever incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA. (h) No Company Employee Plan provides for medical or other welfare benefits to any service provider beyond termination of service or retirement, other than (1) pursuant to COBRA or an analogous state law requirement or (2) continuation coverage through the end of the month in which such termination or retirement occurs. The Company does not sponsor or maintain any self-funded medical or long-term disability benefit plan. (i) No Company Employee Plan is subject to any law of a foreign jurisdiction outside of the United States. (j) Each Company Employee Plan that constitutes in any part a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (as such term is defined under Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code and the guidance thereunder) (each, a “Company 409A Plan”) has been operated and maintained in all material respects in operational and documentary compliance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the applicable guidance thereunder. No payment to be made under any Company 409A Plan is or, when made in accordance with the terms of the Company 409A Plan, will be subject to the penalties of Section 409A(a)(1) of the Code. (k) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is, and has been, in material compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations respecting employment, employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, worker classification, tax withholding, prohibited discrimination, retaliation and harassment, equal employment, fair employment practices, meal and rest periods, immigration status, employee and workplace safety and health, wages (including overtime wages), compensation, hours of work, “plant closings” and “mass layoffs” within the meaning of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act of 1988 or similar state or local law (the “WARN Act”), labor practices or disputes, restrictive covenants, employment agreements, workers’ compensation and long-term disability policies, leaves of absence and worker privacy (collectively, “Employment-Related Laws”), and in each case, with respect to employees of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries: (i) has withheld and reported all material amounts required by law or by agreement to be withheld and reported with respect to wages, salaries and other payments to employees, has committed (ii) is not liable for any unfair labor practices in connection material amounts of arrears of wages, severance pay or any Taxes or any penalty for failure to comply with the operation any of the business foregoing and (iii) is not liable for any material payment to any trust or other fund governed by or maintained by or on behalf of any Governmental Authority, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security or other benefits or obligations for employees (other than routine payments to be made in the CompanyOrdinary Course of Business). There are no material Legal Proceedings, and there is no pendingclaims, labor disputes or organizing activities, or grievances pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened or reasonably anticipated against or involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any trustee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to any employee, contingent worker, director, employment agreement or Employee Plan (other than routine claims for benefits) or Employment-Related Laws. To the Knowledge of the Company, there are no material pending or threatened charge or complaint reasonably anticipated claims or actions against the Company, any trustee or any trustee of any Subsidiary of the Company under any workers’ compensation policy or long-term disability policy. The Company is not a party to a conciliation agreement, consent decree or other agreement or Order with any federal, state or local agency or Governmental Authority with respect to employment practices. (l) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material liability with respect to any misclassification within the last four (4) years of: (i) any Person as an independent contractor rather than as an employee, (ii) any employee leased from another employer or (iii) any employee currently or formerly classified as exempt from overtime wages. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any action which would constitute a “plant closing” or “mass layoff” within the meaning of the WARN Act, issued any notification of a plant closing or mass layoff required by the WARN Act (nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries been under any requirement or obligation to issue any such notification), or incurred any liability or obligation under the WARN Act that remains unsatisfied. (m) To the Company’s Knowledge, there has never been, nor has there been any threat of, any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, job action, union, organizing activity, question concerning representation or any similar activity or dispute, by or with respect to any Company Associates. No event has occurred within the past six months, and no condition or circumstance exists, that, to the Company’s Knowledge, might directly or indirectly be likely to give rise to or provide a basis for the commencement of any such strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, job action, union organizing activity, question concerning representation or any similar activity or dispute. (n) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is, nor has the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries been, engaged in any material unfair labor practice within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Board Act. There is no material Legal Proceeding, claim, labor dispute or grievance pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened or reasonably anticipated relating to any employment contract, privacy right, labor dispute, wages and hours, leave of absence, plant closing notification, workers’ compensation policy, long-term disability policy, harassment, retaliation, immigration, employment statute or regulation, safety or discrimination matter involving any current or former employee of the Company or any comparable state agency. The Company’s relations with of its Subsidiaries including charges of unfair labor practices or discrimination complaints. (o) There is no contract, agreement, plan or arrangement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound to compensate any of its employees are goodor other service providers for any income or excise taxes paid pursuant to the Code, including, but not limited to, Section 4999 or Section 409A of the Code. (p) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Contract that as a result of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the stockholder approval of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, could (either alone or in conjunction with any other event) result in, or cause the accelerated vesting, payment, funding or delivery of, or increase the amount or value of, any payment or benefit to any employee, officer, director or other service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (ARCA Biopharma, Inc.)

Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans. (a) Part 2.14 There has not been, and the Company does not anticipate or have any reason to believe that there will be, any adverse change in relations with employees as a result of the Disclosure Schedule lists each employee benefit plan, program, arrangement and contract (including, without limitation, any “Employee Benefit Plan”, as defined in Section 3(3) announcement of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) maintained, contributed to or sponsored transactions contemplated by this Agreement. To the Company for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer or director Knowledge of the Company, no current employee or with respect to which officer of the Company could incur Liability under Section 4069intends, 4201 or 4212(c) is expected, to terminate his or her employment relationship with such Entity following the consummation of ERISA (collectively, the “Plans”)transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise. (b) The employment of the Company’s employees is terminable by the Company at will. The Company has made available to Parent accurate and complete copies of all employee manuals and handbooks, disclosure materials, policy statements and other materials relating to the employment of the Company Associates to the extent currently effective and material. (c) The Company is a not party to, is not bound by the terms of, and does not maintainhave a duty to bargain under, sponsor any collective bargaining agreement or contribute toother Contract with a labor organization representing its employees, andand there are no labor unions, labor organizations or similar employee groups representing or, to the Knowledge of the Company, has not at purporting to represent or seeking to represent any time in the past maintained, sponsored or contributed to, any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA). None of the Plans is subject to Title IV of ERISA and the Company has not incurred, and does not reasonably expect to incur, any direct or indirect Liability under or by operation of Title IV of ERISA. (c) Each of the Plans is now and always has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and all applicable Legal Requirements, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code. The Company has performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under, is not in any material respect in default under or in violation of, and, to the Knowledge employees of the Company, there is no default or violation by any other party to, any Plan. (d) Section 3.17(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all Company Employee Plans (other than employment arrangements which are terminable “at will” without any contractual obligation on the part of the Company to make any severance, termination, change in control or similar payment). (e) Each Company Employee Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has timely received a favorable determination or opinion letter with respect to such qualified status from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) covering all . To the Knowledge of the provisions applicable to the Plan for which determination letters are currently available that the Plan is so qualified and each trust established in connection with any Plan which is intended to be exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code has received a determination letter from the IRS that it is so exemptCompany, and no fact or event nothing has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the qualified status of any such Company Employee Plan or the exempt status of any such related trust. All contributions required to be made to any Plan have been made on a timely basis. (ef) None of the Plans Each Company Employee Plan has been established, maintained and operated in effect on the date hereof would resultcompliance, separately or in the aggregate (all material respects, with its terms and with all applicable Law, including, without limitation, as a result of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby), in the payment of any “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code. (f) , ERISA and the Affordable Care Act. The Company has made available performed all material obligations required to Parent (i) copies of each Plan (and, if applicable, related trust agreements) be performed by them and all amendments thereto, all written interpretations thereof and all written descriptions thereof that have been distributed to the Company employees, all annuity contracts or other funding instruments, and a complete description of any Plan which is not in writing; (ii) the most recent determination letter issued by the IRS with any material respect to each applicable Plan; (iii) for the three most recent plan years, annual reports on Form 5500 series with respect to each applicable in default under or in violation under any Company Employee Plan, (iv) copies of all employment agreements and severance agreements plans and policies with or relating nor to employees, officers and directors; and (v) copies of all plans, programs, agreements and other arrangements Knowledge of the Company with or relating to its current or former employeesCompany, officers and directors which contain change in control provisions. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (vi) result in is any payment (including, without limitation, severance, unemployment compensation, “golden parachute” or otherwise) becoming due to any employee, officer or director of the Company under any Plan or otherwise, (vii) increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Plan, or (viii) result in any acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any benefits. (g) Neither the Company nor any Plan has any present or future obligation to make any payment to, or with respect to, any present or former employee, officer or director of the Company pursuant to any retiree medical benefit plan or other retiree welfare plan. (h) The Company is not a party to any collective bargaining Company Employee Plan in such default or violation. No Legal Proceeding (other labor union contract applicable than those relating to its employees, officers or directors. As of the date hereof, there routine claims for benefits) is no labor dispute, strike or work stoppage against the Company pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened which may interfere with respect to any Company Employee Plan, and no Company Employee Plan is under audit or is the subject of an audit or other investigation by a Governmental Authority. All payments and/or contributions required to have been made with respect to all Company Employee Plans either have been made or have been accrued in accordance with the business activities terms of the Company. As of the date hereof, neither applicable Company Employee Plan and applicable Law. (g) Neither the Company nor any of its representatives ERISA Affiliates maintains, sponsors, participates in, contributes to or employeesis required to contribute to, has committed or has, any unfair labor practices in connection with Liability, including on account of an event since the operation date of the business formation of the Company, and there with respect to (i) any “employee benefit plan” that is no pendingor was subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, (ii) any other defined benefit pension plan, whether or not subject to ERISA, (iii) a Multiemployer Plan, (iv) any funded welfare benefit plan within the meaning of Section 419 of the Code, (v) any Multiple Employer Plan, or (vi) any Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement. Neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates is subject to, or has ever incurred any liability under, Title IV of ERISA. (h) No Company Employee Plan promises or provides for medical or other welfare benefits to any service provider beyond termination of service or retirement, other than (i) pursuant to COBRA or an analogous state Law requirement or (ii) continuation coverage through the end of the month in which such termination or retirement occurs. The Company does not sponsor or maintain any self-funded medical or long-term disability benefit plan. (i) Neither the Company nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any of its respective directors, officers, employees or agents has, with respect to any Company Employee Plan, engaged in or been a party to any non-exempt “prohibited transactions” (as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA) that could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of a penalty assessed pursuant to Section 502(i) of ERISA or a Tax imposed by Section 4975 of the Code, in each case applicable to the Company or any Company Employee Plan. (j) No Company Employee Plan is subject to any Law of a foreign jurisdiction outside of the United States. (k) Each Company Employee Plan that constitutes in any part a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (as such term is defined under Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code and the guidance thereunder) (each, a “Company 409A Plan”) has been operated and maintained in all material respects in operational and documentary compliance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the applicable guidance thereunder. No payment to be made under any Company 409A Plan is or, when made in accordance with the terms of the Company 409A Plan, will be subject to the penalties of Section 409A(a)(1) of the Code. (l) The Company is, and has been, in material compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations respecting employment, employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, worker classification, tax withholding, prohibited discrimination, retaliation and harassment, equal employment, fair employment practices, meal and rest periods, immigration status and authorization to work, employee and workplace safety and health, wages (including overtime wages), compensation, hours of work, “plant closings” and “mass layoffs” within the meaning of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act of 1988 or similar state or local law (the “WARN Act”), labor practices or disputes, restrictive covenants, employment agreements, workers’ compensation and long-term disability policies, leaves of absence and worker privacy (collectively, “Employment-Related Laws”), and in each case, with respect to the employees of the Company: (i) has reported and paid to the appropriate Governmental Authority, or are holding for payment not yet due to such Governmental Authority, all material amounts required by law or by agreement to be withheld, paid and reported with respect to wages, salaries and other payments to employees, (ii) is not liable for any material amounts of arrears of wages, severance pay or any Taxes or any penalty for failure to comply with any of the foregoing or any applicable Laws relating to the employment of labor and (iii) is not liable for any material payment to any trust or other fund governed by or maintained by or on behalf of any Governmental Authority, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security or other benefits or obligations for employees (other than routine payments to be made in the Ordinary Course of Business). The Company has paid in full to all of its employees or adequately accrued in accordance with GAAP for all wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, benefits and other compensation due to or on behalf of such employees. There are no material Legal Proceedings, claims, labor disputes or organizing activities, or grievances pending, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened charge or complaint reasonably anticipated against or involving the Company or any trustee of the Company relating to any employee, contingent worker, director, employment agreement or Employee Plan (other than routine claims for benefits) or Employment -Related Laws. To the Knowledge of the Company, there are no material pending or threatened or reasonably anticipated claims or actions against the Company or any trustee of the Company under any workers’ compensation policy or long-term disability policy. The Company is not a party to, or otherwise bound by, a conciliation agreement, consent decree, citation or other agreement or Order with any federal, state or local agency or Governmental Authority with respect to employees or employment practices. (m) The Company does not have any material liability with respect to any misclassification within the past four (4) years of: (i) any Person as an independent contractor rather than as an employee, (ii) any employee leased from another employer or (iii) any employee currently or formerly classified as exempt from overtime wages. The Company has not taken any action which would constitute a “plant closing” or “mass layoff” within the meaning of the WARN Act or any similar Law, issued any notification of a plant closing or mass layoff required by the WARN Act or any similar Law (nor has the Company been under any requirement or obligation to issue any such notification), or incurred any liability or obligation under the WARN Act or any similar Law that remains unsatisfied. (n) There has never been, nor has there been any threat of, any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, job action, union, organizing activity, question concerning representation or any similar activity or dispute, affecting the Company. No event has occurred within the past six months, and no condition or circumstance exists, that, to the Knowledge of the Company, might directly or indirectly be likely to give rise to or provide a basis for the commencement of any such strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, job action, union organizing activity, question concerning representation or any similar activity or dispute. (o) The Company is not, and has not been, engaged in any material unfair labor practice within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Board Act. There is no material Legal Proceeding, claim, labor dispute or grievance pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened or reasonably anticipated relating to any employment contract, privacy right, labor dispute, wages and hours, leave of absence, plant closing notification, workers’ compensation policy, long-term disability policy, harassment, retaliation, immigration, employment statute or regulation, safety or discrimination matter involving any current or former employee of the Company including charges of unfair labor practices or discrimination complaints. Neither the Company nor any of its executive officers has received within the past three years any notice of intent by any Governmental Authority responsible for the enforcement of labor or employment Laws to conduct an investigation relating to the Company and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no such investigation is in progress. (p) Except as set forth on Section 3.17(p) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, since January 1, 2020: (i) no allegations of workplace sexual harassment, discrimination or other misconduct have been made, initiated, filed or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any comparable state agency. The Company’s relations with of its employees are goodin their capacities as such, (ii) to the Knowledge of the Company, no incidents of any such workplace sexual harassment, discrimination or other misconduct have occurred, and (iii) the Company has not entered into any settlement agreement related to allegations of sexual harassment, discrimination or other misconduct by any of their employees directors, officers or employees described in clause (i) hereof or any independent contractor. (q) There is no contract, agreement, plan or arrangement to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound to compensate any of its employees or other service providers for any income or excise taxes paid pursuant to the Code, including, but not limited to, Section 4999 or Section 409A of the Code. (r) There is no Company Employee Plan nor any Contract that the Company is a party to that, as a result of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the stockholder approval of this Agreement, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, could (either alone or in conjunction with any other event) result in, or cause the accelerated vesting, payment, funding or delivery of, or increase the amount or value of, any payment or benefit to any employee, officer, director or other service provider of the Company.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Neoleukin Therapeutics, Inc.)

Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans. (a) Part 2.14 of the Disclosure Schedule lists each employee benefit plan, program, arrangement and contract (including, without limitation, any “Employee Benefit Plan”, as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer or director All of the Company, or with respect to which the Company could incur Liability under Section 4069, 4201 or 4212(c) of ERISA (collectively, the ’s employees are employed on an Plans”). (b) The Company does not maintain, sponsor or contribute to, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, has not at any time in the past maintained, sponsored or contributed to, any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA). None of the Plans is subject to Title IV of ERISA and the Company has not incurred, and does not reasonably expect to incur, any direct or indirect Liability under or by operation of Title IV of ERISA. (c) Each of the Plans is now and always has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and all applicable Legal Requirements, including but not limited to ERISA and the Codewill” basis. The Company has performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under, is not in a party to, nor has a duty to bargain for, any material respect in default under collective bargaining agreement or in violation of, and, other Contract with a labor organization or works council representing any of its employees and to the Knowledge of the Company, there is are no default labor organizations or violation by works councils representing, purporting to represent or, seeking to represent any other party to, any Planemployees of the Company. (db) Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) Neither the execution of this Agreement nor the consummation of the Code Contemplated Transactions will or Section 401(kcould reasonably be expected to (either alone or upon the occurrence of termination of employment) of the Code has timely received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service constitute an event under any Company Employee Plan, Company Employee Agreement, trust or loan that will or may result (“IRS”) covering all of the provisions applicable to the Plan for which determination letters are currently available that the Plan is so qualified and each trust established either alone or in connection with any Plan which other circumstance or event) in any payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise), acceleration, forgiveness of indebtedness, vesting, distribution, increase in benefits or obligation to fund benefits with respect to any Company Associate. (c) There is intended to be exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code has received a determination letter from the IRS that it is so exemptno agreement, plan, arrangement or other Contract covering any Company Associate, and no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust. All contributions required to be payments have been made to any Plan have been made on a timely basis. (e) None of Company Associate, that, in connection with the Plans in effect on the date hereof would resultMerger, separately considered individually or in the aggregate (includingconsidered collectively with any other such Contracts or payments, without limitationwill, or could reasonably be expected to, be characterized as a result of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby), in the payment of any excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G 280G(b)(2) of the Code or give rise directly or indirectly to the payment of any amount that would not be deductible pursuant to Section 162(m) of the Code (or any comparable provision under state or foreign Tax laws). The Company is not a party to, nor has any obligation under, any Contract to compensate any Person for excise Taxes payable pursuant to Section 4999 of the Code or for additional Taxes payable pursuant to Section 409A of the Code. (fd) The Company has made available to Parent (i) copies of each Plan (andNotwithstanding any other representations and warranties in this Agreement, if applicable, related trust agreements) the representations and all amendments thereto, all written interpretations thereof warranties set forth in Section 2.8 are the sole and all written descriptions thereof that have been distributed to the Company employees, all annuity contracts or other funding instruments, exclusive representations and a complete description of any Plan which is not in writing; (ii) the most recent determination letter issued by the IRS with respect to each applicable Plan; (iii) for the three most recent plan years, annual reports on Form 5500 series with respect to each applicable Plan, (iv) copies of all employment agreements and severance agreements plans and policies with or relating to employees, officers and directors; and (v) copies of all plans, programs, agreements and other arrangements warranties of the Company with or relating pertaining to its current or former employees, officers employee and directors which contain change in control provisions. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (vi) result in any payment (including, without limitation, severance, unemployment compensation, “golden parachute” or otherwise) becoming due to any employee, officer or director of the Company under any Plan or otherwise, (vii) increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Plan, or (viii) result in any acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any benefitslabor matters. (g) Neither the Company nor any Plan has any present or future obligation to make any payment to, or with respect to, any present or former employee, officer or director of the Company pursuant to any retiree medical benefit plan or other retiree welfare plan. (h) The Company is not a party to any collective bargaining or other labor union contract applicable to its employees, officers or directors. As of the date hereof, there is no labor dispute, strike or work stoppage against the Company pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened which may interfere with the business activities of the Company. As of the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its representatives or employees, has committed any unfair labor practices in connection with the operation of the business of the Company, and there is no pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company threatened charge or complaint against the Company by the National Labor Relations Board or any comparable state agency. The Company’s relations with its employees are good.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Twinlab Consolidated Holdings, Inc.)

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