Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto. (b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust. (c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code. (d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due). (e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. (f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA. (g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxes.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Darwin Professional Underwriters Inc), Merger Agreement (Allied World Assurance Co Holdings LTD), Merger Agreement (Alleghany Corp /De)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Set forth on Section 4.11(a4.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists Schedules is a true and complete list of each Benefit Plan of the Group Companies (each, a “Company Benefit Plan”). With respect to each Company Benefit Plan, all material employee contributions, deferrals, premiums and benefit plans payments under or in connection therewith that are required to have been made as of the Closing Date have been accounted for by reserves, or otherwise properly footnoted in accordance with GAAP on the Company Financials. No Group Company is or has in the past three years been a member of a “controlled group” for purposes of Section 414(b), (as defined in Section 3(3c), (m) or (o) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonusCode, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which nor does the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, of its Subsidiaries have any Liability with respect to which any collectively-bargained for plans, whether or not subject to the provisions of ERISA.
(b) Each Company or any Company Subsidiary Benefit Plan is and has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete been operated at all times in compliance with all applicable Laws in all material respects, including ERISA and the Code. Each Company Benefit Plan which is intended to be “qualified” within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the followingCode (i) has been determined by the IRS to be so qualified (or is based on a prototype or volume submitter plan which has received a favorable opinion letter) during the period from its adoption to the date of this Agreement and (ii) its related trust has been determined to be exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code or the applicable Group Company has requested an initial favorable IRS determination of qualification and/or exemption within the period permitted by applicable Law. No fact exists which could adversely affect the qualified status of such Company Benefit Plans or the exempt status of such trusts.
(c) With respect to each Company Benefit Plan which covers any current or former officer, director, consultant or employee (or beneficiary thereof) of the Group Companies, the Company has provided to the Parent accurate and complete copies, if applicable, of: (i) the Plansall Company Benefit Plan documents and agreements and related trust agreements or annuity Contracts (including any amendments, modifications or supplements thereto); (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, all current summary plan descriptions and subsequent material modifications thereto; (iii) the three most recently received IRS determination letterrecent Forms 5500, if anyapplicable, relating to the Plans and annual report, including all schedules thereto; (iv) the most recent summary annual and periodic accounting of plan description for such Plans assets; (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employeesv) the three most recent nondiscrimination testing reports; (vi) the most recent determination letter received from the IRS, if any; (vii) the most recent actuarial valuation; and (viii) all material modifications theretonon-routine communications in the past three years with any Governmental Authority concerning any Company Benefit Plan matter that is still pending or for which the Company or a Subsidiary has any outstanding material Liability.
(bd) Each With respect to each Company Benefit Plan, for the past three years: (i) such Company Benefit Plan has been operated administered and enforced in all material respects in accordance with its terms terms, the Code and ERISA; (ii) no breach of fiduciary duty has occurred; (iii) no Action is pending, or to the requirements Company’s knowledge, threatened (other than routine claims for benefits arising in the ordinary course of administration); (iv) no prohibited transaction, as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred, excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administration exemption; and (v) all applicable Lawscontributions and premiums due through the Closing Date have been made in all material respects as required under ERISA or have been fully accrued in all material respects on the Company Financials.
(e) No Company Benefit Plan is a “defined benefit plan” (as defined in Section 414(j) of the Code), including a “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA) or a “multiple employer plan” (as described in Section 413(c) of the Code) or is otherwise subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, and no Group Company has incurred any Liability or otherwise could have any Liability, contingent or otherwise, under Title IV of ERISA and no condition presently exists that is expected to cause such Liability to be incurred. No Company Benefit Plan will become a multiple employer plan with respect to a Group Company immediately after the Closing Date. No Group Company currently maintains or has ever maintained, or is required currently or has ever been required to contribute to or otherwise participate in, a multiple employer welfare arrangement or voluntary employees’ beneficiary association as defined in Section 501(c)(9) of the Code. Each .
(f) There is no arrangement under any Company Benefit Plan with respect to any employee that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(awould result in the payment of any amount that by operation of Sections 280G or 162(m) of the Code would not be deductible by a Group Company and no arrangement exists pursuant to which a Group Company will be required to “gross up” or Section 401(k) otherwise compensate any person because of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely imposition of any excise tax on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, payment to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trustperson.
(cg) Except With respect to each Company Benefit Plan which is a “welfare plan” (as described in Section 3(1) of ERISA): (i) except as set forth in on Section 4.11(c4.10(g) of the Company Disclosure ScheduleSchedules, neither no such plan provides medical or death benefits with respect to current or former employees, directors or consultants (or a beneficiary thereof) of a Group Company beyond their termination of employment (other than coverage mandated by Law, which is paid solely by such beneficiary; benefits through the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors end of the month of termination of employment or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any engagement, as applicable; death or disability benefits attributable to deaths or disabilities occurring at or prior to termination of employment or engagement, as applicable; and post-employment termination benefits from an insurer during any period to convert a group Company Benefit Plan to an individual plan); and (ii) there are no reserves, assets, surplus or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees prepaid premiums under any such plan. Each Group Company has complied in all material respects with the provisions of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 601 et seq. of ERISA and Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(eh) Except as set forth in on Section 4.11(e4.10(h) of the Company Disclosure ScheduleSchedules, no Planneither the execution and delivery of this agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents (either alone or in combination with another event) will: (i) entitle any individual to severance pay, either individually unemployment compensation or collectivelyother benefits or compensation; (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, provides for or increase the amount of any compensation due, or in respect of, any individual; (iii) result in or satisfy a condition to the payment by the Company or of compensation that would, in combination with any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a other payment, result in an “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect Code; or (iv) entitle the recipient of any payment or benefit to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the receive a “gross up” payment for any income or other taxes that might be owed with respect to such payment or benefit. No Group Company nor has incurred any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years Liability for any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 Tax imposed under Chapter 43 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to Code or has ever contributed to, civil liability under Section 502(i) or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(Cl) of ERISA.
(gi) Except as would notset forth on Section 4.10(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, individually or in except to the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, extent (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge required by Section 4980B of the Code or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, similar state Law; (ii) there for benefits through the end of the month of termination of employment or engagement, as applicable; (iii) for death or disability benefits attributable to deaths or disabilities occurring at or prior to termination of employment or engagement, as applicable; or (iv) for post-termination benefits from an insurer during any period to convert a group Company Benefit Plan to an individual plan, no Group Company provides health or welfare benefits to any former or retired employee, director or consultant or is obligated to provide such benefits to any active employee, director or consultant following such employee, director or consultant’s retirement or other termination of employment or service.
(j) There is no labor strikeCompany Benefit Plan subject to Section 409A of the Code. There is no Contract or plan to which any Group Company is a party or by which it is bound to compensate any employee, slowdownconsultant or director for penalty taxes paid pursuant to Section 409A of the Code.
(k) There are no actions, work stoppagesuits, lockout investigations or labor dispute claims pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within any Company Benefit Plan, or the last three assets thereof (3) yearsother than routine claims for benefits), (iii) and there are no charges with respect facts which could reasonably give rise to any Liabilities, action, suit, investigation, or relating to the Company or claim against any Company Subsidiary pending before Benefit Plan, any Governmental Authority responsible for fiduciary or plan administrator or other Person dealing with any Company Benefit Plan or the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesassets thereof.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (NextPlat Corp), Merger Agreement (NextPlat Corp), Merger Agreement (Progressive Care Inc.)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a3.9(a) of the Company Partnership Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) Partnership Benefit Plans and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with Old Plans. With respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectivelyeach material Partnership Benefit Plan and each material Old Plan, the “Plans”). The Company Partnership has made available to Parent copiescomplete and accurate copies of (A) such Benefit Plan, which are correct including any amendment thereto, (B) a written description of any such Benefit Plan if such plan is not set forth in a written document and complete (C) the most recent Internal Revenue Service determination letter (if any).
(b) Except as would not have, individually or in all material respectsthe aggregate, of the followinga Partnership Material Adverse Effect: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed Partnership Benefit Plans have been maintained and administered in compliance with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its their terms and the requirements of all applicable Lawswith Law, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended Code to the extent applicable thereto, and (ii) all contributions and payments required to be qualified made under Section 401(a) the terms of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRSPartnership Benefit Plans have been timely made or, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRSif not yet due, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, have been properly reflected in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trustParent’s financial statements in accordance with GAAP.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) None of the Company Disclosure SchedulePartnership, neither the Company nor General Partner or any Company Subsidiary sponsors of their respective Subsidiaries sponsor, maintain, contribute to, or is required to contribute to, or has sponsored any Plan that liability with respect to, any plan or arrangement which provides for any post-employment retiree health, medical, life or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiaryother welfare benefits, except as required by pursuant to the continuation coverage requirements of Section 601 et seq. of ERISA or Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment None of the Partnership, the General Partner or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has in the last six years sponsored, maintained, contributed to or been maderequired to contribute to, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and has any Company Subsidiaryliability with respect to, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Benefit Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither Code or a multiemployer plan (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA).
(e) Except as contemplated by Section 5.5 and Section 5.6, the Company nor consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not, either alone or in combination with another event: (i) entitle any ERISA Affiliate contributes current or former employee, consultant, officer or other service provider of the Partnership, the General Partner or their respective Subsidiaries (or, to the Knowledge of the Partnership and the General Partner, Seconded Employees), to any material payment, (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or materially increase the amount, of compensation due any such employee, consultant, officer or other service provider of the Partnership, the General Partner or their respective Subsidiaries, (iii) trigger any funding (through a grantor trust or otherwise) of material compensation or benefits, or (iv) trigger any other material compensatory obligation, benefit (including loan forgiveness), requirement or restriction.
(f) No amount or benefit that would be, or has ever contributed tobeen, received (whether in cash or otherwise incurred property or the vesting of property or the cancellation of indebtedness) by any withdrawal liability undercurrent or former employee or other service provider of the Partnership, any multiemployer plan the General Partner or their respective Subsidiaries who is a “disqualified individual” (within the meaning of Section 3(37280G of the Code) would reasonably be expected to be characterized as an “excess parachute payment” (as defined in Section 280G(b)(1) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” the Code) as a result of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part consummation of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISAtransactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(g) No Partnership Benefit Plan nor any award thereunder constitutes non-qualified deferred compensation under Section 409A of the Code. No director, officer, employee or service provider of the Partnership, the General Partner or their respective Subsidiaries is entitled to a gross-up, make-whole, reimbursement or indemnification payment with respect to Taxes imposed under Section 409A or Section 4999 of the Code.
(h) Except as would notnot have, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Partnership Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is are no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge Knowledge of the CompanyPartnership and the General Partner, threatened against claims by any employee or affecting the Company beneficiary covered under any Partnership Benefit Plan or otherwise involving any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor Partnership Benefit Plan (other than routine claims for benefits).
(i) No Partnership Benefit Plan provides benefits or compensation to any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout employees or other labor dispute by service providers who reside or with respect to its employees within perform services primarily outside of the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesUnited States.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Crestwood Equity Partners LP), Merger Agreement (Crestwood Equity Partners LP), Merger Agreement (Oasis Midstream Partners LP)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists sets forth a complete and accurate list of each Company Benefit Plan. With respect to each Company Benefit Plan, the Company has provided to Merger Sub complete and accurate copies of (i) each such Company Benefit Plan, including any material amendments thereto, and descriptions of all material employee benefit plans terms of any such plan that is not in writing, (as defined in Section 3(3ii) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonuseach trust, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance annuity or other benefit plansfunding Contract related thereto, programs or arrangements(iii) all summary plan descriptions, including any summary of material modifications, and all any other material employmentnotice or description provided to retired, terminationformer or current employees, severance officers, consultants, independent contractors or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant directors of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “PlansService Providers”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (iiv) the Plansmost recent financial statements and actuarial or other valuation reports prepared with respect thereto, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iiiv) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating issued by the IRS with respect to any Company Benefit Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Plans and Code, (ivvi) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans annual report on Form 5500 (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all schedules thereto) required to be filed with the IRS with respect thereto and (vii) all other material modifications theretofilings and material correspondence with any Governmental Entity (including any correspondence regarding actual or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened audits or investigations) with respect to each Company Benefit Plan.
(b) Each Company Benefit Plan (and any related trust or other funding vehicle) has been operated established, maintained and administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and is in compliance in all material respects with ERISA, the requirements Code and all other applicable laws.
(c) The Company has no Company Benefit Plans that are maintained primarily for the benefit of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and Service Providers outside of the Code. United States.
(d) Each Company Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has timely received or Section 401(k) of the Code has received applied for a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by letter from the IRS, in either case, that has not been revoked and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact event or event circumstance exists that has occurred since the date of such determination letter adversely affected or letters from the IRS would reasonably be expected to adversely affectaffect such qualification or exemption. None of the Company, any Company Subsidiary, any Company Benefit Plan, any trustee, administrator or other third-party fiduciary or party-in-interest, with respect to any Company Benefit Plan, has engaged in any breach of fiduciary responsibility or non-exempt prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) which could result in the imposition of a material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in penalty assessed pursuant to Section 4.11(c502(i) of ERISA or a material Tax imposed by Section 4975 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of Code on the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth No Proceeding has been brought, or is overtly threatened in written communication with the Company, against or with respect to any Company Benefit Plan, including any audit or inquiry by the IRS or the United States Department of Labor (other than routine claims for benefits arising under such plans).
(f) No Company Benefit Plan is, and neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate thereof sponsors, maintains, contributes to, or has ever sponsored, maintained, contributed to, or has any actual or contingent liability with respect to any (i) single employer plan or other pension plan that is subject to Section 4.11(e) 302 or Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Company Disclosure ScheduleCode, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a (ii) “parachute paymentmultiple employer plan” within the meaning of Section 413(c) of the Code, (iii) any “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA) or (iv) multiple employer welfare arrangement (within the meaning of Section 3(4) of ERISA).
(g) None of the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by the Company, the consummation by the Company of any transaction contemplated by this Agreement, nor the Company’s compliance with any of the provisions of this Agreement (alone or in conjunction with any other event, including any termination of employment on or following the Effective Time), will result in any “parachute payment” under Section 280G of the Code after giving effect Code. The Company has made available to Parent copies of any Section 280G calculations prepared (whether or not final) with respect to any disqualified individual in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(fh) Neither The Company does not have any liability in respect of, or obligation to provide, post-retirement health, medical, disability, life insurance benefits or other welfare benefits for Service Providers (or the spouses, dependent or beneficiaries of any Service Providers), whether under a Company Benefit Plan or otherwise, except as required to comply with Section 4980B of the Code or any similar law.
(i) None of the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by the Company, the consummation by the Company nor of the Offer, the Merger or any ERISA Affiliate sponsors other transaction contemplated by this Agreement, or has sponsored the Company’s compliance with any of the provisions of this Agreement will (either alone or in conjunction with any other event, including any termination of employment on or following the past six years Effective Time) (i) entitle any Service Provider to any compensation or benefit, (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, increase the amount of payment, or trigger any payment or funding, of any compensation or benefit or trigger any other material obligation under any Company Benefit Plan, (iii) trigger any funding (through a grantor trust or otherwise) of compensation, equity award or other benefits, (iv) otherwise give rise to any material liability under any Company Benefit Plan or (v) limit or United States based pension plan in restrict the case right to merge, materially amend, terminate or transfer the assets of an ERISA Affiliateany Company Benefit Plan on or following the Effective Time.
(j) that is subject to Title IV No Company Benefit Plan provides for any gross-up, reimbursement or additional payment by reason of any Tax imposed under Section 409A or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 4999 of the Code. Neither the Each Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer Benefit Plan that constitutes a nonqualified deferred compensation plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37409A of the Code) of ERISA). For purposes of this is set forth in Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” 4.12(j) of the Company if it would have ever Disclosure Schedule and has been considered maintained and operated in material good faith documentary and operational compliance with Section 409A or the Code or an available exemption therefrom, other than any instance where such non-compliance can be corrected without a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, material Liability to the knowledge of Person either under an Internal Revenue Service correction program or under the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been principles set forth in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesProposed Treasury Regulation 1.409A-4.
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Samples: Merger Agreement, Merger Agreement (Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC), Merger Agreement (Schiff Nutrition International, Inc.)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a3.9(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonusBenefit Plans sponsored, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored required to be contributed to by the Company Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any Company Subsidiary for of their ERISA Affiliates, or under which the benefit Company, any of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company its Subsidiaries or any Company Subsidiary of their ERISA Affiliates may have any liability (collectively, contingent or otherwise) (the “Company Benefit Plans”). The Copies of the Company has Benefit Plans and any amendments thereto have been made available to Parent copiestogether with any applicable trust documents, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions and summaries of such Plans provided to employeesmaterial modifications, if applicable), non-discrimination testing results, actuarial valuations, annual report (Form 5500 including, if applicable, Schedule B thereto) and all material modifications theretotax return (Form 990) prepared in connection with any such plan or related trust. Except as set forth in Section 3.9(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any other person or entity has any express or implied commitment, whether legally enforceable or not, to adopt, terminate or materially modify any Company Benefit Plan, other than with respect to a modification or termination required by ERISA or the Code. For purposes of this Agreement, “ERISA Affiliate” of any entity means any other person, entity, trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with such entity, would be treated as a single employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.
(b) Each Except for such non-compliance which would not, individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries to operate their business in the ordinary course consistent with past practices, (i) each Company Benefit Plan has been operated maintained and administered in all material respects in accordance compliance with its terms and the requirements of all with applicable LawsLaw, including ERISA and the CodeCode to the extent applicable thereto, and (ii) all contributions required to be made under the terms of any Company Benefit Plan have been timely made or, if not yet due, have been properly reflected in the Company’s financial statements in accordance with GAAP. Each Except as set forth in Section 3.9(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, any Company Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter or equivalent opinion letter from the IRSInternal Revenue Service, or is entitled and the Company has made available to rely on Parent a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge copy of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of most recent such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any for each such Plan or the exempt status of any such trustCompany Benefit Plan.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c3.9(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors its Subsidiaries maintains, contributes to or is required to contribute to, or has sponsored in the past six years maintained, contributed to or been required to contribute to any Plan that plan or arrangement which provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or retiree medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiarywelfare benefits, except as required by pursuant to the continuation coverage requirements of Section 601 et. Seq. of ERISA or Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e3.9(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Planneither the Company, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company its Subsidiaries nor any of their ERISA Affiliate sponsors Affiliates maintains, contributes to or is required to contribute to, or has sponsored in the past six years maintained, contributed to or been required to contribute to any Benefit Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither None of the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to Benefit Plans is a “multiple employer welfare arrangement” (as defined in Section 3(40) of ERISA), a “multiple employer plan” (as defined in Section 413(c) of the Code) or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any a “multiemployer plan plan” (within the meaning of as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this , and neither the Company, its Subsidiaries nor any other their ERISA Affiliates has during the past six years maintained or contributed to, or been required to contribute to, or otherwise had any obligation or liability in connection with, such a multiple employer plan or multiemployer plan.
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” 3.9(e) of the Company if it would have ever been considered Disclosure Schedule, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not, either alone or in combination with another event, (i) entitle any current or former employee, consultant, officer or other service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to severance pay, unemployment compensation or any other payment, (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount of compensation due any such employee, consultant, officer or other service provider or (iii) trigger any payment or funding (through a single employer grantor trust or otherwise) of compensation or benefits, or (iv) increase the amount payable or trigger any other material obligation, benefit (including loan forgiveness), requirement or restriction pursuant to any Company Benefit Plan or otherwise. Without limiting the foregoing, Section 3.9(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of employment or consulting agreements with the Company under 4001(bcontaining “change in control” or similar provisions that will be triggered by the consummation of the Merger or the entry into this Agreement by the Company.
(f) Except as occasioned by differences between the Original Merger Agreement and this Agreement, and except as set forth on Section 3.9(f) of ERISA the Company Disclosure Schedule, no amount or part benefit that could be, or has been, received (whether in cash or property or the vesting of property or the cancellation of indebtedness) by any current or former employee or other service provider of the same controlled group as Company or any Subsidiary of the Company for purposes who is a “disqualified individual” within the meaning of Section 302(d)(8)(C280G of the Code could be characterized as an “excess parachute payment” (as defined in Section 280G(b)(1) of ERISAthe Code) as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(g) Except as set forth on Section 3.9(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, each Company Benefit Plan and any award thereunder (i) has been operated in good faith compliance in all material respects with Section 409A of the Code since January 1, 2005, and all applicable regulations and notices issued thereunder, and (ii) since January 1, 2009, has been in all material respects in documentary compliance with Section 409A of the Code. Each Company Stock Award was granted with an exercise price not less than the fair market value of the underlying Company Common Stock on the date of grant. Except as set forth on Section 3.9(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no director, officer, employee or service provider of the Company or its affiliates is entitled to a gross-up, make-whole or indemnification payment with respect to taxes imposed under Section 409A or Section 4999 of the Code.
(h) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company or any Company Subsidiaryand its Subsidiaries to operate their business in the ordinary course consistent with past practices, (ii) there is are no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge Company’s knowledge, threatened claims by or on behalf of any Company Benefit Plan, by any employee or beneficiary covered under any Company Benefit Plan or otherwise involving any Company Benefit Plan (other than routine claims for benefits).
(i) Except as set forth on Section 3.9(i) of the CompanyCompany Disclosure Schedule, threatened against no Company Benefit Plan provides benefits or affecting the Company or compensation to any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout employees or other labor dispute by service providers who reside or with respect to its employees within provide services primarily outside of the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesUnited States.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Southern Union Co), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Energy Transfer Equity, L.P.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Southern Union Co)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material All employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stockcompensation, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical fringe or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangementsprograms, and all material employmentpolicies, termination, severance commitments or other contracts arrangements (whether or agreements (other than individual option agreementsnot set forth in a written document) to which the Company covering any active or former employee, director or consultant of Company, or any Company Subsidiary trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is a partyunder common control with Company, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary liability (collectively, the “Company Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct ) have been maintained and complete administered in all material respectsrespects in compliance with their respective terms and with the requirements prescribed by any and all statutes, orders, rules and regulations which are applicable to such Company Plans, and all liabilities with respect to the Company Plans have been properly reflected in the financial statements and records of Company. No suit, action or other litigation (excluding claims for benefits incurred in the ordinary course of Company Plan activities) has been brought, or, to the knowledge of Company, is threatened, against or with respect to any Company Plan. There are no audits, inquiries or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of Company, threatened by any governmental agency with respect to any Company Plan. All contributions, reserves or premium payments required to be made or accrued as of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating date hereof to the Plans plans have been timely made or accrued. Company does not have any plan or commitment to establish any new Company Plan, to modify any Company Plan (except to the extent required by law or to conform any such Company Plan to the requirements of any applicable law, in each case as previously disclosed to Parent in writing, or as required by this Agreement), or to enter into any new plan. Each Company Plan can be amended, terminated or otherwise discounted after the Closing in accordance with its terms, without liability to Parent or Company (other than ordinary administration expenses and (iv) the most recent summary plan description expenses for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretobenefits accrued but not yet paid).
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth disclosed in Section 4.11(c) Schedule 2.14 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (i) result in any Company Subsidiary sponsors payment (including severance, unemployment compensation, golden parachute, bonus or has sponsored otherwise) becoming due to any Plan that provides for any post-employment stockholder, director or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees employee of the Company or under any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, Plan or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiaryotherwise, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or materially increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Company SubsidiaryPlan, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to result in the acceleration of the time of payment or relating to the Company or vesting of any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxessuch benefits.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (SP Holding CORP), Merger Agreement (Bonds.com Group, Inc.), Merger Agreement (SP Holding CORP)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a3.11(a) of the Company Seller Disclosure Schedule lists Schedules sets forth a list, as of the date hereof, of all material employee benefit plans (as defined Company Plans broken out by jurisdiction. For purposes of this Section 3.11(a), each individual change in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (control agreement shall be deemed “ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with material.” With respect to which the each material Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectivelyPlan, the “Plans”). The Company Seller has made available to Parent copies, which are correct the Buyer a true and complete in all material respectscopy of each such Company Plan, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letterincluding any trust instruments and/or insurance Contracts, if any, relating to the Plans forming a part thereof, all amendments thereto, and (iv) all current summary plan descriptions, as applicable, and the most recent summary determination or opinion letter from the IRS, all government and regulatory approvals received from any foreign Governmental Authority, the two most recent annual reports on Form 5500 (including all exhibits and attachments thereto), the two most recent actuarial reports and the two most recent audited financial reports for any funded Company Plan. None of the Seller, the Companies or the Companies’ Subsidiaries have made any plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans commitment, to create any additional Company Plan or modify or change any existing Company Plan that would materially increase the compensation or benefits provided to employees) and all material modifications theretothereunder.
(b) Each Company Plan has been operated maintained in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code and all other applicable Laws. The TS Business has performed all material obligations required to be performed by it under any Company Plan and is not in any material respect in default under or in violation of any Company Plan. As of the date hereof, no Action (other than routine claims for benefits in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice) is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Seller, threatened with respect to any Company Plan or any trusts related thereto.
(c) With respect to each Company Plan, (i) no breaches of fiduciary duty under which the Companies or their Subsidiaries could reasonably be expected to incur a material liability have occurred, (ii) no non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code has occurred with respect to which the Companies or their Subsidiaries could reasonably be expected to incur any Liability, (iii) no lien imposed under the Code. , ERISA or any foreign Law exists, and (iv) all contributions, premiums and expenses to or in respect of such Company Plan have been timely paid in full or accrued in accordance with GAAP (other than with respect to amounts not yet due).
(d) (i) Each Company Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a determination or opinion letter from the IRS that it is so qualified and each related trust that is intended to be exempt from federal income taxation under Section 401(k501(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination or opinion letter from the IRSIRS that it is so exempt, (ii) the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not adversely affect such qualification or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, such exempt status and (iii) to the knowledge Knowledge of the CompanySeller, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter that has or letters from the IRS would reasonably be expected to adversely affect, in any material respect, affect the qualified status of any such Company Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the With respect to each Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Section 302 or Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither : (A) the minimum funding standard under Section 302 of ERISA and Sections 412 and 430 of the Code has been satisfied and no waiver of any minimum funding standard or any extension of any amortization period has been requested or granted, (B) all premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation have been timely paid in full, (C) no liability (other than for premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation) under Title IV of ERISA has been or is reasonably expected to be incurred by the Companies or their Subsidiaries, (D) as of the date hereof no notice of intent to terminate any such Company nor Plan has been filed and no amendment to treat any such Company Plan as terminated has been adopted, and there have been no proceedings instituted (by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or otherwise) to treat any such Company Plan as terminated and (E) the obligations of the Companies and their Subsidiaries under such Company Plan are fully funded or, to the extent no funding is required under applicable Law, adequate accruals under Unaudited Financial Statements.
(f) No liability under Title IV of ERISA has been incurred by the Companies, their Subsidiaries or any other employee benefit plan, program, agreement or arrangement, in any case, which is sponsored, maintained or contributed to or required to be contributed to by the Companies or their Subsidiaries, or any ERISA Affiliate contributes that has not been satisfied in full (other than with respect to amounts not yet due), and no condition exists that presents a risk to the Companies, their Subsidiaries or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal ERISA Affiliate of the Companies of incurring a liability under, any thereunder.
(g) No Company Plan is a “multiemployer plan (plan” within the meaning of Section 3(374001(a) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” none of the Company if it would Companies nor their Subsidiaries has any obligation to contribute to any such plan and, following the Closing, the Companies and their Subsidiaries will not have ever been considered a single employer any liability with respect to any such plan by virtue of their former relationship with the Company under 4001(b) of Seller and its ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISAAffiliates.
(gh) Except No Company Plan provides health, life insurance, or death benefits to current or former employees beyond such employee’s termination of employment or service, other than as would notrequired under Section 4980B of the Code.
(i) None of the Companies or any of their Subsidiaries currently has and none of the Companies, individually their Subsidiaries nor the Buyer or any of its Affiliates shall, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Reorganization, incur or retain any liability under, arising out of or with respect to any of the Seller Plans or any other Employee Benefit Plan other than the Company Plans except as specifically provided (w) with respect to vacation accrual pursuant to Section 4.1(e) of the Employee Matters Agreement, (x) with respect to the Seller Incentive Plans (as such term is defined in the Employee Matters Agreement) pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Employee Matters Agreement, (y) with respect to the Companies’ and their Subsidiaries’ assumption of certain Individual Agreements (as such term is defined in the Employee Matters Agreement) pursuant to Section 5.3(b)(i) of the Employee Matters Agreement, and (z) with respect to Buyer’s assumption of certain non-qualified deferred compensation liabilities pursuant to Section 5.4 of the Employee Matters Agreement.
(j) The NewCo Employees (other than NewCo Employees who are Corporate Services or Shared Services employees (as such terms are defined in the schedules to the Employee Matters Agreement)) have devoted at least 50% of their working time to the TS Business for the 6 months prior to the date hereof (or the period of time in which the individual has been employed by the Seller and its Affiliates if shorter) and Seller shall cause each such NewCo Employee (other than NewCo Employees who are Corporate Services or Shared Services employees (as such terms are defined in the schedules to the Employee Matters Agreement)) to continue to devote at least 50% of his or her working time to the TS Business from the date hereof through the Closing Date or, if earlier, such NewCo Employee’s termination of employment with Seller and its Affiliates. Other than the employees of Seller and its Affiliates who are Corporate Services or Shared Services employees (as such terms are defined in the schedules to the Employee Matters Agreement), all employees of Seller and its Affiliates who have devoted at least 50% of their working time to the TS Business for the 6 months prior to the date hereof (or the period of time in which the individual has been employed by the Seller and its Affiliates if shorter) and who are actively employed by Seller and its Affiliates as of the Closing Date will be NewCo Employees.
(k) The execution and delivery of this Agreement, and performance of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the implementation of the Reorganization), will not (either alone or upon the occurrence of any additional or subsequent events) (i) constitute an event under or in respect of any Seller Plan or Company Plan that will or may result in any payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise), becoming due, acceleration, forgiveness of indebtedness, vesting, distribution of or increase in benefits, obligation to fund benefits, or any liability being incurred to any Seller Plan or Company Plan (or their trustees or administrators), or to any Governmental Authority in relation to a Seller Plan or Company Plan, under any applicable Law or to any current or former director, officer, employee or consultant (or entitle any such person to treat himself as dismissed); (ii) result in the aggregatetriggering or imposition or any restrictions or limitations on the right of the Companies or their Subsidiaries to amend or terminate any Company Plan (or result in adverse consequences for so doing); or (iii) result in any payment that could be characterized as an “excess parachute payment” under Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code. Neither the Companies nor any of their Subsidiaries is a party to, reasonably or is otherwise obligated under, any plan, policy, agreement or arrangement that provides for the gross-up or reimbursement of Taxes imposed under Section 409A or 4999 of the Code (or any corresponding provisions of state or local Law relating to tax).
(l) With respect to each Company Plan in jurisdictions outside of the United States (i) that is required to be expected to have a Material Adverse Effectregistered, such plan has been so registered, (iii) that is intended to be funded and/or book-reserved, such plan is funded and/or book reserved, as appropriate, based upon reasonable actuarial assumptions, (iii) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against Action (other than immaterial claims for benefits in the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (iiordinary course of business consistent with past practice) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge Knowledge of the CompanySeller, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiarythreatened, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) such plan has been maintained in good standing with applicable regulatory authorities, (v) the Company obligations of the Companies and each of their Subsidiaries under such Company Subsidiary arePlan are fully funded or, to the extent no funding is required under applicable Law, adequate accruals under GAAP are reflected in the Unaudited Financial Statements, (vi) if intended to be qualified for favorable Tax treatment or exempt from Taxes, is, to the Seller’s Knowledge, so qualified or exempt, and at (vii) such plan has been maintained in all times have been material respects in compliance with, all accordance with its terms and applicable Laws relating to employment Laws.
(m) Section 3.11(m) of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesSeller Disclosure Schedule sets forth each Company Plan that is a defined benefit pension plan.
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Samples: Interest Purchase Agreement, Interest Purchase Agreement (Avnet Inc), Interest Purchase Agreement (Tech Data Corp)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) Copies of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (including without limitation all "employee benefit plans" as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) which cover or have covered employees, former employees or directors of the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates (as hereinafter defined) or any person treated by the Company or an ERISA Affiliate as an independent contractor for tax purposes ("Independent Contractor") and all other plans, policies, ---------------------- arrangements and agreements providing material compensation, severance or other benefits to any current or former employee, director or Independent Contractor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (the "Company Benefit Plans") are --------------------- listed on Schedule 6.10 attached hereto, and copies of all such Company Benefit Plans and all Benefit Plan Related Documents (as hereinafter defined) have previously been provided to Purchaser. To the extent applicable, the Company Benefit Plans comply with the requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“"ERISA”")) , the Code and all material bonusany other applicable ----- law. None of any Company Benefit Plan, stock optionor any officer, stock purchaseemployee, restricted stockformer employee or director of the Company, incentiveany Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company of its Subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliates has incurred any Company Subsidiary has any obligation liability or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified penalty under Section 401(a) 4975 of the Code or Section 401(k502(i) of the Code ERISA or has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, engaged in any material respect, the qualified status of transaction that is reasonably likely to result in any such Plan liability or the exempt status of any such trustpenalty.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(fb) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years ever (i) maintained any Company Benefit Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is which has been subject to Title IV of ERISA, (ii) been required to contribute to, or otherwise incurred any liability in connection with, any "multiemployer plan" as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) or Section 302 3(37) of ERISA ERISA, (iii) except to the extent reflected in the financial statements (and the notes thereto) attached to the Company's Annual Report filed on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998, provided heath care or any other non-pension benefits to any employees after their employment is terminated (other than as required by Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA), or (iv) maintained any Company Benefit Plan or other contract that individually or collectively provides for the payment by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any amount that is or could be an "excess parachute payment" pursuant to Section 280G of the Code or that is not or would not be deductible under Section 162(a)(1) of the Code or Section 412 or 4971 404 of the Code.
(c) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or any related transactions will result in the acceleration or creation of any rights of any person to benefits under any Company Benefit Plan (including, without limitation, the acceleration of the vesting or exercisability of any stock options, the acceleration of the vesting of any restricted stock, the acceleration of the accrual or vesting of any benefits under any pension plan or the acceleration or creation of any rights under any severance, parachute or change in control agreement).
(d) There is no action, order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree outstanding or claim (other than routine claims for benefits), suit, litigation, proceeding, arbitral action, governmental audit or investigation relating to or seeking benefits under any Company Benefit Plan that is pending, threatened or anticipated against the Company, any ERISA Affiliate or any Company Benefit Plan. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes has any announced plan or legally binding commitment to create any additional employee benefit plans or agreements of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate or to amend or modify any existing Company Benefit Plan.
(e) No event has ever contributed tooccurred in connection with which the Company, any ERISA Affiliate or any Company Benefit Plan, directly or indirectly, could be subject to any material liability (i) under any statute, regulation or governmental order relating to any Company Benefit Plan or (ii) pursuant to any obligation of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate to indemnify any person against liability incurred under any such statute, regulation or order as they relate to the Company Benefit Plans.
(f) For purposes of this Agreement, "ERISA Affiliate" means any business or entity that is a member of the same "controlled group of corporations" under "common control" or an "affiliated service group" with an entity within the meanings of Sections 414(b), (c) or (m) of the Code, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability underrequired to be aggregated with the entity under Section 414(o) of the Code, any multiemployer plan (or is under "common control" with the entity, within the meaning of Section 3(374001(a)(14) of ERISA), or any regulations promulgated or proposed under any of the foregoing Sections. For purposes of this Section 4.11(f)Agreement, an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, "Benefit Plan Related Documents" means (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge each ------------------------------ Company Benefit Plan (and, if applicable, related trust agreements) which covers or complaint pending against has covered current or former employees, directors or Independent Contractors of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate and all amendments thereto, all material written interpretations or descriptions thereof which have been distributed to employees of the Company Subsidiaryor its ERISA Affiliates and all annuity contracts or other funding instruments with respect to a Company Benefit Plan, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout the most recent determination or labor dispute pending or, opinion letter issued by the Internal Revenue Service as to the knowledge qualification under Section 401(a) of the CompanyCode, threatened against or affecting the analogous ruling, if any, required under foreign law for each applicable Company or any Company SubsidiaryBenefit Plan, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and three most recent plan years, Annual Reports on Form 5500 Series (ivor analogous periodic report, if any, required under foreign law) the required to be filed with any governmental agency for each applicable Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesBenefit Plan.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Quad-C Inc), Merger Agreement (Avery Dennison Corporation), Merger Agreement (Stimsonite Corp)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a4.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (lists, as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) date hereof, all employment and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other consulting contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a partyparty or bound, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation (other than (i) the Company or any Company Subsidiary’s standard form(s) of at-will offer letter or consulting agreement, which forms have been made available to Acquiror and/or its Representatives in the Virtual Data Room, and permit(s) termination of employment: (x) by the Company or a Company Subsidiary with no more than ten (10) day’s advance notice, and (y) without severance or other payment or penalty obligations of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or (ii) customary employee or officer (or similar) indemnification obligations under employment and consulting agreements that have terminated and as to which no indemnity claim is presently outstanding or unpaid). Section 4.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule also lists, as of the date hereof, all material Employee Benefit Plans that are maintained, contributed to, required to be contributed to, or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of and/or consultant, and under which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has or could reasonably be expected to incur any liability (contingent or otherwise) (collectively, whether or not material, the “Plans”). The .
(b) With respect to each material Plan, the Company has made available to Parent copiesAcquiror and/or its Representatives in the Virtual Data Room, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: if applicable (i) a true and complete copy of the Planscurrent plan document and all amendments thereto and each trust or other funding arrangement, (ii) copies of the annual report most recent summary plan description and any summaries of material modifications, (Form 5500iii) a copy of the 2019 filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for Form 5500 annual report and accompanying schedules (or, if not yet filed, the last yearmost recent draft thereof), (iiiiv) copies of the most recently received IRS determination letterdetermination, if anyopinion or advisory letter for each such Plan, relating to the Plans and (ivv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, non-routine correspondence from any Governmental Authority with respect to any Plan within the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
past three (c3) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither years. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors has any express commitment to modify, change or has sponsored terminate any Plan that provides for any post-employment Plan, other than with respect to a modification, change or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as termination required by Section 4980B of ERISA or the Code, or other applicable Law.
(dc) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms None of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on is or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” was within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
past six (f6) Neither years, nor does the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors have or has sponsored in the past six years reasonably expect to have any Plan (liability or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability obligation under, any (i) a multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA), (ii) a single employer pension plan (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA) subject to Section 412 of the Code and/or Title IV of ERISA, (iii) a multiple employer plan subject to Section 413(c) of the Code, or (iv) a multiple employer welfare arrangement under ERISA. For purposes of this Section 4.11(f)Agreement, an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer shall mean any entity that together with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company would be deemed a “single employer” for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C4001(b)(1) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse EffectERISA and/or Sections 414(b), (ic) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and/or (iim) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesCode.
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Samples: Business Combination Agreement (Jet Token Inc.), Business Combination Agreement (Oxbridge Acquisition Corp.), Business Combination Agreement (Tortoise Acquisition Corp. II)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material With respect to each employee benefit plans plan, program, arrangement and contract (including, without limitation, any "employee benefit plan", as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“"ERISA”")) and all material bonus), stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical maintained or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) contributed to which by the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a partywith respect to any current or former director, officer or employee of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation could incur liability under Section 4069, 4201 or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by 4212(c) of ERISA (the "Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectivelyBenefit Plans"), the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are a true and correct and complete in all material respects, copy of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the most recent annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“the "IRS”"), (ii) for the last yearsuch Company Benefit Plan, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, each trust agreement relating to the Plans and such Company Benefit Plan, (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans each Company Benefit Plan for which a summary plan description is required, (v) the most recent actuarial report or other descriptions valuation relating to a Company Benefit Plan subject to Title IV of such Plans provided ERISA, if any, and (vi) the most recent determination letter, if any, issued by the IRS with respect to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each any Company Benefit Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(kCode.
(b) of With respect to the Code Company Benefit Plans, no event has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, occurred and, to the knowledge of the Company, there exists no fact condition or event has occurred since the date set of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affectcircumstances, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by connection with which the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within could be subject to any liability under the meaning terms of Section 280G of such Company Benefit Plans, ERISA, the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor or any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except other applicable Law except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither . Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strikeactual or contingent material liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than the payment of premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation). None of the Company Benefit Plans is a "multiemployer plan" (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).
(c) The Company has made available to Parent (i) copies of all employment agreements and severance agreements with executive officers of the Company and (ii) copies of all plans, slowdownprograms, work stoppage, lockout or agreements and other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to arrangements of the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before with or relating to its or such Company Subsidiary's employees which contain change in control provisions. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (i) result in any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention payment (including, without limitation, severance, unemployment compensation, "golden parachute" or otherwise) becoming due to any director, officer or employee of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each or any Company Subsidiary areunder any Company Benefit Plan or otherwise, and at all times have been (ii) increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Company Benefit Plan or (iii) result in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating any acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any benefits (including under the Company Stock Option Plans).
(d) No Company Benefit Plan provides retiree medical or retiree life insurance benefits to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating any person (except to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesextent required by Law).
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Medical Manager Corp/New/), Merger Agreement (Careinsite Inc), Merger Agreement (Healtheon Webmd Corp)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(aSchedule 2.13(a) sets forth a complete and correct list of all material Company Benefit Plans. None of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary Benefit Plans is a partyStandalone Plan and, with respect to which except as set forth on Schedule 2.13(a), neither the Company or Seller nor any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant other member of the Company Group has any Liabilities under, or with respect to, any Company Subsidiary (collectivelyBenefit Plan. With respect to each material Company Benefit Plan, the “Plans”). The Company Seller has made available to Parent copiesBuyer a complete and correct copy or, which are correct and complete in all material respectsif not written, summary of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary applicable plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretodocument.
(b) Each Company Benefit Plan (including any related trust) has been established, operated and administered in all material respects in accordance substantial compliance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA ERISA, the Code, and the CodePatient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. Each No Company Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and no member of the Company Group has maintained, sponsored or contributed to any Company Benefit Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(k401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge Code. As of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from this Agreement, there is no pending or, to Seller’s Knowledge, threatened material Action relating to any Company Benefit Plan with respect to the IRS Business Employees, except for routine claims for benefits, which could reasonably be expected to adversely affect, result in any material respect, liability to the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trustCompany.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) No member of the Company Disclosure ScheduleGroup or any of their ERISA Affiliates has ever (i) maintained, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors sponsored, contributed to or has sponsored any Plan obligation to contribute to (whether contingent or otherwise) any plan that provides for is subject to Title IV of ERISA, or (ii) has any post-employment liability (contingent or post-retirement health otherwise) with respect to, any plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA. There are no circumstances under which Buyer or medical any of its Affiliates could reasonably expect to be assessed any Liability under Title IV of ERISA or life insurance benefits for retired, former Section 412 or current employees 430 of the Code by reason of being treated as a single Person with Seller and its Affiliates prior to the Closing. No Company Benefit Plan is subject to the minimum funding standards of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, or is a “multi-employer plan” (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA). The Company has not withdrawn from any pension plan under circumstances resulting (or expected to result) in a liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. No Company Subsidiary, Benefit Plan provides welfare benefits after termination of employment except as to the extent required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) on Schedule 2.13(d), the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the Company Disclosure Scheduletransactions contemplated hereby will not, no Planwhether alone or in combination with any other event, either individually (i) entitle any Business Employee to severance pay or collectivelyany other payment, provides for (ii) result in any payment by becoming due, accelerate the Company time of payment or vesting of benefits, or increase the amount of compensation due to any Business Employee, (iii) result in any forgiveness of indebtedness, trigger any funding obligation in respect of any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a Benefit Plan or otherwise or (iv) result in any “parachute payment” to any “disqualified individual” (in each case within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate1.280G-1) that is subject could reasonably be construed, individually or in combination with any other such payment, to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan constitute an “excess parachute payment” (within the meaning of Section 3(37280G(b)(1) of ERISAthe Code). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity No Person is an “ERISA Affiliate” entitled to receive any additional payment (including any tax gross-up or other payment) from any member of the Company if it would have ever been considered Group as a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part result of the same controlled group as imposition of the Company for purposes excise Taxes under Section 4999 of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company Code or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge Taxes required by Section 409A of the Company, threatened against Code or affecting due to loss of any Tax deduction under Section 280G of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesCode.
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (Waitr Holdings Inc.), Asset Purchase Agreement (Waitr Holdings Inc.), Asset Purchase Agreement (Waitr Holdings Inc.)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) The Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of all plans and other arrangements which provide compensation or benefits to officers, directors or consultants or employee benefits to employees of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists or its Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, all material "employee benefit plans (plans" as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“"ERISA”")) , and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance and other similar fringe or other employee benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance employment or other contracts or executive compensation agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “"Company Plans”"). The All Company Plans comply with and are and have been operated in material compliance with each applicable provision of ERISA, the Code, other federal statutes, state law (including, without limitation, state insurance law) and the regulations and rules promulgated pursuant thereto or in connection therewith, except for any such failure to comply which would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. No Company Plan is covered by Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code. Neither the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, nor any affiliate of the Company as determined under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code ("ERISA Affiliate") has failed to make any contributions or to pay any amounts due and owing as required by the terms of any Company Plan, which failure would have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. No amounts payable under the Company Plans will fail to be deductible for federal income tax purposes by virtue of Section 280G of the Code. True and complete copies of each written Company Plan have been made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Coderepresentatives. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on neither the books and records Company, any of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company its Subsidiaries nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors has promised any former employee or has sponsored in other individual not employed by the past six years Company, any Plan (of its Subsidiaries or United States based pension plan in the case of an any ERISA Affiliate) that is subject , medical or other benefit coverage, and neither the Company, any of its Subsidiaries nor any ERISA Affiliate maintains or contributes to Title IV any plan or Section 302 arrangement providing medical benefits, life insurance or other welfare benefits to former employees, their spouses or dependents or any other individual not employed by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of Affiliate except to the Codeextent required by applicable law. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes Subsidiary is a party or subject to any agreement, contract or has ever contributed toother obligation which would require the making of any payment, or otherwise incurred other than payments as contemplated by this Agreement, to any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” employee of the Company if it would have ever been considered or to any other Person as a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part result of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge consummation of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxestransactions contemplated herein.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Iwerks Entertainment Inc), Merger Agreement (Showscan Entertainment Inc), Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Showscan Entertainment Inc)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) No Company Benefit Plan is an employee benefit plan subject to Section 4.11(a) 302 or Title IV of ERISA or Section 412, 430 or 4971 of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) Code. None of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary of its ERISA Affiliates has incurred or is a partyreasonably expected to incur any Controlled Group Liability that has not been satisfied in full.
(b) Neither the Company, its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has, at any time during the preceding six years, contributed to, been obligated to contribute to or had any liability (including any contingent liability) with respect to which any Multiemployer Plan or a plan that has two or more contributing sponsors, at least two of whom are not under common control, within the Company meaning of Section 4063 of ERISA.
(c) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (alone or in combination with any Company Subsidiary has other event) result in any obligation or which are maintained, contributed “excess parachute payment” (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code) becoming due to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoits Subsidiaries.
(bd) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c3.9(d) of the Company Disclosure ScheduleLetter sets forth a true and complete list as of July 16, neither 2015 of (i) the names of the holders of outstanding Pinnacle equity-based awards (other than vested Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors Options) as to which all services creating the right to such awards (whether paid in cash or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees property) have been performed as of a particular taxable year of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has but which have not been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books settled and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts would not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” be settled within the meaning two-and-one-half month period following the end of Section 280G of such taxable year in which the Code after giving effect last services required to earn the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, award were performed; and (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within each such Person, the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the number of shares of Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesCommon Stock underlying such awards.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (PNK Entertainment, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Pinnacle Entertainment Inc.), Merger Agreement (Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc.)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(aSchedule 2.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule Schedules lists all material Plans. “Plan” means any “employee benefit plans (plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) , any plan, fund (including any superannuation fund, or other similar program or arrangement established or maintained outside of the United States primarily for the benefit of employees residing outside of the United States), and all any other material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentiveemployee compensation, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insuranceincentive, supplemental severance, change in control, retirement, severance death, disability, medical, or employee benefit plan, program, policy or other benefit plansarrangement covering any active or former employee, programs director or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a partySubsidiary, in each case, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintainedliability, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: other than (i) the Plansstandard employment or consulting agreements that can be terminated at any time without severance or termination pay and upon notice of not more than 60 calendar days or such longer period as may be required by Legal Requirements, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last yearany plan, program, policy or other arrangement that is sponsored or maintained by a Governmental Entity or (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letterany plan, if anyprogram, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (policy or other descriptions of such arrangement that covers only former directors, officers, employees, independent contractors and service providers and with respect to which the Company and the Subsidiaries have no remaining liabilities. All Plans provided to employees) have been maintained and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Plan has been operated administered in all material respects in accordance compliance with its their respective terms and with the requirements of Legal Requirements which are applicable to such Plans, and all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended contributions required to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, made with respect to the knowledge Plans as of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts have been made or, if not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth , are reflected in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the CodeFinancial Statements. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected material to have the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a Material Adverse Effectwhole, (ix) no suit, action or other litigation (excluding claims for benefits incurred in the ordinary course) has been brought, or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened, against or with respect to any Plan and (y) there is are no unfair labor practice charge audits, inquiries or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or by any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or Governmental Entity with respect to its employees within the last three (3any Plan. Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.12(a) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to of the Company Schedules, each Plan can be amended, terminated or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible otherwise discontinued after the Closing in accordance with its terms, without material liability to BRPA (other than ordinary administration expenses and amounts payable for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesbenefits accrued but not yet paid).
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (BRAC Lending Group LLC), Merger Agreement (Big Rock Partners Sponsor, LLC), Merger Agreement (Big Rock Partners Acquisition Corp.)
Employee Benefit Plans. (ai) Section 4.11(a3.01(j) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material contains a true and complete list of each "employee benefit plans plan" (as defined in within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“"ERISA”") (including, without limitation, multiemployer plans within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA or any of its foreign equivalents)) and all material bonus), stock purchase, stock option, stock purchaseseverance, restricted stockemployment, change-in-control, fringe benefit, collective bargaining, bonus, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or compensation and all other employee benefit plans, programs agreements, programs, policies or arrangements, and all material other arrangements relating to employment, terminationbenefits or entitlements, severance whether or not subject to ERISA (including any funding mechanism therefor now in effect or required in the future as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored activities taken by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans Subsidiaries on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding Agreement), sponsored by the Company, any amounts of its Subsidiaries or any other entity such as a co-employer, whether formal or informal, oral or written, legally binding or not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) under which any employee or former employee of the Company Disclosure Scheduleor any of its Subsidiaries has any present or future right to benefits based on such employee's employment with the Company or one of its Subsidiaries and under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any present or future liability. All such plans, no agreements, programs, policies and arrangements are herein collectively referred to as the "Company Plans."
(ii) With respect to each Company Plan, either individually the Company has delivered to Parent a current, accurate and complete copy (or, to the extent no such copy exists, an accurate description) thereof and, to the extent applicable, (A) any related trust agreement, annuity contact or collectively, provides for other funding instrument; (B) the most recent determination letter issued by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service ("IRS"); (C) any payment summary plan description and other material written communications (or a description of any material oral communications) by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to its employees concerning the extent of the benefits provided under a Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” Plan; and (D) for the three most recent years (I) the Form 5500 and attached schedules; (II) audited financial statements; (III) actuarial valuation reports; and (IV) attorney's response to an auditor's request for information.
(A) Each Company Plan has been established and administered in accordance with its terms, and in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other applicable laws, rules and regulations (including the applicable laws, rules and regulations of foreign jurisdictions), in each case, in all material respects; (B) each Company Plan which is intended to be qualified within the meaning of Code Section 280G 401(a) is so qualified and has received a favorable determination letter as to its qualification and, to the Company's knowledge, nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification; (C) with respect to any Company Plan, no actions, suits or claims (other than routine claims for benefits in the ordinary course) are pending or, to the best knowledge of the Code after giving effect Company, threatened; (D) to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither Company's knowledge, no facts or circumstances exist which could give rise to any such actions, suits or claims and the Company nor shall promptly notify Parent in writing of any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending claims or, to the knowledge of the Company, any threatened against claims arising between the date hereof and the Effective Time of the Merger; (E) neither the Company nor, to the Company's knowledge, any other party has engaged in a prohibited transaction, as such term is defined under Code Section 4975 or affecting ERISA Section 406, which would subject the Company or Parent or its respective Subsidiaries to any material Taxes, penalties or other liabilities under the Code or ERISA; (F) no event has occurred and no condition exists that could reasonably be expected to subject the Company, either directly or by reason of its relationship to any member of its "Controlled Group" (defined as any organization which is deemed to be a single employer with the Company within the meaning of Code Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) or ERISA Section 4001), to any material Tax, fine or penalty imposed by ERISA, the Code or other applicable laws, rules and regulations (including the applicable laws, rules and regulations of any foreign jurisdiction); (G) all contributions and payments accrued under each Company Plan, determined in accordance with prior funding and accrual practices, as of the Effective Time of the Merger have been or shall be timely paid or made prior thereto and adequate reserves have been provided for in the Company's SEC Financial Statements for any premiums (or portions thereof) and for all benefits attributable to service on or prior to the Effective Time of the Merger; (H) for each Company Plan with respect to which a Form 5500 has been filed, no material change has occurred with respect to the matters covered by the most recent Form 5500 since the date thereof; and (I) no Company Plan provides for an increase in the rate of contribution, benefit accrual or vesting of benefits on or after the date of this Agreement.
(iv) Except as disclosed in Section 3.01(j)(iv) of the Company Disclosure Schedule: (A) no Company Plan nor any "pension plan" (as defined in ERISA Section 3 (2)) maintained or contributed to by any member of the Company's Controlled Group has incurred any "accumulated funding deficiency" as such term is defined in ERISA Section 302 and Code Section 412 (whether or not waived); (B) no event or condition exists which could be deemed a reportable event within the meaning of ERISA Section 4043 which could result in a liability to the Company or any member of its Controlled Group and no condition exists which could subject the Company Subsidiaryor any member of its Controlled Group to a fine under ERISA Section 4071; (C) as of the Effective Time of the Merger, the Company and all members of its Controlled Group have made all required premium payments when due to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the "PBGC"); (D) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary member of its Controlled Group is subject to any liability to the PBGC for any plan termination occurring on or prior to the Effective Time of the Merger; (E) no amendment has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout occurred which has required or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to could require the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention member of unlawful employment practices its Controlled Group to provide security pursuant to Code Section 401(a)(29); and (ivF) neither the Company nor any member of its Controlled Group has engaged in a transaction which could subject it to liability under ERISA Section 4069.
(v) As of the Effective Time of the Merger, the assets of each Company Plan are at least equal in value to the present value of all accrued benefits (vested and unvested) of the participants in such Company Plan on a termination basis using the assumptions established by the PBGC as in effect on the most recent valuation date.
(vi) (A) the Company and each member of its Controlled Group has or shall have, as of the Effective Time of the Merger, made all contributions to each multiemployer plan (within the meaning of 54001(a)(3) of ERISA) to which the Company Subsidiary areor any member of its Controlled Group has any liability or contribution (or has at any time contributed or had an obligation to contribute) required by the terms of such multiemployer plan or any collective bargaining agreement; (B) neither the Company nor any member of its Controlled Group has incurred any material withdrawal liability under Title IV of ERISA or would be subject to such liability if, as of the Effective Time of the Merger, the Company or any member of its Controlled Group were to engage in complete withdrawal (as defined in ERISA Section 4203) or partial withdrawal (as defined in ERISA Section 4205) from any such multiemployer plan; (C) no such multiemployer plan is in reorganization or insolvent (as those terms are defined in ERISA Sections 4241 and 4245, respectively); and (D) neither the Company nor any member of its Controlled Group has engaged in a transaction which could subject it to liability under ERISA Section 4212(c).
(vii) (A) Each Company Plan which is intended to meet the requirements for Tax-favored treatment under Subchapter B of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Code meets such requirements; and (B) the Company has received a favorable determination from the Internal Revenue Service with respect to any trust intended to be qualified within the meaning of Code Section 501(c)(9).
(viii) Each plan, program, arrangement or agreement which constitutes in any part a nonqualified deferred compensation plan within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code is identified as such in Section 3.01(j)(viii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule. Since April 30, 2004, each plan, program, arrangement or agreement there identified has been operated and maintained in accordance with a good faith, reasonable interpretation of Section 409A of the Code and its purpose, as determined under applicable guidance of the Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service, with respect to amounts deferred (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) after April 30, 2004.
(ix) Except as set forth in Section 3.01(j)(ix) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Company Plan exists which could result in the payment to any Company employee of any money or other property or rights or accelerate or provide any other rights or benefits to any Company employee as a result of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement, whether or not such payment would constitute a parachute payment within the meaning of Code section 280G.
(x) The Company has not undertaken to maintain any Company Plan for any period of time and each Company Plan is terminable at all times have been in compliance withthe sole discretion of the sponsor thereof, all subject only to such constraints as may imposed by applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxeslaw.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Access Pharmaceuticals Inc), Merger Agreement (Access Pharmaceuticals Inc), Merger Agreement (Somanta Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) The Company has listed in Section 4.11(a) 3.14 of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“"ERISA”")) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or and other similar employee benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employmentunexpired severance agreements, terminationwritten or otherwise, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of of, or relating to, any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is or was ever a member of a controlled group of corporations or which is or was ever under common control with the Company (an "ERISA Affiliate") within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code, or any Subsidiary of the Company (collectivelytogether, the “"Company Employee Plans”"). The .
(b) With respect to each Company Employee Plan, the Company has furnished or made available to Parent copiesParent, which are a true and correct and complete in all material respects, copy of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the most recent annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service IRS, (“IRS”ii) for the last yearsuch Company Employee Plan, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination lettereach trust agreement and group annuity contract, if any, relating to the Plans such Company Employee Plan and (iv) all reports regarding the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions satisfaction of such Plans provided to employeesthe nondiscrimination requirements of Sections 410(b), 401(k) and all material modifications thereto401(m) of the Code.
(bc) Each Plan With respect to the Company Employee Plans, no event has occurred, and to the knowledge of the Company, there exists no condition or set of circumstances in connection with which the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate, could be subject to any liability that is reasonably likely, individually or in the aggregate to have a Company Material Adverse Effect under ERISA, the Code or any other applicable law.
(d) With respect to the Company Employee Plans, there are no funded benefit obligations for which contributions have not been operated in all material respects made or properly accrued and there are no unfunded benefit obligations which have not been accounted for by reserves, or otherwise properly footnoted in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, on the financial statements of the Company, which obligations are reasonably likely, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Neither the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has (i) ever maintained a Company Employee Benefit Plan which was ever subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or (ii) ever been obligated to contribute to a multiemployer plan (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).
(f) Except as disclosed in Company SEC Reports filed prior to the date of this Agreement, and except as provided for in this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any oral or written (i) agreement with any officer or other key employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the benefits of which are contingent, or the terms of which are materially altered, upon the occurrence of a transaction involving the Company of the nature contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) agreement with any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries providing any term of employment or compensation guarantee extending for a period longer than one year from the date hereof and for the requirements payment of all applicable Lawscompensation in excess of $100,000 per annum, or (iii) agreement or plan, including ERISA and any stock option plan, stock appreciation right plan, restricted stock plan or stock purchase plan, any of the Code. benefits of which will be increased, or the vesting of the benefits of which will be accelerated, by the occurrence of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the value of any of the benefits of which will be calculated on the basis of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(g) Each Company Employee Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of has either obtained from the Code has received IRS a favorable determination letter from as to its qualified status under the IRSCode, including all amendments to the Code effected by the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and subsequent legislation, or is entitled has applied (or has time remaining in which to rely on apply) to the IRS for such a determination letter prior to the expiration of the requisite period under applicable Treasury Regulations or IRS pronouncements in which to apply for such determination letter and to make any amendments necessary to obtain a favorable determination or has been established under a standardized prototype plan for which an IRS opinion issued letter has been obtained by the IRS, and, plan sponsor and is valid as to the knowledge adopting employer. The Company has furnished to Parent a copy of the Company, no fact most recent IRS determination or event opinion with respect to each such Company Employee Plan and nothing has occurred since the date inception of each such determination letter or letters from Company Employee Plan which could reasonably be expected to cause the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, loss of the tax-qualified status of any such Company Employee Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(csubject to Section 401(a) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(dh) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records None of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Employee Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on promises or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout retiree medical or other labor dispute retiree welfare benefits to any person, except as required by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxeslaw.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc), Merger Agreement (Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc), Merger Agreement (Leukosite Inc)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all contains a true and complete list of each material “employee benefit plans plan” (as defined in within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), but excluding any plan that is a “multiemployer plan,” as defined in Section 3(37) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangementsof ERISA (“Multiemployer Plan”)), and all each other material employmentemployee plan, terminationprogram, policy, agreement or arrangement, including without limitation vacation or sick pay policy, fringe benefit plan, and compensation or severance agreement contributed to, sponsored or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored maintained by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries as of the date hereof for the benefit of any current current, former or former employee, officer, director retired employee or consultant officer of the Company or any Company Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries (such plans, programs, policies, agreements and arrangements, collectively, the “Company Plans”). The .
(b) With respect to each Company Plan, the Company has made available to Parent copiesa current, which are correct accurate and complete in all material respectscopy thereof (or, of if a plan is not written, a written description thereof) and, to the following: extent applicable, (i) the Plansany related trust or custodial agreement, insurance contract or other funding instrument, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS recent determination letter, if any, relating to received from the Plans Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”), (iii) any summary plan description and (iv) for the most recent summary plan description for such Plans year (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employeesA) the Form 5500 and all material modifications theretoattached schedules, (B) audited financial statements and (C) actuarial valuation reports, if any.
(bc) Each Except for the nonqualified deferred compensation plans described on Section 3.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, each Company Plan has been operated established, funded and administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and with the requirements applicable provisions of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respectERISA, the qualified status Internal Revenue Code of any such Plan or 1986, as amended (the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule“Code”), neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retiredand other applicable laws, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Coderules and regulations.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors maintains, sponsors, contributes to, has any obligation to contribute to, or has sponsored in any liability or potential liability under or with respect to (i) any Multiemployer Plan as to which the past six years Company or any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to its Subsidiaries incurred any withdrawal liability under Title IV of ERISA, or (ii) any “defined benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(35) of the Code or Section 302 of Title IV of ERISA. For purposes of this Agreement, “ERISA Affiliate” means each entity that is treated as a single employer with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for purposes of Section 412 or 4971 414 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes of its Subsidiaries has any liability with respect to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of as defined in Section 3(373(3) of ERISA). For purposes ) solely by reason of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered being treated as a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part Section 414 of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would notCode with any trade, individually business or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or entity other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) than the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesits Subsidiaries.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Gordmans Stores, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Gordmans Stores, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Gordmans Stores, Inc.)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(aSchedule 3.13(a) contains a true, correct and complete list of the each Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with Plan. With respect to which the each Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectivelyEmployee Plan, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copiestrue, which are correct and complete in all material respects, copies of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans Company Employee Plan and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans any amendments thereto (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) if the Company Employee Plan is not a written plan, a written description thereof). Each Company Employee Plan has been operated established and maintained in all material respects in accordance compliance with its terms and with the requirements prescribed by any and all statutes, orders, rules and regulations (including but not limited to ERISA, the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of all applicable Laws2002, including ERISA as amended, and the Code. Each Plan that is intended ) which are applicable to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company SubsidiaryEmployee Plan, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts for such exceptions that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of Effect on the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither .
(b) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary ERISA Affiliate has experienced incurred any strikeliability under Title IV of ERISA that has not been satisfied in full, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are and no charges with respect to or relating condition exists that presents a material risk to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before ERISA Affiliate of incurring any Governmental Authority responsible such liability other than liability for premiums due the prevention PBGC (which premiums have been paid when due).
(c) Each Company Employee Plan (which is not a multiemployer pension plan) which is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of unlawful employment practices the Code is so qualified, each trust forming a part thereof is exempt from federal income tax pursuant to Section 501(a) of the Code and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no circumstances exist which will adversely affect such qualification or exemption.
(d) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents will not, either alone or in combination with any other event, (ivi) entitle any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company, any Company Subsidiary, or to the Knowledge of the Company and any Company JV, or any Company ERISA Affiliate to severance pay, unemployment compensation or any other similar termination payment, or (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount of, or otherwise enhance, any benefit due to any such employee, officer, director or consultant. No amounts payable under Company Employee Plans will fail to be deductible for federal income tax purposes under Section 280G of the Code by reason of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(e) No Company Employee Plan is a “multiemployer pension plan,” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA, nor is any Company Employee Plan a plan described in Section 4063(a) of ERISA. As of the date of this Agreement, the Company has no unpaid withdrawal liability with respect to any “multiemployer pension plan” to which the Company or any Company ERISA Affiliate has contributed or been obligated to contribute. In the event the Company or any Company ERISA Affiliate withdrew in a “complete withdrawal” from all “multiemployer pension plans” to which the Company or any Company ERISA Affiliate has contributed, or been obligated to contribute, as of the Effective Time, the aggregate withdrawal liability incurred by the Company or such Company ERISA Affiliate would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(f) No Company Employee Plan provides benefits, including, without limitation, death or medical benefits (whether or not insured), with respect to any current or former employees of the Company, any Company Subsidiary, or to the Knowledge of the Company any Company JV, for periods extending beyond their retirement or other termination of service (other than (i) coverage mandated by applicable law, (ii) death benefits or retirement benefits under any “employee pension plan,” as that term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, or (iii) benefits the full cost of which is borne by the current or former employee (or his or her beneficiary)).
(g) There are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened or anticipated claims by or on behalf of any Company Employee Plan (which is not a multiemployer pension plan), by any employee or beneficiary under any such plan or otherwise involving any such plan (other than routine claims for benefits or claims that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company). No Company Employee Plan is under audit or investigation by, nor has the Company been contacted with respect to any Company Employee Plan by, the IRS, the PBGC or the Department of Labor. No such audit, investigation or contact is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened as of the date of this Agreement.
(h) As of December 31, 2004, with respect to each Company Subsidiary areEmployee Plan (which is not a multiemployer pension plan) that is a defined benefit plan, the projected benefit obligations under all such plans, whether or not qualified, utilizing actuarial methods and at assumptions set forth in the Loews Financial Statements, did not exceed the fair market value of the assets of such plans as of such date by more than $20,000,000. As of the date hereof and as of the Effective Time, the aggregate increase in any such underfunding since December 31, 2004 (taking into account only such plans for which there is any increase) would not, if all times such plans were then terminated, have been a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(i) There is no Contract, plan or arrangement with any current or former employee, officer or director of the Company to which the Company, any Company Subsidiary, or to the Knowledge of the Company any Company JV, is a party as of the date of this Agreement that, individually or in compliance withthe aggregate and as a result of the Merger (whether alone or upon the occurrence of additional or subsequent events) or otherwise, all applicable Laws relating is reasonably likely to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating give rise to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesany amount that would not be deductible pursuant to Section 162(m) of the Code or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign income Tax law.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Marquee Holdings Inc.), Merger Agreement (LCE Mexican Holdings, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Amc Entertainment Inc)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) Schedule 3.20 contains a true and complete list of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material each "employee benefit plans plan" (as defined in within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“"ERISA”")) and all material bonus), stock purchase, stock option, stock purchaseseverance, restricted stockemployment, change-in-control, fringe benefit, bonus, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or compensation and all other employee benefit plans, programs agreements, programs, policies or other arrangements, whether or not subject to ERISA, under which any employee or former employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries has any present or future right to benefits and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to under which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary its Subsidiaries has any obligation or which are maintainedpresent of future liability. All such plans, contributed agreements, programs, policies and arrangements shall be collectively referred to or sponsored by as the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto"COMPANY PLAN".
(b) Each Company Plan has been operated in all material respects established and administered in accordance with its terms terms, in all material respects, and in material compliance with the requirements applicable provisions of all ERISA, the Code and other applicable Lawslaws, including ERISA rules and regulations and neither the Code. Each Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any material tax, fine, lien, penalty or other liability imposed by ERISA, the Code or other applicable law, rule and regulations; and each Company Plan that which is intended to be qualified under Section within the meaning of Code section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from or if such plan is a prototype plan, the IRSprototype plan has received a favorable determination letter, in all material respects, to its qualifications, or is entitled to rely on in a favorable opinion issued by form in which the IRS, and, to Internal Revenue Service consider the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date terms of such determination letter Company Plan to be qualified without the need to receive such a letter, and subsequent to that term nothing has occurred, whether by action or letters from failure to act, that could reasonably be expected to cause the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status loss of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trustqualification.
(c) Except No Company Plan is (i) subject to Title IV or ERISA or (ii) a "multiemployer plan" (as set forth such term is defined in Section 4.11(csection 3(37) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, ERISA) and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any withdrawal liability or termination liability with respect to any such plan that remains unsatisfied. The Company Subsidiary sponsors has not engaged in, and is not a successor or parent corporation to any entity that has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment engaged in, a transaction described in Section 4069 or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code4212(c).
(d) Full payment has been madeExcept as disclosed on Schedule 3.20(d), or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and with respect to any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure SchedulePlan, no Planactions, either individually suits or collectively, provides claims (other than routine claims for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored benefits in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliateordinary course) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute are pending or, to the knowledge of the CompanyCompany or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting reasonably expected to arise.
(e) Except as disclosed on Schedule 3.20(e), no Company Plan exists that could result in the payment to any present or former employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries of any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout money or other labor dispute by property or with respect accelerate or provide any other rights or benefits to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to any present or relating to former employee of the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for its Subsidiaries as a direct result of the prevention transaction contemplated by this Agreement, whether or not such payment would constitute a parachute payment within the meaning of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxes.Code section 280G.
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Samples: Recapitalization Agreement (Birch Telecom Inc /Mo), Series G Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Birch Telecom Inc /Mo), Recapitalization Agreement (Birch Telecom Inc /Mo)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a4.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule Letter lists (i) all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) , whether legally enforceable or not, to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officerofficer or director of, director or any current or former consultant of to, the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) each employee benefit plan for which the Company or any Subsidiary could incur liability under Section 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be terminated, and (iii) any plan in respect of which the Company or any Subsidiary could incur liability under Section 4212(c) of ERISA (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct a true and complete copy of each Plan and has delivered to Parent a true and complete copy of each material document, if any, prepared in all material respectsconnection with each such Plan, of the following: including, without limitation, (i) the Plansa copy of each trust or other funding arrangement, (ii) each summary plan description and summary of material modifications, (iii) the annual report (Form 5500) most recently filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last yearForm 5500, (iiiiv) the most recently received IRS determination letterletter for each such Plan, if any, relating to the Plans and (ivv) the most recent summary plan description for recently prepared actuarial report and financial statement in connection with each such Plans Plan. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any commitment (i) to create, incur liability with respect to or other descriptions cause to exist any new Plan, or (ii) to modify or terminate any Plan except as required by ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto1986, as amended (the “Code”).
(b) None of the Plans is subject to Title IV of ERISA. None of the Plans (i) provides for the payment of separation, severance, termination or similar-type benefits to any person, (ii) obligates the Company or any Subsidiary to pay separation, severance, termination or similar-type benefits solely or partially as a result of any transaction contemplated by this Agreement, or (iii) obligates the Company or any Subsidiary to make any payment or provide any benefit as a result of a “change in ownership or control”, within the meaning of such term under Section 280G of the Code. Each Plan that is a nonqualified deferred compensation plan under Section 409A of the Code has been operated since January 1, 2005 in good faith compliance with Section 409A of the Code and IRS guidance issued with respect thereto. None of the Plans provides for or promises retiree medical, disability or life insurance benefits to any current or former employee, officer or director of the Company or any Subsidiary.
(c) Each Plan is now and always has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable LawsLaws including, including without limitation, ERISA and the Code. The Company and the Subsidiaries have performed in all material respects the obligations required to be performed by them under, are not in any material respect in default under or in violation of, and have no knowledge of any default or violation by any party to, any Plan. No material Action is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened with respect to any Plan (other than claims for benefits in the ordinary course) and no fact or event exists that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any such Action.
(d) Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination or opinion letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by IRS covering all of the IRS, and, provisions applicable to the knowledge Plan for which such 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 CompanyCode has received a determination or opinion 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, in any material respect, affect the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(ce) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors has incurred any liability under, arising out of or has sponsored by operation of Title IV of ERISA and no fact or event exists which could give rise to any such liability.
(f) All contributions, premiums or payments required to be made with respect to any Plan that provides have been made on or before their due dates. All such contributions have been fully deducted for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees income tax purposes and to the knowledge of the Company no such deduction has been challenged or disallowed by any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the CodeGovernmental Authority and no fact or event exists which could give rise to any such challenge or disallowance.
(dg) Full payment has In addition to the foregoing, with respect to each Plan that is not subject to United States Law (a “Non-U.S. Benefit Plan”):
(i) all employer and employee contributions to each Non-U.S. Benefit Plan required by Law or by the terms of such Non-U.S. Benefit Plan have been made, or, if applicable, accrued in accordance with normal accounting practices, and a pro rata contribution for the period prior to and including the date of this Agreement has been made or otherwise properly accrued on accrued;
(ii) the books and records fair market value of the Company and assets of each funded Non-U.S. Benefit Plan, the liability of each insurer for any Company SubsidiaryNon-U.S. Benefit Plan funded through insurance or the book reserve established for any Non-U.S. Benefit Plan, of all amounts that together with any accrued contributions, is sufficient to procure or provide for the Company and benefits determined on any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on ongoing basis (actual or prior contingent) accrued to the date of this Agreement with respect to all current and former participants under such Non-U.S. Benefit Plan according to the actuarial assumptions and valuations most recently used to determine employer contributions to such Non-U.S. Benefit Plan, and no Transaction shall cause such assets or insurance obligations to be less than such benefit obligations; and
(excluding any amounts not yet due)iii) each Non-U.S. Benefit Plan required to be registered has been registered and has been maintained in good standing with applicable regulatory authorities. Each Non-U.S. Benefit Plan has been operated in full compliance with all applicable non-United States Laws.
(eh) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) The Compensation Committee of the Company Disclosure ScheduleBoard has approved the terms of the Employment Agreement and each Plan pursuant to which consideration is payable to any officer, no Plandirector or employee as an “employment compensation, either individually severance or collectivelyother employee benefit arrangement”, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G Rule 14d-10(d)(2) under the Exchange Act, and taken all other actions reasonably necessary or advisable to satisfy the requirements of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or non-exclusive safe harbor with respect to its employees within such Compensation Arrangement in accordance with Rule 14d-10(d)(2) under the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary areExchange Act, and at all times have been the Board has determined that the Compensation Committee is composed solely of “independent directors” in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment accordance with the requirements of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees Rule 14d-10(d)(2) under the Exchange Act and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesinstructions thereto.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Stmicroelectronics Nv), Merger Agreement (Genesis Microchip Inc /De), Merger Agreement (Genesis Microchip Inc /De)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a3.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material compensation or employee benefit plans plans, programs, policies, agreements or other arrangements, whether or not “employee benefit plans” (as defined in within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock optionwhether or not subject to ERISA), stock purchaseproviding cash- or equity-based incentives, restricted stockhealth, incentivemedical, deferred compensationdental, retiree medical disability, accident or life insuranceinsurance benefits or vacation, supplemental severance, retention, change in control, retirement, severance pension or other benefit planssavings benefits, programs that are sponsored, maintained or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director employees or consultant directors of the Company or any Company Subsidiary its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company Benefit Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Except as set forth in Section 3.12(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, each Company Benefit Plan has been maintained, operated and administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Company Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under “qualified” within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) is the subject of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRSInternal Revenue Service as to its qualification or, or if no such determination has been made, an application for such determination is entitled pending with the Internal Revenue Service and, to rely on a favorable opinion issued the Company’s knowledge, no event has occurred that would reasonably be expected to result in the disqualification of such Company Benefit Plan.
(c) Other than routine claims for benefits, no liability under Title IV of ERISA has been incurred by the IRSCompany or any its Subsidiaries that has not been satisfied in full when due, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact condition exists that could reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to the Company or event has occurred since the date its Subsidiaries under Title IV of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trustERISA.
(cd) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c3.12(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the consummation of the Transactions will not (i) entitle any current or former employee, consultant, officer or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to severance, retention or change in control pay, unemployment compensation or any other payment or (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount, of compensation due any such current or former employee, consultant, officer or director.
(e) There are no material pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened claims against, by or on behalf of, or any Liens filed against or with respect to, any of the Company Benefit Plans or otherwise involving any Company Benefit Plan, other than claims made or Liens filed in the ordinary course of business which are not, individually or in the aggregate, material.
(f) Except as set forth in Section 3.12(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors of its Subsidiaries is a party to any agreement, contract or has sponsored arrangement that could result, separately or in the aggregate, in the payment of any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “excess parachute paymentpayments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would notset forth in Section 3.12(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, individually no Company Benefit Plan provides benefits, including death or in the aggregatemedical benefits (whether or not insured), reasonably be expected with respect to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge current or complaint pending against former employees or directors of the Company or any Company Subsidiaryof its Subsidiaries beyond their retirement or other termination of service, other than (i) coverage mandated solely by applicable Law, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout death benefits or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge retirement benefits under any “employee pension benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) yearsERISA), (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to deferred compensation benefits accrued as liabilities on the books of the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and its Subsidiaries or (iv) benefits the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment full costs of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and which are borne by the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxescurrent or former employee or director or his or her beneficiary.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (DPL Inc), Merger Agreement (Aes Corp), Merger Agreement (DPL Inc)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) of the Company Seller's Disclosure Schedule lists all material each of the Company's employee pension, profit sharing, deferred compensation, severance, cafeteria, stock option, stock purchase, incentive, golden parachute, bonus, group or individual medical and health benefits, welfare, insurance or other employee benefit plans plan, program or arrangement (as defined the "Plans") regardless of whether such plan is described in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“"ERISA”")) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical which is maintained by IBF or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant on behalf of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, employees of the “Plans”)Company. The Company has Complete and correct copies of all such Plans have been made available to Parent copiesthe Purchaser for its review. There is no Plan, nor has any Seller Party at any time maintained, administered, contributed or been required to contribute to any "employee pension benefit plan" as defined in ERISA, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating is subject to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the minimum funding requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) 412 of the Code or Section 401(k) 302 of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRSERISA, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge provisions of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date Title IV of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms ERISA. None of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute is a “parachute payment” "defined benefit plan" within the meaning of Section 280G 3(35) of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed toERISA, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any a "multiemployer plan (pension plan" within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes Each Plan and any related trust agreement, annuity contract or other funding instrument which is intended to be qualified and tax-exempt under the provisions of the Code is so qualified and has been so qualified during the period from its adoption to date. Each Plan, any related trust agreement, annuity contract or other funding instrument complies in all material respects and has been maintained in material compliance with its terms and, both as to form and in operation, with the requirements prescribed by any and all statutes, orders, rules and regulations which are applicable to such plans, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code. Neither the Seller, nor any of the Selling Parties have any obligation to make any payment to or with respect to any former employee pursuant to any retiree medical benefit or other Plan. Except as disclosed in Seller's Disclosure Schedule, neither the Seller nor any of the Seller Parties would have any obligation to make any severance or other payments to any employee if such employee was terminated prior to, at or after the Closing. Except as set forth in Seller's Disclosure Schedule, no benefit, payment or other entitlement under any Plan, or under any agreement relating to the employment of employees of the Company, will be established or become accelerated, vested, payable or funded by reason of the execution and delivery of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” Agreement or the consummation of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) transactions contemplated hereby. Except as would notset forth on Seller's Disclosure Schedule, individually there are no Actions pending, or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the CompanySeller, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) yearsany Plan, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible other than claims for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesbenefits in the ordinary course of operation of such Plan.
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Samples: Acquisition Agreement (Sunset Brands Inc), Acquisition Agreement (Ibf Vi Guaranteed Income Fund), Acquisition Agreement (Sunset Brands Inc)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a3.9(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material Letter sets forth, as of the date hereof, each employee benefit plans plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material each bonus, stock optionstock, stock purchase, restricted stockoption or other equity-based compensation arrangement or plan, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical retirement or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance severance, employment, change-in-control, collective bargaining, profit sharing, pension, vacation, cafeteria, dependent care, medical care, employee assistance program, education or other benefit plans, programs or arrangementstuition assistance programs, and all material employmenteach insurance and other similar fringe or employee benefit plan, terminationprogram or arrangement, severance in each case for the benefit of current employees, directors or other contracts consultants (or agreements (other than individual option agreementsany dependent or beneficiary thereof) to which of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, or with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has may have any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to liability (whether actual or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary contingent) (collectivelytogether, the “Company Benefit Plans”). The With respect to each Company Benefit Plan, the Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct accurate and complete copies of (or, to the extent no such copy exists, a description of), in all material respectseach case, of to the following: extent applicable, (i) the Plansplan document(s), as amended through the date of this Agreement, or a written summary of any unwritten Company Benefit Plan, (ii) the annual report summary plan description (Form 5500if required) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last yearand any other summaries or material employee communications, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating recent annual report on Form 5500 to the Plans and extent required under applicable Law, (iv) the most recent summary actuarial valuation, (v) material contracts including trust agreements, insurance contracts, and administrative services agreements, (vi) the most recent determination or opinion letters for any plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(kCode, and (vii) any correspondence with the Department of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRSLabor, Internal Revenue Service, or is entitled to rely on any other governmental entity regarding a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trustCompany Benefit Plan.
(ci) Except as set forth would not, individually or in Section 4.11(c) the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, each of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment Benefit Plans has been madeoperated and administered in compliance in accordance with applicable Laws, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiaryincluding, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts but not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedulelimited to, no PlanERISA, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to and in each case the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
regulations thereunder; (fii) Neither the no Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Benefit Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither ; (iii) no Company Benefit Plan provides health, medical, disability or life insurance benefits (whether or not insured), with respect to current or former employees or directors of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries beyond their retirement or other termination of service, other than coverage mandated to comply with Section 4980B of the Code or any similar Law; (iv) no liability under Title IV of ERISA has been incurred by the Company, the Company Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates that has not been satisfied in full, and no condition exists that is likely to cause the Company, the Company Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates to incur a liability thereunder; (v) no Company Benefit Plan is a “multiemployer plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA) or a plan that has two or more contributing sponsors at least two of whom are not under common control, within the meaning of Section 4063 of ERISA; (vi) all contributions or other amounts payable by the Company or the Company Subsidiaries pursuant to each Company Benefit Plan in respect of current or prior plan years have been made within the time periods prescribed by the terms of such plan and applicable Law; (vii) neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has engaged in a transaction in connection with which the Company or the Company Subsidiaries could be subject to either a civil penalty assessed pursuant to Section 409 or 502(i) of ERISA Affiliate contributes or a tax imposed pursuant to Section 4975 or 4976 of the Code; and (viii) there are no pending, or to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or anticipated claims, actions, investigations or audits (other than routine claims for benefits) by, on behalf of or against any of the Company Benefit Plans or any trusts related thereto.
(c) (i) Each of the Company Benefit Plans intended to be “qualified” within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter or opinion letter as to its qualification, or has ever contributed topending or has time remaining in which to file an application for such determination from the IRS, and (ii) there are no existing circumstances or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability underevents that have occurred that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the qualified status of any such plan.
(d) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the Transactions (either alone or in conjunction with any other event) will (i) result in any payment (including severance, any multiemployer plan unemployment compensation, “excess parachute payment” (within the meaning of Section 3(37) 280G of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(fthe Code), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” forgiveness of Indebtedness or otherwise) becoming due to any current or former director or any employee of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the or any Company Subsidiary under 4001(bany Company Benefit Plan or otherwise, (ii) of ERISA increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Company Benefit Plan or part (iii) result in any acceleration of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes time of Section 302(d)(8)(C) payment, funding or vesting of ERISAany such benefits.
(ge) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have be result in a Company Material Adverse Effect, each Company Benefit Plan, if any, which is maintained outside of the United States has been operated in conformance with the applicable statutes or governmental regulations and rulings relating to such plans in the jurisdictions in which such Company Benefit Plan is present or operates.
(if) there Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected be result in a Company Material Adverse Effect, each Company Benefit Plan has been maintained and operated in documentary and operational compliance with Section 409A of the Code or an available exemption therefrom. The Company is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or not a party to nor does it have any obligation under any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, Benefit Plan to the knowledge compensate any person for excise Taxes payable pursuant to Section 4999 of the Company, threatened against Code or affecting for additional Taxes payable pursuant to Section 409A of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesCode.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Allergan PLC), Merger Agreement (Allergan PLC), Merger Agreement (Kythera Biopharmaceuticals Inc)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) Schedule 3.17 sets forth a complete list of all Company Plans. The SEC Reports disclose or describe each Company Plan that is required to be disclosed or described in such SEC Reports pursuant to the Exchange Act and the Securities Act. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has no liability under any Plans other than the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (Plans. Except as defined disclosed in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonusSEC Reports, stock optionneither the Company, stock purchaseits Subsidiaries nor any Commonly Controlled Entity maintains or contributes to, restricted stockor has within the preceding six years maintained or contributed to, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or may have any Company Subsidiary is a party, liability with respect to which any Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Company Code or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by “multiple employer plan” within the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant meaning of the Code or ERISA. Each Company Plan (and related trust, insurance contract or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (ifund) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Plan has been operated established and administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms terms, and complies in form and in operation in all material respects with the applicable requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Code and other applicable Requirements of Law.
(b) No Claim with respect to the administration or the investment of the assets of any Company Plan (other than routine claims for benefits) is pending.
(c) Each Company Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or is so qualified and has been so qualified during the period since its adoption; and each trust created under any such Plan is exempt from tax under Section 401(k501(a) of the Code and has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred been so exempt since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trustits creation.
(cd) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) on Schedule 3.17, the consummation of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not accelerate the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees time of the Company payment or vesting of, or increase the amount of, compensation due to any Company Subsidiary, except as required by employee or former employee whether or not such payment would constitute an “excess parachute payment” under Section 4980B 280G of the Code.
(de) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued All material unfunded obligations under any Company Plan which are required to be reflected on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth Initial Financial Statements in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer accordance with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times GAAP have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and reflected on the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesInitial Financial Statements.
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Samples: Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement (Healthaxis Inc), Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement (Tak Sharad Kumar), Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement (Healthaxis Inc)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a3.17(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists Letter sets forth a true and complete list of all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements Plans (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a partyemployment, consulting and independent contractor agreements and other than agreements with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant Options (as referenced in Section 3.4)) in effect as of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectivelydate of this Agreement. With respect to each material Employee Plan, to the extent applicable, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct true and complete in all material respects, copies of the following: (i) the Plansplan documents together with all amendments thereto and summary plan descriptions, (ii) any material notices to or from the annual report (Form 5500) filed IRS, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, any office or representative of the DOL or any similar Governmental Entity relating to any action, claim, proceeding or investigation of any nature with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last yearrespect to such Employee Plan, (iii) the most recently received IRS recent determination letter, if any, relating from the IRS for any Employee Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Plans Code, and (iv) with respect to each International Employee Plan, to the extent applicable, (A) the most recent summary annual report or similar compliance documents required to be filed with any Governmental Entity with respect to such plan description for such Plans and (or other descriptions B) any document comparable to the determination letter referenced under clause (iii) above issued by a Governmental Entity relating to the satisfaction of such Plans provided Applicable Law necessary to employees) and all material modifications theretoobtain the most favorable tax treatment.
(b) Each Employee Plan has been operated established, maintained, operated, contributed to, funded and administered in compliance in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of with all applicable Applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B applicable provisions of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in material Liability to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Each material International Employee Plan that is intended to qualify for favorable taxation treatment has been approved by the relevant taxation and other Governmental Entities so as to enable: (i) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and the participants and beneficiaries under the relevant International Employee Plan; and (ii) in the case of any International Employee Plan under which resources are set aside in advance of the benefits being paid (a “Funded International Employee Plan”), the assets held for the purposes of the Funded International Employee Plans, to enjoy favorable tax status and the Company is not aware of any ground on which such favorable tax status may cease to apply, in each case, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in material Liability to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(c) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse EffectEffect on the Company, each Employee Plan that is intended to be “qualified” under Section 401 of the Code may rely on a prototype opinion letter or has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS to such effect.
(id) there is no unfair labor practice charge Except as would not, individually or complaint pending against in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, all contributions, premiums, assessments and other payments required to be made with respect to any Employee Plan have been timely made, accrued or reserved for.
(e) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in material Liability to the Company or and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, none of the Company, any Company Subsidiaryof its Subsidiaries, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against any of their respective directors, officers, employees or affecting agents has, with respect to any Employee Plan, engaged in or been a party to any non-exempt “prohibited transaction,” as such term is defined in Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA.
(f) None of the Company, any of the its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has during the six years prior to the date of this Agreement maintained, sponsored, participated in or contributed to (or been obligated to contribute to): (i) an Employee Plan which is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA; (ii) a “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA); (iii) a “multiple employer plan” as defined in Section 210 of ERISA or Section 413(c) of the Code; (iv) a “multiple employer welfare arrangement” within the meaning of Section 3(40) of ERISA; (v) a “funded welfare plan” within the meaning of Section 419 of the Code; or (vi) a voluntary employees’ beneficiary association under Section 501(c)(9) of the Code. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates: (i) has withdrawn from any pension plan under circumstances resulting (or expected to result) in a Liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (ii) has any assets subject to a Lien for unpaid contributions to any Employee Plan which would be a Liability of the Company or its Subsidiaries or become a Liability of Parent or its Affiliates; (iii) has failed to pay premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation when due with respect to any pension plan which would be a Liability of the Company or its Subsidiaries; or (iv) has engaged in any transaction which would give rise to a Liability of the Company or its Subsidiaries or Parent or its Affiliates under Section 4069 or Section 4212(c) of ERISA.
(g) No Employee Plan provides, none of the Company or any Company Subsidiaryof its Subsidiaries have any liability to provide, and none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have represented, promised or contracted to provide, post-termination or retiree life insurance, health or other welfare benefits to any person, other than pursuant to Section 4980B of the Code or any similar Applicable Law.
(h) Except as set forth in Section 3.17(h) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the execution or delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the Merger), will, either alone or in conjunction with any other event, (i) give rise to a material Liability to current or former directors, employees or Independent Contractors or increase the amount or value of any benefit or compensation otherwise payable or required to be provided to any such director, employee or Independent Contractor, (ii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment, vesting or funding of any such benefit or compensation, (iii) result in the payment of any amount that would not be deductible by reason of Section 280G of the Code, (iv) result in the forgiveness in whole or in part of any outstanding loans made by the Company nor or any of its Subsidiaries to any Person, or (v) limit or restrict the right of the Company Subsidiary has experienced or any strikeof its Subsidiaries to merge, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout amend or terminate any Employee Plan. There is no Contract to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound to compensate any current or former employee or other labor dispute disqualified individual for excise taxes which may be required pursuant to Section 4999 of the Code or any Taxes required by Section 409A of the Code.
(i) Except as set forth in Section 3.17(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter, all Contracts of employment or for services with any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries who provide services outside the United States, or with respect to any director, Independent Contractor or other service provider of the Company or any of its employees within Subsidiaries, in each case, outside of the last United States, can be terminated by three (3) yearsmonths’ notice or less given at any time without giving rise to any claim for damages, severance pay, or compensation (iiiother than a statutory redundancy payment or other statutorily mandated payment required by Applicable Law).
(j) there are no charges Each employee benefit plan, program or agreement sponsored, maintained or administered by a Governmental Entity in which any current or former employee, Independent Contractor, director, or other service provider of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate, or the beneficiaries or dependents of any such Person, participates in, or receives benefits from (each a “Governmental Plan”) has been established, maintained, operated, contributed to, funded and administered in compliance in all material respects with respect its terms and with all Applicable Laws, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to or relating result in material Liability to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary areits Subsidiaries, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxestaken as a whole.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Gilat Satellite Networks LTD), Merger Agreement (Gilat Satellite Networks LTD), Merger Agreement (Comtech Telecommunications Corp /De/)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) 5.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans sets forth a list of every Company Benefit Plan (as defined in Section 3(3hereinafter defined) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary that is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored maintained by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for an Affiliate (as hereinafter defined) on the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretodate hereof.
(b) Each Company Benefit Plan which has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination or approval letter from the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by ") regarding its qualification under such section and neither the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in Company nor any material respect, the qualified status of Affiliate knows that any such Company Benefit Plan or the exempt status of any such trusthas been maintained in a manner that would preclude qualified status.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) 5.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Affiliate knows of any failure of any party to comply with any laws applicable with respect to the Company Subsidiary sponsors Benefit Plans. With respect to any Company Benefit Plan, there has been no (i) "prohibited transaction," as defined in Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or has sponsored Code Section 4975, for which an exemption is not available or (ii) material failure to comply with any Plan that provides provision of ERISA, other applicable law, or any agreement, which, in either case, would subject the Company or any Affiliate to liability (including, without limitation, through any obligation of indemnification or contribution) for any post-employment damages, penalties, or post-retirement taxes, or any other material loss or expense. No litigation or governmental administrative proceeding (or investigation) or other proceeding (other than those relating to routine claims for benefits) is pending or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened with respect to any such Company Benefit Plan.
(d) Neither the Company nor any Affiliate has incurred any liability under title IV of ERISA which has not been paid in full as of the date of this Agreement. There has been no "accumulated funding deficiency" (whether or not waived) with respect to any employee pension benefit plan ever maintained by the Company or any Affiliate and subject to Code Section 412 or ERISA Section 302. With respect to any Company Benefit Plan maintained by the Company or any Affiliate and subject to Title IV of ERISA, there has been no (nor will there be any as a result of the Transactions) (i) "reportable event," within the meaning of ERISA Section 4043 or the regulations thereunder, for which the notice requirement is not waived by the regulations thereunder, and (ii) event or condition which presents a material risk of a plan termination or any other event that may cause the Company or any Affiliate to incur liability or have a lien imposed on its assets under Title IV of ERISA. Neither the Company nor any Affiliate has ever maintained a Multiemployer Plan (as hereinafter defined).
(e) With respect to each Company Benefit Plan, complete and correct copies of the following documents (if applicable to such Company Benefit Plan) have previously been delivered to MergerCo or its representatives: (i) all documents embodying or governing such Company Benefit Plan, and any funding medium for such Company Benefit Plan (including, without limitation, trust agreements) as they may have been amended to the date hereof; (ii) the most recent IRS determination or approval letter with respect to such Company Benefit Plan under Code Section 401(a), and any applications for determination or approval subsequently filed with the IRS; (iii) the three most recently filed IRS Forms 5500, with all applicable schedules and accountants' opinions attached thereto; (iv) the current summary plan description for such Company Benefit Plan (or other descriptions of such Company Benefit Plan provided to employees) and all modifications thereto; and (v) any insurance policy (including any fiduciary liability insurance policy or fidelity bond) related to such Company Benefit Plan.
(f) With respect to each group health plan benefitting any current or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees employee of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Affiliate that is subject to Section 4980B of the Code, or was subject to Section 162(k) of the Code, the Company and each Affiliate have complied in all material respects with (i) the continuation coverage requirements of Section 4980B of the Code and Section 162(k) of the Code, as applicable, and Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA and (ii) the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended.
(dg) Full payment has been madeWith respect to any insurance policy providing funding for benefits under any Company Benefit Plan, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records (i) there is no liability of the Company or any Affiliate in the nature of a retroactive rate adjustment, A-14 105 loss sharing arrangement, or other actual or contingent liability, nor would there be any such liability if such insurance policy was terminated on the date hereof, and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that (ii) to the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms knowledge of the Plans Company, no insurance company issuing any such policy is in receivership, conservatorship, liquidation or similar proceeding and no such proceedings with respect to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due)insurer are imminent.
(eh) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) 5.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Company Benefit Plan provides benefits, including, without limitation, death or medical benefits, beyond termination of service or retirement other than (i) coverage mandated by law, (ii) death or retirement benefits under any qualified Company Benefit Plan, either individually or collectively(iii) deferred compensation benefits reflected on the books of the Company or an Affiliate.
(i) Except as set forth in Section 5.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, provides for the execution and performance of this Agreement will not (i) constitute a stated triggering event under any Company Benefit Plan that will result in any payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise) becoming due from the Company or any Affiliate to any officer, employee, or former employee (or dependents of such employee), or (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount of compensation due to any employee, officer or director of the Company or any Affiliate.
(j) Except as set forth in Section 5.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, (i) any amount that could be received (whether in cash or property or the vesting of property) as a result of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement by any employee, officer or director of the Company or any Affiliate who is a "disqualified individual" (as such term is defined in proposed Treasury Regulation Section 1.280G-1) under any employment, severance or termination agreement, other compensation arrangement or Company Benefit Plan currently in effect would not be characterized as an "excess parachute payment" (as such term is defined in Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code), and (ii) the disallowance of a deduction under Section 162(m) of the Code for employee remuneration will not apply to any amount paid or payable by the Company or any Affiliate under any contract, Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this AgreementBenefit Plan, program, arrangement or understanding currently in effect.
(fk) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxes.Section:
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Samples: Proxy Statement (Instron Corp), Proxy Statement (Instron Corp), Proxy Statement (Instron Corp)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a3.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists (i) all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), and whether or not subject to the requirements of ERISA) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or and other material benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or and other material similar contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreementsincluding, without limitation, any such contracts or agreements relating to a sale of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or the consummation of any Transaction) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any material obligation or which liability or that are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, officer or director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) each employee benefit plan for which the Company or any Company Subsidiary could incur liability under Section 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be terminated and (iii) any employee benefit plan in respect of which the Company or any Company Subsidiary could incur liability under Section 4212(c) of ERISA (collectively, the “Company Plans”). The .
(b) With respect to each Company Plan that is subject to United States Law (a “U.S. Company Plan”), the Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct or its counsel a true and complete in all material respects, copy of the following: (i) the Planseach U.S. Company Plan document, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) most recently filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letterForm 5500, if any, relating to the Plans and such U.S. Company Plan, (iviii) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans each U.S. Company Plan for which a summary plan description is required by applicable Law, (iv) the most recently received determination letter, if any, issued by the IRS with respect to any U.S. Company Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code, and (v) the most recently prepared actuarial report or other descriptions financial statement, if any, relating to a U.S. Company Plan. With respect to each Company Plan that is not subject to United States Law (a “Non-U.S. Company Plan”), the Company has made available to Parent or its counsel a true and complete copy of such Plans provided to employees) each Non-U.S. Company Plan document and all each material modifications theretodocument, if any, prepared in connection with each Non-U.S. Company Plan.
(bc) Each Plan None of the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any Company ERISA Affiliate maintains, contributes to or has been operated any liability with respect to a multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) (a “Multiemployer Plan”) or a single employer pension plan (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA) for which liability under Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA could be incurred (a “Multiple Employer Plan”). Except as set forth in Section 3.10(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, none of the U.S. Company Plans (i) provides for the payment of separation, severance, termination or similar-type benefits to any person, (ii) obligates the Company or any Company Subsidiary to pay separation, severance, termination or similar-type benefits solely or partially as a result of any Transaction or (iii) obligates the Company or any Company Subsidiary to make any payment or provide any benefit as a result of a “change in control”, within the meaning of such term under Section 280G of the Code. None of the U.S. Company Plans provides for or promises retiree medical, disability or life insurance benefits to any current or former employee, officer or director of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by applicable Law. The Company, each Company Subsidiary and each Company ERISA Affiliate have complied in all material respects with the requirements of Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA, Section 4980B of the Code and any similar state Law (“COBRA”).
(d) Each U.S. Company Plan has been maintained, funded and administered in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including including, without limitation, ERISA and the Code, except where such non-compliance could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have performed all material obligations required to be performed by them under, are not in any material respect in default under or in violation of, and have no knowledge of any material default or violation by any party to, any U.S. Company Plan. No Action is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened with respect to any U.S. Company Plan (other than claims for benefits in the ordinary course) that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Company Material Adverse Effect and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event exists that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any such Action.
(e) Each U.S. Company Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has timely applied for or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, IRS covering all of the provisions applicable to the U.S. Company Plan for which determination letters are currently available that the U.S. Company Plan is so qualified or is entitled to may rely on an opinion or advisory letter issued to a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, master or prototype or volume submitter provider with respect to the knowledge tax-qualified status of such U.S. Company Plan.
(f) Except for matters that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, there has not been any prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) with respect to any U.S. Company Plan. None of the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any Company ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability under, arising out of or by operation of Title IV of ERISA (other than liability for premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation arising in the ordinary course), including, without limitation, any liability in connection with (i) the termination or reorganization of any employee benefit plan subject to Title IV of ERISA, or (ii) the withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan or Multiple Employer Plan, and no fact or event exists that would give rise to any such liability.
(g) With respect to each Non-U.S. Company Plan:
(i) each Non-U.S. Company Plan has occurred since been maintained and administered in compliance with all applicable Laws, except where such non-compliance could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Company Material Adverse Effect;
(ii) all employer and employee contributions to each Non-U.S. Company Plan required by Law or by the terms of such Non-U.S. Company Plan have been made, or, if applicable, accrued in accordance with the standard accounting practices applicable in the local jurisdiction, and a pro rata contribution for the period prior to and including the date of such determination letter this Agreement has been made or letters from accrued;
(iii) the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respectfair market value of the assets of each funded Non-U.S. Company Plan, the qualified status liability of each insurer for any such Non-U.S. Company Plan funded through insurance or the exempt status book reserve established for any Non-U.S. Company Plan, together with any accrued contributions, is sufficient to procure or provide for the benefits determined on an ongoing basis (actual or contingent) accrued to the date of any this Agreement with respect to all current and former participants under such trust.Non-U.S. Company Plan according to the actuarial assumptions and valuations most recently used to determine employer contributions to such Non-U.S. Company Plan, and no Transaction shall cause such assets or insurance obligations to be less than such benefit obligations; provided that a Non-U.S. Company Plan that is maintained solely pursuant to applicable foreign Law and sponsored by a Governmental Authority shall not be subject to this paragraph;
(civ) Except each Non-U.S. Company Plan required to be registered has been registered and has been maintained in good standing with applicable regulatory authorities and, except as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, each Non-U.S. Company Plan is now and always has been operated in compliance with all applicable non-United States Laws;
(v) none of the grants, subsidies, concessions and/or allowances that have been received by the Company or any Company Subsidiary from any Governmental Authority are liable to be repaid or revoked in whole or in part as a result of the entry into or the completion of this Agreement or the Transactions;
(vi) all deductions and payments required to be made by the Company or any Company Subsidiary in respect of Central Provident Fund or Central Provident Scheme contributions (including employer’s contributions) in relation to the remuneration of its employees to any relevant competent authority have been so made; and
(vii) except as set forth in Section 4.11(c3.10(g)(vii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither none of the Non-U.S. Company Plans (A) provides for the payment of material separation, severance, termination or similar-type benefits to any person, (B) obligates the Company nor or any Company Subsidiary sponsors to pay material separation, severance, termination or has sponsored similar-type benefits solely or partially as a result of any Plan that Transaction, or (C) obligates the Company or any Company Subsidiary to make any material payment or provide any material benefit as a result of a change in control under applicable Law. None of the Non-U.S. Company Plans provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical promises material retiree medical, disability or life insurance benefits for retiredto any current or former employee, former officer or current employees director of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Codeapplicable Law.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxes.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Chippac Inc), Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (Temasek Holdings LTD), Merger Agreement (Chippac Inc)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) 4.11 of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all each material plan, arrangement or policy (written or oral), whether covering a single individual or group of individuals, relating to stock options, stock purchases, deferred compensation, bonus, severance, retention, fringe benefits or other employee benefits (collectively, the “Plans”), including, without limitation, each material employee benefit plans plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) (such Plans, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISAU.S. Plans”)) and all material bonus, stock optionin each case that is maintained or contributed to, stock purchaseor required to be maintained or contributed to, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical by the Company or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance any ERISA Affiliate or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to under which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate has or may have any liability for contributions, premiums or benefits. Each Plan that has been maintained or contributed to by the Company Subsidiary is a partyor any of its Subsidiaries, or with respect to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries will or may have any liability, for the benefit of employees of the Company Subsidiary or its Subsidiaries, or any of them, who perform services outside the United States shall be collectively referred to as the “International Plans.”
(b) The Company has made available to Buyer true and complete copies of each U.S. Plan and, for each U.S. Plan (i) if the Plan has been reduced to writing, the plan document and all amendments thereto, (ii) if the Plan has not been reduced to writing, a written summary of all material Plan terms, (iii) any obligation related trust agreements, custodial agreements, insurance policies or contracts, administrative agreements and similar agreements, and investment management or investment advisory agreements, (iv) any summary plan descriptions, employee handbooks or similar employee communications, (v) in the case of any Plan for which Forms 5500 are required to be filed, the Form 5500 and accompanying schedules, if any, for the most recent two (2) years for which such Forms have been filed, and (vi) in the case of any Plan that is intended to be qualified under Code Section 401(a), the most recent determination letter (and, if applicable, opinion letter) from the Internal Revenue Service.
(c) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has ever maintained, contributed to, or been required to contribute to a plan subject to Title IV of ERISA or sponsored by Section 412 of the Code, including any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) or single employer pension plan (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA) for which the Company or any Company Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries could incur liability under Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA. None of the Plans (i) provides for the payment of separation, severance, termination or similar-type benefits to any Person, (ii) obligates the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to pay or accelerate the vesting of any payment or funding of any separation, severance, termination or other payment or benefits solely or partially as a result of any transaction contemplated by this Agreement, or (iii) obligates the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to make any payment or provide any benefit as a result of a change in the ownership or control of the Company or the change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the Company’s assets. None of the Plans provides for or promises retiree medical, disability or life insurance benefits to any current or former employee, officer, officer or director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectivelyof its Subsidiaries, the “Plans”)except as required by Section 601 et seq. The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoERISA.
(bd) Each To the knowledge of the Company, each Plan is now and always has been operated maintained and administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code, where applicable. Each Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries could reasonably be subject to a liability under Sections 409 or 502(i) of ERISA or to a tax under Section 4975 of the Code. The Company and its Subsidiaries have performed all obligations required to be performed by them under the Plans in all material respects and are not in any material respect in default under or in violation of, and the Company has no knowledge of any material default or violation by any party to, any Plan. No Action is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened with respect to any Plan (other than claims for benefits in the ordinary course) and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event exists that is reasonably likely to give rise to any such Action. No Plan is or, within the last six (6) years, has been the subject of an examination or audit by any Governmental Authority or the subject of an application or filing under or a participant in, a government-sponsored amnesty, voluntary compliance, self-correction or similar program.
(e) For each U.S. Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code Code, the Company and/or its Subsidiaries have adopted a prototype plan that has received a favorable determination opinion letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, IRS and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, affect the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trustPlan.
(cf) Except The Company and its Subsidiaries have timely paid all amounts that each, as set forth applicable, is required to pay as contributions to, or premiums or benefits under, the Plans in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Scheduleall material respects, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Codehave accrued such amounts in accordance with GAAP.
(dg) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on Neither the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date execution of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) nor the consummation of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually transactions contemplated hereby (whether alone or collectively, provides for in connection with any other events) will result in any payment by that, separately or in the Company or any Company Subsidiary that aggregate, would constitute a an “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to or that would not be deductible under Section 162 of the transactions contemplated by this AgreementCode.
(fh) Neither Each International Plan has been established, maintained and administered in material compliance with its terms and conditions and with the requirements prescribed by any and all Laws that are applicable to such International Plan. Furthermore, no International Plan has material unfunded liabilities that, as of the Closing, will not be offset by insurance or fully accrued or disclosed in the Company’s financial statements.
(i) Prior to the execution of this Agreement, the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in (acting through the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in Compensation Committee and the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 Special Committee of the Code. Neither Board) has taken all such steps as may be required to cause any and all employment compensation, severance and employee benefit agreements and arrangements entered into by the Company nor or its Subsidiaries or contemplated hereby with any ERISA Affiliate contributes of their respective officers, directors or employees (including those agreement and arrangements listed in Schedule 4.11(i)) to be approved as an “employment compensation, severance or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (other employee benefit arrangement” within the meaning of Section 3(37Rule 14d-10(d)(1) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” under the Exchange Act and to satisfy the requirements of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with non-exclusive safe harbor set forth in Rule 14d-10(d) under the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISAExchange Act.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxes.
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Samples: Share Purchase Agreement (Aptalis Holdings Inc.), Share Purchase Agreement (Axcan Intermediate Holdings Inc.), Share Purchase Agreement (Eurand N.V.)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a3.9(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonusBenefit Plans sponsored, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored required to be contributed to by the Company Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any Company Subsidiary for of their ERISA Affiliates, or under which the benefit Company, any of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company its Subsidiaries or any Company Subsidiary of their ERISA Affiliates may have any liability (collectively, contingent or otherwise) (the “Company Benefit Plans”). The Copies of the Company has Benefit Plans and any amendments thereto have been made available to Parent copiestogether with any applicable trust documents, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions and summaries of such Plans provided to employeesmaterial modifications, if applicable), non-discrimination testing results, actuarial valuations, annual report (Form 5500 including, if applicable, Schedule B thereto) and all material modifications theretotax return (Form 990) prepared in connection with any such plan or related trust. Except as set forth in Section 3.9(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any other person or entity has any express or implied commitment, whether legally enforceable or not, to adopt, terminate or materially modify any Company Benefit Plan, other than with respect to a modification or termination required by ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). For purposes of this Agreement, “ERISA Affiliate” of any entity means any other person, entity, trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with such entity, would be treated as a single employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.
(b) Each Except for such non-compliance which would not, individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries to operate their business in the ordinary course consistent with past practices, (i) each Company Benefit Plan has been operated maintained and administered in all material respects in accordance compliance with its terms and the requirements of all with applicable LawsLaw, including ERISA and the Code, to the extent applicable thereto, and (ii) all contributions required to be made under the terms of any Company Benefit Plan have been timely made or, if not yet due, have been properly reflected in the Company’s financial statements in accordance with GAAP. Each Except as set forth in Section 3.9(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, any Company Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter or equivalent opinion letter from the IRSInternal Revenue Service, or is entitled and the Company has made available to rely on Parent a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge copy of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of most recent such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any for each such Plan or the exempt status of any such trustCompany Benefit Plan.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c3.9(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors its Subsidiaries maintains, contributes to or is required to contribute to, or has sponsored in the past six years maintained, contributed to or been required to contribute to any Plan that plan or arrangement which provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or retiree medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiarywelfare benefits, except as required by pursuant to the continuation coverage requirements of Section 601 et. seq. of ERISA or Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e3.9(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Planneither the Company, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company its Subsidiaries nor any of their ERISA Affiliate sponsors Affiliates maintains, contributes to or is required to contribute to, or has sponsored in the past six years maintained, contributed to or been required to contribute to any Benefit Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither None of the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to Benefit Plans is a “multiple employer welfare arrangement” (as defined in Section 3(40) of ERISA), a “multiple employer plan” (as defined in Section 413(c) of the Code) or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any a “multiemployer plan plan” (within the meaning of as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this , and neither the Company, its Subsidiaries nor any other their ERISA Affiliates has during the past six years, maintained or contributed to, or been required to contribute to, or otherwise had any obligation or liability in connection with, such a multiple employer plan or multiemployer plan.
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” 3.9(e) of the Company if it would have ever been considered Disclosure Schedule, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not, either alone or in combination with another event, (i) entitle any current or former employee, consultant, officer or other service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to severance pay, unemployment compensation or any other payment, (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount of compensation due any such employee, consultant, officer or other service provider or (iii) trigger any payment or funding (through a single employer grantor trust or otherwise) of compensation or benefits, or (iv) increase the amount payable or trigger any other material obligation, benefit (including loan forgiveness), requirement or restriction pursuant to any Company Benefit Plan or otherwise. Without limiting the foregoing, Section 3.9(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of employment or consulting agreements with the Company under 4001(bcontaining “change in control” or similar provisions that will be triggered by the consummation of the Merger or the entry into this Agreement by the Company.
(f) Except as set forth on Section 3.9(f) of ERISA the Company Disclosure Schedule, no amount or part benefit that could be, or has been, received (whether in cash or property or the vesting of property or the cancellation of indebtedness) by any current or former employee or other service provider of the same controlled group as Company or any Subsidiary of the Company for purposes who is a “disqualified individual” within the meaning of Section 302(d)(8)(C280G of the Code could be characterized as an “excess parachute payment” (as defined in Section 280G(b)(1) of ERISAthe Code) as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(g) Except as set forth on Section 3.9(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, each Company Benefit Plan and any award thereunder (i) has been operated in good faith compliance in all material respects with Section 409A of the Code since January 1, 2005, and all applicable regulations and notices issued thereunder, and (ii) since January 1, 2009, has been in all material respects in documentary compliance with Section 409A of the Code. Each Company Stock Award was granted with an exercise price not less than the fair market value of the underlying Company Common Stock on the date of grant. Except as set forth on Section 3.9(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no director, officer, employee or service provider of the Company or its affiliates is entitled to a gross-up, make-whole or indemnification payment with respect to taxes imposed under Section 409A or Section 4999 of the Code.
(h) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company or any Company Subsidiaryand its Subsidiaries to operate their business in the ordinary course consistent with past practices, (ii) there is are no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge Company’s knowledge, threatened claims by or on behalf of any Company Benefit Plan, by any employee or beneficiary covered under any Company Benefit Plan or otherwise involving any Company Benefit Plan (other than routine claims for benefits).
(i) Except as set forth on Section 3.9(i) of the CompanyCompany Disclosure Schedule, threatened against no Company Benefit Plan provides benefits or affecting the Company or compensation to any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout employees or other labor dispute by service providers who reside or with respect to its employees within provide services primarily outside of the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesUnited States.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Williams Companies Inc), Merger Agreement (Williams Companies Inc), Merger Agreement (Williams Companies Inc)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) Schedule 3.10 of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists sets forth a true and complete list of (i) all material the employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary arrangements maintained for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, officer or director or consultant of the Company or any Subsidiary, as amended to date (the "Plans"), and (ii) all contracts and agreements relating to employment which provide for annual compensation in excess of $75,000, and all severance or change of control agreements, with any of the directors, officers, consultants or employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries (other than, in each case, any such contract or agreement that is terminable at any time by the Company or a Subsidiary at will and without penalty or other adverse consequence) (collectively, the “Plans”"Employment Contracts"). The Company Parent has made available to Parent copies, which are correct been furnished with a true and complete copy of each Plan, each material document prepared in all material respects, connection with each Plan and each Employment Contract. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.10 of the followingCompany Disclosure Schedule: (i) none of the PlansPlans is a multi-employer plan within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"); (ii) none of the annual report Plans or Employment Contracts promises or provides retiree medical or life insurance benefits to any person, except as required by Part 6 of Title I of ERISA, Section 4980B of the Code or any similar state Law relating to the continuation of health insurance coverage; (Form 5500iii) filed with each Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for that it is so qualified and nothing has occurred since the last year, (iii) date of such letter to affect the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and qualified status of such Plan; (iv) none of the most recent summary plan description for such Plans or Employment Contracts promises or provides severance benefits or benefits contingent upon a change in ownership or control within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code; (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employeesv) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(aLaw; (vi) none of the Code or Section 401(kPlans is subject to Title IV of ERISA; (vii) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors has incurred any direct or has sponsored indirect liability under, arising out of, or by operation of, Title IV of ERISA in connection with the termination of, or withdrawal from, any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-other retirement health plan or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
arrangement; and (dviii) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and the Subsidiaries have not incurred any Company Subsidiaryliability under, of and have complied in all amounts that respects with, the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification Act. Other than routine claims for benefits under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure SchedulePlans, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed claim with respect to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability underlegal proceeding involving, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning Plan or a breach of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity any Employment Contract is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesthreatened.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Signal Technology Corp), Merger Agreement (Crane Co /De/), Merger Agreement (Crane Co /De/)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) of Except where the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) failure to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to ---------------------- be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as true would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Texas Company, (i) each Texas Company Plan (as hereinafter defined) has been operated and administered in accordance with its terms and applicable Law, including, but not limited to ERISA and the Code, (ii) each Texas Company Plan intended to be "qualified" within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified, (iii) except as required by COBRA, no Texas Company Plan provides death or medical benefits (whether or not insured), with respect to current or former employees of the Texas Company or of any trade or business, whether or not incorporated, which together with the Texas Company would be deemed a "single employer" within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA (a "Texas Company ERISA Affiliate"), beyond ----------------------------- their retirement or other termination of service, (iv) no liability under Title IV of ERISA has been incurred by the Texas Company or any Texas Company ERISA Affiliate that has not been satisfied in full, and no condition exists that presents a material risk to the Texas Company or any Texas Company ERISA Affiliate of incurring any such liability (other than PBGC premiums), (v) all contributions or other amounts due from the Texas Company or any Texas Company ERISA Affiliate with respect to each Texas Company Plan have been paid in full, (vi) neither the Texas Company nor any Texas Company ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction in connection with which the Texas Company or any of its Subsidiaries could reasonably be expected to be subject to either a civil penalty assessed pursuant to Section 409 or 502(i) of ERISA or a tax imposed pursuant to Section 4975 or 4976 of the Code, and (vii) there are no pending or anticipated or, to the best knowledge of Texas Company, threatened claims (other than routine claims for benefits) by, on behalf of or against any Texas Company Plan or any trusts related thereto.
(b) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (i) result in any payment (including, without limitation, severance, unemployment compensation, parachute payments under Section 280G of the Code or otherwise) becoming due to any current or former director or any employee of the Texas Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any Texas Company Plan or otherwise or cause any prior payment made to any current or former director or employee of the Delaware Company or any of its Subsidiaries to be a parachute payment under Section 280G of the Code, (ii) materially increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Texas Company Plan or (iii) result in any acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such benefits. Except as set forth in Section 4.18(b) of the Texas Company Disclosure Schedule, no payments have been made or will be made by the Texas Company or any of its Subsidiaries that would not be deductible by the Texas Company or any of its Subsidiaries under Section 162(m) of the Code. Except as set forth in Section 4.18(b) of the Texas Company Disclosure, no benefits or bonus has accrued or will accrue under any other bonus program for any officer, director, or any senior regional manager of the Texas Company on or before the Effective Time.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Texas Company Plan" ------------------ shall mean each deferred compensation, bonus or other incentive compensation, stock purchase, stock option, including, without limitation, any Texas Company Option Plan, or other equity compensation plan, program, agreement or arrangement; each severance or termination pay, medical, surgical, hospitalization, life insurance or other "welfare" plan, fund or program (within the meaning of Section 3(1) of ERISA); each profit-sharing, stock bonus or other "pension" plan, fund or program (within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA); each employment, termination or severance agreement; and each other employee benefit plan, fund, program, agreement or arrangement, in each case, that is sponsored, maintained or contributed to or required to be contributed to by the Texas Company or by any Texas Company ERISA Affiliate or to which the Texas Company or any Texas Company ERISA Affiliate is party, whether written or oral, for the benefit of any employee or former employee of the Texas Company or any Texas Company ERISA Affiliate.
(d) Except where the failure to be true would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effectmaterial adverse effect on the Texas Company, with respect to each Texas Company Multiemployer Plan (as hereinafter defined) (i) no withdrawal liability has been incurred by the Texas Company or any Texas Company ERISA Affiliate, and the Texas Company has no reason to believe that any such liability will be incurred, prior to the Closing Date, (iii) no such plan is in "reorganization" (within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA), (iii) no notice has been received that increased contributions may be required to avoid a reduction in plan benefits or the imposition of an excise tax, or that the plan is or may become "insolvent" (within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA), (iv) no proceedings have been instituted by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation against the plan, (v) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against contingent liability for withdrawal liability by reason of a sale of assets pursuant to Section 4204 of ERISA, and (vi) except as disclosed in Section 4.18(d) of the -44- Texas Company Disclosure Schedule, if the Texas Company or any Texas Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout ERISA Affiliate were to have a complete or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge partial withdrawal under Section 4203 of ERISA as of the CompanyClosing, threatened against or affecting no obligation to pay withdrawal liability would exist on the part of the Texas Company or any ERISA Affiliate. "Texas Company Subsidiary, and neither ------------- Multiemployer Plan" means a multiemployer plan within the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or meaning of Section ------------------ 4001(a) (3) of ERISA with respect to its employees within which the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Texas Company or any Texas Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention ERISA Affiliate has an obligation to contribute or has or could have withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesERISA.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Group Maintenance America Corp), Merger Agreement (Apollo Investment Fund Iv Lp), Merger Agreement (Group Maintenance America Corp)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) The Company has provided the Purchasers with a list identifying each Employee Plan and Benefit Arrangement.
(b) No Employee Plan (i) constitutes a Multiemployer Plan; or (ii) is maintained in connection with any trust described in Section 4.11(a501(c)(9) of the Code. Neither the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) nor any ERISA Affiliate of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonusCompany maintains, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical contributes to or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance is required to contribute to or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which in the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary past has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or been required to contribute to any Company Subsidiary for the benefit plan subject to Title IV of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoERISA.
(bc) Each Employee Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that which is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or is so qualified and has been so qualified during the period from its adoption to date, and each trust forming a part thereof is exempt from tax pursuant to Section 401(k501(a) of the Code and has received a favorable been so exempt since its creation. The Company has furnished to the Purchasers copies of the most recent Internal Revenue Service determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled with respect to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of each such Employee Plan. To the Company's knowledge, no fact or event each Employee Plan and Benefit Arrangement has occurred since been maintained in substantial compliance with its terms and with the date of requirements prescribed by any and all statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including, but not limited to, ERISA and the Code, which are applicable to such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Employee Plan or the exempt status of any such trustBenefit Arrangement, as applicable.
(cd) Except as disclosed in Section 3.14 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no contract, agreement, plan or arrangement covering any employee or former employee of the Company or any Subsidiary that, individually or collectively, could give rise to the payment of any amount that would not be deductible pursuant to the terms of Section 162(m) or 280G of the Code.
(e) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary maintains or contributes to any Employee Plan which provides, or has any liability to provide, life insurance, medical or other welfare benefits to any employee upon retirement or termination of employment, except as may be required by law.
(f) Except as disclosed in writing to the Purchasers, since the Balance Sheet Date, there has been no amendment to, written interpretation or announcement (whether or not written) by the Company or any of its Affiliates relating to, or change in employee participation or coverage under, any Employee Plan or Benefit Arrangement which would increase materially the expense of maintaining such Employee Plan or Benefit Arrangement above the level of the expense incurred in respect thereof for the fiscal year ended on the Balance Sheet Date.
(g) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c3.14(g) of the Company Disclosure ScheduleSchedule or disclosed in the Company's SEC Reports, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors is a party to or has sponsored subject to any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company union contract or any Company Subsidiaryemployment contract providing for annual future compensation of $100,000 or more with any officer, except as required by Section 4980B of the Codeconsultant, director or employee.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxes.
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Samples: Investment Agreement (Wc Capital LLC), Investment Agreement (Datawatch Corp), Investment Agreement (Osborne Richard De J)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) of Neither the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans nor any of its ERISA Affiliates (as defined or any predecessor of any such entity) sponsors, maintains, administers or contributes to (or has any obligation to contribute to), or has in Section 3(3the past sponsored, maintained, administered or contributed to (or had any obligation to contribute to) or has or is reasonably expected to have any direct or indirect liability with respect to, any plan subject to Title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, including any Multiemployer Plan. No Company Plan provides post-termination or retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangementswelfare benefits to any individual for any reason, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any liability to provide post-termination or retiree medical or welfare benefits to any individual or ever represented, promised or contracted to any individual that such individual would be provided with post-termination or retiree medical or welfare benefits in each case except as would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoMaterial Adverse Effect.
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Company Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination or opinion letter from the IRS, IRS or is entitled has applied to rely on the IRS for such a favorable opinion issued by letter within the IRS, applicable remedial amendment period or such period has not expired and, to the knowledge of the Company’s Knowledge, there is no fact or event has occurred since the date of reason why any such determination letter should be revoked or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trustnot be reissued.
(c) Except as set forth Each Company Plan has been maintained in compliance with its terms and Applicable Law, including ERISA and the Code, except for failures to comply that would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. Each Company Plan that is subject to Section 4.11(c) 409A of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither Code has been administered in material compliance with its terms and the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees operational and documentary requirements of Section 409A of the Company or any Company SubsidiaryCode and all applicable regulatory guidance (including notices, rulings, and proposed and final regulations) thereunder, except as required by Section 4980B of for failures to comply that would not have, individually or in the Codeaggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Full payment has been madeNo action, suit, audit, proceeding, claim (other than routine claims for benefits) or, to the Company’s Knowledge, investigation, is pending against or otherwise properly accrued on involves or, to the books and records of the Company and Company’s Knowledge, is threatened against or threatened to involve any Company SubsidiaryPlan before any arbitrator or any Governmental Authority, including the IRS, the Department of all amounts that Labor or the PBGC, which, individually or in the aggregate, would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due)Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Except as set forth provided in Section 4.11(e) this Agreement, and except as caused by or done at the direction of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company Parent or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within of its Affiliates, neither the meaning execution of Section 280G this Agreement nor the consummation of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
hereby (feither alone or together with any other event) Neither will (i) entitle any current or former Company Service Provider to any material payment or benefit, including any bonus, retention, severance, retirement or job security payment or benefit; or (ii) accelerate the Company nor time of payment or vesting or trigger any ERISA Affiliate sponsors payment or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan funding (through a grantor trust or United States based pension plan in the case otherwise) of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV compensation or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed tobenefits under, or otherwise incurred increase the amount payable or trigger any withdrawal liability other obligation under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISAPlan.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxes.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Santander Holdings USA, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc.), Merger Agreement (Santander Holdings USA, Inc.)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) of Except for such claims which have not had or would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonusMaterial Adverse Effect, stock optionno action, stock purchasedispute, restricted stocksuit, incentiveclaim, deferred compensationarbitration or legal, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance administrative or other benefit plans, programs proceeding or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements governmental action (other than individual option agreementsclaims for benefits in the ordinary course) is pending or, to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a partyCompany’s Knowledge, threatened with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoBenefit Plan.
(b) Each Company Benefit Plan has been operated maintained and administered in all material respects in accordance compliance with its terms and the requirements of all with applicable LawsLaw, including ERISA and the CodeCode to the extent applicable thereto, except for such non-compliance which has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. Each Any Company Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, IRS which has not been revoked and, to the knowledge of the Company’s Knowledge, no fact or event has occurred since the date of circumstances exist which could adversely affect such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trustqualification.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees member of the Company Controlled Group has any actual or any Company Subsidiarypotential liability with respect to a “defined benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA, except a pension plan subject to the funding standards of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, a “multiemployer plan” as required by defined in Section 4980B 3(37) of ERISA or Section 414(f) of the Code or a “multiple employer plan” within the meaning of Section 210(a) of ERISA or Section 413(c) of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books The execution and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date performance of this Agreement will not (excluding i) constitute an event under any amounts not yet due)Company Benefit Plan that will result in any payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise) becoming due from the Company to any current or former officer, employee, director or consultant (or dependents of such Persons) or (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or materially increase the amount of compensation due to any current or former officer, employee, director or consultant (or dependents of such Persons) of the Company.
(e) Except No amount that could be received (whether in cash or property or the vesting of property) as set forth in Section 4.11(e) a result of the Company Disclosure ScheduleTransactions by any employee, no Plan, either individually officer or collectively, provides for any payment by director of the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute of its affiliates who is a “disqualified individual” (as such term is defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.280G-1) under any employment, severance or termination agreement, other compensation arrangement or Company Benefit Plan currently in effect would be characterized as an “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of (as such term is defined in Section 280G 280G(b)(1) of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this AgreementCode).
(f) Neither the Each Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Benefit Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (as such term is defined in Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 409A(d)(1) of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or ) is in material documentary compliance with and has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of been operated in material compliance with Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” 409A of the Company if it would have ever Code or, for the period prior to January 1, 2009, had been considered a single employer operated in good faith compliance with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part Section 409A of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISACode.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxes.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (American Greetings Corp), Merger Agreement (American Greetings Corp), Merger Agreement (American Greetings Corp)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) 3.10.1 Section 3.10.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material sets forth a true and complete list of each “employee benefit plans (plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), and any other plan, policy, program, practice, agreement, understanding or arrangement (whether written or oral) and providing compensation or other benefits to any current or former director, officer, employee or consultant (or to any dependent or beneficiary thereof of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate), which are now, or were within the past 6 years, maintained, sponsored or contributed to by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, or under which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate has any obligation or liability, whether actual or contingent, including, without limitation, all material incentive, bonus, deferred compensation, vacation, holiday, cafeteria, medical, disability, stock purchase, stock option, stock purchaseappreciation, phantom stock, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance stock or other benefit stock-based compensation plans, programs policies, programs, practices or arrangementsarrangements (each a “Company Benefit Plan”). None of the Company, and all material employmentor, terminationto the Company’s knowledge, severance any other person or other contracts entity, has any express or agreements (implied commitment, whether legally enforceable or not, to modify, change or terminate any Company Benefit Plan, other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which a modification, change or termination required by ERISA or the Code. With respect to each Company Benefit Plan, the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available delivered to Parent copiestrue, which are correct and complete in copies of (A) each Company Benefit Plan (or, if not written, a written summary of its material terms), including without limitation all plan documents, trust agreements, insurance contracts or other funding vehicles and all amendments thereto, (B) all summaries and summary plan descriptions, including any summary of material respectsmodifications, of the following: (iC) the Plans, (ii) the three most recent annual report reports (Form 55005500 series) filed with the Internal Revenue Service IRS with respect to such Company Benefit Plan (“IRS”) for and, if any such annual report is a Form 5500R, the last yearForms 5500C filed with respect to such Company Benefit Plan), (iiiD) the most recently received IRS recent actuarial report or other financial statement relating to such Company Benefit Plan, (E) the most recent determination or opinion letter, if any, relating issued by the IRS with respect to the Plans any Company Benefit Plan and any pending request for such a determination letter, (ivF) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans nondiscrimination tests performed under the Code (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employeesincluding 401(k) and 401(m) tests) for each Company Benefit Plan, (G) all material modifications theretofilings made with any Governmental Entity, including but not limited to, any filings under the Voluntary Compliance Resolution or Closing Agreement Program or the Department of Labor Delinquent Filer Program.
(b) Section 3.10.2 Each Company Benefit Plan has been operated administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable LawsLaw, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended , and contributions required to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required made under the terms of any of the Company Benefit Plans to as of the date of this Agreement have paid as contributions to such Plans been timely made or, if not yet due, have been properly reflected on the most recent consolidated balance sheet filed or incorporated by reference in the Company SEC Filings prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of Agreement. With respect to the Company Disclosure ScheduleBenefit Plans, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or event has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending oroccurred and, to the knowledge Company’s knowledge, there exists no condition or set of the Company, threatened against or affecting circumstances in connection with which the Company or could be subject to any Company Subsidiarymaterial liability (other than for routine benefit liabilities) under the terms of, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within to, such Company Benefit Plans, ERISA, the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company Code or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all other applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesLaw.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Xyratex LTD), Merger Agreement (Xyratex LTD), Merger Agreement (Nstor Technologies Inc)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material With respect to each employee benefit plans plan, program, arrangement and contract (including, without limitation, any "employee benefit plan", as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“"ERISA”")) and all material bonus), stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical maintained or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) contributed to which by the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a partywith respect to any current or former director, officer or employee of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation could incur liability under Section 4069, 4201 or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by 4212(c) of ERISA (the "Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectivelyBenefit Plans"), the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are a true and correct and complete in all material respects, copy of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the most recent annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“the "IRS”"), (ii) for the last yearsuch Company Benefit Plan, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, each trust agreement relating to the Plans and such Company Benefit Plan, (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans each Company Benefit Plan for which a summary plan description is required, (v) the most recent actuarial report or other descriptions valuation relating to a Company Benefit Plan subject to Title IV of such Plans provided ERISA, if any, and (vi) the most recent determination letter, if any, issued by the IRS with respect to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each any Company Benefit Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(kCode.
(b) of With respect to the Code Company Benefit Plans, no event has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, occurred and, to the knowledge of the Company, there exists no fact condition or event has occurred since the date set of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affectcircumstances, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by connection with which the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within could be subject to any liability under the meaning terms of Section 280G of such Company Benefit Plans, ERISA, the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor or any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except other applicable Law except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither . Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strikeactual or contingent material liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than the payment of premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation). None of the Company Benefit Plans is a "multiemployer plan" (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).
(c) The Company has made available to Parent (i) copies of all employment agreements and severance agreements with executive officers of the Company or CareInsite and (ii) copies of all plans, slowdownprograms, work stoppage, lockout or agreements and other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to arrangements of the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before with or relating to its or such Company Subsidiary's employees which contain change in control provisions. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (i) result in any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention payment (including, without limitation, severance, unemployment compensation, "golden parachute" or otherwise) becoming due to any director, officer or employee of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each or any Company Subsidiary areunder any Company Benefit Plan or otherwise, and at all times have been (ii) increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Company Benefit Plan or (iii) result in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating any acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any benefits (including under the Company Stock Option Plans).
(d) No Company Benefit Plan provides retiree medical or retiree life insurance benefits to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating any person (except to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesextent required by law).
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Medical Manager Corp/New/), Merger Agreement (Careinsite Inc), Merger Agreement (Healtheon Webmd Corp)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) The Employee Benefits Schedule sets forth a list of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material each “employee benefit plans (plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) , and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stockeach equity or equity-based, incentive, bonus, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insuranceemployment, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employmentseverance, termination, severance retention, change of control or other contracts material benefit or agreements (other than individual option agreements) compensation plan, program, contract, policy, agreement or arrangement, in each case that is maintained, sponsored or contributed to which by the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, of its Subsidiaries or with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries has any obligation or which are maintainedmaterial liability (each, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (a “Plan” and collectively, the “Plans”). The With respect to each Plan, the Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, the Purchaser copies of (to the following: extent applicable): (i) the Plans, current plan and trust documents; (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, most recent summary plan description provided to participants; (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans recent Form 5500 annual report; and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (determination or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoopinion letter received from the Internal Revenue Service.
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and of the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan Plans that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 401(k) of 1986, as amended (the Code “Code”), has received a favorable determination or prototype opinion letter from the IRSInternal Revenue Service, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, and to the knowledge Knowledge of the Company, no fact or event Company nothing has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect, in any material respect, affect the qualified status of any such Plan. The Plans comply in form and in operation in all material respects with their terms and with the requirements of the Code and ERISA and other applicable Laws. All contributions or premium payments with respect to each Plan which are due on or before the exempt status Closing Date have been made within the time periods prescribed by the terms of any such trusteach Plan, ERISA and the Code.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of on the Company Disclosure Employee Benefits Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors of its Subsidiaries has an obligation to contribute to or has sponsored any liability (including liability on account of being considered a single employer with any other entity under Section 414 of the Code) with respect to any “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) or any “pension plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA. No Plan that provides is a single employer pension plan (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA) for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of which the Company or any Company Subsidiaryof its Subsidiaries could reasonably be expected to incur liability (including liability on account of being considered a single employer with any other entity under Section 414 of the Code) under Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA or a plan maintained by more than one employer as described in Section 413(c) of the Code. Except as set forth on the Employee Benefits Schedule, no Plan provides for post-employment health or other insurance benefits except as required by Section 4980B of the Code, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has promised to provide such benefits.
(d) Full payment has been madeNo claim, litigation, audit, or otherwise properly accrued on investigation with respect to any Plan (other than routine claims for benefits) is pending or, to the books and records Company’s Knowledge, threatened and, to the Knowledge of the Company and Company, there is no reasonable basis for any Company Subsidiarysuch claim, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on litigation, audit or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due)investigation.
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) on the Employee Benefits Schedule, the consummation of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no transactions contemplated by this Agreement (either alone or in conjunction with any other event) will not (i) accelerate the time of payment or vesting or funding or increase the amount of compensation or benefits due under any Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for (ii) result in any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” as defined in Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code; or (iii) result in a requirement to pay any tax “gross-up” or similar “make-whole” payments to any employee, director or consultant of the Company or an Affiliate.
(f) Each Plan that constitutes in any part of a nonqualified deferred compensation plan within the meaning of Section 280G 409A of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored been operated and maintained in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or operational and documentary compliance with Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 409A of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISACode and applicable guidance thereunder.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of To the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and its Subsidiaries have classified all individuals who perform services for it correctly, in accordance with the terms of each Company Subsidiary are, Plan and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of laborin all material respects, including all applicable Laws relating to wagesas employees, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesindependent contractors or leased employees.
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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement, Stock Purchase Agreement (Amag Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a3.14(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists sets forth a complete and accurate list, as of the date of this Agreement, of all material employee benefit plans Company Employee Plans.
(as defined in Section 3(3b) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with With respect to which each Company Employee Plan in effect on the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit date of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectivelythis Agreement, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to the Parent copies, which are correct a complete and complete in all material respects, accurate copy of the following: (i) the Planssuch Company Employee Plan, including amendments thereto, (ii) the most recent annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, if any, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination lettereach trust agreement, group annuity contract and summary plan description, if any, relating to the Plans and such Company Employee Plan, (iv) the most recent summary plan description actuarial report, financial statement or valuation report for such Plans Company Employee Plan, if applicable, (v) a current IRS opinion or other descriptions favorable determination letter, if applicable, and (vi) all material correspondence to or from any Governmental Entity relating to any audit or investigation of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoCompany Employee Plan.
(bc) Each Company Employee Plan has been operated is being administered in accordance with ERISA, the Code and all material respects other applicable laws and the regulations thereunder and in accordance with its terms and terms, except for failures to so administer such Company Employee Plan as are not, individually or in the requirements of all applicable Lawsaggregate, including ERISA and reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(d) With respect to the Code. Each Plan Company Employee Plans, there are no benefit obligations for which contributions have not been made or properly accrued to the extent required by GAAP, except for failures to make such contributions or accruals for contributions as are not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(e) All the Company Employee Plans that is are intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(khave received determination letters from the IRS to the effect that such Company Employee Plans are qualified and the plans and trusts related thereto are exempt from federal income taxes under Sections 401(a) and 501(a), respectively, of the Code has Code, or are based on prototype or volume submitter documents that have received a favorable such letters, and no such determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRShas been revoked and revocation has not been threatened, and, to the knowledge Company’s Knowledge, no act or omission has occurred, that would adversely affect its qualification except, in each case, as is not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, other than routine claims for benefits, there are no suits, claims, proceedings, actions, governmental audits or investigations that are pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against or involving any Company Employee Plan or asserting any rights to or claims for benefits under any Company Employee Plan.
(g) None of the Company, any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates (i) maintains (or has during the past six (6) years maintained) a Company Employee Plan that is (or was) subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA or (ii) is obligated (or was during the past six (6) years obligated) to contribute to a “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA). During the immediately preceding six (6) years, no fact liability under Section 302 or event Title IV of ERISA has occurred since been incurred by the date Company, any of such determination letter the Company Subsidiaries or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, any of their respective ERISA Affiliates or their respective predecessors that has not been satisfied in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trustfull.
(ch) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the Company Disclosure Scheduletransactions contemplated hereby will (either alone or in conjunction with any other event): (i) entitle any current or former employee, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors officer, director or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees individual independent contractor of the Company or any of the Company SubsidiarySubsidiaries to any payment or benefit (or result in the funding of any such payment or benefit) under any Company Employee Plan; (ii) increase the amount of any compensation, equity award or other benefits otherwise payable by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries under any Company Employee Plan; (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment, funding or vesting of any compensation, equity award or other benefits under any Company Employee Plan; (iv) result in any “excess parachute payment” (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code) becoming due to any current or former employee, officer, director or individual independent contractor of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries; or (v) limit or restrict the right of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries to merge, amend or terminate any Company Employee Plan in accordance with its terms and applicable law.
(i) Neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries is a party to, or is otherwise obligated under, any plan, policy, agreement or arrangement that provides for the gross-up or reimbursement of Taxes imposed under Section 409A or 4999 of the Code (or any corresponding provisions of state or local law relating to Tax).
(j) None of the Company Employee Plans promises or provides medical or other welfare benefits to any Person beyond their retirement or other termination of service, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(dk) Full payment has All Company Employee Plans maintained pursuant to the laws of a country other than the United States and all plans or arrangements applicable to employees outside the United States that are mandated by applicable law (i) have in all material respects been mademaintained in accordance with all applicable requirements (including applicable law), or otherwise properly accrued on the books (ii) that are intended to qualify for special Tax treatment meet all material requirements for such treatment, and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts (iii) that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid be funded and/or book reserved are funded and/or book reserved, as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth appropriate, in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Scheduleaccordance with GAAP and, no Planif required, either individually or collectivelyapplicable law, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan except, in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan clause (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(fiii), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it as has not had and would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, not be reasonably be expected likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxes.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Hologic Inc), Merger Agreement (Cynosure Inc)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(aSchedule 2.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material Plans. “Plan” means any “employee benefit plans (plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) 1974, as amended and all any other material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stockemployee compensation, incentive, deferred compensationfringe or employee benefit plan, retiree medical or life insuranceprogram, supplemental retirement, severance policy or other benefit plansarrangement (whether or not set forth in a written document) covering any active or former employee, programs director or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a partyits Subsidiaries, in each case, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary its Subsidiaries has any obligation or which are maintainedliability, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: other than (i) the Plansstandard employment agreements that can be terminated at any time without severance or termination pay and upon notice of not more than 60 days or such longer period as may be required by Legal Requirements, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last yearany plan, program, policy or other arrangement that is sponsored or maintained by a Governmental Entity or (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letterany plan, if anyprogram, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (policy or other descriptions of such Plans provided arrangement that covers only former directors, officers, employees, independent contractors and service providers and with respect to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of which the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to its Subsidiaries have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Coderemaining liabilities. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, all Plans have been maintained and administered in all material respects in compliance with their respective terms and with the Legal Requirements which are applicable to such Plans, and all contributions required to be made with respect to the Plans as of the date hereof have been made or, if not yet due, are reflected in the financial statements and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries to the extent required by U.S. GAAP. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a Material Adverse Effectwhole, (i) there no suit, action or other litigation (excluding claims for benefits incurred in the ordinary course of Plan activities) has been brought, or, to the knowledge of the Company, is no unfair labor practice charge threatened, against or complaint pending against the Company or with respect to any Company Subsidiary, Plan and (ii) there is are no labor strikeaudits, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout inquiries or labor dispute proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or by any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or governmental agency with respect to any Plan. Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.11(a), each Plan can be amended, terminated or otherwise discontinued after the Closing in accordance with its employees within terms, without material liability to Parent or the last three Surviving Corporation (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible other than ordinary administration expenses and amounts payable for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesbenefits accrued but not yet paid).
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Pivotal Investment Corp II), Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Pivotal Acquisition Corp)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(aSchedule 3.18(a) to the Disclosure Letter contains a true and complete list of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material each "employee benefit plans plan" (as defined in within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“"ERISA”")) and all material bonus), stock purchase, stock option, stock purchaseseverance, restricted stockemployment, change-in-control, fringe benefit, bonus, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or compensation and all other employee benefit plans, programs agreements, programs, policies or other arrangements, whether or not subject to ERISA, under which any employee or former employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries has any present or future right to benefits and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to under which the Company or its Subsidiaries has any present of future liability. All such plans, agreements, programs, policies and arrangements shall be collectively referred to as the "Company Subsidiary is a partyPlan."
(b) Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.18(b) to the Disclosure Letter, with respect to which each Company Plan, the Company has delivered to the Purchasers to the extent requested a current, accurate and complete copy (or, to the extent no such copy exists, an accurate description) thereof and, to the extent applicable: (i) any related trust agreement or other funding instrument; (ii) the most recent determination letter, if applicable; (iii) any Company Subsidiary has summary plan description and other material written communications (or in the absence of the foregoing, a description of any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored oral communications) by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for of its Subsidiaries to their employees concerning the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant extent of the benefits provided under a Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans Plan and (iv) for the two most recent summary plan description years (A) the Form 5500 and attached schedules, (B) audited financial statements, (C) actuarial valuation reports and (D) attorney's response to an auditor's request for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoinformation.
(bi) Each Company Plan has been operated in all material respects established and administered in accordance with its terms and in substantial compliance with the requirements applicable provisions of all applicable LawsERISA, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRSand other applicable laws, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books rules and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, regulations and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred in respect of any such Company Subsidiary has experienced Plan any strikematerial tax, slowdownfine, work stoppagelien, lockout penalty or other labor dispute liability imposed by ERISA, the Code or with respect other applicable law, rule and regulations; (ii) each Company Plan which is intended to its employees be qualified within the last three (3meaning of Code section 401(a) yearsis so qualified and has received, to the extent applicable, a favorable determination letter and nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, that could reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such qualification; (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to event has occurred and no condition exists that would subject the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before of its Subsidiaries, either directly or by reason of their affiliation with any Governmental Authority responsible for member of their "Controlled Group" (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled group of organizations within the prevention meaning of unlawful employment practices Code sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o)), to any material tax, fine, lien, penalty or other liability imposed by ERISA, the Code or other applicable laws, rules and regulations; (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxes.no Company
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Samples: Note Purchase Agreement (Quokka Sports Inc), Note Purchase Agreement (Quokka Sports Inc)
Employee Benefit Plans. (ai) Section 4.11(a3.1(r)(i) of the Company Seller Disclosure Schedule lists sets forth a list of each material Company Plan. Seller has delivered or made available to the Buyer the following documents to the Buyer with respect to each material Company Plan: (1) correct and complete copies of all material employee benefit plans documents embodying such Company Plan, including (as defined in Section 3(3without limitation) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangementsamendments thereto, and all material employmentrelated trust documents, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements2) to which the Company or a written description of any Company Subsidiary Plan that is not set forth in a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Planswritten document, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv3) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (together with the summary or other descriptions summaries of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto, if any, (4) the most recent annual actuarial valuations, if any, (5) all Internal Revenue Service or Department of Labor determination, opinion, notification and advisory letters received since January 1, 2002, (6) the three most recent annual reports (Form Series 5500 and all schedules and financial statements attached thereto), if any, (7) all material correspondence to or from any Governmental Entity received in the last year, (8) all discrimination tests for the most recent plan year, and (9) all material written agreements and contracts currently in effect, including (without limitation) administrative service agreements, group annuity contracts, and group insurance contracts.
(bii) Each Seller represents and warrants that:
(1) each Company Plan has been operated established and administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable LawsLaw, including including, as to each Company Plan that is subject to United States Law, ERISA and the Code. Each .
(2) each Company Plan that is intended to be qualified under an “employee pension benefit plan” (within the meaning of ERISA Section 401(a3(2)) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code Companies and their Subsidiaries has received a currently effective favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled as to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or its qualification. No event has occurred since the date or circumstance exists that could reasonably be expected to give rise to disqualification or loss of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the tax-exempt status of any Company Plan or a related trust. No Company Plan is subject to the provisions of Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code. No Company Plan provides welfare benefits (including, without limitation, death or medical benefits) with respect to any former or current employee, or any spouse or dependent of any such trust.employee, beyond the employee’s retirement or other termination of employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries other than coverage mandated by Part 6 of Title I of ERISA. No Company Plan is a “multiemployer plan” as defined in section 3(37) of ERISA;
(ciii) With respect to each Company Plan, (i) no material Action is pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened and (ii) to the Knowledge of Seller, no facts or circumstances exist that reasonably could give rise to any material Actions;
(iv) Except as contemplated by Section 4.2 or as set forth in Section 4.11(c3.1(r)(iv) of the Company Seller Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees consummation of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
hereby shall not, either alone or in combination with another event, (fi) Neither the Company nor entitle any ERISA Affiliate sponsors current or has sponsored in the past six years former employee or officer of any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither Companies and their Subsidiaries to severance pay, unemployment compensation or any other payment or (ii) accelerate the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to time of payment or has ever contributed tovesting, or otherwise incurred increase the amount of compensation due any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA)such employee or officer. For purposes of this Section 4.11(f)the foregoing sentence, an entity is an the term “ERISA Affiliatepayment” shall include (without limitation) any payment, acceleration, forgiveness of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA indebtedness, vesting, distribution, increase in benefits or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.obligation to fund benefits;
(gv) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected With respect to have a Material Adverse Effecteach Company Plan that is not subject to United States Law, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiaryeach such plan required to be registered has been registered and has been maintained in good standing with applicable regulatory authorities, and (ii) there each such plan that is no labor strikerequired to be funded is funded at levels required by applicable Law as of the Closing Date, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, and to the knowledge extent any such plans are not fully funded as of the CompanyClosing Date, threatened against or affecting such underfunding is not material to the Company or any Company Subsidiaryand its Subsidiaries, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) yearsall other such plans, (iii) there are no charges adequate reserves with respect to or relating all projected benefit obligations as of the Closing Date will have been established, except to the extent not material;
(vi) No Affected Employee has become employed by any of the Companies or their Subsidiaries pursuant to a transfer of an undertaking or business as defined in Council Directive 2001/23/EC of the European Union (the “Directive”) or any legislation implementing the Directive in any member state of the European Union which occurred during the period of three years immediately preceding the Closing Date and no Affected Employee who became employed by any of the Companies or their Subsidiaries pursuant to such a transfer of an undertaking or business has any right to receive benefits or payments on redundancy or early retirement save for those payable under a Company Plan;
(vii) No Company or Subsidiary has initiated negotiations with employees or received any request from employees pursuant to the United Kingdom’s Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004; and
(viii) No Affected Employee has any right to receive any payment or benefit on termination of employment except pursuant to a Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for Plan or a “Retention Letter” listed in Section 3.1(r)(i) of the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all Seller Disclosure Schedule or as otherwise may be required by applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesLaw.
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Samples: Purchase Agreement (Cendant Corp), Purchase Agreement (Affinion Loyalty Group, Inc.)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) 4.10 of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all includes a complete list of each material "employee benefit plans plan" (as defined in Section within the meaning of section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“"ERISA”")) and all material bonus(including, without limitation, multiemployer plans within the meaning of ERISA section 3(37)), stock purchase, stock option, stock purchaseseverance, restricted stockemployment, change-in-control, fringe benefit, collective bargaining, bonus, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or compensation and all other employee benefit plans, programs agreements, programs, policies or other arrangements, and all material employmentwhether or not subject to ERISA (including any funding mechanism therefor now in effect or required in the future as a result of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise), terminationwhether formal or informal, severance oral or other contracts written, legally binding or agreements (other than individual option agreements) not under which any employee or former employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has any present or future right to benefits or under which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a partyof its subsidiaries has any present or future liability. All such plans, with agreements, programs, policies and arrangements shall be collectively referred to as the "Plans." With respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectivelyeach Plan, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copiesa true, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the followingcopy of: (i) the Plansall plan documents, benefit schedules, trust agreements, and insurance contracts and other funding vehicles; (ii) the annual report most recent Annual Report (Form 55005500 Series) filed with and accompanying schedule, if any; (iii) the current summary plan description, if any, and other written communications; (iv) the three most recent annual financial reports, if any; (v) the three most recent actuarial reports, if any; and (vi) the most recent determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service (“the "IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter"), if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) . Each Plan has been operated in all material respects established and administered in accordance with its terms terms, and in compliance with the requirements applicable provisions of all ERISA, the Code and other applicable Lawslaws, including ERISA rules and regulations except for such violations or non-compliances, which, individually or in the Codeaggregate, reasonably could not be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Each With respect to each Plan that is intended to be a "qualified under plan" within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of ("Qualified Plans"), the Code IRS has received issued a favorable determination letter from and nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, which would cause the IRSloss of such qualification. All contributions required to be made to any Plan by applicable law or regulation or by any plan document or other contractual undertaking, and all premiums due or is entitled payable with respect to rely on a favorable opinion issued by insurance policies funding any Plan, for any period through the IRS, andEffective Time have been timely made or paid in full or, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact extent not required to be made or event has occurred since paid on or before the date of such determination letter or letters from hereof, have been fully reflected in the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) financial statements of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither to the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are extent required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any GAAP. No Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company There does not now exist, nor do any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, circumstances exist that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effectresult in, any material liability under (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company SubsidiaryTitle IV of ERISA, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge section 302 of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) yearsERISA, (iii) there are no charges with respect to sections 412 and 4971 of the Code or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company continuation coverage requirements of section 601 et seq. of ERISA and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment section 4980B of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesCode.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Pemima Lp), Merger Agreement (Emp Acquisition Corp)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) Except as set forth in Item 2.19 of the Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material nor any Subsidiary maintains or contributes or is required to contribute to any employee benefit plans plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“"ERISA”")) and all material bonus), stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit any plans, programs programs, policies, practices, arrangements or arrangementscontracts (whether group or individual) providing for payments, and all material employment, termination, severance benefits or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) reimbursements to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current employees or former employee, officer, director employees (or consultant their beneficiaries and dependents) of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”)Subsidiary. The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, Each item listed on Item 2.19 of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoDisclosure Schedule is a "Benefit Plan."
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") that such Benefit Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, and to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event nothing has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from that could adversely affect the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status qualification of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trustBenefit Plan.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) Item 2.19 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors has liability that exceeds $500,000 with respect to any "employee pension benefit plan" (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) that is subject to Section 302 of ERISA or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees Section 412 of the Company Code or any Company Subsidiary, except "multiemployer plan" (as required by such term is defined in Section 4980B 3(37) of the CodeERISA).
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records None of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that Benefit Plans obligates the Company and or any Company Subsidiary are required under to pay any separation, severance, termination or similar benefit solely as a result of any transaction contemplated by this Agreement or solely as a result of a change in control or ownership within the terms meaning of Section 280G of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due)Code.
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) Item 2.19 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Planeach Benefit Plan and any related trust, either individually insurance contract or collectivelyfund has been maintained, provides for funded and administered in substantial compliance with its respective terms and the terms of any payment by applicable collective bargaining agreements and in substantial compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, ERISA and the Code. No asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is subject to any lien under ERISA or the Code, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning has incurred any liability under Title IV of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect ERISA or to the transactions contemplated by this AgreementPension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. There are no pending or threatened actions, suits, investigations or claims with respect to any Benefit Plan.
(f) Neither The Company and each Subsidiary has complied with the health care continuation requirements of Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA; and neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or Subsidiary has sponsored in the past six years any obligation under any Benefit Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” to provide health or life insurance benefits to former employees of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) or Subsidiary or any other person, except as specifically required by Part 6 of ERISA or part Subtitle B of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) Title I of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to To the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary nor any other "disqualified person" (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code) or "party in interest" (within the meaning of Section 3(14) of ERISA) has experienced taken any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or action with respect to any of the Benefit Plans which could subject any such Benefit Plan (or its employees within related trust) or the last three Company or any Subsidiary or any officer, director or employee of any of the foregoing to any penalty or tax under Section 502(i) of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
(3h) yearsNeither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any liability with respect to any "employee benefit plan" (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) solely by reason of being treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code with any trade, business or entity other than the Company and the Subsidiaries.
(i) With respect to each Benefit Plan, the Company has provided the Purchasers with true, complete and correct copies of (to the extent applicable) (i) all documents pursuant to which the Benefit Plan is maintained, funded and administered, (ii) the most recent annual report (Form 5500 series) filed with the IRS (with applicable attachments), (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and most recent financial statement, (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary aremost recent summary plan description provided to participants, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and (v) the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesmost recent determination letter received from the IRS.
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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (Iesi Tx Corp), Stock Purchase Agreement (Iesi Corp)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(aExhibit 4.32(a) sets forth a list of every Employee Program that has been maintained by the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonusCompany, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoan Affiliate.
(b) Each Plan Employee Program which has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k501(c)(9) of the Code has received a favorable determination or approval letter from the IRS, IRS regarding its qualification under such Section or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact amendment period for such Employee Program has not expired. No event or event omission has occurred since which would cause any Employee Program to lose its qualification or otherwise fail to satisfy the date of such determination letter or letters from relevant requirements to provide tax-favored benefits under the IRS to adversely affectapplicable Code Section (including without limitation Code Sections 105, in any material respect125, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust401(a) and 501(c)(9)).
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors knows, nor should any of them reasonably know, of any failure of any party to comply with any laws applicable with respect to the Employee Programs. With respect to any Employee Program, there has been no (i) "prohibited transaction", as defined in Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA") or has sponsored in the past six years Code Section 4975, (ii) failure to comply with any Plan provision of ERISA, other applicable law, or any agreement, or (or United States based pension plan iii) non-deductible contribution, which, in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 any of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to(i), (ii), or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under(iii), could subject the Company, any multiemployer plan Company Subsidiary or any Affiliate to liability either directly or indirectly (within the meaning including, without limitation, through any obligation of Section 3(37indemnification or contribution) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f)for any damages, an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA penalties, or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would nottaxes, individually or in the aggregate, any other loss or expense that could reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, . No litigation or governmental administrative proceeding (ior investigation) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by proceeding (other than those relating to routine claims for benefits) is pending or threatened with respect to its employees within any such Employee Program. All payments and/or contributions required to have been made (under the last three (3provisions of any agreements or other governing documents or applicable law) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating all Employee Programs, for all periods prior to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary areClosing Date, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxes.either have
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Samples: Master Agreement (First Washington Realty Trust Inc), Master Agreement (First Washington Realty Trust Inc)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(aSchedule 3.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all deferred compensation, incentive compensation, stock purchase, stock option or other equity-based, retention, bonus, change in control, severance or termination pay, hospitalization or other medical, life, dental, vision or disability insurance, supplemental unemployment benefits, profit-sharing, pension or retirement plans, programs, agreements or arrangements, and each other material fringe or other employee benefit plans plan, program, agreement or arrangement (as defined in including any “employee benefit plan,” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus), stock optionwhether written or unwritten, stock purchasethat is sponsored, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to, or required to or sponsored be contributed to by the Company Seller, the Company, or any Acquired Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officerindependent contractor, or director or consultant of the any Acquired Company or any Affected Employee (and/or their dependents or beneficiaries) or with respect to which any Acquired Company Subsidiary otherwise has any liabilities (collectively, the “Employee Plans”). The Company has made available ; provided, however, that neither any plan, program, policy, or agreement that is required to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, be provided under the applicable law of any jurisdiction outside the following: (i) United States nor any governmental plan or program requiring the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed mandatory payment of social insurance taxes or similar contributions to a governmental fund with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating respect to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description wages of an employee will be considered an “Employee Plan” for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretothese purposes.
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and Except as listed on the requirements attached Schedule 3.12(b), (i) each of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan Employee Plans that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 401(kof 1986, as amended (the “Code”) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRSInternal Revenue Service that it is so qualified regarding the most recent remedial amendment cycle applicable to such Employee Plan, and there are no facts or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS circumstances that would be reasonably likely to adversely affect, in any material respect, affect the qualified status of any such Employee Plan, and (ii) each Employee Plan complies in form and in operation in all material respects with the requirements of the Code, ERISA, and any other applicable Law, and has been administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms. With respect to each Employee Plan, there has been no non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code, and no fiduciary within the meaning of Section 3(21) of ERISA has breached any fiduciary duty imposed under Title I of ERISA with respect to which any Acquired Company would reasonably be expected to incur any material liability. Each Employee Plan that covers any current or former employee, independent contractor, director, or manager of any Acquired Company that is incorporated or established under the exempt status laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States or a political subdivision of such jurisdiction or any Affected Employee employed outside the United States or a political subdivision of such jurisdiction that is intended to qualify for tax-preferential treatment under applicable Law so qualifies and has received, where required, approval from the applicable Governmental Body that it is so qualified, and there are no facts or circumstances that would be reasonably likely to adversely affect the tax-preferred treatment of any such trustEmployee Plan.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of listed on the Company Disclosure Scheduleattached Schedule 3.12(c), neither with respect to the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retiredEmployee Plans, former or current employees all required contributions of the Company or any Acquired Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of due on or before the CodeClosing Date have been made or properly accrued on or before the Closing Date.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued Except as listed on the books and records attached Schedule 3.12(d), none of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary Employee Plans are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or of ERISA, Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the CodeCode or provides for medical or life insurance benefits to retired or former employees of an Acquired Company or, to the extent such employees were or are employed in the Business, of the Company (other than as required under Code Section 4980B, or similar state law). Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed toAcquired Company is, or otherwise incurred in the past six years has been, a participating or contributing employer in any withdrawal liability under, any “multiemployer plan plan” (within the meaning of as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA)) with respect to employees employed by the Acquired Companies or in the Business by the Company, and neither the Company nor any Acquired Company has incurred any withdrawal liability with respect to any multiemployer plan or any liability in connection with the termination or reorganization of any multiemployer plan with respect to employees employed by any Acquired Company or in the Business by the Company. For purposes No Employee Plan is (i) a multiple employer plan as defined in Section 413(c) of this the Code, or (ii) a multiple employer welfare arrangement as defined in Section 4.11(f)3(40) of ERISA, and neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has maintained, contributed to, or been required to contribute to any plan described in clauses (i) or (ii) above in the past six years.
(e) The consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) result in an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” increase in or accelerate the vesting of any of the benefits available under any Employee Plan, or (ii) otherwise entitle any current or former employee of any Acquired Company or any Affected Employee to severance pay or any other payment from the Company or any Acquired Company. None of the Company, any Acquired Company, or, to the Company’s knowledge, any other Person with the authority to speak on behalf of the Company if it or any Acquired Company has announced any binding commitment to (x) create any additional Employee Plan, (y) amend or modify any existing Employee Plan, or (z) terminate any Employee Plan, in the case of each of clause (x), (y), and (z), in any manner that would affect in any material respect any current or former employee of any Acquired Company or any Affected Employee or any dependent or beneficiary of any such persons. No Employee Plan that provides retirement benefits has, since January 1, 2008, been terminated, and neither the Company nor any Acquired Company or any other Person has initiated the termination of any Employee Plan that provides retirement benefits.
(f) There are no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, Proceedings that have ever been considered asserted relating to any Employee Plan (other than routine claims for benefits). Neither the Company nor any Acquired Company is a single employer party to any agreement or understanding with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor, or similar foreign Governmental Body with respect to any Employee Plan with respect to which any Acquired Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISAwould reasonably be expected to incur liability.
(g) Except as would notspecifically provided in the Employee Services Agreement, individually none of Buyer, Buyer’s Affiliates or any Acquired Company will have any liability or obligation arising under or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or connection with any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesNon-U.S. Affected Employee Plan following Closing.
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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (Stanadyne Corp), Stock Purchase Agreement (Clarcor Inc.)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a4.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists Letter sets forth a true and complete list as of the date of this Agreement of each material Company Benefit Plan that is not a Foreign Benefit Plan. With respect to each material Company Benefit Plan that is not a Foreign Benefit Plan, the Company has made available to Parent (or will make available in accordance with the final sentence of this Section 4.10(a)) true and complete copies of (or, to the extent no such copy exists or such copy is not readily available, a written description of (including any written description included on the Company’s website)), in each case, to the extent applicable, (i) all plan documents, summary plan descriptions, summaries of material modifications, and material amendments related to such plans and any related trust agreement, insurance Contracts or other funding vehicle documents, (ii) the most recent Form 5500 Annual Report, (iii) the most recent audited financial statement and actuarial valuation and (iv) all material employee benefit plans (as defined non-routine filings and correspondence with any Governmental Entity received in Section 3(3) the one year period prior to the date of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”)this Agreement. The Company has made available or, within 10 business days after the date hereof, will provide to Parent copies, which are correct (A) a true and complete in all list of each material respectsForeign Company Plan, (B) each material Company Benefit Plan and (C) true and complete copies of each of the following: (i) documents described in the Plansimmediately preceding sentence, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (ivextent applicable, in each case, in the manner described on Section 4.10(a) of the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoCompany Disclosure Letter.
(b) Each Plan Except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) each of the Company Benefit Plans and any trust related thereto has been operated in all material respects and administered in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all in compliance with applicable LawsLaw, including ERISA ERISA, the Code and, in each case, the regulations thereunder, (ii) all contributions or other amounts payable by the Company or the Company Subsidiaries pursuant to each Company Benefit Plan in respect of current or prior plan years have been timely paid or accrued in accordance with GAAP or applicable international accounting standards and (iii) there are no pending, or to the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(aCompany’s Knowledge, threatened or anticipated claims, actions, governmental investigations or audits (other than routine claims for benefits) by, on behalf of or against any of the Code Company Benefit Plans or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trusttrusts related thereto.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) No material liability under Title IV of ERISA has been incurred by the Company, the Company Disclosure ScheduleSubsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates that has not been satisfied in full, neither and to the Company’s Knowledge no condition exists that is likely to cause the Company, the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates to incur any such liability. Within the last six years, no Company SubsidiaryBenefit Plan has been an employee benefit plan subject to Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA or Section 412, except as required by Section 4980B 430 or 4971 of the Code. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has incurred or is reasonably expected to incur any Controlled Group Liability that has not been satisfied in full.
(d) Full payment Neither the Company, its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has, at any time during the preceding six years, contributed to, been obligated to contribute to or had any liability (including any contingent liability) with respect to any “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA (a “Multiemployer Plan”) or any plan that has been madetwo or more contributing sponsors at least two of whom are not under common control within the meaning of Section 4063 of ERISA or a plan that has two or more contributing sponsors, or otherwise properly accrued on at least two of whom are not under “common control” (within the books and records meaning of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, Section 4063 of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet dueERISA).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e4.10(e) of the Company Disclosure ScheduleLetter, and except as will not, and would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in any material liability to the Company, no Company Benefit Plan provides benefits, including death or medical benefits (whether or not insured), with respect to current or former employees or directors of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries beyond their retirement or other termination of service, other than coverage mandated by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 or comparable U.S. state Law.
(f) Each Company Benefit Plan that is intended to be “qualified” within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter or opinion letter as to its qualification or may rely upon a favorable prototype opinion letter from the IRS as to its qualified status, and to the Company’s Knowledge, there are no existing circumstances or any events that have occurred that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the qualified status of any such plan.
(g) Except as set forth in Section 4.10(g) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the Merger (either alone or in conjunction with any other event) will, (i) result in any payment (including severance and unemployment compensation, forgiveness of indebtedness or otherwise) becoming due to any current or former director or any employee of the Company or any Company Subsidiary under any Company Benefit Plan, either (ii) increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Company Benefit Plan, (iii) result in any acceleration of the time of payment, funding or vesting of any such benefits, (iv) result in any breach or violation of, or default under or limit the Company’s right to amend, modify, terminate or transfer the assets of, any Company Benefit Plan or (v) result in any payment (whether in cash or property or the vesting of property) to any “disqualified individual” (as such term is defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.280G-1) that would, individually or collectivelyin combination with any other such payment, constitute an “excess parachute payment” (as defined in Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code).
(h) Except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, each Foreign Benefit Plan (i) has been operated in conformance with the applicable statutes or governmental regulations and rulings relating to such plans in the jurisdictions in which such Company Benefit Plan is present or operates and, to the extent relevant, the United States, (ii) is intended to qualify for special tax treatment meeting all requirements for such treatment and (iii) is intended to be funded or book-reserved are fully funded or book-reserved, as appropriate, based upon reasonable actuarial assumptions.
(i) Except as has not, and would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in any material liability to the Company, no Company Benefit Plan is a defined benefit pension plan.
(j) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary thereof has any obligation to provide, and no Company Benefit Plan or other agreement or arrangement provides any individual with the right to, a gross-up, indemnification, reimbursement or other payment for any payment excise or additional Taxes incurred pursuant to Section 409A or Section 4999 of the Code.
(k) Except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, each Company Benefit Plan that is a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) is in documentary compliance with, and has been operated and administered in all material respects in compliance with, Section 409A of the Code.
(l) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has paid or awarded, or committed to pay or award, any bonuses or change in control, retention, or incentive compensation or benefits to any of its directors, executive officers, employees or other service providers, in each case, to the extent payable by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute in connection with this Agreement or upon or as a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G result of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 consummation of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISAMerger.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxes.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (First Advantage Corp), Merger Agreement (Sterling Check Corp.)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(aSchedule 2.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stockcompensation, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical fringe or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangementsprograms, and all material employmentpolicies, termination, severance or other contracts arrangements (whether or agreements (not set forth in a written document), other than individual option agreements) to which the Company any plan, program, policy or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or other arrangement sponsored by the Company or a Government Entity, covering any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current active or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is under common control with the Company Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries, with respect to which the Company has liability (individually, a “Plan,” and, collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct All Plans have been maintained and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Plan has been operated administered in all material respects in accordance compliance with its their respective terms and with the requirements prescribed by any applicable Legal Requirements. No suit, action or other litigation (excluding claims for benefits incurred in the ordinary course of all applicable LawsPlan activities) has been brought, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, andor, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened, against or with respect to any Plan. There are no fact material audits, inquiries or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against by any governmental agency with respect to any Plan. All contributions, reserves or affecting premium payments required to be made or accrued as of the date hereof to the Plans have been timely made or accrued in all material respects. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have any binding commitment to establish or enter into any new Plan or to modify any Plan (except to the extent required by law or to conform any such Plan to the requirements of any applicable law, in each case as previously disclosed to Quartet in writing, or as required by this Agreement).
(b) Except as provided pursuant to Article I of this Agreement or disclosed in Schedule 2.11(b) hereto, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (i) result in any payment (including severance, unemployment compensation, bonus or otherwise) becoming due to any director or employee of the Company and its Subsidiaries under any Plan or otherwise, (ii) materially increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Plan, or (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such benefits.
(c) No material liability under Title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) has been incurred by the Company or any Company Subsidiaryof its Subsidiaries that has not been satisfied in full and no event has occurred and, and neither to the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strikeCompany’s knowledge, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect no condition exists that could reasonably be likely to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to result in the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for of its Subsidiaries incurring a material liability under Title IV of ERISA. No Plan is a defined benefit pension plan or is subject to Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the prevention Code. No Plan is a multiemployer plan within the meaning of unlawful employment practices and (ivSection 3(37) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been of ERISA or a multiple employer welfare arrangement as defined in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesSection 3(40) or ERISA.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Quartet Merger Corp.), Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd.)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) No event has occurred, and there exists no condition or set of circumstances, with respect to the employee benefit plans of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”"COMPANY EMPLOYEE PLANS")) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) which could reasonably be expected to which subject the Company or any Company Subsidiary is of its Subsidiaries to any liability, other than liabilities which would not be reasonably likely, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoMaterial Adverse Effect.
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, With respect to the knowledge of Company Employee Plans, individually and in the aggregate, there are no funded benefit obligations for which contributions have not been made or properly accrued and there are no unfunded benefit obligations which have not been accounted for by reserves on the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust's Financial Statements.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) 3.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither all the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees Employee Plans comply with and are and have been operated in accordance with each applicable provision of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "CODE"), other federal statutes, state law (including, without limitation, state insurance law) and the regulations and rules promulgated pursuant thereto or in connection therewith. Each Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute Employee Plan which is a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer group health plan (within the meaning of Section 3(375000(b)(1) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” the Code) complies with and has been maintained and operated in accordance with each of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) requirements of ERISA or part Section 4980B of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes Code and Part 6 of Section 302(d)(8)(C) Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA.
(gd) Except as would not, individually Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any current or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against former employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member or which is under common control with the Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to within the knowledge meaning of Section 414 of the CompanyCode ("ERISA AFFILIATE"), threatened against nor any officer, director, agent or affecting employee of the Company has made any oral or written statement regarding any Company Employee Plan which could result in any material additional liability to Purchaser, the Company or any Company SubsidiaryERISA Affiliate, and neither the Company nor whether direct or indirect, in excess of any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout current or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to potential liability of the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesERISA Affiliate.
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Samples: Convertible Secured Note, Option and Warrant Purchase Agreement (Supergen Inc), Convertible Secured Note, Option and Warrant Purchase Agreement (Tako Ventures LLC)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all sets forth a true and complete list of each material employee benefit plans Company Benefit Plan.
(as defined in Section 3(3b) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct true and complete in all material respects, copies of (to the following: extent applicable) (i) each material Company Benefit Plan and any related trust or funding agreement (or, with respect to any unwritten material Company Benefit Plan, a written description thereof), other than any portion of any Company Benefit Plan that the PlansCompany or any of its Subsidiaries is prohibited from making available to Parent as the result of applicable Law relating to the safeguarding of data privacy, (ii) the two most recent annual report (reports on Form 5500) 5500 filed with the Internal Revenue Service Department of Labor or through the ERISA Filing Acceptance System, as applicable, with respect to each material Company Benefit Plan (“IRS”) for the last yearif any such report was required by applicable Law), (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating letter with respect to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each each Company Benefit Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code Code, (iv) the most recent actuarial reports (if applicable) for each Company Benefit Plan, (v) the most recent summary plan description, if any, required under ERISA with respect to each material Company Benefit Plan, (vi) all material communications received from or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from sent to the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respectPension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the qualified status Department of Labor or any other Governmental Entity since January 1, 2010 with respect to a Company Benefit Plan, (vii) all current employee handbooks and manuals and (viii) all material amendments and modifications to any such Company Benefit Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or related document not otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored reflected in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Codedocument made available. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, material liability to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has communicated to any current or former employee any intention or commitment to amend or modify any Company Subsidiary Benefit Plan or to establish or implement any other employee or retiree benefit or compensation plan or arrangement.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.12(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect: (i) each Company Benefit Plan has experienced been operated, funded and administered in accordance with its terms and with applicable Laws, including, but not limited to, ERISA, and the Code; (ii) neither the Company nor any strikeof its Subsidiaries nor, slowdownto the Knowledge of the Company, work stoppage, lockout or any other labor dispute by or Person (with respect to its employees within whom the last three (3Company has an obligation to indemnify) years, (iii) there are no charges has engaged in a transaction in connection with respect to or relating to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for of its Subsidiaries would reasonably be expected to be subject to either a material civil penalty assessed pursuant to Section 409 or 502(i) of ERISA or a material Tax imposed pursuant to Section 4975 or 4976 of the prevention of unlawful employment practices Code; and (iviii) neither the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating nor any of its Subsidiaries has any current or potential liability or obligation (including any indemnification obligation to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxes.any
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Samples: Merger Agreement (CD&R Associates VIII, Ltd.), Merger Agreement (Emergency Medical Services CORP)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(aSchedule 2.21 sets forth a list of (i) each plan, program, policy or Contract providing for incentive compensation, severance, termination pay, performance awards, stock or stock-related awards, fringe benefits or other employee benefits of any kind, whether formal or informal, funded or unfunded, written or oral, and whether or not legally binding, which is now or previously has been sponsored, maintained, contributed to or required to be contributed to by the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material or any of its subsidiaries and pursuant to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has or may have any liability, contingent or otherwise, including any "employee benefit plans (as defined in plan" within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“"ERISA”") (each a "Benefit Plan"), (ii) and all material each management, bonus, stock option, stock purchaseequity (or equity related), restricted stockseverance, incentivenon-compete, deferred compensationconfidentiality or similar Contract between the Company and any current, retiree medical former or life insuranceretired employee, supplemental retirementofficer, severance consultant, independent contractor, agent or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements director of the Company (other than individual option agreementsan "Employee") to under which the Company has or may have any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which liability and (iii) each employment or consulting Contract between the Company or any and an Employee (each Contract in clauses (ii) and (iii), an "Employee Agreement"). The Company Subsidiary currently does not sponsor, maintain, contribute to, and is not required to contribute to, nor has any obligation or which are the Company ever sponsored, maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company been required to contribute to, or incurred any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employeeliability with respect to, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plansany "defined benefit plan" (as defined in ERISA Section 3(35)), (ii) the annual report any "multiemployer plan" (Form 5500as defined in ERISA Section 3(37)) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, or (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letterany Benefit Plan which provides, if anyor has any material liability to provide, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (life insurance, medical, severance or other descriptions employee welfare benefits to any Employee upon his or her retirement or termination of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiaryemployment, except as required by Section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code.
(d") Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records any similar state law regarding continuation of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) coverage. Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of on Schedule 2.21, to the Company's knowledge, the Company Disclosure Schedulehas not committed to establish any new employee benefit plan, no Plan, either individually program or collectively, provides for arrangement or to modify or terminate any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Benefit Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would notwhich, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected would materially increase the obligation of the Company to have a Material Adverse Effectany or all of its employees.
(b) The Company has no liability, contingent or otherwise, with respect to any employee benefit plan maintained by or contributed to by any ERISA Affiliate. For this purpose, an ERISA affiliate is any entity (other than any current subsidiary of the Company) that is or ever has been (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge a member of a "controlled group of corporations," under "common control" or complaint pending against an "affiliated service group" within the Company meaning of Sections 414(b), (c) or any Company Subsidiary(m) of the Code, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, required to the knowledge be aggregated under Section 414(o) of the Company, threatened against Code or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to under "common control," within the Company meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA, or any Company Subsidiary pending before regulations promulgated or proposed under any Governmental Authority responsible for of the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) foregoing Sections, in any such case with the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesCompany.
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Samples: Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Capella Education Co), Stock Purchase Agreement (Capella Education Co)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a3.14(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material contains a true and complete list of each pension, benefit, retirement, compensation, profit-sharing, deferred compensation, incentive, performance award, phantom equity, stock or stock-based, change in control, retention, severance, fringe- benefit and other similar agreement, plan, policy, program or arrangement (and any amendments thereto), in each case whether or not reduced to writing and whether funded or unfunded, including each “employee benefit plans (as defined in plan” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) , whether or not tax-qualified and all material bonuswhether or not subject to ERISA, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, sponsored, contributed to, or required to be contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director director, retiree, individual independent contractor or individual consultant of the Company or any spouse or dependent of such individual, or under which the Company Subsidiary has or may have any Liability, or with respect to which Parent would reasonably be expected to have any Liability, contingent or otherwise (collectivelyas listed on (or required to be listed on) Section 3.14(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, each, a “Benefit Plan”).
(b) With respect to each Benefit Plan, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copiesaccurate, which are correct current and complete in all material respects, copies of each of the following: (i) where the PlansBenefit Plan has been reduced to writing, the plan document together with all amendments; (ii) where the annual report Benefit Plan has not been reduced to writing, a written summary of all material plan terms; (Form 5500iii) filed with where applicable, copies of any trust agreements or other funding arrangements, custodial agreements, insurance policies and contracts, administration agreements and similar agreements, and investment management or investment advisory agreements, now in effect or required in the future as a result of the Transactions or otherwise; (iv) copies of any summary plan descriptions, summaries of material modifications, employee handbooks and any other written communications (or a description of any oral communications) relating to any Benefit Plan; (v) in the case of any Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, a copy of the most recent determination, opinion or advisory letter from the Internal Revenue Service Service; (“IRS”vi) in the case of any Benefit Plan for the last yearwhich a Form 5500 is required to be filed, (iii) a copy of the most recently received IRS determination letterfiled Form 5500, if anywith schedules attached; (vii) actuarial valuations and reports related to any Benefit Plans with respect to the two most recently completed plan years; and (viii) copies of material notices, letters or other correspondence from the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Labor or Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoBenefit Plan.
(bc) Each Benefit Plan (other than any multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA (each a “Multiemployer Plan”)) has been operated in all material respects established, administered and maintained in accordance with its terms and the requirements of in compliance with all applicable Laws, Laws (including ERISA and the Code) in all material respects. Each Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k(a “Qualified Benefit Plan”) of the Code has received a favorable and current determination letter from the IRSInternal Revenue Service, or is entitled with respect to a prototype plan, can rely on a favorable an opinion issued by letter from the IRS, andInternal Revenue Service to the prototype plan sponsor, to the knowledge effect that such Qualified Benefit Plan is so qualified and that the plan and the trust related thereto are exempt from federal income taxes under Sections 401(a) and 501(a), respectively, of the Code, and to the Company’s knowledge, no fact or event nothing has occurred since that would reasonably be expected to cause the date revocation of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan Internal Revenue Service or the exempt status unavailability of any reliance on such trust.
(c) Except opinion letter from the Internal Revenue Service, as set forth applicable, nor has such revocation or unavailability been threatened in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Codewriting.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans With respect to have paid as contributions to each Benefit Plan (i) no such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement plan is a Multiemployer Plan; (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(eii) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute such plan is a “parachute paymentmultiple employer plan” within the meaning of Section 280G 413(c) of the Code after giving effect or a “multiple employer welfare arrangement” (as defined in Section 3(40) of ERISA); (iii) no Action has been initiated by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to terminate any such plan or to appoint a trustee for any such plan; (iv) no such plan is subject to the transactions contemplated by this Agreementminimum funding standards of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code; and (v) no “reportable event,” as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA, has occurred with respect to any such plan.
(e) Each Benefit Plan that is subject to Section 409A of the Code has been operated in material compliance with such section and all applicable regulatory guidance (including notices, rulings and proposed and final regulations). The Company does not have any obligation to any Person to cause any Benefit Plan subject to 409A of the Code to comply with Section 409A of the Code or to provide any “gross-up” or similar payment to any Person in the event any such Benefit Plan fails to comply with Section 409A of the Code.
(f) Neither the Company execution of this Agreement nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither Transactions will (either alone or upon the occurrence of any additional or subsequent events): (i) entitle any current or former director, officer, employee, independent contractor or consultant of the Company nor to severance pay or any ERISA Affiliate contributes to other payment; (ii) accelerate the time of payment, funding or has ever contributed tovesting under any Benefit Plan, or otherwise incurred increase the amount of compensation due to any withdrawal liability undercurrent or former director, officer, employee, independent contractor, or consultant of the Company; (iii) limit or restrict the right of the Company to merge, amend or terminate any multiemployer plan Benefit Plan; (iv) increase the amount payable under or result in any other material obligation pursuant to any Benefit Plan; or (v) result in “excess parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 3(37280G(b) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISACode.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxes.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (FISION Corp), Merger Agreement (FISION Corp)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(aSchedule 5.20(a) contains a true and complete list of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) , and all material bonus, stock option, unit option, stock purchase, unit purchase, restricted stock, restricted unit, incentive, equity-based compensation, deferred compensation, disability, retiree medical medical, life or life insuranceother benefits, supplemental retirement, severance retirement or other benefits, supplemental unemployment or income, dependent care, severance, and other similar fringe or benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, executive compensation, termination, severance severance, change of control or other contracts Contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company written or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company otherwise maintained or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of or relating to any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant other service provider of any of the Company Partnership Entities or their respective ERISA Affiliates, or with respect to which the Partnership Entities or their respective ERISA Affiliates have or may have any Company Subsidiary Liability, contingent or otherwise (collectively, referred to herein as the “Partnership Plans”). The Company has made available With respect to Parent copieseach Partnership Plan, which are correct the Partnership Parties have provided to Holdings accurate and complete in all material respects, copies of the following: (i) the Plansall written documents comprising such plan (including amendments, individual agreements, service agreements, trusts and other funding agreements), (ii) the three most recent annual report returns in the Form 5500 series (Form 5500including all schedules thereto) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last yearrespect to such plan, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letterrecent audited financial statement and accountant’s report (if required), if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) currently in effect and all material modifications theretothereto (if required), (v) for each such plan which is (or ever was) intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code, the most recent determination letter or opinion letter issued by the Internal Revenue Service, (vi) any employee handbook which includes a description of such plan, (vii) any other written communications to any employee or employees, or to any other individual or individuals, to the extent that the provisions of such plan described therein differ materially from such provisions as set forth or described in the other information or materials furnished under this Section 5.20, and (viii) any communications with any Governmental Authority related to such plan, other than transmittal letters and other routine correspondence.
(b) Each Plan None of the Partnership Entities has been operated any express or implied commitment (i) to create, incur Liability with respect to or cause to exist any other employee benefit plan, program or arrangement, (ii) to enter into any Contract or agreement to provide compensation or benefits to any individual, or (iii) to modify, change or terminate any Partnership Plan, other than with respect to a modification, change or termination required by ERISA or the Code.
(c) During the past six years the Partnership Entities and their respective ERISA Affiliates have not maintained, contributed to or had an obligation to contribute, nor have any Liability, contingent or otherwise, with respect to (i) a multiemployer plan, within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA, (ii) a plan subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, (iii) a multiple employer plan within the meaning of Section 413 of the Code or Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA, or (iv) a multiple employer welfare arrangement within the meaning of Section 3(40) of ERISA. None of the Partnership Plans (i) provides for the payment of separation, severance, termination or similar-type benefits to any person, (ii) obligates any Partnership Entity to pay separation, severance, or termination benefits or provide other benefits (including additional accruals or accelerated vesting of options) as a result of the Transaction (either alone or in all material respects in accordance connection with its terms and the requirements any additional or subsequent event or events), or (iii) obligates any Partnership Entity to make any payment or provide any benefit that could be subject to a Tax under Section 4999 of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. None of the Partnership Plans provides for or promises retiree medical, disability or life insurance benefits to any current or former employee, officer, director or service provider of any Partnership Entity, except for continuation coverage required by Section 4980B of the Code, Sections 601 to 608 of ERISA or applicable state Law.
(d) Each Partnership Plan that which is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code is so qualified and to the knowledge of the Partnership Parties has received a favorable determination letter from the IRSalways been so qualified, and if any Partnership Plan was previously not so qualified, such failure shall not affect its current qualified status nor result in or cause any cost or expense to any Partnership Entity, and there has been no event, condition or circumstance that has adversely affected or is entitled likely to rely on a favorable opinion issued by affect such qualified status. Each Partnership Plan is now operated in all material respects in accordance with the IRSrequirements of Applicable Law, including ERISA and the Code, and, to the knowledge of the CompanyPartnership Parties has always been so operated and if any Partnership Plan was ever previously operated not in accordance with Applicable Law, no fact or event has occurred since including ERISA and the date of Code, such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, failure shall not result in any material respectcost or expense to any Partnership Entity, the qualified status and each Partnership Entity has performed all obligations required to be performed by it under such Partnership Plan, is not in any respect in default under or in violation of, and has no knowledge of any such Plan default or the exempt status of violation by any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Scheduleparty with respect to, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due)Partnership Plan.
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) With respect to each Partnership Plan, there have been no prohibited transactions, or, to the knowledge of the Company Disclosure SchedulePartnership Parties, no Plan, either individually breaches of fiduciary duties that could result in Liability (directly or collectively, provides indirectly) for any payment by Partnership Entity and the Company consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby will not result in a prohibited transaction or any Company Subsidiary breach of fiduciary duty.
(f) All contributions to, and payments from, each Partnership Plan that would constitute a “parachute payment” are required to be made in accordance with the terms of the Partnership Plan and Applicable Law have been timely made. Any Partnership Plan that provides nonqualified deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 280G 409A of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored been operated in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan good faith in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or compliance with Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 409A of the Code. Neither the Company nor any The Partnership Entities and their respective ERISA Affiliate contributes Affiliates maintain no employee benefit plan, program or arrangement required to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer comply with the Company under 4001(b) Laws of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISAany foreign jurisdiction.
(g) Except as would notNo litigation or claim (other than routine claims for benefits), individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there and no Proceeding is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the CompanyPartnership Entities or their respective ERISA Affiliates, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesPartnership Plan.
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Samples: Option Agreement (Rhino Resource Partners LP), Option Agreement (Royal Energy Resources, Inc.)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) The Company has made available to Parent true, complete and correct copies of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“"ERISA”")) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or and other similar employee benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, unexpired severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which payments are maintained, contributed to or sponsored still due and payable by the Company), written or otherwise (together, the "Company or any Company Subsidiary Employee Plans"), for the benefit of of, or relating to, any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member or which is under common control with the Company Subsidiary within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code (collectivelyan "ERISA Affiliate").
(a) With respect to each Company Employee Plan, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copiesa true, which are complete and correct and complete in all material respects, of the followingcopy of: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“"IRS”") for the last year, three years with respect to any Company Employee Plan subject to such filing requirement; (iiiii) the most recently received IRS determination lettereach trust agreement and group annuity contract, if any, relating to the Plans such Company Employee Plan; and (iviii) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (actuarial report or other descriptions valuation relating to a Company Employee Plan subject to Title IV of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoERISA.
(b) Each Plan With respect to the Company Employee Plans, individually and in the aggregate, no event has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, occurred and, to the knowledge of the Company, there exists no fact condition or event has occurred since set of circumstances in connection with which the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS Company could be subject to adversely affect, in any material respectliability under ERISA, the qualified status of Code or any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trustother applicable law.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of With respect to the Company Disclosure ScheduleEmployee Plans, neither individually and in the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors aggregate, there are no funded benefit obligations for which contributions have not been made or has sponsored any Plan that provides properly accrued and there are no unfunded benefit obligations which have not been properly accounted for any post-employment by reserves or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of otherwise footnoted in accordance with GAAP on the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the CodeCompany's Most Recent Balance Sheet.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors of its Subsidiaries is a party to any written or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, oral: (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge union or complaint pending against collective bargaining agreement; (ii) agreement with any current or former employee the benefits of which are contingent upon, or the terms of which will be materially altered by, the consummation of the Merger or other transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (iii) agreement with any current or former employee of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout of its Subsidiaries providing any term of employment or labor dispute pending or, to compensation guarantee extending for a period longer than one year from the knowledge of the Company, threatened against date hereof or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention payment of unlawful employment practices and compensation in excess of $200,000 per annum; or (iv) agreement or plan the Company and each Company Subsidiary arebenefits of which will be increased, and at all times have been in compliance withor the vesting of the benefits of which will be accelerated, all applicable Laws relating to employment upon the consummation of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesMerger.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Connectiv Corp), Merger Agreement (Connectiv Corp)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) None of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined Debtors nor any of their ERISA Affiliates sponsor, maintain or contribute to any Multiemployer Plan or a plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and, in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonuslast six years, stock optionneither the Debtors nor any ERISA Affiliate has sponsored, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical maintained or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to any Multiemployer Plan or sponsored by the Company or plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA. No condition exists that could reasonably be expected to result in any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating Liability to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions Debtors under Title IV of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoERISA.
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) None of the Code Debtors has established, sponsored or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRSmaintained, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued has any liability with respect to, any employee pension benefit plan or other material employee benefit plan, program, policy, agreement or arrangement governed by the IRS, and, or subject to the knowledge Laws of a jurisdiction other than the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date United States of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trustAmerica.
(c) Except as set forth would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in Section 4.11(c) the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect to the Debtors, there are no pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company Disclosure ScheduleCompany, neither the Company nor threatened claims, sanctions, actions or lawsuits, asserted or instituted against any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Benefit Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Person as fiduciary or sponsor of any Company SubsidiaryBenefit Plan, except as required by Section 4980B of in each case other than claims for benefits in the Codenormal course.
(d) Full payment has been madeExcept as would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or otherwise properly accrued on in the books aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect all compensation and records benefit arrangements of the Debtors and all Company Benefits Plans comply and any Company Subsidiary, of have complied in both form and operation with their terms and all amounts that the Company applicable Laws and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms legal requirements. None of the Plans Debtors, has any obligation to have paid as contributions to such Plans on provide any individual with a “gross up” or prior to similar payment in respect of any Taxes that may become payable under Section 409A or 4999 of the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due)Code.
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect not reasonably be expected to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would notresult, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, all liabilities (including all employer contributions and payments required to have been made by any of the Debtors) under or with respect to any compensation or benefit arrangement of any of the Debtors have been properly accounted for in the Company’s financial statements in accordance with GAAP.
(f) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there each of the Debtors has complied and is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiarycurrently in compliance with all Laws and legal requirements in respect of personnel, employment and employment practices; (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge all service providers of each of the CompanyDebtors are correctly classified as employees, threatened against independent contractors, or affecting the Company otherwise for all purposes (including any applicable tax and employment policies or any Company Subsidiary, law); and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there the Debtors have not and are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or not engaged in any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesunfair labor practice.
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Samples: Backstop Commitment and Equity Investment Agreement (Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC), Backstop Commitment and Equity Investment Agreement (Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) 4.17.1 Schedule 4.17 sets forth a list of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material each “employee benefit plans plan” (as defined in within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, including each pension, profit sharing, 401(k), severance, welfare, disability, deferred compensation, stock purchase, stock option, stock purchaseother equity-based plan or arrangement, restricted stockemployee loan, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance employment, change-in-control, retention, fringe benefit, bonus, incentive and all other employee benefit agreements, programs, policies or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employmentwhether or not subject to ERISA (including any funding mechanism therefor now in effect or required in the future as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise), terminationwhether formal or informal, severance oral or other contracts written, legally binding or agreements not, that is maintained, sponsored, contributed to or required to be contributed to or entered into by the Company or by any trade or business, whether or not incorporated that together with the Company would be deemed a “single employer” within the meaning of Section 4001(b) of ERISA (other than individual option agreements) an “ERISA Affiliate”), or to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary an ERISA Affiliate is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary party for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director officer or consultant other service provider of the Company or as to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary ERISA Affiliate has or may be reasonably expected to have any present or future liability (collectively, the “Company Plans”). The With respect to each Company Plan, the Company has made available to Parent copiesBuyer correct, which are correct true and complete in all material respects, copies of the following: Company Plan and any amendments thereto (i) or if the PlansCompany Plan is not a written Company Plan, (ii) a description thereof), any related trust agreement, insurance contract or policy or other funding vehicle, any reports or summaries required under ERISA or the annual report (Form 5500) filed with Code and the most recent determination letter or opinion letter received from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”with respect to each Company Plan intended to qualify under Section 401(a) for of the last yearCode. All contributions required to be made by the Company under the terms of the Company Plans have been timely made. To the Knowledge of the Company, (iiinone of the Company, any Company Plan, any trust created under any Company Plan, nor any trustee or administrator thereof has engaged in a transaction in connection with which the Company, any Company Plan, any such trust, or any trustee or administrator thereof, or any party dealing with any Company Plan or any such trust could be subject to either a civil penalty assessed pursuant to Section 409 or 502(i) of ERISA or a tax imposed pursuant to Section 4975 or 4976 of the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating Code.
4.17.2 Up to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Closing Date, each Company Plan has been operated established and administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Lawslaw, including including, as to each Company Plan that is subject to thereto, ERISA and the Code. For each Company Plan with respect to which a Form 5500 has been filed, no material change has occurred with respect to the matters covered by the most recent Form 5500 filed since the end of the period covered thereby. No “reportable event” (as such term is defined in Section 4043 of ERISA) that could reasonably be expected to result in material liability, or material nonexempt “prohibited transaction” (as such term is defined in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code) has occurred with respect to any Company Plan. No Company Plan is a split-dollar life insurance program or otherwise provides for loans to any employee who would constitute an executive officer of the Company (within the meaning of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002). To the extent any Company Plans are subject to Section 409A of the Code, the Company has administered such plans in good faith compliance with such section based on a reasonable interpretation of the requirements of Section 409A and applicable guidance.
4.17.3 Each Company Plan that is intended to be an “employee pension benefit plan” (within the meaning of ERISA Section 3(2)) is qualified under within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code and has received a favorable determination letter from (or opinion letter, as applicable) as to its qualification. To the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge Knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date or circumstance exists that could reasonably be expected to give rise to disqualification or loss of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the tax-exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors Plan or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, a related trust or otherwise properly accrued on subject the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no PlanCompany, either individually directly or collectivelyby reason of its affiliation with any ERISA Affiliate, provides for to any payment material tax, material fine, material lien, material penalty or other material liability imposed by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of ERISA, the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the or other applicable laws. No Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension is a plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or a “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(374001(a)(3) of ERISA)) and neither the Company, nor any of its ERISA Affiliates, has established, maintained, or had any obligation to contribute to any such plan within the past six (6) years. For purposes of this Except as set forth in Schedule 4.17, no Company Plan provides for post-employment or post-retirement health, medical or life insurance benefits for employees, except as required to avoid an excise tax under Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” 4980B of the Company if it Code or otherwise except as may be required pursuant to any other applicable law. No condition exists which would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against prevent the Company or any an ERISA Affiliate from amending or terminating a Company SubsidiaryPlan.
4.17.4 With respect to each Company Plan, (iia) there no material claim (other than routine claims for benefits), action, suit or other proceeding is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge Knowledge of the Company, threatened against and (b) no written or affecting oral communication has been received from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation concerning the funded status thereof or any transfer of assets and liabilities therefrom in connection with the transactions contemplated herein.
4.17.5 Except as set forth in Schedule 4.17, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall not, either alone or in combination with another event, (a) entitle any current or former employee, officer or other service provider of the Company to severance pay or any other payment (or any increase in such payment) from the Company or under any Company SubsidiaryPlan, (b) accelerate the time of payment or vesting or increase the amount of compensation due any such employee, officer or other service provider from the Company or under any Company Plan, or (c) limit or restrict the right of the Company to merge, amend or terminate any Company Plan. No amounts payable under the Company Plans will fail to be deductible for federal income tax purposes due to the operation of Section 280G of the Code. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.17, the Company has no contractual obligation to make any tax gross-up payments as a result of the golden parachute excise tax of Section 4999 of the Code.
4.17.6 With respect to each Company Plan subject to the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States (a) all employer contributions to each such Company Plan required by law or by the terms of such Company Plan have been made, and neither (b) each such Company Plan required to be registered has been registered and has been maintained in good standing with applicable regulatory authorities. All employer and employee contributions that are required to be made to a personal pension scheme in the Company nor United Kingdom (“U.K. Pension”) have been made up to the Closing Date and no condition or event exists or is expected to occur that will or could be expected to subject Buyer to any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout direct or other labor dispute by or indirect liability with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesa U.K. Pension.
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Samples: Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (Heidrick & Struggles International Inc)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a4.13(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists sets forth a correct and complete list of all material employee benefit plans, programs, agreements or arrangements, including pension, retirement, profit sharing, deferred compensation, stock option, change in control, retention, equity or equity-based compensation, stock purchase, employee stock ownership, severance pay, vacation, bonus or other incentive plans, all medical, vision, dental or other health plans, all life insurance plans, and all other employee benefit plans (or fringe benefit plans, including “employee benefit plans” as that term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, in each case, whether oral or written, funded or unfunded, or insured or self-insured, maintained by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act Company or any of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonusits Subsidiaries, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries contributed or is a partyobligated to contribute thereunder, or with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries has or may have any obligation liability (contingent or which are maintainedotherwise), contributed in each case, for or to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of (i) any current or former employeeemployees, officerdirectors, director officers or consultant consultants of the Company or any Company Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries located primarily in the United States and/or their dependents (collectively, the “Benefit Plans”), or (ii) any current or former employees, directors, officers or consultants of any of its Subsidiaries not located primarily in the United States and/or their dependents (collectively, the “Foreign Plans”). The Company has made available For purposes of this Agreement, the term “plan,” when used with respect to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Foreign Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (shall mean a “IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (scheme” or other descriptions employee benefit program or arrangement in accordance with specific country usage. Table of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.Contents
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms All Benefit Plans that are intended to be subject to Code Section 401(a) and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan any trust agreement that is intended to be tax exempt under Code Section 501(a) have been determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be qualified under Code Section 401(a) of the and exempt from taxation under Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS501(a), and, to the knowledge Knowledge of the Company, nothing has occurred that would adversely affect the qualification of any such plan. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect: (i) each Benefit Plan and any related trust subject to ERISA complies in all material respects with and has been administered in substantial compliance with, (A) the provisions of ERISA, (B) all provisions of the Code, (C) all other applicable Laws, and (D) its terms and the terms of any collective bargaining or collective labor agreements; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice from any Governmental Entity questioning or challenging such compliance; and (iii) there are no unresolved claims or disputes under the terms of, or in connection with, the Benefit Plans other than claims for benefits which are payable in the ordinary course; (iv) there has not been any prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) with respect to any Benefit Plan; (v) no Action has been commenced with respect to any Benefit Plan and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no fact such Action is threatened (other than routine claims for benefits in the normal course); (vi) there are no governmental audits or investigations pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in connection with any Benefit Plan; and (vii) to the Knowledge of the Company, there are not any facts that could give rise to any liability in the event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan governmental audit or the exempt status of any such trustinvestigation.
(c) Except Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate of the Company (i) sponsors or contributes to a Benefit Plan that is a “defined benefit plan” (as set forth defined in ERISA Section 3(35)); (ii) has an “obligation to contribute” (as defined in ERISA Section 4212) to a Benefit Plan that is a “multiemployer plan” (as defined in ERISA Sections 4001(a)(3) and 3(37)(A)); (iii) has any liability, contingent or otherwise, under Title IV of ERISA with respect to a Benefit Plan, either directly or through any ERISA Affiliate; (iv) except as stated in Section 4.11(c4.13(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor sponsors, maintains or contributes to any Company Subsidiary sponsors plan, program or has sponsored any Plan arrangement that provides for any post-retirement or other post-employment or post-retirement welfare benefits (other than health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except care continuation coverage as required by Law); and (v) sponsors a Foreign Plan that is a defined benefit pension plan intended to be registered or approved by any Governmental Entity. For purposes of this Section 4980B 4.13, “ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any trade or business, whether or not incorporated, that together with the Company would be deemed to be a single employer for purposes of Section 4001 of ERISA or Sections 414(b), (c), (m), (n) or (o) of the Code.
(d) Full payment Each Foreign Plan complies in all material respects with and has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on administered in substantial compliance with the books and records Laws of the Company and applicable foreign country. Each Foreign Plan which, under the Laws of the applicable foreign country, is required to be registered or approved by any Company SubsidiaryGovernmental Entity, of all amounts that has been so registered or approved. All contributions to each Foreign Plan required to be made by the Company and or the Company Subsidiaries through the Closing Date have been or shall be made or, if applicable, shall be accrued in accordance with country-specific accounting practices. No Action has been commenced with respect to any Company Subsidiary are required under Foreign Plan and, to the terms Knowledge of the Plans to have paid as contributions to Company, no such Plans on Action is threatened (other than routine claims for benefits in the normal course). There are no governmental audits or prior investigations pending or, to the date Knowledge of this Agreement (excluding the Company, threatened in connection with any amounts not yet due).Foreign Plan. Table of Contents
(e) Except as set forth in All reports, returns and similar documents with respect to all Benefit Plans or Foreign Plans required to be filed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with any Governmental Entity have been duly and timely filed. All material reports, returns and similar documents with respect to all Benefit Plans or Foreign Plans required to be distributed to any Benefit Plan or Foreign Plan participant have been duly and timely distributed.
(f) Section 4.11(e4.13(f) of the Company Disclosure ScheduleSchedule discloses whether each Benefit Plan that is an employee welfare benefit plan is (i) unfunded or self-insured, no Plan, either individually (ii) funded through a “welfare benefit fund,” as such term is defined in Code Section 419(e) or collectively, provides for any payment by other funding mechanism or (iii) insured. Each such employee welfare benefit plan may be amended or terminated (including with respect to benefits provided to retirees and other former employees) without liability (other than benefits then payable under such plan without regard to such amendment or termination) to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at any time. Each of the Company Subsidiary and the Company’s Subsidiaries complies in all material respects with the applicable requirements of Section 4980B(f) of the Code or any similar state statute with respect to each Benefit Plan that would constitute is a “parachute payment” group health plan within the meaning of Section 280G 5000(b)(1) of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Codesuch state statute. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to of its Subsidiaries has any material obligations for retiree health or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred life insurance benefits under any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan Benefit Plan (within the meaning of other than for continuation coverage under Section 3(374980B(f) of ERISAthe Code). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would notmay be required by Law, individually or in the aggregateas contemplated under this Agreement, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries has experienced any strikeplan or commitment to create any additional Benefit Plans or Foreign Plans, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by to amend or with respect modify any existing Benefit Plan or Foreign Plan in such a manner as to its employees within materially increase the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to cost of such Benefit Plan or relating Foreign Plan to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before of its Subsidiaries.
(h) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will cause or trigger (i) any Governmental Authority responsible for material payment (including any bonus, severance, unemployment compensation, deferred compensation, forgiveness of indebtedness or golden parachute payment) to any current or former employee under any Benefit Plan or Foreign Plan; (ii) any increase in any material respect of any benefit otherwise payable under any Benefit Plan or Foreign Plan; (iii) any acceleration in any material respect of the prevention time of unlawful employment practices and payment or vesting of any such benefits under any Benefit Plan or Foreign Plan; or (iv) any material obligation to fund any trust or other arrangement with respect to compensation or benefits under a Benefit Plan or Foreign Plan. No payment or benefit which has been, will or may be made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any current or former employee located in the United States in connection with the execution and each delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby would be characterized as an “excess parachute payment” with the meaning of Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code or fail to be deductible under Section 162(m) of the Code. Table of Contents
(i) Neither the Company Subsidiary arenor any of its Subsidiaries has classified any individual as an “independent contractor” or similar status who, and at all times according to a Benefit Plan or Foreign Plan or applicable Law, should have been classified as an employee or of similar status. To the Knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material liability by reason of any individual who provides or provided services to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in compliance withany capacity, being improperly excluded from participating in any Benefit Plan or Foreign Plan.
(j) Correct and complete copies have been delivered or made available to the Buyer by the Company of all Benefit Plans and Foreign Plans (including all amendments and attachments thereto); written summaries of any Benefit Plan not in writing, all applicable Laws relating related trust documents; all insurance contracts or other funding arrangements to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety the degree applicable; the two most recent annual information filings (Form 5500) and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees annual financial reports for those Benefit Plans (where required); the most recent determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service (where required); and the collection most recent summary plan descriptions for the Benefit Plans and payment in respect of withholding and/or social security Taxesdefined Benefit Plans and Foreign Plans, the most recent actuarial valuation and any subsequent valuation or funding advice (including draft valuations).
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Mikron Infrared Inc), Merger Agreement (Mikron Infrared Inc)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) 3.18 of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists contains a true, correct and complete list of all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonuspension, stock optionbenefit, stock purchaseprofit sharing, restricted stock, incentiveretirement, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life welfare, insurance, supplemental retirementdisability, bonus, vacation pay, severance or pay and other benefit similar plans, programs and agreements, whether reduced to writing or arrangementsnot, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreementsany "multiemployer plan" as such term is defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, relating to which the Company Company's employees, or maintained at any Company Subsidiary is a partytime since June 30, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored 1999 by the Company or by any Company Subsidiary for the benefit other member (as used in this Subsection 3.18, a "Plan Affiliate") of any current controlled group of corporations, group of trades or former employeebusinesses under common control, officeror affiliated service group (as defined for purposes of Section 414(b), director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectivelyc) and (m), the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respectsrespectively, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service Code of 1986, as amended (“IRS”the "Code")) for (the last year"Employee Plans"), (iii) and the most recently received IRS determination letterCompany has no obligations, if anycontingent or otherwise, relating to past or present, under applicable law or the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions terms of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoany Employee Plan.
(b) Each With respect to all Employee Plans, the Company and its Plan has been operated Affiliates are in all material respects in accordance compliance with its terms and the requirements of prescribed by any and all applicable Lawsstatutes, orders or governmental rules or regulations currently in effect, including ERISA and the Code, applicable to such Employee Plans, including all reporting, notice and disclosure requirements. The Company and its Plan Affiliates have in all respects performed all obligations required to be performed by them under, and is not in violation in any respect of, and there has been no default or violation by any other party with respect to, any of the Employee Plans. Neither the Company nor any Plan Affiliate has failed to pay any amounts due and owing as required by the terms of any Employee Plan.
(c) There is no multiemployer plan to which the Company or its Plan Affiliates contribute, are required to contribute, or have ever been required to contribute, or to which any of the employees are beneficiaries as a result of their employment with the Company.
(d) No Employee Plan provides health or life insurance benefits for retirees.
(e) The Company has previously delivered to the Buyer true, correct and complete copies of all Employee Plans and all agreements, including trust agreements and insurance contracts, related to such Employee Plans.
(f) Each Employee Plan that is intended to be qualified qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued been determined by the IRSInternal Revenue Service to so qualify, and, and the trusts created thereunder have been determined to be exempt from tax under the knowledge provisions of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trustSection 501(a).
(cg) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither Neither the Company nor any corporation or trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that would be treated as a member of the controlled group of the Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides under Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA would be liable for any postamount pursuant to Section 4062, 4063, 4064, 4068 or 4069 of ERISA if any of the Employee Plans that are subject to Title IV of ERISA were to terminate. All premiums or other payments required by the terms of any group or individual insurance policies and programs maintained by the Company and covering any present or former employees of the Company with respect to all periods up to and including the Closing Date have been fully paid for the length of the obligation. To the extent not heretofore satisfied or accrued on the Current Balance Sheet, the Stockholder shall be responsible for, and shall cause to be paid without using any of the Company's assets, any welfare benefits not fully covered by third-employment party insurance policies or post-retirement health programs relating to claims incurred by present or medical former employees of the Company on or life insurance benefits for retiredbefore the Closing Date.
(h) There are no threatened or pending claims, suits or other proceedings by present or former or current employees of the Company or its affiliates, plan participants, beneficiaries or spouses of any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Codeabove, the Internal Revenue Service, the PBGC, or any other person or entity involving any Employee Plan including claims against the assets of any trust, involving any Employee Plan, or any rights or benefits thereunder, other than ordinary and usual claims for benefits by participants or beneficiaries including claims pursuant to domestic relations orders.
(di) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records Section 3.18 of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts Disclosure Schedule specifies those Employee Plans that are to be continued by the Company following the Closing Date and those that are to be terminated. At the Buyer's election, the Company shall take any Company Subsidiary are required actions as may be necessary or appropriate under all applicable laws and the terms of the Employee Plans to have paid establish the Buyer, or an affiliate of the Buyer, as contributions having all rights and obligations with respect to any of the Employee Plans that are to be continued including rights with respect to all annuity or insurance contracts that form a part of any of such Employee Plans, together with all other Employee Plan assets. The Company shall obtain as of the Closing Date any and all consents from trustees required to effect any transfer of any trust(s) related to such assumed Employee Plans to such trustee(s) as may be appointed by the Buyer.
(j) Except as heretofore accrued on or the Current Financial Statements, there are no liabilities with respect to any Employee Plan that relate to any period prior to the date of this Agreement Closing Date, including any taxes, accrued vacation or sick pay (excluding any amounts whether or not yet duevested).
(e) Except , accrued vacation, sick and personal leaves, employee policies, employee benefit claims or liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. Without limiting the foregoing and except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) contemplated hereby, no employees of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for will be entitled to any payment severance pay by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G reason of the Code after giving effect to consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would and no severance pay will have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, accrued prior to the knowledge Closing Date and will be payable to any employees upon any subsequent termination of their employment after the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesClosing Date.
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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (Centene Corp), Stock Purchase Agreement (Centene Corp)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(aSchedule 4.08(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and Benefit Plans covering any or all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”)Operator Facility Employees. The Company has Sellers have made available to Parent copies, which are Purchaser complete and correct and complete in copies of all material respects, of the following: (i) the such Benefit Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last yearand, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letteras applicable, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent all related summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions with all amendments, and summaries of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretomodifications.
(b) Each Plan has been operated in Schedule 4.08(b) describes all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all employment practices, policies, contracts, programs or arrangements which are applicable Lawsto Operator Facility Employees, including ERISA wage, vacation, holiday and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, andsick and other leave plans, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trustextent not listed on Schedule 4.08(a).
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of Neither the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company Companies nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retiredCommonly Controlled Entity has, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date Closing Date, (i) incurred any liability under ERISA, or (ii) failed to satisfy the minimum funding requirements of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the CodeCode (including with respect to installments). Neither the All contributions or payments required to be made by any Commonly Controlled Entity or Affiliate of such Company with respect to any Benefit Plan have been timely made.
(d) Such Company neither maintains nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or nor has ever maintained or contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability undernor been required to contribute to, any Benefit Plan, including without limitation any Benefit Plan which is subject to Title IV of ERISA or a multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(ge) Except as would notNeither such Company nor any Commonly Controlled Entity or any other Person has taken any action, individually failed to take any action or in the aggregateotherwise incurred any liability with respect to any Benefit Plan or any other employee benefit plan subject to ERISA that is or was maintained or contributed to, reasonably or required to be expected to have a Material Adverse Effectcontributed to, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the by such Company or any Commonly Controlled Entity that may subject Purchaser or its Affiliates (following the Closing) to any liability, including but not limited to any Tax or penalty under ERISA or the Code.
(f) No Owned Real Property is and no non-real estate assets such Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout owns or labor dispute pending or, purports to the knowledge own are subject to a Lien under ERISA or under Section 412 of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesCode.
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Samples: Purchase and Sale Agreement (Calpine Corp), Purchase and Sale Agreement (Xcel Energy Inc)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) 3.13 of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans each Company Benefit Plan.
(as defined in Section 3(3b) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with With respect to which the each Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintainedBenefit Plan, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available delivered to Parent copiesthe Investors a true, which are complete and correct and complete in all material respects, copy of the following: (i) such Company Benefit Plan (of, if not written, a written summary of its material terms) and the Plansmost recent summary plan description and summary of material modifications, if any, related to such Company Benefit Plan, (ii) each trust agreement or other funding arrangement, (iii) the most recent annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service IRS) (“IRS”) for and, if the last yearmost recent annual report is a Form 5500R, the most recent Form 5500C filed with respect to such Company Benefit Plan), (iiiiv) the most recently received IRS recent actuarial report or financial statement, if applicable, (v) the most recent determination letter, if any, relating issued by the IRS and any pending request for a determination letter, if any, and (vi) each registration statement, permit application and prospectus. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Plans knowledge of the Company and its Subsidiaries, any other Person or entity, has any express or implied commitment, whether legally enforceable or not, to continue (iv) for any period), modify, change or terminate any Company Benefit Plan, other than with respect to a modification, change or termination required by ERISA or the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoInternal Revenue Code.
(bc) Each Company Benefit Plan has been operated administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Lawslaws, including ERISA and the CodeInternal Revenue Code (including the prohibited transaction rules thereunder), and contributions required to be made under the terms of any of the Company Benefit Plans as of the date of this Agreement have been timely made or, if not yet due, have been properly reflected on the Balance Sheet. No suit, administrative proceeding, action or other adverse proceeding or claim is currently pending or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened in writing against or with respect to any such Company Benefit Plan (other than routine benefits claims) and there is no pending audit or inquiry by the Internal Revenue Service or United States Department of Labor with respect to any Company Benefit Plan. To the knowledge of Company or any of its Subsidiaries, there exists no condition or set of circumstances that could subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any material liability (other than for routine benefit liabilities) relating in any way to any Company Benefit Plan.
(d) Each Company Benefit Plan can be amended, discontinued or terminated at any time in accordance with its terms, without liability (other than (A) liability for ordinary administrative expenses typically incurred in a termination event or (B) liabilities for which sufficient assets are set aside in a trust or insurance contract to satisfy such liability or which are reflected on the Balance Sheet).
(e) Each Company Benefit Plan and its related trust that is intended to be qualified qualify under Section 401(a) or 4975(e)(7) and Section 501(a), respectively, of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, IRS as to such qualified status or is entitled to rely on has been established under a favorable standardized prototype plan for which an Internal Revenue Service opinion issued letter has been obtained by the IRS, and, plan sponsor and was valid when issued as to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trustadopting employer.
(cf) Except No Company Benefit Plan is a multiemployer pension plan (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA) or other pension plan subject to Title IV of ERISA or the minimum funding rules of ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code and no Company ERISA Affiliate has sponsored or contributed to or been required to contribute to any such pension plan.
(g) With respect to each Benefit Plan required to be set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure ScheduleSchedule that is subject to Title IV of ERISA or the minimum funding rules of ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code, neither (i) no reportable event (within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA, other than an event that is not required to be reported before or within thirty (30) days of such event) has occurred or is expected to occur, (ii) there was not an accumulated funding deficiency (within the meaning of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code), whether or not waived, as of the most recently ended plan year of such Benefit Plan; and (iii) there is no "unfunded benefit liability" (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA). No material liability under Title IV of ERISA has been incurred by the Company nor or any other Company Subsidiary sponsors ERISA Affiliate that has not been satisfied in full, and no condition exists that presents a material risk to Company or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment of its Subsidiaries of incurring or post-retirement health being subject (whether primarily, jointly or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees secondarily) to a material liability thereunder. None of the assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiaryof its Subsidiaries is, except as required by or may reasonably be expected to become, the subject of any lien arising under ERISA or Section 4980B 412(n) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(dh) Full payment has been madeExcept as required by law, no Company Benefit Plan provides any of the following retiree or otherwise properly accrued on post-employment benefits to any person: medical, disability or life insurance benefits. To the books and records knowledge of the Company and any Company Subsidiaryits Subsidiaries, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary each of its Subsidiaries are required under in compliance with (i) the terms requirements of the Plans to have paid applicable health care continuation and notice provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as contributions to such Plans on or prior amended, and (ii) the applicable requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended.
(i) The Company has delivered to the date Investors true, complete and correct copies of (i) all employment agreements with officers and all consulting agreements of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries providing for annual compensation in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), (ii) all severance plans, agreements, programs and policies of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries with or relating to their respective employees, directors or consultants, and (iii) all plans, programs, agreements and other arrangements of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries with or relating to their respective employees, directors or consultants which contain "change of control" provisions. The consummation of the Transactions will not, alone or in conjunction with any other possible event (including termination of employment), (i) entitle any current or former employee or other service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to severance benefits or any other payment, compensation or benefit (including forgiveness of indebtedness), except as expressly provided by this Agreement Agreement, or (excluding ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount of compensation or benefit due any amounts not yet duesuch employee or service provider, alone or in conjunction with any other possible event (including termination of employment).
(ej) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) The execution of, and performance of the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement will not (either along with or upon the occurrence of any additional or subsequent events) constitute an event under any Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually Benefit Plan or collectively, provides for agreement that will or may reasonably be expected to result in any payment by (whether severance pay or otherwise), acceleration, vesting or increase in benefits with respect to any employee, former employee or director of the Company Company, or its Subsidiaries, whether or not any Company Subsidiary that such payment would constitute a “be an "excess parachute payment” " (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this AgreementInternal Revenue Code).
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxes.
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Samples: Common Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement (Ista Pharmaceuticals Inc), Common Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement (Ista Pharmaceuticals Inc)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a3.14(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all Letter sets forth a true and complete list of each material Company Benefit Plan, except for (i) any employment or independent contractor, agreement with an employee or independent contractor whose annual base and incentive compensation or annual fee, as applicable, is less than $150,000 and that does not deviate in any material respect from the form employment agreement or independent contractor agreement, as applicable, and (ii) any standard offer letter provided to employees in the ordinary course that does not deviate in any material respect from the form of offer letter. For purposes of this Agreement, “Company Benefit Plan ” means each “employee benefit plans plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (as amended, “ERISA”)) and all material bonuseach other plan, arrangement or policy (written or oral) relating to stock options, stock optionpurchases, stock purchaseequity-based compensation, restricted stock, incentivecompensation, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insuranceemployment, supplemental retirement, severance bonus or other benefit plansincentive compensation, programs or arrangementsseverance, and all material employmentchange of control, terminationretention, severance employee loan, fringe benefits or other contracts benefits, in each case, sponsored, maintained or agreements (other than individual option agreements) contributed to, or required to which the Company be sponsored, maintained or any Company Subsidiary is a partycontributed to, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary its subsidiaries for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, individual independent contractor or director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available its subsidiaries or Affiliated Entities or with respect to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, its subsidiaries or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to Affiliated Entities could have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Codeliability. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against each Company Benefit Plan has been established, operated and administered in compliance in all respects with its terms and applicable Law, including, but not limited to, ERISA and the Company or any Company SubsidiaryInternal Revenue Code of 1986 (as amended, the “Code”) and (ii) there is are no labor strikepending, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the CompanyCompany threatened, threatened investigations by any Governmental Authority, termination proceedings or other claims (except routine individual claims for benefits payable under the Company Benefit Plans) against or affecting the Company or involving any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor Benefit Plan or asserting any rights to or claims for benefits under any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesBenefit Plan.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (IPC Healthcare, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Team Health Holdings Inc.)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) Schedule 4.14 sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Plans applicable to any current Employees of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoBusiness.
(b) Each Plan is in writing and Member has been operated in previously furnished the Company with a true and complete copy of each Plan document, including all amendments thereto, each summary plan description and summary of material respects in accordance with its terms modification, and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each most recently received IRS determination letter for each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trustCode.
(c) Except Member and any current or former ERISA Affiliates of Member have never maintained, sponsored or contributed to any benefit plan subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, including but not limited to a money purchase pension plan, a multiple employer plan subject to Sections 4063 and 4064 of ERISA or a multiemployer plan as set forth defined in Section 4.11(c4001(a)(3) of the Company Disclosure ScheduleERISA, neither the Company nor and no event or fact exists which could give rise to any Company Subsidiary sponsors liability under Title IV of ERISA or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B 412 of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on Neither Member nor any ERISA Affiliate of Member maintains a Welfare Plan providing continuing benefits after the books and records termination of employment (other than as required by Section 4980B of the Company Code and any Company Subsidiaryat the former employee’s own expense), of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms Member and each of the Plans to ERISA Affiliates of Member have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to complied in all material respects with the date notice and continuation requirements of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due)Section 4980B of the Code and the regulations thereunder.
(e) Except Each individual providing services to Member or any ERISA Affiliate of Member has been properly characterized and treated as set forth in Section 4.11(ebeing either an employee or an independent contractor.
(f) No “Employee of the Company Disclosure ScheduleBusiness” (as defined below) will become entitled to any bonus, no Planretirement, either individually severance, job security or collectivelysimilar benefit, provides for or the enhancement of any payment such benefit, as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Company Joint Venture Agreement. No payment or benefit which will or may be made with respect to any Company Subsidiary that would constitute employee or former employee of Member as a “parachute payment” within result of the meaning of transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Joint Venture Agreement will be reasonably likely to fail to be deductible pursuant to Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this AgreementCode.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxes.
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Samples: Joint Venture Agreement (Huneeus Vintners LLC), Joint Venture Agreement (Constellation Brands, Inc.)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a4.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) contains a true and complete list of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) each deferred compensation and all material bonus, stock optioneach incentive compensation, stock purchase, restricted stockstock option and other equity compensation plan, incentiveprogram, deferred compensation, retiree medical agreement or life insurance, supplemental retirement, arrangement (the "Company Stock Plans"); each severance or termination pay, medical, surgical, hospitalization, life insurance and other benefit plans"welfare" plan, programs fund or arrangementsprogram (within the meaning of Section 3(1) of the ERISA); each profit-sharing, and all material stock bonus or other "pension" plan, fund or program (within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA); each employment, terminationtermination or severance agreement; and each other employee benefit plan, severance fund, program, agreement or other contracts arrangement, in each case, that is sponsored, maintained or agreements (other than individual option agreements) contributed to or required to be contributed to by the Company or by any ERISA Affiliate, or to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary an ERISA Affiliate is a party, with respect to which the Company whether written or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintainedoral, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current employee or former employee, officer, director or consultant employee of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectivelyeach, the “Plans”a "Plan"). The Company Neither the Company, any Subsidiary nor any ERISA Affiliate has made available any commitment or formal plan or announced intention to Parent copiescreate, which are correct and complete in all material respects, any additional employee benefit plan or modify or change any existing Plan that would affect any employee or former employee of the following: (i) Company or any Subsidiary, except for modifications or changes contemplated herein or required by law as a condition of obtaining or retaining the PlansCompany's intended ERISA, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed tax, securities or accounting treatment with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating respect to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoPlan.
(b) Each The Company has heretofore delivered to Parent true and complete copies of each Plan has been operated currently in effect and any and all material respects in accordance with its terms amendments thereto (or if a Plan is not a written Plan, a description thereof), any related trust or other funding vehicle, any reports or summaries required under ERISA or the Code and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and most recent determination letter received from the Code. Each Internal Revenue Service with respect to each Plan that is intended to be qualified qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B 401 of the Code.
(dc) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required No liability under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise been incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company SubsidiaryERISA Affiliate that has not been satisfied in full, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxes.condition exists
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Samples: Merger Agreement (National Service Industries Inc), Merger Agreement (Holophane Corp)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a4.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which Benefit Plans that are maintained, contributed to, required to be contributed to, or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant, to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, or under which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has or could incur any material liability (contingent or otherwise) (collectively, the “Plans”).
(b) With respect to each Plan, the Company has heretofore furnished to HCIC, if applicable, true and complete copies of (i) the current plan document and all amendments thereto and each trust or other funding arrangement, (ii) the most recent summary plan description and summaries of material modifications thereto, (iii) the most recently filed Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Form 5500 annual report and accompanying schedules, (iv) the most recently received IRS determination, opinion or advisory letter and (v) any material, non-routine correspondence with any Governmental Authority since the Formation Date. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has any express commitment to modify, change or terminate any Plan, other than with respect to a modification, change or termination required by ERISA or the Code, or other applicable Law.
(c) No Plan is or was since the Formation Date, nor does the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate have or is reasonably expect to have any liability or obligation under any, (i) multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) or Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA), (ii) single employer pension plan (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA) subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, (iii) multiple employer plan subject to Section 413(c) of the Code or (iv) multiple employer welfare arrangement under ERISA.
(d) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is nor will be obligated to, whether under any Plan or otherwise, pay separation, severance, termination or similar benefits to any person directly as a result of any Transaction, nor will any Transaction accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount, of any benefit or other compensation due to any individual. The Transactions shall not be the direct or indirect cause of any amount paid or payable by the Company or any Company Subsidiary being classified as an “excess parachute payment” under Section 280G of the Code.
(e) No Plans provide, nor does the Company nor any Company Subsidiary have or reasonably expect to have any obligation to provide, medical or other welfare benefits to any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary after termination of employment or service, except as may be required under Section 4980B of the Code and Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA.
(collectivelyf) Each Plan is, and has been since the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copiesFormation Date, which are correct and complete in compliance, in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, Laws including ERISA and the Code. The Company, each Company Subsidiary and all ERISA Affiliates have performed, in all material respects, all obligations required to be performed by them under, are not in any material respect in default under or in violation of, and have no knowledge of any default or violation in any material respect by any party to, any Plan. No Action is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened with respect to any Plan (other than claims for benefits in the ordinary course) and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event exists that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any such Action.
(g) Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(khas (i) of the Code has timely received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, IRS that the Plan is so qualified and each trust established in connection with such Plan is exempt from federal income Tax under Section 501(a) of the Code or (ii) is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by or advisory letter from the IRS, and, and to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination or opinion letter or letters from the IRS that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect, in any material respect, affect the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(ch) There has not been any prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) nor any reportable event (within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA) with respect to any Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries. There have been no acts or omissions by the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate that have given or could reasonably be expected to give rise to any material fines, penalties, Taxes or related charges under Sections 502 or 4071 of ERISA or Section 511 or Chapter 43 of the Code for which the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate may be liable.
(i) All contributions, premiums or payments required to be made with respect to any Plan have been timely made to the extent due or properly accrued on the consolidated financial statements of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, except as would not result in material liability to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries.
(j) The Company, each Company Subsidiary and each ERISA Affiliate has complied in all material respects with the notice and continuation coverage requirements, and all other requirements, of Section 4980B of the Code and Parts 6 and 7 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA, with respect to each Plan that is, or was during any taxable year for which the statute of limitations on the assessment of federal income Taxes remains open, by consent or otherwise, a group health plan within the meaning of Section 5000(b)(1) of the Code.
(k) The Company, each Company Subsidiary and each Plan that is a “group health plan” as defined in Section 733(a)(1) of ERISA (each, a “Health Plan”) is and has been in compliance, in all material respects, with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (“PPACA”), and no event has occurred, and no condition or circumstance exists, that could reasonably be expected to subject the Company, any Company Subsidiary, any ERISA Affiliate or any Health Plan to any material liability for penalties or excise Taxes under Code Section 4980D or Section 4980H or any other provision of the PPACA.
(l) Each Plan that constitutes a nonqualified deferred compensation plan subject to Section 409A of the Code has been administered and operated, in all material respects, in compliance with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code, and no additional Tax under Section 409A(a)(1)(B) of the Code has been or could reasonably be expected to be incurred by a participant in any such Plan.
(m) The Company has heretofore furnished to HCIC (x) an accurate and complete copy of the Company Share Plans, (y) a form of Share Grant Agreement and (z) a form of Share Option Agreement each for options granted as (1) number of shares and (2) value of shares. Except as set forth in on Section 4.11(c4.10(m) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any grant under any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees Share Award agreement conforms to the forms heretofore provided. No Company Option was granted with an exercise price per share less than the fair market value of the underlying Company or any Company Subsidiary, except Ordinary Shares as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the date such Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Option was granted. Except as set forth in on Section 4.11(e4.10(m) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually all existing holders of Company Shares have obtained or collectively, provides for any payment by completed all the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer relevant approvals from and/or filings with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or competent Governmental Authorities with respect to its employees within their subscription and acquisition of Company Shares, including with limitation the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to approvals or relating to filings required for Chinese companies or individuals’ outbound investment in the Company Company. No official agent or any Company Subsidiary pending before representative of any Governmental Authority responsible for is party to any Company Share Award. The Company has given proper notice of the prevention of unlawful employment practices Transactions to any Company Share Award recipient, if and (iv) as required under the applicable Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesShare Award agreement.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. V), Merger Agreement (Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. V)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a4.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material Plans. The “Plans” shall mean: (i) all employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other material benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, termination or severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) Contracts to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary ERISA Affiliate is a partyparty (except for offer letters that provide for employment that is terminable at will and without material cost or liability to the Company or any Company Subsidiary), with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary ERISA Affiliate has or could have any material obligation or which that are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary ERISA Affiliate for the benefit of any current or former employee, officerofficer or director of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, director (ii) each employee benefit plan for which the Company or any Company Subsidiary could incur liability under Section 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be terminated, (iii) any plan in respect of which the Company or any Company Subsidiary could incur liability under Section 4212(c) of ERISA, and (iv) any material consulting contracts, arrangements or understandings between the Company or any Company Subsidiary and any natural person consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectivelyall Plans, excluding Plans not subject to U.S. Law, the “US Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct Purchaser a true and complete copy of each Plan and has made available to Purchaser a true and complete copy of each material document, if any, prepared in all material respectsconnection with each such Plan (except for individual written Company Stock Option and Company RSU agreements, in which case only forms of the following: such agreements have been made available, unless such individual agreements materially differ from such forms), including as applicable (i) the Plansa copy of each trust or other funding arrangement, (ii) the each most recent summary plan description and summary of material modifications, (iii) annual report (Form 5500) filed with the reports on Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Form 5500 for the last yearmost recent three (3) plan years, (iiiiv) the most recently received IRS determination letterletter for each such Plan, if any, relating to the Plans and (ivv) the most recent summary plan description for recently prepared actuarial report and financial statement in connection with each such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the CodePlan. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, There are no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Codeoral Plans. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strikeexpress or implied commitment (i) to create, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges incur liability with respect to or relating cause to exist any other material employee benefit plan, program or arrangement, (ii) to enter into any Contract to provide compensation or benefits to any individual other than in the Company ordinary course of business, or (iii) to modify, change or terminate any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for Plan, other than with respect to a modification, change or termination required by ERISA, the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all Code or other applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxeslaw.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Microsemi Corp), Merger Agreement (Vitesse Semiconductor Corp)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) The Company has provided the Funds with a list identifying each Employee Plan and Benefit Arrangement.
(b) No Employee Plan (i) constitutes a Multiemployer Plan or (ii) is maintained in connection with any trust described in Section 4.11(a501(c)(9) of the Code. Neither the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) nor any ERISA Affiliate of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonusCompany maintains, stock optioncontributes to, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) is required to which contribute to nor in the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary past has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or been required to contribute to any Company Subsidiary for the benefit plan subject to Title IV of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoERISA.
(bc) Each Employee Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that which is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or is so qualified and has been so qualified during the period from its adoption to date, and each trust forming a part thereof is exempt from tax pursuant to Section 401(k501(a) of the Code and has received a favorable been so exempt since its creation. The Company has furnished to the Funds copies of the most recent Internal Revenue Service determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled with respect to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of each such Employee Plan. To the Company's knowledge, no fact or event each Employee Plan and Benefit Arrangement has occurred since been maintained in substantial compliance with its terms and with the date of requirements prescribed by any and all statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code, which are applicable to such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Employee Plan or the exempt status of any such trustBenefit Arrangement, as applicable.
(cd) Except as set forth disclosed in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure ScheduleSchedule 3.14, neither the Company nor there is no contract, agreement, plan or arrangement covering any Company Subsidiary sponsors employee or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees employee of the Company or any Company SubsidiarySubsidiary that, except as required by Section 4980B individually or collectively, could give rise to the payment of any amount that would not be deductible pursuant to the terms of Sections 162(m) or 280G of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors Subsidiary maintains or contributes to any Employee Plan which provides, or has sponsored any liability to provide life insurance, medical or other welfare benefits to any employee upon retirement or termination of employment, except as may be required by law.
(f) Except as disclosed in writing to the past six years any Plan Funds since the Balance Sheet Date, there has been no amendment to, written interpretation or announcement (whether or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliatenot written) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither by the Company nor or any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed of its affiliates relating to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability change in employee participation or coverage under, any multiemployer plan (within Employee Plan or Benefit Arrangement which would increase materially the meaning expense of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” maintaining such Employee Plan or Benefit Arrangement above the level of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with expense incurred in respect thereof for the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of fiscal year ended on the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISABalance Sheet Date.
(g) Except as would not, individually set forth in Schedule 3.14 or disclosed in the aggregateCompany's SEC Reports, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect is a party to or relating subject to the Company any union contract or any Company Subsidiary pending before employment contract providing for annual future compensation of $100,000 or more with any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary areofficer, and at all times have been in compliance withconsultant, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesdirector or employee.
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Samples: Investment Agreement (Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Discover & Co), Investment Agreement (Integramed America Inc)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) For purposes of this Section 4.11(a3.11, the Subsidiaries of the Company shall include any enterprise which, with the Company, forms or formed a controlled group of corporations, a group of trades or business under common control or an affiliated service group, within the meaning of section 414(b), (c) or (m) of the Code.
(b) All employee benefit plans, programs, arrangements and agreements covering active, former or retired employees of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries which provide material benefits to such employees, or as to which the Company or any Subsidiary has any material liability or material contingent liability, are listed on Schedule 3.11(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists Letter (the "Company Plans").
(c) The Company has made available to Parent a true, correct and complete copy of each of the Company Plans, and all contracts relating thereto, or to the funding thereof, including, without limitation, all trust agreements, insurance contracts, administration contracts, investment management agreements, subscription and participation agreements, and record-keeping agreements, each as in effect on the date hereof. In the case of any Company Plan that is not in written form, Parent has been supplied with an accurate description of such Company Plan as in effect on the date hereof. A true, correct and complete copy of the most recent annual report, actuarial report, accountant's opinion of the plan's financial statements, summary plan description and IRS determination letter with respect to each Company Plan, to the extent applicable, and a current schedule of assets (and the fair market value thereof assuming liquidation of any asset which is not readily tradable) held with respect to any funded Company Plan have been made available to Parent. There have been no material changes in the financial condition in the respective plans from that stated in the annual reports and actuarial reports supplied that would have or reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(d) All Company Plans comply in form and have been administered in operation in all material employee benefit respects with all applicable requirements of law, excluding any deficiencies that would not have or reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, no event has occurred which will or could cause any such Company Plan to fail to comply with such requirements, excluding any deficiencies that would not have or reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, and no notice has been issued by any governmental authority questioning or challenging such compliance.
(e) All required employer contributions under any such plans have been made and the applicable funds have been funded in accordance with the terms thereof, excluding any deficiencies that would not have or reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(as defined f) To the extent applicable, the Company Plans comply, in Section 3(3) all material respects, with the requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“"ERISA”"), the Code and any other applicable tax act and other laws, and any Company Plan intended to be qualified under section 401(a) of the Code has been determined by the IRS to be so qualified and all material bonusnothing has occurred to cause the loss of such qualified status.
(g) No Company Plan is covered by Title IV of ERISA or section 412 of the Code.
(h) There are no pending or anticipated claims against or otherwise involving any of the Company Plans and no suit, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance action or other benefit planslitigation (excluding claims for benefits incurred in the ordinary course of the Company Plan activities) has been brought against or with respect to any Company Plan.
(i) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any liability under subtitle C or D of Title IV of ERISA with respect to any "single-employer plan," within the meaning of section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, programs currently or arrangementsformerly maintained by the Company, and all material employmentany Company Subsidiary or any entity which is considered one employer with the Company under section 4001 of ERISA.
(j) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any withdrawal liability under subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA with respect to any "multi-employer plan," within the meaning of section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
(k) None of the assets of any Company Plan is invested in employer securities or employer real property.
(l) There have been no "prohibited transactions" (as described in section 406 of ERISA or section 4975 of the Code) with respect to any Company Plan that would have or reasonably be expected to have, terminationindividually or in the aggregate, severance a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(m) There have been no acts or other contracts omissions by the Company or agreements (other than individual option agreements) any of its Subsidiaries which have given rise to or may give rise to fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under section 502 of ERISA or Chapters 43, 47, 68 or 100 of the Code for which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may be liable that would reasonably be expected to result in a Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoMaterial Adverse Effect.
(bn) Each Company Plan has been operated which constitutes a "group health plan" (as defined in all material respects in accordance with its terms and section 607(1) of ERISA or section 4980B(g)(2) of the requirements of all applicable LawsCode), including ERISA any plans of current and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to former affiliates which must be qualified taken into account under Section 401(asections 4980B and 414(t) of the Code or Section 401(k) section 601 of ERISA, has been operated in material compliance with applicable law, including coverage requirements of sections 4980B of the Code, Chapter 100 of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, and section 601 of ERISA to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of extent such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trustrequirements are applicable.
(co) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liability or contingent liability for providing, under any Company Subsidiary sponsors Plan or has sponsored any Plan that provides for otherwise, any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits benefits, other than statutory liability for retired, former or current employees providing group health plan continuation coverage under Part 6 of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section Title I of ERISA and section 4980B of the Code.
(dp) Full payment has been made, or otherwise Obligations under the Company Plans are properly accrued on reflected in the books and records financial statements of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due)Company.
(eq) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) There has been no act or omission that would impair the ability of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company Parent or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan its Subsidiaries (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliateany successor thereto) that is subject to Title IV unilaterally amend or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or terminate any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesPlan.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Ocean Energy Inc /Tx/), Merger Agreement (Devon Energy Corp/De)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a4.14(a) of the Company Transferor Disclosure Schedule lists Letter sets forth an accurate and complete list of (i) all material “employee benefit plans (plans,” as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ERISA, (“ERISA”)ii) and all material other severance pay, salary continuation, bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensationoption, retiree medical or life insurancestock, supplemental equity-based, change-in-control, paid time off, other fringe benefit arrangement, retirement, severance pension, profit sharing or deferred compensation plans, contracts, programs, funds or arrangements of any kind, and (iii) all other employee benefit plans, programs contracts, programs, funds or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the arrangements in respect of any employees of Company or any Subsidiary that are sponsored, contributed or maintained by Company or Subsidiary is a party, or with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation are required to make payments, transfers or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant contributions (all of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the above being herein referred to as “Employee Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Employee Plan has been operated maintained, operated, funded and administered in compliance with its terms and any related documents or agreements and in compliance in all material respects in accordance with its terms the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and the requirements of all other applicable Laws, including ERISA without limitation, all qualification and reporting and disclosure requirements of the Code. Code and ERISA.
(c) Each Employee Plan that is intended to be an employee pension benefit plan (as described in Section 3(2) of ERISA) (i) meets, and has met, in all material respects, the requirements of a “qualified plan” under Section 401(a) of the Code or whose income is exempt from taxation under Section 401(k501(a) of the Code Code, (ii) has received a currently effective favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event IRS and (iii) nothing has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to that could adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any affect such Plan or the exempt status of any such trustqualification.
(cd) With respect to each Employee Plan, each of the Company, Subsidiary and any other party in interest has not engaged in any prohibited transaction or any violation of its fiduciary duties to such plan.
(e) Neither Company nor any member of the Controlled Group currently has any obligation to contribute to or has any liability or potential liability (including actual or potential withdrawal liability, as applicable) with respect to a “defined benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA, a pension plan subject to the funding standards of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.
(f) With respect to each group health plan benefiting any current or former employee of Company or any member of the Controlled Group that is subject to Section 4980B of the Code and/or applicable state law, Company and each member of the Controlled Group has complied in all material respects with the continuation coverage requirements of Section 4980B of the Code and/or applicable state law.
(g) No Employee Plan is (or has been during the last six years) subject to Title IV of ERISA.
(h) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c4.14(i) of the Company Transferor Disclosure ScheduleLetter, neither the Company execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor the obtaining of the Transferor Stockholder Approval, will (either alone or in conjunction with any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-other event such as termination of employment or post-retirement health other service) (i) result in or medical cause any payment (whether of separation, severance or life insurance termination pay), acceleration, forgiveness of indebtedness, vesting, distribution or increase in benefits for retiredwith respect to any Employee Plan or any current or former director, former officer or current employees employee of the Company or Subsidiary or give rise to any obligation to fund any such payment or benefit, (ii) limit the ability to amend or terminate any Employee Plan that will continue to be directly maintained or sponsored by Company Subsidiary, except or Subsidiary after the Closing or (iii) result in any payment or benefit that will or may be made that would be characterized as required by an “excess parachute payment” (as such term is defined in Section 4980B 280G(b)(1) of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(ei) Except With respect to each Employee Plan (other than medical plans, flexible spending accounts, and transportation fringe), all required payments, premiums, contributions, reimbursements or accruals for all periods ending prior to or as set forth of the Closing shall have been made or properly accrued in Section 4.11(e) the net working capital of the Company Disclosure Scheduleas of the Closing Date. No Employee Plan has any unfunded or unaccrued liabilities as of December 31, 2011 and there are no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by delinquent contributions as of the Closing Date that have not been accrued in the net working capital of the Company as of the Closing Date.
(j) Other than routine claims for benefits, there are no claims, lawsuits or regulatory actions that have been asserted, instituted or, to Transferor’s Knowledge, threatened against any Employee Plan or any Company Subsidiary Employee Plan fiduciary. There is no matter pending with respect to any of the Employee Plans before any governmental agency or authority.
(k) There are no payments that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of fail to be deductible under Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to nor are any excise taxes under Section 4999 or any taxes under 409A of the transactions contemplated by this AgreementCode reimbursable under any of the Employee Plans or otherwise.
(fl) Neither the Company nor Subsidiary is a party to any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored nonqualified deferred compensation plan, as defined in Section 409A(d)(1) of the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in Code and the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is applicable Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, which would be subject to Title IV or a gross income inclusion by reason of Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 409A(a)(1) of the CodeCode and the applicable Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. Neither the Company nor Subsidiary will be required to make any ERISA Affiliate contributes payments of any nature whatsoever to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal Person on account of such Person having a liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of for amounts payable under Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” 409A of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISACode.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxes.
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Samples: Share Acquisition Agreement (Steel Partners Holdings L.P.), Share Acquisition Agreement (Steel Excel Inc.)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a3.17(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule Letter lists all material employee benefit plans current Company Plans, other than any at-will offer letter or employment agreement or any services agreement terminable without notice, in either case that does not provide for severance, notice of termination (as defined or pay in lieu), change of control, retention or bonus pay or similar benefits (other than continuation coverage or other entitlements required by Law). Each Company Plan that is intended to meet the requirements to be qualified under Section 3(3401(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act Code has received a favorable determination letter or is the adopter of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored pre-approved plan covered by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with a favorable opinion letter from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating that remains current to the Plans and (iv) effect that the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions form of such Company Plan is so qualified, and the Company is not aware of any facts or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to jeopardize the qualification of such Company Plan. The Company Plans provided to employees) comply in form and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Plan has been operated in operation in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Lawsthe Code, including ERISA and other applicable Law; and the Code. Each Company has not become subject to any material Liability by reason of (i) a failure to provide any notice, or (ii) a failure to make any contribution to a Company Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code within the time prescribed for the contribution under ERISA, or Section 401(k(iii) a breach of fiduciary duty or prohibited transaction under ERISA or any other applicable Law, in each case with respect to a Company Plan.
(b) With respect to each current material Company Plan, the Company has made available true and complete copies of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, following (as applicable) prior to the knowledge date hereof: (i) the current plan document, including all amendments thereto or, with respect to any unwritten plan, a summary of all material terms thereof; (ii) the currently summary plan description along with all summaries of material modifications thereto; (iii) all related trust instruments or other funding-related documents; (iv) a copy of the Companymost recent financial statements for the plan; (v) a copy of all material, no fact non-routine correspondence with any Governmental Authority relating to a Company Plan received or event has occurred since sent within the date of such last two (2) years and (vi) the most recent Internal Revenue Service determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trustopinion letter.
(c) Except as set forth would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in Section 4.11(c) of the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, with respect to the Company Disclosure SchedulePlans, neither (i) all required contributions to, and premiums payable in respect of, such Company Plan have been made or, to the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors extent not required to be made on or has sponsored any Plan that provides before the date hereof, have been properly accrued on the Company’s financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and (ii) there are no Actions, audits, suits or claims pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, other than routine claims for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Codebenefits.
(d) Full payment Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has been madeat any time in the past six (6) years sponsored or contributed to, or otherwise properly accrued on has or has had any Liability or obligation in respect of any Company Plan (including any “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section 3(37) or Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA)) that is or was at any relevant time subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the books and records Code. None of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that Plans obligates the Company and to provide a current or former employee or other service provider (or any Company Subsidiary are spouse or dependent thereof) any life insurance or medical or health benefits after his or her termination of employment with the Company, other than as required under the terms Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA, Section 4980B of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on Code or prior to any other Law and coverage through the date end of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due)the month of termination of employment.
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, neither the execution or delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the Company Disclosure Scheduletransactions contemplated hereby, no Planwill, either individually or collectivelytogether with the occurrence of some other event (including a termination of employment or service), provides for (i) result in any payment (including severance, bonus or other similar payment) becoming due to any Person, (ii) increase or otherwise enhance any benefits or compensation otherwise payable under any Company Plan, (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any benefits under any Company Plan, (iv) require the Company or its Subsidiaries to set aside any assets to fund any benefits under a Company Plan or result in the forgiveness in whole or in part of any outstanding loans made by the Company to any Person, (v) limit the ability to amend or terminate any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a Plan or related trust or (vi) result in the payment of any “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect or in the imposition of an excise Tax under Section 4999 of the Code or Section 409A of the Code (or, in either case, any corresponding provision of state, local or foreign Tax law). The Company has no obligation to pay any gross-up in respect of any Tax under Section 4999 of the transactions contemplated by this AgreementCode or Section 409A of the Code (or, in either case, any corresponding provision of state, local or foreign Tax law).
(f) Neither the With respect to each Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed toa Non-U.S. Plan, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except and except as would notnot reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge fair market value of the Companyassets of each funded Non-U.S. Plan, threatened against the liability of each insurer for any non-U.S. Plan funded through insurance or affecting the Company book reserve established for any Non-U.S. Plan, together with any accrued contributions, is sufficient to procure or any Company Subsidiary, and neither provide for the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout benefits determined on an ongoing basis (actual or other labor dispute by or contingent) with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to all current or relating former participants under such Non-U.S. Plan according to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices actuarial assumptions and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary arevaluation most recently used to determine employer contributions to such Non-U.S. Plan, and at none of the contemplated transactions will cause such assets, insurance obligations or book reserves to be less than such benefit obligations. Each such Non-U.S. Plan required to be registered has been registered and has been maintained in all times have been material respects in compliance with, all good standing with each applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesGovernmental Authority. No Company Plan that is a Non-U.S. Plan is a defined benefit pension plan.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (McEwen Mining Inc.), Merger Agreement (Timberline Resources Corp)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) Except for the filing and pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases or otherwise as would not reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans taken as a whole: (i) each Company Plan, if any, is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code; (ii) no Reportable Event has occurred during the past six years (or is reasonably likely to occur); (iii) no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (iv) none of the Debtors has engaged in a “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 3(3406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code) in connection with any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) that would subject any of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act Debtors to Tax; and (v) no employee welfare plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical maintained or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance contributed to by any of the Debtors provides benefits to retired employees or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements former employees (other than individual option agreements) to which as required by Section 601 of ERISA). During the Company or past six years neither the Debtors nor any Company Subsidiary is a partyof its ERISA Affiliates, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are sponsored, maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company had any obligation to sponsor, main or contribute to any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoPlan.
(b) Each Plan has been operated Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in all material respects in accordance with its terms and liability to the requirements of all Company taken as a whole, or except as required by applicable LawsLaw, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) none of the Code Debtors has established, sponsored or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRSmaintained, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued has any liability with respect to, any employee pension benefit plan or other employee benefit plan, program, policy, agreement or arrangement governed by the IRS, and, or subject to the knowledge Laws of a jurisdiction other than the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date United States of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trustAmerica.
(c) Except as set forth would not reasonably be expected to result in Section 4.11(c) material liability to the Company taken as a whole, there are no pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company Disclosure ScheduleCompany, neither the Company nor threatened claims, sanctions, actions or lawsuits, asserted or instituted against any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Person as fiduciary or sponsor of any Company SubsidiaryPlan, except as required by Section 4980B of in each case other than claims for benefits in the Codenormal course.
(d) Full payment Within the last six years, no Company Plan has been madeterminated, whether or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records not in a “standard termination” as that term is used in Section 4041(b)(1) of ERISA, except as would not reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid taken as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due)a whole.
(e) Except as set forth would not reasonably be expected to result in Section 4.11(e) material liability to the Company taken as a whole, all compensation and benefit arrangements of the Company Disclosure ScheduleDebtors comply and have complied in both form and operation with their terms and all applicable Laws and legal requirements, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for and none of the Debtors has any payment by the Company or obligation to provide any Company Subsidiary that would constitute individual with a “parachute paymentgross up” within the meaning or similar payment in respect of Section 280G any Taxes that may become payable under Sections 409A or 4999 of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this AgreementCode.
(f) Neither Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Company nor taken as a whole, all liabilities (including all employer contributions and payments required to have been made by any ERISA Affiliate sponsors of the Debtors) under or has sponsored with respect to any compensation or benefit arrangement of any of the Debtors have been properly accounted for in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan Company’s financial statements in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer accordance with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISAGAAP.
(g) Except as would notnot reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there each of the Debtors is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiarycurrently in compliance with all Laws and legal requirements in respect of personnel, employment and employment practices; (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge all service providers of each of the CompanyDebtors are correctly classified as employees, threatened against independent contractors, or affecting the Company otherwise for all purposes (including any applicable tax and employment policies or any Company Subsidiary, law); and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there the Debtors have not and are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or not engaged in any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesunfair labor practice.
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Samples: Bankruptcy Agreement (Ultra Petroleum Corp), Backstop Commitment Agreement (Ultra Petroleum Corp)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(aSchedule 3.16(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule this Agreement lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonusPlans that any Group Company, stock optionor their ERISA Affiliates, stock purchasesponsors, restricted stockmaintains, incentivecontributes to or is obligated to contribute to, deferred compensationor under which any Group Company, retiree medical or life insurancetheir ERISA Affiliates, supplemental retirementhas or may have any Liability, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former manager, director, employee, officerconsultant or independent contractor of any Group Company, director or consultant their ERISA Affiliates, or the beneficiaries or dependents of the any such Person (each, a “Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “PlansPlan”). The With respect to each Company Plan, Seller has made available to Parent copiesBuyer true, which are correct complete and complete in all material respects, accurate copies of each of the following: (i) if the PlansCompany Plan has been reduced to writing, the current Company Plan document together with all amendments to such document, (ii) if the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last yearCompany Plan has not been reduced to writing, a written summary of all material terms of such Company Plan, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letterif applicable, if anycopies of any trust agreements, relating to the Plans custodial agreements, insurance policies, administrative agreements and similar agreements, and investment management or investment advisory agreements currently in effect, (iv) the most recent copies of any summary plan description for such Plans descriptions (or other descriptions summaries of such Plans provided to employeesmaterial modifications), employee handbooks or similar employee communications, (v) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements case of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each any Company Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code Code, if applicable, a copy of the most recent determination letter or opinion letter from the IRS upon which any Group Company is entitled to rely and any related correspondence, and a copy of any pending request for such determination, (vi) in the case of any funding arrangement intended to qualify as a VEBA under Section 401(k501(c)(9) of the Code, a copy of the IRS letter determining that such Company Plan so qualifies, (vii) nondiscrimination testing results for the last three (3) years for all applicable Company Plans, (viii) in the case of any Company Plan for which Forms 5500 are required to be filed, a copy of the three most recently filed Forms 5500, with schedules attached, (ix) all correspondence with the IRS, Department of Labor and the PBGC regarding any Company Plan, and (x) any other related material or documents regarding the Company Plans.
(b) Each Company Plan that is intended to meet the requirements of a “qualified plan” under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRSIRS to the effect that it meets the requirements of Section 401(a) of the Code, or is entitled with respect to rely on a prototype Company Plan, the prototype sponsor has received a favorable IRS opinion issued by the IRSor advisory letter, and, to the knowledge or such Company Plan or prototype sponsor has remaining a period of time under applicable Code regulations or pronouncements of the Company, no fact IRS in which to apply for such a letter and make any amendments necessary to obtain a favorable determination or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS opinion as to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of each such Company Plan. No events have occurred with respect to any such Company Plan that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect such qualified status. Each Company Plan, including any associated trust or fund, has been administered in accordance with its terms and with applicable Legal Requirements, and nothing has occurred and/or no action has been taken with respect to any Company Plan that has subjected or could subject any Group Company to a penalty under Section 502 of ERISA or to an excise Tax under the exempt status Code, or that has subjected or could subject any participant in, or beneficiary of, a Company Plan to a Tax under Section 4973 or 4975 of any such trustthe Code. Each Company Plan that is a qualified defined contribution plan is an “ERISA Section 404(c) Plan” within the meaning of the Code, ERISA and applicable regulations. All required contributions to, and premium payments on account of, each Company Plan has been made on a timely basis and in accordance with all applicable Legal Requirements. Except as disclosed on Schedule 3.16(b) of this Agreement, there is no pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened Action relating to a Company Plan, other than routine claims in the Ordinary Course of Business for benefits provided for by the Company Plans. No Company Plan is or, within the last six (6) years, has been the subject of an examination or audit by a Governmental Authority, is the subject of an application or filing under, or is a participant in, a government-sponsored amnesty, voluntary compliance, self-correction or similar program.
(c) Except No Company Plan is (i) a “multiemployer plan” as set forth such term is defined in Section 4.11(c3(37) of ERISA, (ii) a plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA, Section 302 or 303 of ERISA or Section 412 or 436 of the Code, (iii) is a multiple employer plan as defined in Section 413(c) of the Company Disclosure ScheduleCode, neither the or (iv) is a “multiple employer welfare arrangement” as such term is defined in Section 3(40) of ERISA and no Group Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has maintained, contributed to, or been required to contribute to any Company Subsidiary sponsors Plan described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or has sponsored (iv) of this Section 3.16(c). No Group Company is subject to any Liability in respect of any Company Plan that provides (except for any post-employment Liabilities specifically reflected or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees reserved against on the face of the Interim Balance Sheet or Liabilities incurred after the Interim Balance Sheet Date, none of which are material in nature or amount and none of which results from, arises out of, relates to, is in the nature of, or was caused by any breach of contract, breach of warranty, tort, infringement, violation of any Legal Requirement or Government Order, or any Action), and no Group Company or any of their ERISA Affiliates have incurred or will incur any withdrawal Liability (including any contingent or secondary withdrawal Liability) within the meaning of Sections 4201 or 4204 of ERISA to any multiemployer plan and nothing has occurred that presents a risk of the occurrence of any withdrawal from or the partition, termination, reorganization or insolvency of any such multiemployer plan which could result in any Liability of any Group Company Subsidiaryor their ERISA Affiliates to any such multiemployer plan. There is no lien pursuant to ERISA Sections 303(k) or 4068 or Code Section 430(k) in favor of, except or enforceable by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any other entity with respect to any of the Assets of any Group Company. Except as required under Section 601 et seq. of ERISA, no Company Plan provides benefits or coverage in the nature of health, life or disability insurance following retirement or other termination of employment. Each Company Plan that is a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (within the meaning of Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code) has been operated in compliance with Section 409A of the Code, IRS Notice 2005-1, Treasury Regulations issued under Section 409A of the Code, and any subsequent guidance relating thereto, and no additional Tax under Section 409A(a)(1)(B) of the Code has been or is reasonably expected to be incurred by a participant in any such Company Plan, and no employee of any Group Company or any ERISA Affiliate is entitled to any gross-up or otherwise entitled to indemnification by any Group Company or any ERISA Affiliate for any violation of Section 4980B 409A of the Code.
(d) Full payment The Group Companies and the relevant Company Plan administrator (if other than a Group Company), have at all relevant times, properly classified each provider of services to any Group Company as an employee or independent contractor, as the case may be, for all purposes relating to each Company Plan for which such classification could be relevant. No Group Company has been madeincurred, and no circumstances exist under which any Group Company would reasonably be expected to incur, any Liability arising from the misclassification of employees as consultants or otherwise properly accrued on independent contractors, from the books misclassification of consultants or independent contractors as employees, and/or from the misclassification of employees for wage and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due)hour purposes.
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(eSchedule 3.16(e) of this Agreement sets forth the following information (to the extent applicable) (i) with respect to each employee of a Group Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides (including all employees who are on an approved leave of absence) as of the date hereof and any independent contractor who has performed services for any payment by Group Company in the Company last twelve (12) months: (A) name, title or position (including whether full or part time), (B) employer (or contracting party in the case of any Company Subsidiary that would constitute independent contractor) and the employer identification number of such employer, (C) location where employed (city and state) or, with respect to any independent contractor, service location, (D) service dates, including hire date, (E) leave status, if any (including a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G designation, if applicable, of the Code type of leave and whether the leave is paid or unpaid) of each such employee, (F) exempt or non-exempt status under the Fair Labor Standards Act or other applicable Legal Requirement, (G) whether such Person is party to any written Contract with a Group Company, (H) the then-current annual Compensation, and a description of any fringe benefits (other than those generally available to employees of the Group Companies) provided to any such Person, and (I) any increase, effective after giving effect to January 1, 2020, in the transactions contemplated rate of Compensation of any such employee or independent contractor, and (ii) a list of all former employees of each Group Company who have been involuntarily terminated in the last twelve (12) months. No employees of any Group Company are, or at the Closing will be, employed by this AgreementSeller.
(f) Neither the Company execution and delivery of this Agreement nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 consummation of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, Transactions contemplated hereby will (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge result in, cause the accelerated vesting, funding or complaint pending against delivery of, or increase the Company amount or value of, any of the benefits under any Company SubsidiaryPlan, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout otherwise entitle any current or labor dispute pending or, former director or employee of any Group Company to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company severance pay or any other payment from any Group Company. No Group Company Subsidiaryhas announced any type of plan or binding commitment to create any additional Company Plan, and neither the or amend or modify any existing Company nor Plan with any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strikecurrent or former employee, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout independent contractor or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesdirector.
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Samples: Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (Assisted 4 Living, Inc.), Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (Assisted 4 Living, Inc.)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Except as disclosed in the Company SEC Reports or as disclosed in Section 4.11(a3.9(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all Schedule, there are no material employee benefit plans (or compensation plans, agreements or arrangements, including, but not limited to, "employee benefit plans," as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“"ERISA”")) , and all material bonusincluding, stock optionbut not limited to, stock purchaseplans, restricted stockagreements or arrangements relating to former employees, incentiveincluding, deferred compensationbut not limited to, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs maintained by the Company or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance any of its subsidiaries or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect of its subsidiaries has an obligation to make contributions or material collective bargaining agreements to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party (together, "Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed Benefit Plans"). No default exists with respect to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant obligations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any such Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copiesBenefit Plan, which are correct and complete default, either alone or in all material respectsthe aggregate, of the following: (i) the would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Since January 1, 1993, there have been no disputes or grievances subject to any grievance procedure, unfair labor practice proceedings, arbitration or litigation under such Company Benefit Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last yearthat have not been finally resolved, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination lettersettled or otherwise disposed of, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that nor is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRSthere any default, or is entitled to rely on any condition which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a favorable opinion issued default, under any such Company Benefit Plans, by the IRS, andCompany or its subsidiaries or, to the best knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto, which failure to resolve, settle or otherwise dispose of or default, either alone or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Since January 1, 1993 there have been no fact strikes, lockouts or event has occurred since work stoppages or slowdowns, or to the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) best knowledge of the Company Disclosure Scheduleand its subsidiaries, neither jurisdictional disputes or organizing activity occurring or threatened with respect to the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors business or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees operations of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would notits subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, have had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(b) All of the approximately 175 employees of the Company or its subsidiaries who, (ipursuant to letters distributed in December 1993, were made beneficiaries of certain benefits payable upon a "change of control" of the Company have subsequently received letters in July 1994 effectively terminating such benefits, and no such person has or will, or could in the future, under any circumstances, become eligible for such benefits. Section 3.9(b) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth in reasonable detail the amount of benefits that would have been payable to such beneficiaries who are employed by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, of its subsidiaries on the date hereof pursuant to such letters had all the requisite conditions therefor been subsequently satisfied in December 1993 and assuming that such benefits had never been revoked.
(iic) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge The employment of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or Xxxx X. Xxxxx ("Xxxxx") with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each its subsidiaries was terminated as of January 26, 1996. The terms of such termination are set forth in Section 3.9(c) of the Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesDisclosure Schedule.
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Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement (Western Publishing Group Inc), Securities Purchase Agreement (Golden Press Holding LLC)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a2.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists Letter contains a true and complete list of, as of the date of this Agreement, all material employee benefit plans Company Benefit Plans. With respect to each material Company Benefit Plan, the Company has made available to Parent true and complete copies of such Company Benefit Plan, including all material amendments thereto (or with respect to each such Company Benefit Plan not reduced to writing, a written summary of all material terms), and, to the extent applicable: (i) any related trust or other funding agreements, (ii) the most recent annual report on Form 5500 series, with accompanying schedules and attachments (including accountants’ opinions, if applicable), (iii) the most recent actuarial valuation, (iv) the most recent favorable determination letter, (v) the most recent summary plan description provided to participants (and all summaries of material modifications thereto), and (vi) all non-routine correspondence to or from any Governmental Entity in the past year addressing any matter involving actual or potential material liability relating thereto.
(b) None of the Company, the Company Subsidiaries, and any other Entity (whether or not incorporated) which is treated as a single employer together with the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries within the meaning of Section 4001(b) of ERISA (each, a “Company ERISA Affiliate”) sponsors, maintains, contributes to, has any obligation to contribute to, or may be reasonably expected to have any actual or contingent material liability with respect to (or in the past six (6) years has sponsored, maintained, contributed to, had any obligation to contribute to, or would reasonably have been expected to have any actual or contingent material liability with respect to), and no Company Benefit Plan is, a plan that is or was (i) a “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section 3(33(37) of ERISA) or an “employee pension benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) that is or was subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, (ii) a “multiple employer plan” within the meaning of Section 210 of ERISA or Section 413(c) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act Code, or (iii) a “multiple employer welfare arrangement” (as defined in Section 3(40) of 1974 ERISA).
(“ERISA”)c) and all material bonusOther than as required under ERISA Sections 601 to 608 or other applicable Law, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, no Company Benefit Plan provides post-termination or retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangementsbenefits to any individual for any reason, and all material employmentnone of the Company, terminationthe Company Subsidiaries, severance and the Company ERISA Affiliates has any liability to provide post-termination or retiree medical benefits to any individual. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect: (i) with respect to any Company Benefit Plan, none of the Company and Company Subsidiaries, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other contracts Person, has engaged in a “prohibited transaction” or agreements breach of a fiduciary duty (other than individual option agreementsas determined under ERISA) to in connection with which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is reasonably could be subject to either a party, with respect civil penalty assessed pursuant to which the Company Section 409 or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation 502(i) of ERISA or which are maintained, contributed a Tax imposed pursuant to Section 4975 or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant 4976 of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct Code in an amount that could be material and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report Company and Company Subsidiaries have not incurred any liability (Form 5500whether or not assessed) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last yearunder Sections 4980B, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter4980D, if any4980H, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (6721 or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B 6722 of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, : (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against all of the Company or any Company SubsidiaryBenefit Plans have been established and maintained in material compliance with their terms and all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code; (ii) each Company Benefit Plan subject to Section 409A of the Code has been operated and maintained in all material respects in operational and documentary compliance with such provision and the applicable guidance thereunder; (iii) each Company Benefit Plan which is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and each trust intended to qualify under Section 501(a) of the Code is the subject of a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service as to its qualified status under Section 401(a) of the Code, and to the Knowledge of the Company, nothing has occurred since the issuance of such letter (or could reasonably be expected to occur) which might impair the qualified status of such plan; (iv) all material contributions required to be made with respect to any Company Benefit Plan have been made and all obligations in respect of each Company Benefit Plan have been accrued and reflected in the Company financial statements to the extent required by GAAP; (v) there is are no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge Knowledge of the Company, threatened against (in writing) claims by on behalf of any of the Company Benefit Plans, by any Company Person or affecting beneficiary covered under any Company Benefit Plan (other than routine claims for benefits); and (vi) no Company Benefit Plan is maintained for the benefit of Company Persons outside of the United States.
(e) Except as otherwise set forth on Section 2.12(e) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will (either solely as a result thereof or as a result thereof in conjunction with another event): (i) cause or result in an increase in the amount of (or a new entitlement to), or accelerate the timing of vesting or payment of, any benefits or compensation payable under any Company Benefit Plan in respect of any Company Person; (ii) cause the Company, Parent, or any of their respective Subsidiaries to transfer or set aside any assets to fund any benefits under any Company Benefit Plan; (iii) limit or restrict the right of the Company to merge, amend or terminate any Company Benefit Plan; or (iv) result in any payment from the Company or any of the Company SubsidiarySubsidiaries (whether in cash or property or the vesting of property) to any “disqualified individual” (as such term is defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.280G-1) of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, and neither that could, individually or in combination with any other such payment, reasonably be expected to constitute an “excess parachute payment” (as defined in Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code).
(f) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strikeobligation to provide, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout and no Company Benefit Plan or other labor dispute by agreement provides any individual with the right to, a gross up, indemnification, reimbursement or with respect other payment for any excise or additional Taxes, interest or penalties incurred pursuant to its employees within Section 409A or Section 4999 of the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to Code or relating due to the Company or failure of any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for payment to be deductible under Section 280G of the prevention of unlawful employment practices and Code (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary areeach, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesa “Gross Up Right”).
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Crescent Energy Co), Merger Agreement (Silverbow Resources, Inc.)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) 3.10.1 Section 3.10.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material sets forth a true and complete list of each "employee benefit plans (plan" as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“"ERISA”)") and any other plan, policy, program, practice, agreement, understanding or arrangement (whether written or oral) providing compensation or other benefits to any current or former director, officer, employee or consultant (or to any dependent or beneficiary thereof of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate (as defined below))(other than bonus plans and sales plans that are no longer in effect and under which the Company has no liability), which are now, or were within the past 6 years, maintained, sponsored or contributed to by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, or under which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate has any obligation or liability, whether actual or contingent, including, without limitation, all material incentive, bonus, deferred compensation, vacation, holiday, cafeteria, medical, disability, stock purchase, stock option, stock purchaseappreciation, phantom stock, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance stock or other benefit stock-based compensation plans, programs policies, programs, practices or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements arrangements (other than individual option agreements) to which the each a "Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Benefit Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA"). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f3.10, "ERISA Affiliate" shall mean any entity (whether or not incorporated) other than the Company that, together with the Company, is considered under common control and treated as one employer under Section 414(b), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” (c), (m) or (o) of the Code. None of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against any other person or affecting the Company entity, has any express or implied commitment, whether legally enforceable or not, to modify, change or terminate any Company SubsidiaryBenefit Plan, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or than with respect to a modification, change or termination required by ERISA or the Code. With respect to each Company Benefit Plan, the Company has delivered to Parent true, correct and complete copies of (A) each Company Benefit Plan (or, if not written a written summary of its employees within the last three (3) yearsmaterial terms), including without limitation all plan documents, trust agreements, insurance contracts or other funding vehicles and all amendments thereto, (iiiB) there are no charges all summaries and summary plan descriptions, including any summary of material modifications, (C) the three most recent annual reports (Form 5500 series) filed with the IRS or the United States Department of Labor with respect to or such Company Benefit Plan (and, if any of the three most recent annual reports is a Form 5500R, the three most recent Forms 5500C filed with respect to such Company Benefit Plan), (D) the most recent financial statement (if any) relating to such Company Benefit Plan, (E) the Company most recent determination or opinion letter, if any, issued by the IRS with respect to any Company Subsidiary Benefit Plan and any pending before request for such a determination letter, (F) summaries of the most recent nondiscrimination tests performed under the Code (including 401(k) and 401(m) tests) for each Company Benefit Plan, (G) all filings within the past six years made with any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of laborEntity, including all applicable Laws relating but not limited to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification any filings under the Voluntary Compliance Resolution or Closing Agreement Program or the Department of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesLabor Delinquent Filer Program.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (T/R Systems Inc), Merger Agreement (Electronics for Imaging Inc)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) 3.14 of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of Employee Plans which the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonusCompany sponsors or maintains, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company contributes or any Company Subsidiary is a partyobligated to contribute, with or in respect to of which the Company has or may have any Company Subsidiary has Liability (including but not limited to by reason of being or having been treated as a single employer with any obligation other person under Section 414 of the Code of Section 4001(b) of ERISA (an “ERISA Affiliate”)), or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of benefits any current or former employee, officerdirector, director consultant or consultant independent contractor of the Company or the beneficiaries or dependents of any such Person (each a “Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “PlansPlan”). The With respect to each Company Plan, the Company has made available delivered to Parent copies, which are correct the Buyer accurate and complete in all material respects, copies of each of the following: (i) if the Plansplan has been reduced to writing, the plan document together with all amendments thereto, (ii) if the annual report plan has not been reduced to writing, a written summary of all material plan terms, (Form iii) if applicable, any trust agreements, custodial agreements, insurance policies or material contracts, material administrative agreements and similar material agreements, and investment management or investment advisory agreements, (iv) any summary plan descriptions, employee handbooks or similar material employee communications, (v) in the case of any plan that is intended to be qualified under Code Section 401(a), the most recent determination letter or advisory opinion letter from the IRS and any related material correspondence with the IRS, and any pending request for determination with respect to the plan’s qualification, (vi) in the case of any funding arrangement intended to qualify as a VEBA under Code Section 501(c)(9), the IRS letter determining that it so qualifies, (vii) in the case of any plan for which Forms 5500 are required to be filed, the three most recently filed Forms 5500, with schedules attached, (viii) filed any notices, letters or other correspondence from the IRS or the Department of Labor relating to such Company Plan with respect to any issue of noncompliance, and (ix) any written policies or procedures used in and material to the administration of such Company Plan.
(b) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate of the Company has ever maintained or contributed to or incurred any Liability in respect of a plan subject to Title IV of ERISA or Code Section 412, including any “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(8) of ERISA, and no condition exists that presents a material risk to the Company of incurring a material liability under Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 or Section 430 of the Code.
(c) Each Company Plan which is intended to qualify under Code Section 401(a) (a “Qualified Plan”) has been determined to be so qualified by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for or, where there is no determination letter but the last yearQualified Plan is based upon a master and prototype or volume submitter form, (iii) the most recently sponsor of such form has received IRS determination a current advisory opinion as to the form upon which the Company, subject to the terms of such advisory opinion letter, if anyis entitled to rely under applicable Internal Revenue Service procedures) and, relating to the Plans and (iv) Knowledge of the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (Company, nothing has occurred which has resulted or other descriptions is likely to result in the revocation of such Plans provided qualification or which requires or could reasonably be expected to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) require action under the compliance resolution programs of the Internal Revenue Service to preserve such qualification. Each Plan Company Plan, including any associated trust or fund, has been operated administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all any applicable Lawscollective bargaining agreements and with applicable Legal Requirements, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, andnothing, to the knowledge Knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter with respect to any Company Plan that has subjected or letters from the IRS could reasonably be expected to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of subject the Company Disclosure Scheduleto a penalty under Section 502 of ERISA or to an excise tax under the Code, neither the or that has subjected or could reasonably be expected to subject any participant in, or beneficiary of, a Company nor any Plan to a tax under Code Section 4973. Each Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees is a qualified defined contribution plan has been administered in all material respects as an “ERISA section 404(c) Plan” within the meaning of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B Department of the CodeLabor regulations section 2550.404c-1(b).
(d) Full payment has All required contributions to, and premium payments on account of, each Company Plan have been mademade on a timely basis, or otherwise properly accrued on as applied through the books and records Closing Date. To the Knowledge of the Company, the fair market value of the assets of each Company and Plan for which a separate fund of assets is or is required to be maintained, as of the end of the most recently ended plan year of that Plan, equals or exceeds the present value of all benefits liabilities under that Plan. None of the assets of any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that Plan include any capital stock or other securities issued by the Company and or any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms ERISA Affiliate of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due)Company.
(e) Except as set forth There is no pending, or to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened Action or other legal proceeding relating to a Company Plan or any fiduciary or service provider thereof, other than routine claims in Section 4.11(e) the Ordinary Course of Business for benefits provided for by the Company Plans, and to the Knowledge of the Company Disclosure Schedulethere is no reasonable basis for any such Action or legal proceeding. No Company Plan is or, within the last six years, has been the subject of an examination or audit by a Governmental Authority, is the subject of an application or filing under, or is a participant in, a government-sponsored amnesty, voluntary compliance, self-correction or similar program.
(f) Except as required under Section 601 et seq. of ERISA or applicable state insurance laws, no PlanCompany Plan provides benefits or coverage in the nature of health, either individually life or collectively, provides for disability insurance following retirement or other termination of employment.
(g) The exercise price of each Option is no less than the fair market value of a share of Common Stock determined on the date of grant of such Option (and as of any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” later modification thereof within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 409A of the Code). Neither Each “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (as defined in Code Section 409A(d)(1) and applicable regulations) with respect to any service provider to the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or (i) complies and has ever contributed tobeen operated in material compliance with the requirements of Code Section 409A and regulations promulgated thereunder, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (ii) is exempt from compliance under the “grandfather” provisions of IRS Notice 2005-1 and applicable regulations and has not been “materially modified” (within the meaning of Section 3(37IRS Notice 2005-1 and Treasury Regulations §1.409A-6(a)(4)) subsequent to October 3, 2004.
(h) The Company has not undertaken to maintain any Company Plan for any period of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f)time, an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” and to the Knowledge of the Company if it would have ever each Company Plan and any related contracts may be amended or terminated without penalty other than the payment of benefits, fees or charges accrued or incurred through the date of termination. No communication, report or disclosure has been considered a single employer with made which, at the time made, did not accurately reflect the material terms and operations of any Company Plan in all material respects. Except to the extent required by applicable Legal Requirements, the Company under 4001(bhas not announced its intention, or undertaken (whether or not legally bound) to modify or terminate any Company Plan or adopt any arrangement or program which, once established, would come within the definition of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the a Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISAPlan.
(gi) Except as would notWith respect to each Company Plan that is primarily subject to Legal Requirements of a jurisdiction outside the United States, individually each such plan required to be registered has been registered and is in good standing with applicable Governmental Authorities, all contributions required to be made to or in connection with each such plan have been made and each such plan has been established and administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and all applicable Legal Requirements.
(j) To the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company has no Liability, including under any Company Plan, arising out of the treatment of any service provider as a consultant or affecting independent contractor and not as an employee, or vice-versa.
(k) The execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions will not, by itself or in combination with any other event (regardless of whether that other event has occurred or will occur), other than any voluntary decision by the Company after the Closing to amend the terms of any Contractual Obligation with any current or former director, officer, consultant or employee of the Company, result in any payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise) becoming due from or under any Company Plan to any current or former director, officer, consultant or employee of the Company or result in the vesting, acceleration of payment, or increases in the amount of any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect benefit payable to or relating to the Company in respect of any such current or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary areformer director, and at all times have been in compliance withofficer, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesconsultant or employee.
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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement, Stock Purchase Agreement (Mercury Computer Systems Inc)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a5.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists lists, as of the date of this Agreement, all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, change in control, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual employment and option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, other than any such benefit plans, programs, arrangements, contracts or agreements maintained outside of the United States for the benefit of current or former employees, officers, directors or consultants of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the PlansPlans (including all amendments thereto), (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last yeartwo years, including attached schedules, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and Plans; (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto; and (v) any related trust agreement or other funding instrument for the Plans.
(b) Each Plan has been operated and administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code, except for such noncompliance that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, and to the knowledge of the Company, Company no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, affect the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trusttrust that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no investigations by any Governmental Authority, termination proceedings or other claims or litigation (except routine claims for benefits payable under the Plans) against or involving any Plan or asserting any rights to or claims for benefits under any Plan other than any such investigations, proceedings or claims that have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. All contributions, premiums and benefit payments under or in connection with the Plans that are required to have been made as the date hereof in accordance with the terms of the Plans have been timely made. The Company has not engaged in a transaction with respect to any Plan that, assuming a taxable period of such transaction expired as of the date hereof, is reasonably likely to subject the Company to a tax or penalty imposed by either Section 4975 of the Code or Section 502(i) of ERISA in an amount which would be material. The Company has not incurred nor does it reasonably expect to incur a material tax or penalty imposed by Section 4980F of the Code or Section 502 of ERISA.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c5.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on To the books and records extent that any Plans are subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Company Code, they have been and are being operated in good faith compliance with such Section, the regulations thereunder, and IRS Notice 2005-1, each as modified and explained by other guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service and, to the extent that any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that such Plans will apply to any period after the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms earlier to occur of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans Merger Effective Time or December 31, 2008, they will, on or prior before the earlier to occur of such dates, be formally amended to comply with the date requirements of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due)such Section and the final Treasury regulations thereunder.
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e5.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no PlanPlan or other arrangement, either individually or collectively, provides for exists that, as a result of the execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions, whether alone or in connection with any subsequent event(s), could result in the acceleration of provision of any payment by or benefit, or the Company vesting or funding (through a grantor trust or otherwise) of compensation or benefits under, increase the amount payable or result in any Company Subsidiary that other material obligation pursuant to any of the Plans or other arrangement, or otherwise result in payments under any of the Plans or other arrangements which would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of not be deductible under Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this AgreementCode.
(f) There has been no amendment to, announcement by the Company relating to, or change in employee participation or coverage under, any Plan which would reasonably be expected to increase materially the expense of maintaining such plan above the level of the expense incurred therefore for the most recent fiscal year.
(g) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years is obligated to contribute (on a contingent basis or otherwise) to any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f5.11(g), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been is considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA. The Company does not, currently or within the past six (6) years, maintain, contribute or have an obligation to contribute (on a contingent basis or otherwise) to a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA or a “multiple employer welfare plan” within the meaning of Section 3(40) of ERISA.
(gh) Except Other than works council mandated by the laws of foreign jurisdictions, the Company is not a party to any labor or collective bargaining agreement and no such agreement is currently being negotiated. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have taken all actions as would notmay be required in connection with any foreign labor notification requirements, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, if any. There are no (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdownstrikes, work stoppagestoppages, lockout work slowdowns or labor dispute lockouts pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting involving the Company; (ii) unfair labor practice charges, material grievances or material complaints pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by or on behalf of any employee or group of employees of the Company; (iii) election, petition or proceeding by a labor union or representative thereof to organize any employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries; or (iv) material grievance or arbitration demand against the Company or any Company Subsidiaryof its Subsidiaries whether or not filed pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement.
(i) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, and neither individually or in the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strikeaggregate, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or a Material Adverse Effect (i) with respect to its employees within their employment status with the last three Company, all individuals providing services to the Company have been properly classified, (3ii) yearsno person classified as an “independent contractor” or “consultant” of or with the Company has been improperly classified as such, rather than as an “employee” of the Company, and (iii) there are no charges the Company is in compliance with all Laws respecting the employment of labor, including, but not limited to, wages and hours, fair employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, workers’ compensation, occupational safety, plant closings, mass layoffs and the Immigration Reform and Control Act, as amended.
(j) The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have properly accrued on their books and records all material unpaid but accrued wages, salaries, vacation and other paid time-off. As of the Merger Effective Time, the Company will not have any outstanding loans or extensions of credit to any employees (or their family members or dependents), excluding, for this purpose, any loans outstanding to employees (or their beneficiaries) under the Company’s 401(k) plan or advances for business travel.
(k) With respect to benefit plans, programs, arrangements, contracts or relating to agreements maintained outside of the United States for the benefit of current or former employees, officers, directors or consultants of the Company or any Company Subsidiary other than plans, programs, arrangements, contracts or agreements providing benefits mandated by the laws of the applicable foreign jurisdiction (a “Foreign Plan”), other than would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect:
(i) all employer and employee contributions to each Foreign Plan required by law or by the terms of such Foreign Plan have been made, or, if applicable, accrued in accordance with normal accounting practices;
(ii) each Foreign Plan required to be registered has been registered and has been maintained in good standing with applicable authorities;
(iii) other than routine claims for benefits, no Foreign Plan, no administrator of any Foreign Plan, and no member of any body which administers a Foreign Plan, is subject to any pending before action, investigation, examination, claim (including claims for income taxes, interest, penalties, fines or excise taxes) or any Governmental Authority responsible for other proceeding initiated by any Person, and there exists no state of facts which could reasonably be expected to give rise to any such action, investigation, examination, claim or proceeding; and subject to the prevention requirements of unlawful employment practices applicable Laws, no provision of any Foreign Plan or of any agreement, and (iv) no act or omission of the Company and each in any way limits, impairs, modifies, or otherwise affects the right of the Company Subsidiary areto unilaterally amend or terminate any Foreign Plan, and at all times no commitments to improve or otherwise amend any Foreign Plan have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesmade.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (CBS Corp), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Cnet Networks Inc)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) (i) Section 4.11(a5.13(a)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all Schedules contains a list of each material “employee benefit plans plan” (as defined in within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)), including multiemployer plans within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA, and all material bonusstock purchase, stock option, stock purchaseseverance, restricted stockemployment, incentivechange of control, bonus, incentive or deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insuranceemployee loan, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangementscollective bargaining, and all each other material employmentemployee benefit plan, termination, severance program or other contracts arrangement (whether or agreements (other than individual option agreementsnot subject to ERISA) to under which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company Entities has any right to benefits and which is contributed to, sponsored or maintained by the Company Entities, the SunGard Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries or under which the Company Entities, whether directly or by reason of their affiliation with any ERISA Affiliate, has any material liability, in each case as of the date hereof (each, a “SunGard Benefit Plan”), and (ii) Section 5.13(a)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Schedules contains a list of each SunGard Benefit Plan that is solely sponsored by the Company or a Company Subsidiary as of the date hereof (collectivelyeach, the a “PlansCompany Benefit Plan”). The .
(b) With respect to each Company Benefit Plan, SunGard Data has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, the Datatel Entities copies of the following, to the extent applicable: (i) the Plansplan document and any related trust agreement, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last yearmost recent IRS determination letter, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letterrecent summary plan description, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) for the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoyear, the IRS Form 5500.
(bc) Each Company Benefit Plan has been operated maintained, funded and administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and in compliance with the requirements applicable provisions of all ERISA, the Code and other applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Company Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge Knowledge of the Company, no fact event or event circumstance has occurred since or failed to occur that would reasonably be expected to cause the date loss of such determination letter qualification. No condition exists that would reasonably be expected to subject the Company Entities, either directly or letters from by reason of their affiliation with any member of their “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled group of organizations within the IRS to adversely affectmeaning of Sections 414(b), in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c), (m) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(cor (o) of the Company Disclosure ScheduleCode), neither to any material tax, fine, lien or penalty or other material liability imposed by ERISA, the Code or other applicable laws, rules, and regulations in connection with any “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA). To the Knowledge of the Company, no nonexempt “prohibited transaction” (as such term is defined in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code) has occurred with respect to any SunGard Benefit Plan that would reasonably be expected to subject the Company nor Entities to any material liability. None of the Company Subsidiary sponsors Entities has incurred any current or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any projected material liability in respect of post-employment or post-retirement health or health, medical or life insurance benefits for retiredany Business Employee or former employee, former director or current employees consultant of the Company or any Company SubsidiaryEntities, except as required by to avoid an excise tax under Section 4980B of the CodeCode or as may be required under any other applicable Law.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company Entities nor any of their ERISA Affiliate sponsors Affiliates, sponsors, maintains or contributes to or has sponsored in any obligation to contribute to, or at any time during the past preceding six years years, has sponsored, maintained or contributed to or had any Plan (or United States based pension obligation to contribute to, any retirement plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any Code (including a multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes ) or any other defined benefit pension plan (a “Pension Plan”) and neither the Company Entities nor any of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “their ERISA Affiliate” Affiliates has any material liability under any Pension Plan that could reasonably be expected to become a liability of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISADatatel Entities and their Affiliates.
(ge) Except as With respect to any Company Benefit Plan, (i) no actions, suits or claims (other than routine claims for benefits in the Ordinary Course of Business) are pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened that would notresult in a material Liability to the Company Entities, (ii) to the Knowledge of the Company, no facts or circumstances exist that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any such actions, suits or claims, and (iii) to the Knowledge of the Company, no administrative investigation, audit or other administrative proceeding by the Department of Labor, the IRS or any other Governmental Bodies are pending, in progress or threatened that, if adversely determined, individually or in the aggregate, have had or would reasonably be expected to have a Business Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement nor the consummation of the Transactions (whether alone or in connection with any other events(s)) will (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge accelerate the vesting or complaint pending against increase benefits or the Company or amount payable under any Company SubsidiarySunGard Benefit Plan, (ii) there is no labor strikecause any of the Company Entities to record additional compensation expense on its income statement with respect to any outstanding stock option or other equity-based award or (iii) result in payments under any of the SunGard Benefit Plans (1) which would not be deductible under Section 280G of the Code, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or(2) which would result in any excise tax on any Business Employee under Section 4999 of the Code or any other comparable Law.
(g) Except with respect to any employment agreement or other bilateral Contract with any current or former Business Employee, to the knowledge of the Companyextent permitted by applicable Law, threatened against or affecting each Company Benefit Plan is amendable and terminable unilaterally by the Company or its successor, at any Company Subsidiary, and neither time without liability to the Company nor any Company Subsidiary (or its successor) and its Affiliates as a result thereof.
(h) SunGard Capital has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or provided Parent prior to the date hereof with a true and correct list of the following information as of a recent date (i) with respect to its employees within each outstanding SunGard Capital Option held by any Business Employee as of the last three date hereof: (3A) yearsthe name of the holder of such SunGard Capital Option, (iiiB) there are no charges the number and type of shares of capital stock subject to such SunGard Capital Option, (C) the exercise price of such SunGard Capital Option, (D) the date on which such SunGard Capital Option was granted and (E) the vesting schedule for such SunGard Capital Option and (ii) the following information with respect to or relating each outstanding SunGard Capital RSU held by any Business Employee as of the date hereof: (A) the name of the recipient of the SunGard Capital RSU, (B) the number and type of shares of SunGard Capital stock subject to such SunGard Capital RSU, (C) the date on which such SunGard Capital RSU was granted and (D) the vesting schedule for such SunGard Capital RSU.
(i) SunGard Data has provided Datatel prior to the Company or date hereof with a true and correct list of all Business Employees as of a recent date, together with the following information for each such Business Employee (the “Employee Census Information”): name; employee number; job title; job code; tier; department; work location (city, state and zip code); current base salary rate and target bonus amount; 2010 base salary, 2010 target bonus amount and any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible 2010 bonus amount paid; hire date; most recent rehire date; and amount of service recognized for eligibility, vesting and benefit accrual for each SunGard Benefit Plan under which such service is applicable.
(j) This Section 5.13 and Section 5.6, Section 5.7, and Section 5.8 represent the prevention sole and exclusive representations and warranties of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesregarding employee benefit matters.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Sungard Capital Corp Ii), Merger Agreement (GL Trade Overseas, Inc.)
Employee Benefit Plans. (ai) Section 4.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Except as set forth in Schedule lists all material 3.1(m)(i), there are no employee benefit plans or compensation plans, agreements, arrangements or commitments (including “employee benefit plans,” as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or any other benefit plans, programs policies, trust funds or arrangementsarrangements (whether written or unwritten, and all material employmentinsured or self-insured) established, terminationmaintained, severance sponsored or other contracts contributed to (or agreements with respect to any obligation that has been undertaken) by the Company, any Subsidiary or any entity that would be treated as a single employer with the Company under Section 414(b), (other than individual option agreementsc), (m) to which or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) or Section 4001 of ERISA (an “ERISA Affiliate”) for any employee, officer, director, consultant or stockholder or their beneficiaries of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, or with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has liability, or makes or has an obligation to make contributions on behalf of any obligation such employee, officer, director, consultant or which are stockholder or beneficiary (each a “Company Employee Plan” and collectively the “Company Employee Plans”).
(ii) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.1(m)(ii), and except for medical reimbursement spending accounts under Code Section 125, each Company Employee Plan that is an employee welfare benefit plan as defined under Section 3(l) of ERISA or a group benefits plan for employees or officers is funded through an insurance company contract. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.1(m)(ii), each Company Employee Plan has been registered if so required, by its terms and operation is in material compliance with all applicable laws and all required filings, if any, with respect to such Company Employee Plan have been timely made. Neither the Company, any Subsidiary nor any ERISA Affiliate has at any time maintained, contributed to or sponsored by been required to contribute to or has (or has had) any liability with respect to, any plan subject to Section 412 of the Company Code, Section 302 of ERISA or Title IV of ERISA, including, without limitation, any “multiemployer plan” (within the meaning of Sections 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA or Section 414(f) of the Code), any single employer pension plan (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA) which is subject to Sections 4063, 4064 and 4069 of ERISA or any Company Subsidiary pension plan within the meaning of federal or state pension standards legislation). The Company’s various non-qualified for U.S. employees and officers deferred compensation plans satisfy the benefit requirements of Section 201(2) of ERISA. The events contemplated by this Agreement (either alone or together with any current or former other event) will not (A) entitle any employee, officer, director or consultant stockholder of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectivelywhether current, former or retired) or their beneficiaries to severance pay, unemployment compensation, or other similar payments under any Company Employee Plan or Employment Law, (B) accelerate the time of payment or vesting or increase the amount of benefits due under any Company Employee Plan or compensation to any Employees or (C) result in any payments (including any payment that could be characterized as an “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete excess parachute payment” (as defined in all material respects, Section 280G(b)(1) of the following: Code)) under any Company Employee Plan or Employment Laws becoming due to any employee, director or stockholder of the Company or any Subsidiary (iwhether current, former or retired) the Plansor their beneficiaries. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.1(m)(ii), (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, no amount payable under any Company Employee Plan would fail to be deductible under Code Section 162(m).
(iii) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.1(m)(iii), with respect to each of the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and Company Employee Plans: (iv1) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each 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 received a favorable determination letter, opinion letter, advisory letter or notification letter, as applicable, from the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) regarding its qualified status under the Code for all amendments required prior to the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 or, if reliance is permitted, relies on the favorable opinion letter or advisory letter of the master and prototype or volume submitter plan sponsor of such plan, and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, that caused or could cause the loss of such qualification or the imposition of any penalty or tax liability; (2) all payments required by the Company Employee Plans, any collective bargaining agreement or other agreement, or is entitled by applicable law (including, without limitation, all contributions, insurance premiums or intercompany charges) with respect to rely all periods through the Closing Date shall have been made prior to the Closing Date (on a favorable opinion issued pro rata basis where such payments are otherwise discretionary at year end) or provided for by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affectCompany as applicable, in any material respect, accordance with the qualified status provisions of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) each of the Company Disclosure ScheduleEmployee Plans, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
applicable law and GAAP; (d3) Full payment no action has been made, instituted or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending commenced or, to the knowledge of the Company, has been threatened or is anticipated against or affecting any of the Company Employee Plans (other than non-material routine claims for benefits and appeals of such claims), any trustee or fiduciaries thereof, the Company, any Subsidiary or any Company SubsidiaryERISA Affiliate, and neither any director, officer or employee thereof, or any of the assets of any trust of any of the Company nor any Employee Plans; (4) no Company Subsidiary has experienced any strikeEmployee Plan is or is expected to be under audit or investigation by the IRS, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company Department of Labor or any Company Subsidiary pending before other governmental entity and no such completed audit, if any, has resulted in the imposition of any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices tax or penalty; and (iv5) the no Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesEmployee Plan provides post-retirement benefits.
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Samples: Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Hanger Orthopedic Group Inc), Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund Lp)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) of Except for the arrangements set forth on SCHEDULE 3.16(a), the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans does not now maintain or contribute to, and has not in the current or preceding two (as defined in Section 3(32) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material calendar years maintained or contributed to, any pension, profit-sharing, deferred compensation, bonus, stock option, stock purchaseshare appreciation right, restricted stockseverance, incentivegroup or individual health, deferred compensationdental, retiree medical or medical, life insurance, supplemental retirementsurvivor benefit, severance or other benefit planssimilar plan, programs policy or arrangementsarrangement, and all material employmentwhether formal or informal, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employeedirector, officer, director consultant or consultant employee, whether active or terminated, of the Company or any Company Subsidiary Company. Each of the arrangements set forth on SCHEDULE 3.16(a) is hereinafter referred to as an "EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN".
(collectivelyb) The Shareholders have heretofore delivered to PHI true, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, copies of each Employee Benefit Plan of the following: Company, and with respect to each such Plan (i) the Plansany associated trust, custodial, insurance or service agreements, (ii) any annual report, actuarial report, or disclosure materials (including specifically any summary plan descriptions) submitted to any governmental agency or distributed to participants or beneficiaries thereunder in the annual report current or any of the two (Form 55002) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last yearpreceding calendar years, and (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans letters and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (any governmental advisory opinions or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretorulings.
(bc) Each To the Shareholders' knowledge, each Employee Benefit Plan is and has heretofore been maintained and operated in compliance with the terms of such Plan and with the requirements prescribed (whether as a matter of substantive law or as necessary to secure favorable tax treatment) by any and all material respects statutes, governmental or court orders, or governmental rules or regulations in accordance with its terms effect from time to time, including but not limited to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), and the requirements of all Code and applicable Lawsto such Plan. Except as set forth on SCHEDULE 3.16(c), including ERISA and the Code. Each each Employee Benefit Plan that which is intended to be qualified qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled been determined to rely on a favorable opinion issued be so qualified by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event IRS and nothing has occurred since the date of the last such determination letter which has resulted or letters from is likely to result in the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status revocation of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trustdetermination.
(cd) Except as set forth on SCHEDULE 3.16(d),
(i) there is no pending or, to the Shareholders' knowledge, threatened legal action, proceeding or investigation, other than routine claims for benefits, concerning any Employee Benefit Plan or any fiduciary or service provider thereof and, to the Shareholders' knowledge, and the Company's knowledge, there is no basis for any such legal action or proceeding;
(ii) to the Shareholders' knowledge, no Employee Benefit Plan nor any party in interest with respect thereof, has engaged in a prohibited transaction which could subject the Company directly or indirectly to liability under Section 4.11(c409 or 502(i) of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Company Disclosure ScheduleCode;
(iii) to the Shareholder's knowledge, no communication, report or disclosure has been made which, at the time made, did not accurately reflect the terms and operations of any Employee Benefit Plan;
(iv) no Employee Benefit Plan provides welfare benefits subsequent to termination of employment to employees or their beneficiaries (except to the extent required by applicable state insurance laws and Title I, Part 6 of ERISA);
(v) no benefits due under any Employee Benefit Plan have been forfeited subject to the possibility of reinstatement (which possibility would still exist at or after Closing); and
(vi) neither the Company nor the Subsidiaries has undertaken to maintain any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Employee Benefit Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees period of time and each such Plan is terminable at the sole discretion of the Company or any Company Subsidiarysponsor thereof, except subject only to such constraints as required may be imposed by Section 4980B of the Codeapplicable law.
(de) Full With respect to each Employee Benefit Plan for which a separate fund of assets is required to be maintained, full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, made of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required is required, under the terms of the Plans each such Plan, to have paid as contributions to that Plan as of the end of the most recently ended plan year of that Plan, and no accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived, exists with respect to any such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due)Plan.
(ef) Except as set forth on SCHEDULE 3.16(f), the execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not result in Section 4.11(eany payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise) becoming due from any Employee Benefit Plan to any current or former director, officer, consultant or employee of the Company Disclosure Scheduleor result in the vesting, no Planacceleration of payment or increases in the amount of any benefit payable to or in respect of any such current or former director, either individually officer, consultant or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreementemployee.
(fg) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any No Employee Benefit Plan is a multi-employer plan.
(or United States based pension h) No Employee Benefit Plan is a plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). .
(i) For purposes of this Section 4.11(f)3.16, an "multi-employer plan", "party in interest", "current value", "accrued benefit", "reportable event" and "benefit liability" have the same meaning assigned such terms under Sections 3, 4043(b) or 4001(a) of ERISA, and "affiliate" means any entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” which under Section 414 of the Company if it would have ever been considered Code is treated as a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISACompany.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxes.
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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (High Voltage Engineering Corp), Stock Purchase Agreement (High Voltage Engineering Corp)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a4.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule Letter lists all Plans. The “Plans” shall mean (in each case, whether written or unwritten): (i) all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other material benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, termination or severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) Contracts to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary ERISA Affiliate is a partyparty (except for Contracts that provide for employment that is terminable at will and without material cost or material liability to the Company or any Company Subsidiary, unless any such Contract constitutes a Company Material Contract), with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary ERISA Affiliate has or could have any obligation or which that are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary ERISA Affiliate for the benefit of any current or former employee, officerofficer or director of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate (other than any plans or arrangements required by applicable Law), director (ii) each employee benefit plan for which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate could incur liability under Section 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be terminated, (iii) any plan in respect of which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate could incur liability under Section 4212(c) of ERISA, and (iv) any material consulting Contracts, arrangements or understandings between the Company or any Company Subsidiary and any natural person consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectivelyexcept for consulting contracts that are terminable without material cost or material liability to the Company or any Company Subsidiary) unless any such Contract constitutes a Company Material Contract, (all Plans, excluding Plans not subject to U.S. Law, the “US Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct Purchaser a true and complete copy of each Plan or form of Plan, as permitted by this Section 4.10 (or a written description of any Plan that is not set forth in all a written document), and has made available to Purchaser a true and complete copy of each material respectsdocument, of the following: if any, prepared in connection with each such Plan (except for (i) individual written Company Stock Option, Company SAR agreements, and Company RSU agreements, in which case only forms of such agreements have been made available, unless such individual agreements materially differ from such forms and (ii) employment and consulting Contracts for employees hired and based in locations outside the PlansU.S. and consultants who are natural persons employed or based in locations outside the U.S., in which case only forms of such agreements has been made available, unless such individual agreements materially differ from such forms), including as applicable (i) a copy of each trust or other funding arrangement, (ii) the each most recent summary plan description and summary of material modifications, (iii) annual report (Form 5500) filed with the reports on Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Form 5500 for the last yearmost recent three (3) plan years, (iiiiv) the most recently received IRS determination letterletter for each such Plan, if any, relating to the Plans and (ivv) the most recent summary plan description for recently prepared actuarial report and financial statement in connection with each such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strikeexpress or implied commitment (i) to create, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges incur liability with respect to or relating cause to exist any other material employee benefit plan, program or arrangement, (ii) to enter into any Contract to provide compensation or benefits to any individual other than in the Company ordinary course of business, or (iii) to modify, change or terminate any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for Plan, other than with respect to a modification, change or termination required by ERISA, the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all Code or other applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxeslaw.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Microsemi Corp), Merger Agreement (Actel Corp)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) The Company has previously provided to Brouxxxxx x xrue and complete list of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material each bonus, deferred compensation, incentive compensation, stock purchase, stock option, stock purchaseseverance pay, restricted stockmedical, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical life or life other insurance, supplemental retirementprofit-sharing, severance or other benefit planspension plan, programs program, agreement or arrangementsarrangement, and all material employmenteach other employee benefit plan, terminationprogram, severance agreement or other contracts arrangement, sponsored, maintained or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored required to be contributed to by the Company and its Subsidiaries or by any trade or business, whether or not incorporated, that together with the Company Subsidiary would be deemed a "single employer" under section 414 of the Code (an "ERISA Affiliate") for the benefit of any current employee or director or former employee, officer, employee or former director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary ERISA Affiliate, whether formal or informal and whether legally binding or not (collectively, the “"Plans”"). None of the Plans is subject to Title IV of ERISA. The Company has made available no formal plan or commitment, whether legally binding or not, to Parent copiescreate any additional plan or modify or change any existing Plan that would
(b) With respect to each of the Plans, which are correct the Company has heretofore delivered to the Company true and complete in all material respects, copies of each of the followingfollowing documents: (i) the Plans, Plan and related documents (including all amendments thereto); (ii) the two most recent annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last yearreports and financial statements, if any; (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letterrecent Summary Plan Description, if anytogether with each Summary of Material Modifications, required under ERISA with respect to such Plan, and all material employee communications relating to the Plans such Plan; and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided determination letter received from the IRS with respect to employees) each Plan that is intended to be qualified under the Code and all material modifications theretocommunications to or from the IRS or any other governmental or regulatory authority relating to each Plan.
(bc) No liability under Title IV of ERISA has been incurred by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate since the effective date of ERISA that has not been satisfied in full, and no condition exists that presents a material risk to the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of incurring a liability under such Title.
(d) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate, nor any of the Plans, nor any trust created thereunder, nor to the knowledge of the Company any trustee or administrator thereof has engaged in a transaction in connection with which the Company, any of the ERISA Affiliates, any of the Plans, any such trust, or any trustee or administrator thereof, could be subject to either a civil penalty assessed pursuant to section 409 or 502(i) of ERISA, or a tax imposed pursuant to section 4975 or 4976 of the Code.
(e) Full payment has been made, or will be made in accordance with section 404(a)(6) of the Code, of all amounts that the Company or any ERISA Affiliate is required to pay under section 412 of the Code or under the terms of the Plans, and all such amounts properly accrued through the Effective Date will be paid on or prior to the Effective Date or will be properly recorded on the Company Financial Statements.
(f) Except as previously disclosed in writing to Brouxxxxx, xxne of the Plans is a "multiemployer pension plan," as such term is defined in section 3(37) of ERISA, a "multiple employer welfare arrangement," as such term is defined in section 3(40) of ERISA, or a single employer plan that has two or more contributing sponsors, at least two of whom are not under common control, within the meaning of section 4063(a) of ERISA.
(g) With respect to any Plan that is a "multiemployer pension plan," as such term is defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA (i) neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has made or suffered a "complete withdrawal" or a "partial withdrawal," as such terms are respectively defined in section 4203 and 4205 of ERISA, (ii) no event has occurred that presents a material risk of a partial withdrawal, (iii) neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has any contingent liability under section 4204 of ERISA, and no circumstances exist that present a material risk that any such plan will go into reorganization, and (v) the aggregate withdrawal liability of the Company and the ERISA Affiliates, computed as if a complete withdrawal by the Company and the ERISA Affiliates had occurred under each such Plan on the date hereof, would not exceed $0.
(h) Each Plan of the Plans that is intended to be "qualified" within the meaning of section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified. Each of the Plans that is intended to satisfy the requirements of section 125 or 501(c)(9) of the Code satisfies such requirements. Each of the Plans has been operated and administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Lawslaws, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(ci) Except as set forth previously disclosed in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedulewriting to Brouxxxxx, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors xxch Plan may be amended or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of terminated without liability to the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B ERISA Affiliate. No amounts payable under the Plans will fail to be deductible for federal income tax purposes under section 280G of the Code.
(dj) Full payment has been madeThere are no actions, suits or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiaryclaims pending, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the CompanyCompany threatened, threatened or anticipated (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Plan, the assets of any Plan or affecting against the Company or any Company SubsidiaryERISA
(k) No Plan provides benefits, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strikeincluding without limitation death or medical benefits (whether or not insured), slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its current or former employees within or directors of the last three Company or any ERISA Affiliate after retirement or other termination of service (3other than (i) yearscoverage mandated by applicable law, (ii) death benefit or retirement benefits under any "employee pension plan," as that term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, (iii) there are no charges with respect deferred compensation benefits accrued as liabilities on the Company Financial Statements, or (iv) benefits, the full cost of which is borne by the current or former employee or director (or his beneficiary).
(l) Except as previously disclosed in writing to Brouxxxxx, xxe consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not (i) entitle any current or relating to former employee or director of the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before ERISA Affiliate to severance pay, unemployment compensation or any Governmental Authority responsible similar payment, or (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount, of any compensation due to any such current or former employee or director, or (iii) renew or extend the term of any agreement regarding compensation for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesany such current or former employee or director.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Broughton Foods Co), Merger Agreement (Broughton Foods Co)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) 4.17 of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all contains a correct and complete list identifying each material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Company Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonusPlan. With respect to each such Company Employee Plan, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company has delivered or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copiesParent, which are to the extent applicable, a true, correct and complete in all material respects, of the followingcopy of: (i) the Plans, all plan documents (including amendments) and trust agreements; (ii) the annual report most recent Annual Report (Form 55005500 Series) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last yearand accompanying schedule, if any; (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and any current summary plan description; (iv) the most recent summary plan description for annual financial report, if any; and (v) the most recent actuarial report, if any. Except as specifically provided in the foregoing documents, or in other documents, delivered or made available to Parent, there are no amendments to any Company Employee Plan that have been adopted or approved nor has the Company or any ERISA Affiliate committed (whether or not such Plans (commitment is legally binding) to make any such amendments or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoadopt or approve any new Company Employee Plan.
(b) Each With respect to each Company U.S. Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA other than a Multiemployer Plan, except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) no such Company U.S. Plan is in “at risk” status, within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA, (ii) no Lien has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements arisen or would be reasonably expected to arise under Section 303(k) of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and or Section 430(k) of the Code, (iii) neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has engaged in a transaction described in Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA that could result in a liability to the Company after the Effective Time, and (iv) neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has incurred in the past six years, or reasonably expects to incur prior to the Effective Time, any liability under Title IV of ERISA arising in connection with the termination of any such Company U.S. Plan. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, with respect to each Multiemployer Plan, (A) neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has in the past six years incurred any liability on account of a “complete withdrawal” or a “partial withdrawal” (within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA, respectively) from any Multiemployer Plan and (B) to the Company’s knowledge, no event has occurred and no condition or circumstance has existed, that presents a material risk of the occurrence of any withdrawal by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its ERISA Affiliates from or the partition, termination, reorganization or insolvency of any such Multiemployer Plan which could result in any liability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any such Multiemployer Plan.
(c) Each Company U.S. Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter or opinion letter, or has pending or has time remaining in which to file, an application for such determination or opinion from the IRSInternal Revenue Service, or and the Company is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge not aware of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of any reason why any such determination letter or letters from the IRS opinion letter should be revoked or not be reissued. The Company has made available to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) Parent copies of the most recent Internal Revenue Service determination and opinion letters with respect to each such Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the CodeU.S. Plan.
(d) Full payment Each Company Employee Plan has been mademaintained in material compliance, or otherwise properly accrued on and is now in compliance, with its terms and with the books requirements prescribed by all statutes and records of regulations, including ERISA and the Company and any Company SubsidiaryCode, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary which are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions applicable to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Employee Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would notnot reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, no claim (other than routine claims for benefits), action, suit or proceeding (including an audit) is pending against or involves or, to the Company’s knowledge, is threatened against or reasonably expected to involve, any Company Employee Plan or any fiduciaries thereof before any court or arbitrator or any Governmental Authority, including the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor or the PBGC.
(e) The consummation of the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not, either alone or together with any other event: (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge entitle any Company Employee to any payment or complaint pending against benefit, including any bonus, retention, severance, retirement or job security payment or benefit, (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting or trigger any payment or funding (through a grantor trust or otherwise) of compensation or benefits under, or increase the amount payable or trigger any other material obligation under, any Company Employee Plan, (iii) limit or restrict the right of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending of its Subsidiaries or, after the Effective Time, Parent, to merge, amend or terminate any Company Employee Plan or (iv) give rise to the knowledge payment of any amount under any Company Employee Plan that would not be deductible pursuant to the terms of Section 280G of the CompanyCode. Since January 1, threatened against or affecting 2013, none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has made any payment or award to any Company SubsidiaryEmployee in respect of any severance, transaction bonus, retention payment or other similar award in connection with the sale or change in control of the Company.
(f) Each Company Employee Plan that is a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code has been operated in material compliance with Section 409A of the Code since January 1, 2005. Each person on the payroll records of Company is properly classified as an employee or independent contractor, and neither has been properly classified on their payroll records as exempt or nonexempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act or any applicable state or foreign law equivalent, except to the extent that failure to do so has not created any extant material liability. No Company Employee Plan provides for post-retirement or post-employment welfare benefits (other than healthcare continuation coverage required under applicable Federal or state law). Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries has experienced ever maintained or contributed to, or had any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout obligation to contribute to (or other labor dispute by or borne any liability with respect to its employees to) any “multiple employer plan” (within the last three (3meaning of the Code or ERISA) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect creating any extant material liability. All contributions or premiums required to or relating to be made by either the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for under the prevention terms of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary areEmployee Plan or by ERISA, and at the Code or Applicable Laws have in all times have material respects been made in compliance witha timely fashion in accordance with ERISA, all applicable the Code or Applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment terms of withholding and/or social security Taxessuch Company Employee Plan.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Maidenform Brands, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Hanesbrands Inc.)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a2.14(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (lists, as defined in Section 3(3) of the date of this Agreement, all Company Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 Plans and identifies which Company Employee Plans are PEO Plans.
(“ERISA”)b) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with With respect to which each Company Employee Plan covering U.S. Company Employees (unless otherwise noted herein) in effect on the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit date of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectivelythis Agreement, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to the Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, a copy of the following: (i) the Planssuch Company Plan, including amendments thereto, (ii) the summary plan description, if any, (iii) the most recent annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and for any Company Plan (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (determination or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Lawsopinion letter, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter if any, from the IRS; (v) any related trust agreements, insurance contracts, insurance policies or is entitled other documents of any funding arrangements; and (vi) any notices from the last three years to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS or any office or representative of the United States Department of Labor or any similar Governmental Entity relating to adversely affect, any compliance issues in respect of any material respectCompany Plan. With respect to each Company Employee Plan covering non-U.S. Company Employees, the qualified status Company has made available to the Parent a copy of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trusteach material Company Employee Plan.
(c) Except as set forth Each Company Plan, and to the Company’s Knowledge, each PEO Plan, is being and has been maintained, funded and administered in Section 4.11(c) of accordance with ERISA, the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither Code and all other applicable Laws and the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiaryregulations thereunder and in accordance with its terms, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the for failures to so administer such Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Employee Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. With respect to each Company Employee Plan, all material contributions (iincluding all employer contributions and employee salary reduction contributions) and premium payments that are due to be paid by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries have been timely made and all contributions and premium payments for any period ending on or before the Closing Date that are not yet due to be paid by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries have been made or properly accrued.
(d) With respect to the Company Employee Plans, there is are no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against benefit obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for which contributions have not been made or properly accrued to the extent required by GAAP, except for failures to make such contributions or accruals for contributions as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material.
(e) All the Company SubsidiaryEmployee Plans, and to the Company’s Knowledge, all the PEO Plans, that are intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code have received favorable determination letters from the IRS or are subject to a current advisory opinion from the IRS, except, in each case, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Nothing has occurred with respect to any such Company Employee Plan, or the Company’s Knowledge any such PEO Plan, that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the qualification of such Company Employee Plan.
(iif) None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents or any administrator or fiduciary of any Company Employee Plan has, with respect to any Company Employee Plan, engaged in or been a party to any non-exempt “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA) that would result in the imposition of a material penalty assessed pursuant to Section 502(i) of ERISA or a material Tax imposed by Section 4975 of the Code or any breach of fiduciary duty (as determined under ERISA), in each case applicable to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Company Plan, or for which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any indemnification obligation.
(g) Other than routine claims for benefits, there is are no labor strikeActions, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout governmental audits or labor dispute investigations that are pending or, to the knowledge Company’s Knowledge, threatened against or involving any Company Plan, or, to the Company’s Knowledge, any PEO Plan, or asserting any rights to or claims for benefits under any Company Plan or, to the Company’s Knowledge, any PEO Plan.
(h) None of the Company, threatened against or affecting any of the Company Company’s Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates sponsors, maintains, contributes to, is obligated to contribute to or otherwise has any liability (whether current or contingent) with respect to, and during the past six years, none of the Company, any of the Company’s Subsidiaries nor any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has sponsored, maintained, contributed to, had been obligated to contribute to or otherwise had any liability (whether current or contingent) with respect to (i) any employee benefit plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, (ii) a “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA), (iii) a “multiple employer plan” (within the meaning of Section 413(c) of the Code), (iv) a “multiple employer welfare arrangement” (within the meaning of Section 3(40) of ERISA), (v) a “voluntary employees’ beneficiary association” within the meaning of Section 509(c)(9) of the Code, or (vi) a defined benefit plan.
(i) No Company SubsidiaryEmployee Plan provides, and no PEO Plan provides, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries has experienced any strikeobligation to provide, slowdownpost-termination or retiree life insurance, work stoppage, lockout health or other labor dispute welfare benefits to any Person, except as may be required by Section 4980B of the Code or any similar Law.
(j) The Company, its Subsidiaries and each Company Plan and, to the Company’s Knowledge, PEO Plan, which is a “group health plan” (as such term is defined in Section 5000(b)(1) of the Code and Section 607(1) of ERISA) comply and have complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of Section 4980B of the Code, Sections 601 - 609 of ERISA, and the applicable provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor any Company Plan, nor the Company’s Knowledge, any PEO Plan or any other Person, has engaged in a transaction or has taken or failed to take action in connection with a Company Employee Plan which would reasonably be expected to subject to any Company Employee Plan, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to either a civil penalty assessed pursuant to Section 409 or 502(i) of ERISA or a Tax imposed pursuant to Section 4971 through 4980H, inclusive, 5000 or 5000A of the Code
(k) Except as set forth in Section 2.14(k) of the Company Disclosure Schedule or as contemplated by Section 1.8 of this Agreement, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (either alone or in conjunction with any other event): (i) entitle any current or former employee, officer, director or individual independent contractor of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries to any payment or benefit (or result in the funding of any such payment or benefit) under any Company Employee Plan or Contract; (ii) increase the amount of any compensation, equity award or other benefits otherwise payable by the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries under any Company Employee Plan or Contract; (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment, funding or vesting of any compensation, equity award or other benefits under any Company Employee Plan or Contract; or (iv) limit or restrict the right of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries to merge, amend or terminate any Company Employee Plan in accordance with its terms and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (either alone or in conjunction with any other event) result in any “excess parachute payment” (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code) becoming due to any current or former employee, officer, director or individual independent contractor of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries.
(l) Each Company Employee Plan has been maintained, in form and operation, in all respects in compliance with Section 409A of the Code, and, except as set forth in Section 2.14(l) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any obligation to gross-up or indemnify any individual with respect to any Tax under Section 409A of the Code. Neither the Company nor any of its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges Subsidiaries has any obligation to gross-up or indemnify any individual with respect to any Tax under Section 4999 of the Code.
(m) Except as required by applicable Law, no condition exists that would prevent the Company or relating any of its Subsidiaries from terminating or amending any Company Employee Plan that is not an individual agreement at any time for any reason without material liability to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible its Subsidiaries (other than ordinary notice and administration requirements and expenses or routine claims for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesbenefits).
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Kimball International Inc), Merger Agreement (Kimball International Inc)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a3.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material Employee Benefit Plans as of the date of this Agreement. All Employee Benefit Plans that are ERISA “employee benefit plans plans” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ERISA) are sponsored by a professional employer organization (each, a “ERISAPEO Plan”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) . Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.10 to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a partycontrary, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintainedPEO Plans, contributed all representations shall be deemed to or sponsored by be made to the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant knowledge of the Company or any Company Subsidiary Company.
(collectivelyb) With respect to each material Employee Benefit Plan, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copiesSPAC, which are if applicable, (i) a true, correct and complete in copy of the current plan document and all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plansamendments thereto and each trust or other funding arrangement, (ii) copies of the annual report most recent summary plan description and any summaries of material modifications, (Form 5500iii) a copy of the last three filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for Form 5500 annual reports and accompanying schedules (or, if not yet filed, the last yearmost recent draft thereof), (iiiiv) copies of the most recently received IRS determination letterdetermination, opinion or advisory letter for each such Employee Benefit Plan, if anyapplicable, relating to the Plans and (ivv) the most recent summary plan description for any non-routine correspondence from any Governmental Authority with respect to any such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Employee Benefit Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither Lookback Date. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors has any express commitment to establish, modify, change or has sponsored terminate any material Employee Benefit Plan, other than with respect to a modification, change or termination required by ERISA or the Code, or other applicable Law.
(c) No Employee Benefit Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retiredis, former or current employees and none of the Company or any Company Subsidiaryof its ERISA Affiliates has or ever has had, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
any current or contingent liability or obligation under or with respect to, (di) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute paymentmultiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA), (ii) a “defined benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA or any other plan subject to Section 412 of the Code and/or Title IV of ERISA, (iii) a “multiple employer plan” within the meaning of Section 210 of ERISA or Section 413(c) of the Code, or (iv) a “multiple employer welfare arrangement” as defined in Section 3(40) of ERISA. The Company does not have any current or contingent liability or obligation on account of any ERISA Affiliate. For purposes of this Section 4.11(f)Agreement, an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer shall mean any corporation, trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which, together with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any of the Company SubsidiarySubsidiaries, (iix) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout a member of a controlled group of corporations or labor dispute pending or, to a group of trades or businesses under common control within the knowledge meaning of Sections 414(b) or (c) of the CompanyCode, threatened against or affecting (y) is at any relevant time treated as single employer under Section 414 of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesCode.
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Samples: Business Combination Agreement (ESGEN Acquisition Corp), Business Combination Agreement (ESGEN Acquisition Corp)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a4.14(a) of the Company Seller Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) sets forth a complete, accurate and current list of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) each deferred compensation and all material bonus, stock optioneach bonus or other incentive compensation, stock purchase, restricted stockstock option and other equity compensation plan, incentiveprogram, deferred compensationagreement or arrangement, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, each severance or termination pay, medical, surgical, hospitalization, life insurance and other benefit plans“welfare” plan, programs fund or arrangementsprogram (within the meaning of section 3(1) of ERISA); each profit-sharing, and all material stock bonus or other “pension” plan, fund or program (within the meaning of section 3(2) of ERISA), each employment, termination, change in control or severance agreement; and each other material employee benefit plan, fund, program, agreement or other contracts arrangement; in each case, that is sponsored, maintained or agreements (contributed to or required to be contributed to by the Company, Parent or by any trade or business other than individual option agreementsthe Company, whether or not incorporated, that together with Parent would be deemed a “single employer” within the meaning of section 4001(b) of ERISA (an “ERISA Affiliate”), or to which the Company Company, Parent or any Company Subsidiary an ERISA Affiliate is a party, with respect to which the Company whether written or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintainedoral, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current of the Company’s employees or former employee, officer, director employee or consultant of the Company their dependents or any Company Subsidiary beneficiaries (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, None of the following: (i) Company, Parent or any ERISA Affiliate has any legally binding or publicly announced commitment or formal plan to create any additional employee benefit plan or modify or change any existing Plan that would affect any employee or former employee of the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoCompany.
(b) Each Plan With respect to each Plan, Seller has been operated delivered or made available to Purchaser complete, accurate and current copies of each of the following documents, each of which is in all material respects in compliance with all applicable laws, including but not limited to the Code and ERISA:
(i) a copy of the Plan and any amendments thereto (or if the Plan is not a written Plan, a written description of the material terms thereof);
(ii) a copy of the two most recent annual reports and actuarial reports, if required under ERISA, and the most recent report (if any) prepared with respect thereto in accordance with its terms Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87;
(iii) a copy of the most recent Summary Plan Description required under ERISA with respect thereto;
(iv) if the Plan is funded through a trust or any third-party funding vehicle, a copy of the trust or other funding agreement and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and latest financial statements thereof (if any); and
(v) the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable most recent determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters received from the IRS with respect to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such each Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B intended to qualify under section 401 of the Code.
(c) Other than the Multiemployer Plan, none of the Plans is subject to Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, and the Company has no Liability under Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA with respect to any plan sponsored, maintained or contributed to (or required to be contributed to) by Parent or any ERISA Affiliate.
(d) Full payment has As of the date of this Agreement, all contributions required to be made on or before December 31, 2007 with respect to any Plan have been timely made, or otherwise properly accrued are reflected on the books and records audited consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto) of Parent contained in its Form 10-K for the Company and any Company Subsidiaryfiscal year ended December 31, of all amounts that 2007 to the Company and any Company Subsidiary are extent such contributions were required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to been so reflected by GAAP. There has been no amendment to, written interpretation of or announcement (whether or not written) by Parent or any ERISA Affiliate relating to, or change in employee participation or coverage under, any Plan that would increase materially the expense of maintaining such Plans on Plan above the level or expense incurred in respect thereof for the Parent’s most recent fiscal year ended prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due)Agreement.
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e4.14(e) of the Company Seller Disclosure ScheduleSchedule or in Section 6.11(b) of this Agreement, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning consummation of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this AgreementAgreement will not, either alone or in combination with another event, (i) entitle any current or former director, officer or employee of the Company to severance pay, unemployment compensation or any other payment or distribution, (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting of any benefits granted under any Plan, or increase, the amount of compensation due any such director, officer or employee, (iii) result in the forgiveness of any Indebtedness with respect to any such director, officer or employee or (iv) result in the obligation to fund benefits with respect to any such director, officer or employee.
(f) There has been no material failure of a Plan that is a group health plan (as defined in Section 5000(b)(1) of the Code) to meet the requirements of Section 4980B(f) of the Code with respect to a qualified beneficiary (as defined in Section 4980B(g) of the Code). Neither the Company Parent nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored contributed to a nonconforming group health plan (as defined in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA AffiliateSection 5000(c) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company ) and neither Parent nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or of Parent has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of a Tax under Section 3(375000(a) of ERISA). For purposes the Code that is or could become a Liability of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of Purchaser or the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISACompany.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected With respect to have each Plan that is a Material Adverse EffectMultiemployer Plan, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company has not made or suffered a “complete withdrawal” or “partial withdrawal,” as such terms are respectively defined in sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA (or, if made or suffered, any Company SubsidiaryLiability resulting therefrom has been satisfied in full), (ii) there is no labor strikeevent has occurred that presents a material risk of a partial withdrawal, slowdown(iii) the Company does not have any contingent Liability under section 4204 of ERISA, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, (iv) to the knowledge of the CompanyMGM Entities, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiaryno circumstances exist that present a material risk that such Plan will go into reorganization, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (ivv) the Company has timely made all periodic contributions required under the terms of such Multiemployer Plan or applicable collective bargaining agreements and each has not received notice of any delinquency, interest or liquidated damages charges in relation to such contributions that have not been satisfied through payment or other binding resolution. The Company Subsidiary arehas timely made all periodic contributions required under the terms of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union Welfare Fund or applicable collective bargaining agreement and has not received notice of any delinquency, and at all times interest or liquidated damaged charges in relation to such contributions that have not been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and satisfied through payment of withholding and/or social security Taxes.or other binding resolution
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Samples: Purchase Agreement (MGM Mirage), Purchase Agreement (MGM Mirage)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) All benefit and compensation plans, contracts, policies or arrangements (whether or not written) (i) covering current or former employees of Company or any of its Subsidiaries (the “Company Employees”), (ii) covering current or former directors of Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iii) with respect to which Company or any Subsidiary has or may have any liability or contingent liability (including liability arising from affiliation under Section 4.11(a) 414 of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material Code or Section 4001 of ERISA) including, but not limited to, “employee benefit plans (as defined in plans” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) , and all material bonusdeferred compensation, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stockstock appreciation rights, incentivestock based, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, incentive and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements bonus plans (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Company Benefit Plans”), are identified and described in Company Disclosure Schedule 3.16(a). The True and complete copies of all Company has Benefit Plans including, but not limited to, any trust instruments and insurance contracts forming a part of any Company Benefit Plans and all amendments thereto, Internal Revenue Service Forms 5500 (for the three most recently completed plan years) and the most recent IRS determination letters with respect thereto, have been made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoBuyer.
(b) Each Plan has been operated To Company’s Knowledge, all Company Benefit Plans are in all material respects compliance in accordance form and operation with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Company Benefit Plan that which is an “employee pension benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA (a “Company Pension Plan”) and which is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code Code, has received a favorable determination or opinion letter from the IRSIRS that is currently in effect, or and Company is entitled not aware of any circumstance that would reasonably be expected to rely on a result in revocation of any such favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS loss of the qualification of such Company Pension Plan under Section 401(a) of the Code. There is no pending or, to adversely affectCompany’s Knowledge, threatened litigation relating to the Company Benefit Plans. To Company’s Knowledge, neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in a transaction with respect to any material respect, the qualified status of any such Company Benefit Plan or Company Pension Plan that, assuming the exempt status taxable period of such transaction expired as of the date hereof, would reasonably be expected to subject Company or any such trustof its Subsidiaries to a tax or penalty imposed by either Section 4975 of the Code or Section 502(i) of ERISA.
(c) Except as set forth described in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure ScheduleSchedule 3.16(c), neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors no liability under Subtitle C or D of Title IV of ERISA has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment been or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the is expected to be incurred by Company or any Company Subsidiaryof its Subsidiaries with respect to any ongoing, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, frozen or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a terminated “parachute paymentsingle employer plan,” within the meaning of Section 280G 4001(a)(15) of ERISA (including any multiple employer plan as described in 29 C.F.R. Section 4001.2), currently or formerly maintained or contributed to by Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any entity which is considered one employer with Company or any of its Subsidiaries under Section 4001 of ERISA or Section 414 of the Code after giving effect (an “ERISA Affiliate”). None of Company or any ERISA Affiliate has contributed to (or been obligated to contribute to) a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA at any time during the six-year period ending on the Closing Date, and neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred, and does not expect to incur, any withdrawal liability with respect to a multiemployer plan under Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA (regardless of whether based on contributions of an ERISA Affiliate). No notice of a “reportable event,” within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA for which the 30-day reporting requirement has not been waived, has been required to be filed for any Company Pension Plan or by any ERISA Affiliate within the 36 month period ending on the date hereof or will be required to be filed in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(fd) Neither All contributions required to be made with respect to all Company Benefit Plans have been timely made or have been reflected on the financial statements of Company. No Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors Pension Plan or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension single-employer plan in the case of an ERISA AffiliateAffiliate has an “accumulated funding deficiency” (whether or not waived) that is subject to Title IV within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA or has otherwise failed to satisfy the minimum funding requirements of Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Code or Sections 302 and 303 of ERISA, and none of Company nor or any ERISA Affiliate contributes has an outstanding funding waiver. No Company Plan is considered to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer be an “at-risk” plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” 430 of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA Code or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) 303 of ERISA.
(e) Other than as set forth in Company Disclosure Schedule 3.16(e), neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any obligations for retiree health or life benefits under any Company Benefit Plan, other than coverage as may be required under Section 4980B of the Code or Part 6 of Title I of ERISA, or under the continuation of coverage provisions of the laws of any state or locality. To Company’s Knowledge, all Company Benefit Plans that are group health plans have been operated in compliance with the group health plan continuation requirements of Section 4980B of the Code and Sections 601-609 of ERISA, the certification of prior coverage and other requirements of Sections 701-702 and 711-713 of ERISA and the terms and conditions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Company may amend or terminate any such Company Benefit Plan at any time without incurring any liability thereunder, other than routine administrative costs.
(f) Other than as set forth in Company Disclosure Schedule 3.16(f) or as otherwise provided for in this Agreement, the execution of this Agreement, stockholder approval of this Agreement or consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not (i) entitle any Company Employee to severance pay or any increase in severance pay upon any termination of employment after the date hereof under any Company Benefit Plans, (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting or trigger any payment or funding (through a grantor trust or otherwise) of compensation or benefits under, increase the amount payable or trigger any other material obligation pursuant to, any of the Company Benefit Plans, (iii) result in any breach or violation of, or a default under, any of the Company Benefit Plans, (iv) result in any payment under any Company Benefit Plans that would be a “parachute payment” to a “disqualified individual” as those terms are defined in Section 280G of the Code, without regard to whether such payment is reasonable compensation for personal services performed or to be performed in the future, (v) limit or restrict the right of Company or Company Bank or, after the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries, to merge, amend or terminate any of the Company Benefit Plans, (vi) result in payments under any of the Company Benefit Plans which would not be deductible under Section 162(m) or Section 280G of the Code, or (vii) result in any accounting accruals under any Company Benefit Plans not in the ordinary course of business.
(g) Except Each Company Benefit Plan that is a deferred compensation plan is in compliance with Section 409A of the Code, to the extent applicable. All elections made with respect to compensation deferred under an arrangement subject to Section 409A of the Code have been made in accordance with the requirements of Section 409(a)(4) of the Code, to the extent applicable. Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has taken any action, or has failed to take any action, that has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in the interest and tax penalties specified in Section 409A(a)(1)(B) of the Code being owed by any participant in a Company Benefit Plan or (ii) has agreed to reimburse or indemnify any participant in a Company Benefit Plan for any of the interest and the penalties specified in Section 409A(a)(1)(B) of the Code that may be currently due or triggered in the future.
(h) Company Disclosure Schedule 3.16(h) contains a schedule showing the monetary amounts payable as would notof the date specified in such schedule, whether individually or in the aggregateaggregate (including good faith estimates of all amounts not subject to precise quantification as of the date of this Agreement, reasonably such as tax indemnification payments in respect of income or excise taxes), under any employment, change-in-control, severance or similar contract, plan or arrangement with or which covers any present or former director, officer or employee of Company or any of its Subsidiaries who may be expected entitled to have any such amount and identifying the types and estimated amounts of the in-kind benefits due under any Company Benefit Plans (other than a Material Adverse Effectplan qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code) for each such person, specifying the assumptions in such schedule and providing estimates of other required contributions to any trusts for any related fees or expenses.
(i) there is no unfair labor practice charge Each Option (A) was granted in compliance with all applicable Laws and all of the terms and conditions of the applicable plan pursuant to which it was issued, (B) has an exercise price per share equal to or complaint pending against greater than the fair market value of a share of Company Common Stock on the date of such grant (as determined pursuant to the Company Equity Plan), (C) has a grant date identical to the date on which Company’s board of directors or compensation committee actually awarded it, and (D) qualifies for the tax and accounting treatment afforded to such award in Company’s tax returns and Company’s financial statements, respectively.
(j) To Company’s Knowledge, Company and its Subsidiaries have correctly classified all individuals who directly or indirectly perform services for Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible Subsidiaries for the prevention purposes of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary areBenefit Plan, and at all times have been in compliance withERISA, all applicable Laws relating to employment of laborthe Code, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and healthunemployment compensation laws, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees compensation laws and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesall other applicable Laws.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Peoples Federal Bancshares, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Independent Bank Corp)
Employee Benefit Plans. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports and except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect:
(a) Section 4.11(a) Schedule 3.10 of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material contains a true and complete list of each "employee benefit plans plan" (as defined in Section within the meaning of section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“"ERISA”")) and all material bonus, including, without limitation, multiemployer plans within the meaning of ERISA section 3(37)), stock purchase, stock option, stock purchaseseverance, restricted stockemployment, change-in-control, fringe benefit, collective bargaining, bonus, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or compensation and all other employee benefit plans, programs agreements, programs, policies or other arrangements, and all material employmentwhether or not subject to ERISA (including any funding mechanism therefor now in effect or required in the future as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise), terminationwhether formal or informal, severance oral or other contracts written, legally binding or agreements (other than individual option agreements) not, under which any employee or former employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has any present or future right to benefits or under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has any present or future liability. All such plans, agreements, programs, policies and arrangements shall be collectively referred to as the "Company Subsidiary is a party, with Plans".
(b) With respect to which each Company Plan, the Company has delivered to the Parent a current, accurate and complete copy (or, to the extent no such copy exists, an accurate description) thereof and, to the extent applicable: (i) any related trust agreement or other funding instrument; (ii) the most recent determination letter, if applicable; (iii) any Company Subsidiary has summary plan description and other written communications (or a description of any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored oral communications) by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for of its subsidiaries to their employees concerning the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant extent of the benefits provided under a Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans Plan; and (iv) for the two most recent summary plan description years (A) the Form 5500 and attached schedules, (B) audited financial statements, (C) actuarial valuation reports and (D) attorney's response to an auditor's request for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoinformation.
(bi) Each Company Plan has been operated in all material respects established and administered in accordance with its terms terms, and in compliance with the requirements applicable provisions of all ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code as of 1986, as amended (the "Code") and other applicable Lawslaws, including ERISA rules and the Code. Each regulations; (ii) each Company Plan that which is intended to be qualified under Section within the meaning of Code section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code is so qualified and has received a favorable determination letter from as to its qualification, and nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, that would cause the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge loss of the Company, such qualification; (iii) no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan and no condition exists that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of would subject the Company or any of its subsidiaries, either directly or by reason of their affiliation with any member of their "Controlled Group" (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled group of organizations within the meaning of Code sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o)), to any tax, fine, lien or penalty imposed by ERISA, the Code or other applicable laws, rules and regulations; (iv) for each Company SubsidiaryPlan with respect to which a Form 5500 has been filed, except no material change has occurred with respect to the matters covered by the most recent Form since the date thereof; and (v) no "reportable event" (as required by Section 4980B of the Codesuch term is defined in ERISA section 4043), "prohibited transaction" (as such term is defined in ERISA section 406 and Code section 4975) that is not exempt or "accumulated funding deficiency" (as such term is defined in ERISA section 302 and Code section 412 (whether or not waived)) has occurred with respect to any Company Plan.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records With respect to each of the Company and any Company SubsidiaryPlans that is not a multiemployer plan within the meaning of section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA but is subject to Title IV of ERISA, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms as of the Plans to have paid as contributions to Effective Time, the assets of each such Plans on or prior Company Plan are at least equal in value to the date present value of this Agreement the accrued benefits (excluding any amounts not yet due)vested and unvested) of the participants in such Company Plan on a termination and projected benefit obligation basis, based on the actuarial methods and assumptions indicated in the most recent actuarial valuation reports.
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect With respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37ERISA section 4001(a)(3)) to which the Company, any of ERISA). For purposes its subsidiaries or any member of this Section 4.11(f), their Controlled Group has any liability or contributes (or has at any time contributed or had an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” obligation to contribute): (i) none of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company Company, any of its subsidiaries or any member of their Controlled Group has incurred any withdrawal liability under 4001(b) Title IV of ERISA or part would be subject to such liability if, as of the same controlled group Effective Time, the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any member of their Controlled Group were to engage in a complete withdrawal (as defined in ERISA section 4203) or partial withdrawal (as defined in ERISA section 4205) from any such multiemployer plan; and (ii) no such multiemployer plan is in reorganization or insolvent (as those terms are defined in ERISA sections 4241 and 4245, respectively).
(f) With respect to any Company Plan, (i) no actions, suits or claims (other than routine claims for benefits in the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(Cordinary course) of ERISAare pending or threatened, and (ii) no facts or circumstances exist that could give rise to any such actions, suits or claims.
(g) Except as No Company Plan exists that would not, individually or result in the aggregate, reasonably be expected payment to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge any present or complaint pending against former employee of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout of its subsidiaries of any money or labor dispute pending or, other property or accelerate or provide any other rights or benefits to the knowledge any present or former employee of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiaryof its subsidiaries as a result of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout whether or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees not such payment would constitute a parachute payment within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention meaning of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxes.Code section 280G.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Microdyne Corp), Merger Agreement (L 3 Communications Holdings Inc)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists All employee compensation, incentive, fringe or benefit plans, programs, policies, commitments, agreements or other arrangements (whether or not set forth in a written document and including, without limitation, all material "employee benefit plans (as defined in plans" within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“"ERISA”")) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or covering any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current active or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company ("Company Employee" which shall for this purpose mean an employee of Company or an Affiliate (as defined below)), any subsidiary of Company or any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of a controlled group or which is under common control with Company Subsidiary within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code (collectivelyan "Affiliate"), or with respect to which Company has or, to its knowledge, may in the “future have liability, are listed in Section 2.13(a) of the Company Schedules (the "Company Plans”"). The Company has made provided or will make available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the followingParent: (i) the Planscorrect and complete copies of all documents embodying each Company Plan including (without limitation) all amendments thereto, all related trust documents, and all material written agreements and contracts relating to each such Company Plan; (ii) the most recent annual report reports (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letterSeries 5500 and all schedules and financial statements attached thereto), if any, relating to required under ERISA or the Plans and Code in connection with each Company Plan; (iviii) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions together with the summary(ies) of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
, if any, required under ERISA with respect to each Company Plan; (biv) Each Plan has been operated in all IRS determination, opinion, notification and advisory letters; (v) all material respects in accordance with its terms correspondence to or from any governmental agency relating to any Company Plan; (vi) the most recent discrimination tests for each Company Plan; (vii) the most recent actuarial valuations, if any, prepared for each Company Plan; (viii) if the Company Plan is funded, the most recent annual and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) periodic accounting of the Code Company Plan assets; and (ix) all communication to Company Employees relating to any Company Plan and any proposed Company Plan, in each case, relating to any amendments, terminations, establishments, increases or Section 401(k) decreases in benefits, acceleration of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRSpayments or vesting schedules, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, other events which would result in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the liability to Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the CodeAffiliate.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxes.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Homegrocer Com Inc), Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Homegrocer Com Inc)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a3.18(a)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all Letter contains a correct and complete list identifying each material Company Plan. For purposes of this Agreement, “Company Plan” means each “employee benefit plans (as defined in plan” within the meaning of ERISA Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“), whether or not subject to ERISA”)) and , all material bonusequity or equity-based, stock optionchange in control, stock purchasebonus or other incentive compensation, restricted stockdisability, incentivesalary continuation, employment, consulting, indemnification, severance, retention, retirement, pension, profit sharing, savings or thrift, deferred compensation, retiree medical health or life insurance, supplemental retirementemployee discount or free product, severance vacation, sick pay or other benefit paid time off agreements or plans, programs and each other material benefit or arrangementscompensation plan, and all material employmentprogram, terminationcontract, severance agreement or other contracts arrangement, whether written or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which unwritten that the Company or any Company Subsidiary sponsors, maintains or contributes to, or is a partyrequired to sponsor, with respect to which the Company maintain or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintainedcontribute to, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, independent contractor (who is a natural person) or director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”)its Subsidiaries. The Company has made available to Parent copieswith respect to each material written Company Plan, which are correct as applicable: (A) a true and complete in copy of the Company Plan and all material respectsamendments thereto and, of the following: if applicable, all related trust documents and funding instruments, (iB) the Plans, (ii) the most recent annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year5500 including, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letterif applicable, all schedules and attachments thereto), if any, relating to required under ERISA or the Plans and Code in connection therewith, (ivC) all summary plan descriptions, together with each summary of material modifications, if any, required under ERISA, (D) the most recent summary plan description for Internal Revenue Service determination or opinion letter issued with respect to each such Plans Company Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employeesE) and all material modifications theretocorrespondence to or from any Governmental Authority within the past three years with respect to any Company Plan.
(b) Each Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, each Company Plan has been maintained, administered and operated in all material respects in accordance compliance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable LawsLaw.
(c) Except as would not be reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, including ERISA and other than routine claims for benefits, there are no pending or, to the Code. Knowledge of the Company, threatened Proceedings by or on behalf of any participant in any Company Plan, or otherwise involving any Company Plan or the assets of any Company Plan.
(d) Each Company Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a determination or opinion letter from the IRS that it is so qualified and each related trust that is intended to be exempt from federal income taxation under Section 401(k501(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination or opinion letter from the IRS, or IRS that it is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, so exempt and, to the knowledge Knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect, in any material respect, affect the qualified status of any such Company Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(ce) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary ERISA Affiliate maintains, contributes to, or sponsors (or has sponsored any in the past six years maintained, contributed to, or sponsored) (i) a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA or (ii) a plan subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code. No Company Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance welfare benefits for retired, any current or former employees or current employees other service providers of the Company or any Company Subsidiaryits Subsidiaries (or their dependent), except other than as required by under Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(ef) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions expressly contemplated by this Agreement.
, including Section 2.12, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby would not reasonably be expected to, either alone or in combination with another event, (fi) Neither result in any material payment becoming due, accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or materially increase the amount of compensation due to any such director, officer or employee of the Company nor or its Subsidiaries; (ii) result in any ERISA Affiliate sponsors forgiveness of indebtedness, trigger any funding obligation under any Company Plan or has sponsored impose any restrictions or limitations on the Company’s rights to administer, amend or terminate any Company Plan; or (iii) result in any payment (whether in cash or property or the past six years vesting of property) to any Plan “disqualified individual” (or United States based pension plan as such term is defined in the case of an ERISA AffiliateTreasury Regulations Section 1.280G-1) that is subject to Title IV would, individually or in combination with any other such payment, constitute an “excess parachute payment” (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 280G(b)(1) of the Code). Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes of its Subsidiaries has any obligation to provide any gross-up payment to any individual with respect to any income Tax, additional Tax, excise Tax or has ever contributed to, interest charge imposed pursuant to Section 409A or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” 4999 of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISACode.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, not be reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge with respect to each Company Plan established or complaint pending against maintained outside of the United States of America for the benefit of employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiaryof its Subsidiaries residing or working outside the United States of America (a “Foreign Benefit Plan”): (i) all employer and employee contributions to each Foreign Benefit Plan required by Law or by the terms of such Foreign Benefit Plan have been made or, if applicable, accrued, in accordance with normal accounting practices, (ii) there each Foreign Benefit Plan which is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout subject to minimum funding or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against book reserve requirements is so funded or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, book reserved and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges each Foreign Benefit Plan required to be registered has been registered and has been so registered, approved and maintained in good standing with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any applicable Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesAuthorities.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Wmih Corp.), Merger Agreement (Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc.)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a4.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material sets forth a true and complete list of each “employee benefit plans (plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA and any other plan, policy, program, practice, agreement, understanding or arrangement (whether written or oral) providing compensation or other benefits to any current director, officer, employee or consultant (or to any dependent or beneficiary thereof of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”Company or any ERISA Affiliate)) and , which are now, or were within the past 2 years, maintained, sponsored or contributed to by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, or under which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate has any obligation or liability, whether actual or contingent, including, without limitation, all material incentive, bonus, deferred compensation, vacation, holiday, cafeteria, medical, disability, stock purchase, stock option, stock purchaseappreciation, phantom stock, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance stock or other benefit stock-based compensation plans, programs policies, programs, practices or arrangementsarrangements (each a “Company Benefit Plan”). Neither the Company, and all material employmentnor to the knowledge of the Company, terminationor any other person or entity, severance has any express or other contracts implied commitment, whether legally enforceable or agreements (not, to establish, modify, change or terminate any Company Benefit Plan, other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which a modification, change or termination required by ERISA or the Code. With respect to each Company Benefit Plan, (to the extent applicable) the Company has delivered or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copiestrue, which are correct and complete in copies of (A) each Company Benefit Plan (or, if not written a written summary of its material terms), including without limitation all material respectsplan documents, of the following: (i) the Plansadoption agreements, trust agreements, insurance contracts or other funding vehicles and all amendments thereto, (iiB) all summaries and summary plan descriptions, including any summary of material modifications, (C) the annual report reports (Form 55005500 series) for the three most recent years filed or required to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service DOL with respect to such Company Benefit Plan (“IRS”) for and, if any such annual report is a Form 5500R, the last yearForm 5500C filed with respect to such Company Benefit Plan), (iiiD) the most recently received IRS recent actuarial report or other financial statement relating to such Company Benefit Plan, (E) the most recent determination or opinion letter, if any, relating issued by the IRS with respect to the Plans any Company Benefit Plan and any pending request for such a determination letter, and (ivF) all filings made with any Governmental Entity during the three (3) most recent summary plan description for such Plans (years, including but not limited any filings under the Voluntary Compliance Resolution or other descriptions Closing Agreement Program or the Department of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoLabor Delinquent Filer Program.
(b) Each Company Benefit Plan has been operated administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended , and contributions required to be qualified made under Section 401(a) the terms of any of the Code or Section 401(k) Company Benefit Plans as of the Code Agreement Date have been timely made or, if not yet due, have been properly reflected on the most recent balance sheet of the Company. With respect to the Company Benefit Plans, no event has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, occurred and, to the knowledge of the Company, there exists no fact condition or event has occurred since set of circumstances in connection with which the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS Company could be subject to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
liability (cother than for routine benefit liabilities) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Scheduleof, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within to, such Company Benefit Plans, ERISA, the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company Code or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all other applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesLaw.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (RespireRx Pharmaceuticals Inc.), Merger Agreement (Cortex Pharmaceuticals Inc/De/)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a3.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists sets forth a list of all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) ), whether or not subject to ERISA and all material other employment, compensation, consulting, bonus, stock option, restricted stock grant, stock purchase, restricted other cash or stock, -based incentive, deferred compensationprofit sharing, retiree medical or life savings, retirement, disability, insurance, supplemental retirementseverance, severance or retention, change in control, deferred compensation and other benefit compensatory plans, programs policies, programs, agreements or arrangementsarrangements sponsored, and all material employmentmaintained, terminationcontributed to or required to be contributed to, severance or other contracts entered into or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which made by the Company or any other entity, whether or not incorporated, that together with the Company Subsidiary is would be deemed a party“single employer” for purposes of Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA (an “ERISA Affiliate”) with or for the benefit of, or relating to, any current or former employee, director or other independent contractor of, or consultant to, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has or may have any obligation direct or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary indirect liability (collectivelytogether, the “Employee Plans”). .
(b) The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and Merger Sub true and complete in all material respects, copies of the following: (i) the all Employee Plans, together with all amendments thereto, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the latest Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating letters obtained with respect to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each any Employee Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k501(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from Code, (iii) the IRStwo most recent annual actuarial valuation reports, if any, (iv) the two most recently filed Forms 5500 together with all related schedules, if any, (v) the “summary plan description” (as defined in ERISA), if any, and all modifications thereto communicated to employees, (vi) any trust or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status other funding governing documents for vehicles maintained as part of any such Plan or Employee Plan, and (vii) the exempt status two most recent annual and periodic accountings of any such trustrelated plan assets.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c3.10(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company or any of its Subsidiaries nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors of their respective directors, officers, employees or has sponsored agents has, with respect to any Plan that provides for Employee Plan, engaged in or been a party to any post-employment “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or post-retirement health Section 406 of ERISA), which could result in the imposition of either a penalty assessed pursuant to Section 502(i) of ERISA or medical a tax imposed by Section 4975 of the Code, in each case applicable directly or life insurance benefits for retired, former indirectly (through an indemnification obligation or current employees of otherwise) to the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Codeits Subsidiaries or any Employee Plan.
(d) Full payment has All Employee Plans have been administered in accordance with their terms and in compliance in all material respects with the requirements, including, but not limited to, ERISA and the Code. Except as set forth in Section 3.10(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no compensation paid or required to be paid under any Employee Plan is or will be subject to additional tax under Section 409A(1)(B) of the Code. All equity compensation awards issued by the Company have been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books accounted for, reported and records of the Company disclosed in accordance with applicable Law, accounting rules and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due)stock exchange requirements.
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e3.10(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against claims, arbitrations, regulatory or affecting other proceedings (other than routine claims for benefits), relating to any of the Employee Plans, or the assets of any trust for any Employee Plan.
(f) Except as set forth in Section 3.10(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, each Employee Plan intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code, and the trusts created thereunder intended to be exempt from tax under the provisions of Section 501(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination or opinion letter from the Internal Revenue Service which is currently in effect. To the knowledge of the Company, nothing has occurred since the date of the determination letter that would adversely effect the qualification or tax exempt status of such Plan and its related trust.
(g) All contributions or payments required to be made or accrued before the Effective Time under the terms of any Employee Plan will have been made by the Effective Time.
(h) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or their ERISA Affiliates contributes, nor within the six-year period ending on the date hereof has any of them contributed or been obligated to contribute, to any plan, program or agreement which is a “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA) or which is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA.
(i) No Employee Plan provides medical, surgical, hospitalization, death or similar benefits (whether or not insured) for current or former employees, directors, consultants or other personnel of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout of its Subsidiaries for periods extending beyond their retirement or other labor dispute termination of service, other than group health plan continuation coverage mandated by or with respect to its employees within the last three applicable Law.
(3j) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to No condition exists that would prevent the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from amending or terminating any Employee Plan providing health or medical benefits in respect of any active employee of the Company Subsidiary pending before or any Governmental Authority responsible for of its Subsidiaries.
(k) Except as set forth in Section 3.10(k) of the prevention Company Disclosure Schedule, the consummation of unlawful employment practices and the Contemplated Transactions will not, either alone or in combination with any other event, (ivi) entitle any current or former employee, director or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to severance pay or any other payment or benefit, (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount of compensation due any such employee, director or officer or (iii) require the Company to place in trust or otherwise set aside any amounts in respect of severance pay or any other payment or benefit.
(l) Except as set forth in Section 3.10(l) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no agreements between the Company and each any director, officer or employee pursuant to which the Company Subsidiary arewould be required to make a “parachute payment” (within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code) as a result of the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions (whether alone or in combination with a termination of employment or other event). No payments required to be made after the date hereof, and at all times have been in compliance withwhether as a result of the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions or otherwise, all applicable Laws relating to employment will be non-deductible by reason of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification Section 162(m) of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesCode.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Rent Way Inc), Merger Agreement (Rent a Center Inc De)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(aSchedule 4.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists Schedules sets forth (i) a list of all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other material benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which that are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, officer or director or consultant of the Company and (ii) a list of all employment, termination, severance or other contracts, agreements or arrangements, pursuant to which the Company currently has any obligation with respect to any current or former employee, officer or director of the Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Employee Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct the Buyer a true and complete in copy of each Employee Plan (and amendments thereto) and, to the extent applicable, all material respectscurrent summary plan descriptions thereof, of the following: (i) most recent determination letter from the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) IRS and the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating filed Form 5500 with respect to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoany Employee Plan.
(b) Each Except as set forth on Schedule 4.10(b) of the Disclosure Schedules, (i) each Employee Plan has been operated maintained in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each , (ii) the Company has performed all material obligations required to be performed by them under any Employee Plan and is not in any material respect in default under or in violation of any Employee Plan, and (iii) no Action (other than claims for benefits in the ordinary course) is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing with respect to any Employee Plan that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(c) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.10(c) of the Disclosure Schedules, each Employee Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination or opinion letter from the IRS, or IRS that it is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, so qualified and, to the knowledge Knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS that would reasonably be expected materially and adversely to adversely affect, in any material respect, affect the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the CodeEmployee Plan.
(d) Full payment The Company has been made, no obligation or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans liability (contingent or otherwise) with respect to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered ) or a single employer with plan (within the Company under 4001(bmeaning of Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(CERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA.
(ge) Except as would notset forth on Schedule 4.10(e) of the Disclosure Schedules, individually the Company is not a party to any employment contract, employment agreement or arrangement related to employees that could, directly or in combination with other events, result, separately or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effectin the payment, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge acceleration or complaint pending against enhancement of any benefit in connection with the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge consummation of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute transactions contemplated by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesthis Agreement.
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Samples: Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (Hawkeye Holdings, Inc.), Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (Hawkeye Holdings, Inc.)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) (i) Section 4.11(a5.9(a)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all Schedules contains a list of each material “employee benefit plans plan” (as defined in within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)), including multiemployer plans within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA, and all material bonusstock purchase, stock option, stock purchaseseverance, restricted stockemployment, incentivechange of control, bonus, incentive or deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insuranceemployee loan, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangementscollective bargaining, and all each other material employmentemployee benefit plan, termination, severance program or other contracts arrangement (whether or agreements (other than individual option agreementsnot subject to ERISA) to under which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, with respect to the SMS Business, has any right to benefits and which is contributed to, sponsored or maintained by the Seller Parties, SunGard Capital or any of their respective Subsidiaries or under which the Company Entities, whether directly or by reason of their affiliation with any ERISA Affiliate, has any material liability, in each case as of the date hereof (each, a “SunGard Benefit Plan”), and (ii) Section 5.9(a)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Schedules contains a list of each SunGard Benefit Plan that is solely sponsored by the Company or a Company Subsidiary as of the date hereof (collectivelyeach, the a “PlansCompany Benefit Plan”). The .
(b) With respect to each Company Benefit Plan, SunGard Data has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, the Purchaser Parties copies of the following, to the extent applicable: (i) the Plansplan document and any related trust agreement, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last yearmost recent IRS determination letter, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letterrecent summary plan description, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) for the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoyear, the IRS Form 5500.
(bc) Each Company Benefit Plan has been operated maintained, funded and administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and in compliance with the requirements applicable provisions of all ERISA, the Code and other applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Company Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge Knowledge of the Company, no fact event or event circumstance has occurred since or failed to occur that would reasonably be expected to cause the date loss of such determination letter qualification. No condition exists that would reasonably be expected to subject the Company Entities, either directly or letters from by reason of their affiliation with any member of their “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled group of organizations within the IRS to adversely affectmeaning of Sections 414(b), in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c), (m) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(cor (o) of the Company Disclosure ScheduleCode), neither to any material tax, fine, lien or penalty or other material liability imposed by ERISA, the Code or other applicable laws, rules, and regulations in connection with any “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA). To the Knowledge of the Company, no nonexempt “prohibited transaction” (as such term is defined in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code) has occurred with respect to any SunGard Benefit Plan that would reasonably be expected to subject the Company nor Entities to any material liability. None of the Company Subsidiary sponsors Entities has incurred any current or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any projected material liability in respect of post-employment or post-retirement health or health, medical or life insurance benefits for retiredany SMS Employee or former employee, former director or current employees consultant of the Company or any Company SubsidiaryEntities, except as required by to avoid an excise tax under Section 4980B of the CodeCode or as may be required under any other applicable Law.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company Entities nor any of their ERISA Affiliate sponsors Affiliates, sponsors, maintains or contributes to or has sponsored in any obligation to contribute to, or at any time during the past preceding six years years, has sponsored, maintained or contributed to or had any Plan (or United States based pension obligation to contribute to, any retirement plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any Code (including a multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes ) or any other defined benefit pension plan (a “Pension Plan”) and neither the Company Entities nor any of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “their ERISA Affiliate” Affiliates has any material liability under any Pension Plan that could reasonably be expected to become a liability of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISADatatel Entities and their Affiliates.
(ge) Except as With respect to any Company Benefit Plan, (i) no actions, suits or claims (other than routine claims for benefits in the Ordinary Course of Business) are pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened that would notresult in a material Liability to the Company Entities, (ii) to the Knowledge of the Company, no facts or circumstances exist that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any such actions, suits or claims, and (iii) to the Knowledge of the Company, no administrative investigation, audit or other administrative proceeding by the Department of Labor, the IRS or any other Governmental Bodies are pending, in progress or threatened that, if adversely determined, individually or in the aggregate, have had or would reasonably be expected to have a Business Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement nor the consummation of the Transactions (whether alone or in connection with any other events(s)) will (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge accelerate the vesting or complaint pending against increase benefits or the Company or amount payable under any Company SubsidiarySunGard Benefit Plan, (ii) there is no labor strikecause any of the Company Entities to record additional compensation expense on its income statement with respect to any outstanding stock option or other equity-based award or (iii) result in payments under any of the SunGard Benefit Plans (1) which would not be deductible under Section 280G of the Code, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or(2) which would result in any excise tax on any SMS Employee under Section 4999 of the Code or any other comparable Law.
(g) Except with respect to any employment agreement or other bilateral Contract with any current or former SMS Employee, to the knowledge of the Companyextent permitted by applicable Law, threatened against or affecting each Company Benefit Plan is amendable and terminable unilaterally by the Company or its successor, at any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating time without liability to the Company (or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for its successor) and its Affiliates as a result thereof.
(h) This Section 5.9 and Section 5.4 represent the prevention sole and exclusive representations and warranties of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesregarding employee benefit matters.
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (GL Trade Overseas, Inc.), Asset Purchase Agreement (Sungard Capital Corp Ii)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(aPart 2.16(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists sets forth a list of all material employee benefit plans (Company Plans as defined in Section 3(3of the date of this Agreement, provided that with respect to employment agreements, offer letters, severance agreements and similar arrangements, only the forms of such agreements and arrangements shall be listed along with the forms of any agreements that materially differ from such general forms. Part 2.16(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act Company Disclosure Schedule separately identifies each material Company Plan that is governed by the laws of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (any jurisdiction other than individual option agreements) the United States or provides compensation or benefits to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current employee or former employee, officer, director or consultant employee of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectivelyor any dependent thereof) who resides outside of the United States (each, the a “PlansForeign Plan”). .
(b) The Company has made available to Parent copiescopies of, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of to the followingextent applicable: (i) the Plansplan document for each material Company Plan, provided that the Company shall be required to make available only the forms of (and not individual) employment agreements, offer letters, severance agreements and similar arrangements along with the forms of any agreements that materially differ from such forms; (ii) the most recent annual report (Form 5500Series 5500 and all schedules and financial statements attached thereto) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, respect to each material Company Plan; (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans with respect to each material Company Plan; (iv) the most recent IRS determination or other descriptions opinion letter issued with respect to each Company Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of such Plans provided to employeesthe Code; and (v) and all material modifications theretocorrespondence from any Governmental Entity regarding any active or threatened Legal Proceeding regarding any Company Plan.
(bc) Each No Company Plan is, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary contributes to, has been operated at any time in all material respects the previous six (6) years contributed to or has any liability or obligation, whether fixed or contingent, with respect to (i) a multiemployer plan, as defined in accordance with its terms and Section 3(37) of ERISA, (ii) a single employer plan or other pension plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the requirements Code, (iii) a multiple employer plan (within the meaning of all applicable LawsSection 413(c) of the Code), including ERISA and (iv) a multiple employer welfare arrangement (within the meaning of Section 3(40) of ERISA), or (v) voluntary employee benefit association under Section 501(a)(9) of the Code. No Company Plan is a defined benefit pension plan or scheme.
(d) Each Company Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter (or opinion letter, if applicable) from the IRSIRS stating that such Company Plan is so qualified and nothing has occurred since the date of such letter that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the qualified status of such Company Plan. Each Company Plan has been operated in compliance with its terms and with all applicable Legal Requirements, except as, individually or is entitled in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to rely on have, a favorable opinion issued Company Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the foregoing, except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect, no liability under Title IV of ERISA has been incurred by the IRS, Company or any Commonly Controlled Entity that has not been satisfied in full and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS condition exists that presents a risk to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required incurring a liability under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due)Title.
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(eexpressly contemplated under the terms of this Agreement, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (either alone or together with any other event): (i) entitle any current or former employee, officer, director or independent contractor of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any Company Subsidiary to any payment or benefit under any Company Plan; (ii) increase the amount of any compensation or other benefits otherwise payable by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a under any Company Plan; (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment, funding or vesting of any compensation or other benefits under any Company Plan; or (iv) result in any “excess parachute payment” (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect Code) becoming due to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors current or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (former employee, officer, director or United States based pension plan in the case independent contractor of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are is no charges with respect to or relating to agreement between the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before Subsidiary, on the one hand, and any Governmental Authority responsible employee or independent contractor of the Company or Company Subsidiary, on the other hand, that will give rise to any payment that would not be deductible for United States federal income Tax purposes pursuant to Section 280G of the prevention Code. No Company Plan provides for any gross-up, make-whole or other similar payment or benefit in respect of unlawful employment practices any taxes under Section 4999 of the Code or Section 409A of the Code.
(f) Each Company Plan has been maintained and operated in documentary and operational compliance in all material respects with Section 409A of the Code or an available exemption therefrom.
(g) With respect to each Foreign Plan, except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect: (i) such Foreign Plan has been maintained, funded and administered in material compliance with applicable laws and the requirements of such Foreign Plan’s governing documents and any applicable collective bargaining or other works council agreements, and (ivii) such Foreign Plan has obtained from the Company and each Company Subsidiary areGovernmental Entity having jurisdiction with respect to such Foreign Plan any required determinations, and at all times have been if any, that such Foreign Plan is in compliance with, in all material respects with the applicable Laws relating Legal Requirements of the relevant jurisdiction if such determinations are required in order to employment give effect to such Foreign Plan. No Foreign Plan has unfunded liabilities that will not be offset by insurance or that are not fully accrued on the financial statements of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesCompany.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Xilinx Inc), Merger Agreement (Advanced Micro Devices Inc)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a4.9(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists sets forth a list of all material employee welfare benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(33(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)), employee pension benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) and all material other bonus, stock option, restricted stock grant, stock purchase, restricted stockbenefit, profit sharing, savings, retirement, disability, insurance, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical compensation and other similar fringe or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other employee benefit plans, programs or arrangementsarrangements sponsored, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored required to be contributed to by the Company or any other entity, whether or not incorporated, that together with the Company Subsidiary would be deemed a “single employer” for purposes of Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA (an “ERISA Affiliate”) for the benefit of of, or relating to, any current or former employee, officer, director or other independent contractor of, or consultant of to, the Company or any Company Subsidiary of its Subsidiaries (collectivelytogether, the “Employee Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications thereto.
(b) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in on Section 4.11(c4.9(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor or any Company Subsidiary sponsors of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any of their respective directors, officers, employees or has sponsored agents has, with respect to any Plan that provides for Employee Plan, engaged in or been a party to any post-employment “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or post-retirement health Section 406 of ERISA), which could result in the imposition of either a penalty assessed pursuant to Section 502(i) of ERISA or medical or life insurance benefits for retireda tax imposed by Section 4975 of the Code, former or current employees of in each case applicable to the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Codeits Subsidiaries or any Employee Plan.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(ec) Except as set forth in on Section 4.11(e4.9(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Planall Employee Plans have been administered in material compliance with their terms and are in compliance in all material respects with the currently applicable requirements prescribed by all statutes, either individually orders, or collectivelygovernmental rules or regulations currently in effect with respect to such Employee Plans, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of including, but not limited to, ERISA and the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) and there is are no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against claims, lawsuits or affecting arbitrations (other than routine claims for benefits), relating to any of the Employee Plans, or the assets of any trust for any Employee Plan.
(d) Each Employee Plan intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code, and the trusts created thereunder intended to be exempt from tax under the provisions of Section 501(a) of the Code, either (i) has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service to such effect or (ii) is still within the “remedial amendment period,” as described in Section 401(b) of the Code and the regulations thereunder.
(e) Except as set forth on Section 4.9(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, all contributions or payments required to be made or accrued before the Effective Time under the terms of any Employee Plan will have been made by the Effective Time or properly reflected on the Company’s books.
(f) Neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates contributes, nor within the six-year period ending on the date hereof has any of them contributed or been obligated to contribute, to any plan, program or agreement which is a “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA) or which is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA.
(g) No Employee Plan provides medical, surgical, hospitalization, death or similar benefits (whether or not insured) for employees or former employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiaryof its Subsidiaries for periods extending beyond their retirement or other termination of service, and neither other than coverage mandated by applicable law.
(h) Except as set forth in Section 4.9(h)(i) of the Company nor Disclosure Schedule, no amounts payable under any Employee Plan or otherwise will fail to be deductible to the Company, the Surviving Corporation or their Subsidiaries for federal income tax purposes by virtue of Section 162(m) or 280G of the Code. Except as set forth in Section 4.9(h)(ii) of the Company Subsidiary has experienced Disclosure Schedule, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not, either alone or in combination with any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) yearsevent, (iiix) there are no charges with respect to entitle any current or relating to former employee, director or officer of the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before of its Subsidiaries to severance pay or any Governmental Authority responsible for other payment, (y) accelerate the prevention time of unlawful employment practices and payment or vesting, or increase the amount of compensation due any such employee, director or officer or (ivz) require the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been to place in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment trust or otherwise set aside any amounts in respect of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, severance pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesor otherwise.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Wild Oats Markets Inc), Merger Agreement (Whole Foods Market Inc)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) The Company does not have and never has had a plan, program or policy providing for compensation, severance, termination pay, performance awards, equity or equity-related awards, fringe benefits or other material employee benefits of any kind, whether formal or informal, funded or unfunded, written or oral and whether or not legally binding, which is now or has ever been sponsored, maintained, contributed to or required to be contributed to by the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material or pursuant to which the Company has any liability, contingent or otherwise, including, but not limited to, any "employee benefit plans (as defined in plan" within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“"ERISA”") (each a "Benefit Plan")) and all material bonus. The Company does not sponsor, stock optionmaintain, stock purchasecontribute to, restricted stocknor is required to contribute to, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which nor has the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a partyever sponsored, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company been required to contribute to, or incurred or could incur any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of liability to any current Benefit Plan which provides, or has any liability to provide, life insurance, medical, severance or other employee welfare benefits to any current, former or retired employee, officer, consultant, independent contractor, agent or director or consultant of the Company upon his or any Company Subsidiary (collectivelyher retirement or termination of employment, the “Plans”). except as required by Code Section 4980B. The Company has made available does not have any plan or commitment, whether legally binding or not, to Parent copiesestablish any new Benefit Plan, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating or to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (modify or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoterminate any Benefit Plan.
(b) Each Plan The Company is not nor ever has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and (i) a member of a "controlled group of corporations," under "common control" or a member of an "affiliated service group" within the requirements meaning of all applicable LawsCode Sections 414(b), including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in or (m), (ii) required to be aggregated under Code Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made414(o), or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required (iii) under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” "common control," within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(374001(a)(14) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” or any regulations promulgated or proposed under any of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer foregoing Sections, in each case with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of entity other than the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxes.
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Samples: Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (Clearwire Corp), Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (Clearwire Corp)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a3.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, retention, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) , whether legally enforceable or not, to which the Company or any organization or other entity with whom the Company Subsidiary is or was treated as a single employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001(a)(14) or (b)(1) of ERISA (“ERISA Affiliate”) is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary ERISA Affiliate has any obligation or which are or within the six years prior to the date upon which the transactions contemplated in this Agreement will close, have been maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary ERISA Affiliate for the benefit of any current or former employee, officerofficer or director of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate (collectively, the “Plans”). Except as disclosed in Section 3.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has any express or implied commitment, whether legally enforceable or not, (i) to create, incur liability with respect to or cause to exist any Plan, other employee benefit plan, program or arrangement, (ii) to enter into any contract or agreement to provide compensation or benefits to any individual, or (iii) to modify, change or terminate any Plan, other than with respect to a modification, change or termination required by this Agreement, the Merger, ERISA, the Code or to otherwise comply with applicable Laws. The Company has expressly reserved its right to amend or terminate each Plan.
(b) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate (including any entity that during the past six years was a ERISA Affiliate) has now or at any time contributed to, sponsored, or maintained (i) a pension plan (within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA) subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, (ii) a multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) (a “Multiemployer Plan”), or (iii) a single employer pension plan (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA) for which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate could incur liability under Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA (a “Multiple Employer Plan”). No condition exists and no event has occurred that could constitute grounds for termination of any Plan, and neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expect to incur, any material liability under Title IV of ERISA arising in connection with the termination of, or complete or partial withdrawal from, any plan covered or previously covered by Title IV of ERISA. No “accumulated funding deficiency,” as defined in Section 412 of the Code, has been incurred with respect to any Employee Plan, whether or not waived. No “reportable event,” within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA, and no event described in Section 4041, 4042, 4062 or 4063 of ERISA has occurred in connection with any Employee Plan. Except as disclosed in Section 3.10(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan exists that (A) provides for the payment of separation, severance, termination or similar-type benefits to any person, (B) obligates the Company or any ERISA Affiliate to pay separation, severance, termination or similar-type benefits solely or partially as a result of any transaction contemplated by this Agreement, or (C) could result in the payment to any present or former employee, director or consultant of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of any money or other property or accelerate or provide any other special vesting or other rights or benefits to any current or former employee of the Company Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate as a result of the consummation of the Merger (whether alone or in connection with any subsequent event). Except as disclosed in Section 3.10(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there is no contract, plan or arrangement covering any current or former employee of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate that, individually or collectively, could give rise to the “Plans”). The Company has made available payment of any amount that would not be deductible, including without limitation, pursuant to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, the terms of Section 280G of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating Code. Except to the extent required under ERISA Section 601 et. seq. and Code Section 4980B, none of the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description provides for such Plans (or promises medical, group health, disability or retiree life insurance benefits for a period following retirement or other descriptions termination of such employment to any current or former employee, officer or director of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate. Except as disclosed in Section 3.10(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, each of the Plans provided is subject only to employees) and all material modifications theretothe Laws of the United States or a political subdivision thereof.
(bc) Each Except as disclosed in Section 3.10(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable LawsLaws including, including without limitation, ERISA and the Code. Except as disclosed in Section 3.10(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company and the Subsidiaries have performed all material obligations required to be performed by them under, and are not in default in any material respect under or in violation of any Plan. No Action is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened with respect to any Plan (other than routine claims for benefits in the ordinary course) and except as disclosed in Section 3.10(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries have any knowledge of any fact or event that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any such Action. Except as disclosed in Section 3.10(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no material operational or plan failure (within the meaning of Rev. Proc. 2003-44) exists with respect to any Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code.
(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 or prototype opinion letter upon which the IRS, or plan sponsor is entitled to rely from the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) 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 is so exempt, and no fact or event exists that could reasonably be expected to result in the revocation of such qualification or exemption.
(e) None of the Company or its Subsidiaries has any knowledge of any prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) with respect to any Plan.
(f) All contributions, premiums or payments required to be made with respect to any Plan have been made on a favorable opinion issued or before their due dates. All such contributions have been fully deducted for income tax purposes and no such deduction has been challenged or disallowed by the IRS, any Governmental Authority and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event exists which could reasonably be expected to give rise to any such challenge or disallowance. All contributions and contribution obligations have been reflected on the most recent financial statements of the Company included in the Company SEC Reports.
(g) The Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with the requirements of the Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and any similar state or local law (the “WARN Act”) and have no liabilities pursuant to the WARN Act determined without regard to any terminations of employment that occur on or after the Effective Time. Except as set forth in Section 3.10(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company has occurred since complied with all reporting and disclosure obligation to all Governmental Authority and all participants and beneficiaries with respect to each Plan required by the terms of such Plan and any statutes, orders, rules or regulations, including but not limited to ERISA, the Code and the Sxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002.
(h) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.10(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, with respect to the Plans which are “group health plans” under Section 4980B of the Code or Section 607(1) of ERISA, there has been timely compliance in all material respects with all requirements imposed under Section 4980(B) of the Code and Part 6 of Title 1 of ERISA, so that neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has any (and will not incur any) loss, assessment, tax penalty, or other sanction with respect to any such Plan. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.10(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, with respect to the Company’s Plans which are “group health plans” under Section 9832 of the Code or Section 733 of ERISA, such Plans have been maintained in compliance in all material respects with all requirements imposed under Subtitle K of the Code and Part 7 of Title 1 of ERISA, so that neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has any (and will not incur any) loss, assessment, tax penalty, or other sanction with respect to any Plan. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.10(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, if the Company or any of its Plans are treated as a “covered entity” under the Privacy and Security Standards at 45 CFR Parts 160 through 164, such covered entities have complied in all material respects with such standards beginning with the effective date of such standards to such covered entities.
(i) The Company and all ERISA Affiliates have complied with Code Section 409A, including all transitional guidance from the Internal Revenue Service, with respect to any interest granted or awarded pursuant to a Plan that is a nonqualified deferred compensation plan (as defined in Code Section 409A(d)(1)), and no person had a legally binding right to an amount under such a nonqualified deferred compensation plan, which would subject such person to the taxes imposed by Code Section 409A.
(j) In addition to the foregoing, with respect to each Plan listed in Section 3.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule that is not subject to United States law (a “Non-U.S. Benefit Plan”), and except as disclosed in Section 3.10(h) of the Company Disclosure Schedule:
(i) all employer and employee contributions to each Non-U.S. Benefit Plan required by law or by the terms of such Non-U.S. Benefit Plan or under any agreement between such employer and employee relating thereto have been made, or, if applicable, accrued in accordance with normal accounting practices;
(ii) the fair market value of the assets of each funded Non-U.S. Benefit Plan, the liability of each insurer for any Non-U.S. Benefit Plan funded through insurance or the book reserve established for any Non-U.S. Benefit Plan, together with any accrued contributions, is sufficient to procure or provide for the benefits determined as if such plan is maintained on an ongoing basis (actual or contingent) accrued to the date of this Agreement with respect to all current and former participants under such determination letter Non-U.S. Benefit Plan according to the actuarial assumptions and valuations most recently used to determine employer contributions to such Non-U.S. Benefit Plan, and no Transaction shall cause such assets or letters from insurance obligations to be less than such benefit obligations; and
(iii) each Non-U.S. Benefit Plan maintained by the IRS Company or any Subsidiary required to adversely affect, be registered or approved has been registered or approved and has been maintained and administered in any good standing with applicable regulatory authorities. Each Non-U.S. Benefit Plan has been operated in material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trustcompliance with all applicable non-United States Laws.
(civ) The Company or a Subsidiary may unilaterally amend or terminate any Non-U.S. Benefit Plan (subject to the requirements of applicable Laws) and no commitments to improve or otherwise amend any Non-U.S. Benefit Plan has been made.
(v) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e3.10(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually Non-U.S. Benefit Plan exists that could result in (A) the payment to any employee or collectively, provides former employee of any money or other remuneration; (B) accelerated or increased funding requirements for any payment by Non-U.S. Benefit Plan; or (C) the Company acceleration or provision of any Company Subsidiary that would constitute increased rights or benefits to any employee as a “parachute payment” within the meaning result of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(fvi) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored Except as set forth in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA AffiliateSection 3.10(b) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered Disclosure Schedule, no employee whose employment is governed by the laws of a single employer with country other than the Company under 4001(b) U.S. has any agreement as to length of ERISA notice or part severance pay required to terminate his employment except as results from the application of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISArelevant laws.
(gvii) Except as would not, individually There have been no resignations or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending redundancy dismissals or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against any threats of resignation, of any of the employees employed in France by the Company and any of its Subsidiaries (the French Employees”) (A) that have occurred in the six (6) months prior to the date hereof or affecting (B) that will have occurred from the date hereof through the Closing that would be reasonably expected to materially and adversely affect the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries. There is no written or oral employment agreement with French Employees which may not be terminated by the Company by the giving of three months’ notice or less, or which may give rise to any indemnity payment payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than those provided by the applicable statute, regulations and any collective bargaining agreement). The Company Subsidiaryhas complied in all material respects with mandatory statutory provisions, regulations, collective agreements, collective accords and neither judicial decisions concerning working conditions or relations between the Company nor and its French Employees or any related representative trade union. The Company Subsidiary has experienced pays no moneys in the way of salary to persons who do not perform any strike, slowdown, real work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with for the Company. With respect to the French Employees, the Company has no optional retirement plan and has set up no system of participation, intéressement, épargne entreprise, agreement to sell or purchase securities, bonuses or commissions in favor of all or any of its employees within employees, except as provided under mandatory employee participation schemes pursuant to statute and regulations. With respect to the last three French Employees, the Company has not been found liable in respect of the performance or termination of any contract of employment for a period of five (35) years, (iii) there are and the Company has no charges with respect to or procedure relating to collective redundancy dismissals for economic reasons. The Company has complied in all material respects with statutory and regulatory provisions relating to employee representative bodies and union sections for its French Employees. As of the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for date of this Agreement, no significant industrial dispute that would be reasonably expected to materially and adversely affect the prevention business of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary areits Subsidiaries has occurred concerning the French Employees in the course of the last two (2) years and, as of Closing, no such matter has occurred and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesremains uncured.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Carreker Corp), Merger Agreement (Checkfree Corp \Ga\)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(aSchedule 3.10(a) of to the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material Letter contains a true and complete list of each "employee benefit plans plan" (as defined in Section within the meaning of section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“"ERISA”")) and all material bonus, including, without limitation, multiemployer plans within the meaning of ERISA section 3(37)), stock purchase, stock option, stock purchaseseverance, restricted stockemployment, change-in-control, fringe benefit, collective bargaining, bonus, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or compensation and all other employee benefit plans, programs agreements, programs, policies or other arrangements, and all material employmentwhether or not subject to ERISA, terminationwhether formal or informal, severance oral or other contracts written, legally binding or agreements (other than individual option agreements) not, under which any employee or former employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, has any present or future right to benefits or under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has any present or future liability. All such plans, agreements, programs, policies and arrangements shall be collectively referred to as "Company Subsidiary is a party, with Plans."
(b) With respect to which each Company Plan, the Company has delivered or made available to Parent a current, accurate and complete copy (or, to the extent no such copy exists, an accurate description) thereof and, to the extent applicable: (i) any Company Subsidiary has related trust agreement or other funding instrument; (ii) the most recent determination letter, if applicable; (iii) any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored summary plan description and other written communications by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for of its subsidiaries to their employees concerning the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant extent of the benefits provided under a Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans Plan; and (iv) for the three most recent summary plan description for such Plans years (or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employeesA) the Form 5500 and all material modifications thereto.
attached schedules, (bB) Each Plan has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms audited financial statements and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a(C) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trustactuarial valuation reports.
(c) Except as set forth disclosed in Section 4.11(cSchedule 3.10(c) of to the Company Disclosure ScheduleLetter, neither (i) Each Company Plan has been established and administered in material compliance with its terms, and in material compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and other applicable laws, rules and regulations; (ii) each Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors Plan which is intended to be qualified within the meaning of Code section 401(a) is so qualified and has received a favorable determination letter as to its qualification, and nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, that would cause the loss of such qualification; (iii) no event has sponsored any Plan occurred and no condition exists that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of would subject the Company or any of its subsidiaries, either directly or by reason of their affiliation with any member of their "Controlled Group" (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled group of organizations within the meaning of Code sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o)), to any tax, fine, lien or penalty imposed by ERISA, the Code or other applicable laws, rules and regulations; (iv) for each Company SubsidiaryPlan with respect to which a Form 5500 has been filed, except no material change has occurred with respect to the matters covered by the most recent Form since the date thereof; and (v) no "reportable event" (as required by Section 4980B of the Codesuch term is defined in ERISA section 4043), "prohibited transaction" (as such term is defined in ERISA section 406 and Code section 4975) or "accumulated funding deficiency" (as such term is defined in ERISA section 302 and Code section 412 (whether or not waived)) has occurred with respect to any Company Plan.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records With respect to each of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 ERISA, as of the Code. Neither Effective Time, the assets of each such Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes Plan are at least equal in value to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan the present value of the accrued benefits (within the meaning of Section 3(37vested and unvested) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f)the participants in such Company Plan on a termination basis, an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of based on the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with actuarial methods and assumptions indicated in the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISAmost recent actuarial valuation reports.
(ge) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected With respect to have a Material Adverse Effectany Company Plan, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge actions, suits or complaint pending against claims (other than routine claims for benefits in the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (iiordinary course) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against threatened, and (ii) no facts or affecting circumstances exist, to the knowledge of the Company, that could give rise to any such actions, suits or claims.
(f) Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.10(f) to the Company Disclosure Letter, no Company Plan exists that could result in the payment to any present or former employee of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor of its subsidiaries of any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout money or other labor dispute by property or with respect accelerate or provide any other rights or benefits to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to any present or relating to former employee of the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for of its subsidiaries as a result of the prevention transaction contemplated by this Agreement, whether or not such payment would constitute a parachute payment within the meaning of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxes.Code section 280G.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Swva Acquisition Inc), Merger Agreement (Steel of West Virginia Inc)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a3.9(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonusBenefit Plans sponsored, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored required to be contributed to by the Company Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any Company Subsidiary for of their ERISA Affiliates, or under which the benefit Company, any of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company its Subsidiaries or any Company Subsidiary of their ERISA Affiliates may have any liability (collectively, contingent or otherwise) (the “Company Benefit Plans”). The Copies of the Company has Benefit Plans and any amendments thereto have been made available to Parent copiestogether with any applicable trust documents, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if any, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (or other descriptions and summaries of such Plans provided to employeesmaterial modifications, if applicable), non-discrimination testing results, actuarial valuations, annual report (Form 5500 including, if applicable, Schedule B thereto) and all material modifications theretotax return (Form 990) prepared in connection with any such plan or related trust. Except as set forth in Section 3.9(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any other person or entity has any express or implied commitment, whether legally enforceable or not, to adopt, terminate or materially modify any Company Benefit Plan, other than with respect to a modification or termination required by ERISA or the Code. For purposes of this Agreement, “ERISA Affiliate” of any entity means any other person, entity, trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with such entity, would be treated as a single employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.
(b) Each Except for such non-compliance which would not, individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries to operate their business in the ordinary course consistent with past practices, (i) each Company Benefit Plan has been operated maintained and administered in all material respects in accordance compliance with its terms and the requirements of all with applicable LawsLaw, including ERISA and the CodeCode to the extent applicable thereto, and (ii) all contributions required to be made under the terms of any Company Benefit Plan have been timely made or, if not yet due, have been properly reflected in the Company’s financial statements in accordance with GAAP. Each Except as set forth in Section 3.9(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, any Company Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter or equivalent opinion letter from the IRSInternal Revenue Service, or is entitled and the Company has made available to rely on Parent a favorable opinion issued by the IRS, and, to the knowledge copy of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of most recent such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any for each such Plan or the exempt status of any such trustCompany Benefit Plan.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c3.9(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors its Subsidiaries maintains, contributes to or is required to contribute to, or has sponsored in the past six years maintained, contributed to or been required to contribute to any Plan that plan or arrangement which provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or retiree medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiarywelfare benefits, except as required by pursuant to the continuation coverage requirements of Section 601 et. Seq. of ERISA or Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e3.9(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Planneither the Company, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company its Subsidiaries nor any of their ERISA Affiliate sponsors Affiliates maintains, contributes to or is required to contribute to, or has sponsored in the past six years maintained, contributed to or been required to contribute to any Benefit Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither None of the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to Benefit Plans is a “multiple employer welfare arrangement” (as defined in Section 3(40) of ERISA), a “multiple employer plan” (as defined in Section 413(c) of the Code) or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any a “multiemployer plan plan” (within the meaning of as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this , and neither the Company, its Subsidiaries nor any other their ERISA Affiliates has during the past six years maintained or contributed to, or been required to contribute to, or otherwise had any obligation or liability in connection with, such a multiple employer plan or multiemployer plan.
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” 3.9(e) of the Company if it would have ever been considered Disclosure Schedule, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not, either alone or in combination with another event, (i) entitle any current or former employee, consultant, officer or other service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to severance pay, unemployment compensation or any other payment, (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount of compensation due any such employee, consultant, officer or other service provider or (iii) trigger any payment or funding (through a single employer grantor trust or otherwise) of compensation or benefits, or (iv) increase the amount payable or trigger any other material obligation, benefit (including loan forgiveness), requirement or restriction pursuant to any Company Benefit Plan or otherwise. Without limiting the foregoing, Section 3.9(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of employment or consulting agreements with the Company under 4001(bcontaining “change in control” or similar provisions that will be triggered by the consummation of the Merger or the entry into this Agreement by the Company.
(f) Except as set forth on Section 3.9(f) of ERISA the Company Disclosure Schedule, no amount or part benefit that could be, or has been, received (whether in cash or property or the vesting of property or the cancellation of indebtedness) by any current or former employee or other service provider of the same controlled group as Company or any Subsidiary of the Company for purposes who is a “disqualified individual” within the meaning of Section 302(d)(8)(C280G of the Code could be characterized as an “excess parachute payment” (as defined in Section 280G(b)(1) of ERISAthe Code) as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(g) Except as set forth on Section 3.9(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, each Company Benefit Plan and any award thereunder (i) has been operated in good faith compliance in all material respects with Section 409A of the Code since January 1, 2005, and all applicable regulations and notices issued thereunder, and (ii) since January 1, 2009, has been in all material respects in documentary compliance with Section 409A of the Code. Each Company Stock Award was granted with an exercise price not less than the fair market value of the underlying Company Common Stock on the date of grant. Except as set forth on Section 3.9(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no director, officer, employee or service provider of the Company or its affiliates is entitled to a gross-up, make-whole or indemnification payment with respect to taxes imposed under Section 409A or Section 4999 of the Code.
(h) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company or any Company Subsidiaryand its Subsidiaries to operate their business in the ordinary course consistent with past practices, (ii) there is are no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge Company’s knowledge, threatened claims by or on behalf of any Company Benefit Plan, by any employee or beneficiary covered under any Company Benefit Plan or otherwise involving any Company Benefit Plan (other than routine claims for benefits).
(i) Except as set forth on Section 3.9(i) of the CompanyCompany Disclosure Schedule, threatened against no Company Benefit Plan provides benefits or affecting the Company or compensation to any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout employees or other labor dispute by service providers who reside or with respect to its employees within provide services primarily outside of the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security TaxesUnited States.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Energy Transfer Equity, L.P.), Merger Agreement (Southern Union Co)
Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a3.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 1974, as amended (“"ERISA”")) and all material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreementsincluding any relating in any way to a sale of the Company or its Subsidiaries but excluding any of the change of control agreements set forth in Section 3.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary ERISA Affiliate is a party, with respect to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary ERISA Affiliate has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary ERISA Affiliate for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, officer or director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary ERISA Affiliate (collectively, the “"Plans”"). The Company has made available to Parent copies, which are correct Merger Sub a true and complete copy of each Plan and has made available to Merger Sub a true and complete copy of each material document, if any, prepared in all connection with each such Plan, including, without limitation, as applicable (A) a copy of each trust or other funding arrangement, (B) each most recent summary plan description and summary of material respectsmodifications, of the following: (iC) the Plansmost recently filed IRS Form 5500, (ii) the annual report (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last year, (iiiD) the most recently received IRS determination letterletter for each such Plan, if any, relating to the Plans and (ivE) the most recent summary plan description for recently prepared actuarial report and financial statement in connection with each such Plans Plan. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any express commitment (x) to create, incur liability with respect to or cause to exist any other material employee benefit plan, program or arrangement, (y) to enter into any contract or agreement to provide compensation or benefits to any individual other than in the ordinary course of business, or (z) to modify, change or terminate any Plan, other than with respect to a modification, change or termination required by ERISA, the Code or other descriptions of such Plans provided to employees) and all material modifications theretoapplicable law.
(b) None of the Plans is a multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) (a "Multiemployer Plan") or a single employer pension plan (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA) for which the Company or its Subsidiaries could incur liability under Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA (a "Multiple Employer Plan"). None of the Plans is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA. None of the Plans (i) provides for the payment of separation, severance, termination or similar-type benefits to any person, (ii) obligates the Company or its Subsidiaries to pay separation, severance, termination or similar-type benefits solely or partially as a result of any transaction contemplated by this Agreement, or (iii) obligates the Company or its Subsidiaries to make any payment or provide any benefit as a result of a "change in control". None of the Plans provides for or promises retiree medical, disability or life insurance benefits to any current or former employee, officer or director of the Company or its Subsidiaries, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code. Each of the Plans is subject only to the Laws of the United States or a political subdivision thereof.
(c) To the knowledge of the Company, each Plan is now and always has been operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable LawsLaws including, including without limitation, ERISA and the Code. The Company and its Subsidiaries have performed all material obligations required to be performed by them under and are not in any material respect in default under or in violation of, and the Company has no knowledge of any material default or violation by any party to, any Plan. No Action is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened with respect to any Plan (other than claims for benefits in the ordinary course) and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event exists that could give rise to any such Action.
(d) Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has either (i) timely received a favorable determination letter from the IRS or (ii) such determination letter request is pending with the 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 either (i) received a determination letter from the IRS or (ii) such determination letter request is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by pending with the IRS, that it is so exempt, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, affect the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for There has not been any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate contributes to or has ever contributed to, or otherwise incurred any withdrawal liability under, any multiemployer plan prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) 406 of ERISA or part Section 4975 of the same controlled group as Code) with respect to any Plan that has resulted or could result in any material liability to the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISAor its Subsidiaries.
(gf) Except as would notAll contributions, individually premiums or in the aggregate, reasonably payments required to be expected made with respect to any Plan have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is been made on or before their due dates. All such contributions are or were fully deductible for federal income tax purposes and no unfair labor practice charge such deduction has been challenged or complaint pending against the Company or disallowed by any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending orGovernmental Authority and, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against no fact or affecting the Company event exists which could give rise to any such challenge or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other labor dispute by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are, and at all times have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxesdisallowance.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Cell Pathways Inc /De), Merger Agreement (Osi Pharmaceuticals Inc)
Employee Benefit Plans. (ai) Section 4.11(a3.01(j)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists Letter sets forth all material employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) Benefit Plans maintained or contributed to by the Company and any of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)) and all material bonusits Subsidiaries, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all material employment, termination, severance or other contracts or agreements (other than individual option agreements) to for which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a partyof its Subsidiaries could incur any liability, with respect true, complete and correct copies of which have been provided or otherwise made available to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (collectively, the “Plans”)Parent. The Company has also provided or otherwise made available to Parent copieswith respect to each Benefit Plan (to the extent applicable) copies of: the trust agreement, which are correct and complete in all material respects, of the following: (i) the Plans, (ii) the most recently filed annual report on IRS Form 5500 (Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) for the last yearincluding all schedules and audited financial statements), (iii) the most recently received IRS determination letter, if anythe most recently prepared actuarial report and financial statement, relating to the Plans and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for such Plans (description, any summaries of material modification, any employee handbooks, and any material written communications by the Company or other descriptions its Subsidiaries to any current or former employees, consultants or directors of such Plans the Company or any of its Subsidiaries concerning the extent of the benefits provided to employees) and all material modifications theretounder a Benefit Plan.
(bii) Each Except where failure to comply would not have a Material Adverse Effect, each Benefit Plan maintained by the Company and any Subsidiary of the Company has been operated and administered in all material respects in accordance compliance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the CodeLaw. Each Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, or IRS that the Benefit Plan is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion issued by the IRSso qualified, and, to the knowledge Knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred since circumstances exists that would result in the date revocation of such determination letter or letters from the IRS to adversely affect, in any material respect, the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary sponsors or has sponsored any Plan that provides for any post-employment or post-retirement health or medical or life insurance benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as required by Section 4980B of the Code.
(d) Full payment has been made, or otherwise properly accrued on the books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary, of all amounts that the Company and any Company Subsidiary are required under the terms of the Plans to have paid as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any amounts not yet due).
(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Plan, either individually or collectively, provides for any payment by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors or has sponsored in the past six years any Plan (or United States based pension plan in the case of an ERISA Affiliate) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Codeletter. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred or reasonably expects to incur, either directly or indirectly (including as a result of an indemnification obligation), any liability under Title I or IV of ERISA Affiliate contributes or the penalty, excise tax or joint and several liability provisions of the Code or any regulations relating to employee benefit plans (including, without limitation, Sections 406, 409, 502(i), 502(1), 4069 or has ever contributed to4212(c) of ERISA, or otherwise incurred Sections 4971, 4975 or 4976 of the Code). Neither the Company nor any withdrawal liability under, of its Subsidiaries nor any multiemployer plan “party in interest” or “disqualified person” in respect of the Benefit Plans has engaged in a “prohibited transaction” (within the meaning of Section 3(37) 4975 or Section 406 of ERISA). For purposes of this Section 4.11(f), an entity is an “ERISA Affiliate” of the Company if it ) that would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same controlled group as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(8)(C) of ERISA.
(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(iii) Except for the continuation coverage requirements of COBRA, (i) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or labor dispute pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company Subsidiary has experienced any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout liability or other labor dispute potential liability for benefits to any employees following termination of employment or retirement under any of the Benefit Plans that are employee welfare benefit plans.
(iv) The execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the Merger will not constitute an event under any Benefit Plan maintained by or with respect to its employees within the last three (3) years, (iii) there are no charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending before any Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices and (iv) the Company and each that will or may result in any payment, acceleration, termination, forgiveness of indebtedness, vesting, distribution, increase in compensation or benefits or obligation to fund benefits with respect to any employee of the Company or any Subsidiary are, and at all times of the Company which would reasonably be expected to have been in compliance with, all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, classification of employees and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security Taxes.a Material
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Northwestern Corp), Merger Agreement (Northwestern Corp)