Employee Benefits; Advisory Board. 7.6.1 Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, Northfield Bancorp will review all the VSB Bancorp Compensation and Benefit Plans to determine whether to maintain, terminate or continue such plans on or after the Effective Time. If any VSB Bancorp Compensation and Benefit Plan is frozen or terminated by Northfield Bancorp, former employees of VSB Bancorp or Victory Bank who become employees of Northfield Bancorp or Northfield Bank after the Effective Time (“Continuing Employees”) who were participants in such plan shall be eligible to participate in any Northfield Bancorp Compensation and Benefit Plan of similar character, to extent that one exists (other than any Northfield Bancorp non-qualified deferred compensation plan, employment agreement, change in control agreement, supplemental executive arrangement or equity incentive plan or other similar-type of arrangement). Continuing Employees who become participants in a Northfield Bancorp Compensation and Benefits Plan shall be given credit for meeting eligibility and vesting requirements only (and not for benefit accrual purposes, except that credit for benefit accrual purposes shall be given in the Northfield Bank Employee Savings Plan or any vacation or paid time off plan) in such plans for service as an employee of VSB Bancorp or Victory Bank prior to the Effective Time; provided, however, that credit for prior service shall be given under the Northfield Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan only for purposes of determining eligibility to participate in such plan and not for vesting purposes, and provided further, that credit for prior service shall not be given under the Northfield Bancorp retiree health plan. This Agreement shall not be construed to limit the ability of Northfield Bancorp or Northfield Bank to terminate the employment of any VSB Bancorp or Victory Bank employee or to review any VSB Bancorp Compensation and Benefit Plan from time to time and to make such changes (including terminating any such plan) as they deem appropriate.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Northfield Bancorp, Inc.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Northfield Bancorp, Inc.)
Employee Benefits; Advisory Board. 7.6.1 Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, Northfield Bancorp will review all the VSB Bancorp Hopewell Valley Compensation and Benefit Plans to determine whether to maintain, terminate or continue such plans on or after the Effective Time. If In the event that any VSB Bancorp Hopewell Valley Compensation and Benefit Plan is frozen or terminated by Northfield Bancorp, former employees of VSB Bancorp or Victory Bank Hopewell Valley who become employees of Northfield Bancorp or Northfield Bank after the Effective Time (“Continuing Employees”) who were participants in such plan shall be eligible to participate in any Northfield Bancorp Compensation and Benefit Plan of similar character, character (to extent that one exists (exists, other than any Northfield Bancorp non-qualified deferred compensation plan, employment agreement, change in control agreement, supplemental executive arrangement agreement or equity incentive plan or other similar-type of arrangement), provided, however, that any Continuing Employee in the Hopewell Valley Community Bank Directors and Executive Life Insurance Plan of 2012 shall, so long as they continue to participate in such plan, not participate in any life insurance plan or program of Northfield Bancorp or Northfield Bank. Continuing Employees who become participants in a Northfield Bancorp Compensation and Benefits Plan shall be given credit for meeting eligibility and vesting requirements only (and not for benefit accrual purposes, except that credit for benefit accrual purposes shall be given in the Northfield Bank Employee Savings Plan or any vacation or paid time off planPlan) in such plans for service as an employee of VSB Bancorp or Victory Bank Hopewell Valley prior to the Effective Time; provided, however, that credit for prior service shall be given under the Northfield Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan only for purposes of determining eligibility to participate in such plan and not for vesting purposes, and provided further, that credit for prior service shall not be given under the Northfield Bancorp retiree health plan. This Agreement shall not be construed to limit the ability of Northfield Bancorp or Northfield Bank to terminate the employment of any VSB Bancorp or Victory Bank Hopewell Valley employee or to review any VSB Bancorp Hopewell Valley Compensation and Benefit Plan from time to time and to make such changes (including terminating any such plan) as they deem appropriate.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Northfield Bancorp, Inc.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Northfield Bancorp, Inc.)