Employee Benefits; Directors and Management; Indemnification. (a) The current employees of Xxxxxx or any of its Subsidiaries who continue as employees of CBSI or its Subsidiaries after the Effective Time shall be given credit for past service with Xxxxxx for purposes of determining eligibility for and vesting of employee benefits (but not for pension benefit accrual purposes) under all welfare and retirement programs maintained by CBSI or its Subsidiaries in which such employees participate following the Merger. In the event that the employment of any current employee of Xxxxxx or any of its Subsidiaries shall be terminated without cause after the Effective Time, such employee shall be entitled (subject to meeting applicable eligibility and vesting requirements) to receive (i) for any such employee terminated within twelve months after the Effective Time, severance benefits in accordance with the terms of the Xxxxxx xxxxxxxxx plan in effect on the date hereof, (ii) for any such employee terminated later than twelve months after the Effective Time, severance benefits in accordance with the terms of the CBSI severance plan in effect on the date of termination, and (iii) credit under Xxxxxx’x or CBSI’s vacation policy (as applicable) for service after January 1, 2011 of the greater of (y) one week’s vacation plus documented unused vacation days carried over from the prior year, or (z) the number of weeks vacation determined in accordance with Xxxxxx’x vacation policy (if such termination is effective at the Effective Time) or CBSI’s vacation policy (if such termination is effective after the Effective Time) plus documented unused vacation days carried over from the prior year, which vacation time, if not used prior to the date of termination, shall be paid in lump sum upon termination of employment. (b) Prior to the Effective Time, Xxxxxx shall take all actions that may be requested by CBSI in writing upon advance notice of not less than 30 days with respect to (i) causing one or more Xxxxxx Plans to terminate as of the Effective Time or for benefit accrual and entitlements to cease as of the Effective Time, (ii) causing the continuation on and after the Effective Time of any contract, arrangement or insurance policy relating to any Xxxxxx Plan for such period as may be requested by CBSI, or (iii) cooperating with CBSI to facilitate the merger of any Xxxxxx Plan into any CBSI Plan as of or following the Effective Time; provided that advance notice of not less than 90 days shall be provided with respect to the termination of Xxxxxx’x defined benefit pension plan or 401K plan. (c) Prior to the Effective Time, CBSI shall cause its Board of Directors and Community Bank’s Board of Directors to take all requisite actions to expand the size thereof by two directors and appoint Xxxxx X.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Community Bank System Inc), Merger Agreement (Community Bank System Inc)
Employee Benefits; Directors and Management; Indemnification. (a) The current employees of Xxxxxx Oneida or any of its Subsidiaries who continue as employees of CBSI or its Subsidiaries after the Effective Time (“Continuing Employees”) shall be given credit for past service with Xxxxxx Oneida for purposes of determining eligibility for and vesting of employee benefits (but not for pension benefit accrual purposes) under all welfare and retirement programs maintained by CBSI or its Subsidiaries in which such employees Continuing Employees participate following the MergerMerger and for purposes of determining length of vacation, sick time, paid time off and severance under CBSI’s applicable plan or policy. In the event that the employment of any current employee of Xxxxxx Continuing Employee shall be terminated by CBSI or any one of its Subsidiaries shall be terminated without cause within twelve months after the Effective Time, such employee Continuing Employee shall be entitled (subject to meeting applicable eligibility and vesting requirements) to receive (i) for any such employee terminated within twelve months after the Effective Time, severance benefits in accordance with no less than those provided under the terms of the Xxxxxx xxxxxxxxx plan CBSI’s severance policy in effect on as of the date hereofof this Agreement, (ii) for which has been Previously Disclosed. In the event that the employment of any such employee Continuing Employee shall be terminated later by CBSI or one of its Subsidiaries without cause more than twelve months after the Effective Time, such Continuing Employee shall be entitled (subject to meeting applicable eligibility and vesting requirements) to receive severance benefits in accordance with no less than those provided under the terms of the CBSI CBSI’s severance plan policy in effect on as of the date of termination, and (iii) credit under Xxxxxx’x or CBSI’s vacation policy (as applicable) for service after January 1, 2011 of the greater of (y) one week’s vacation plus documented unused vacation days carried over from the prior year, or (z) the number of weeks vacation determined in accordance with Xxxxxx’x vacation policy (if such termination is effective at the Effective Time) or CBSI’s vacation policy (if such termination is effective after the Effective Time) plus documented unused vacation days carried over from the prior year, which vacation time, if not used prior to the date of termination, shall be paid in lump sum upon termination of employment.
(b) Prior to the Effective Time, Xxxxxx Oneida shall take all actions, provided such actions comply with applicable law or do not trigger adverse tax consequences to any employee or independent contractor of Oneida or any Oneida Subsidiary, that may be requested by CBSI in writing upon advance notice of not less than 30 days with respect to (i) causing one or more Xxxxxx Oneida Plans to terminate as of or immediately prior to the Effective Time or for benefit accrual and entitlements to cease as of the Effective Time, (ii) causing the continuation on and after the Effective Time of any contract, arrangement or insurance policy relating to any Xxxxxx Oneida Plan for such period as may be requested by CBSI, or (iii) cooperating with CBSI to facilitate the merger of any Xxxxxx Oneida Plan into any CBSI Plan as of or following the Effective Time; provided that advance notice of not less than 90 days shall be provided with respect to the termination of Xxxxxx’x defined benefit pension plan or 401K plan.
(c) CBSI shall honor the employment agreements and severance arrangements in effect as of the date of this Agreement and Previously Disclosed by Oneida to CBSI, except to the extent that any such agreements or arrangements are superseded or terminated as of or following the Effective Time, with the written consent of the affected parties.
(d) In the event of any termination of any Oneida or any Oneida Subsidiary health plan or consolidation of any such plan with any CBSI or CBSI Subsidiary health plan, CBSI shall make available to Continuing Employees and their dependents employer-provided health coverage on the same basis as it provides such coverage to CBSI or CBSI Subsidiary employees. Unless a Continuing Employee causes coverage to terminate under an Oneida or Oneida Subsidiary health plan prior to the time that a Continuing Employee becomes eligible to participate in the CBSI or CBSI Subsidiary health plan, neither CBSI nor any CBSI Subsidiary shall terminate the existing coverage of any of the Continuing Employees or their dependents under any of the Oneida or Oneida Subsidiary health plans prior to the time such Continuing Employees and their dependents become eligible to participate in the health plans, programs and benefits common to all employees of CBSI or CBSI Subsidiary and their dependents. In the event of a termination or consolidation of any Oneida or Oneida Subsidiary health plan on or after the Effective Time, former employees of Oneida or Oneida Subsidiary and qualified beneficiaries will have the right to continued coverage under group health plans of CBSI to the extent required by COBRA.
(e) At the Effective Time, CBSI shall, or direct Oneida to, pay each participant in the Oneida Cash Incentive Plans a lump sum cash payment equal to the pro-rata portion of his or her annual incentive award payable under the Oneida Cash Incentive Plans, calculated from the first day of the plan year beginning on January 1, 2015 (or beginning on January 1, 2016 if the Effective Time occurs in the 2016 calendar year) until the Effective Time, as if the company and individual performance goals are achieved at “target” performance for such award.
(f) Prior to the Effective Time, CBSI shall cause its Board of Directors and Community Bank’s Board of Directors (subject to their continuing fiduciary duties between the date hereof and the Effective Time) to take all requisite actions to expand the size thereof by two directors and appoint Xxxxx X.Exxx X. Xxxxxxxx and Mxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx(each, a “New Director”) as directors of CBSI and Community Bank to fill the vacancies created by the expansion, effective as of the Effective Time. Subject to the exercise of the fiduciary duties of CBSI’s Board of Directors, CBSI shall cause the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee to nominate, and shall cause its Board to recommend for election, each New Director at CBSI’s next annual meeting of shareholders at which they are standing for election. Nothing contained in this Section 5.9(f) shall be construed to limit the ability of the respective Boards of Directors of CBSI and Community Bank to further increase the size of such Boards from time to time as they may deem appropriate.
(1) In the event of any threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal or administrative, including, without limitation, any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation in which any Person (the “Indemnified Party”) who is now, or has been at any time prior to the date of this Agreement, or who becomes prior to the Effective Time, a director or officer of Oneida is, or is threatened to be, made a party based in whole or in part on, or arising in whole or in part out of, or pertaining to (i) the fact that he is or was a director, officer or employee of Oneida or any of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) this Agreement or any of the Transactions, whether in any case asserted or arising before or after the Effective Time, CBSI shall, for a period of six years after the Effective Time, indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each such Indemnified Party against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs, expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses in advance of the final disposition of any claim, suit, proceeding or investigation to each Indemnified Party to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL upon receipt of any undertaking required by the DGCL), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any such threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, and in the event of any such threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation (whether asserted or arising before or after the Effective Time), the Indemnified Party may retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to them after consultation with CBSI; provided, however, that (1) CBSI shall have the right to assume the defense thereof and upon such assumption CBSI shall not be liable to any Indemnified Party for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses subsequently incurred by any Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof, except that if CBSI elects not to assume such defense or counsel for the Indemnified Party reasonably advises the Indemnified Party that there are issues which raise conflicts of interest between CBSI and the Indemnified Party, the Indemnified Party may retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to them after notification, and CBSI shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel for the Indemnified Party, (2) CBSI shall be obligated pursuant to this paragraph to pay for only one firm of counsel for all Indemnified Parties, (3) CBSI shall not be liable for any settlement effected without its prior written consent,
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Employee Benefits; Directors and Management; Indemnification. (a) The current employees of Xxxxxx GNBC or any of its Subsidiaries who continue as employees of CBSI or its Subsidiaries after the Effective Time shall be given credit for past service with Xxxxxx GNBC for purposes of determining eligibility for and vesting of employee benefits (but not for pension benefit accrual purposes) under all welfare and retirement programs maintained by CBSI or its Subsidiaries Plans in which such employees participate following the Merger. In the event that the employment of any current employee of Xxxxxx GNBC or any of its Subsidiaries shall be terminated without cause after the Effective Time, such employee employees shall be entitled (subject to meeting applicable eligibility and vesting requirements) to receive benefits under CBSI's severance plan (iwithout duplication, however, with any payment under any severance or separation plan or program maintained by GNBC) for any such employee terminated within twelve months after the Effective Time, severance benefits in accordance with the terms of the Xxxxxx xxxxxxxxx plan in effect on the date hereof, (ii) for any such employee terminated later than twelve months after the Effective Time, severance benefits in accordance with the terms of the CBSI severance plan in effect on the date of termination, and (iii) credit under Xxxxxx’x or CBSI’s vacation policy (as applicable) for service after January 1, 2011 of the greater of (y) one week’s vacation plus documented unused vacation days carried over from the prior year, or (z) the number of weeks vacation determined in accordance with Xxxxxx’x vacation policy (if such termination is effective at the Effective Time) or CBSI’s vacation policy (if such termination is effective after the Effective Time) plus documented unused vacation days carried over from the prior year, which vacation time, if not used prior to the date of termination, shall be paid in lump sum upon termination of employmentits terms.
(b) Prior to the Effective Time, Xxxxxx GNBC shall take all actions that may be requested by CBSI in writing upon advance notice of not less than 30 days with respect to (i) causing one or more Xxxxxx GNBC Plans to terminate as of the Effective Time or for benefit accrual and entitlements to cease as of the Effective Time, (ii) causing the continuation on and after the Effective Time of any contract, arrangement or insurance policy relating to any Xxxxxx GNBC Plan for such period as may be requested by CBSI, or (iii) cooperating with CBSI to facilitate the merger of any Xxxxxx GNBC Plan into any CBSI Plan as of or following the Effective Time. To the extent required, GNBC shall amend its Stock Option Plans to permit the assumption of Stock Options pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof. Each GNBC Plan that is not terminated or amended pursuant to clause (i) above, or merged into a CBSI Plan pursuant to clause (iii) above, shall be assumed by CBSI to the extent permitted by the terms of the GNBC Plan; provided that advance notice of not less than 90 days that, to the extent necessary, each GNBC Plan shall be provided with respect amended, effective prior to the termination Effective Time, to provide that GNBC and its successors shall have the right to amend and/or terminate each such plan at any time. CBSI agrees to assume the obligations of Xxxxxx’x defined benefit pension plan or 401K planGNBC under each of its Amended and Restated Deferred Fee Agreements and Amended and Restated Supplemental Executive Retirement Agreements.
(c) Prior to the Effective Time, CBSI shall cause its Board of Directors and Community Bank’s 's Board of Directors to take all requisite actions to (i) expand the size thereof by two directors and appoint Xxxxx X.two individuals (the "GNBC Directors") as directors of CBSI and Community Bank to fill the vacancies created thereby, effective as of the Effective Time, and (ii) elect Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxxx to serve as CBSI's President of Pennsylvania Banking pursuant to the Employment Agreement. The GNBC Directors shall be nominated by GNBC and be acceptable to CBSI, provided that such persons remain qualified to serve under applicable law and regulations and CBSI's Bylaws. The initial term of one GNBC Director shall expire at the 2005 annual meeting of stockholders of CBSI, and the initial term of the other GNBC Director shall expire at the 2006 annual meeting of stockholders of CBSI, provided that (i) each GNBC Director remains qualified to serve under applicable law and regulations and CBSI's Bylaws, and (ii) subject to the exercise of the fiduciary duties of CBSI's Board of Directors, CBSI shall cause its Board to nominate, and to recommend for re-nomination, each of the GNBC Directors for at least one additional three-year term to immediately succeed the initial term set forth above (together with the initial term, the "Designated Term"). In the event that any GNBC Directors resigns or otherwise becomes ineligible to serve (other than as a result of the failure to be re-elected by the stockholders of CBSI following the re-nomination and recommendation of such GNBC Director in accordance with the preceding sentence), a majority of the members of the Advisory Board shall be entitled to select an individual to serve as his replacement (a "Substitute GNBC Director") for the Designated Term. Any Substitute GNBC Director must be reasonably acceptable to CBSI and must meet all qualifications for serving on the Board of CBSI and Community Bank that may generally apply to nominees and directors of CBSI and Community Bank, respectively, at that time. Nothing contained in this Section 5.11(c) shall be construed to limit the ability of the respective Boards of Directors of CBSI and Community Bank to further increase the size of such Boards from time to time as they may deem appropriate.
(1) In the event of any threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal or administrative, including, without limitation, any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation in which any person (the "Indemnified Party") who is now, or has been at any time prior to the date of this Agreement, or who becomes prior to the Effective Time, a director or officer of GNBC is, or is threatened to be, made a party based in whole or in part on, or arising in whole or in part out of, or pertaining to (i) the fact that he is or was a director, officer or employee of GNBC or any of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, whether in any case asserted or arising before or after the Effective Time, the parties hereto agree to cooperate and use their best efforts to defend against and respond thereto. For a period of five years after the Effective Time, CBSI shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each such Indemnified Party against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs, expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees and expenses in advance of the final disposition of any claim, suit, proceeding or investigation to each Indemnified Party to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL upon receipt of any undertaking required by the DGCL), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any such threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, and in the event of any such threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation (whether asserted or arising before or after the Effective Time), the Indemnified Parties may retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to them after consultation with CBSI; provided, however, that (1) CBSI shall have the right to assume the defense thereof and upon such assumption CBSI shall not be liable to any Indemnified Party for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses subsequently incurred by any Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof, except that if CBSI elects not to assume such defense or counsel for the Indemnified Parties reasonably advises the Indemnified Parties that there are issues which raise conflicts of interest between CBSI and the Indemnified Parties, the Indemnified Parties may retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to them after notification, and CBSI shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel for the Indemnified Parties, (2) CBSI shall be obligated pursuant to this paragraph to pay for only one firm of counsel for all Indemnified Parties, (3) CBSI shall not be liable for any settlement effected without its prior written consent, and (4) CBSI shall have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnified Party when and if a court of competent jurisdiction shall ultimately determine, and such determination shall have become final and nonappealable, that indemnification of such Indemnified Party in the manner contemplated hereby is prohibited by applicable law. Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under this Section 5.11(d), upon becoming aware of any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, shall promptly notify CBSI thereof, provided that the failure of any Indemnified Party to so notify CBSI shall relieve it of its obligations to indemnify hereunder to the extent that such failure materially prejudices CBSI.
(2) CBSI agrees that all rights to indemnification and all limitations on liability existing in favor of the directors, officers and employees of GNBC and any of its Subsidiaries as provided in their respective certificates of incorporation, bylaws or similar governing documents as in effect as of the date of this Agreement with respect to matters occurring prior to the Effective Time shall survive the Merger, and shall continue in full force and effect, and shall be honored by such entities or their respective successors as if they were the indemnifying party thereunder, without any amendment thereto, for a period of three years from the Effective Time.
(3) CBSI will use its reasonable best efforts directly or indirectly to cause the persons who served as directors or officers of GNBC on or before the Effective Time to be covered by GNBC's existing directors' and officers' liability insurance policy (provided that CBSI may substitute therefor policies of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions which are not less advantageous than such policy) but in no event shall any insured person be entitled under this Section to insurance coverage more favorable than that provided to him or her in such capacities as of the date hereof with respect to acts or omissions resulting from their service as such on or prior to the Effective Time. Such insurance coverage shall commence at the Effective Time and will be provided for a period of no less than four years after the Effective Time; provided, however, that in no event shall CBSI be required to expend more than the current amount expended by GNBC to maintain or procure insurance coverage pursuant hereto. GNBC agrees to renew any such existing insurance or to purchase any "discovery period" insurance provided for thereunder at CBSI's request.
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Employee Benefits; Directors and Management; Indemnification. (a) The current employees of Xxxxxx Oneida or any of its Subsidiaries who continue as employees of CBSI or its Subsidiaries after the Effective Time (“Continuing Employees”) shall be given credit for past service with Xxxxxx Oneida for purposes of determining eligibility for and vesting of employee benefits (but not for pension benefit accrual purposes) under all welfare and retirement programs maintained by CBSI or its Subsidiaries in which such employees Continuing Employees participate following the MergerMerger and for purposes of determining length of vacation, sick time, paid time off and severance under CBSI’s applicable plan or policy. In the event that the employment of any current employee of Xxxxxx Continuing Employee shall be terminated by CBSI or any one of its Subsidiaries shall be terminated without cause within twelve months after the Effective Time, such employee Continuing Employee shall be entitled (subject to meeting applicable eligibility and vesting requirements) to receive (i) for any such employee terminated within twelve months after the Effective Time, severance benefits in accordance with no less than those provided under the terms of the Xxxxxx xxxxxxxxx plan CBSI’s severance policy in effect on as of the date hereofof this Agreement, (ii) for which has been Previously Disclosed. In the event that the employment of any such employee Continuing Employee shall be terminated later by CBSI or one of its Subsidiaries without cause more than twelve months after the Effective Time, such Continuing Employee shall be entitled (subject to meeting applicable eligibility and vesting requirements) to receive severance benefits in accordance with no less than those provided under the terms of the CBSI CBSI’s severance plan policy in effect on as of the date of termination, and (iii) credit under Xxxxxx’x or CBSI’s vacation policy (as applicable) for service after January 1, 2011 of the greater of (y) one week’s vacation plus documented unused vacation days carried over from the prior year, or (z) the number of weeks vacation determined in accordance with Xxxxxx’x vacation policy (if such termination is effective at the Effective Time) or CBSI’s vacation policy (if such termination is effective after the Effective Time) plus documented unused vacation days carried over from the prior year, which vacation time, if not used prior to the date of termination, shall be paid in lump sum upon termination of employment.
(b) Prior to the Effective Time, Xxxxxx Oneida shall take all actions, provided such actions comply with applicable law or do not trigger adverse tax consequences to any employee or independent contractor of Oneida or any Oneida Subsidiary, that may be requested by CBSI in writing upon advance notice of not less than 30 days with respect to (i) causing one or more Xxxxxx Oneida Plans to terminate as of or immediately prior to the Effective Time or for benefit accrual and entitlements to cease as of the Effective Time, (ii) causing the continuation on and after the Effective Time of any contract, arrangement or insurance policy relating to any Xxxxxx Oneida Plan for such period as may be requested by CBSI, or (iii) cooperating with CBSI to facilitate the merger of any Xxxxxx Oneida Plan into any CBSI Plan as of or following the Effective Time; provided that advance notice of not less than 90 days shall be provided with respect to the termination of Xxxxxx’x defined benefit pension plan or 401K plan.
(c) CBSI shall honor the employment agreements and severance arrangements in effect as of the date of this Agreement and Previously Disclosed by Oneida to CBSI, except to the extent that any such agreements or arrangements are superseded or terminated as of or following the Effective Time, with the written consent of the affected parties.
(d) In the event of any termination of any Oneida or any Oneida Subsidiary health plan or consolidation of any such plan with any CBSI or CBSI Subsidiary health plan, CBSI shall make available to Continuing Employees and their dependents employer-provided health coverage on the same basis as it provides such coverage to CBSI or CBSI Subsidiary employees. Unless a Continuing Employee causes coverage to terminate under an Oneida or Oneida Subsidiary health plan prior to the time that a Continuing Employee becomes eligible to participate in the CBSI or CBSI Subsidiary health plan, neither CBSI nor any CBSI Subsidiary shall terminate the existing coverage of any of the Continuing Employees or their dependents under any of the Oneida or Oneida Subsidiary health plans prior to the time such Continuing Employees and their dependents become eligible to participate in the health plans, programs and benefits common to all employees of CBSI or CBSI Subsidiary and their dependents. In the event of a termination or consolidation of any Oneida or Oneida Subsidiary health plan on or after the Effective Time, former employees of Oneida or Oneida Subsidiary and qualified beneficiaries will have the right to continued coverage under group health plans of CBSI to the extent required by COBRA.
(e) At the Effective Time, CBSI shall, or direct Oneida to, pay each participant in the Oneida Cash Incentive Plans a lump sum cash payment equal to the pro-rata portion of his or her annual incentive award payable under the Oneida Cash Incentive Plans, calculated from the first day of the plan year beginning on January 1, 2015 (or beginning on January 1, 2016 if the Effective Time occurs in the 2016 calendar year) until the Effective Time, as if the company and individual performance goals are achieved at “target” performance for such award.
(f) Prior to the Effective Time, CBSI shall cause its Board of Directors and Community Bank’s Board of Directors (subject to their continuing fiduciary duties between the date hereof and the Effective Time) to take all requisite actions to expand the size thereof by two directors and appoint Xxxxx X.Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx(each, a “New Director”) as directors of CBSI and Community Bank to fill the vacancies created by the expansion, effective as of the Effective Time. Subject to the exercise of the fiduciary duties of CBSI’s Board of Directors, CBSI shall cause the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee to nominate, and shall cause its Board to recommend for election, each New Director at CBSI’s next annual meeting of shareholders at which they are standing for election. Nothing contained in this Section 5.9(f) shall be construed to limit the ability of the respective Boards of Directors of CBSI and Community Bank to further increase the size of such Boards from time to time as they may deem appropriate.
(1) In the event of any threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal or administrative, including, without limitation, any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation in which any Person (the “Indemnified Party”) who is now, or has been at any time prior to the date of this Agreement, or who becomes prior to the Effective Time, a director or officer of Oneida is, or is threatened to be, made a party based in whole or in part on, or arising in whole or in part out of, or pertaining to (i) the fact that he is or was a director, officer or employee of Oneida or any of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) this Agreement or any of the Transactions, whether in any case asserted or arising before or after the Effective Time, CBSI shall, for a period of six years after the Effective Time, indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each such Indemnified Party against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs, expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses in advance of the final disposition of any claim, suit, proceeding or investigation to each Indemnified Party to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL upon receipt of any undertaking required by the DGCL), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any such threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, and in the event of any such threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation (whether asserted or arising before or after the Effective Time), the Indemnified Party may retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to them after consultation with CBSI; provided, however, that (1) CBSI shall have the right to assume the defense thereof and upon such assumption CBSI shall not be liable to any Indemnified Party for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses subsequently incurred by any Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof, except that if CBSI elects not to assume such defense or counsel for the Indemnified Party reasonably advises the Indemnified Party that there are issues which raise conflicts of interest between CBSI and the Indemnified Party, the Indemnified Party may retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to them after notification, and CBSI shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel for the Indemnified Party, (2) CBSI shall be obligated pursuant to this paragraph to pay for only one firm of counsel for all Indemnified Parties, (3) CBSI shall not be liable for any settlement effected without its prior written consent, (4) CBSI shall have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnified Party when and if a court of competent jurisdiction shall ultimately determine, and such determination shall have become final and nonappealable, that indemnification of such Indemnified Party in the manner contemplated hereby is prohibited by applicable law, and (5) CBSI shall no obligation hereunder to defend or indemnify an Indemnified Party from a claim, action or suit between such Indemnified Party and CBSI or any of its Subsidiaries. Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under this Section 5.9(g), upon becoming aware of any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, shall promptly notify CBSI thereof, provided that the failure of any Indemnified Party to so notify CBSI shall relieve it of its obligations to indemnify hereunder to the extent that such failure materially prejudices CBSI.
(2) The indemnification rights provided in subparagraph (1) above, are in addition to the obligations of indemnification (including the advancement of expenses) in favor of the directors and officers of Oneida (including former directors and officers) under Oneida’s articles of incorporation and bylaws (and provisions of Maryland law referenced or incorporated therein) that are assumed by CBSI by reason of the Merger.
(3) CBSI will use its reasonably best efforts to cause the Persons who served as directors or officers of Oneida on or before the Effective Time to be covered by Oneida’s existing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (provided that CBSI may substitute therefor policies of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions which are not less advantageous than such policy) but in no event shall any insured Person be entitled under this Section 5.9 to insurance coverage more favorable than that provided to him or her in such capacities as of the date hereof with respect to acts or omissions resulting from their service as such on or prior to the Effective Time. Such insurance coverage shall commence at the Effective Time and will be provided for a period of no less than six years after the Effective Time; provided, however, that in no event shall CBSI be required to expend more than 150% of the current amount expended by Oneida to maintain or procure insurance coverage pursuant hereto. Prior to the Effective Time, Oneida agrees to renew any such existing insurance or to purchase any “discovery period” insurance provided for thereunder at CBSI’s request.
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Employee Benefits; Directors and Management; Indemnification. (a) The current employees of Xxxxxx Wxxxxx or any of its Subsidiaries who continue as employees of CBSI or its Subsidiaries after the Effective Time shall be given credit for past service with Xxxxxx Wxxxxx for purposes of determining eligibility for and vesting of employee benefits (but not for pension benefit accrual purposes) under all welfare and retirement programs maintained by CBSI or its Subsidiaries in which such employees participate following the Merger. In the event that the employment of any current employee of Xxxxxx Wxxxxx or any of its Subsidiaries shall be terminated without cause after the Effective Time, such employee shall be entitled (subject to meeting applicable eligibility and vesting requirements) to receive (i) for any such employee terminated within twelve months after the Effective Time, severance benefits in accordance with the terms of the Xxxxxx Wxxxxx xxxxxxxxx plan in effect on the date hereof, (ii) for any such employee terminated later than twelve months after the Effective Time, severance benefits in accordance with the terms of the CBSI severance plan in effect on the date of termination, and (iii) credit under Xxxxxx’x Wxxxxx’x or CBSI’s vacation policy (as applicable) for service after January 1, 2011 of the greater of (y) one week’s vacation plus documented unused vacation days carried over from the prior year, or (z) the number of weeks vacation determined in accordance with Xxxxxx’x Wxxxxx’x vacation policy (if such termination is effective at the Effective Time) or CBSI’s vacation policy (if such termination is effective after the Effective Time) plus documented unused vacation days carried over from the prior year, which vacation time, if not used prior to the date of termination, shall be paid in lump sum upon termination of employment.
(b) Prior to the Effective Time, Xxxxxx Wxxxxx shall take all actions that may be requested by CBSI in writing upon advance notice of not less than 30 days with respect to (i) causing one or more Xxxxxx Wxxxxx Plans to terminate as of the Effective Time or for benefit accrual and entitlements to cease as of the Effective Time, (ii) causing the continuation on and after the Effective Time of any contract, arrangement or insurance policy relating to any Xxxxxx Wxxxxx Plan for such period as may be requested by CBSI, or (iii) cooperating with CBSI to facilitate the merger of any Xxxxxx Wxxxxx Plan into any CBSI Plan as of or following the Effective Time; provided that advance notice of not less than 90 days shall be provided with respect to the termination of Xxxxxx’x Wxxxxx’x defined benefit pension plan or 401K plan.
(c) Prior to the Effective Time, CBSI shall cause its Board of Directors and Community Bank’s Board of Directors to take all requisite actions to expand the size thereof by two directors and appoint Xxxxx Bxxxx X.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Wilber CORP)
Employee Benefits; Directors and Management; Indemnification. (a) The current employees of Xxxxxx GNBC or any of its Subsidiaries who continue as employees of CBSI or its Subsidiaries after the Effective Time shall be given credit for past service with Xxxxxx GNBC for purposes of determining eligibility for and vesting of employee benefits (but not for pension benefit accrual purposes) under all welfare and retirement programs maintained by CBSI or its Subsidiaries Plans in which such employees participate following the Merger. In the event that the employment of any current employee of Xxxxxx GNBC or any of its Subsidiaries shall be terminated without cause after the Effective Time, such employee employees shall be entitled (subject to meeting applicable eligibility and vesting requirements) to receive benefits under CBSI's severance plan (iwithout duplication, however, with any payment under any severance or separation plan or program maintained by GNBC) for any such employee terminated within twelve months after the Effective Time, severance benefits in accordance with the terms of the Xxxxxx xxxxxxxxx plan in effect on the date hereof, (ii) for any such employee terminated later than twelve months after the Effective Time, severance benefits in accordance with the terms of the CBSI severance plan in effect on the date of termination, and (iii) credit under Xxxxxx’x or CBSI’s vacation policy (as applicable) for service after January 1, 2011 of the greater of (y) one week’s vacation plus documented unused vacation days carried over from the prior year, or (z) the number of weeks vacation determined in accordance with Xxxxxx’x vacation policy (if such termination is effective at the Effective Time) or CBSI’s vacation policy (if such termination is effective after the Effective Time) plus documented unused vacation days carried over from the prior year, which vacation time, if not used prior to the date of termination, shall be paid in lump sum upon termination of employmentits terms.
(b) Prior to the Effective Time, Xxxxxx GNBC shall take all actions that may be requested by CBSI in writing upon advance notice of not less than 30 days with respect to (i) causing one or more Xxxxxx GNBC Plans to terminate as of the Effective Time or for benefit accrual and entitlements to cease as of the Effective Time, (ii) causing the continuation on and after the Effective Time of any contract, arrangement or insurance policy relating to any Xxxxxx GNBC Plan for such period as may be requested by CBSI, or (iii) cooperating with CBSI to facilitate the merger of any Xxxxxx GNBC Plan into any CBSI Plan as of or following the Effective Time. To the extent required, GNBC shall amend its Stock Option Plans to permit the assumption of Stock Options pursuant to SECTION 2.3 hereof. Each GNBC Plan that is not terminated or amended pursuant to clause (i) above, or merged into a CBSI Plan pursuant to clause (iii) above, shall be assumed by CBSI to the extent permitted by the terms of the GNBC Plan; provided that advance notice of not less than 90 days that, to the extent necessary, each GNBC Plan shall be provided with respect amended, effective prior to the termination Effective Time, to provide that GNBC and its successors shall have the right to amend and/or terminate each such plan at any time. CBSI agrees to assume the obligations of Xxxxxx’x defined benefit pension plan or 401K planGNBC under each of its Amended and Restated Deferred Fee Agreements and Amended and Restated Supplemental Executive Retirement Agreements.
(c) Prior to the Effective Time, CBSI shall cause its Board of Directors and Community Bank’s 's Board of Directors to take all requisite actions to (i) expand the size thereof by two directors and appoint Xxxxx X.two individuals (the "GNBC DIRECTORS") as directors of CBSI and Community Bank to fill the vacancies created thereby, effective as of the Effective Time, and (ii) elect Thomas A. McCullough to serve as CBSI's President of Pennsylvania Bankxxx xxxxxxxx xx xxx Employment Agreement. The GNBC Directors shall be nominated by GNBC and be acceptable to CBSI, provided that such persons remain qualified to serve under applicable law and regulations and CBSI's Bylaws. The initial term of one GNBC Director shall expire at the 2005 annual meeting of stockholders of CBSI, and the initial term of the other GNBC Director shall expire at the 2006 annual meeting of stockholders of CBSI, provided that (i) each GNBC Director remains qualified to serve under applicable law and regulations and CBSI's Bylaws, and (ii) subject to the exercise of the fiduciary duties of CBSI's Board of Directors, CBSI shall cause its Board to nominate, and to recommend for re-nomination, each of the GNBC Directors for at least one additional three-year term to immediately succeed the initial term set forth above (together with the initial term, the "DESIGNATED TERM"). In the event that any GNBC Directors resigns or otherwise becomes ineligible to serve (other than as a result of the failure to be re-elected by the stockholders of CBSI following the re-nomination and recommendation of such GNBC Director in accordance with the preceding sentence), a majority of the members of the Advisory Board shall be entitled to select an individual to serve as his replacement (a "SUBSTITUTE GNBC DIRECTOR") for the Designated Term. Any Substitute GNBC Director must be reasonably acceptable to CBSI and must meet all qualifications for serving on the Board of CBSI and Community Bank that may generally apply to nominees and directors of CBSI and Community Bank, respectively, at that time. Nothing contained in this SECTION 5.11(C) shall be construed to limit the ability of the respective Boards of Directors of CBSI and Community Bank to further increase the size of such Boards from time to time as they may deem appropriate.
(1) In the event of any threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal or administrative, including, without limitation, any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation in which any person (the "INDEMNIFIED PARTY") who is now, or has been at any time prior to the date of this Agreement, or who becomes prior to the Effective Time, a director or officer of GNBC is, or is threatened to be, made a party based in whole or in part on, or arising in whole or in part out of, or pertaining to (i) the fact that he is or was a director, officer or employee of GNBC or any of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, whether in any case asserted or arising before or after the Effective Time, the parties hereto agree to cooperate and use their best efforts to defend against and respond thereto. For a period of five years after the Effective Time, CBSI shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each such Indemnified Party against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs, expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees and expenses in advance of the final disposition of any claim, suit, proceeding or investigation to each Indemnified Party to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL upon receipt of any undertaking required by the DGCL), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any such threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, and in the event of any such threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation (whether asserted or arising before or after the Effective Time), the Indemnified Parties may retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to them after consultation with CBSI; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (1) CBSI shall have the right to assume the defense thereof and upon such assumption CBSI shall not be liable to any Indemnified Party for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses subsequently incurred by any Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof, except that if CBSI elects not to assume such defense or counsel for the Indemnified Parties reasonably advises the Indemnified Parties that there are issues which raise conflicts of interest between CBSI and the Indemnified Parties, the Indemnified Parties may retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to them after notification, and CBSI shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel for the Indemnified Parties, (2) CBSI shall be obligated pursuant to this paragraph to pay for only one firm of counsel for all Indemnified Parties, (3) CBSI shall not be liable for any settlement effected without its prior written consent, and (4) CBSI shall have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnified Party when and if a court of competent jurisdiction shall ultimately determine, and such determination shall have become final and nonappealable, that indemnification of such Indemnified Party in the manner contemplated hereby is prohibited by applicable law. Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under this SECTION 5.11(D), upon becoming aware of any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, shall promptly notify CBSI thereof, provided that the failure of any Indemnified Party to so notify CBSI shall relieve it of its obligations to indemnify hereunder to the extent that such failure materially prejudices CBSI.
(2) CBSI agrees that all rights to indemnification and all limitations on liability existing in favor of the directors, officers and employees of GNBC and any of its Subsidiaries as provided in their respective certificates of incorporation, bylaws or similar governing documents as in effect as of the date of this Agreement with respect to matters occurring prior to the Effective Time shall survive the Merger, and shall continue in full force and effect, and shall be honored by such entities or their respective successors as if they were the indemnifying party thereunder, without any amendment thereto, for a period of three years from the Effective Time.
(3) CBSI will use its reasonable best efforts directly or indirectly to cause the persons who served as directors or officers of GNBC on or before the Effective Time to be covered by GNBC's existing directors' and officers' liability insurance policy (provided that CBSI may substitute therefor policies of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions which are not less advantageous than such policy) but in no event shall any insured person be entitled under this Section to insurance coverage more favorable than that provided to him or her in such capacities as of the date hereof with respect to acts or omissions resulting from their service as such on or prior to the Effective Time. Such insurance coverage shall commence at the Effective Time and will be provided for a period of no less than four years after the Effective Time; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in no event shall CBSI be required to expend more than the current amount expended by GNBC to maintain or procure insurance coverage pursuant hereto. GNBC agrees to renew any such existing insurance or to purchase any "discovery period" insurance provided for thereunder at CBSI's request.
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