Employee Matters; Benefit Plans. (a) Except as required by applicable Legal Requirements, the employment of each of the Company’s employees is terminable by the Company at will. As of the date of the Agreement, to the Company’s knowledge, no current employee of the Company has given notice of termination of employment or otherwise disclosed to the Company plans to terminate employment with the Company within the next twelve (12) months. (b) Except as set forth in Part 3.16(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company is not a party or otherwise subject to, or has a duty to bargain for or is currently negotiating in connection with entering into, any collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with a labor organization representing any of its employees and there are no labor organizations representing, purporting to represent or, to the knowledge of the Company, seeking to represent any employees of the Company. Since January 1, 2010, there has not been any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, job action, picketing, labor dispute, question concerning labor representation, union organizing activity, or any threat thereof, or any similar activity or dispute, affecting the Company or any of their employees. There is not now pending, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no Person has threatened to commence, any such strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, job action, picketing, labor dispute, question regarding labor representation or union organizing activity or any similar activity or dispute. Except as set forth in Part 3.16(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, since January 1, 2010, there has been no material Legal Proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened relating to employment, including relating to any Company Employee Agreement, wages and hours, leave of absence, plant closing notification, employment statute or regulation, privacy right, labor dispute, workers’ compensation policy or long-term disability policy, safety, retaliation, immigration or discrimination matters involving any Company Associate, including charges of unfair labor practices or harassment complaints. Since January 1, 2010, the Company has complied in all respects with all applicable Legal Requirements related to employment, including employment practices, wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment (including the classification and compensation of employees for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act and cognate state laws and the classification of independent contractors) and other Legal Requirements in respect of any reduction in force, including notice, information and consultation requirements, the lack of compliance with which has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. (c) Part 3.16(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth an accurate and complete list of the material Employee Plans (other than any employment, termination or severance agreement for non-officer employees of the Company, equity grant notices, and related documentation, with respect to employees of the Company and agreements with consultants entered into in the ordinary course of business). The Company has either delivered or made available to Parent or Parent’s Representatives prior to the execution of this Agreement with respect to each material Employee Plan accurate and complete copies of: (i) all material plan documents and all material amendments thereto, and all related trust or other funding documents, and in the case of unwritten material Employee Plans, written descriptions thereof, (ii) all determination letters, rulings, opinion letters, information letters or advisory opinions issued by the IRS or the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”), (iii) the most recent annual actuarial valuation, if any, and the most recent annual report (Form Series 5500 and all schedules and financial statements attached thereto), (iv) the most recent summary plan descriptions and any material modifications thereto, (v) the most recent nondiscrimination tests required to be performed under the Code (including 401(k) and 401(m) tests) for each Employee Plan, and (vi) all material correspondence to or from the IRS, the DOL, or any other Governmental Body since January 1, 2010. (d) Neither the Company nor any other Person that would be or, at any relevant time, would have been considered a single employer with the Company under the Code or ERISA has ever maintained, contributed to, or been required to contribute to a plan subject to Title IV of ERISA or Code Section 412, including any “single employer” defined benefit plan or any “multiemployer plan,” each as defined in Section 4001 of ERISA. (e) Each of the Employee Plans that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has obtained a favorable determination letter (or opinion letter, if applicable) as to its qualified status under the Code, each such Employee Plan has timely adopted all currently effective amendments to the Code, and, to the knowledge of the Company, there are no existing circumstances or any events that have occurred that would reasonably be expected to affect materially and adversely the qualified status of any such Employee Plan. Each of the Employee Plans is now and has been operated in compliance in all material respects with its terms and all applicable Legal Requirements, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code. The Company is not and could not reasonably be expected to be subject to either a material liability pursuant to Section 502 of ERISA or a Tax imposed pursuant to Section 4975 or 4976 of the Code. For the last six (6) years, the Company has 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, to the knowledge of the Company, there is no default or violation by any other party to, any Employee Plan. (f) Except to the extent required under Section 601 et seq. of ERISA or 4980B of the Code (or any other similar state or local Legal Requirement), neither the Company nor any Employee Plan has any present or future obligation to provide post-employment welfare benefits to or make any payment to, or with respect to, any present or former employee, officer or director of the Company pursuant to any retiree medical benefit plan or other retiree welfare plan. (g) Except as set forth in Part 3.16(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the consummation of the Transactions (including in combination with other events or circumstances) will not (i) entitle any current or former employee, director, officer, independent contractor or other service provider of the Company to severance pay, unemployment compensation or any other material payment, (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount of, compensation or benefits due to any such employee, director, officer, independent contractor, (iii) directly or indirectly cause the Company to transfer or set aside any material assets to fund any benefits under any Employee Plan, (iv) otherwise give rise to any material liability under any Employee Plan or (v) limit or restrict the right to amend, terminate or transfer any material assets of any Employee Plan on or following the Effective Time. (h) Each Employee Plan or other Contract that is subject to Section 409A of the Code has been administered in compliance with its terms and the operational and documentary requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder, except for any instances of noncompliance that do not have and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company does not have an obligation to gross-up, indemnify or otherwise reimburse any current or former service provider to the Company for any tax incurred by such service provider pursuant to Section 409A of the Code. (i) The Company has delivered or made available to Parent or Parent’s Representatives copies of all Company Equity Plans covering the Company Options outstanding as of the date of this Agreement and the forms of all stock option agreements evidencing such Company Options. The Company has delivered or made available to Parent or Parent’s Representatives copies of the ESPP and applicable offering document. Appendix 1 to the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of the following for each outstanding Company Option as of July 29, 2013, (A) the name of the holder of the Company Option: (B) the number of Shares subject to the Company Option, (C) the Company Equity Plan under which the award was granted, (D) the date of grant, (E) the exercise price, and (F) whether such Company Option is intended to be an incentive stock option.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Trius Therapeutics Inc), Merger Agreement (Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc)
Employee Matters; Benefit Plans. (a) Except as required by applicable Legal Requirements, the employment of each of the Company’s employees is terminable by the Company at will. As of the date of the Agreement, to the Company’s knowledge, no current employee of the Company has given notice of termination of employment or otherwise disclosed to the Company plans to terminate employment with the Company within the next twelve (12) months.
(b) Except as set forth in Part 3.16(b3.15(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, none of the Company Acquired Corporations is not a party or otherwise subject to, or has a duty to bargain for or is currently negotiating in connection with entering into, any collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with a labor organization or works council representing any of its employees and there are no labor organizations or works councils representing, purporting to represent or, to the knowledge of the Company, seeking to represent any employees of any of the CompanyAcquired Corporations. Since January 1, 20102011, there has not been any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, job action, picketing, material labor dispute, question concerning labor representation, union organizing activity, or to the knowledge of the Company any threat thereof, or any similar labor activity or dispute, affecting the Company or any of their employeesthe Acquired Corporations. There is not now pending, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no Person has threatened to commence, any such strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, job action, picketing, material labor dispute, question regarding labor concerning representation or union organizing activity or any similar labor activity or dispute. Except as set forth in Part 3.16(b3.15(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, since January 1, 20102011, there has been no material Legal Proceeding or grievance pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened relating to employment, including relating to any Company Employee Agreement, wages and hours, leave of absence, plant closing notification, employment statute or regulation, privacy right, labor dispute, workers’ compensation policy or long-term disability policy, safety, retaliation, immigration or discrimination matters involving any Company Associate, including charges of unfair labor practices or harassment complaints. Since January 1, 20102011 and except for such non-compliance that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company has complied in all respects with all applicable Legal Requirements related to employment, including employment practices, wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment (including the classification and compensation of employees and independent contractors for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act and cognate state laws and the classification of independent contractorslaws) and other Legal Requirements in respect of any reduction reductions in force, including notice, information and consultation requirements, the lack of compliance with which has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(cb) Part 3.16(c3.15(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth an accurate a true and complete list of the material Employee Plans (other than any employment, termination or severance agreement for non-officer employees of the Company, Company and its Subsidiaries and equity grant notices, and related documentation, with respect to employees of the Company and agreements with consultants entered into in the ordinary course of businessits Subsidiaries). The Company has either delivered or made available to Parent or Parent’s Representatives prior to the execution of this Agreement with respect to each material Employee Plan accurate true and complete copies of, to the extent applicable: (i) all material the most recent plan documents and all material amendments thereto, and all related trust or other funding documents, and in the case of unwritten material Employee Plans, written descriptions thereof, (ii) all the most recent IRS determination letters, rulings, or opinion letters, information letters or advisory opinions issued by the IRS or the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”letter for each Employee Plan intended to be qualified under Code Section 401(a), (iii) the most recent annual actuarial valuation, if any, and the most recent annual report (Form Series 5500 and all schedules and financial statements attached thereto), (iv) the most recent summary plan descriptions and any material modifications thereto, thereto and (v) the most recent nondiscrimination tests required to be performed under the Code (including 401(k) and 401(m) tests) for each Employee Plan, and (vi) all material correspondence to or from the IRS, the DOLUnited States Department of Labor, or any other Governmental Body since January 1, 20102011.
(dc) Neither None of the Company Acquired Corporations nor any other Person that would be or, at any relevant time, would have been considered a single employer with the Company an Acquired Corporation under the Code or ERISA has ever within the last six years maintained, contributed to, or been required to contribute to a plan subject to Title IV of ERISA or Code Section 412, including any “single employer” defined benefit plan or any “multiemployer plan,” each as defined in Section 4001 of ERISA.
(e) Each of the Employee Plans that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has obtained a favorable determination letter (or opinion letter, if applicable) as to its qualified status under the Code, each such Employee Plan has timely adopted all currently effective amendments to the Code, and, to the knowledge of the Company, there are no existing circumstances or any events that have occurred that would reasonably be expected to affect materially and adversely the qualified status of any such Employee Plan. Each of the Employee Plans is now and has been operated in compliance in all material respects with its terms and all applicable Legal Requirements, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code. The Company is not and could not reasonably be expected to be subject to either a material liability pursuant to Section 502 of ERISA or a Tax imposed pursuant to Section 4975 or 4976 of the Code. For the last six (6) years, the Company has 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, to the knowledge of the Company, there is no default or violation by any other party to, any Employee Plan.
(f) Except to the extent required under Section 601 et seq. of ERISA or 4980B of the Code (or any other similar state or local Legal Requirement), neither the Company nor any Employee Plan has any present or future obligation to provide post-employment welfare benefits to or make any payment to, or with respect to, any present or former employee, officer or director of the Company pursuant to any retiree medical benefit plan or other retiree welfare plan.
(g) Except as set forth in Part 3.16(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the consummation of the Transactions (including in combination with other events or circumstances) will not (i) entitle any current or former employee, director, officer, independent contractor or other service provider of the Company to severance pay, unemployment compensation or any other material payment, (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount of, compensation or benefits due to any such employee, director, officer, independent contractor, (iii) directly or indirectly cause the Company to transfer or set aside any material assets to fund any benefits under any Employee Plan, (iv) otherwise give rise to any material liability under any Employee Plan or (v) limit or restrict the right to amend, terminate or transfer any material assets of any Employee Plan on or following the Effective Time.
(h) Each Employee Plan or other Contract that is subject to Section 409A of the Code has been administered in compliance with its terms and the operational and documentary requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder, except for any instances of noncompliance that do not have and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company does not have an obligation to gross-up, indemnify or otherwise reimburse any current or former service provider to the Company for any tax incurred by such service provider pursuant to Section 409A of the Code.
(i) The Company has delivered or made available to Parent or Parent’s Representatives copies of all Company Equity Plans covering the Company Options outstanding as of the date of this Agreement and the forms of all stock option agreements evidencing such Company Options. The Company has delivered or made available to Parent or Parent’s Representatives copies of the ESPP and applicable offering document. Appendix 1 to the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of the following for each outstanding Company Option as of July 29, 2013, (A) the name of the holder of the Company Option: (B) the number of Shares subject to the Company Option, (C) the Company Equity Plan under which the award was granted, (D) the date of grant, (E) the exercise price, and (F) whether such Company Option is intended to be an incentive stock option.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Greenway Medical Technologies Inc)
Employee Matters; Benefit Plans. (a) Except as required by applicable Legal Requirements, the employment of each of the Company’s employees is terminable by the Company at will. As of the date of the Agreement, to the Company’s knowledge, no current employee of the Company has given notice of termination of employment or otherwise disclosed to the Company plans to terminate employment with the Company within the next twelve (12) months.
(b) Except as set forth in provided for on Part 3.16(b3.16(a) of the Company Disclosure ScheduleSchedule (such disclosures collectively, the Company “Labor Agreements”), no Acquired Corporation is not a party or otherwise subject to, or has a duty to bargain for for, or is currently negotiating in connection with entering into, any collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with a labor organization or work council representing any of its employees and there are no labor organizations representing, purporting to represent or, to the knowledge Knowledge of the Company, seeking to represent any employees of the Companyan Acquired Corporation. Since January 1February 2, 20102018, there has not been any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, job action, picketing, labor dispute, question concerning labor representation, union organizing activity, or any threat thereof, or any similar activity or dispute, affecting the Company an Acquired Corporation or any of their its employees. There is not now pending, and, to the knowledge Knowledge of the Company, no Person has threatened in writing to commence, any such strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, job action, picketing, labor dispute, question regarding labor representation or union organizing activity or any similar activity or dispute. Except as set forth in Part 3.16(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, since January 1, 2010, there has been There is no material Legal Proceeding pending or, to the knowledge Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing relating to employmentthe employment or engagement of any Company Associate, including relating to any Company Employee Agreement, wages and hours, leave of absence, plant closing notification, employment statute or regulation, privacy right, labor dispute, workers’ compensation policy or long-term disability policy, safety, retaliation, immigration or discrimination matters involving any Company Associatematters, including charges of unfair labor practices or harassment complaints. Since January 1February 2, 20102018, the Company has Acquired Corporations have complied in all respects with all applicable Legal Requirements related to employment, including employment practices, wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment (including the classification and compensation of employees for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act and cognate state laws and the classification of independent contractors) and other Legal Requirements in respect of any reduction in force, including notice, information and consultation requirementsemployment, the lack of compliance with which has not had and would not reasonably be expected expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(cb) Part 3.16(c3.16(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth an accurate and complete list of the material Employee Plans (other than any employment, termination or employment offer letter that does not provide for severance agreement for non-officer employees of the Company, equity grant notices, and related documentation, with respect to employees of the Company and agreements with consultants entered into in the ordinary course of business). The Company has either delivered or made available to Parent or Parent’s Representatives prior to the execution of this Agreement with respect to each material Employee Plan accurate and complete copies of: (i) all material plan documents and all material amendments thereto, and all related trust or other funding documents, and in the case of unwritten material Employee Plans, written descriptions thereof, (ii) all determination letters, rulings, opinion letters, information letters or advisory opinions issued by the IRS or the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”), (iii) the most recent annual actuarial valuation, if any, and the most recent annual report (Form Series 5500 and all schedules and financial statements attached thereto), (iv) the most recent summary plan descriptions and any material modifications thereto, (v) the most recent nondiscrimination tests required to be performed under the Code (including 401(k) and 401(m) tests) for each Employee Plan, and (vi) all material correspondence to or from the IRS, the DOL, or any other Governmental Body since January 1, 2010.
(d) Neither the Company nor any other Person that would be notice or, at any relevant time, would have been considered a single employer with the Company under the Code or ERISA has ever maintained, contributed to, or been required to contribute to a plan subject to Title IV of ERISA or Code Section 412, including any “single employer” defined benefit plan or any “multiemployer plan,” each as defined in Section 4001 of ERISA.
(e) Each of the Employee Plans that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has obtained a favorable determination letter (or opinion letter, if applicable) as to its qualified status under the Code, each such Employee Plan has timely adopted all currently effective amendments to the Code, and, to the knowledge of the Company, there are no existing circumstances or any events that have occurred that would reasonably be expected to affect materially and adversely the qualified status of any such Employee Plan. Each of the Employee Plans is now and has been operated in compliance in all material respects with its terms and all applicable Legal Requirements, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code. The Company is not and could not reasonably be expected to be subject to either a material liability pursuant to Section 502 of ERISA or a Tax imposed pursuant to Section 4975 or 4976 of the Code. For the last six (6) years, the Company has 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, to the knowledge of the Company, there is no default or violation by any other party to, any Employee Plan.
(f) Except to the extent required under Section 601 et seq. of ERISA or 4980B of the Code (or any other similar state or local Legal Requirement), neither the Company nor any Employee Plan has any present or future obligation to provide post-employment welfare benefits to or make any payment to, or with respect to, any present or former employee, officer or director of the Company pursuant to any retiree medical benefit plan or other retiree welfare plan.
(g) Except as set forth in Part 3.16(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the consummation of the Transactions (including in combination with other events or circumstances) will not (i) entitle any current or former employee, director, officer, independent contractor or other service provider of the Company to severance pay, unemployment compensation or any other material payment, (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount of, compensation or benefits due to any such employee, director, officer, independent contractor, (iii) directly or indirectly cause the Company to transfer or set aside any material assets to fund any benefits under any Employee Plan, (iv) otherwise give rise to any material liability under any Employee Plan or (v) limit or restrict the right to amend, terminate or transfer any material assets of any Employee Plan on or following the Effective Time.
(h) Each Employee Plan or other Contract that is subject to Section 409A of the Code has been administered in compliance with its terms and the operational and documentary requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder, except for any instances of noncompliance that do not have and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company does not have an obligation to gross-up, indemnify or otherwise reimburse any current or former service provider to the Company for any tax incurred by such service provider pursuant to Section 409A of the Code.
(i) The Company has delivered or made available to Parent or Parent’s Representatives copies of all Company Equity Plans covering the Company Options outstanding as of the date of this Agreement and the forms of all stock option agreements evidencing such Company Options. The Company has delivered or made available to Parent or Parent’s Representatives copies of the ESPP and applicable offering document. Appendix 1 to the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list of the following for each outstanding Company Option as of July 29, 2013, (A) the name of the holder of the Company Option: (B) the number of Shares subject to the Company Option, (C) the Company Equity Plan under which the award was granted, (D) the date of grant, (E) the exercise price, and (F) whether such Company Option is intended to be an incentive stock option.
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