Employee Related Matters Parent may offer certain employees of the Acquired Corporations as of the date of this Agreement who are also employees of the Acquired Corporations immediately prior to the Effective Time employment by the Parent after the Effective Time, and each such offer shall be in the form of an individual offer letter prepared in accordance with Parent's customary form (such letter to confirm such employee's initial position, compensation, location and reporting relationship). Those employees of the Acquired Corporations that continue to be employees of Parent or any of its affiliates, including the Acquired Corporations, following the Closing (the "Continuing Employees") and, if applicable, their eligible dependents, shall, subject to any necessary transition period and the terms of such plans, be immediately eligible to participate in Parent's health, vacation, employee stock purchase, 401(k) and other plans, to the same extent as comparably situated employees of Parent. Each such Continuing Employee shall receive credit under Parent's employee benefit plans for purposes of eligibility to participate under such plans for years of service with the Acquired Corporations prior to the Effective Time, and Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any and all pre-existing condition limitations and evidence of insurability requirements under any group health plans of Parent in which such employees and, if applicable, their eligible dependents shall participate to be waived and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide credit for any co-payments and deductibles prior to the Closing Date for purposes of satisfying any applicable deduction, out-of-pocket or similar requirements under any such plans that may apply after the Closing Date. Parent shall pay to the Eligible Employees (as defined below) up to an aggregate of $10,000,000 in cash (the "Contingent Employee Amount") subject to the following terms and conditions: Subject to any right of setoff that Parent may be entitled to exercise (pursuant to Section 9.5 or otherwise), and subject to the other provisions of this Section 5.4(b): if the Actual Q4 2003 Net Bookings are equal to or greater than $1,900,000, then Parent shall pay to each Eligible Employee on a date selected by Parent on or prior to February 28, 2004 cash in an amount equal to such Eligible Employee's Percentage Allocation in the amount equal to the product of (A) $125,000 multiplied by (B) the quotient of (I) the Actual Q4 2003 Net Bookings, divided by (II) $3,800,000; provided, however, that in no event shall the aggregate amount payable by Parent to the Eligible Employees pursuant to this Section 5.4(b)(i)(1) exceed $125,000; and provided, further that if the Shareholders' Agent delivers an Initial Objection Notice or a Final Objection Notice to Parent in accordance with Section 1.8(f), then Parent shall make any payments required under this Section 5.4(b)(i)(1) to the Eligible Employees within 30 days after the dispute identified in such Initial Objection Notice or a Final Objection Notice, as the case may be, is resolved; if the Actual Q4 2003 Net Revenues are equal to or greater than $1,150,000, then Parent shall pay to each Eligible Employee on a date selected by Parent on or prior to February 28, 2004 cash in an amount equal to such Eligible Employee's Percentage Allocation in the amount equal to the product of (A) $125,000 multiplied by (B) the quotient of (I) the Actual Q4 2003 Net Revenues, divided by (II) $2,300,000; provided, however, that in no event shall the aggregate amount payable by Parent to the Eligible Employees pursuant to this Section 5.4(b)(i)(2) exceed $125,000; and provided, further that if the Shareholders' Agent delivers an Initial Objection Notice or a Final Objection Notice to Parent in accordance with Section 1.8(f), then Parent shall make any payments required under this Section 5.4(b)(i)(2) to the Eligible Employees within 30 days after the dispute identified in such Initial Objection Notice or a Final Objection Notice, as the case may be, is resolved; if the Actual 2004 Net Bookings are equal to or greater than $75,000,000, then Parent shall pay to each Eligible Employee on a date selected by Parent on or prior to February 28, 2005 cash in an amount equal to such Eligible Employee's Percentage Allocation in the amount equal to the product of (A) $4,125,000 multiplied by (B) the quotient of (I) the Actual 2004 Net Bookings, divided by (II) $150,000,000; provided, however, that in no event shall the aggregate amount payable by Parent to the Eligible Employees pursuant to this Section 5.4(b)(i)(3) exceed $4,125,000; and provided, further that if the Shareholders' Agent delivers an Initial Objection Notice or a Final Objection Notice to Parent in accordance with Section 1.8(f), then Parent shall make any payments required under this Section 5.4(b)(i)(3) to the Eligible Employees within 30 days after the dispute identified in such Initial Objection Notice or a Final Objection Notice, as the case may be, is resolved; if the Actual 2004 Net Revenues are equal to or greater than $25,000,000, then Parent shall pay to each Eligible Employee on a date selected by Parent on or prior to February 28, 2005 cash in an amount equal to such Eligible Employee's Percentage Allocation (as defined below) in the amount equal to the product of (A) $4,125,000 multiplied by (B) the quotient of (I) the Actual 2004 Net Revenues, divided by (II) $50,000,000; provided, however, that in no event shall the aggregate amount payable by Parent to the Eligible Employees pursuant to this Section 5.4(b)(i)(1) exceed $4,125,000; and provided, further that if the Shareholders' Agent delivers an Initial Objection Notice or a Final Objection Notice to Parent in accordance with Section 1.8(f), then Parent shall make any payments required under this Section 5.4(b)(i)(1) to the Eligible Employees within 30 days after the dispute identified in such Initial Objection Notice or a Final Objection Notice, as the case may be, is resolved; if a future version of Parent's hosted CRM OnDemand product satisfies the Milestones on or prior to June 30, 2004, then (A) promptly following Parent's determination that the Milestones have been satisfied, Parent shall deliver to the Shareholders' Agent written notice thereof, and (II) Parent shall pay to each Eligible Employee on a date selected by Parent within 45 days after the date such notice is delivered to the Shareholders' Agent cash in an amount equal to such Eligible Employee's Percentage Allocation in $1,500,000 (it being understood that if Parent, acting in good faith and in its reasonable discretion, determines that the Milestones are not satisfied on or prior to June 30, 2004, then no amount shall be payable under this Section 5.4(b)(i)(5));
Employee Relations Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is involved in any labor dispute nor, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, is any such dispute threatened. None of the Company's or its subsidiaries' employees is a member of a union and the Company and its subsidiaries believe that their relations with their employees are good.
Labor and Employee Relations (i) (A) None of the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is represented in his or her capacity as an employee of such company by any labor organization; (B) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has recognized any labor organization nor has any labor organization been elected as the collective bargaining agent of any of their employees, nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries signed any collective bargaining agreement or union contract recognizing any labor organization as the bargaining agent of any of their employees; and (C) to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no active or current union organization activity involving the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor has there ever been union representation involving employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
Employee Retention The two Company employees listed in ------------------ Schedule 7.02(f) shall have entered into employment and noncompetition ---------------- agreements with Parent providing for such employees to be employed by Parent (or to continue to be employed by the Surviving Corporation) after the Effective Time; both such employment agreements shall be in full force and effect; and neither of such employees shall have ceased employment with Company or given notice to the Board of Directors of Parent or the Board of Directors of Company of his intention to cease employment with Parent or Company after the Effective Time.
AGREEMENTS OF THE EXECUTIVE In consideration of the compensation and benefits to be paid or provided to the Executive by the Employer under this Agreement, the Executive covenants as follows:
Employee Benefit Plans; Employment Agreements Except in --------------------------------------------- each case as set forth in SCHEDULE 4.10, (i) there has been no "prohibited transaction," as such term is defined in Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1975, as amended ("ERISA") and Section 4975 of the Code, with respect to any employee pension plans (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, any material employee welfare plans (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA), or any material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, incentive, deferred compensation, supplemental retirement, severance and other similar fringe or employee benefit plans, programs or arrangements (collectively, the "COMPANY EMPLOYEE PLANS") which could result in any liability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) all Company Employee Plans are in compliance in all material respects with the requirements prescribed by any and all Laws (including ERISA and the Code), currently in effect with respect thereto (including all applicable requirements for notification to participants or the Department of Labor, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the "PBGC"), Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") or Secretary of the Treasury), and the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have performed all material obligations required to be performed by them under, are not in any material respect in default under or violation of, and have no knowledge of any material default or violation by any other party to, any of the Company Employee Plans; (iii) each Company Employee Plan intended to qualify 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 IRS, and nothing has occurred which may reasonably be expected to impair such determination; (iv) all contributions required to be made to any Company Employee Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code, or the terms of any Company Employee Plan or any collective bargaining agreement, have been made on or before their due dates; (v) with respect to each Company Employee Plan, no "reportable event" within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA (excluding any such event for which the 30-day notice requirement has been waived under the regulations to Section 4043 of ERISA) nor any event described in Section 4062, 4063 or 4041 of ERISA has occurred; (vi) no withdrawal (including a partial withdrawal) has occurred with respect to any multiemployer plan within the meaning set forth in Section 3(37) of ERISA that has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, any withdrawal liability for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (vii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than liability for premium payments to the PBGC, and contributions not in default to the respective plans, arising in the ordinary course), (viii) none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any employment, consulting or similar agreement; and (ix) none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or will be liable for any severance or other payments to any of its employees as a result of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
Employment Agreements Each of the persons listed on Schedule 9.12 shall have been afforded the opportunity to enter into an employment agreement substantially in the form of Annex VIII hereto.
Employment Related Matters Except as set forth in Schedule 3.16, (a) Seller is not a party to any contract or agreement with any labor organization or other representative of its employees; (b) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending or, to Seller's best knowledge, threatened against Seller; (c) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage or other labor controversy in effect or, to Seller's best knowledge, threatened against or otherwise affecting Seller; (d) Seller has not experienced any labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage or similar labor controversy within the past three years; (e) no representation question has been raised respecting any employees of Seller working within the past three years, nor, to the best knowledge of Seller, are there any campaigns being conducted to solicit authorization from any employees of Seller to be represented by any labor organization; (f) no collective bargaining agreement relating to any employees of Seller is being negotiated other than extensions or renewals of existing agreements set forth in Schedule 3.16; (g) no action, suit, complaint, charge, arbitration, inquiry, proceeding or investigation by or before any court, governmental agency, administrative agency or commission brought by or on behalf of any employee, prospective employee, former employee, retiree, labor organization or other representative of Seller's employees, is pending or, to Seller's best knowledge, threatened against Seller; (h) Seller is not a party to, or otherwise bound by, any consent decree with, citation or order by, any Governmental Body relating to their employees or employment practices relating to the employees; (i) Seller is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws, policies, procedures, agreements and contracts, relating to employment, employment practices, wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment; (j) Seller has paid in full to all of its employees all wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, benefits and other compensation due and payable to such employees on or prior to the date hereof.
Employee Release Any obligation of Cubist to provide you severance payments or other benefits under this Agreement is expressly conditioned upon your reviewing and signing (and not revoking during any applicable revocation period) a general release of claims in a form reasonably satisfactory to Cubist. Cubist shall provide you with the general release promptly after the date on which you give or receive, as the case may be, notice of termination of your employment.
Employment and Consulting Agreements Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx and Xxxx X. Xxxxxx shall have executed and delivered employment agreements with BRI, and Xxxxxx Xxxx shall have executed and delivered a Consulting Agreement with BRI.
