Employment Matters; Benefit Plans Sample Clauses

Employment Matters; Benefit Plans. (i) The Company shall not and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to (a) enter into any new employment, severance, consulting or salary continuation agreements with any newly hired employees other than in the ordinary course of business or enter into any of the foregoing with any existing officers, directors or employees of the Company; (b) grant any increases in compensation or benefits to (including any severance arrangements, termination pay or stay bonus or other incentive arrangements), or forgive any indebtedness owed to the Company by, any officers, directors or employees of the Company, except for regularly scheduled employee raises in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, or raises or forgiveness of indebtedness that, in the case of executive officers, have been approved by the compensation committee of the Board of Directors prior to the date hereof and disclosed to Purchaser or (c) establish, adopt or amend in any material respect (including any increase or acceleration in the payment to or benefits under) or terminate any employee benefit plan, arrangement or policy which would be a Company Benefit Plan if in existence as of the date of this Agreement. The Board of Directors or any committee thereof shall take no action to waive any provision of any Stock Option Plan that would otherwise cause the Options thereunder to be cancelled as of the Effective Time in accordance with their terms and without any further action by the Company, the Board of Directors or any committee thereof. (ii) To the extent permitted by applicable law and the terms of the Company Benefit Plans, the Company will, upon the request of Purchaser, terminate and/or amend any Company Benefit Plan, effective immediately prior to the Effective Time. (iii) As soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement, the Company and Purchaser shall confer and work together in good faith to agree upon mutually acceptable employee benefit and compensation arrangements (and to terminate and/or amend the Company Benefit Plans immediately prior to the Effective Time if appropriate) with respect to employees of the Company who will remain employees of the Surviving Corporation following the Effective Time. (iv) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to correct any and all operational defects with respect to any Company Benefit Plan that qualifies or is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code. Any contributions required to be made and a...
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Employment Matters; Benefit Plans. (a) Schedule 4.11(a) lists each employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) and all material plans, programs, policies or arrangements, including, but not limited to, pension, bonus, deferred compensation, incentive compensation, unit purchase, supplemental retirement, severance or termination pay, thrift, savings, option, salary continuation, vacation, supplemental unemployment benefit, profit-sharing, or retirement plan, maintained, or contributed to (or required to be contributed to), by or for the benefit of employees of the Service Providers, whether or not such plan is funded, formal or informal, or legally binding or not (collectively, the "Employee Benefit Plans"). Each Service Provider has made available to REIT (i) true and complete copies of all Employee Benefit Plans (or in the case of unwritten Employee Benefit Plans, descriptions thereof), including, without limitation, with respect to each Employee Benefit Plan, all amendments to the Employee Benefit Plans, and any trust or other funding arrangement, (ii) Form 5500s for each Employee Benefit Plan for the two most recent plan years, (iii) the most recently completed actuarial valuation for each Employee Benefit Plan for which an actuarial report is required by ERISA or for financial reporting purposes, and (iv) the most recent summary plan description for each Employee Benefit Plan for which a summary plan description is required by ERISA. (b) None of the Employee Benefit Plans which is a "pension plan" within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA (a "Pension Plan") is a "multiemployer plan" as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA, or is subject to the requirements of Title IV of ERISA, Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code. Each Pension Plan that is intended to be "qualified" within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code has either received a determination letter from the IRS that it is so qualified or is relying on a favorable opinion letter or advisory letter issued to the master and prototype sponsor or volume submitter practitioner, and, to the Knowledge of the Service Providers, no fact or event has occurred since the date of any such determination letter that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the qualified status of any such Pension Plan. (c) None of the Service Providers or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability for any penalty or tax under Sections 4971, 4972, 4975, 4976, 4979, or 4980 of the Code or Section 502 of ERISA. (d) Each of th...
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Employment Matters; Benefit Plans. (a) Section 3.20(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule lists all current employees of each member of the Company Group, including: (i) the employing entity; (ii) their dates of employment; (iii) their job titles and positions; (iv) their rate of pay or annual salaries; (v) any other compensation payable to them (including housing allowances, compensation payable pursuant to bonus, deferred compensation or commission arrangements or other compensation); (vi) their visa status; and (vii) their geographical location. No event has occurred, and to the Knowledge of Seller, no condition or circumstance exists, that might directly or indirectly give rise to or provide a basis for the commencement of any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, job action, labor dispute or union organizing activity or any similar activity or dispute. (b) Section 3.20(b) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all current consultant or other service provider of each member of the Company Group. (c) Section 3.20(c) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the names of all employees and consultants or other service providers terminated by any member of the Company Group since January 1, 2018, together with (i) the date of each employee’s termination and (ii) any severance or other payments owed to such employees, consultants or other service providers. (d) The employment of each of the current employees of each member of the Company Group is terminable by such member of the Company Group at will. Seller has made available to Brooklyn accurate and complete copies of all employee manuals and handbooks, disclosure materials, policy statements and other materials relating to the employment of the employees of each member of the Company Group. (e) To the Knowledge of Seller, (i) no allegations of sexual harassment or misconduct in the course of being employed by, or providing services to, any member of the Company Group have been made against (A) any current or former officer or director of a member of the Company Group or (B) any other service provider to the Company Group who, directly or indirectly, supervises any other service provider to the Company Group, and (ii) no member of the company Group has entered into any settlement agreement or conducted any investigation related to allegations of sexual harassment or sexual misconduct by or regarding any employee or other representative of a member of the Company Group. (f) Section 3.20(f) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth all Employee Plans t...
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Employment Matters; Benefit Plans. (a) Seller neither is nor has been (i) a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement, trade union agreement, works council agreement or other similar agreement (including any such agreement applicable on a national and/or industry-wide basis) (each of the foregoing, a “Labor Contract”), (ii) subject to a legal duty to bargain with, or in recognition of, any labor union, works council, trade union or similar employee representative group (each, an “Employee Representative”); (iii) the object of any attempt to organize or obtain recognition with respect to its employees for collective bargaining purposes or representation by any Employee Representative, or presently operating under an expired Labor Contract; or (iv) party to or subject to any actual or, to the knowledge of Seller, threatened, organizing activity, strike, work stoppage, picketing, boycott or similar activity. (b) Neither Seller nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors, maintains, contributes to, or has any Liability with respect to (or has, within the past six (6) years, sponsored, maintained, contributed to or had any Liability with respect to) any (i) single employer pension plan that is subject to Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or (ii) any “multiemployer plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA), in each case, for the benefit of any Business employee. Seller has no Liability in respect of, or obligation to provide, post-employment or post-retirement health, medical, or life insurance benefits, whether under a Benefit Plan or otherwise, to any Business employee, except as required under Section 4980B of the Code or any similar applicable Law. (c) Seller has no liability with respect to a plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA that could become a liability of Purchaser or any of its Affiliates. There are no participant loans of any Business employee outstanding under the Seller’s tax-qualified employee savings plan(s) maintained in the U.S. which will become payable as a result of or in connection with the consummation of transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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Employment Matters; Benefit Plans. For purpose of this Section 7.02 and any indemnification obligations of the Shareholders related to this Section 7.02, EMM is deemed to be a “Company.” (a) Effective at 11:59:59 pm Cleveland, Ohio time on the day before the Closing Date (the “Employee Termination Time”), the Shareholders shall cause the Companies to terminate the employment of all of the Employees, with the Shareholders and the Companies remaining responsible for the payment of all obligations to the Employees accrued through the Employee Termination Time, other than any WARN Act Liabilities arising out of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the COBRA obligations to the M&A Qualified Beneficiaries as set forth in Section 7.02(f). (b) The New Operator shall make employment offers to not less than 67% of the Employees as of the Effective Time, and to all of the Employees covered by the Collective Bargaining Agreement. All Employees who accept employment with the New Operator are referred to in this Agreement as the “Hired Employees”. Other than as set forth in this Agreement, the New Operator may establish the wages, rates, and terms and conditions of employment for the Hired Employees. The Shareholders and the Companies shall not advise or represent to the Employees what wage rates and terms and conditions of employment that the New Operator will be offering them; provided, however, that the New Operator may advise the Employees that if the New Operator hires them, the New Operator will honor any paid vacation time off and sick day benefits which are earned but unused as of the Closing Date. The Companies shall pay, on or before the 10th Business Day after the Closing Date, to the New Operator an amount equal to the aggregate accrued, unused paid vacation time for Hired Employees and the portion of paid vacation time that the Hired Employees have by the Closing Date accumulated toward their next annual allotment of paid vacation time (such aggregate amount, the “Paid Time Off Liability”). The Paid Time Off Liability shall be reflected on the Closing Date Balance Sheet as finally determined to the extent not paid directly by the Companies to the New Operator on or before the Closing Date. If, for any reason during the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the 18 month “anniversary” of the Closing Date, the New Operator does not actually incur any portion of the Paid Time Off Liability, then the New Operator shall refund the full amount of such...
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Employment Matters; Benefit Plans. (a) Section 4.11(a) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth each Applicable Employee, along with such individual’s position and compensation. Seller (i) has paid in full to, or accrued on behalf of all of, the Transferred Employees all wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, fees and other compensation for all labor or services rendered, and all vacation pay, sick pay, severance pay and other amounts promised to the extent required by Law or its existing policies or practices, and (ii) is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws with regard to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions, and wages and hours and other compensation matters. No Person has asserted that Seller is liable in any amount for any arrearages in wages or employment taxes or for any penalties for failure to comply with any of the foregoing that remains unresolved. There is no Action by any Person pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened against Seller (or its employees), involving employment discrimination, harassment, wrongful discharge or similar claims relating to any of the Transferred Employees. Seller is not a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement with any of the Transferred Employees, any labor union or any other collective bargaining unit or organization, in each case, with respect to the Transferred Employees. There is no pending or, to Seller’s Knowledge, threatened labor dispute, work stoppage or strike involving any of the Transferred Employees, or any pending or, to Seller’s Knowledge, threatened proceeding in which it is asserted that Seller has committed an unfair labor practice with respect to the Transferred Employees, and, to Seller’s Knowledge, there is no activity involving any of the Transferred Employees seeking to certify a collective bargaining unit or engaging in any other labor organization activity. (b) Seller has delivered or made available to Buyer a true and complete copy of Seller’s existing employee handbook(s) and all material policies on employment with Seller that apply to the Applicable Employees (collectively with the handbooks, the “Employment Policies”). Except as disclosed in the Employment Policies or Section 4.12(b) of the Disclosure Schedules, Seller has no material obligation, contingent or otherwise, to any such employee under any employment, bonus, service or consulting contract or agreement, or legally binding commitment, undertaking, understanding, plan, program, policy or ar...
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Employment Matters; Benefit Plans. For purposes of Section 4.09 of the Agreement, it is acknowledged and agreed that the term “Purchaser” specifically includes Purchaser and any subsidiary of Purchaser that is purchasing any of the Assets pursuant the Agreement (including without limitation RADS Hospitality).
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  • Employee Matters; Benefit Plans (a) Subject to applicable Legal Requirements, the employment of each of the Company’s employees is terminable by the Company at will. The Company is not a party to, nor 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 of the Company, seeking to represent any employees of the Company. Since January 1, 2019, there has not been any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, material labor dispute or any union organizing activity, or any threat thereof, in each case, involving any of the Company’s employees. There is not now pending, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no Person has threatened in writing to commence, any such strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, material labor dispute or union organizing activity or any similar activity or dispute. (b) Since January 1, 2019, there has been no material Legal Proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing relating to the employment or engagement of any Company Associate. Since January 1, 2019, the Company has complied with all applicable Legal Requirements related to employment, including employment practices, payment of wages and hours of work, leaves of absence, plant closing notification, privacy rights, labor dispute, workplace safety, retaliation, immigration, and discrimination matters, except any lack of compliance which has not had and would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. (c) Section 3.16(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list of each Employee Plan. 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 Employee Plan, accurate and complete copies of the following, as relevant: (i) all plan documents and all amendments thereto, and all related trust, insurance or other funding documents, and all amendments thereto; (ii) the most recent determination letter or opinion letter received from the IRS; (iii) for the three most recent plan years, (A) the annual actuarial or other valuation reports, (B) the IRS Form 5500 and all schedules thereto and (C) audited financial statements; (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; and (vi) any material non-routine communications with any Governmental Body regarding any Employee Plan. (d) Neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has at any time sponsored, maintained, contributed to, or been required to contribute to, or had any liability in respect of, (i) an “employee pension benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA, Code Section 412 or Section 302 of ERISA, including any “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001 of ERISA. No Employee Plan is a (i) a “multiple employer plan” as defined in Section 413(c) of the Code, or (ii) a “multiple employer welfare arrangement” within the meaning of Section 3(40) of ERISA. (e) Each Employee Plan 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 Employee Plan is now and has been operated, maintained, and administered in compliance in all material respects with its terms and all applicable Legal Requirements, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code. No non-exempt “prohibited transaction” (within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the code) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect 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) at the participant’s sole expense, 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 Company Associate. (g) Since January 1, 2019, all individuals who perform or have performed services for the Company have been properly classified under applicable law as (i) employees or independent contractors and (ii) for employees, as an “exempt” employee or a “non-exempt” employee (within the meaning of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and applicable state laws), and no such individual has been improperly included or excluded from any Employee Plan, except for misclassifications, non-compliance or exclusions which would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and the Company has not received notice of any pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened inquiry or audit from any Governmental Body concerning such classifications. (h) The Company maintains no obligations to gross-up or reimburse any individual for any tax or related interest or penalties incurred by such individual under Sections 409A or 4999 of the Code. (i) Each “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” maintained by the Company has been at all times in material documentary and operational compliance with the requirements of Code Section 409A and the guidance provided thereunder. (j) The consummation of the Transactions (including in combination with other events or circumstances) will not (i) result in any payment or benefit becoming due to any Company Associate or under any Employee Plan, (ii) increase any amount of compensation or benefits otherwise payable to any Company Associate or under any Employee Plan, (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment, funding or vesting of any benefits to any current or former employee, contractor or director of the Company or under any Employee Plan, (iv) limit the right to modify, amend or terminate any Employee Plan (except any limitations imposed by applicable Legal Requirements, if any). (k) The consummation of the Transactions (including in combination with other events or circumstances) will not result in the payment of any amount that could, individually or in combination with any other payment or benefit, constitute an “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, result in the payment of an excise tax by any Person under Section 4999 of the Code or any amount that would not be deductible under Section 280G of the Code. (l) With respect to any Employee Plan, (i) no Legal Proceeding (other than routine claims for benefits in the ordinary course) are pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against any Employee Plan, the assets of any of the trusts under such plans or the plan sponsor or administrator, or against any fiduciary of any Employee Plan with respect to the operation thereof, and (ii) no facts or circumstances exist that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any such Legal Proceeding.

  • Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans (a) Except as set forth in Part 3.15(a) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, the employment of each of the Parent Entities’ employees is terminable by the applicable Parent Entity at will. None of the Parent Entities is a party to, or has a duty to bargain for, 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 Parent, seeking to represent any employees of any of the Parent Entities. (b) There is no claim or grievance pending or, to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened relating to any employment Contract, wages and hours, leave of absence, plant closing notification, employment statute or regulation, work rule (together with all policies and supplements related thereto), privacy right, labor dispute, safety, retaliation, immigration or discrimination matters involving any Parent Associate, including charges of unfair labor practices or harassment complaints. (c) Parent has delivered or made available to the Company an accurate and complete list, by country and as of the date hereof, of: (i) each Parent Employee Plan; (ii) each Parent Employee Agreement; and (iii) all work rules (together with all policies and supplements related thereto) and employee manuals and handbooks relating to employees of any Parent Entity. (d) Each of the Parent Entities and Parent Affiliates has performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under each Parent Employee Plan, and each Parent Employee Plan has been established and maintained in all material respects in accordance with its terms and applicable Legal Requirements. Each Parent Employee Plan intended to be Tax qualified under applicable Legal Requirements is so Tax qualified, and no event has occurred and no circumstance or condition exists that could reasonably be expected to result in the disqualification of any such Parent Employee Plan. (e) None of the Parent Entities, and no Parent Affiliate, has ever maintained, established, sponsored, participated in or contributed to any: (i) Parent Pension Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA; (ii) “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section (3)(37) of ERISA; or (iii) plan described in Section 413 of the Code. None of the Parent Entities, and no Parent Affiliate, maintains, sponsors or contributes to any Parent Employee Plan that is an employee welfare benefit plan (as such term is defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) and that is, in whole or in part, self-funded or self-insured. (f) Neither the execution of this Agreement nor the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions will or could reasonably be expected to (either alone or upon the occurrence of termination of employment) constitute an event under any Parent Employee Plan, Parent Employee Agreement, trust or loan that will or may result (either alone or in connection with any other circumstance or event) in any payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise), acceleration, forgiveness of indebtedness, vesting, distribution, increase in benefits or obligation to fund benefits with respect to any Parent Associate. (g) Except as set forth in Part 3.15(g) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, each of the Parent Entities and Parent Affiliates: (i) is, and at all times has been, in compliance in all material respects with any Order or arbitration award of any court, arbitrator or any Governmental Body respecting employment, employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, wages, hours or other labor related matters; (ii) has withheld and reported all amounts required by applicable Legal Requirements or by Contract to be withheld and reported with respect to wages, salaries and other payments to Parent Associates; (iii) is not liable for any arrears of wages or any Taxes with respect thereto or any interest or penalty for failure to comply with the Legal Requirements applicable of the foregoing; and (iv) is not liable for any payment to any trust or other fund governed by or maintained by or on behalf of any Governmental Body with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security, social charges or other benefits or obligations for Parent Associates (other than routine payments to be made in the normal course of business and consistent with past practice). (h) There is no agreement, plan, arrangement or other Contract covering any Parent Associate, and no payments have been made to any Parent Associate, that, in connection with the Merger, considered individually or considered collectively with any other such Contracts or payments, will, or could reasonably be expected to, be characterized as a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code or give rise directly or indirectly to the payment of any amount that would not be deductible pursuant to Section 162(m) of the Code (or any comparable provision under state or foreign Tax laws). No Parent Entity is a party to or has any obligation under any Contract to compensate any Person for excise Taxes payable pursuant to Section 4999 of the Code or for additional Taxes payable pursuant to Section 409A of the Code.

  • Employee Matters and Benefit Plans (a) Section 6.17(a) of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter contains an accurate and complete list of each Employee Agreement and Employee Plan of HealthAxis (including for each such plan a description of any of the benefits of which will be increased, or the vesting of benefits of which will be accelerated, by the occurrence of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement of the value of any of the benefits of which will be calculated on the basis of any transactions contemplated by this Agreement). Except as set forth in Section 6.17(a) of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter, neither HealthAxis nor any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries or Affiliates has any announced plan or commitment, whether legally binding or not, to establish any new Employee Plan or Employee Agreement, to modify any Employee Plan or Employee Agreement (except to the extent required by law or to conform any such Employee Plan or Employee Agreement to the requirements of any applicable law, in each case as previously disclosed to BPOMS in writing, or as required by this Agreement), or to enter into any Employee Plan or Employee Agreement, nor does it have any intention or commitment to do any of the foregoing. (b) HealthAxis has provided or made available to BPOMS correct and complete copies of all material documents embodying or relating to each HealthAxis Employee Plan and Employee Agreement including: (i) all amendments thereto; (ii) the most recent annual actuarial valuations, if any, prepared for each HealthAxis Employee Plan; (iii) the three most recent annual reports (Series 5500 and all schedules thereto), if any, required under ERISA or the Code in connection with each HealthAxis Employee Plan or related trust; (iv) if the HealthAxis Employee Plan is funded, the most recent annual and periodic accounting of Employee Plan assets; (v) the most recent summary plan description together with the most recent summary of material modifications, if any, required under ERISA with respect to each HealthAxis Employee Plan; (vi) all IRS determination letters and rulings relating to HealthAxis Employee Plans and copies of all applications and correspondence to or from the IRS or DOL with respect to any HealthAxis Employee Plan; and (vii) all communications material to any Employee or Employees relating to any HealthAxis Employee Plan and any proposed HealthAxis Employee Plans, in each case, relating to any amendments, terminations, establishments, increases or decreases in benefits, acceleration of payments or vesting schedules or other events which would result in any material liability to HealthAxis or any HealthAxis Subsidiary. (i) Except as set forth in Section 6.l7(c) of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter, HealthAxis and each of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries and Affiliates has performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by them under each HealthAxis Employee Plan, and each HealthAxis Employee Plan has been established and maintained in all material respects in accordance with its terms and in compliance with all applicable laws, statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code; (ii) no “prohibited transaction,” within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA for which no class or statutory exemption is available, has occurred with respect to any HealthAxis Employee Plan; (iii) there are no material actions, suits or claims pending or, to the knowledge of HealthAxis, threatened or anticipated (other than routine claims for benefits) against any HealthAxis Employee Plan or against the assets of any HealthAxis Employee Plan; (iv) such HealthAxis Employee Plan can be amended, terminated or otherwise discontinued after the Effective Time in accordance with its terms, without material liability to HealthAxis or any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries or any of its Affiliates (other than ordinary administration expenses typically incurred in a termination event); (v) there are no audits, inquiries or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of HealthAxis, threatened by the IRS or DOL with respect to any HealthAxis Employee Plan; (vi) neither HealthAxis nor any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries is subject to any penalty or tax with respect to any HealthAxis Employee Plan under Section 402(i) of ERISA or Section 4975 through 4980 of the Code; and (vii) all contributions, including any top heavy contributions, required to be made prior to the Closing by HealthAxis or any Affiliate to any Employee Plan have been made or shall be made on or before the Closing Date. (d) Neither HealthAxis nor any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries or Affiliates currently maintain, sponsor, participate in or contribute to, nor have they ever maintained, established, sponsored, participated in, or contributed to, any Pension Plan which is subject to Part 3 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA, Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code. (e) At no time has HealthAxis or any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries or Affiliates contributed to or been requested or obligated to contribute to any Multiemployer Plan. (f) Except as set forth in Section 6.17(f) of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter or as required by local, state or federal law, no Employee Plan or any Employment Agreement to which HealthAxis is a party provides, or is required to provide, life insurance, medical or other employee benefits to any Employee upon his or her retirement or termination of employment for any reason, and HealthAxis and each of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries has never represented, promised or contracted (whether in oral or written form) to any Employee (either individually or to Employees as a group) that such Employee(s) would be provided with life insurance, medical or other employee welfare benefits upon their retirement or termination of employment. (g) The execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (either alone or upon the occurrence of any additional or subsequent events) constitute an event under any HealthAxis Employee Plan, Employee Agreement, trust or loan that will or may result in any payment (whether of severance payor otherwise), acceleration, forgiveness of indebtedness, vesting, distribution, increase in benefits or obligation to fund benefits with respect to any HealthAxis Employee, except as set forth in Section 6.17(g) of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter. (h) Except as set forth in Section 6.17(h) of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter, HealthAxis and each of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries (i) is in compliance in all respects with all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations respecting employment, employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours; in each case, with respect to Employees except as would not have an HealthAxis Material Adverse Effect; (ii) has withheld all amounts required by law or by agreement to be withheld from the wages, salaries, and other payments to Employees; (iii) is not liable for any arrears of wages or any taxes or any penalty for failure to comply with any of the foregoing; and (iv) is not liable for any payment to any trust or other fund or to any governmental or administrative authority, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security or other benefits or obligations for Employees (other than routine payments to be made in the normal course of business and consistent with past practice). (i) No work stoppage or labor strike against HealthAxis or any HealthAxis Subsidiary is pending or, to the knowledge of HealthAxis, threatened. Neither HealthAxis nor any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries is involved in or, to the knowledge of HealthAxis, threatened with, any labor dispute, grievance, administrative proceeding or litigation relating to labor, safety, employment practices or discrimination matters involving any Employee, including, without limitation, charges of unfair labor practices or discrimination complaints, which, if adversely determined, would, individually or in the aggregate, have a HealthAxis Material Adverse Effect. Neither HealthAxis nor any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries has engaged in any unfair labor practices within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act which would, individually or in the aggregate, directly or indirectly have a HealthAxis Material Adverse Effect. Neither HealthAxis nor any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries or Affiliates has ever been a party to any agreement with any labor organization or union, and none of the HealthAxis Employees are represented by any labor organization or union, nor have any HealthAxis Employees threatened to organize or join a union or filed a petition for representation with the National Labor Relations Board. (j) There are no (i) bonus or severance payments that could be payable to Employees of HealthAxis under existing Employee Agreements or Employee Plans on account of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (without regard to termination of employment), or (ii) severance obligations that could be payable to Employees of HealthAxis under existing Employee Agreements and Employee Plans on account of terminations of employment following the Effective Time, except as disclosed in Schedule 6.17(j) of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter. (k) The employment agreements contemplated by Section 8.1(d) of this Agreement and the addition to shares of the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (or a new plan) contemplated by Section 2.2(a)(viii) of this Agreement shall in all respects be excepted from the representations set forth in this Section 6.17.

  • Employees; Benefit Plans (a) During the period commencing at the Effective Time and ending on the date which is FIVE (“5”) months from the Effective Time (or if earlier, the date of the employee's termination of employment with Parent and its Subsidiaries), Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation and each of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, to provide the employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries who remain employed immediately after the Effective Time (collectively, the "Company Continuing Employees") with base salary, target bonus opportunities (excluding equity-based compensation), and employee benefits that are, in the aggregate, no less favorable than the base salary, target bonus opportunities (excluding equity-based compensation), and employee benefits provided by the Company and its Subsidiaries on the date of this Agreement. (b) With respect to any "employee benefit plan" as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA maintained by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, excluding both any retiree healthcare plans or programs maintained by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries and any equity compensation arrangements maintained by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, "Parent Benefit Plans") in which any Company Continuing Employees will participate effective as of the Effective Time, Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, recognize all service of the Company Continuing Employees with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be as if such service were with Parent, for vesting and eligibility purposes (but not for (i) purposes of early retirement subsidies under any Parent Benefit Plan that is a defined benefit pension plan or (ii) benefit accrual purposes, except for vacation, if applicable) in any Parent Benefit Plan in which such Company Continuing Employees may be eligible to participate after the Effective Time; (iii) Continuing Company shall honor all consulting or advisory agreement previously entered into, or employment pending equity awards stock options or warrants to purchase equity based upon performance. provided, that such service shall not be recognized to the extent that (A) such recognition would result in a duplication of benefits or (B) such service was not recognized under the corresponding Company Employee Plan. (c) This Section 5.07 shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each of the parties to this Agreement, and nothing in this Section 5.07, express or implied, shall confer upon any other Person any rights or remedies of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Section 5.07. Nothing contained herein, express or implied (i) shall be construed to establish, amend or modify any benefit plan, program, agreement or arrangement or (ii) shall alter or limit the ability of the Surviving Corporation, Parent or any of their respective Affiliates to amend, modify or terminate any benefit plan, program, agreement or arrangement at any time assumed, established, sponsored or maintained by any of them. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the terms set forth in this Section 5.07 shall not create any right in any Company Employee or any other Person to any continued employment with the Surviving Corporation, Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries or compensation or benefits of any nature or kind whatsoever. (d) With respect to matters described in this Section 5.07, the Company will not send any written notices or other written communication materials to Company Employees without the prior written consent of Parent.

  • 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.

  • Executive Benefit Plans The Executive shall be entitled to participate in all plans or programs sponsored by the Company for employees in general, including without limitation, participation in any group health, medical reimbursement, or life insurance plans.

  • Employment and Employee Benefits Matters (a) Parent shall, and shall cause the Surviving Corporation and each of its other Subsidiaries to, for the period commencing at the Effective Time and ending December 31, 2019, maintain for each individual employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at the Effective Time (each, a “Current Employee”) (i) each of base compensation and a target annual cash incentive compensation opportunity at least as favorable as that provided to the Current Employee as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, (ii) benefits that are at least as favorable as the benefits maintained for and provided to the Current Employee as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and (iii) severance benefits that are at least as favorable as the severance benefits provided by the Company to the Current Employees as of immediately prior to the Effective Time to the extent set forth in Section 4.13(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule. (b) Parent shall, and shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, cause service rendered by Current Employees to the Company and its Subsidiaries, prior to the Effective Time to be taken into account for all purposes under employee benefit plans of Parent, the Surviving Corporation, and its Subsidiaries, to the same extent as such service was taken into account under the corresponding Company Plans immediately prior to the Effective Time for those purposes; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to the extent that its application would result in a duplication of benefits or the funding thereof with respect to the same period of service. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Parent shall not, and shall cause the Surviving Corporation to not, subject Current Employees to any eligibility requirements, waiting periods, actively-at-work requirements or pre-existing condition limitations under any employee benefit plan of Parent, the Surviving Corporation or its Subsidiaries for any condition for which they would have been entitled to coverage under the corresponding Company Plan in which they participated prior to the Effective Time. Parent shall, and shall cause the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries, to give such Current Employees credit under such employee benefit plans for any eligible expenses incurred by such Current Employees and their covered dependents under a Company Plan during the portion of the year prior to the Effective Time for purposes of satisfying all co-payment, co-insurance, deductibles, maximum out-of-pocket requirements, and other out-of-pocket expenses applicable to such Current Employees and their covered dependents in respect of the plan year in which the Effective Time occurs; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to the extent that its application would result in a duplication of benefits or the funding thereof with respect to the same period of service. (c) No provision of this Agreement (i) prohibits Parent or the Surviving Corporation from amending or terminating any individual Company Plan or any other employee benefit plan, (ii) confers upon any director, Current Employee or service provider of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof any right to continue in the employ or service of the Surviving Corporation, Parent or any Subsidiary or any Affiliate thereof for any period of time, or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Surviving Corporation, Parent or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof to discharge or terminate the services of any director, employee or individual service provider of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without cause, or (iii) constitutes the establishment or adoption of, or amendment to, any Company Plan or employee benefit plan. No Current Employee or any other individual employed by, or providing services to, the Company or its Subsidiaries has any third-party beneficiary or other rights with respect to this Agreement.

  • Termination of Employee Plans The Company shall have provided Parent with evidence, reasonably satisfactory to Parent, as to the termination of the benefit plans referred to in Section 5.12.

  • Compensation and Benefit Plans 3.01. For all services rendered by the Executive to the Company in any capacity during the Period of Employment and any subsequent period of employment prior to the Involuntary Termination of Executive, including, without limitation, services as an executive officer, director or member of any committee of Mykrolis or of any subsidiary, division or affiliate thereof, the Executive shall be paid: (a) base compensation equal to the salary he is receiving immediately prior to the beginning of the Period of Employment, payable not less often than monthly. (b) the executive shall continue to be a participant in the Mykrolis Incentive Plan, and its 2001 Equity Incentive Plan as in effect immediately prior to the beginning of the Period of Employment, and any and all other incentive plans in which key employees of the Company participate that are in effect. (c) the Executive, his dependents and beneficiaries shall be entitled to all payments and benefits and service credit for benefits during the Period of Employment to which officers of Mykrolis, their dependents and beneficiaries are entitled immediately prior to the beginning of the Period of Employment under the terms of the then effective employee plans and practices of Mykrolis. 3.02. For the two year period commencing immediately after the Period of Employment, the Executive and his family shall be entitled to and receive all medical, dental and life insurance benefits to which they had been entitled immediately prior to the beginning of the Period of Employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the relevant Company plans or policies preclude the provision of the benefits outlined above to Executive following his/her termination from the Company, the Company shall, at its option, separately provide Executive with substantially equivalent benefits at the Company’s expense or provide Executive with a lump sum cash payment approximating, in the good faith judgment of the Board, the value of such benefits. 3.03. In consideration of the benefits provided under this Agreement, Executive expressly waives the application to Executive of the provisions of Section 7(a) of the 2001 Equity Incentive Plan and of Subsection 7.7.3 of the 2003 Employment Inducement and Acquisition Stock Option Plan relating to the acceleration of stock option and restricted stock awards and agrees that the provisions of Section 4.03 of this Agreement shall supersede such provisions.

  • Welfare Benefit Plans During the Employment Period, the Executive and/or the Executive's family, as the case may be, shall be eligible for participation in and shall receive all benefits under welfare benefit plans, practices, policies and programs provided by the Company and its affiliated companies (including, without limitation, medical, prescription, dental, disability, employee life, group life, accidental death and travel accident insurance plans and programs) to the extent applicable generally to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies, but in no event shall such plans, practices, policies and programs provide the Executive with benefits which are less favorable, in the aggregate, than the most favorable of such plans, practices, policies and programs in effect for the Executive at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, those provided generally at any time after the Effective Date to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies.

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