Controlled Group All trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control that, together with the Borrower, are treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or 414(c) of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA.
Controlled Entities The principal subsidiaries listed on Exhibit 21.1 of the Registration Statement shall be referred to hereinafter each as a “Controlled Entity” and collectively as “Controlled Entities.” To the Company’s knowledge, each Controlled Entity has been duly organized and is validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization (to the extent such concept exists in such jurisdiction), with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and, to the extent applicable, each Controlled Entity is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not be reasonably likely to result in any Material Adverse Change; the constitutive documents of each Controlled Entity comply with the requirements of applicable laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and are in full force and effect. Except as may not be required by applicable law, all of the issued and outstanding share capital of each Controlled Entity has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid (to the extent such concept exists or is applicable in such jurisdiction), and such share capital is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and Prospectus, free from liens, encumbrances and claims, except to the extent that such liens, encumbrances or claims would not result in a Material Adverse Change. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure and the Prospectus, (i) no Controlled Entities is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company (or the Company’s subsidiary that holds the outstanding equity interest of such Controlled Entity); and (ii) no Controlled Entity is prohibited, directly or indirectly, from making any other distribution on such Controlled Entity’s equity capital, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such Controlled Entity from the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries. To the Company’s knowledge, none of the Controlled Entities or any of their properties, assets or revenues are entitled to any right of immunity on the grounds of sovereignty from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from set-off or counterclaim, from the jurisdiction of any court, from services of process, from attachment prior to or in aid of execution of judgment, or from any other legal process or proceeding for the giving of any relief or for the enforcement of any judgment.
ERISA Affiliate Any Person which is treated as a single employer with the Borrower under §414 of the Code.
ERISA Compliance The Company and its subsidiaries and any “employee benefit plan” (as defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (collectively, “ERISA”)) established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or their “ERISA Affiliates” (as defined below) are in compliance in all material respects with ERISA. “ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, any member of any group of organizations described in Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the “Code”) of which the Company or such subsidiary is a member. No “reportable event” (as defined under ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates. No “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates, if such “employee benefit plan” were terminated, would have any “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (as defined under ERISA). Neither the Company, its subsidiaries nor any of their ERISA Affiliates has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “employee benefit plan” or (ii) Sections 412, 4971, 4975 or 4980B of the Code. Each employee benefit plan established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.
ERISA; Benefit Plans Schedule 2.25 accurately (i) lists each ERISA Pension Benefit Plan (A)(1) the funding requirements of which (under Section 301 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code) are, or at any time during the six-year period ending on the date hereof were, in whole or in part, the responsibility of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or (2) respecting which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is, or at any time during that period was, a "contributing sponsor" or an "employer" as defined in Sections 4001(a)(13) and 3(5), respectively, of ERISA (each plan described in this clause (A) being a "Company ERISA Pension Plan"), (B) each other ERISA Pension Benefit Plan respecting which an ERISA Affiliate is, or at any time during that period was, such a "contributing sponsor" or "employer" (each plan described in this clause (B) being an "ERISA Affiliate Pension Plan") and (C) each other ERISA Employee Benefit Plan that is being, or at any time during that period was, sponsored, maintained or contributed to by the Company or any Company Subsidiary (each plan described in this clause (C) and each Company ERISA Pension Plan being a "Company ERISA Benefit Plan"), (ii) states the termination date of each Company ERISA Benefit Plan and ERISA Affiliate Pension Plan that has been terminated and (iii) identifies for each ERISA Affiliate Pension Plan the relevant ERISA Affiliates. The Company has provided ARS with (i) true, complete and correct copies of (A) each Company ERISA Benefit Plan and ERISA Affiliate Pension Plan, (B) each trust agreement related thereto and (C) all amendments to those plans and trust agreements. Except as accurately set forth in Schedule 2.25, (i) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is, or at any time during the six-year period ended on the date hereof was, a member of any ERISA Group that currently includes, or included when the Company or a Company Subsidiary was a member, among its members any Person other than the Company and the Company Subsidiaries and (ii) no Person is an ERISA Affiliate of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (other than the Company or any Company Subsidiary in the case of any other Company Subsidiary or any Company Subsidiary in the case of the Company, if the Company and the Company Subsidiaries comprise an ERISA Group).
Employee Plan Compliance The Company has performed all material obligations required to be performed by it under each Company Employee Plan and each Company Employee Plan has been established and maintained in accordance with its terms and in compliance with all applicable Law, including ERISA and the Code. 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 so qualified and has either received a favorable determination letter or opinion letter from the IRS with respect to such Company Employee Plan as to its qualified status under the Code, including all amendments to the Code effected by the so called “GUST” and EGTRRA legislation, or has a period of time remaining under applicable Treasury regulations or IRS pronouncements in which to apply for and obtain such a letter. No non-exempt “prohibited transaction,” within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA, has occurred with respect to any Company Employee Plan. There are no actions, suits or claims pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Company Employee Plan or fiduciary thereto or against the assets of any Company Employee Plan. Each Company Employee Plan can be amended, terminated or otherwise discontinued after the Closing in accordance with its terms, without Liability to the Company, Parent, Acquisition Corp. or any of its ERISA Affiliates (other than ordinary administration expenses typically incurred in a termination event. There are no audits, inquiries or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the IRS or DOL or any other similar Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the Company with respect to any Company Employee Plan. All annual reports and other filings required by the DOL or the IRS or any other similar Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the Company have been timely made. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate is subject to any penalty or Tax with respect to any Company Employee Plan under Section 501(i) of ERISA or Section 4975 through 4980D of the Code or any similar Laws of other jurisdictions applicable to the Company and no Company Employee Plan is sponsored or maintained by any Person that is or was considered to be a co-employer with the Company.
ERISA Plans Any one or more of the following events occurs with respect to a Plan of the Borrower subject to Title IV of ERISA, provided such event or events could reasonably be expected, in the judgment of the Bank, to subject the Borrower to any tax, penalty or liability (or any combination of the foregoing) which, in the aggregate, could have a material adverse effect on the financial condition of the Borrower:
Plan Assets; Prohibited Transactions The Borrower is not an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101 of an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) which is subject to Title I of ERISA or any plan (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code), and neither the execution of this Agreement nor the making of Credit Extensions hereunder gives rise to a prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
No State-Law Partnership The Members intend that the Company not be a partnership (including, without limitation, a limited partnership) or joint venture, and that no Member be a partner or joint venturer of any other Member, for any purposes other than federal and, if applicable, state tax purposes, and this Agreement shall not be construed to suggest otherwise. The Members intend that the Company shall be treated as a partnership for federal and, if applicable, state income tax purposes, and each Member and the Company shall file all tax returns and shall otherwise take all tax and financial reporting positions in a manner consistent with such treatment.
ERISA Plan The Buyer is an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.