Establishment of SpinCo Pension Plan. Effective as of the Distribution Date, SpinCo shall, or shall have caused one or more members of the SpinCo Group to, establish a defined benefit pension plan and related trust to provide retirement benefits to SpinCo Participants who immediately prior to the Distribution Date were participants in, or entitled to present or future benefits (except as provided in Section 3.2(d) of this Agreement, whether or not vested) under, the RemainCo Pension Plan (such defined benefit pension plan, the “SpinCo Pension Plan” and such SpinCo Participants, the “SpinCo Pension Plan Participants”). SpinCo shall be responsible for taking all necessary, reasonable, and appropriate action to establish, maintain and administer the SpinCo Pension Plan so that it is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and that the related trust thereunder is exempt under Section 501(a) of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, until the Initial Cash Transfer Date, all benefits payable to SpinCo Pension Plan Participants (including benefits that have accrued under the SpinCo Pension Plan following the Distribution Date) shall be paid on behalf of the SpinCo Pension Plan from the RemainCo Pension Trust, and following the Initial Cash Transfer Date, all benefits payable to SpinCo Pension Plan Participants (including benefits that have accrued under the RemainCo Pension Plan) shall be paid from the SpinCo Pension Trust. SpinCo (acting directly or through one or more members of the SpinCo Group) shall be responsible for any and all liabilities (including liability for funding) and other obligations with respect to the SpinCo Pension Plan.
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Samples: Employee Matters Agreement (Hillenbrand, Inc.), Employee Matters Agreement (Batesville Holdings, Inc.), Employee Matters Agreement (Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.)
Establishment of SpinCo Pension Plan. Effective as As of the Distribution Date, SpinCo shall, or shall have caused one or more members of the SpinCo Group to, establish in effect a defined benefit pension plan and related trust that is intended to provide retirement benefits to SpinCo Participants who immediately prior to the Distribution Date were participants in, or entitled to present or future benefits (except as provided in Section 3.2(d) of this Agreement, whether or not vested) under, the RemainCo Pension Plan (such defined benefit pension plan, the “SpinCo Pension Plan” and such SpinCo Participants, the “SpinCo Pension Plan Participants”). SpinCo shall be responsible for taking all necessary, reasonable, and appropriate action to establish, maintain and administer the SpinCo Pension Plan so that it is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code (the “SpinCo Pension Plan”) and that the a related trust thereunder that is intended to be exempt from tax under Section 501(a) of the Code. Notwithstanding Code (the foregoing, until the Initial Cash Transfer Date, all benefits payable to “SpinCo Pension Plan Participants Trust”). The SpinCo Pension Plan shall be established and maintained for the benefit of all Union Hourly SpinCo Employees. Without limiting the generality of Section 2.2 or Section 2.3, as of the Effective Time, (including i) each Union Hourly SpinCo Employee shall become a participant in the SpinCo Pension Plan and (ii) SpinCo shall assume all Liabilities and obligations of the Parent Entities for the benefits that have accrued by the Union Hourly SpinCo Employees in respect of service prior to the Effective Time under any benefit formula applicable to bargained hourly employees (such benefits, the “Accrued Union Hourly DB Benefits”) whether arising prior to, at or after the Effective Time; provided that, for the period between the Distribution Date and the Transfer Date (as defined below), Parent or any other applicable Parent Entity shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, continue to make benefit payments to Union Hourly SpinCo Employees from the Parent Pension Plans in respect of benefit payments under the SpinCo Pension Plan. The SpinCo Pension Plan following and the Distribution DateSpinCo Pension Plan Trust (and any successors to such plan and/or trust) shall be paid on behalf of provide that (A) with respect to assets transferred to the SpinCo Pension Plan from the RemainCo Parent Pension TrustPlans in accordance with Section 3.2(c), and following such assets shall be held by the Initial Cash Transfer Date, all benefits payable to SpinCo Pension Plan Participants (including benefits that have accrued under Trust for the RemainCo Pension Plan) shall be paid from the SpinCo Pension Trust. SpinCo (acting directly or through one or more members exclusive benefit of the SpinCo Group) shall be responsible for any and all liabilities (including liability for funding) and other obligations with respect to participants in the SpinCo Pension Plan, (B) the Accrued Union Hourly DB Benefits may not be decreased by amendment or otherwise and (C) at the time he or she otherwise would be eligible to receive a payment in respect of his or her Accrued Union Hourly DB Benefit, each Union Hourly SpinCo Employee shall have the right to elect to receive under the SpinCo Pension Plan his or her Accrued Union Hourly DB Benefit in any form such Union Hourly SpinCo Employee would have been permitted to elect under the Parent Pension Plan.
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Samples: Employee Matters Agreement (Ingevity Corp), Employee Matters Agreement (Ingevity Corp)