Fiduciaries of Employee Benefit Plan This Article does not apply to any Proceeding against any trustee, investment manager or other fiduciary of an employee benefit plan in that Person’s capacity as such, even though that Person may also be an Agent of the Trust as defined in Section 1 of this Article. Nothing contained in this Article shall limit any right to indemnification to which such a trustee, investment manager, or other fiduciary may be entitled by contract or otherwise which shall be enforceable to the extent permitted by applicable law other than this Article.
Employee Benefit Plans (a) (i) Section 5.9(a)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedules contains a list of each material “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)), including multiemployer plans within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA, and all stock purchase, stock option, severance, employment, change of control, bonus, incentive or deferred compensation, employee loan, collective bargaining, and each other material employee benefit plan, program or arrangement (whether or not subject to ERISA) under which any current or former employee, director or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, with respect to the SMS Business, has any right to benefits and which is contributed to, sponsored or maintained by the Seller Parties, SunGard Capital or any of their respective Subsidiaries or under which the Company Entities, whether directly or by reason of their affiliation with any ERISA Affiliate, has any material liability, in each case as of the date hereof (each, a “SunGard Benefit Plan”), and (ii) Section 5.9(a)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Schedules contains a list of each SunGard Benefit Plan that is solely sponsored by the Company or a Company Subsidiary as of the date hereof (each, a “Company Benefit Plan”).
(b) With respect to each Company Benefit Plan, SunGard Data has made available to the Purchaser Parties copies of the following, to the extent applicable: (i) the plan document and any related trust agreement, (ii) the most recent IRS determination letter, (iii) the most recent summary plan description, and (iv) for the most recent plan year, the IRS Form 5500.
(c) Each Company Benefit Plan has been maintained, funded and administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other applicable Laws. Each Company Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no event or circumstance has occurred or failed to occur that would reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such qualification. No condition exists that would reasonably be expected to subject the Company Entities, either directly or by reason of their affiliation with any member of their “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled group of organizations within the meaning of Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code), to any material tax, fine, lien or penalty or other material liability imposed by ERISA, the Code or other applicable laws, rules, and regulations in connection with any “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA). To the Knowledge of the Company, no nonexempt “prohibited transaction” (as such term is defined in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code) has occurred with respect to any SunGard Benefit Plan that would reasonably be expected to subject the Company Entities to any material liability. None of the Company Entities has incurred any current or projected material liability in respect of post-employment or post-retirement health, medical or life insurance benefits for any SMS Employee or former employee, director or consultant of the Company Entities, except as required to avoid an excise tax under Section 4980B of the Code or as may be required under any other applicable Law.
(d) Neither the Company Entities nor any of their ERISA Affiliates, sponsors, maintains or contributes to or has any obligation to contribute to, or at any time during the preceding six years, has sponsored, maintained or contributed to or had any obligation to contribute to, any retirement plan subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code (including a multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA) or any other defined benefit pension plan (a “Pension Plan”) and neither the Company Entities nor any of their ERISA Affiliates has any material liability under any Pension Plan that could reasonably be expected to become a liability of the Datatel Entities and their Affiliates.
(e) With respect to any Company Benefit Plan, (i) no actions, suits or claims (other than routine claims for benefits in the Ordinary Course of Business) are pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened that would result in a material Liability to the Company Entities, (ii) to the Knowledge of the Company, no facts or circumstances exist that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any such actions, suits or claims, and (iii) to the Knowledge of the Company, no administrative investigation, audit or other administrative proceeding by the Department of Labor, the IRS or any other Governmental Bodies are pending, in progress or threatened that, if adversely determined, individually or in the aggregate, have had or would reasonably be expected to have a Business Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement nor the consummation of the Transactions (whether alone or in connection with any other events(s)) will (i) accelerate the vesting or increase benefits or the amount payable under any SunGard Benefit Plan, (ii) cause any of the Company Entities to record additional compensation expense on its income statement with respect to any outstanding stock option or other equity-based award or (iii) result in payments under any of the SunGard Benefit Plans (1) which would not be deductible under Section 280G of the Code, or (2) which would result in any excise tax on any SMS Employee under Section 4999 of the Code or any other comparable Law.
(g) Except with respect to any employment agreement or other bilateral Contract with any current or former SMS Employee, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, each Company Benefit Plan is amendable and terminable unilaterally by the Company or its successor, at any time without liability to the Company (or its successor) and its Affiliates as a result thereof.
(h) This Section 5.9 and Section 5.4 represent the sole and exclusive representations and warranties of the Company regarding employee benefit matters.
Other Employee Benefit Plans During the Employment Period, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in all compensation, incentive, employee benefit, welfare and other plans, practices, policies and programs and fringe benefits on a basis no less favorable than that provided to any other executive officer of the Company.
Employee Benefit Plans and Compensation (a) For purposes of this Section 2.22, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
Employee Benefits Plans Schedule 7.14 hereto identifies as of the date hereof each ERISA Plan sponsored or maintained by a Company or BRJ Seller. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) no ERISA Event has occurred or is expected to occur with respect to an ERISA Plan; (b) payment has been made of all amounts which a Controlled Group member is required, under applicable law or under the governing documents, to have been paid as a contribution to or a benefit under each ERISA Plan; (c) the liability of each Controlled Group member with respect to each ERISA Plan has been fully funded based upon reasonable and proper actuarial assumptions, has been fully insured, or has been fully reserved for on its financial statements to the extent required by GAAP; and (d) to our knowledge, no changes have occurred or are expected to occur that would cause an increase in the cost of providing benefits under any ERISA Plan. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, with respect to each ERISA Plan that is intended to be qualified under Code Section 401(a): (i) there has been no non-compliance by the ERISA Plan and any associated trust with the applicable requirements of Code Section 401(a), (ii) the ERISA Plan and any associated trust have been amended to comply with all such requirements as currently in effect, other than those requirements for which a retroactive amendment can be made within the “remedial amendment period” available under Code Section 401(b) (as extended under Treasury Regulations and other Treasury pronouncements upon which taxpayers may rely), (iii) the ERISA Plan and any associated trust have received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service stating that the ERISA Plan qualifies under Code Section 401(a), that the associated trust qualifies under Code Section 501(a) and, if applicable, that any cash or deferred arrangement under the ERISA Plan qualifies under Code Section 401(k), unless the ERISA Plan was first adopted at a time for which the above-described “remedial amendment period” has not yet expired, (iv) the ERISA Plan currently satisfies the requirements of Code Section 410(b), without regard to any retroactive amendment that may be made within the above-described “remedial amendment period”, and (v) no contribution made to the ERISA Plan is subject to an excise tax under Code Section 4972. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, with respect to any Pension Plan, the “accumulated benefit obligation” of Controlled Group members with respect to the Pension Plan (as determined in accordance with Statement of Accounting Standards No. 87, “Employers’ Accounting for Pensions”) does not exceed the fair market value of Pension Plan assets. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Controlled Group Member has or has had in the past, an obligation to contribute to a Multiemployer Plan.
Employee Benefit Plans; ERISA (a) Except as previously disclosed to Parent and the Purchaser, (i) each "employee benefit plan" (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA")), and all other employee benefit, bonus, incentive, stock option (or other equity-based), severance, change in control, welfare (including post-retirement medical and life insurance) and fringe benefit plans (whether or not subject to ERISA) maintained or sponsored by the Company or its subsidiaries or any trade or business, whether or not incorporated, that would be deemed a "single employer" within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA (an "ERISA Affiliate"), for the benefit of any employee or former employee of the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates (the "Plans") is, and has been operated in accordance with its terms and in compliance (including the making of governmental filings) with all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the applicable provisions of the Code, except for failures that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (ii) each of the Plans intended to be "qualified" within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code has been determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be so qualified, (iii) no "reportable event," as such term is defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA (for which the 30-day notice requirement to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ("PBGC") has not been waived), has occurred with respect to any Plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA which presents a risk of liability to any governmental entity or other person which, individually or in the aggregate, would have a Company Material Adverse Effect, and (iv) there are no pending, or to the Company's knowledge threatened, claims (other than routine claims for benefits) by, on behalf of or against, any of the Plans or any trusts related thereto which would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect. No Plan is a "multiemployer plan" (within the meaning of ERISA) nor has the Company or any ERISA Affiliate ever contributed or been required to contribute to any multiemployer plan.
(i) No Plan has incurred an "accumulated fund deficiency" (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived and (ii) neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA except for required premium payments to the PBGC, which payments have been made when due, and no events have occurred which are reasonably likely to give rise to any liability of the Company or an ERISA Affiliate under Title IV of ERISA or which could reasonably be anticipated to result in any claims being made against Purchaser by the PBGC, in any such case, which presents a risk of liability which would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(c) With respect to each Plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA, (i) the Company has provided to Parent and the Purchaser copies of the most recent actuarial valuation report prepared for such Plan prior to the date hereof, (ii) the assets and liabilities in respect of the accrued benefits as set forth in the most recent actuarial valuation report prepared by the Plan's actuary fairly presented the funded status of such Plan in all material respects, and (iii) since the date of such valuation report there has been no adverse change in the funded status of any such Plan which would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has failed to make any contribution or payment to any Plan which has resulted or could result in the imposition of a lien or the posting of a bond or other security under ERISA or the Code which would have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Except as provided for in this Agreement or as disclosed in the Disclosure Letter, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not (i) entitle any current or former employee or officer of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate to severance pay, unemployment compensation or any other payment, or (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting or increase the amount of compensation due any such employee or officer.
Employee Benefit Plans and Programs During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be treated as an employee of the Association and shall be entitled to participate in and receive benefits under any and all qualified or non-qualified retirement, pension, savings, profit-sharing or stock bonus plans, any and all group life, health (including hospitalization, medical and major medical), dental, accident and long term disability insurance plans, and any other employee benefit and compensation plans (including, but not limited to, any incentive compensation plans or programs, stock option and appreciation rights plans and restricted stock plans) as may from time to time be maintained by, or cover employees of, the Association, in accordance with the terms and conditions of such employee benefit plans and programs and compensation plans and programs and consistent with the Association's customary practices.
Employee Benefit Arrangements (i) All liabilities under the Employee Benefit Arrangements are (A) funded to at least the minimum level required by Law or, if higher, to the level required by the terms governing the Employee Benefit Arrangements, (B) insured with a reputable insurance company, (C) provided for or recognized in the financial statements most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.01 hereof or (D) estimated in the formal notes to the financial statements most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.01 hereof, where such failure to fund, insure, provide for, recognize or estimate the liabilities arising under such arrangements could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) There are no circumstances which may give rise to a liability in relation to the Employee Benefit Arrangements which are not funded, insured, provided for, recognized or estimated in the manner described in clause (i) above and which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(iii) Each of Parent and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable Laws, trust documentation and contracts relating to the Employee Benefit Arrangements (including pursuant to any applicable procedures under applicable Law, as appropriate), except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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.
Employees; Employee Benefit Plans (a) Section 5.11(a) of the TD Banknorth Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list of each “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of ERISA, including multiemployer plans within the meaning of ERISA Section 3(37)), stock purchase, stock option, severance, employment, loan, change-in-control, fringe benefit, collective bargaining, bonus, incentive, deferred compensation and all other employee benefit plans, agreements, programs, policies or other arrangements, whether or not subject to ERISA (including any funding mechanism therefor now in effect or required in the future as a result of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise) under which any current or former employee, director or independent contractor of TD Banknorth or any of its Subsidiaries has any present or future right to benefits and under which TD Banknorth or any of its Subsidiaries has any present or future liability. All such plans, agreements, programs, policies and arrangements shall be collectively referred to as the “TD Banknorth Benefit Plans.”
(b) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on TD Banknorth, (i) each of the TD Banknorth Benefit Plans has been established and administered in accordance with its terms, and in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other applicable laws, rules and regulations; (ii) each TD Banknorth Benefit Plan which is intended to be qualified within the meaning of Code Section 401(a) has received a favorable determination letter as to its qualification, and nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, that would reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such qualification; (iii) no “reportable event” (as such term is defined in ERISA Section 4043), “prohibited transaction” (as such term is defined in ERISA Section 406 and Code Section 4975) or “accumulated funding deficiency” (as such term is defined in ERISA section 302 and Code Section 412 (whether or not waived)) has occurred with respect to any TD Banknorth Benefit Plan; (iv) except as set forth in Section 5.11(b) of the TD Banknorth Disclosure Schedule, no TD Banknorth Benefit Plan provides retiree welfare benefits and neither TD Banknorth nor any of its Subsidiaries have any obligation to provide any retiree welfare benefits other than as required by Section 4980B of the Code; and (v) neither TD Banknorth nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in, or is a successor or parent corporation to an entity that has engaged in, a transaction described in Sections 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.
(c) With respect to any TD Banknorth Benefit Plan, except as would not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on TD Banknorth, or as set forth in Section 5.11(c) of the TD Banknorth Disclosure Schedule, (i) no actions, suits or claims (other than routine claims for benefits in the ordinary course) are pending or, to the Knowledge of TD Banknorth or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened, (ii) no written communication has been received from the PBGC in respect of any TD Banknorth Benefit Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA concerning the funded status of any such plan or any transfer of assets and liabilities from any such plan in connection with the transactions contemplated herein and (iii) no administrative investigation, audit or other administrative proceeding by the Department of Labor, the PBGC, the Internal Revenue Service or other governmental agencies are pending, in progress (including any routine requests for information from the PBGC), or to the Knowledge of TD Banknorth, threatened.
(d) Except as set forth in Section 5.11(d) of the TD Banknorth Disclosure Schedule, none of the TD Banknorth Benefit Plans is a multiemployer plan (within the meaning of ERISA Section 4001(a)(3)), and none of TD Banknorth, its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate has any liability with respect to a multiemployer plan that remains unsatisfied.
