Gross Settlement Amount Except as otherwise provided by Paragraph 9 below, Defendant promises to pay $750,000.00 and no more as the Gross Settlement Amount and to separately pay any and all employer payroll taxes owed on the Wage Portions of the Individual Class Payments. Defendant has no obligation to pay the Gross Settlement Amount (or any payroll taxes) prior to the deadline stated in Paragraph 6.1 of this Agreement. The Administrator will disburse the entire Gross Settlement Amount without asking or requiring Participating Class Members or Aggrieved Employees to submit any claim as a condition of payment. None of the Gross Settlement Amount will revert to Defendant.
Payments from the Gross Settlement Amount The Administrator will make and deduct the following payments from the Gross Settlement Amount, in the amounts specified by the Court in the Final Approval:
Funding of Gross Settlement Amount Defendant shall fully fund the Gross Settlement Amount, and also fund the amounts necessary to fully pay Defendant’s share of payroll taxes by transmitting the funds to the Administrator no later than 14 days after the Effective Date.
THE SETTLEMENT CONSIDERATION 8. In consideration of the settlement of the Released Plaintiffs’ Claims against Defendants and the other Defendants’ Releasees, Defendants shall cause to be paid the Settlement Amount into the Escrow Account no later than fifteen (15) business days after the later of: (a) the date of entry by the Court of an order preliminarily approving this Settlement; or