Hospira ARP During the Transition Period. During the Transition Period (and thereafter to the extent required by applicable law), the Hospira ARP shall provide that:
Hospira ARP During the Transition Period. During the Transition Period (and thereafter to the extent required by applicable law), the Hospira ARP shall provide that: (i) U.S. Transferred Employees shall (A) be eligible to participate in the Hospira ARP to the extent they were eligible to participate in the Abbott ARP as of the Distribution Date, and (B) receive credit for vesting, eligibility and benefit service for all service credited for those purposes under the Abbott ARP as of the Distribution Date as if that service had been rendered to Hospira; (ii) the compensation paid by the Abbott Group to all U.S. Transferred Employees which is recognized under the Abbott ARP as of the Distribution Date shall be credited and recognized for all applicable purposes under the Hospira ARP as though it were compensation from the Hospira Group; (iii) subject to applicable law, the accrued benefit of each U.S. Transferred Employee under the Abbott ARP as of the Distribution Date shall be paid under the Hospira ARP at the time and in a form that would have been permitted under the Abbott ARP as in effect as of the Distribution Date, with employment by the Abbott Group prior to the Distribution Date treated as employment by the Hospira Group under the Hospira ARP for purposes of determining eligibility for optional forms of benefit, early retirement benefits, or other benefit forms; (iv) to the extent required by Section 411(d)(6) of the Code, any accrued benefit, early retirement benefit, retirement-type subsidy, or optional form of benefit provided under the Abbott ARP during the Transition Period shall be provided by the Hospira ARP with respect to each U.S. Transferred Employee's accrued benefit as of the Distribution Date and service with the Abbott Group (prior to the Distribution Date) and the Hospira Group during the Transition Period shall be recognized for purposes of determining eligibility to elect or to receive those benefits; (v) all beneficiary designations in effect under the Abbott ARP as of the Distribution Date shall remain in effect after the Distribution Date under the Hospira ARP as if made under the Hospira 17 <Page> ARP unless those designations are subsequently changed in accordance with the Hospira ARP; and (vi) the Hospira ARP shall assume and honor the terms of all QDROs in effect under the Abbott ARP as of the Distribution Date with respect to U.S. Transferred Employees. (f)
