Miscellaneous Terms and Actions; Tax Reporting and Withholding. (a) From and after the Distribution Date, for purposes of any SpinCo Awards received by any Parent Participant, Parent Director or Dual Director pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03, (i) such Parent Participant’s, Parent Director’s or Dual Director’s employment with or service to the Parent Group shall be treated as employment with and service to the SpinCo Group (including with respect to any deferral elections) and shall count towards satisfying any applicable service-based vesting requirements applicable to any such SpinCo Awards and (ii) any reference to “cause”, “good reason”, “disability”, “willful” or other similar terms applicable to such SpinCo Awards shall be deemed to refer to the definitions of “cause”, “good reason”, “disability”, “willful” or other similar terms set forth in the Parent Equity Plan (or, if applicable, in such Parent Participant’s individual employment or similar agreement with a member of the Parent Group). From and after the Distribution Date, for purposes of any Adjusted Parent Awards received by any SpinCo Participant , SpinCo Director or Dual Director pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03, as applicable, (A) such SpinCo Participant’s, SpinCo Director’s or Dual Director’s employment with or service to the SpinCo Group shall be treated as employment with and service to the Parent Group (including with respect to any deferral elections) and shall count towards satisfying any applicable service-based vesting requirements applicable to any such Adjusted Parent Awards and (B) any reference to “cause”, “good reason”, “disability”, “willful” or other similar terms applicable to such Adjusted Parent Awards shall be deemed to refer to the definitions of “cause”, “good reason”, “disability”, “willful” or other similar terms set forth in the SpinCo Equity Plan (or, if applicable, in such SpinCo Participant’s individual employment or similar agreement with a member of the SpinCo Group). From and after the Distribution Date, for purposes of any SpinCo Awards received by any SpinCo Participant, SpinCo Director or Dual Director pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, such SpinCo Participant’s, SpinCo Director’s or Dual Director’s continued service with any member of the SpinCo Group (and, for the avoidance of doubt, in the case of any Dual Director, with any member of the Parent Group) on and following the Distribution Date shall count towards satisfying any applicable service-based vesting requirements applicable to any such SpinCo Awards (and, in accordance with Section 8.06(c) below, the Distribution shall not be deemed a termination of employment or service for purposes of such SpinCo Awards). The foregoing provisions of this Section 8.06(a) shall apply to the applicable Adjusted Parent Awards and SpinCo Awards, in each case to the extent that such provisions do not result in adverse tax consequences under Section 409A of the Code.
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Samples: Employee Matters Agreement (Bausch Health Companies Inc.), Employee Matters Agreement (Bausch & Lomb Corp)
Miscellaneous Terms and Actions; Tax Reporting and Withholding. (a) From and after the Distribution Date, for purposes of any SpinCo Awards received by any Parent Participant, Parent Director or Dual Director pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03, (i) such Parent Participant’s, Parent Director’s or Dual Director’s employment with or service to the Parent Group shall be treated as employment with and service to the SpinCo Group (including with respect to any deferral elections) and shall count towards satisfying any applicable service-based vesting requirements applicable to any such SpinCo Awards and (ii) any reference to “cause”, “good reason”, “disability”, “willful” or other similar terms applicable to such SpinCo Awards shall be deemed to refer to the definitions of “cause”, “good reason”, “disability”, “willful” or other similar terms set forth in the Parent Equity Plan (or, if applicable, in such Parent Participant’s individual employment or similar agreement with a member of the Parent Group). From and after the Distribution Date, for purposes of any Adjusted Parent Awards received by any SpinCo Participant Participant, SpinCo Director or Dual Director pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03, as applicable, (A) such SpinCo Participant’s, SpinCo Director’s or Dual Director’s employment with or service to the SpinCo Group shall be treated as employment with and service to the Parent Group (including with respect to any deferral elections) and shall count towards satisfying any applicable service-based vesting requirements applicable to any such Adjusted Parent Awards and (B) any reference to “cause”, “good reason”, “disability”, “willful” or other similar terms applicable to such Adjusted Parent Awards shall be deemed to refer to the definitions of “cause”, “good reason”, “disability”, “willful” or other similar terms set forth in the SpinCo Equity Plan (or, if applicable, in such SpinCo Participant’s individual employment or similar agreement with a member of the SpinCo Group). From and after the Distribution Date, for purposes of any SpinCo Awards received by any SpinCo Participant, SpinCo Director or Dual Director pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, such SpinCo Participant’s, SpinCo Director’s or Dual Director’s continued service with any member of the SpinCo Group (and, for the avoidance of doubt, in the case of any Dual Director, with any member of the Parent Group) on and following the Distribution Date shall count towards satisfying any applicable service-based vesting requirements applicable to any such SpinCo Awards (and, in accordance with Section 8.06(c) below, the Distribution shall not be deemed a termination of employment or service for purposes of such SpinCo Awards). The foregoing provisions of this Section 8.06(a) shall apply to the applicable Adjusted Parent Awards and SpinCo Awards, in each case to the extent that such provisions do not result in adverse tax consequences under Section 409A of the Code.
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Samples: Employee Matters Agreement (Bausch & Lomb Corp), Employee Matters Agreement (Bausch Health Companies Inc.)