Common use of Pension Benefits Clause in Contracts

Pension Benefits. Seller shall cause The Coca-Cola Company Pension Plan to fully vest the Nonrepresented Transferred Employees in their accrued benefit effective immediately prior to his or her termination of employment with Seller. In addition, Seller shall cause The Coca-Cola Company Pension Plan to provide an additional benefit accrual to each Nonrepresented Transferred Employee, as of the date immediately before such employee’s termination of employment with Seller, an amount equal to the difference between (i) the benefit accrual such employee would have received under The Coca-Cola Company Pension Plan if he or she had remained employed by Seller or its Affiliates from the date of his or her termination of employment with Seller until the second anniversary of the Closing Date, minus (ii) the excess (if any) between Buyer’s 401(k) matching formula and Seller’s 401(k) matching formula. Buyer and Seller will share the cost and expense of such full vesting and additional pension amount as mutually agreed by the parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any provision herein to the contrary, if Seller determines in good faith, that such additional benefit accrual under The Coca-Cola Company Pension Plan may cause the plan to violate Section 401(a) of the Code or is otherwise impermissible or inadvisable for any reason, Seller may, in its sole discretion, provide the amount set forth herein to the Nonrepresented Transferred Employees in a lump-sum cash payment, subject to applicable tax withholding.

Pension Benefits. Seller shall cause The Coca-Cola Company Pension Plan to fully vest the Nonrepresented Transferred Employees in their accrued benefit effective immediately prior to his or her termination of employment with Seller. In addition, Seller shall cause The Coca-Cola Company Pension Plan to provide an additional benefit accrual to each Nonrepresented Transferred Employee, as of the date immediately before such employee’s termination of employment with Seller, an amount equal to the difference between (i) the benefit accrual such employee would have received under The Coca-Cola Company Pension Plan if he or she had remained employed by Seller or its Affiliates from the date of his or her termination of employment with Seller until the second anniversary of the Closing Date, minus (ii) the excess (if any) between Buyer’s 401(k) matching formula and Seller’s 401(k) matching formula. Buyer and Seller will share the cost and expense of such full vesting and additional pension amount as mutually agreed by the parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any provision herein to the contrary, if Seller determines in good faith, that such additional benefit accrual under The Coca-Cola Company Pension Plan may cause the plan to violate Section 401(a) of the Code or is otherwise impermissible or inadvisable for any reason, Seller may, in its sole discretion, provide the amount set forth herein to the Nonrepresented Transferred Employees in a lump-sum cash payment, subject to applicable tax withholding.