Common use of Plan Authority Clause in Contracts

Plan Authority. No Seller Employee Plans or assets of any Seller Employee Plans shall be transferred to Buyer or any Affiliate of Buyer. Nothing contained herein, express or implied, constitutes an amendment or modification to Seller Employee Plans or Seller policies, programs or arrangements. Nothing contained herein, express or implied, shall prohibit the parties or their Affiliates, as applicable, from adding, deleting or changing provider of benefits, changing, increasing or decreasing co-payments, deductibles or other requirements for coverage or benefits (e.g., utilization review or pre-certification requirements), and/or making other changes in the administration of or in the design, coverage and benefits provided to such Transferred Employees. Without reducing the obligations set forth in this Article III, no provision in this Employee Matters Agreement shall be construed as a limitation on the right of the parties or their Affiliates, as applicable, to suspend, amend, modify or terminate any employee benefit plan. Further, no provision of this Employee Matters Agreement shall be construed as limiting the parties’ or their Affiliates’, as applicable, discretion and authority to interpret their respective employee benefit and compensation plans, agreements, arrangements, and programs in accordance with their terms and applicable law.

Plan Authority. No Seller CCR Employee Plans or assets of any Seller CCR Employee Plans shall be transferred to Buyer CCBCC or any Affiliate of BuyerCCBCC. Nothing contained herein, express or implied, constitutes an amendment or modification to Seller CCR Employee Plans or Seller CCR policies, programs or arrangements. Nothing contained herein, express or implied, shall prohibit the parties or their Affiliates, as applicable, from adding, deleting or changing provider of benefits, changing, increasing or decreasing co-payments, deductibles or other requirements for coverage or benefits (e.g., utilization review or pre-certification requirements), and/or making other changes in the administration of or in the design, coverage and benefits provided to such Transferred Employees. Without reducing the obligations set forth in this Article III, no provision in this Employee Matters Agreement shall be construed as a limitation on the right of the parties or their Affiliates, as applicable, to suspend, amend, modify or terminate any employee benefit plan. Further, no provision of this Employee Matters Agreement shall be construed as limiting the parties’ or their Affiliates’, as applicable, discretion and authority to interpret their respective employee benefit and compensation plans, agreements, arrangements, and programs in accordance with their terms and applicable law.