Plans Generally. As soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement, the parties hereto shall enter into one or more agreements or memoranda of understanding (collectively, the "Foreign Plans Agreement") regarding the treatment and allocation of Liabilities relating to or arising under Benefit Plans (the "Foreign Plans") for Employees located outside the United States, including without limitation expatriates, and to expatriate employees located in the United States. The Foreign Plans Agreement shall provide for the treatment of each Foreign Plan, which treatment may include (without limitation) (i) the retention or assumption of such Foreign Plan by the Packco Group, (ii) the retention or assumption of such Foreign Plan by the New Grace Group, or (iii) an allocation of the liabilities and assets (if any) of the Foreign Plan between a Plan (which may include the Foreign Plan) that is intended to be maintained by the New Grace Group and a Plan (which may include the Foreign Plan) that is intended to be maintained by the Packco Group, after the Distribution Date; provided, that the insurance contracts funding each Insured Foreign Pension Plan (and any assets related thereto) shall be divided between the appropriate Packco Benefit Plan and New Grace Benefit Plan by the insurer in accordance with applicable law, regulation and practice. Any transfers of assets or liabilities from a Noninsured Foreign Pension Plan shall be made on the basis of reasonable methods and assumptions determined by the local actuarial firm that is, as of the date of this Agreement, serving as the actuary for such Noninsured Foreign Pension Plan (or another actuarial firm if the parties hereto so agree) (the "Local Actuary"), in accordance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements, local practice and the past practice of Grace; provided, that each of Grace, Grace-Conn. and New Grace shall be entitled to review such methods and assumptions and object to them if they are unreasonable, and to review all calculations and determinations of the Local Actuary for accuracy. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Packco Group will assume or retain Liabilities for Packco Employees under Foreign Plans and that to the extent permitted and practicable under legal and regulatory requirements and local practice, assets transferred from Noninsured Foreign Pension Plans pursuant to the Foreign Plans Agreement shall equal the Projected Benefit Obligation, calculated in accordance with FAS 87, for the liabilities assumed by Packco Benefit Plans pursuant to the Foreign Plans Agreement.
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Samples: Employee Benefits Allocation Agreement (W R Grace & Co), Employee Benefits Allocation Agreement (Sealed Air Corp), Employee Benefits Allocation Agreement (Sealed Air Corp/De)
Plans Generally. As soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement, the parties hereto here- to shall enter into one or more agreements or memoranda of understanding un- derstanding (collectively, the "Foreign Plans Agreement") regarding re- xxxxxxx the treatment and allocation of Liabilities relating to or arising under Benefit Plans (the "Foreign Plans") for Employees Em- ployees located outside the United States, including without limitation expatriates, and to expatriate employees located in the United States. The Foreign Plans Agreement shall provide for the treatment of each Foreign Plan, which treatment may include (without limitation) (i) the retention or assumption of such Foreign Plan by the Packco Group, (ii) the retention or assumption of such Foreign Plan by the New Grace Group, or (iii) an allocation of the liabilities and assets (if any) of the Foreign Plan between a Plan (which may include the Foreign Plan) that is intended to be maintained by the New Grace Group and a Plan (which may include the Foreign Plan) that is intended in- tended to be maintained by the Packco Group, after the Distribution Distri- bution Date; provided, that the insurance contracts funding each Insured Foreign Pension Plan (and any assets related thereto) shall be divided between the appropriate Packco Benefit Ben- efit Plan and New Grace Benefit Plan by the insurer in accordance accor- dance with applicable law, regulation and practice. Any transfers trans- fers of assets or liabilities from a Noninsured Foreign Pension Plan shall be made on the basis of reasonable methods and assumptions as- sumptions determined by the local actuarial firm that is, as of the date of this Agreement, serving as the actuary for such Noninsured Foreign Pension Plan (or another actuarial firm if the parties hereto so agree) (the "Local Actuary"), in accordance ac- cordance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements, local practice and the past practice of Grace; provided, that each of Grace, Grace-Conn. and New Grace shall be entitled to review such methods and assumptions and object to them if they are unreasonable, and to review all calculations and determinations determina- tions of the Local Actuary for accuracy. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Packco Group will assume or retain re- tain Liabilities for Packco Employees under Foreign Plans and that to the extent permitted and practicable under legal and regulatory requirements and local practice, assets transferred from Noninsured Foreign Pension Plans pursuant to the Foreign -18- Plans Agreement shall equal the Projected Benefit Obligation, calculated in accordance with FAS 87, for the liabilities assumed as- sumed by Packco Benefit Plans pursuant to the Foreign Plans Agreement.
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Samples: Employee Benefits Allocation Agreement (Wr Grace & Co/De)