Common use of Pre-existing Conditions; Service Credit Clause in Contracts

Pre-existing Conditions; Service Credit. On and after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall: (i) waive any limitations to pre-existing conditions, exclusions and waiting periods with respect to participation and coverage requirements applicable to the Hanover Employees under any welfare benefit plan in which such employees may be eligible to participate after the Effective Time, to the extent that such limitations did not apply or had been satisfied by such Hanover Employees and their covered dependents prior to the Effective Time, (ii) provide each Hanover Employee with credit for any co-payments and deductibles paid prior to the Effective Time for the plan year in which the Merger occurs in satisfying any applicable deductible or out-of-pocket requirements under any welfare benefit plan in which such employees may be eligible to participate after the Effective Time, and (iii) recognize all service of the Hanover Employees for all purposes (including purposes of eligibility to participate, vesting credit, service credit, entitlement for benefits, and benefit accrual (including vacation accrual) in any benefit plan in which such employees may be eligible to participate after the Merger), to the same extent taken into account under a comparable Hanover Benefit Plan immediately prior to the Effective Time.