Savings Plan. AlliedSignal shall provide that those Employees participating in the AlliedSignal Savings Plan and AlliedSignal Thrift Plan ("Savings Plans") immediately prior to the Closing Date shall fully vest on the Closing Date in their respective Savings Plans accounts (the "Accounts"). As promptly as practicable following the Closing Date, Sellers and Purchaser shall arrange for the transfer of the Accounts and the corresponding liabilities with respect to the U.S. Transferred Employees, from the Savings Plans to one or more tax-qualified plans established or to be established by Purchaser which provides benefits substantially equivalent to the benefits available under the applicable Savings Plans. With respect to the plan or plans receiving assets from the Savings Plans, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, such plan or plans shall also (a) provide for tax-deferred contributions and (b) meet all requirements for a qualified cash or deferred arrangement under Section 401(k) of the Code. The transfer of assets from the Savings Plans shall be made in cash, marketable securities, promissory notes presenting participant loans, or a combination thereof, as determined by AlliedSignal and consented to by Purchaser. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if AlliedSignal should determine to transfer assets held in Accounts which, immediately prior to the Closing Date, provide for holding AlliedSignal common stock in such form, Purchaser agrees to accept transfer of such Accounts in AlliedSignal's common stock, and, to the extent permitted by law for such reasonable period of time as Purchaser may determine, to provide U.S. Transferred Employees with an election to retain AlliedSignal's common stock in their respective plan accounts or to dispose of such stock and have the proceeds reinvested in other investment alternatives offered under each such plan. Prior to the transfer date, Purchaser shall, to the reasonable satisfaction of AlliedSignal's counsel, present AlliedSignal with such evidence and information (which may include or be provided by an opinion of Purchaser's counsel satisfactory to AlliedSignal) as is reasonably necessary to establish that the tax-qualified plan or plans established or to be established by Purchaser to which the transfer or transfers described in this Section are to be made are in full force and effect and meet all the requirements for qualification under Sections 401 and 411(d)(6) of the Code and Sellers shall, to the reasonable satisfaction of Purchaser's counsel, present Purchaser with such evidence and information as is reasonably necessary to establish that the Savings Plan meets the requirements of Section 401(a) of the Code.
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (L 3 Communications Corp), Asset Purchase Agreement (L 3 Communications Corp), Asset Purchase Agreement (Southern California Microwave Inc)
Savings Plan. AlliedSignal shall provide that those (i) Certain Employees participating and Former Employees participate in the AlliedSignal Portec, Inc. Savings Plan and AlliedSignal Thrift Investment Plan ("Savings PlansPlan"), a qualified 401(k) immediately prior defined contribution plan. Seller shall cause the assets and liabilities of the Savings Plan attributable to such Employees and Former Employees to be transferred from the Savings Plan to a qualified 401(k) plan maintained by Buyer or any of its affiliates which complies with applicable requirements of the Code and regulations issued thereunder, and has received a favorable determination from the Internal Revenue Service stating that the plan meets such requirements ("Buyer's Savings Plan"). Buyer represents and warrants that Buyer's Savings Plan has been maintained in compliance in all material respects with its terms and with the requirements prescribed in any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code. Buyer's Savings Plan shall provide that such Employees' and Former Employees' periods of service credited under the Savings Plan as of the Closing Date will be transferred to and credited for all purposes under Buyer's Savings Plan. With respect to all amounts transferred to Buyer's Savings Plan, and investments earnings credited thereto, Buyer's Savings Plan shall fully vest on at the Closing Date provide loans, withdrawals and distributions on terms that are similar in their respective all material respects to those provided by the Savings Plans accounts (Plan to the "Accounts")Employees and Former Employees as of the Closing Date. As promptly as practicable following With respect to service after the Closing Date, Sellers Buyer's Savings Plan shall at the Closing Date provide coverage to said Employees and Purchaser shall arrange for Former Employees on the transfer same terms as those applicable to similarly situated employees of the Accounts and the corresponding liabilities with respect Buyer who participate in Buyer's Saving Plan. Subject to the U.S. Transferred preceding provisions of this paragraph, Buyer shall retain the right to terminate or amend Buyer's Savings Plan at any time after the Closing Date as it pertains to the Employees and Former Employees, from the Savings Plans to one or more tax-qualified plans established or to be established by Purchaser which provides benefits substantially equivalent to the benefits available under the applicable Savings Plans. With respect to the plan or plans receiving assets from the Savings Plans, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, such plan or plans shall also (a) provide for tax-deferred contributions and (b) meet all requirements for a qualified cash or deferred arrangement under Section 401(k) of the Code. The transfer of assets from the Savings Plans shall be made in cash, marketable securities, promissory notes presenting participant loans, or a combination thereof, as determined by AlliedSignal and consented to by Purchaser. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if AlliedSignal should determine to transfer assets held in Accounts which, immediately prior to the Closing Date, provide for holding AlliedSignal common stock in such form, Purchaser agrees to accept transfer of such Accounts in AlliedSignalBuyer's common stock, and, to the extent permitted by law for such reasonable period of time as Purchaser may determine, to provide U.S. Transferred Employees with an election to retain AlliedSignal's common stock in their respective plan accounts or to dispose of such stock and have the proceeds reinvested in other investment alternatives offered under each such plan. Prior to the transfer date, Purchaser shall, to the reasonable satisfaction of AlliedSignal's counsel, present AlliedSignal with such evidence and information (which may include or be provided by an opinion of Purchaser's counsel satisfactory to AlliedSignal) as is reasonably necessary to establish that the tax-qualified plan or plans established or to be established by Purchaser to which the transfer or transfers described in this Section are to be made are in full force and effect and meet all the requirements for qualification under Sections 401 and 411(d)(6) of the Code and Sellers shall, to the reasonable satisfaction of Purchaser's counsel, present Purchaser with such evidence and information as is reasonably necessary to establish that the Savings Plan meets the requirements of Section 401(a) of the Codesole discretion.
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (Portec Inc), Credit Agreement (Astec Industries Inc)
Savings Plan. AlliedSignal shall provide that those Employees participating in the AlliedSignal Savings Plan and AlliedSignal Thrift Plan ("Savings Plans") immediately prior to the Closing Date shall fully vest on the Closing Date in their respective Savings Plans accounts (the "Accounts"). As promptly as practicable following the Closing Date, Sellers and Purchaser shall arrange for the transfer of the Accounts and the corresponding liabilities with respect to the U.S. Transferred Employees, from the Savings Plans to one or more tax-qualified plans established or to be established by Purchaser which provides benefits substantially equivalent to the benefits available under the applicable Savings Plans. With respect to the plan or plans receiving assets from the Savings Plans, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, such plan or plans shall also (a) provide for tax-deferred contributions and (b) meet all requirements for a qualified cash or deferred arrangement under Section 401(k) of the Code. The transfer of assets from the Savings Plans shall be made in cash, marketable securities, promissory notes presenting participant loans, or a combination thereof, as determined by AlliedSignal and consented to by Purchaser. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if AlliedSignal should determine to transfer assets held in Accounts which, immediately prior to the Closing Date, provide for holding AlliedSignal common stock in such form, Purchaser agrees to accept transfer of such Accounts in AlliedSignal's common stock, and, to the extent permitted by law for such reasonable period of time as Purchaser may determine, to provide U.S. Transferred Employees with an election to retain AlliedSignal's common stock in their respective plan accounts or to dispose of such stock and have the proceeds reinvested in other investment alternatives offered under each such plan. Prior to the transfer date, Purchaser shall, to the reasonable satisfaction of AlliedSignal's counsel, present AlliedSignal with such evidence and information (which may include or be provided by an opinion of Purchaser's counsel satisfactory to AlliedSignal) as is reasonably necessary to establish that the tax-qualified plan or plans established or to be established by Purchaser to which the transfer or transfers described in this Section are to be made are in full force and effect and meet all the requirements for qualification under Sections 401 and 411(d)(6411 (d)(6) of the Code and Sellers shall, to the reasonable satisfaction of Purchaser's counsel, present Purchaser with such evidence and information as is reasonably necessary to establish that the Savings Plan meets the requirements of Section 401(a) of the Code.
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (L 3 Communications Holdings Inc), Asset Purchase Agreement (Southern California Microwave Inc)
Savings Plan. AlliedSignal shall provide that those Employees participating in the AlliedSignal Savings Plan and AlliedSignal Thrift Plan ("Savings Plans") immediately prior Subject to the Closing Date shall fully vest on the Closing Date in their respective Savings Plans accounts (the "Accounts"). As promptly review of Sellers' plan documents, as soon as practicable following the Closing Date, Sellers and Purchaser shall arrange for the transfer of the Accounts and the corresponding liabilities with respect to the U.S. Transferred Employees, from the Savings Plans to one or more tax-qualified plans established or to be established by Purchaser which provides benefits substantially equivalent to the benefits available under the applicable Savings Plans. With respect to the plan or plans receiving assets from the Savings Plans, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, such plan or plans shall also (a) provide for tax-deferred contributions and (b) meet all requirements for that Buyer sponsors a qualified cash or deferred arrangement under Section 401(k) savings plan (which it shall not be required to do), Parent shall cause to be transferred (i) from the Southwestern Energy Company 401(k) savings plan (the "Seller Savings Plan") to the 401(k) savings plan sponsored by Buyer ("Buyer's Savings Plan"), and the Buyer's Savings Plan shall assume, the account balance liability as of the Code. The date of transfer of assets from for each Transferred Employee who participated in the Seller Savings Plans shall be made in cash, marketable securities, promissory notes presenting participant loans, or a combination thereof, as determined by AlliedSignal and consented to by Purchaser. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if AlliedSignal should determine to transfer assets held in Accounts which, immediately Plan prior to the Closing Date, provide for holding AlliedSignal common stock in such formwho is employed by Buyer on the date of transfer (the "Eligible Transferred Employee"), Purchaser agrees to accept transfer of such Accounts in AlliedSignal's common stock, and, and (ii) from the trust relating to the extent permitted by law for such reasonable period of time as Purchaser may determineSeller Savings Plan, to provide U.S. Transferred Employees with an election to retain AlliedSignal's common stock amount in their respective plan accounts cash or to dispose of such stock and have the proceeds reinvested in other investment alternatives offered under each such plan. Prior property, including participant loans, acceptable to the transfer date, Purchaser shall, trustee of the Buyer's Savings Plan equal to the reasonable satisfaction sum of AlliedSignalthe account values (as of the date of transfer) of each Eligible Transferred Employee. Parent shall not be obligated to cause any amount to be transferred to the Buyer's counselSavings Plan or the trust thereunder until Buyer provides evidence (such as a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service, present AlliedSignal with such evidence and information (which may include or be provided by an opinion of Purchaser's counsel or other reasonably satisfactory evidence) reasonably acceptable to AlliedSignal) as is reasonably necessary to establish Parent that the tax-qualified such plan or plans established or to be established by Purchaser to which the transfer or transfers described in this Section are to be made are in full force and effect and meet all trust satisfy the requirements for qualification under Sections 401 and 411(d)(6) of the Code and Sellers shall, to the reasonable satisfaction of Purchaser's counsel, present Purchaser with such evidence and information as is reasonably necessary to establish that the Savings Plan meets the requirements of Section 401(a40l(a) of the Code. Each Eligible Transferred Employee shall be entitled on the date of transfer to a nonforfeitable account balance under the Buyer's Savings Plan that is not less than such Eligible Transferred Employee's nonforfeitable account balance under the Seller Savings Plan immediately prior to such transfer. Buyer agrees to permit any Eligible Transferred Employee who has an unpaid loan balance under the Seller Savings Plan to continue to repay such loan under the Buyer's Savings Plan under the same terms as such loan was required to be repaid under the Seller Savings Plan. However, nothing herein shall require Buyer to sponsor or establish a Savings Plan, in which case this Section 7.4 shall not apply. Buyer shall permit the Transferred Employees to participate in Buyer's Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
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Samples: Asset Sale and Purchase Agreement (Atmos Energy Corp), Asset Sale and Purchase Agreement (Southwestern Energy Co)
Savings Plan. AlliedSignal (i) Certain Employees and Former Employees participate in the Portec, Inc. Savings and Investment Plan (the "Savings Plan"), a qualified 401(k) defined contribution plan. Seller shall cause the assets and liabilities of the Savings Plan attributable to such Employees and Former Employees to be transferred from the Savings Plan to a qualified 401(k) plan maintained by Buyer or any of its affiliates which complies with applicable requirements of the Code and regulations issued thereunder, and has received a favorable determination from the Internal Revenue Service stating that the plan meets such requirements (the "Buyer's Savings Plan"). Buyer represents and warrants that Buyer's Savings Plan has been maintained in compliance in all material respects with its terms and with the requirements prescribed in any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code. Buyer's Savings Plan shall provide that those Employees participating in such Employees' and Former Employees' periods of service credited under the AlliedSignal Savings Plan and AlliedSignal Thrift Plan ("Savings Plans") immediately prior to as of the Closing Date will be transferred to and credited for all purposes under Buyer's Savings Plan. With respect to all amounts transferred to Buyer's Savings Plan, and investments earnings credited thereto, Buyer's Savings Plan shall fully vest on at the Closing Date provide loans, withdrawals and distributions on terms that are similar in their respective all material respects to those provided by the Savings Plans accounts (Plan to the "Accounts")Employees and Former Employees as of the Closing Date. As promptly as practicable following With respect to service after the Closing Date, Sellers Buyer's Savings Plan shall at the Closing Date provide coverage to said Employees and Purchaser shall arrange for Former Employees on the transfer same terms as those applicable to similarly situated employees of the Accounts and the corresponding liabilities with respect Buyer who participate in Buyer's Saving Plan. Subject to the U.S. Transferred preceding provisions of this paragraph, Buyer shall retain the right to terminate or amend Buyer's Savings Plan at any time after the Closing Date as it pertains to the Employees and Former Employees, from the Savings Plans to one or more tax-qualified plans established or to be established by Purchaser which provides benefits substantially equivalent to the benefits available under the applicable Savings Plans. With respect to the plan or plans receiving assets from the Savings Plans, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, such plan or plans shall also (a) provide for tax-deferred contributions and (b) meet all requirements for a qualified cash or deferred arrangement under Section 401(k) of the Code. The transfer of assets from the Savings Plans shall be made in cash, marketable securities, promissory notes presenting participant loans, or a combination thereof, as determined by AlliedSignal and consented to by Purchaser. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if AlliedSignal should determine to transfer assets held in Accounts which, immediately prior to the Closing Date, provide for holding AlliedSignal common stock in such form, Purchaser agrees to accept transfer of such Accounts in AlliedSignalBuyer's common stock, and, to the extent permitted by law for such reasonable period of time as Purchaser may determine, to provide U.S. Transferred Employees with an election to retain AlliedSignal's common stock in their respective plan accounts or to dispose of such stock and have the proceeds reinvested in other investment alternatives offered under each such plan. Prior to the transfer date, Purchaser shall, to the reasonable satisfaction of AlliedSignal's counsel, present AlliedSignal with such evidence and information (which may include or be provided by an opinion of Purchaser's counsel satisfactory to AlliedSignal) as is reasonably necessary to establish that the tax-qualified plan or plans established or to be established by Purchaser to which the transfer or transfers described in this Section are to be made are in full force and effect and meet all the requirements for qualification under Sections 401 and 411(d)(6) of the Code and Sellers shall, to the reasonable satisfaction of Purchaser's counsel, present Purchaser with such evidence and information as is reasonably necessary to establish that the Savings Plan meets the requirements of Section 401(a) of the Codesole discretion.
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