Seller’s Benefit Plans. Buyer shall assume no Liability with respect to and Buyer shall not become the sponsor of any employee benefit plan or arrangement of any type whatsoever maintained by or contributed to by Seller or any ERISA Affiliate of Seller. Seller shall be responsible for complying with the requirements of Code Section 4980B and Part 6 of Title 1 of ERISA for Business Employees (whether or not such employees are hired by Buyer) and their “qualified beneficiaries” who experience a “qualifying event” (as such terms are defined in Code Section 4980B) and lose coverage under a Seller Welfare Plan. Seller will cause all applicable employer matching contributions to be made to the accounts of all Business Employees under the Sellers’ Code Section 401(k) plan for that portion of the plan year during which such Business Employee was eligible to receive an employer matching contribution, without regard to any requirement that such employee be employed on any particular date or earn any minimum number of hours of service to receive such contribution. Seller shall cause all Business Employees to become fully vested as of the Closing Date in their accounts under Seller’s Code § 401(k) plan. To the extent permitted by, and in accordance with, the provisions of Seller’s Code Section 401(k) plan, the Code and ERISA, the Seller will provide for distribution under such plan to each Business Employee by reason of the termination of employment of such employee from Seller.
Seller’s Benefit Plans. Section 3.10(b) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all bonus, savings or thrift, stock bonus, employee stock ownership, stock option, commission or incentive, rabbi trust, deferred compensation, retirement, hospitalization, medical, vision or dental reimbursement, post-retirement medical, sickness, accident, scholarship, day care, prepaid legal services, severance pay, vacation or holiday pay, disability, death benefit, insurance and other welfare, retiree welfare or similar plans, programs, funds, contracts, employment contracts or arrangements providing compensation or benefits, oral or written, including “employee welfare benefit plans” and “employee pension benefit plans” as defined in Sections 3(1) and 3(2), respectively, of ERISA to which a member of the Seller Group or any ERISA Affiliate is a party or by which any of them is bound or pursuant to which it may be liable (directly, contingent or otherwise) at any time (“Sellers’ Benefit Plans”).
Seller’s Benefit Plans. Purchaser shall assume no responsibility ---------------------- with regard to any Company Benefit Plans of Seller. To the extent necessary, Seller may continue to communicate with the Hired Employees regarding their rights and entitlement to any benefits under the Company Benefit Plans, subject to Purchaser's prior approval, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, and the parties shall cooperate with each other in the administration of all applicable employee benefit plans and programs. In the event that the Seller's Code Section 401(k) plan terminates, Seller shall file such plan with the Internal Revenue Service for a determination that the plan is qualified upon termination prior to distributing any assets held under the Seller's Code Section 401(k) plan. Purchaser agrees to use its best efforts to enable Hired Employees with outstanding loan balances under the Seller's Code Section 401(k) plan to continue loan repayments or to permit rollovers of such outstanding loan balances to the Purchaser's Code Section 401(k) plan.
Seller’s Benefit Plans. Purchaser shall assume no responsibility ----------------------- with regard to any benefit plans of Seller.
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Seller’s Benefit Plans. (a) Except to the extent previously funded or covered through insurance purchased prior to the Closing Date, Buyer shall assume responsibility for all Benefit Plan liabilities and obligations for Transferred Employees on and after the Closing Date and Seller shall not have any liability with respect thereto. Except to the extent that such obligation or liability is associated with a Benefit Plan sponsored or maintained by the Thermal Divisions or a subsidiary included in the Business, or as otherwise expressly set forth herein, Seller shall retain all obligations and liabilities under the Benefit Plans in respect of each employee or former employee (including any beneficiary thereof) who is not a Transferred Employee.
Seller’s Benefit Plans. (a) All Employee Benefit Plans providing benefits or coverages to any Employee or Former Employee (“Seller’s Benefit Plans”) are listed in Section 4.15(a) of the Seller’s Disclosure Schedule. Except as otherwise indicated in Section 4.15(a) of the Seller’s Disclosure Schedule, (i) none of Seller’s Benefit Plans (other than the Company Benefit Plans) are established or maintained by the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Employees participate in such Seller Employee Benefit Plans (other than the Company Benefit Plans) due to the Company’s status as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seller, (iii) except to the extent specified in the TSA, or with respect to Retained Company Plans, the Employees’ active participation in such Seller’s Benefit Plans will cease as of the day before the Closing Date, and (iv) none of Seller’s Benefit Plans (except for Retained Company Plans) will obligate Buyer to assume or perform any obligation thereunder as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Seller’s Benefit Plans. Effective as of the Closing Date, the Continuing Non-Unionized Employees and Unionized Employees (who accept offers pursuant to Section 6.7(d)(i)) shall cease to accrue further benefits and shall cease to be active participants under the Sellers Benefit Plans. Buyer shall not assume any of the Sellers Benefit Plans. From and after the Closing Date, Sellers and their ERISA Affiliates shall retain and shall be solely responsible for all obligations and liabilities under the Sellers Benefit Plans, and neither Buyer nor its Affiliates (including the Acquired Companies) shall have any obligation, liability or responsibility from and after the Closing Date to or under the Sellers Benefit Plans, whether such obligation, liability or responsibility arose before, on or after the Closing Date.
Seller’s Benefit Plans. Effective as of the Closing Date, the Store Employees shall cease to participate in Seller's Benefit Plans unless such participation is otherwise required to continue by Law. In this regard, the Store Employees shall cease to accrue any future benefits under the Fleming Pension Plan (the "Seller's Pension Plan") xxx xxx Fleming 401(k) Plan ("Seller's 401(k) Plan") as of xxx Xxxsing, except to the extent required by USERRA or other applicable law. Subject to the limitations of the Bankruptcy Code, benefits will be paid to the Store Employees in accordance with the terms of Seller's Pension Plan, and Buyer and Parent shall have no liability or obligation whatsoever for any such benefits or otherwise in connection with Seller's Pension Plan. With regard to the Seller's 401(k) Plan, Seller and Buyer shall take any and all actions as may be necessary to permit Transferred Employees to elect to receive distributions from the Seller's 401(k) Plan (other than participant loans) that may be rolled over into Buyer's 401(k) Plan ("Buyer's 401(k) Plan") at the election of the participant. Pending the transfer of the accounts of the Store Employees from Seller's 401(k) Plan to Buyer's 401(k) Plan, Buyer agrees that it will do any and all things reasonably required to cause payroll deductions to be made from the wages of Transferred Employees who have participant loans from the Seller's 401(k) Plan and to transfer such withheld amounts to the Seller's 401(k) Plan to prevent an event of default with respect to such loans. Further, Buyer agrees that, for store-level Employees, it will recognize all employment service with Seller for purposes of Buyer's Employee Benefit Plans, as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA ("Buyer's Benefit Plans"); provided, however, that recognition of employment service by Buyer shall only be for purposes of determining eligibility and vesting under Buyer's Benefit Plans, and shall not require recognition for amount of benefits under any defined benefit plan maintained by Buyer (including, without limitation, vacation pay accrual). Effective as of the Closing Date, Buyer shall provide group health and medical benefits under the terms of the group health and medical plans maintained by Buyer for its other similarly-situated employees (the "Buyer's Medical Plans") with respect to those Store Employees who become Transferred Employees (other than union Employees, who shall be entitled to continue their participation in the Union Welfare ...
Seller’s Benefit Plans. Purchaser will assume no responsibility with regard to any Seller Plans. Seller shall cause the Hired Employees to be fully vested in their account balances and accrued benefits as of the Closing Date under each Seller Plan that is a defined benefit or contribution plan and such account balances and accrued benefits shall be available for distribution to Hired Employees in accordance with the terms and provisions of such plans. Seller shall retain any and all liability under the Seller Plans, including but not limited to all liability for all claims incurred by the Hired Employees or any of their covered dependents prior to the day following the Closing Date under the Seller Plans that provide medical, disability, life insurance, and workers’ compensation benefits. For the purposes of this Section 8.2 a claim is deemed incurred when the services that are the subject of the claim performed; in the case of life insurance, when death occurs; in the case of disability benefits, when the disability occurs; in the case of a hospital stay, when the employee or covered dependent first enters the hospital; and in the case of workers’ compensation, when the injury occurs. To the extent necessary, Seller may continue to communicate with the Hired Employees regarding their rights and entitlement to any benefits under the Plans, subject to Purchaser’s prior approval, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
