Termination of Employee Plans. If requested by Parent, Company shall, immediately prior to the Closing Date, terminate the Company Plans and no further contributions shall be made to the Company Plans, provided that, as conditions of such termination, (i) Company's employees who become employees of Parent and/or Surviving Corporation shall receive employee benefits which in the aggregate are no less favorable than those provided from time to time by Parent and its subsidiaries to their respective similarly situated employees; and (ii) Company's employees shall be eligible to participate in Parent's 401(k) plan immediately following the Closing Date, subject to compliance with the eligibility provisions of such plan. Parent and/or Surviving Corporation shall provide or cause to be provided that under each employee benefit plan, policy, program or arrangement where service is relevant to a determination of an employee's eligibility to participate, vesting, or level or amount of benefits, employees of Company who become employees of Parent and/or Surviving Corporation shall be credited with their period of service with Company prior to the Closing, to the extent permitted by applicable law and applicable tax qualification requirements, and subject to any generally applicable break in service or similar rules. Subject to the approval of any insurance carrier and to the extent consistent with applicable law and applicable tax qualification requirements, Parent and/or Surviving Corporation shall make available, or cause to be made available, to those employees of Company who become employees of Parent and/or Surviving Corporation, medical, dental, disability and other welfare benefits plans and programs, to the extent the same is offered by Parent and/or Surviving Corporation generally to their respective employees, without regard to any preexisting condition limitation, actively-at-work requirement or similar limitation, provided, and only to the extent, that any analogous restriction applied to such employee under an analogous plan of Company had been satisfied as of the Closing Date. In determining an employee's share of the cost of coverage under any plan or program of Parent and/or Surviving Corporation for the year in which the Closing occurs, Parent and/or Surviving Corporation shall make commercially reasonable efforts to credit the employee with any pre-Closing co-pays and deductibles made by or on behalf of such employee under each comparable plan maintained by Company prior to the Effective Time for such year. Parent shall not be required to have any preexisting condition limitation, actively-at-work requirement or similar limitation waived or to credit any pre-Closing co-pays and deductibles made by or on behalf of such employee unless Company (or its successor entity) or the applicable insurance carrier makes available a HIPAA Certificate evidencing prior coverage under the corresponding or analogous Company plan. Company shall provide to Parent (i) executed resolutions by the Board of Directors of Company authorizing the termination and (ii) an executed amendment to the Plans sufficient to assure compliance with all applicable requirements of the Code and regulations thereunder so that the tax-qualified status of the Plan will be maintained at the time of termination.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Novellus Systems Inc), Merger Agreement (Speedfam Ipec Inc)
Termination of Employee Plans. (a) If requested by Parent, Company shall, immediately prior to the Closing Date, terminate any one or more of the Company Plans and no further contributions shall be made to the Company Employee Plans, provided that, as conditions of such termination, (i) Company's employees who become employees of Parent and/or the Surviving Corporation Entity shall receive employee benefits which in are the aggregate are no less favorable than same as those provided from time to time by Parent and its subsidiaries to their respective similarly situated employees; and (ii) Company's employees shall be eligible to participate in Parent's 401(k) plan immediately following the Closing Date, subject to compliance with the eligibility provisions of such plan.
(b) In the event Parent requests in writing no less than five (5) days before the Closing Date that Company's 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan ("Company 401(k) Plan") be 42 terminated, Company shall adopt resolutions and shall take all other actions (including, but not limited to, amending such plan to comply with the applicable provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act of 1994, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996, the Taxpayers' Relief Act of 1997, and the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000, and the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001) necessary to effect the termination of the Company 401(k) Plan, such termination to be effective no later than the Closing Date. If applicable, Company shall provide to Parent (A) executed resolutions by the Board of Directors of Company authorizing the termination of the Company 401(k) Plan and (B) if applicable, an executed amendment to the Company 401(k) Plan sufficient to assure compliance with all applicable requirements of the Code and regulations thereunder so that the tax-qualified status of such plan will be maintained at the time of termination.
(c) Parent and/or Surviving Corporation Entity shall provide or cause to be provided that under each employee benefit plan, policy, program or arrangement where service is relevant to a determination of an employee's eligibility to participate, vesting, or level or amount of benefits, employees of Company who become employees of Parent and/or the Surviving Corporation Entity shall be credited with their period of service with Company prior to the Closing, to the extent permitted by applicable law and applicable tax qualification requirements, and subject to any generally applicable break in service or similar rules. Subject to the approval of any insurance carrier and to the extent consistent with applicable law and applicable tax qualification requirements, Parent and/or the Surviving Corporation Entity shall make available, or cause to be made available, to those employees of Company who become employees of Parent and/or the Surviving CorporationEntity, medical, dental, disability and other welfare benefits plans and programs, to the extent the same is offered by Parent and/or the Surviving Corporation Entity generally to their respective employeesemployees and shall us commercially reasonable efforts to make such coverage available, without regard to any preexisting condition limitation, waiting periods, actively-at-work requirement or similar limitation, provided, and only to the extent, that any analogous restriction applied to such employee under an analogous plan of Company had been satisfied as of the Closing Date. In determining an employee's share of the cost of coverage under any plan or program of Parent and/or the Surviving Corporation Entity for the year in which the Closing occurs, Parent and/or the Surviving Corporation Entity shall make commercially reasonable efforts to credit the employee with any pre-Closing co-pays and deductibles made by or on behalf of such employee under each comparable plan maintained by Company prior to the Effective Time for such year. Parent shall not be required to have any preexisting condition limitation, actively-at-work requirement or similar limitation waived or to credit any pre-Closing co-pays and deductibles made by or on behalf of such employee unless Company (or its successor entity) or the applicable insurance carrier makes available a HIPAA Certificate evidencing prior coverage under the corresponding or analogous Company plan. Company shall provide to Parent (i) executed resolutions by the Board of Directors of Company authorizing the termination and (ii) an executed amendment to the Plans sufficient to assure compliance with all applicable requirements of the Code and regulations thereunder so that the tax-qualified status of the Plan will be maintained at the time of termination.
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Termination of Employee Plans. (i) If requested by Parent, Company shall, immediately prior to the Closing Date, terminate any one or more of the Company Employee Plans and no further shall cease making contributions shall be made to the any such Company Employee Plans, provided that, as conditions of such termination, (i) Company's employees who become employees of Parent and/or the Surviving Corporation shall receive employee benefits which in the aggregate are no less favorable than comparable to those provided from time to time by Parent and its subsidiaries to their respective similarly situated employees; and (ii) Company's employees shall be eligible to participate in Parent's 401(k) plan immediately following the Closing Date, subject to compliance with the eligibility provisions of such plan. To the extent incurred prior to Closing, Company shall bear all costs associated with terminating the Company Employee Plans.
(ii) In the event Parent requests that the Kendin Communications Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan ("Company 401(k) Plan") be terminated, Company shall adopt resolutions and shall amend such plan to comply with the applicable provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act of 1994, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996, the Taxpayers' Relief Act of 1997, and the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998) necessary to effect the termination of the Company 401(k) Plan, such termination to be effective no later than one day prior to the Closing Date.
(iii) Parent and/or Surviving Corporation shall provide or cause to be provided that under each employee benefit plan, policy, program or arrangement where service is relevant to a determination of an employee's eligibility to participate, vesting, or level or amount of benefits, employees of Company who become employees of Parent and/or the Surviving Corporation shall be credited with their period of service with Company prior to the Closing, to the extent permitted by applicable law and applicable tax qualification requirements, and subject to any generally applicable break in service or similar rules. Subject to the approval of any insurance carrier (which approval Parent and/or Surviving Corporation shall use reasonable efforts to obtain) and to the extent consistent with applicable law and applicable tax qualification requirements, Parent and/or the Surviving Corporation shall make available, or cause to be made available, to those employees of Company who become employees of Parent and/or the Surviving Corporation, medical, dental, disability and other welfare benefits plans and programs, to the extent the same is offered by Parent and/or the Surviving Corporation generally to their respective similarly-situated employees, without regard to any preexisting condition limitation, actively-at-work requirement or similar limitation, provided, and only to the extent, that any analogous restriction applied to such employee under an analogous plan of Company had been satisfied as of the Closing Date. In determining an employee's share of the cost of coverage under any plan or program of Parent and/or the Surviving Corporation for the year in which the Closing occurs, Parent and/or the Surviving Corporation shall make commercially reasonable efforts to credit the employee with any pre-pre- Closing co-pays and deductibles made by or on behalf of such employee under each comparable plan maintained by Company prior to the Effective Time for such year. Parent shall not be required to have any preexisting condition limitation, actively-at-work requirement or similar limitation waived or to credit any pre-Closing co-pays and deductibles made by or on behalf of such employee unless Company (or its successor entity) or the applicable insurance carrier makes available a HIPAA Certificate evidencing prior coverage under the corresponding or analogous Company planPlan. Parent shall not be required to credit any pre-Closing co-pays and deductibles made by or on behalf of such employees of Company who become employees of Parent and/or Surviving 45 Corporation unless Company (or its successor entity) or the applicable insurance carrier provides written documentation of the amount of any such expenses incurred by or on behalf of such employees.
(iv) Company shall provide to Parent (iA) executed resolutions by the Board of Directors of Company authorizing the termination of the Company Employee Plans requested by Parent to be terminated pursuant to Section 5.10(c)(i) hereof and (iiB) an executed amendment to the such terminated Company Employee Plans sufficient to assure compliance with all applicable requirements of the Code and regulations thereunder so that the tax-qualified status of the Company Employee Plan will be maintained at the time of termination.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Micrel Inc)
Termination of Employee Plans. If requested by Parent, ----------------------------- Company shall, immediately prior to the Closing Date, terminate the Company Plans and no further contributions shall be made to the Company Plans, provided that, as conditions of such termination, (i) Company's employees who become employees of Parent and/or the Surviving Corporation shall receive employee benefits which in the aggregate are no less favorable than those provided from time to time by Parent and its subsidiaries to their respective similarly situated employees; and (ii) Company's employees shall be eligible to participate in Parent's 401(k) plan immediately following the Closing Date, subject to compliance with the eligibility provisions of such plan. Parent and/or Surviving Corporation shall provide or cause to be provided that under each employee benefit plan, policy, program or arrangement where service is relevant to a determination of an employee's eligibility to participate, vesting, or level or amount of benefits, employees of Company who become employees of Parent and/or the Surviving Corporation shall be credited with their period of service with Company prior to the Closing, to the extent permitted by applicable law and applicable tax qualification requirements, and subject to any generally applicable break in service or similar rules. Subject to the approval of any insurance carrier and to the extent consistent with applicable law and applicable tax qualification requirements, Parent and/or the Surviving Corporation shall make available, or cause to be made available, to those employees of Company who become employees of Parent and/or the Surviving Corporation, medical, dental, disability and other welfare benefits plans and programs, to the extent the same is offered by Parent and/or the Surviving Corporation generally to their respective employees, without regard to any preexisting condition limitation, actively-at-work requirement or similar limitation, provided, and only to the extent, that any analogous restriction applied to such employee under an analogous plan of Company had been satisfied as of the Closing Date. In determining an employee's share of the cost of coverage under any plan or program of Parent and/or the Surviving Corporation for the year in which the Closing occurs, Parent and/or the Surviving Corporation shall make commercially reasonable efforts to credit the employee with any pre-Closing co-pays and deductibles made by or on behalf of such employee under each comparable plan maintained by Company prior to the Effective Time for such year. Parent shall not be required to have any preexisting condition limitation, actively-at-work requirement or similar limitation waived or to credit any pre-Closing co-pays and deductibles made by or on behalf of such employee unless Company (or its successor entity) or the applicable insurance carrier makes available a HIPAA Certificate evidencing prior coverage under the corresponding or analogous Company plan. Company shall provide to Parent (i) executed resolutions by the Board of Directors of Company authorizing the termination and (ii) an executed amendment to the Plans sufficient to assure compliance with all applicable requirements of the Code and regulations thereunder so that the tax-qualified status of the Plan will be maintained at the time of termination.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Gasonics International Corp)