Common use of Welfare Benefit Claims Clause in Contracts

Welfare Benefit Claims. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement and except as set forth on Schedule 1.10(d) to this Agreement, (i) MatCo shall remain responsible for any claims under any Heritage Dow Benefit Plans that are welfare benefits plans (the “Heritage Dow Group Welfare Plans”) that were incurred prior to the MatCo Distribution Date with respect to each Heritage Dow AgCo Employee and Heritage Dow SpecCo Employee; (ii) AgCo shall remain responsible for any claims under any Heritage DuPont Benefit Plans that are welfare benefits plans (the “Heritage DuPont Group Welfare Plans”) that were incurred prior to the MatCo Distribution Date (or, as between AgCo and SpecCo, the AgCo Distribution Date) with respect to each Heritage DuPont MatCo Employee who is employed by AgCo or a member of the AgCo Group immediately prior to the Internal Reorganization or any Heritage DuPont SpecCo Assigned Employee; and (iii) SpecCo shall remain responsible for any claims under any Heritage DuPont Group Welfare Plan that were incurred prior to the MatCo Distribution Date (or, as between AgCo and SpecCo, the AgCo Distribution Date) with respect to each Heritage DuPont MatCo Employee who is employed by SpecCo or a member of the SpecCo Group immediately prior to the Internal Reorganization or any Heritage DuPont AgCo Assigned Employee; provided, however, that clauses (i) through (iii) shall not apply to any long-term disability coverage for any employee who incurred a short-term disability event but was not an LTD Employee prior to the applicable Distribution Date. Except in the event of any claim for workers’ compensation benefits for purposes of Section 2.08, any claims shall be deemed to be incurred pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Heritage Dow Group Welfare Plan or the Heritage DuPont Group Welfare Plan, as the case may be, provided that the Parties shall use their best efforts to ensure that there is no failure to cover any claim that otherwise would have been covered under a Heritage Company Benefit Plan but for the provisions of this Agreement.