Transferred Employees Harpoon’s employment of the Transferred Employees shall terminate at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on the Series B Closing Date. Prior to or in conjunction with the Series B Closing, Maverick shall in good faith offer employment to the Transferred Employees, pursuant to terms of written offer letters, with such employment to commence on the first Business Day immediately following the Series B Closing Date. In the event that any such Transferred Employee accepts Maverick’s offer of employment either before or after the Series B Closing, Maverick shall be responsible for all Liabilities (including salaries and benefits, including the maintenance of appropriate levels of workers’ compensation insurance) arising out of any such employment from and after the initial date of the Transferred Employee’s employment with Maverick. Harpoon shall be responsible for providing notice and health continuation coverage under COBRA to any Transferred Employee (and his/her qualified beneficiaries) who experiences a qualifying event after the Series B Closing Date. With respect to all confidentiality and invention assignment provisions applicable to Transferred Employees contained in Contracts that Transferred Employees entered into with Harpoon prior to the Series B Closing, Harpoon shall enforce such provisions on behalf of Maverick, at Maverick’s request and expense, to the extent that Maverick cannot enforce such Contracts directly. Effective upon the Series B Closing, Harpoon hereby waives (x) any non-competition or similar provisions and (y) any confidentiality provisions, to the extent restricting disclosure or use of the Transferred Intellectual Property or use of the license set forth in Section 2.2(a), in each case ((x) and (y)) applicable to Transferred Employees contained in Contracts that Transferred Employees entered into with Harpoon prior to the Series B Closing.
Welfare Plans (a) For all purposes (including purposes of vesting, eligibility to participate and level of benefits) under the employee welfare benefit plans of Buyer and its affiliates providing benefits to any Acquired Employees after the Closing (the “New Welfare Plans” ), each Acquired Employee shall subject to applicable Law and applicable tax qualification requirements be credited with his or her years of service with Knight Ridder or its affiliates, including the Acquired Companies and their Subsidiaries, before the Closing, to the same extent as such Acquired Employee was entitled, before the Closing, to credit for such service under any similar employee benefit plan in which such Acquired Employee participated or was eligible to participate immediately prior to the Closing, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to the extent that its application would result in a duplication of benefits. In addition, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (A) each Acquired Employee shall be immediately eligible to participate, without any waiting time, in any and all New Welfare Plans if such Acquired Employee participated immediately before the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in a comparable type of welfare benefit plan of a Seller Entity (such plans, collectively, the “Old Plans” ), and (B) for purposes of each New Welfare Plan providing medical, dental, pharmaceutical and/or vision benefits to any Acquired Employee, Buyer, or, as applicable, an Acquired Company, shall cause all pre-existing condition exclusions and actively-at-work requirements of such New Welfare Plan to be waived for such Acquired Employee and his or her covered dependents, unless such conditions would not have been waived under the comparable plans of Knight Ridder or its affiliates, including the Acquired Companies and their Subsidiaries, in which such Acquired Employee participated immediately prior to the Closing and Buyer shall cause any eligible expenses incurred by such employee and his or her covered dependents during the portion of the plan year of the Old Plan ending on the date such employee’s participation in the corresponding New Welfare Plan begins to be taken into account under such New Welfare Plan for purposes of satisfying all deductible, coinsurance and maximum out-of-pocket requirements applicable to such employee and his or her covered dependents for the applicable plan year as if such amounts had been paid in accordance with such New Welfare Plan.
Affiliated Group The term “Affiliated Group” shall mean any affiliated group within the meaning of Section 1504(a) of the Code or any similar group defined under a similar provision of state, local or foreign law.
Separate Returns In the case of any Tax Contest with respect to any Separate Return, the Party having the liability for the Tax pursuant to Article II hereof shall have the sole responsibility and right to control the prosecution of such Tax Contest, including the exclusive right to communicate with agents of the applicable Taxing Authority and to control, resolve, settle, or agree to any deficiency, claim, or adjustment proposed, asserted, or assessed in connection with or as a result of such Tax Contest.
Business Employees Immediately after the date of this Agreement, Buyer shall offer employment to each Business Employee set forth on Schedule 6.6(a). Buyer shall reimburse Seller for severance obligations (if any) arising as a result of the rejection of Buyer’s offer of employment by any Business Employee. Buyer shall cause each offer of employment to a Business Employee pursuant to this Section 6.6(a) to provide for (i) an annual salary or hourly wage rate (as applicable), (ii) annual and long-term bonus and incentive compensation opportunities (other than incentive compensation opportunities related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement), and (iii) employee benefit plans, programs and arrangements (collectively “Employment Terms”) that are substantially comparable, in the aggregate, to those provided to Buyer’s employees in similar positions. In addition, Buyer may offer employment to the Business Employees set forth on Schedule 6.6(b), on terms to be mutually agreed upon, at the Buyer’s sole discretion. Buyer shall reimburse Seller for severance obligations (as set forth on Schedule 6.6(c)), actually paid by Sellers or Parent, arising as a result of the rejection of Buyer’s offer of employment by any Business Employee or arising as a result of Buyer’s failure to offer employment to any Business Employee if such Business Employee is terminated by Seller within thirty (30) days of the Closing Date. Any Business Employee who accepts Buyer’s offer of employment pursuant to this Agreement shall be a “Transferred Employee.” Nothing herein shall restrict the right of Buyer or a Subsidiary of Buyer to terminate the employment of any Transferred Employee after the Closing Date. Any reimbursement of severance obligations by Buyer to Seller, as set forth above, shall occur within ten (10) days of a reimbursement request from Seller.
Delayed Transfer Employees To the extent that applicable Law or any arrangement with a Governmental Authority prevents the Parties from causing any (a) Honeywell Employee who is intended to be a SpinCo Employee to be employed by a member of the SpinCo Group as of immediately following the Distribution as contemplated by Section 2.01 or (b) SpinCo Employee who is intended to be a Honeywell Employee to be employed by a member of the Honeywell Group as of immediately following the Distribution (each such employee, a “Delayed Transfer Employee” and the SpinCo Group or Honeywell Group entity to which such Delayed Transfer Employee is intended to be transferred, the “Destination Employer”), the Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that (i) such Delayed Transfer Employee becomes employed by the Destination Employer at the earliest time permitted by applicable Law or such agreement with a Governmental Authority and (ii) the Destination Employer receives the benefit of such Delayed Transfer Employee’s services from and after the Distribution, including under the TSA or by entering into an employee leasing or similar arrangement. “Delayed Transfer Employee” shall also include any Honeywell Employee who, following the Distribution, provides services to the SpinCo Group under the TSA and whose employment is intended by Honeywell to transfer to the SpinCo Group following the completion of the applicable TSA service, and with respect to such Delayed Transfer Employees, the Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that any such Delayed Transfer Employee becomes employed by the SpinCo Group as soon as practicable following the completion of the applicable TSA service. From and after the commencement of a Delayed Transfer Employee’s employment with the Destination Employer, such Delayed Transfer Employee shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement, including Section 4.02, as if such Delayed Transfer Employee commenced employment with the Destination Employer as of the Distribution as contemplated by Section 2.01.
Distribution Plans You shall also be entitled to compensation for your services as provided in any Distribution Plan adopted as to any series and class of any Fund’s Shares pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The compensation provided in any such Distribution Plan (a “12b-1 Plan”) may be divided into a distribution fee and a service fee, as set forth in such Plan and the Fund’s then current prospectus and statement of additional information (“SAI”), each of which is compensation for different services to be rendered to the Fund. Subject to the termination provisions in a 12b-1 Plan, any distribution fee with respect to the sale of a Share subject to such Plan shall be earned when such Share is sold and shall be payable from time to time as provided in the 12b-1 Plan. The distribution fee payable to you as provided in any 12b-1 Plan shall be payable without offset, defense or counterclaim (it being understood by the parties hereto that nothing in this sentence shall be deemed a waiver by the Fund of any claim the Fund may have against you).
Member The Member owns 100% of the limited liability company interests in the Company.
Seller's Employees Purchaser will interview and evaluate in accordance with its normal employment procedures those Persons employed as field personnel in the capacity of pumper, foreman, operator, technician, mechanic, superintendent, repairman, utility man, or other similar field classifications by Seller in connection with the Subject Properties and identified by letter of even date herewith from Seller to Purchaser who desire to be considered for employment by Purchaser, and will offer in writing employment to those Persons for whom Purchaser in its sole discretion determines a need. If Purchaser fails to offer such employment to all of such Persons, Purchaser shall not, as a result of such failure, otherwise be in default under this Agreement, but shall be required to reimburse Seller for severance benefits paid by Seller to each such Person not offered employment by Purchaser; provided, that such reimbursement shall not exceed that amount determined by multiplying each such employee's normal weekly wage by twelve (12). Persons offered employment with Purchaser will be offered employment at their current work location with compensation and benefits comparable to those provided to Purchaser's current employees performing similar tasks, or, if none, with compensation and benefits comparable to those provided by Seller Such offers shall be made prior to Closing, but shall be contingent upon the occurrence of Closing and such employment shall not commence until Closing. If any such Person employed by Purchaser is terminated by Purchaser within six (6) months of Closing, Purchaser shall pay such Person a severance benefit equal to the amount determined by multiplying each such employee's normal weekly wage by ten (10). Purchaser shall have no obligation under this Section 13.19 with respect to Persons offered employment by Purchaser pursuant to this Section 13.19 who decline such employment, except that the foregoing provisions shall apply to the extent that such Person accepts employment with Purchaser or any of its Affiliates within twelve (12) months of Closing.
Distribution Taxes If any Parent Tax Proceeding relating to Distribution Taxes is reasonably likely to give rise to an indemnity obligation of the Acquiror as successor to SpinCo or the JV Group under Section 12 hereof, Acquiror and Parent shall exercise joint control over the disposition of such Parent Tax Proceeding (and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall keep each other informed of all material developments with respect to such Parent Tax Proceeding to the extent the other party is not otherwise informed thereof). Parent shall otherwise have the right to elect to control any Parent Tax Proceeding relating to Distribution Taxes; provided that Parent shall keep Acquiror informed of all material developments.
