Plans and Benefit Arrangements The Borrower shall, and shall cause each other member of the ERISA Group to, comply with ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and other applicable Laws applicable to Plans and Benefit Arrangements except where such failure, alone or in conjunction with any other failure, would not result in a Material Adverse Change. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Borrower shall cause all of its Plans and all Plans maintained by any member of the ERISA Group to be funded in accordance with the minimum funding requirements of ERISA and shall make, and cause each member of the ERISA Group to make, in a timely manner, all contributions due to Plans, Benefit Arrangements and Multiemployer Plans.
Pension and Benefit Plans (a) Neither a Reportable Event nor an “accumulated funding deficiency” (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) has occurred during the five year period prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made with respect to any Plan, and each Plan has complied in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code. No termination of a Single Employer Plan has occurred, and no Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan has arisen, during such five year period. No Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity has had a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan, and neither any Borrower nor any Commonly Controlled Entity would become subject to any liability under ERISA that would exceed $25,000,000 if any Borrower or any such Commonly Controlled Entity were to withdraw completely from all Multiemployer Plans as of the valuation date most closely preceding the date on which this representation is made or deemed made. No such Multiemployer Plan is Insolvent.
Employee Benefit Plans; Employment Agreements Except in --------------------------------------------- each case as set forth in SCHEDULE 4.10, (i) there has been no "prohibited transaction," as such term is defined in Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1975, as amended ("ERISA") and Section 4975 of the Code, with respect to any employee pension plans (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, any material employee welfare plans (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA), or any material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, incentive, deferred compensation, supplemental retirement, severance and other similar fringe or employee benefit plans, programs or arrangements (collectively, the "COMPANY EMPLOYEE PLANS") which could result in any liability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) all Company Employee Plans are in compliance in all material respects with the requirements prescribed by any and all Laws (including ERISA and the Code), currently in effect with respect thereto (including all applicable requirements for notification to participants or the Department of Labor, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the "PBGC"), Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") or Secretary of the Treasury), and the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have performed all material obligations required to be performed by them under, are not in any material respect in default under or violation of, and have no knowledge of any material default or violation by any other party to, any of the Company Employee Plans; (iii) each Company Employee Plan intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code and each trust intended to qualify under Section 501(a) of the Code is the subject of a favorable determination letter from the IRS, and nothing has occurred which may reasonably be expected to impair such determination; (iv) all contributions required to be made to any Company Employee Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code, or the terms of any Company Employee Plan or any collective bargaining agreement, have been made on or before their due dates; (v) with respect to each Company Employee Plan, no "reportable event" within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA (excluding any such event for which the 30-day notice requirement has been waived under the regulations to Section 4043 of ERISA) nor any event described in Section 4062, 4063 or 4041 of ERISA has occurred; (vi) no withdrawal (including a partial withdrawal) has occurred with respect to any multiemployer plan within the meaning set forth in Section 3(37) of ERISA that has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, any withdrawal liability for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (vii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than liability for premium payments to the PBGC, and contributions not in default to the respective plans, arising in the ordinary course), (viii) none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any employment, consulting or similar agreement; and (ix) none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or will be liable for any severance or other payments to any of its employees as a result of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
Compensation and Benefit Plans Except as required by applicable Law, the Company shall not and shall not permit its Subsidiaries to: (i) increase the wages, salaries, or incentive compensation or incentive compensation opportunities of any director, officer, employee or full time individual independent contractor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that such increases in cash compensation shall be permitted for any individual who is not a director or senior executive of the Company in the ordinary course of business, but the aggregate amount of all such increases among all such individuals shall not exceed $500,000 (on an annualized basis); (ii) increase or accelerate the accrual rate, vesting, or timing of payment or funding of, any compensation, severance, retention, benefits or other rights of any current or former director, employee or full time individual independent contractor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise pay any amount to which any current or former director, employee or full time individual independent contractor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is not entitled; (iii) establish, adopt, amend, or become a party to any new employment, severance, retention, change in control, or consulting agreement or any employee benefit or compensation plan, program, commitment, policy, practice, arrangement, or agreement or amend, suspend or terminate any Company Employee Benefit Plan; provided that this clause shall not prohibit the Company or its Subsidiaries from (A) establishing a “top up retention pool” with costs not to exceed $2 million in the aggregate, based on the plan mutually agreed to by Parent and the Company, pursuant to which participants will be eligible to receive a retention payment subject to their continued employment with the Company through the 30th day following the Effective Date (such date, the “Retention Date”) (with participants remaining eligible to receive such payment in the event he or she is terminated without “cause” following the Effective Date but prior to the Retention Date), with the participants and individual awards thereunder as discussed and agreed to by Parent’s Chief Executive Officer, based on recommendations provided to Parent by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer), or (B) hiring at-will employees to replace employees who have left employment of the Company, so long as such hiring (and the applicable employment terms) is consistent with past practice; (iv) modify any Company Option, Company Restricted Stock Unit, or other equity-based award (except to the extent required by Section 2.15 and Section 2.16 of this Agreement); (v) make any discretionary contributions or payments to any trust or other funding vehicle or pay any discretionary premiums in respect of benefits under any Company Employee Benefit Plan; or (vi) establish, adopt, enter into, amend, suspend or terminate any collective bargaining agreement or other contract with any labor union, except as required by the terms of any collective bargaining agreement or other contract with any labor union in effect on the date hereof.
Benefit Plans; ERISA (a) Section 2.09(a) of the Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list and description of each of the Benefit Plans and identifies each of the Benefit Plans that is a Qualified Plan and relates to Employees.
Employee Benefit Plans and Compensation (a) For purposes of this Section 2.22, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
Notices Regarding Plans and Benefit Arrangements (i) Promptly upon becoming aware of the occurrence thereof, notice (including the nature of the event and, when known, any action taken or threatened by the Internal Revenue Service or the PBGC with respect thereto) of:
Benefit Plans The Executive shall be eligible to participate in any employee benefit plan of the Company, including, but not limited to, equity, pension, thrift, profit sharing, medical coverage, education, or other retirement or welfare benefits that the Company has adopted or may adopt, maintain or contribute to for the benefit of its senior executives, at a level commensurate with his positions, subject to satisfying the applicable eligibility requirements. The Company may at any time or from time to time amend, modify, suspend or terminate any employee benefit plan, program or arrangement for any reason in its sole discretion.
Employee Matters and Benefit Plans 24 2.21 Employees................................................................. 28 2.22
Executive Benefit Plans The Executive will be eligible to participate in any executive benefit plans offered by the Company including, without limitation, medical, dental, short-term and long-term disability, life, pension, profit sharing and nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements, as the Board may determine in its discretion. The Company reserves the right to modify, suspend or discontinue any and all of the plans, practices, policies and programs at any time without recourse by the Executive, so long as the Company takes such action generally with respect to other similarly situated officers.
