Defined Contribution Plans Clause Samples

Defined Contribution Plans. The Company shall not use the provisions of any defined contribution plan to deny a lump sum option to the Executive unless this occurs under uniform treatment applicable to all plan participants.

Defined Contribution Plans. (a) Establishment of the Columbia Retirement Savings Plan. Effective on or before the Distribution Date, Columbia shall adopt, establish and maintain a 401(k) profit sharing plan and trust for the benefit of employees of the Columbia Parties that is substantially similar to the NiSource RSP and is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a) of the Code (the “Columbia RSP”). As soon as practicable after the adoption of the Columbia RSP, or as otherwise required under Revenue Procedure 2007-44, Columbia shall submit an application to the IRS for a determination that the Columbia RSP is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and that the related Columbia RSP Trust is exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a) of the Code, and shall take any actions not inconsistent with Columbia’s other general commitments contained in this Agreement and make any amendments necessary to receive such determination. As of the Distribution Date, each Business Employee employed by the Columbia Parties (and any survivor or beneficiary of a Deceased Business Employee who is entitled to a benefit under the NiSource RSP immediately prior to the Distribution Date) shall be eligible to participate in the Columbia RSP, which shall recognize the service of such Business Employee with NiSource and its Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 7.04. (b) Transfer of Assets from NiSource, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan. On or as soon as administratively practicable after the Distribution Date, NiSource shall cause the NiSource RSP Trust to transfer to the Columbia RSP Trust assets having a value as of the applicable valuation date that is equal to the value of the account balances of, and accrued liabilities (including any outstanding loan balances) with respect to, all Business Employees and all survivors and beneficiaries of all Deceased Business Employees with an account balance under the NiSource RSP as of such valuation date. “Accrued liabilities” for these purposes shall include employer matching contributions and nondiscretionary employer profit sharing contributions deposited to the NiSource RSP Trust on a per payroll basis for any Business Employee that was accrued prior to the transfer of assets from the NiSource RSP Trust to the Columbia RSP Trust. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any discretionary profit sharing contributions payable to Business Employees for the 2015 calendar year and to...

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Defined Contribution Plans. 4.1 401(k) PLAN. (a) ADOPTION BY TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES OF TELEDYNE 401(k) PLAN AMENDED TO BE A MULTIPLE EMPLOYER PLAN. On or before the Distribution Date, the Teledyne 401(k) Plan will be amended by Teledyne to be and become a multiple employer plan under which Teledyne Technologies may elect to be a contributing sponsor and to provide participation to Teledyne Technologies Individuals under the terms and conditions set forth in the Teledyne 401(k) Plan for a period ending on the earlier of (i) adoption by Teledyne Technologies of the Teledyne Technologies 401(k) Plan or (ii) April 1, 2000. The right to amend the Teledyne 401(k) Plan in any respect shall be exclusively within the power of Teledyne at all relevant times. As amended, the Teledyne 401(k) Plan shall provide that (A) Teledyne Technologies Individuals shall not be permitted to direct investments after the Distribution Date in shares of common stock of ATI ("ATI Common Stock") or in the common stock of any corporation spun off by ATI on the Distribution Date other than Teledyne Technologies and (B) that each Teledyne Technologies Individual shall have the right to direct the administrator of the Teledyne 401(k) Plan to liquidate such Teledyne Technologies Individual's interest in shares of ATI Common Stock, Teledyne Technologies Common Stock or the common 9 13 stock of any other previously related corporation and direct the method of reinvestment of the proceeds of such sale from among the options then available under the Teledyne 401(k) Plan. (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES 401(k) PLAN AND TRUST. The Teledyne Technologies 401(k) Plan, established by Teledyne Technologies no later than April 1, 2000 pursuant to Section 2.2, (i) shall be a qualified defined contribution plan within the meaning of Code Section 401(a), (ii) except as provided under Section 4.1(c), shall contain provisions, terms and conditions substantially similar to the provisions, terms and conditions of the Teledyne 401(k) Plan, including provisions with respect to the ATI Common Stock and the common stock of Teledyne Technologies and any other corporation spun off by ATI on the Distribution Date, and shall further provide that Teledyne Technologies Individuals may maintain investments in ATI Common Stock, Teledyne Technologies Common Stock and/or stock of any previously related corporation until December 31, 2002 and, if ATI Common Stock and/or common stock of any previously related corporation other than Teledyne Te...

Defined Contribution Plans. (i) As of the date ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Polymer Employees or Tolling Employees become Transferred U.S. Employees in accordance with Sections 12.03(a) and (b) above, the Transferred U.S. Employees shall cease active participation in any Seller Pension Plans which are intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code and which constitute a defined contribution plan within the meaning of ERISA Section 3(34) (the “Seller Defined Contribution Plans”) and Buyer will take, or cause to be taken, all action as may be necessary to cause such Transferred U.S. Employees to become participants in a defined contribution plan established or to be established by Buyer (the “Buyer Defined Contribution Plan”) as of such date, subject to any applicable age and service requirements. Service of each Transferred U.S. Employee recognized under terms of Seller’s Defined Contribution Plan for periods prior to the Closing Date shall be credited to the Transferred U.S. Employee for all purposes (including eligibility and vesting) under the Buyer Defined Contribution Plan. In accordance with the terms of the Seller Defined Contribution Plan, Transferred U.S. Employees will be fully vested in their accrued benefits under such plan as of the date of their separation from service with the applicable Seller or its Affiliate. (ii) Buyer and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Polymer may agree to allow Transferred U.S. Employees who are participants in a Seller Defined Contribution Plan to elect direct rollover distributions from such Seller Defined Contribution Plan to a Buyer Defined Contribution Plan, which directed rollover may include any loan notes outstanding as of the time of such distribution from such Seller Defined Contribution Plan in accordance with Section 402 of the Code. In order to rollover an outstanding loan note, a Transferred U.S. Employee may be required to execute [a] an acknowledgement that the Buyer Defined Contribution Plan will be substituted for the applicable Seller Defined Contribution Plan as the obligee of the loan note, [b] a payroll authorization form and [c] any other forms deemed necessary by the plan administrator for the Buyer Defined Contribution Plan. All directed rollovers between the Seller Defined Contribution Plan and any Buyer Defined Contribution Plan will be in the form of cash and/or loan notes, as described herein. No other assets shall be transferred from the Seller Defined Contribution Plan to the Buyer Defined Contribution Plan other than as specified herein.

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Defined Contribution Plans. (a) As of the Closing, Bord▇▇ ▇▇▇ll cause the active participation by the Business Employees in the Bord▇▇, ▇▇c. Retirement Savings Plan, -92- 100 the Bord▇▇, ▇▇c. Union Savings Plan and the Bord▇▇, ▇▇c. Associate Savings Plan (collectively, the "Savings Plans") to cease. Bord▇▇ ▇▇▇ll (i) as of the Closing cause the trustees of the Savings Plans to identify, in accordance with the applicable spinoff provisions set forth under Section 414(l) of the Code, the assets of the Savings Plans representing the full account balances of the Business Employees for all periods of participation through the Closing (including, as applicable, all employee contributions, employer contributions and all earnings attributable thereto); and (ii) as soon as practicable (but in no event later than nine months) after the Closing, make all required filings and submissions to appropriate Governmental Authorities and all required amendments to the Savings Plans and related trust agreements necessary to provide for the transfer of assets described in this Section 7.8. The Savings Plans shall be amended to provide that (i) there shall be no contributions thereto with respect to the Business Employees for periods after the Closing and (ii) all transferred employer contributions shall be fully vested. (b) Parent shall (i) give Bord▇▇ ▇▇▇tten notice of the name of the trustee of the defined contribution plan designated by Parent to which the assets and liabilities for benefits of the Savings Plans are to be transferred (the "Parent Savings Plan"), accompanied by a copy of the most recent favorable IRS determination letter for such plan received by Parent, as promptly as possible after the Closing, but in any event prior to the date on which such transfer is to occur; and (ii) as soon as

Defined Contribution Plans. Effective as of the Closing, Purchasers shall establish or designate defined contribution pension Plans (collectively, the “Purchaser DC Plans”) for the benefit of the Business Employees who participated in one or more of the defined contribution pension Plans maintained by Sellers or their respective Affiliates in the United States that are intended to be qualified under Code Section 401(a) immediately prior to the Closing (the “Seller DC Plans”). Such Business Employees are referred to hereinafter as the “DC Employees”. Sellers shall cause Seller DC Plans to fully vest the account balances of all DC Employees. Each Purchaser DC Plan shall provide for the receipt from DC Employees of “eligible rollover distributions” (as such term is defined under Section 402 of the Code) in cash and promissory notes evidencing outstanding loans to DC Employees, which shall be transferred in-kind. Purchaser agrees to take all actions necessary to cause the Purchaser DC Plans to accept such eligible rollover distributions. As soon as practicable following the Closing Date, Purchasers shall provide Sellers, and Sellers shall provide Purchasers, a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service stating that the Purchaser DC Plans in the case of the Purchasers, and the Seller DC Plans in the case of the Sellers, are qualified under Code Section 401(a). Each DC Employee shall be given the opportunity to receive a distribution of his or her account balance under any Seller DC Plan and shall be given the opportunity to elect to “roll over” such account balance, including outstanding Plan loan obligations in-kind, to a Purchaser DC Plan, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of such plan(s) and applicable Law, provided that such “rollover” of outstanding Plan loan obligations shall occur as soon as administratively practicable, but it no event later than ninety (90) days following the Closing. Purchasers and Sellers shall work together in order to facilitate any such distribution or rollover and to effect an eligible rollover distribution for those DC Employees who elect to rollover their account balances and outstanding Plan loan obligations directly into a Purchaser DC Plan.

Defined Contribution Plans. SECTION 3.1. D&B Savings Plan. From and after the Effective Time, D&B shall continue to sponsor the D&B Savings Plan for the benefit of D&B Post-Distribution Employees, D&B Retirees, D&B Disabled Employees, Cognizant Bifurcated Savings Plan Employees (as defined in Section 3.2(a) below) and ACNielsen Bifurcated Savings Plan Employees (as defined in Section 3.3(a) below). Active participation of Cognizant Employees and ACNielsen Employees in the D&B Savings Plan shall cease immediately after the Effective Time.