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.
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.
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.
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.
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Employees; Benefit Plans (a) Following the Closing Date and except to the extent an alternative treatment is set forth in this Section 5.14, NBT may choose to maintain any or all of the Salisbury Benefit Plans in its sole discretion, and Salisbury and Salisbury Bank shall cooperate with NBT in order to effect any plan terminations to be made as of the Effective Time. For the period commencing at the Effective Time and ending 12 months after the Effective Time (or until the applicable Continuing Employee’s earlier termination of employment), NBT shall provide, or cause to be provided, to each employee of Salisbury Bank who continues with the Surviving Bank as of the Closing Date (a “Continuing Employee”) (i) a base salary or a base rate of pay at least equal to the base salary or base rate of pay provided to similarly situated employees of NBT or any Subsidiary of NBT and (ii) other benefits (other than severance, termination pay or equity compensation) at least substantially comparable in the aggregate to the benefits provided to similarly situated employees of NBT or any Subsidiary of NBT. For any Salisbury Benefit Plan terminated for which there is a comparable NBT Benefit Plan of general applicability, NBT shall take all commercially reasonable action so that Continuing Employees shall be entitled to participate in such NBT Benefit Plan to the same extent as similarly-situated employees NBT (it being understood that inclusion of the employees of Salisbury and Salisbury Bank in the NBT Benefit Plans may occur at different times with respect to different plans). NBT shall cause each NBT Benefit Plan in which Continuing Employees are eligible to participate to take into account for purposes of eligibility and vesting under the NBT Benefit Plans (but not for purposes of benefit accrual) the service of such employees with Salisbury or Salisbury Bank to the same extent as such service was credited for such purpose by Salisbury or Salisbury Bank; provided, however, that such service shall not be recognized to the extent that such recognition would result in a duplication of benefits or retroactive application. Nothing herein shall limit the ability of NBT to amend or terminate any of the Salisbury Benefit Plans or NBT Benefit Plans in accordance with their terms at any time. Following the Closing Date, NBT shall honor, in accordance with Xxxxxxxxx’x policies and procedures in effect as of the date hereof, any employee expense reimbursement obligations of Xxxxxxxxx for out-of-pocket expenses incurred during the calendar year in which the Closing occurs by any Continuing Employee.
Sick Leave Benefit Plan The Sick Leave Benefit Plan will provide sick leave days and short term disability days for reasons of personal illness, personal injury, including personal medical appointments and personal dental appointments.
Defined Benefit Pension Plans The Borrower will not adopt, create, assume or become a party to any defined benefit pension plan, unless disclosed to the Lender pursuant to Section 5.10.
Company Benefit Plans (a) Section 4.13(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a complete list, as of the date hereof, of each material Company Benefit Plan. For purposes of this Agreement, a “
Defined Benefit Plans The Company has not maintained or contributed to a defined benefit plan as defined in Section 3(35) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). No plan maintained or contributed to by the Company that is subject to ERISA (an “ERISA Plan”) (or any trust created thereunder) has engaged in a “prohibited transaction” within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) that could subject the Company to any material tax penalty on prohibited transactions and that has not adequately been corrected. Each ERISA Plan is in compliance in all material respects with all reporting, disclosure and other requirements of the Code and ERISA as they relate to such ERISA Plan, except for any noncompliance which would not result in the imposition of a material tax or monetary penalty. With respect to each ERISA Plan that is intended to be “qualified” within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code, either (i) a determination letter has been issued by the Internal Revenue Service stating that such ERISA Plan and the attendant trust are qualified thereunder, or (ii) the remedial amendment period under Section 401(b) of the Code with respect to the establishment of such ERISA Plan has not ended and a determination letter application will be filed with respect to such ERISA Plan prior to the end of such remedial amendment period. The Company has never completely or partially withdrawn from a “multiemployer plan,” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.
