Obligations to Employees Except as set forth in the MBT Disclosure Letter, all accrued obligations and liabilities of MBT and any Subsidiary, whether arising by operation of law, by contract or by past custom, for payments to trust or other funds, to any government agency or body or to any individual director, officer, employee or agent (or his heirs, legatees or legal representative) with respect to unemployment compensation or social security benefits and all pension, retirement, savings, stock purchase, stock bonus, stock ownership, stock option, stock appreciation rights or profit sharing plan, any employment, deferred compensation, consultant, bonus or collective bargaining agreement or group insurance contract or other incentive, welfare or employee benefit plan or agreement maintained by MBT or any Subsidiary for their current or former directors, officers, employees and agents have been and are being paid to the extent required by law or by the plan or contract, and adequate actuarial accruals and/or reserves for such payments have been and are being made by MBT or any Subsidiary in accordance with generally accepted accounting and actuarial principles, except where the failure to pay any such accrued obligations or liabilities or to maintain adequate accruals and/or reserves for payment thereof would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in the MBT Disclosure Letter, all obligations and liabilities of MBT and the Subsidiaries, whether arising by operation of law, by contract, or by past custom, for all forms of compensation which are or may be payable to their current or former directors, officers, employees or agents have been and are being paid, and adequate accruals and/or reserves for payment therefore have been and are being made in accordance with GAAP, except where the failure to pay any such obligations and liabilities or to maintain adequate accruals and/or reserves for payment thereof would not have a Material Adverse Effect. All accruals and reserves referred to in this Section 5.14 are correctly and accurately reflected and accounted for in the books, statements and records of MBT and the Subsidiaries, except where the failure to correctly and accurately reflect and account for such accruals and reserves would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
Labor Agreements and Actions; Employee Compensation (a) Neither the Company nor the Subsidiary is bound by or subject to (and none of its assets or properties is bound by or subject to) any written or oral, express or implied, contract, commitment or arrangement with any labor union other than those provisions of general agreements between the Federation of Labor Unions (the “Histadrut”) and the Coordination Bureau of Economic Organizations which may be applicable to certain classes of employees by virtue of extension orders, and no labor union has requested or has sought to represent any of the employees, representatives or agents of the Company or the Subsidiary. There is no strike or other labor dispute involving the Company or the Subsidiary pending, or to the best knowledge of the Company, that is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, nor is the Company aware of any labor organization activity involving the Company or the Subsidiary. The Company is not aware that any officer or key employee, or that any group of key employees, intends to terminate their employment with the Company or the Subsidiary, nor does the Company or the Subsidiary have a present intention to terminate the employment of any of the foregoing. Schedule 2.24 sets forth the names of each of the Company’s and the Subsidiary’s employees and consultants. The Company and the Subsidiary are or at the Closing will be a party to an employment agreement with each employee of the Company and the Subsidiary, as applicable. The employment of each officer and employee of the Company or the Subsidiary is terminable at the will of the Company or the Subsidiary, subject to the payment of severance and other payments as provided by law and/or pursuant to any applicable employment agreements. The Company and the Subsidiary have complied in all material respects with all applicable laws related to employment. Except as set forth in Schedule 2.24(a) below, the Company and the Subsidiary are not parties to or bound by any currently effective employment deferred compensation agreement, bonus plan, incentive plan, profit sharing plan, retirement agreement, or other employee compensation agreement. Schedule 2.24(a) contains a list of all written and material oral promises, agreements, arrangements and understandings, with officers, directors, employees and consultants (other than attorneys and accountants) of the Company and the Subsidiary, which are presently in effect, detailing the name, title or position, annual salary/compensation (including bonuses, commissions, and deferred compensation), pensions (including those required by all applicable laws), retirement benefits, company cars, profit sharing, and any interests in any incentive compensation plan. A copy of the written (and a summary description of any material oral) agreements described in this Section 2.24 was delivered to Wellington prior to the date hereof. The severance pay to the employees of the Company and the Subsidiary is fully funded or provided for in the Financial Statements in accordance with US generally accepted accounting principals. All liabilities of the Company in connection with its employees (excluding illness pay and advance notice of termination) were adequately accrued in the Financial Statements and the Company is not aware of any circumstance whereby any employee might demand any claim for compensation on termination of employment beyond the amount of statutory or contractual severance pay to which such employee may be entitled. All obligations of the Company and the Subsidiary with respect to statutorily required severance payments have been fully satisfied or have been funded by contributions to appropriate insurance funds.
Company Employees Each Party shall not, directly or indirectly solicit for employment, any employee of the other Party who has been directly involved in the performance of this Agreement during the Term and for one year after the earlier of the termination or expiration of this Agreement or the termination of such individual's employment, with the other Party. It shall not be a violation of this provision if any employee responds to a Party's general advertisement of an open position.
Continuing Employees “Continuing Employees” is defined in Section 6.4 of the Agreement.
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.
Employees and Benefit Plans (a) From and after the Effective Time, Buyer agrees to provide the employees of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries who remain employed after the Effective Time (collectively, the "Company Employees") with at least the types and levels of employee benefits (including employee contribution levels) comparable in the aggregate to those maintained by Buyer for similarly-situated employees of Buyer. Buyer will treat, and cause its applicable benefit plans to treat, the service of the Company Employees with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as service rendered to Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries for purposes of eligibility to participate, vesting and for level of benefits including, but not limited to, severance benefits, vacation entitlement and applicability of minimum waiting periods for participation (but not for benefit accrual under any defined benefit plan (including minimum pension amount) and not for participation in the Brookline Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan) attributable to any period before the Effective Time. Without limiting the foregoing, but subject to the terms and conditions of Buyer's health and similar plans, Buyer shall not treat any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as a "new" employee for purposes of any exclusions under any health or similar plan of Buyer for a pre-existing medical condition to the extent that any such exclusion did not apply under a health or similar plan of the Company or its Subsidiaries immediately prior to the Effective Time, and any deductibles, co-payments or out-of-pocket expenses paid under any of the Company's or any of its Subsidiaries' health plans shall be credited towards deductibles, co-payments or out-of-pocket expenses under Buyer's health plans upon delivery to Buyer of appropriate documentation, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable Buyer Employee Program.
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.
Employees Except as set forth on Schedule 4.14, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any collective bargaining agreements with any of its employees. There is no labor union organizing activity pending or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Except as disclosed in the Exchange Act Filings or on Schedule 4.14, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any currently effective employment contract, deferred compensation arrangement, bonus plan, incentive plan, profit sharing plan, retirement agreement or other employee compensation plan or agreement. To the Company's knowledge, no employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor any consultant with whom the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has contracted, is in violation of any term of any employment contract, proprietary information agreement or any other agreement relating to the right of any such individual to be employed by, or to contract with, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries because of the nature of the business to be conducted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and to the Company's knowledge the continued employment by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of its present employees, and the performance of the Company's and its Subsidiaries' contracts with its independent contractors, will not result in any such violation. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is aware that any of its employees is obligated under any contract (including licenses, covenants or commitments of any nature) or other agreement, or subject to any judgment, decree or order of any court or administrative agency, that would interfere with their duties to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice alleging that any such violation has occurred. Except for employees who have a current effective employment agreement with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, no employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been granted the right to continued employment by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to any material compensation following termination of employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.14, the Company is not aware that any officer, key employee or group of employees intends to terminate his, her or their employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor does the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have a present intention to terminate the employment of any officer, key employee or group of employees.
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 12 2.12 Receivables........................................................................................16 2.13
