U.S. Defined Contribution Plans. With respect to each Transferred Employee who, as of immediately prior to the Applicable Transfer Date, participates in a defined contribution plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code and that is sponsored by Seller or a Retained Subsidiary (a “Seller DC Plan”), Buyer shall (or shall cause one of its Affiliates to), as soon as administratively practicable following the Applicable Transfer Date, (a) cover such Transferred Employee under a defined contribution plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code and that is sponsored by Buyer or one of its Affiliates (a “Buyer DC Plan”) and (b) cause a Buyer DC Plan to accept a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer of the full value of the accounts (including participant loans) of such Transferred Employee from the Seller DC Plans and, as of such date Seller has caused the Seller DC Plan to transfer to the trust of Buyer DC Plan cash, assets or a combination thereof in an amount equal to the Seller DC Plan account balances of the Transferred Employees (including any promissory notes evidencing outstanding loan balances under the Seller DC Plan) as of the valuation date immediately preceding such transfer.
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Sources: Stock Purchase Agreement (TreeHouse Foods, Inc.), Stock Purchase Agreement (Conagra Foods Inc /De/)