Employment Benefit Plans Employee may participate in employee benefit plans in which other similarly situated employees may participate, according to the terms of applicable policies and as stated in the Employee Handbook. Employee acknowledges receipt of the Employee Handbook available on the intercompany website and will review and abide by its terms.
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 “
Employees; Benefit Plans (a) Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall take all reasonable action so that employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries who become employees of Parent and its Subsidiaries (the “Transferred Employees”) shall be entitled to participate, effective as soon as administratively practicable following the Effective Time, in each “employee benefit plan,” as such term is defined by Section 3(3) of ERISA, maintained by Parent or its Subsidiaries and any Parent Stock Plan (collectively, the “Parent Benefit Plans”) to the same extent as similarly-situated employees of Parent and its Subsidiaries (it being understood that inclusion of the employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries in the Parent Benefit Plans may occur at different times with respect to different plans and that any grants to any former employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries under any Parent Stock Plan shall be discretionary with Parent). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent may determine to continue any of the employee benefit plans, programs or arrangements of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for Transferred Employees in lieu of offering participation in the Parent Benefit Plans providing similar benefits (e.g., medical and hospitalization benefits), to terminate any of such benefit plans, or to merge any such benefit plans with the Parent Benefit Plans, provided the result is the provision of benefits to Transferred Employees that are substantially similar to the benefits provided to the employees of Parent and Parent Bank generally. Parent shall cause each Parent Benefit Plan, other than the Parent Employee Stock Ownership Plan, in which Transferred Employees are eligible to participate to recognize, for purposes of determining eligibility to participate in, the vesting of benefits and for all other purposes (but not for accrual of benefits) under the Parent Benefit Plans the service of such Transferred Employees with the Company and its Subsidiaries to the same extent as such service was credited for such purpose by the Company; provided, however, that such service shall not be recognized to the extent that such recognition would result in a duplication of benefits. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Transferred Employees will be treated as “new employees” of Parent or its Subsidiaries for purposes of determining eligibility and vesting under the Parent Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
Welfare Benefit Plans During the Employment Period, the Executive and/or the Executive's family, as the case may be, shall be eligible for participation in and shall receive all benefits under welfare benefit plans, practices, policies and programs provided by the Company and its affiliated companies (including, without limitation, medical, prescription, dental, disability, employee life, group life, accidental death and travel accident insurance plans and programs) to the extent applicable generally to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies, but in no event shall such plans, practices, policies and programs provide the Executive with benefits which are less favorable, in the aggregate, than the most favorable of such plans, practices, policies and programs in effect for the Executive at any time during the 120-day period immediately preceding the Effective Date or, if more favorable to the Executive, those provided generally at any time after the Effective Date to other peer executives of the Company and its affiliated companies.