Vendor Contracts. Prior to the Distribution, Timken and TimkenSteel will use reasonable best efforts to (a) negotiate with the current Third Party providers to separate and assign the applicable rights and obligations under each group insurance policy, health maintenance organization, administrative services contract, Third Party administrator agreement, letter of understanding or arrangement that pertains to one or more Bearings Benefit Plans and one or more TimkenSteel Benefit Plans (each, a “Vendor Contract”) to the extent that such rights or obligations pertain to TimkenSteel Employees and Former TimkenSteel Business Employees and their respective Plan Payees or, in the alternative, to negotiate with the current Third Party providers to provide substantially similar services to the TimkenSteel Benefit Plans on substantially similar terms under separate contracts with TimkenSteel or the TimkenSteel Benefit Plans and (b) to the extent permitted by the applicable Third Party provider, obtain and maintain pricing discounts or other preferential terms under the Vendor Contracts.
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Samples: Employee Matters Agreement, Employee Matters Agreement (Timken Co), Employee Matters Agreement (TimkenSteel Corp)
