Employee Plan.“Employee Plan”shall mean any salary, bonus, profit sharing, vacation, deferred compensation, incentive compensation, equity, stock purchase, stock option, phantom equity, stock-based or other equity-based, severance pay, retention, change in control, termination pay, death and disability benefits, hospitalization, medical, life or other insurance, fringe or flexible benefits, supplemental unemployment benefits, profit-sharing, pension or retirement plan, employment, consulting policy, program, agreement or arrangement and each other employee benefit plan, or arrangement sponsored, maintained, contributed to or required to be contributed to by the Acquired Corporations for the benefit of any current or former employee or Company Associate of the Acquired Corporations or with respect to which the Acquired Corporations may have any liability.
Encumbrance. “Encumbrance” shall mean any lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, mortgage, security interest, encumbrance, claim, infringement, interference, option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, community property interest or other similar restriction (including any restriction on the voting of any security, any restriction on the transfer of any security or other asset, any restriction on the receipt of any income derived from any asset, any restriction on the use of any asset and any restriction on the possession, exercise or transfer of any other attribute of ownership of any asset).
End Date. “End Date” is defined in Section 8.1(e) of the Agreement.
Entity. “Entity” shall mean any corporation (including anynon-profit corporation), general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, estate, trust, company (including any company limited by shares, limited liability company or joint stock company), firm, society or other enterprise, association, organization or entity.
Environmental Law.“Environmental Law” shall mean any federal, state, local or foreign Legal Requirement relating to pollution or protection of human health, worker health or the environment (including ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata), including any law or regulation relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of Hazardous Materials, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials.
Environmental Permit. “Environmental Permit” is defined in Section 3.17(a) of the Agreement.
Equity Commitment Letters. “Equity Commitment Letters”is defined in Section 4.7 of the Agreement.
Equity Financing. “Equity Financing”shall mean the equity financing contemplated by the Equity Commitment Letter.
Equity Financing Sources. “Equity Financing Sources”shall mean each financing source and their respective former, current and future Affiliates, and each of the financing source’s (and their respective Affiliates’) former, current and future equityholders, members, partners, or Representatives successors and assigns of any of the foregoing; provided that “Equity Financing Sources” shall be deemed not to include Parent or Purchaser.
ERISA. “ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
ERISA Affiliate. “ERISA Affiliate” is defined in Section 3.16(e) of the Agreement.
ESPP. “ESPP” shall mean the Company’s 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Exceptions. “Exceptions” is defined in Section 5.2(a) of the Agreement.
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