Program Design The County Human Resources Department will operate a Catastrophic Leave Bank which is designed to assist any County employee who has exhausted all paid accruals due to a serious or catastrophic illness, injury, or condition of the employee or family member. The program establishes and maintains a Countywide bank wherein any employee who wishes to contribute may authorize that a portion of his/her accrued vacation, compensatory time, holiday compensatory time or floating holiday be deducted from those account(s) and credited to the Catastrophic Leave Bank. Employees may donate hours either to a specific eligible employee or to the bank. Upon approval, credits from the Catastrophic Leave Bank may be transferred to a requesting employee's sick leave account so that employee may remain in paid status for a longer period of time, thus partially ameliorating the financial impact of the illness, injury, or condition. Catastrophic illness or injury is defined as a critical medical condition, a long-term major physical impairment or disability which manifests itself during employment.
Alternative Structure (a) The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause any agreement, instrument or indenture with respect to indebtedness for borrowed money to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to be amended prior to the date that is not later than the fifth business day prior to the date the Form S-4 Registration Statement is declared effective, if Parent reasonably determines that such amendment is necessary so that the Subsequent Merger will not have any of the effects described in Section 5.1(d)(ii) (mutatis mutandi) (without giving effect to (i) the Company Material Adverse Effect exception at the end of Section 5.1(d)(ii) and (ii) any cure period or notice requirement) with respect to such agreement, instrument or indenture (an “Indenture Impact”); provided that without Parent’s prior written consent the Company shall not make any non-de minimis consent payments to any third party in connection with the foregoing or agree to amend any of the terms of such agreement, instrument or indenture except to amend the provision giving rise to the Indenture Impact.
(b) In the event that either (i) the Mergers would reasonably be likely to fail to qualify for the Intended Tax Treatment or (ii) the Subsequent Merger would have an Indenture Impact, the parties agree (x) to cooperate in good faith to explore alternative structures that would permit the transactions contemplated hereby to qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and (y) if each party to this Agreement in the exercise of its reasonable business discretion agrees to pursue such an alternative structure, the parties shall enter into an appropriate amendment to this Agreement to reflect such alternative structure and provide for such other changes necessitated thereby; provided, however, that failure of the parties to agree to an alternative structure shall not cause any condition to Closing set forth herein not to be satisfied or otherwise cause any breach of this Agreement; and provided, further, that any actions taken pursuant to this Section 6.20(b) (A) shall not (I) without the consent of the Company and Parent, alter or change the amount, nature or mix of the Merger Consideration or (II) impose any economic or other costs on Parent or the Company that are more than immaterial and (B) shall be capable of consummation without delay in relation to the structure contemplated herein. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall Parent be required to cause the Subsequent Merger to occur or to effect any alternative structure if the foregoing would result in an Indenture Impact.
(c) In the event the Mergers would reasonably be likely to fail to qualify for the Intended Tax Treatment, the parties may agree (in each party’s reasonable business discretion) not to consummate the Subsequent Merger. For the avoidance of doubt, neither the identification nor the implementation of an alternative structure under Section 6.20(b) above shall be a condition to Closing.
Alternative Proposals Prior to the Effective Date, the Company agrees (a) that neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, and it and they shall direct and use its and their best efforts to cause its and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (including, without limitation, any investment banker, attorney or accountant retained by it or any of its Subsidiaries) not to, initiate, solicit or encourage, directly or indirectly, any inquiries or the making or implementation of any proposal or offer (including, without limitation, any proposal or offer to its stockholders) with respect to a merger, acquisition, consolidation or similar transaction involving, or any purchase of all or any significant portion of the assets or any equity securities of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (any such proposal or offer made prior to the termination of this Agreement (and any subsequent amended proposal or offer made by the same or an affiliated party) being hereinafter referred to as an "Alternative Proposal") or engage in any negotiations concerning, or provide any confidential information or data to, or have any discussions with, any person relating to an Alternative Proposal, or release any third party from any obligations under any existing standstill agreement or arrangement relating to any Alternative Proposal, or otherwise facilitate any effort or attempt to make or implement an Alternative Proposal; (b) that it will immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any parties conducted heretofore with respect to any of the foregoing, and it will take the necessary steps to inform the individuals or entities referred to above of the obligations undertaken in this Section 8.9; and (c) that it will notify Parent immediately if any such inquiries or proposals are received by, any such information is requested from, or any such negotiations or discussions are sought to be initiated or continued with, it; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section 8.9 shall prohibit the Board of Directors of the Company from (i) furnishing information to or entering into discussions or negotiations with, any person or entity that makes or proposes to make an unsolicited bona fide proposal to acquire the Company pursuant to a merger, consolidation, share exchange, purchase of a substantial portion of assets, business combination or other similar transaction, if, and only to the extent that, (A) the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that such action is required for the Board of Directors to comply with its fiduciary duties to stockholders imposed by law, (B) prior to furnishing such information to, or entering into discussions or negotiations with, such person or entity, the Company provides written 37 43 notice to Parent to the effect that it is furnishing information to, or entering into discussions or negotiations with, such person or entity and (C) the Company keeps Parent promptly informed of the status and all material terms and conditions of any such discussions or negotiations (including identities of parties); and (ii) to the extent applicable, complying with Rule 14e-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act with regard to an Alternative Proposal. Nothing in this Section 8.9 shall (x) permit the Company to terminate this Agreement (except as specifically provided in Article X hereof), (y) permit the Company to enter into any agreement with respect to an Alternative Proposal during the term of this Agreement (it being agreed that during the term of this Agreement, the Company shall not enter into any agreement with any person that provides for, or in any way facilitates, an Alternative Proposal), or (z) affect any other obligation of the Company under this Agreement.