Common use of Crediting of Service Clause in Contracts

Crediting of Service. As of the Distribution Date, the service used to determine the eligibility for, the vested portion of and the amount of, any benefit under any PMI Group Plan (including, for purposes of this subparagraph (b), any PMI Group employee benefit plan that provides retirement income, regardless of whether it covers only U.S. payroll-based PMI Group Employees) of each PMI Group Employee (including, for purposes of this subparagraph (b), any PMI Group employee, regardless of whether such employee is a U.S. payroll-based PMI Group Employee) shall not be less than the service that such PMI Group Employee earned with the Altria Group, the Former Altria Group and the PMI Group with respect to such PMI Group Plan to such date.