(a) Schedule 2.7 (a) of the Disclosure Schedule contains a list setting forth each employee benefit plan, program, policy or arrangement (including any «employee benefit plan» as defined in Section 3 (3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended («ERISA»)(«ERISA Plan»)-RRB-, including, without limitation, employee
pension benefit plans, as defined in Section 3 (2) of ERISA, multi-employer plans, as defined in Section 3 (37) of ERISA, employee welfare benefit plans, as defined in Section 3 (1) of ERISA, deferred compensation plans, stock option plans, bonus plans, stock purchase plans, fringe benefit plans, life, hospitalization, disability and other insurance plans, severance or termination pay plans and policies, sick pay plans and vacation plans or arrangements, whether or not an ERISA Plan (including any funding mechanism therefore now in effect or required in the future as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise), whether formal or informal, oral or written, under which (i) any current or
former employee, director or individual
consultant of the Company (collectively, the «Company Employees») has any present or future right to benefits and which are contributed to, sponsored by or maintained by the Company or (ii) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate (as hereinafter defined) has had, has or may have any actual or contingent present or future liability or obligation.
A meeting of black leaders was convened last weekend in Mt. Vernon by the Rev. Al Sharpton and attended by people like
former state Comptroller H. Carl McCall (Cuomo's primary opponent in 2002), political
consultants Bill Lynch and Roberto Ramirez (who got caught up in Cuomo's
pension fund pay - to - play probe), Sen. Ruth Hassell - Thompson, Senate President Malcolm Smith, Rep. Greg Meeks and the NAACP's Hazel Dukes.
Rattner agreed this week to pay $ 6 million and be barred from the financial industry for two years to resolve allegations made by the Securities and Exchange Commission that he bribed a political
consultant to win business from New York's
pension fund for his
former investment firm, the sources said.
Quadrangle and GKM paid fees to
former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi's political
consultant, Hank Morris, to arrange
pension fund investments.