definiens: shall mean the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended andas codified in Section 4980B of the Code and Section 601 et . seq . of ERISA ; ( ii ) shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ; ( iii ) shall mean any Employee Plan, including all International EmployeePlans ; ( iv ) shall mean any current or former independent contractor or leased employee who is ( i ) anatural person or ( ii ) a staffing agency or other entity that leases or otherwise supplies employees to thirdpersons on a consulting, contract or project basis ; ( v ) shall mean the U.S. Department of Labor ; ( vi ) shall mean any current or former or retired employee, officer, Consultant or director ofthe Company or any ERISA Affiliate ; 16(vii ) shall mean each management, employment, severance, change ofcontrol, retention, consulting ( with a Consultant ), relocation, repatriation, expatriation, visas, work permit orother agreement, contract or understanding, written or otherwise, between the Company or any ERISA Affiliateand any Employee under which the Company has current or future obligations ; ( viii ) shall mean any plan, program, policy, practice, Contract or other arrangement, providing for compensation, severance, termination pay, deferred compensation, performance awards, bonuses, stock or stock - related awards or purchases, fringe benefits, loans, or other employee benefits or remuneration ofany kind, whether written or unwritten, funded or unfunded, including each within themeaning of Section 3(3 ) of ERISA which is or has been maintained, contributed to, or required to be contributedto, by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate for the benefit of any Employee, and with respect to which theCompany or any ERISA Affiliate has or may have any Liability, including all International Employee Plans ; ( ix ) shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ; ( x ) shall mean any other person or entity under common control with the Companywithin the meaning of Section 414(b ), ( c ), ( m ) or ( o ) of the Code and the regulations issued thereunder ; ( xi ) shall mean the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, as amended ; ( xii ) International Employee Plan ” shall mean each Employee Plan that has been adopted or maintainedby the Company or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to the laws of any country outside the United States, whetherinformally or formally, or with respect to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate will or may have anyLiability, for the benefit of Employees who perform services outside the United States ; ( xiii ) shall mean the U.S. Internal Revenue Service ; ( xiv ) shall mean any ( as defined below ) which is a as defined in Section 3(37 ) of ERISA ; ( xv ) shall mean each Company Employee Plan which is an within the meaning of Section 3(2 ) of ERISA