Company: GDOT
Filing Date: 2025-11-26
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001140361-25-043547
Chunk: 179

Company: GREEN DOT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-11-26
Form: 425
Chunk 179
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 Terms. For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings: “ Action” shall mean any claim, action, suit, arbitration, litigation or proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity. “ Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with such Person; providedthat, from and after the Closing, (a) none of the Transferred Entities shall be considered an Affiliate of Parent Bank, New CommerceOne or any of their respective Affiliates and (b) none of Parent Bank, New CommerceOne nor any of their respective Affiliates shall be considered an Affiliate of any Transferred Entity. “ Ancillary Agreements” shall mean the Merger Agreement, the Transition Services Agreement, the Master Services Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter (and the Subscription Agreements referred to therein and the letter agreement entered into in connection therewith), the Limited Guaranty, the Confidentiality Agreements, the Support Agreement, any certificate delivered pursuant to Section 9.2(d)or Section 9.3(c), and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, if applicable. “ Bank Benefit Plan” shall mean each Benefit Plan that is (a) sponsored or maintained by Parent Bank or (b) maintained solely and exclusively for the benefit of employees of the Retained Businesses. “ Benefit Plan” shall mean each employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ ERISA”)), whether or not subject to ERISA, and all equity, equity-based, bonus or incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance, termination, change in control, retention, employment, welfare, insurance, medical, fringe or other benefit plans, programs, agreements, contracts, policies, practices, arrangements or remuneration of any kind, whether or not funded and whether or not in writing, with respect to which Parent or any Subsidiary or the Business, whether or not incorporated, all of which together with Parent would be deemed a “single employer” within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA, is a party or has any current or future obligation or that are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries for the benefit of any Business Employee or current or former service provider of a Transferred Entity, excluding, in each case