Employer. The term “Employer” shall mean the Company and/or a subsidiary of the Company that employs the Executive.

Employer. The Company or an Affiliated Entity which has adopted the Plan.

Employer. The Company or any Subsidiary (or any parent corporation of the Company or any of such parent corporation’s subsidiaries) by which a Participant is employed.

Employer. Employer means the Company or the Subsidiary or Affiliate which employs you.

Employer Contributions. Each Employer, in its sole discretion, may make either or both of the following types of contributions to the Plan on behalf of Participants employed by that Employer.

The Employer. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Employer and its successors and assigns including, but not limited to any person acquiring directly or indirectly all or substantially all of the business or assets of Bancorp or the Bank by purchase, merger, consolidation, reorganization or otherwise. The Employer shall require any successor to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement.

Lead Employer. "Lead Employer" means the signatory Employer to the Adoption Agreement execution page, and does not include any Affiliated Employer or Participating Employer. The "lead Employer" has the same meaning as the Employer for purposes of making Plan amendments and other purposes regardless of whether the "lead Employer" is also a Participating Employer under this Article XIV.

Participating Employer. “Participating Employer” means the Company and each other Affiliate that, with the consent of the Plan Administrator adopts this Plan. A Participating Employer shall cease to be a Participating Employer on the date it ceases to be an Affiliate.

Employer Liability. At its own discretion, a System Company employer may purchase such insurance or annuity contracts or other types of investments as it deems desirable in order to accumulate the necessary funds to provide for the future benefit payments under the Plan. However, # a System Company employer shall be under no obligation to fund the benefits provided under this Plan; # the investment of System Company employer funds credited to a special account established hereunder shall not be restricted in any way; and # such funds may be available for any purpose the System Company may choose. Nothing stated herein shall prohibit a System Company employer from adopting or establishing a trust or other means as a source for paying any obligations created hereunder; provided, however, any and all rights that any such Participants shall have with respect to any such trust or other fund shall be governed by the terms thereof.

Rights of Employer. Neither anything contained in the Plan nor any action taken under the Plan or the Award Agreement shall be construed as a contract of employment or as giving any Participant or Eligible Officer any right to continued employment with the Company or any Affiliate.