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1.1
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Administrator.
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1.2
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Adopting
Employer.
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1.3
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Affiliated
Employer.
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1.4
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Age.
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1.5
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Allocation
Period.
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1.6
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Anniversary
Date.
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1.7
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Annual
Additions.
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1.8
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Annuity
Starting Date.
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1.9
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Beneficiary.
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(a)
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Beneficiary
Designations By a Participant. Subject to the provisions of Section
5.8 regarding the rights of a Participant's
Spouse, each Participant may designate a Beneficiary in writing with the
Administrator. If a Participant designates his or her Spouse and the
Participant and his or her Spouse are legally divorced subsequent to the
date of the designation, then the designation of such Spouse as a
Beneficiary hereunder will be deemed null and void unless the Participant,
subsequent to the legal divorce, reaffirms the designation in writing. In
the absence of any other designation, the Participant will be deemed to
have designated the following Beneficiaries in the following order,
provided however, that with respect to clauses (1) and (2) following, such
Beneficiaries are then living: (1) the Participant's Spouse, (2) the
Participant's issue per stirpes; and (3) the Participant's
estate.
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(b)
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Beneficiary
Designations By a Beneficiary. In the absence of a Beneficiary
designation or other directive from a Participant to the contrary, any
Beneficiary may name his or her own Beneficiary in accordance with Section
5.2(d) to receive any benefits payable in the
event of the Beneficiary's death prior to the receipt of all the
Participant's death benefits to which the Beneficiary was
entitled.
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(c)
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Beneficiaries
Considered Contingent Until the Death of the Participant.
Notwithstanding any provision in this Section to the contrary, any
Beneficiary named hereunder will be considered a contingent Beneficiary
until the death of the Participant (or Beneficiary, as the case may be),
and until such time will have no rights granted to Beneficiaries under the
Plan.
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1.10
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Benefiting
Participant.
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1.11
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Break
in Service.
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1.12
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Code.
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1.13
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Code
§401(a)(17) Compensation Limit.
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1.14
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Code
§414(s) Compensation.
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1.15
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Code
§415(c)(3) Compensation.
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(a)
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Top
Heavy and Key Employee Determinations. In determining Top Heavy
Minimum Allocations and if a Employee is a Key Employee, the term "Code
§415(c)(3) Compensation means Form W-2 Compensation during the entire
Compensation Determination Period that statutorily
applies.
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(b)
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Code
§415 Limitations. In determining a Participant's Code §415
limitation for any Limitation Year, Code §415(c)(3) Compensation means
Form W-2 Compensation during the entire Compensation Determination Period
that statutorily applies.
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(c)
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Highly
Compensated Employee Determinations. In determining if a
Participant is a Highly Compensated Employee (or for any other statutory
determination not described in paragraphs (a) and (b) above), Code
§415(c)(c) Compensation means Form W-2 Compensation during the entire
Compensation Determination Period that statutorily
applies.
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(d)
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Exclusions
to Compensation Do Not Apply. Code §415(c)(3) Compensation includes
any amounts that are excluded from Compensation under Section 1.20 of the
Plan.
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(e)
|
Inclusion
of Certain Amounts. Code §415(c)(3) Compensation includes (a)
elective deferrals as defined in Code §402(g)(3) and amounts contributed
or deferred by the Employer at the election of the Employee which are not
includible in gross income under Code §125 (including Deemed Code §125
Compensation), Code §132(f)(4), or Code §457; and (b) effective January 1,
2005, Post-Severance Compensation.
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1.16
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Code
§3401 Compensation.
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1.17
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Committee.
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1.18
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Company
Stock.
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1.19
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Company
Stock Account.
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1.20
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Compensation.
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(a)
|
Compensation
Used to Determine Employer Contributions. In determining Employer
contributions, the term Compensation means a Participant's Form W-2
Compensation received during the Compensation Determination Period. For
purposes of this paragraph, (1) the Compensation Determination Period is
the Plan Year; and (2) elective deferrals as defined in Code §402(g)(3)
and amounts contributed or deferred by the Employer at the election of the
Employee which are not includible in gross income under Code §125
(including Deemed Code §125 Compensation), Code §132(f)(4), or Code §457
will be included as Compensation.
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(b)
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Code
§401(a)(17) Compensation Limit. Notwithstanding any provision of
this Section to the contrary, Compensation for any Compensation
Determination Period (or Plan Year) will not exceed the limitation set
forth in Code §401(a)(17) as in effect for that Compensation Determination
Period (or Plan Year). The Code §401(a)(17) limit for Plan Years which
begin on or after January 1, 2002 will not exceed $200,000, as adjusted
for cost-of-living increases in accordance with Code §401(a)(17)(B). The
cost-of-living adjustment in effect for a calendar year applies to annual
Compensation for the Compensation Determination Period that begins with or
within such calendar year. If a Compensation Determination Period is less
than 12 consecutive months, then the applicable Code §401(a)(17) limit
will be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of
months in the Compensation Determination Period and the denominator of
which is 12. If Compensation for any prior Compensation Determination
Period is used in determining a Participant's Plan benefits for the
current Plan Year, then the annual Compensation for such prior
Compensation Determination Period is subject to the applicable Code
§401(a)(17) limit in effect for that prior Compensation Determination
Period.
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1.21
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Compensation
Determination Period
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1.22
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Current
Obligations.
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1.23
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Deemed
Code §125 Compensation.
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1.24
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Determination
Date.
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1.25
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Disability.
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1.26
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Distribution
Calendar Year.
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1.27
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Early
Retirement Age.
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1.28
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Eligible
Employee.
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1.29
|
Employee.
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1.30
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Employer.
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1.31
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Exempt
Loan.
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1.32
|
Fiscal
Year.
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1.33
|
Forfeiture.
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1.34
|
Form
W-2 Compensation.
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1.35
|
HCE.
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1.36
|
Highly
Compensated Employee.
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1.37
|
Hour
of Service.
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(a)
|
Determination
of Hours. The term Hour of Service means (1) each hour an Employee
is paid, or entitled to payment, for the performance of duties for the
Employer or an Affiliated Employer, which will be credited to the Employee
for the computation period in which the duties are performed; (2) each
hour for which an Employee is paid, or entitled to payment, by the
Employer or an Affiliated Employer on account of a period of time during
which no duties are performed (irrespective of whether the employment
relationship has terminated) due to vacation, holiday, illness, incapacity
(including disability), layoff, jury duty, military duty or leave of
absence, except that no more than 501 Hours of Service will be credited
under this clause (2) for any single continuous period (whether or not
such period occurs in a single computation period); and (3) each hour for
which back pay, irrespective of mitigation of damages, is either awarded
or agreed to by the Employer or an Affiliated Employer, except that the
same hours will not be credited both under clause (1) or clause (2) and
under this clause (3), and these hours will be credited for the
computation period or periods to which the award or agreement pertains
rather than the computation period in which the award, agreement or
payment is made. Hours of Service will be calculated and credited pursuant
to DOL Regulation §2530.200b-2(b) and (c), which are incorporated in this
Plan by reference. Hours of Service shall be determined on the basis of
actual hours for which the Employee is paid or entitled to payment as
reflected on the Employee's W-2
form.
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(b)
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Maternity
or Paternity Leave. In determining if a Break in Service for
participation and Vesting has occurred in a computation period, an
individual on Maternity or Paternity Leave will receive credit for up to
501 Hours of Service which would otherwise have been credited but for such
absence, or in any case in which such Hours of Service cannot be
determined, 8 hours per day of such absence. Hours of Service
credited for Maternity of Paternity Leave will be credited in the
computation period in which the absence begins if the crediting is
necessary to prevent a Break in Service in that period, or in all other
cases, in the following computation
period.
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(c)
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Use
of Equivalencies. Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the Administrator
may elect for all Employees or for one or more different classifications
of Employees (provided such classifications are reasonable and are
consistently applied) to apply one or more of the following equivalency
methods in determining the Hours of Service of an Employee. Under such
equivalency methods, an Employee will be credited with (1) 190 Hours of
Service for each month he or she is paid or entitled to payment for at
least one Hour of Service; or (2) 95 Hours of Service for each
semi-monthly period in which he or she is paid or entitled to payment for
at least one Hour of Service; or (3) 45 Hours of Service for each week he
or she is paid or entitled to payment for at least one Hour of Service; or
(4) 10 Hours of Service for each day he or she is paid or entitled to
payment for at least one Hour of
Service.
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1.38
|
Immediately
Distributable.
|
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1.39
|
Key
Employee.
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1.40
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Leased
Employee.
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1.41
|
Life
Expectancy.
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1.42
|
Limitation
Year.
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1.43
|
Maternity
or Paternity Leave.
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1.44
|
Named
Fiduciary.
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1.45
|
NHCE.
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1.46
|
Non-Highly
Compensated Employee.
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1.47
|
Non-Key
Employee.
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1.48
|
Normal
Retirement Age.
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1.49
|
Normal
Retirement Date.
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1.50
|
Other
Investments Account.
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1.51
|
Otherwise
Excludible Participant.
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1.52
|
Participant.
|
|
1.53
|
Participant's
Account.
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1.54
|
Participant's
Account Balance.
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1.55
|
Permissive
Aggregation Group.
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1.56
|
Plan.
|
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1.57
|
Plan
Year.
|
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1.58
|
Policy.
|
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1.59
|
Qualified
Domestic Relations Orders.
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1.60
|
Required
Aggregation Group.
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1.61
|
Required
Beginning Date.
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1.62
|
Regulation.
|
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1.63
|
Rollover
Account.
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1.64
|
Rollover
Contribution (or Rollover).
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1.65
|
Safe
Harbor Code §415 Compensation.
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(a)
|
Excluded
Amounts. Safe Harbor Code §415 Compensation does not include the
following: (1) Employer contributions made by the Employer to a plan of
deferred compensation to the extent that, before the application of the
Code §415 limitations to that plan, the contributions are not includible
in the Employee's gross income for the taxable year in which contributed;
Employer contributions made on behalf of an Employee to a simplified
employee pension described in Code §408(k) for the taxable year in which
contributed; and any distributions from a plan of deferred
compensation for Code §415 purposes, regardless of whether such amounts
are includible in the Employee's gross income when distributed; (2)
Amounts realized from the exercise of a non-qualified stock option, or
when restricted stock (or property) held by an Employee either becomes
freely transferable or is no longer subject to a substantial risk of
forfeiture; (3) Amounts realized from the sale, exchange or other
disposition of stock acquired under a qualified stock option; and (4)
Other amounts which receive special tax benefits, such as premiums for
group-term life insurance (but only to the extent that the premiums are
not includible in the gross income of the employee), or contributions made
by an Employer (whether or not under a salary deferral agreement) towards
the purchase of an annuity described in Code §403(b) (regardless of
whether such the contributions are excludible from an Employee's gross
income).
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(b)
|
Inclusion
of Certain Amounts. Code §415(c)(3) Compensation includes (a)
elective deferrals as defined in Code §402(g)(3) and amounts contributed
or deferred by the Employer at the election of the Employee which are not
includible in gross income under Code §125 (including Deemed Code §125
Compensation), Code §132(f)(4), or Code §457; and (b) effective January 1,
2005, Post-Severance Compensation.
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1.66
|
Sponsoring
Employer.
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|
1.67
|
Spouse.
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1.68
|
Statutory
Code §415 Compensation.
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(a)
|
Amounts
Includable as Statutory Code §415 Compensation. Statutory Code §415
Compensation includes the following: (1) wages, salaries, fees
for professional services and other amounts received (without regard to
whether or not an amount is paid in cash) for personal services actually
rendered in the course of employment with the Sponsoring Employer
maintaining the Plan to the extent that the amounts are includable in
gross income (including, but not limited to, commissions paid
salespersons, compensation for services based on a percentage of profits,
commissions on insurance premiums, tips, bonuses, fringe benefits, and
reimbursements, or other expense allowances under a non-accountable plan
as described in Regulation §1.62-2(c)); (2) in the case of a Self-Employed
Individual, Earned Income; (3) amounts described in Code §104(a)(3),
§105(a) and 105(h), but only to the extent these amounts are includible in
the gross income of the Employee; (4) amounts paid or reimbursed by the
Employer for moving expenses incurred by the Employee, but only to the
extent that at the time of the payment it is reasonable to believe that
these amounts are not deductible by the Employee under Code §217; (5) the
value of a non-qualified stock option granted to an Employee by the
Employer, but only to the extent that the value of the option is
includible in the gross income of the Employee for the taxable year in
which granted; and (6) the amount includible in the gross income of an
Employee upon
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(b)
|
Exclusion
of Certain Amounts. Statutory Code §415 Compensation does not
include (1) Employer contributions made by the Employer to a plan of
deferred compensation to the extent that, before the application of the
Code §415 limitations to that plan, the contributions are not includible
in the Employee's gross income for the taxable year in which contributed;
Employer contributions made on behalf of an Employee to a simplified
employee pension described in Code §408(k) for the taxable year in which
contributed; and any distributions from a plan of deferred
compensation for Code §415 purposes, regardless of whether such amounts
are includible in the Employee's gross income when distributed; (2)
amounts realized from the exercise of a non-qualified stock option, or
when restricted stock (or property) held by an Employee either becomes
freely transferable or is no longer subject to a substantial risk of
forfeiture; (3) amounts realized from the sale, exchange or other
disposition of stock acquired under a qualified stock option; and (4)
other amounts which receive special tax benefits, such as premiums for
group-term life insurance (but only to the extent that the premiums are
not includible in the gross income of the employee), or contributions made
by an Employer (whether or not under a salary deferral agreement) towards
the purchase of an annuity described in Code §403(b) (regardless of
whether such the contributions are excludible from an Employee's gross
income).
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(c)
|
Inclusion
of Certain Amounts. Code §415(c)(3) Compensation includes (a)
elective deferrals as defined in Code §402(g)(3) and amounts contributed
or deferred by the Employer at the election of the Employee which are not
includible in gross income under Code §125 (including Deemed Code §125
Compensation), Code §132(f)(4), or Code §457; and (b) effective January 1,
2005, Post-Severance Compensation.
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1.69
|
Terminated
Participant.
|
|
1.70
|
Top
Heavy.
|
|
1.71
|
Top
Heavy Minimum Allocation.
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1.72
|
Top
Heavy Ratio.
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(a)
|
Employer
Only Maintains DC Plans. If the Employer maintains one or more
defined contribution plans (including any Simplified Employee Pension
Plan) and the Employer has not maintained any defined benefit plan which
during the 5-year period ending on the Determination Date(s) has or has
had accrued benefits, then the Top Heavy Ratio for this Plan alone, for
the Required Aggregation Group, or for the Permissive Aggregation Group as
appropriate is a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the
Participant's Account balances of all Key Employees as of the
Determination Date(s) (including any part of any Participant's Account
balance distributed during the 1-year period ending on the Determination
Date(s); however, including any part of any Participant's Account balance
distributed during the 5-year period ending on the Determination Date in
the case of a distribution made for a reason other than severance from
employment, death, or Disability), and the denominator of which is the sum
of all Participant's Account balances (including any part of any
Participant's Account balance distributed in the 1-year period ending on
the Determination Date(s); however, including any part of any
Participant's Account balance distributed during the 5-year period ending
on the Determination Date in the case of a distribution made for a reason
other than severance from employment, death, or Disability), both computed
in accordance with Code §416 and the Regulations thereunder. Both the
numerator and denominator of the Top Heavy Ratio are increased to reflect
any contribution that is not actually made as of the Determination Date,
but which is required to be taken into account on that Determination Date
under Code §416 and the Regulations
thereunder.
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(b)
|
Employer
Maintains Both DC and DB Plans. If the Employer maintains one or
more defined contribution plans (including any Simplified Employee Pension
Plan) and the Employer maintains or has maintained one or more defined
benefit plans which during the 5-year period ending on the Determination
Date(s) has or has had any accrued benefits, then the Top Heavy Ratio for
any Required Aggregation Group or for any Permissive Aggregation Group as
appropriate is a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the
Participant's Account balances under the aggregated defined contribution
plan or plans for all Key Employees, determined in accordance with
paragraph (a) above, and the present value of accrued benefits under the
aggregated defined benefit plan or plans for all Key Employees as of the
Determination Date(s), and the denominator of which is the sum of the
Participant's Account balances under the aggregated defined contribution
plan or plans for all Participants, determined in accordance with
paragraph (a) above, and the present value of accrued benefits under the
defined benefit plan or plans for all Participants as of the Determination
Date(s), all determined in accordance with Code §416 and the Regulations
thereunder. The accrued benefits under a defined benefit plan in both the
numerator and denominator of the Top Heavy Ratio are increased for any
distribution of an accrued benefit made in the 1-year period ending on the
Determination Date (or the 5-year period ending on the Determination Date
in the case of a distribution made for a reason other than severance from
employment, death, or Disability).
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(c)
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Value
of Participant's Account Balances and the Present Value of Accrued
Benefits. For purposes of paragraphs (a) and (b), the value of the
Participant's Account balances and the present value of accrued benefits
will be determined as of the most recent Valuation Date that falls within
or ends with the 12-month period ending on the Determination Date, except
as provided in Code §416 and the Regulations for the first and second Plan
Years of a defined benefit plan. The Participant's Account balances and
accrued benefits will be disregarded for a Participant (1) who is not a
Key Employee during the 12-month period ending on the Determination Date
but was a Key Employee in a prior year, or (2) who has not been credited
with at least one Hour of Service with any Employer maintaining the Plan
at any time during the 1-year period ending on the Determination Date. The
calculation of the Top Heavy Ratio and the extent to which distributions,
Rollover Contributions, and Transfer Contributions are taken into account
will be made in accordance with Code §416 and the Regulations thereunder.
When aggregating plans, the value of the Participant's Account balances
and accrued benefits will be calculated with reference to the
Determination Dates that fall within the same calendar year. The accrued
benefit of a Participant other than a Key Employee will be determined
under (1) the method, if any, that uniformly applies for accrual purposes
under all defined benefit plans maintained by the Employer, or (2) if
there is no such method, then as if such benefit accrued not more rapidly
than the slowest accrual rate permitted under the fractional rule of Code
§411(b)(1)(C).
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(d)
|
Computing
Present Values. In establishing the present value of accrued
benefits to compute the Top Heavy Ratio, benefits not in pay status are
handled on the basis that retirement occurs on the automatic vesting date
or, if later, the date of reference. Benefits are discounted only for
interest and mortality.
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1.73
|
Transfer
Contribution.
|
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1.74
|
Transfer
Contribution Account.
|
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1.75
|
Trustee.
|
|
1.76
|
Trust
(or Trust Fund).
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1.77
|
Unallocated
Company Stock Account.
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|
1.78
|
Valuation
Calendar Year.
|
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1.79
|
Valuation
Date.
|
|
1.80
|
Vested
Aggregate Account.
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1.81
|
Vested,
Vested Interest or Vesting.
|
|
1.82
|
Voluntary
Employee Contribution.
|
|
1.83
|
Voluntary
Employee Contribution Account.
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|
1.84
|
Year
of Service.
|
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(a)
|
Employment
Commencement Date. The Employment Commencement Date is the first
day an Employee performs an Hour of Service for an Employer, Affiliated
Employer or Adopting Employer. The Reemployment Commencement Date is the
first day following a Break In Service on which an Employee performs an
Hour of Service for an Employer, Adopting Employer or Affiliated
Employer.
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(b)
|
Year
of Service for Eligibility. For any Plan Year in which the
eligibility requirements under Section 2.1
are based on an Employee's Years of Service, a Year of Service is a
12-consecutive month computation period in which an Employee is credited
with at least 1,000 Hours of Service. An Employee's initial eligibility
computation period will begin on his or her Employment Commencement Date.
The second eligibility computation period will begin on the first day of
the Plan Year which begins prior to the first anniversary of the
Employee's Employment Commencement Date regardless of whether the Employee
is credited with 1,000 Hours of Service during the initial computation
period. If the Employee is credited with 1,000 Hours of Service in both
the initial eligibility computation period and in the second eligibility
computation period, the Employee will be credited with two Years of
Service for eligibility purposes. If a Plan Year is less than 12 months,
the Hours of Service requirement set forth herein will be proportionately
reduced. In determining eligibility and the applicable entry date under
Section 2.1, an Employee will be deemed to
have completed a Year of Service on the last day of the computation period
during which the Employee completes the applicable Hours of Service
requirement.
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(c)
|
Year
of Service for Vesting. For any Plan Year in which a Participant's
Vested Interest under Section 4.6 is based on
Years of Service, a Year of Service is a 12-consecutive month computation
period in which an Employee is credited with at least 1,000 Hours of
Service. The Vesting computation period is the Plan Year, and if any Plan
Year is less than 12 consecutive months and the Hours of Service
requirement in this paragraph is greater than one, such requirement will
be proportionately reduced.
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(d)
|
Prior
Service Credit. An Employee will receive credit for all Years of
Service with the Employer.
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(e)
|
Re-employment
of an Employee Before a Break In Service and Before Eligibility
Requirements Are Satisfied. If
an Employee terminates employment with the Employer prior to satisfying
the eligibility requirements set forth in Section 2.1 and the Employee is
subsequently re-employed by the Employer before incurring a Break in
Service, then the Employee's pre-termination Years of Service (and Hours
of Service during the eligibility computation period) will not be counted
in determining the satisfaction of such eligibility requirements, and for
all other purposes other than vesting computation, as applicable, and the
eligibility computation period and the vesting computation period, as
applicable, will remain unchanged.
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(f)
|
Re-employment
of an Employee Before a Break In Service and After Eligibility
Requirements Are Satisfied. If an Employee terminates employment
with the Employer prior to the Employee's entry date under Section 2.1,
the Employee had satisfied the eligibility requirements under Section 2.1
as of the date of such termination, and the Employee is subsequently
re-employed by the Employer before incurring a Break in Service, then (1)
the Employee will become a Participant in the Plan as of the later of (A)
the date the Employee would have entered the Plan had the Employee not
terminated employment with the Employer, or (B) the Employee's
Re-employment Commencement Date; (2) the Employee's pre-termination Years
of Service (and Hours of Service during a computation period) will be
counted for all purposes; and (3) the Vesting computation period will
remain unchanged.
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(g)
|
Re-employment
of a Participant Before a Break In Service. If an
Employee terminates employment with the Employer after becoming
a Participant in the Plan and is subsequently re-employed by the Employer
before incurring a Break in Service, then (1) the Employee's Years of
Service and employment will be deemed not to have been interrupted; (2)
the Employee will recommence Plan
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(h)
|
Re-employment
of an Employee After a Break In Service and Before Eligibility
Requirements Are Satisfied. If
an Employee terminates employment with the Employer prior to satisfying
the eligibility requirements under Section 2.1 and the Employee is
subsequently re-employed by the Employer after incurring a Break in
Service, then the Employee's Year(s) of Service that were completed prior
to the Break in Service will be counted, subject to the following
provisions:
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(1)
|
Determination
of Years of Service for Eligibility Using the Rule of Parity. For
any Plan Year in which the eligibility requirements under Section 2.1 are
based on Years of Service, Years of Service completed prior to an
Employee's Break(s) in Service will not be counted if the total number of
consecutive Breaks in Service incurred by the Employee equals or exceeds
the greater of five or the aggregate number of Year of Service credited to
the Employee prior to incurring the Breaks in Service; this rule hereafter
is referred to as the "rule of parity." For purposes of the preceding
sentence, the aggregate number of Years of Service will not include Years
of Service previously disregarded under prior applications of the rule of
parity. If such former Employee's Years of Service are disregarded under
the rule of parity, then (A) the rehired Employee will be treated as a new
Employee for purposes of Section 2.1 and (B) the Employee's eligibility
computation period will commence on the Employee's Re-employment
Commencement Date. If such former Employee's Years of Service are not
disregarded under the rule of parity, then the eligibility computation
periods will remain unchanged. However, if this Plan provides that an
Employee must complete more than one Year of Service for eligibility
purposes under Section 2.1, and provides that an Employee will have a 100%
Vested Interest in his or her Participant's Account upon becoming a
Participant in the Plan, then (A) the Year of Service (and Hours of
Service) of an Employee who incurs a Break in Service before satisfying
such eligibility requirement will not be counted for eligibility purposes
and (B) the Employee's eligibility computation period will commence on the
Employee's Re-employment Commencement
Date.
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(2)
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Determination
of Years
of
Service for Vesting. For any Plan Year in which a Vested Interest
under Section 4.6 is based on Years of
Service, then in determining an Employee's Vested Interest in his or her
Participant's Account, any Years of Service that were completed prior to
an Employee's Break(s) in Service will not be counted (A) if the Employee
is not Vested in any portion of his or her Participant's Account and (B)
if the total number of consecutive Breaks in Service incurred by the
Employee equals or exceeds the greater of five or the aggregate number of
Years of Service credited to the Employee prior to incurring the Break(s)
in Service. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the aggregate number
of Years of Service will not include any Years of Service previously
disregarded under prior applications of the rule of
parity.
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(i)
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Re-employment
of an Employee After a Break In Service, After Eligibility Requirements
Are Satisfied, But Before the Employee's Entry Date. If an Employee
terminates employment with the Employer after satisfying the eligibility
requirements under Section 2.1 (but before the Employee's entry date under
Section 2.1) and the Employee is subsequently re-employed by the Employer
after incurring a Break in Service, then the Employee's Years of Service
completed prior to the Break in Service will be counted , subject to the
following:
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(1)
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Determination
of Years of Service for Eligibility Using the Rule of Parity. For
any Plan Year in which the eligibility requirements under Section 2.1 are
based on Years of Service, Years of Service completed prior to an
Employee's Break(s) in Service will not be counted if the total number of
consecutive Breaks in Service incurred by the Employee equals or exceeds
the greater of five or the aggregate number of Years of Service credited
to the Employee prior to incurring the Break(s) in Service; this rule
hereafter is referred to as the "rule of parity." For purposes of the
preceding sentence, the aggregate number of Years of Service will not
include Years of Service previously disregarded under prior applications
of the rule of parity. If such
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(2)
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Determination
of Years
of
Service for Vesting. For any Plan Year in which a Vested Interest
under Section 4.6 is based on Years of
Service, then in determining an Employee's Vested Interest in his or her
Participant's Account, any Years of Service that were completed prior to
an Employee's Break(s) in Service will not be counted (A) if the Employee
is not Vested in any portion of his or her Participant's Account and (B)
if the total number of consecutive Breaks in Service incurred by the
Employee equals or exceeds the greater of five or the aggregate number of
Years of Service credited to the Employee prior to incurring the Break(s)
in Service. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the aggregate number
of Years of Service will not include any Years of Service previously
disregarded under prior applications of the rule of
parity.
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(j)
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Re-employment
of a Participant After a Break In Service. If
an Employee (1) was a Participant in the Plan, (2) terminates employment
with the Employer, and (3) is subsequently re-employed by the Employer
after incurring a Break in Service, then the Employee's Years of Service
that were completed prior to the Break in Service will be counted, subject
to the following:
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(1)
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Determination
of Years of Service for Eligibility Using the Rule of Parity. For
any Plan Year in which the eligibility requirements under Section 2.1 are
based on Years of Service, Years of Service completed prior to an
Employee's Break(s) in Service will not be counted if the total number of
consecutive Breaks in Service incurred by the Employee equals or exceeds
the greater of five or the aggregate number of Years of Service credited
to the Employee prior to incurring the Break(s) in Service; this rule
hereafter is referred to as the "rule of parity." For purposes of the
preceding sentence, the aggregate number of Years of Service will not
include Years of Service previously disregarded under prior applications
of the rule of parity. If such former Employee's Years of Service are
disregarded under the rule of parity, then (A) the rehired Employee will
be treated as a new Employee for purposes of Section 2.1 and (B) the
Employee's eligibility computation period will commence on the Employee's
Re-employment Commencement Date. If such former Employee's Years of
Service are not disregarded under the rule of parity, then the rehired
Employee will reenter the Plan as of the Employee's Re-employment
Commencement Date.
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(2)
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Determination
of Years of Service for Vesting. For
any Plan Year in which a Vested Interest under Section 4.6 is based on Years of Service, then in
determining an Employee's Vesting Interest in his or her Participant's
Account, any Years of Service that were completed prior to an Employee's
Break(s) in Service will not be counted (A) if the Employee is not Vested
in any portion of his or her Participant's Account and (B) if the total
number of consecutive Break(s) in Service incurred by the Employee equals
or exceeds the greater of five or the aggregate number of Years of Service
credited to the Employee prior to incurring the Break(s) in Service. For
purposes of the preceding sentence, the aggregate number of Years of
Service will not include any Years of Service previously disregarded under
prior applications of the rule of
parity.
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(k)
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Ignoring
Service for Eligibility If Service Requirement for Eligibility Is More
Than 1 Year of Service. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the
contrary, if this Plan provides that an Employee must complete more than
one Year of Service for eligibility purposes under Section 2.1, and
provides that an Employee will have a 100% Vested Interest in his or her
Participant's Account upon becoming a Participant in the Plan, then (A)
the Years of Service (and Hours of Service) of an Employee who incurs a
Break in Service before satisfying such eligibility requirement will not
be counted for eligibility purposes and (B) the Employee's eligibility
computation period will commence on the Employee's Re-employment
Commencement Date.
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2.1
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Eligibility
and Entry Date Requirements.
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(a)
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Eligible
Employees. All Employees are Eligible Employees except for the
following ineligible classes of Employees: (1) Employees whose employment
is governed by a collective bargaining agreement between Employee
representatives and the Employer in which retirement benefits were the
subject of good faith bargaining unless such agreement expressly provides
for; and (2) Employees who are non-resident aliens who do not receive
earned income from the Employer which constitutes income from sources
within the United States.
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(b)
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(c)
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(d)
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Participation
By Employees Whose Status Changes. If an Employee who is not an
Eligible Employee becomes an Eligible Employee, the Employee will
participate in the Plan immediately if he or she has satisfied the minimum
age and service requirements and would have previously become a
Participant had he or she been an Eligible Employee. The participation of
a Participant who ceases to be an Eligible Employee will be suspended.
Upon once again becoming an Eligible Employee, a suspended Participant
will resume eligibility. The Vested Interest of a Participant who ceases
to be an Eligible Employee will continue to increase in accordance with
Section 4.6.
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(e)
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Participation
By Former Participants. A Participant who terminates employment
with the Employer for any reason but is subsequently reemployed as an
Eligible Employee will again become a Participant in the Plan as provided
in the definition of Year of
Service.
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2.2
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Waiver
of Participation.
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(a)
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Irrevocable
Election. An Eligible Employee may make a one-time irrevocable
election to waive participation in the Plan. However, the Administrator
may in its sole discretion elect not to make this option available to one
or more Eligible Employees if the Eligible Employee is not an HCE and is
not likely to become an HCE and if the Administrator determines that such
waiver may cause the Plan for any Plan Year to fail to satisfy one of the
tests in Code §410(b)(1)(A) or Code §410(b)(1)(B) and (C). The Employee's
election to waive participation in the Plan must be in writing and must be
delivered to the Administrator. Notwithstanding the foregoing however,
once an Employee has become a Participant in the Plan, no waiver can be
made, except as provided in paragraph (b)
below.
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(b)
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Election
to Waive Allocation. Notwithstanding paragraph (a), and subject to
the Top-Heavy Minimum Allocation requirements set forth in Section 3.5, a Participant may agree to forego an
allocation of Employer contributions to his or her Participant's Account
for all or any Allocation Periods if the Participant is an HCE for the
Allocation Period and such waiver does not have a direct or indirect
impact on the overall remuneration paid to such
Participant.
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(c)
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Administrative
Requirements. An Employee's election to waive participation or
forego an allocation must be in writing and must be delivered to the
Administrator on or before the date the Employee first becomes eligible to
participate in the Plan in the case of a waiver under paragraph (a), and
before the Participant is entitled to an allocation to his or her
Participant's Account in the case of foregoing an
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2.3
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Reemployment
After Termination.
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3.1
|
Employer
Contributions.
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(a)
|
Amount
of Contribution. The Employer in its sole discretion may make a
contribution to the Plan. The amount will be determined by the Employer,
and the Employer's determination will be binding on the Trustee, the
Administrator and all Participants, and cannot be reviewed in any
manner.
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(b)
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Allocation
of Contribution. Each Benefiting Participant's share of Employer
contributions will be allocated to his or her Participant's Account in
accordance with the following
provisions:
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(1)
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Company
Stock. Subject to the requirements of Section 3.2, Company Stock contributed to the Plan will
be allocated to each Benefiting Participant's Company Stock Account in the
ratio that each Benefiting Participant's Compensation for the Allocation
Period bears to the total Compensation of all Benefiting Participants for
the Allocation Period. However, Company Stock acquired by the Plan with
the proceeds of an Exempt Loan will only be allocated to each
Participant's Company Stock Account upon release from the Unallocated
Company Stock Suspense Account as provided in Section 3.2(b). Company Stock acquired with the proceeds
of an Exempt Loan will be an asset of the Trust Fund and maintained in the
Unallocated Company Stock Suspense Account. Company Stock which has been
released from the Unallocated Company Stock Account during the Plan Year
will be allocated on the annual Valuation Date to each Benefiting
Participant's Company Stock Account in the same ratio as described
above.
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(2)
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Other
Contributions. Each Benefiting Participant's share of cash or
property, other than Company Stock and dividends attributable thereto,
will be allocated to his or her Other Investments Account in the ratio
that the Compensation of each Benefiting Participant for the Allocation
Period bears to the total Compensation of all Benefiting Participants for
the Allocation Period.
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(3)
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Cash
Dividends. Cash dividends received by the Plan that are
attributable to Company Stock allocated to a Participant's Company Stock
Account and that are not currently distributed under Section 5.16 will be reinvested in Company
Stock.
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(c)
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Benefiting
Participants. A Participant will be a Benefiting Participant for
any Allocation Period in accordance with the following
provisions:
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(1)
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Participants
Employed on the Last Day of the Allocation Period. Any Participant
who is an Employee on the last day of the Allocation Period and who at any
time during the Allocation Period was in an eligible class of Employees as
set forth in Section 2.1(a) will be a
Benefiting Participant for that Allocation Period only if he or she is
credited with at least 1,000 Hours of Service during the Allocation Period
(or is credited with the proportionate equivalent if the Allocation Period
is less than 12 consecutive
months).
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(2)
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Participants
Who Terminate Before the Last Day of the Allocation Period. Any
Participant who terminates employment with the Employer before the last
day of the Allocation Period: (A) a Participant who terminates because of
his or her retirement on or after Normal Retirement Age will be a
Benefiting Participant regardless of the number of Hours of Service with
which he or she is credited during the Allocation Period; (B) a
Participant who terminates because of his or her death will be a
Benefiting Participant regardless of the number of Hours of Service with
which he or she is credited during the Allocation Period; (C) a
Participant who terminates because of his or her Disability will be a
Benefiting Participant regardless of the number of
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(d)
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Limitations
on Contributions. Notwithstanding any provision of this Article, no
Employer contribution will be made for any Participant who is not a
Benefiting Participant for an Allocation Period unless otherwise required
by the Top Heavy Minimum Allocation provisions in Section 3.5.
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(e)
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Allocation
Period. Any contribution made under the terms of the Plan may, at
the election of the Employer, be contributed (1) each payroll period; (2)
each month; (3) each Plan quarter; (4) on an annual basis; or (5) on any
other less than annual Allocation Period basis as determined by the
Employer, provided such Allocation Period does not discriminate in favor
of HCEs. The Employer may elect a different Allocation Period for each
type of contribution. Contributions will be allocated to Benefiting
Participants as of the last day of an applicable contribution
period.
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(f)
|
Form
of Contribution. To the extent the Employer's contribution is not
used to reduce an obligation or liability of an Employer to the Plan, and
the contribution is unencumbered and discretionary, then the contribution
may consist of (1) Company Stock; (2) cash; (3) cash equivalencies; (4)
qualifying employer real property and/or qualifying employer securities as
defined in ERISA §407(d)(4) and ERISA §407(d)(5), provided the acquisition
of such qualifying employer real property and/or qualifying employer
securities satisfies the requirements of ERISA §408(e); or (5) any other
property that is not prohibited under Code §4975 and is acceptable to the
Trustee.
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(g)
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Refund
of Contributions for All Plans. Contributions made to the Plan by
the Employer can only be returned to the Employer in accordance with the
following provisions:
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(1)
|
Failure
of Plan to Initially Qualify. If the Plan fails to initially
satisfy the requirements of Code §401(a) and the Employer declines to
amend the Plan to satisfy such requirements, contributions made prior to
the date such qualification is denied must be returned to the Employer
within 1 year of the date of such denial, but only if the application for
the qualification is made by the time prescribed by law for filing the
Employer's tax return for the taxable year in which the Plan is adopted,
or by such later date as the Secretary of the Treasury may
prescribe.
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(2)
|
Contributions
Made Under a Mistake of Fact. If a contribution is attributable in
whole or in part to a good faith mistake of fact, including a good faith
mistake in determining the deductibility of the contribution under Code
§404, an amount may be returned to the Employer equal to the excess of the
amount contributed over the amount that would have been contributed had
the mistake not occurred. Earnings attributable to an excess contribution
will not be returned, but losses attributable to the excess contribution
will reduce the amount so returned. Such amount will be returned within
one year of the date the contribution was made or the deduction
disallowed, as the case may be.
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(3)
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Nondeductible
Contributions. Except to the extent an Employer may intentionally
make a nondeductible contribution, for example in order to correct an
administrative error or restore a Forfeiture, any contribution by the
Employer is conditioned on its deductibility and will otherwise be
returned to the Employer.
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3.2
|
Company
Stock Account.
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(a)
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Company
Stock. A Benefiting Participant's Company Stock Account will be
credited with his or her allocable share of Company Stock (including
fractional shares) purchased and paid for by the Plan or contributed in
kind by the Employer, except that Company Stock acquired with the proceeds
of an Exempt Loan must be added to and maintained in the Unallocated
Company Stock Suspense Account. Such Company Stock will be released and
withdrawn from that account as if all Company Stock in that
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(b)
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Unallocated
Company Stock Account. Any Company Stock which is acquired with an
Exempt Loan and is in the Unallocated Company Stock Account will only be
withdrawn and allocated to Participants' Accounts in accordance with the
following provisions:
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(1)
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Method
of Withdrawing Stock. For each Allocation Period during the
duration of an Exempt Loan, the number of shares of Company Stock released
from the Unallocated Company Stock Account will equal the number of shares
held therein immediately before release for the current Allocation Period
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of
principal and interest paid for the Allocation Period and the denominator
of which is the sum of the numerator plus the principal and interest to be
paid for all future Allocation Periods. The number of future Allocation
Periods must be definitely ascertainable and must be determined without
taking into account any possible extensions or renewal periods. If the
interest rate under the Exempt Loan is variable, the interest to be paid
in future Allocation Periods must be computed by using the interest rate
applicable as of the end of the Allocation
Period.
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(2)
|
Alternative
Method of Withdrawing Stock. Notwithstanding subparagraph (1), the
number of shares of Company Stock released from the Unallocated Company
Stock Account may be determined in the same manner described in
subparagraph (1) except that the number will be based solely on the amount
of principal paid for the Allocation Period in relation to the sum of such
amount plus the principal to be paid for all future Allocation Periods,
provided that (1) the Exempt Loan must provide for annual payments of
principal and interest at a cumulative rate that is not less rapid at any
time than level annual payments of such amounts for 10 years; (2) interest
in any payment is disregarded only to the extent it would be determined to
be interest under standard loan amortization tables; and (3) the
alternative described in this subparagraph is not applicable from the time
that, by reason of a renewal, extension or refinancing, the sum of the
expired duration of the Exempt Loan, the renewal period, the extension
period, and the duration of a new Exempt Loan exceeds 10
years.
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(3)
|
Method
of Allocating Withdrawn Stock to Participants. The Plan must consistently
allocate to each Participant's Account, in the same manner as Employer
contributions under Section 3.1 are
allocated, non-monetary units (shares and fractional shares of Company
Stock) representing each Participant's interest in Company Stock withdrawn
from the Unallocated Company Stock Suspense Account. However, Company
Stock released from the Unallocated Company Stock Account with cash
dividends under paragraph (a) will be allocated to each Benefiting
Participant's Company Stock Account in the same proportion that each such
Participant's number of shares of Company Stock sharing in such cash
dividends bears to the total number of shares of all Benefiting
Participants' Company Stock sharing in such cash
dividends.
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(4)
|
Allocation
of Income. Income earned on Company Stock in the Unallocated
Company Stock Account will be used, at the discretion of the
Administrator, to repay the Exempt Loan used to purchase such Company
Stock. Company Stock released from the Unallocated Company Stock Account
with such income, and any income which is not so used, will be allocated
on the annual Valuation Date in the same proportion that each Benefiting
Participant's Compensation for the Plan Year bears to the total
Compensation of all Benefiting Participants for the Plan
Year.
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3.3
|
Earnings
and Losses.
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3.4
|
Forfeitures
and Their Usage.
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(a)
|
When
Forfeitures Occur. A Forfeiture will occur upon the earlier to
occur of (1) the date the Participant receives a distribution of his or
her Vested Interest under Article 5; or (2) the date the Participant
incurs five consecutive Breaks in Service after termination of
employment.
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(b)
|
Usage
and Allocation of Forfeitures. On each annual Valuation Date, the
Administrator may elect to use all or any portion of the Forfeiture
Account to pay administrative expenses incurred by the Plan. The portion
of the Forfeiture Account that is not used to pay administrative expenses
will be used first to restore previous Forfeitures of Participants'
Accounts pursuant to Section 5.7 and/or to
restore missing Participants' Accounts pursuant to Section 5.13. The portion of the Forfeiture Account that
is not used to pay administrative expenses and is not used to satisfy the
provisions of the previous sentence will then be used to reduce the
Employer’s contribution for the current Plan Year or a future Plan
Year.
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3.5
|
Top
Heavy Minimum Allocation.
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(a)
|
Participants
Who Must Receive the Top Heavy Minimum Allocation. The Top Heavy
Minimum Allocation, or such lesser amount as may be permitted under
paragraph (b), will be made for each Participant who is a Non-Key Employee
and who is employed by an Employer on the last day of the Plan Year, even
if such Participant (1) fails to complete any minimum Hours of
Service/Period of Service required to receive an allocation of Employer
contributions or Forfeitures for the Plan Year; (2) fails to make Elective
Deferrals to the Plan in the case of a 401(k) plan; or (3) receives
Compensation that is less than a stated
amount.
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(b)
|
Participation
in Multiple Defined Contribution Plans. If (1) this Plan is not
part of a Required Aggregation Group or a Permissive Aggregation Group
with a defined benefit plan, (2) this Plan is part of a Required
Aggregation Group or a Permissive Aggregation Group with one or more
defined
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(c)
|
Contributions
That Can Be Used to Satisfy Top Heavy Minimum. All Employer
contributions to this Plan will used in determining if the Employer has
satisfied the Top Heavy minimum benefit and/or Top Heavy Minimum
Allocation requirements of this Section. Employer contributions that are
made on behalf of a Participant to a 401(k) plan by the Employer may also
be used.
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3.6
|
Failsafe
Allocation.
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(a)
|
Group
Order of Allocation. Any allocation made
under this section will be made in the following order: (1) first, an
allocation may be made to that group of Employees who were Participants
for the Plan Year but did not receive an allocation for the Plan Year with
respect to the contribution source that is not in compliance with Code
§410(b); (2) next, an allocation may be made to that group of Employees
who have not yet satisfied the eligibility requirements under Section 2.1
and are not members of an ineligible class of Employee as described in
Section 2.1; (3) next, an allocation may be made to that group of
Employees who have satisfied the eligibility requirements under Section
2.1 except that they are members of an ineligible class of Employees as
described in Section 2.1 with respect to that contribution source; and (4)
finally, an allocation may be made to that group of Employees who have not
yet satisfied the eligibility requirements under Section 2.1 and are
members of an ineligible class of Employees as described in Section
2.1.
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(b)
|
Priority
of Allocation Within Each Group. Only those Employees who are
required to benefit under the Plan for the Plan Year to satisfy the above
tests will be entitled to an allocation. To determine each Employee's
priority within each group for this purpose, individuals will first be
ranked by Hours of Service during the Plan Year with the highest number
first. Then, before making an allocation under this Section, Employees
will be further ranked beginning with those Employees who are employed on
the last day of the Plan Year.
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3.7
|
Rollover
Contributions.
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3.8
|
Voluntary
Employee Contributions.
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4.1
|
Benefit
Upon Normal (or Early) Retirement.
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4.2
|
Benefit
Upon Late Retirement.
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4.3
|
Benefit
Upon Death.
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4.4
|
Benefit
Upon Disability.
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4.5
|
Benefit
Upon Termination of Employment.
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4.6
|
Determination
of Vested Interest.
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(a)
|
Vesting
Upon Retirement, Death or Disability. A Participant will have a
100% Vested Interest in his or her Participant's Account upon reaching
Normal Retirement Age prior to termination of employment. A Participant
will also have a 100% Vested Interest therein upon his or her retirement
at Early Retirement; upon his or her Disability prior to termination of
employment; and upon his or her death prior to termination of
employment.
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(b)
|
Vesting
of Employer Contributions. A Participant's Vested Interest in his
or her Participant's Account will be determined by the vesting schedule
following this paragraph based on the Participant's credited Years of
Service on the date the determination is made. All Years of Service will
be counted in determining a Participant's Vested Interest under this
paragraph.
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(c)
|
Amendments
to the Vesting Schedule. No amendment to the Plan may directly or
indirectly reduce a Participant's Vested Interest in his or her
Participant's Account. If the Plan is amended in any way that directly or
indirectly affects the computation of a Participant's Vested Interest in
his or her Participant's Account, or the Plan is deemed amended by an
automatic change to or from a Top Heavy Vesting schedule, then the
following provisions will apply:
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(1)
|
Participant
Election. Any Participant with at least three Years of Service may,
by filing a written request with the Administrator, elect to have the
Vested Interest in his or her Participant's Account computed by the
Vesting schedule in effect prior to the amendment. A Participant who fails
to make an election will have the Vested Interest computed under the new
schedule. The period in which the election may be made will begin on the
date the amendment is adopted or is deemed to be made and will end on the
latest of (1) 60 days after the amendment is adopted; (2) 60 days after
the amendment becomes effective; or (3) 60 days after the Participant is
issued written notice of the amendment by the Employer or
Administrator.
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(2)
|
Preservation
of Vested Interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary,
if the vesting schedule is amended, then in the case of an Employee who is
a Participant as of the later of the date such amendment is adopted or the
date it becomes effective, the Vested Interest in his or her Participant's
Account determined as of such date will not be less than his or her Vested
Interest computed under the Plan without regard to such
amendment.
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5.1
|
Distribution
of Benefit Upon Retirement.
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(a)
|
Form
of Distribution. A Participant may elect to have his or her benefit
distributed by one of the following methods: (1) in one lump-sum; or (2)
in substantially equal monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, or annual
installments over a 5-year period (unless the Participant elects a longer
period). If the Participant's Account balance exceeds $935,000, the 5-year
period will be extended 1 additional year (but not more than 5 additional
years) for each $935,000 or fraction thereof by which the Participant's
Account balance exceeds $935,000. These dollar limits will be adjusted at
the same time and in the same manner as provided in Code
§415(d).
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(b)
|
Partial
Distributions. If a Participant receives a distribution of less
than 100% of his or her Vested Aggregate Account balance, the
Administrator will determine the portion (including zero) of the
distribution that will be made from each of the Participant's
sub-accounts, provided that any such determination is made in a uniform
nondiscriminatory manner.
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(c)
|
Time
of Distribution. Distribution will be made within a reasonable time
after the Participant terminates employment on or after his or her Normal
(or Early) Retirement Date, but distribution must begin no later than the
Required Beginning Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, distribution of a
Participant's Company Stock Account will begin no later than one year
after the close of the Plan Year in which the Participant terminates
employment on or after his or her Normal (or Early) Retirement Date unless
the Participant otherwise elects. However, to the extent permitted by law,
Company Stock acquired with an Exempt Loan will be excluded from any such
distribution until the close of the Plan Year in which the Exempt Loan is
repaid in full.
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5.2
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Distribution
of Benefit Upon Death.
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(a)
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Surviving
Spouse. If a Participant is married on the date of his or her
death, the Participant's surviving Spouse will be entitled to receive a
death benefit determined in accordance with the
following:
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(1)
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Form
of Distribution. Notwithstanding
any other Beneficiary designation by a Participant, if a Participant is
married on the date of death, the surviving Spouse will be entitled to
receive 100% of the Participant's death benefit unless the surviving
Spouse has waived that right under Section 5.8. The benefit will be distributed at the
surviving Spouse's election by one of the following methods: (1) in one
lump-sum; or (2) in substantially equal monthly, quarterly, semiannual, or
annual installments over a 5-year period (unless the surviving Spouse
elects a longer period). If the Participant's Account balance exceeds
$935,000, the 5-year period will be extended 1 additional year (but not
more than 5 additional years) for each $185,000 or fraction thereof by
which the Participant's Account balance exceeds $935,000. These dollar
limits will be adjusted at the same time and in the same manner as
provided in Code §415(d).
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(2)
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Time
of Distribution. The surviving Spouse may elect to (1) have any
death benefit to which he or she is entitled distributed within a
reasonable time after the death of the Participant; or (2) defer
distribution of the death benefit, but distribution may not be deferred
beyond December 31st of the calendar year in which the deceased
Participant would have attained Age 70½. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
distribution of a Participant's Company Stock Account will begin no later
than one year after the close of the Plan Year in which the Participant
dies unless the Spouse otherwise elects. However, to the extent permitted
by law, Company Stock acquired with an Exempt Loan will be excluded from
any such distribution until the close of the Plan Year in which the Exempt
Loan is repaid in full. If the surviving Spouse dies before distribution
begins, then distribution will be made as if the surviving Spouse were the
Participant.
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(b)
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Non-Spouse
Beneficiary. Any death benefit a non-Spouse Beneficiary is entitled
to receive will be distributed at the surviving Spouse's election by one
of the following methods: (1) in one lump-sum; or (2) in substantially
equal monthly, quarterly, semiannual, or annual installments over a 5-year
period (unless the surviving Spouse elects a longer period). If the
Participant's Account balance exceeds $935,000, the 5-year period will be
extended 1 additional year (but not more than 5 additional years) for each
$185,000 or fraction thereof by which the Participant's Account balance
exceeds $935,000. These dollar limits will be adjusted at the same time
and in the same manner as provided in Code §415(d). Distribution to a
non-Spouse Beneficiary will be made within a reasonable time after the
death of the Participant, but distribution of a lump sum must be made by
December 31st of the calendar year which contains the 5th anniversary of
the date of the Participant's death, or installments must begin no later
than December 31st of the calendar year immediately following the calendar
year the Participant died. Notwithstanding the foregoing, distribution of
a Participant's Company Stock Account will begin no later than one year
after the close of the Plan Year in which the Participant dies unless the
Beneficiary otherwise elects. However, to the extent permitted by law,
Company Stock acquired with an Exempt Loan will be excluded from any such
distribution until the close of the Plan Year in which the Exempt Loan is
repaid in full.
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(c)
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Distribution
If the Participant or Other Payee Is In Pay Status. If a
Participant or Beneficiary who has begun receiving distribution of a
benefit dies before the entire benefit is distributed, the balance will be
distributed to the Participant's Beneficiary (or Beneficiary's
beneficiary) at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution being
used on the date of the Participant's or Beneficiary's
death.
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(d)
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Payments
to a Beneficiary. In the absence of a Beneficiary designation or
other directive from the deceased Participant to the contrary, any
Beneficiary may name his or her own Beneficiary to receive any benefits
payable in the event of the Beneficiary's death prior to receiving the
entire death benefit to which the Beneficiary is entitled; and if a
Beneficiary has not named his or her own Beneficiary, the Beneficiary's
estate will be the Beneficiary. If any benefit is payable under this
paragraph to a Beneficiary of the deceased Participant's Beneficiary or to
the estate of the deceased Participant's Beneficiary, or to any other
Beneficiary or the estate thereof, subject to the limitations regarding
the latest dates for benefit payment in paragraphs (a) and (c) above, the
Administrator may (1) continue to pay the remaining value of such benefits
in the amount and form already commenced, or pay such benefits in any
other manner permitted under the Plan for a Participant or Beneficiary,
and (2) if payments have not already commenced, pay such benefits in any
other manner permitted under the Plan. Distribution to the Beneficiary of
a Beneficiary must begin no later than the date distribution would have
been made to the Participant's Beneficiary. The Administrator's
determination under this paragraph will be final and will be applied in a
non-discriminatory manner that does not discriminate in favor of Highly
Compensated Employees.
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(e)
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Partial
Distributions. If a Participant's Beneficiary receives a
distribution of less than 100% of the Participant's Vested Aggregate
Account balance, the Administrator will determine the portion (including
zero) of the distribution that will be made from each of the Participant's
sub-accounts, provided that any such determination is made in a uniform
nondiscriminatory manner.
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5.3
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Distribution
of Benefit Upon Disability.
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(a)
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Form
of Distribution. A Participant may elect to have his or her benefit
distributed by one of the following methods: (1) in one lump-sum; or (2)
in substantially equal monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, or annual
installments over a 5-year period (unless the Participant elects a longer
period). If the Participant's Account balance exceeds $935,000, the 5-year
period will be extended 1 additional year (but not more than 5 additional
years) for each $185,000 or fraction thereof by which the Participant's
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(b)
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Partial
Distributions. If a Participant receives a distribution of less
than 100% of his or her Vested Aggregate Account balance, the
Administrator will determine the portion (including zero) of the
distribution that will be made from each of the Participant's
sub-accounts, provided that any such determination is made in a uniform
nondiscriminatory manner.
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(c)
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Time
of Distribution. Distribution will be made within an
administratively reasonable time after the date on which a Participant who
suffers a Disability terminates employment, but not later than the
Participant's Required Beginning Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
distribution of a Participant's Company Stock Account will begin no later
than one year after the close of the Plan Year in which the Participant
terminates employment because of the Disability unless the Participant
otherwise elects. However, to the extent permitted by law, Company Stock
acquired with an Exempt Loan will be excluded from any such distribution
until the close of the Plan Year in which the Exempt Loan is repaid in
full.
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5.4
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Distribution
of Benefit Upon Termination of
Employment.
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(a)
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Form
of Distribution. A Participant may elect to have his or her benefit
distributed by one of the following methods: (1) in one lump-sum; or (2)
in substantially equal monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, or annual
installments over a 5-year period (unless the Participant elects a longer
period). If the Participant's Account balance exceeds $935,000, the 5-year
period will be extended 1 additional year (but not more than 5 additional
years) for each $185,000 or fraction thereof by which the Participant's
Account balance exceeds $935,000. These dollar limits will be adjusted at
the same time and in the same manner as provided in Code
§415(d).
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(b)
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Partial
Distributions. If a Participant receives a distribution of less
than 100% of his or her Vested Aggregate Account balance, the
Administrator will determine the portion (including zero) of the
distribution that will be made from each of the Participant's
sub-accounts, provided that any such determination is made in a uniform
nondiscriminatory manner.
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(c)
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Time
of Distribution. Distribution will be made within an
administratively reasonable time after a Terminated Participant requests
payment, but in no event later than the Required Beginning Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Terminated Participant is not
reemployed by the Employer at the end of the fifth Plan Year following the
Plan Year of his or her termination of employment, distribution of his or
her Company Stock Account must begin not later than one year after the
close of the fifth Plan Year following the Plan Year in which the
Participant incurs such termination; but if a Terminated Participant is
reemployed by the Employer as of the last day of the fifth Plan Year
following the Plan Year of such termination of employment, distribution of
his or her Company Stock Account will be postponed until the Participant
is otherwise entitled to a distribution under the Plan. However, to the
extent permitted by law, Company Stock acquired with an Exempt Loan will
be excluded from such distribution until the close of the Plan Year in
which the Exempt Loan is repaid in
full.
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5.5
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Mandatory
Cash-Out of Benefits.
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(a)
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Cashout
Threshold. The Administrator can only make a distribution under
this Section if a Participant's Vested Aggregate Account on the date of
distribution does not exceed $5,000 (excluding the Participant's Rollover
Account) (such amount hereafter referred to as the "Cashout Threshold").
If a Participant would have received a distribution under the preceding
sentence but for the fact that the
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(b)
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Time
and Form of Distribution. Any distribution under this Section will
be made as soon as administratively feasible after the Participant
terminates employment (or, if applicable, as soon as administratively
feasible after a terminated Participant's Vested Aggregate Account no
longer exceeds the Cash-out Threshold). Distribution will, at the election
of the Participant, be made in the form of a lump sum cash payment or as a
direct rollover under Section 5.14. However,
if the Participant fails to make a timely election and the amount of the
distribution is $1,000 or less (including the Participant's Rollover
Account), distribution will made in the form of a lump sum cash payment
not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days (or such other time as
permitted by law) after the Code §402(f) notice is provided to the
Participant. If the Participant fails to make a timely election and the
amount of the distribution exceeds $1,000 (including the Participant's
Rollover Account), the Administrator will pay the distribution in an
automatic direct rollover to an individual retirement plan designated by
the Administrator. Such individual retirement plan, as defined in Code
§7701(a)(37), may be either an individual retirement account within the
meaning of Code §408(a) or an individual retirement annuity within the
meaning of Code §408(b) (either of which is hereafter referred to as an
IRA). The Administrator will establish the IRA at a qualified financial
institution by selecting an IRA trustee, custodian or issuer that is
unrelated to the Employer or the Administrator, and will make the initial
investment choices for the IRA. Any automatic direct rollover will occur
not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days (or such other time as
permitted by law) after the Code §402(f) notice with the explanation of
the automatic direct rollover is provided to the
Participant.
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5.6
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Restrictions
on Immediate Distributions.
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(a)
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General
Rule. If (1) the Vested Aggregate Account balance (effective
January 1, 2002, determined before taking into account the Participant's
Rollover Contribution Account) of a terminated Participant exceeds $5,000,
or if there are remaining payments to be made with respect to a particular
distribution option that previously commenced, and (2) such amount is
Immediately Distributable, then the Participant must consent to any
distribution of such amount. If (1) the Vested Aggregate Account balance
(effective January 1, 2002, determined before taking into account the
Participant's Rollover Contribution Account) of a terminated Participant
does not exceed $5,000, but (if applicable) exceeds the cash-out threshold
set forth in Section 5.5(a), and (2) such amount is Immediately
Distributable, then only the Participant (or where the Participant has
died, the Participant's Spouse or Beneficiary) must consent to any
distribution of such amount.
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(b)
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Definition
of Immediately Distributable. A Participant's benefit is
immediately distributable if any part could be distributed to the
Participant (or the Participant's surviving Spouse) before the Participant
reaches (or would have reached if not deceased) the later of Normal
Retirement Age or Age 62.
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(c)
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Consent
Requirement. The consent of the Participant to any benefit that is
immediately distributable must be obtained in writing within the 180-day
period ending on the Annuity Starting Date. The Participant is not
required to consent to a distribution that is required by Code §401(a)(9)
or §415.
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(d)
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Notification
Requirement. The Administrator must notify the Participant of the
right to defer any distribution until it is no longer immediately
distributable. Notification will include a general explanation of the
material features and relative values of the optional forms of benefit, if
any, available in a manner that would satisfy the notice requirements of
Code §417(a)(3); and will be provided no less than 30 days or more than
180 days prior to the Annuity Starting Date. However, distribution of a
Participant's benefit may begin less than 30 days after the such notice is
given if (1) the Administrator clearly informs the Participant that the
Participant has a right to a period of at least
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(e)
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Consent
Not Needed on Plan Termination. If upon Plan termination neither
the Employer nor an Affiliated Employer maintains another defined
contribution plan other than (1) an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)
as defined in Code §4975(e)(7) or §409(a), (2) a simplified employee
pension (SEP) as defined in Code §408(k), (3) a SIMPLE IRA plan as defined
in Code §408(p), (4) a plan or contract that satisfies the requirements of
Code§ 403(b), or (5) a plan that is described in Code §457(b) or Code
§457(f), then the Participant's benefit will, without the Participant's
consent, be distributed to the Participant. If the Employer or an
Affiliated Employer maintains another defined contribution plan other than
an ESOP, a SEP, a SIMPLE IRA, a 403(b) plan/contract, or a 457(b) or
457(f) plan, then the Participant's benefit will, without the
Participant's consent, be transferred to the other plan if the Participant
does not consent to an immediate distribution under this
Section.
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5.7
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Accounts
of Rehired Participants.
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(a)
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Reemployment
of a Participant After 5 Consecutive Breaks in Service. If the
Participant is reemployed by the Employer after incurring five consecutive
Breaks in Service, then any previous Forfeiture of the Participant's
Account will not be restored under the terms of this
Plan.
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(b)
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Reemployment
of a Non-Vested Participant Before 5 Consecutive Breaks in Service.
If a Participant's Vested Interest in the entire Participant's Account
balance attributable to Employer contributions is 0% on the date that the
Participant terminates employment, the Participant is deemed to have
received a distribution of such Vested Interest on the date of such
termination of employment pursuant to the Section 3.4(a)(1), a Forfeiture of the Participant's
Account balance attributable to Employer contributions occurs on the date
of such termination of employment pursuant to Section 3.4(a)(1), and the Participant is subsequently
reemployed by the Employer before incurring five consecutive Breaks in
Service, then the previous Forfeiture of such Participant's Account
balance attributable to Employer contributions will be restored,
calculated as of the date that the Forfeiture occurred (unadjusted by
subsequent gains and losses). Such restoration of the previous Forfeiture
of such Participant's Account balance attributable to Employer
contributions will occur in the Plan Year that such Participant is
reemployed by the Employer.
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(c)
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Reemployment
of a Vested Participant Before 5 Consecutive Breaks in Service. If
a Participant's Vested Interest in the Participant's Account balance
attributable to Employer contributions is less than 100% (but greater than
0%) on the date that the Participant terminates employment, a Forfeiture
of the non-Vested portion of the Participant's Account balance
attributable to Employer contributions of the terminated Participant may
have occurred, and the Participant is subsequently reemployed by the
Employer before incurring five consecutive Breaks in Service, then the
following provisions apply:
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(1)
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Distribution
Has Occurred But No Forfeiture Has Occurred. If a Forfeiture of the
non-Vested portion of the Participant's Account balance attributable to
Employer contributions has not occurred but a distribution of all or a
portion of the Participant's Account of the terminated Participant has
occurred, then a separate bookkeeping account will be established for the
Participant's Account at the time of distribution; the Participant's
Vested Interest in the separate bookkeeping account at any relevant time
will be an amount ("X") determined according to the following formula: X =
P(AB + (R x D) - (R x D)). In applying the formula, "P" is the Vested
Interest at the relevant time, "AB" is the respective account balance at
the relevant time, "D" is the amount of the distribution, and "R" is the
ratio of the respective account balance at the relevant time to the
respective account balance after the
distribution.
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(2)
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No
Distribution Has Occurred But Forfeiture Has Occurred. If a
Forfeiture of the non-Vested portion of the Participant's Account balance
attributable to Employer contributions has occurred and the terminated
Participant is reemployed by the Sponsoring Employer or an Affiliated
Employer before incurring five consecutive Breaks in Service and before
receiving a distribution of the Vested Interest in his or her
Participant's Account balance attributable to Employer contributions, then
the previous Forfeiture of such Participant's Account balance attributable
to Employer contributions will be restored, calculated as of the date that
the Forfeiture occurred (unadjusted by subsequent gains and losses). Such
restoration of the previous Forfeiture of such Participant's Account
balance attributable to Employer contributions will occur in the Plan Year
that such Participant is reemployed by the
Employer.
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(3)
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Both
Distribution and Forfeiture Have Occurred. If a distribution of all
or a portion of the Vested Interest in the Participant's Account of a
terminated Participant has occurred and a Forfeiture of the non-Vested
portion of the Participant's Account attributable to Employer
contributions has occurred (which may not necessarily occur at the same
time that the distribution occurs), then the previous Forfeiture of such
Participant's Account balance attributable to Employer contributions will
be restored, calculated as of the date the Forfeiture occurred (unadjusted
by subsequent gains and losses) and based upon the Sponsoring Employer's
decision whether the Participant is required to repay the full amount of
all distributions attributable to Employer contributions. With respect to
such decision of the Sponsoring Employer whether the Participant is
required to repay to the Plan the full amount of all distributions
attributable to Employer contributions, in order to have the previous
Forfeiture of such Participant's Account balance attributable to Employer
contributions be restored, the following provisions will
apply:
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(A)
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Precedent
Established. Once such a decision by the Sponsoring Employer is
made, it will establish precedence for the Plan and cannot be changed,
altered or modified.
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(B)
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Time
of Restoration If Repayment Is Not Required. If, based upon the
Sponsoring Employer's decision, the Participant is not required to repay
to the Plan the full amount of all distributions which were attributable
to Employer contributions in order to have the previous Forfeiture of such
Participant's Account balance attributable to Employer contributions be
restored, then such restoration will occur in the Plan Year in which the
Participant is reemployed by the
Employer.
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(C)
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Time
of Restoration If Repayment Is Required. If, based upon the
Sponsoring Employer's decision, the Participant is required to repay to
the Plan the full amount of all distributions which were attributable to
Employer contributions in order to have the previous Forfeiture of such
Participant's Account attributable to Employer contributions be restored,
then such repayment by the Participant must be made before the earlier of
(i) five years after the Participant's Reemployment Commencement Date, or
(ii) the date on which the Participant incurs five consecutive Breaks in
Service following the date of distribution of either the entire or the
remaining Vested Interest in the Participant's Account. Such restoration
of the previous Forfeiture of such Participant's Account balance
attributable to Employer contributions will occur in the Plan Year that
the Participant repays to the Plan the full (or any remaining) amount of
the distribution which was attributable to Employer
contributions.
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(d)
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Sources
for Restoration. The sources to restore a previous Forfeiture of
the non-Vested portion of the Participant's Account balance attributable
to Employer contributions pursuant to this Section will be made first by
using available Forfeitures to restore the previous Forfeiture and, if
such available Forfeitures are insufficient to restore the previous
Forfeiture, by the Employer making a special Employer contribution to the
Plan to the extent necessary to restore the previous
Forfeiture.
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5.8
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Spousal
Consent Requirements.
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5.9
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Required
Minimum Distributions.
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(a)
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General
Rules. All distributions hereunder will be made in accordance with
these general rules: (1) the provisions of this Section will apply in
determining required minimum distributions for calendar years beginning
with the 2003 calendar year; (2) the requirements of this Section will
take precedence over any inconsistent Plan provisions and prior Plan
amendments; (3) all distributions required under this Section will be
determined and made in accordance with the Regulations under Code
§401(a)(9); and (4) notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section,
distributions may be made under a designation made before January 1, 1984,
in accordance with Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA)
§242(b)(2) and the provisions of the Plan that relate to TEFRA
§242(b)(2).
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(b)
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Time
and Manner of Distribution. All required minimum distributions will
be made from the Plan in the following time and in the following
manner:
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(1)
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Required
Beginning Date. The Participant's entire interest will be
distributed, or begin to be distributed, to the Participant no later than
the Participant's Required Beginning
Date.
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(2)
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Death
of Participant Before Distributions Begin. If the Participant dies
before distribution begins, the Participant's entire interest will be
distributed (or begin to be distributed) not later than set forth in the
following provisions:
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(A)
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5-Year
Rule Applies to All Distributions to Designated Beneficiaries. If
the Participant dies before distributions begin and there is a Designated
Beneficiary, the Participant's entire interest will be distributed to the
Designated Beneficiary by December 31 of the calendar year containing the
fifth anniversary of the Participant's death. If the Participant's
surviving Spouse is the Participant's sole Designated Beneficiary and the
surviving Spouse dies after the Participant but before distributions to
either the Participant or the surviving Spouse begin, this subparagraph
will apply as if the surviving Spouse were the Participant. This
subparagraph also applies to all
distributions.
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(B)
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Life
Expectancy Rule. Notwithstanding subparagraph (b)(2)(A), a
Participant (or, if no election has been made by the Participant prior to
the Participant's death, then the Participant's Designated Beneficiary)
may elect on an individual basis whether the Life Expectancy rule applies
to distributions after the death of a Participant who has a Designated
Beneficiary. The election must be made no later than September 30th of the
calendar year in which distribution would be required to begin under this
subparagraph (b)(2)(B). If neither the Participant nor the Beneficiary
makes an election under this subparagraph (or the election is received
later than September 30th of the calendar year in which distribution would
be required to begin under this subparagraph (b)(2)(B)), then
distributions will be made in accordance with the 5-Year rule of
subparagraph (b)(2)(A) above. The following relate to the Life Expectancy
rule under this subparagraph:
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(i)
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Surviving
Spouse Is Sole Designated Beneficiary. If the Participant's
surviving Spouse is the sole Designated Beneficiary, distributions to the
surviving Spouse will begin by the later of [a] December 31 of the
calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the
Participant died, or [b] December 31 of the calendar year in which the
Participant would have attained age
70½.
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(ii)
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Surviving
Spouse Is Not Sole Designated Beneficiary. If the Participant's
surviving Spouse is not the sole Designated Beneficiary, then
distributions to the Designated Beneficiary will begin by December 31 of
the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the
Participant died.
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(iii)
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No
Beneficiary Is Designated. If there is no Designated Beneficiary as
of September 30 of the year following the year of the Participant's death,
then the Participant's entire interest will be distributed by December 31
of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the Participant's
death.
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(iv)
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Surviving
Spouse Dies Before Distributions Begin. If the Participant's
surviving Spouse is the Participant's sole Designated Beneficiary and the
surviving Spouse dies after the Participant but before distributions to
the surviving Spouse begin, then this subparagraph (b)(2)(B), other than
subparagraph (b)(2)(B)(i), will apply as if the surviving Spouse were the
Participant.
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(v)
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Election
to Allow Designated Beneficiary Receiving Distributions Under 5-Year Rule
to Elect Life Expectancy Distributions. A Designated Beneficiary
who is receiving payments under the 5-Year rule may make a new election to
receive payments under the Life Expectancy rule until December 31, 2003,
provided that all amounts that would have been required to be distributed
under the Life Expectancy rule for all Distribution Calendar Years before
2004 are distributed by the earlier of December 31, 2003 or the end of the
5-Year period.
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(C)
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Date
Distributions Are Deemed To Begin. For purposes of this
subparagraph (b)(2) and paragraph (d), unless subparagraph (b)(2)(B)(iv)
above applies, distributions are considered to begin on the Participant's
Required Beginning Date. If subparagraph (b)(2)(B)(iv) above applies,
distributions are considered to begin on the date distributions are
required to begin to the surviving Spouse under subparagraph (b)(2)(B)(i)
above. If distributions under an annuity purchased from an insurance
company irrevocably commence to the Participant before the Participant's
Required Beginning Date (or to the Participant's surviving Spouse before
the date distributions are required to begin to the surviving Spouse under
subparagraph (b)(2)(B)(i)), then the date distributions are considered to
begin is the date distributions actually
commence.
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(3)
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Forms
of Distribution. Unless the Participant's interest is distributed
as an annuity purchased from an insurance company or in a single sum on or
before the Required Beginning Date, as of the first Distribution Calendar
Year distributions will be made in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (d).
If the Participant's interest is distributed as an annuity purchased from
an insurance company, distributions thereunder will be made in accordance
with the requirements of Code §401(a)(9) and the
Regulations.
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(c)
|
Required
Minimum Distributions During the Participant's Lifetime. The amount
of required minimum distributions during a Participant's lifetime will be
determined as follows:
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(1)
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Amount
of Required Distribution Each Distribution Calendar Year. During
the Participant's lifetime, the minimum amount that will be distributed
each Distribution Calendar Year is the lesser of (A) the quotient obtained
by dividing the Participant's Account Balance by the distribution period
in the Uniform Lifetime Table set forth in Regulation §1.401(a)(9)-9,
using the Participant's age as of the Participant's birthday in the
Distribution Calendar Year; or (B) if the Participant's sole Designated
Beneficiary for the Distribution Calendar Year is the Participant's
Spouse, then the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant's Account
Balance by the number in the Joint and Last Survivor Table set forth in
Regulation §1.401(a)(9)-9, using the Participant's and Spouse's attained
ages as of the Participant's and Spouse's birthdays in the Distribution
Calendar Year.
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(2)
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Required
Minimum Distributions Continue Through Year of Participant's Death.
Required minimum distributions will be determined under this paragraph (c)
beginning with the first Distribution Calendar Year and up to and
including the Distribution Calendar Year that includes the Participant's
date of death.
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(d)
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Required
Minimum Distributions After the Participant's Death. Required
minimum distributions will be made after a Participant's death in
accordance with the following
provisions:
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(1)
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Death
On or After Distributions Begins. If a Participant dies on or after
the date distribution begins, then the amount of a required minimum
distribution will be determined as
follows:
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(A)
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Participant
Survived by Designated Beneficiary. If the Participant dies on or
after the date distributions begin and there is a Designated Beneficiary,
then the minimum amount that will be distributed for each Distribution
Calendar Year after the year of the Participant's death is the quotient
obtained by dividing the Participant's Account Balance by the longer of
the remaining Life Expectancy of the Participant or the remaining Life
Expectancy of the Designated Beneficiary, determined in accordance with
the following:
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(i)
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Calculation
of Participant's Remaining Life Expectancy. The Participant's
remaining Life Expectancy is calculated using the age of the Participant
in the year of death, reduced by one for each subsequent
year.
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(ii)
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Surviving
Spouse Is Sole Designated Beneficiary. If the Participant's
surviving Spouse is the Participant's sole Designated Beneficiary, then
the remaining Life Expectancy of the surviving Spouse is calculated for
each Distribution Calendar Year after the year of the Participant's death
using the surviving Spouse's age as of the Spouse's birthday in that
Distribution Calendar Year. For Distribution Calendar Years after the year
of the surviving Spouse's death, the remaining Life Expectancy of the
surviving Spouse is calculated using the age of the surviving Spouse as of
the Spouse's birthday in the calendar year of the Spouse's death, reduced
by one for each subsequent calendar
year.
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(iii)
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Surviving
Spouse Is Not Sole Designated Beneficiary. If the Participant's
surviving Spouse is not the Participant's sole Designated Beneficiary,
then the Designated Beneficiary's remaining Life Expectancy is calculated
using the age of the Beneficiary in the year following the year of the
Participant's death, reduced by one for each subsequent calendar
year.
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(B)
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No
Beneficiary Is Designated. If the Participant dies on or after the
date distributions begin and there is no Designated Beneficiary as of
September 30 of the year after the year of the Participant's death, then
the minimum amount that will be distributed for each Distribution Calendar
Year after the year of the Participant's death is the quotient obtained by
dividing the Participant's Account Balance by the Participant's remaining
Life Expectancy calculated using the age of the Participant in the year of
death, reduced by one each subsequent
year.
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(2)
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Death
Before the Date Distribution Begins. If a Participant dies before
the date distribution begins, then the amount of a required minimum
distribution will be determined as
follows:
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(A)
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Participant
Survived by Designated Beneficiary. If (i) a Participant (or, if no
election is made by the Participant prior to the Participant's death, then
the Participant's Designated Beneficiary) is permitted to elect the Life
Expectancy rule of subparagraph (b)(2)(B); (ii) the Participant dies
before the date distributions begin; and (iii) there is a Designated
Beneficiary, then the minimum amount that will be distributed for each
Distribution Calendar Year after the year of the Participant's death is
the quotient obtained by dividing
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(B)
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No
Beneficiary Is Designated. If the Participant dies before the date
distributions begin and there is no Designated Beneficiary as of September
30 of the year following the year of the Participant's death, then
distribution of the Participant's entire interest will be completed by
December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the
Participant's death.
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(C)
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Death
of Surviving Spouse Before Distributions to Surviving Spouse Are Required
to Begin. If (i) a Participant (or, if no election has been made by
the Participant prior to the Participant's death, then the Participant's
Designated Beneficiary) is permitted to elect the Life Expectancy rule of
subparagraph (b)(2)(B); (ii) the Participant dies before the date
distributions begin; (iii) the Participant's surviving Spouse is the
Participant's sole Designated Beneficiary; and (iv) the surviving Spouse
dies before distributions are required to begin to the surviving Spouse
under subparagraph (b)(2)(B)(i), then this subparagraph (d)(2) will apply
as if the surviving Spouse were the
Participant.
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5.10
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Statutory
Commencement of Benefits.
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5.11
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Post-Termination
Earnings.
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5.12
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Distribution
in the Event of Legal Incapacity.
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5.13
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Missing
Payees and Unclaimed Benefits.
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5.14
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Direct
Rollovers.
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(a)
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Eligible
Rollover Distribution. The term "eligible rollover distribution"
means any distribution of all or any portion of the balance to the credit
of the distributee, except that an eligible rollover distribution does not
include (1) any distribution that is one of a series of substantially
equal periodic payments (not less frequently than annually) made for the
life (or life expectancy) of the distributee or the joint lives (or joint
life expectancies) of the distributee and the distributee's designated
beneficiary, or for a specified period of ten years or more; (2) any
distribution to the extent such distribution is required under Code
§401(a)(9); (3) the portion of any distribution that is not includible in
gross income (determined without regard to the exclusion for net
unrealized appreciation with respect to Employer securities); (4) the
portion of any distribution which is attributable to a financial hardship
distribution; and (5) any other distribution that is reasonably expected
to total less than $200 during a
year.
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(b)
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Eligible
Retirement Plan. For distributions made after December 31, 2001,
the term "eligible retirement plan" means an individual retirement account
described in Code §408(a); an individual retirement annuity described in
Code §408(b); an annuity plan described in Code §403(a); an annuity
contract described in Code §403(b); a qualified trust described in Code
§401(a); or an eligible deferred compensation plan under Code §457(b)
which is maintained by a state, political subdivision of a state, or any
agency or instrumentality of a state or political subdivision of a state
and which agrees to separately account for amounts transferred into such
plan from this Plan. This definition of eligible retirement plan will also
apply in the case of a distribution to a surviving Spouse, or to a Spouse
or former Spouse who is the alternate payee under a qualified domestic
relation order, as defined in Code §414(p); such distribution will be made
in the same manner as if the Spouse was the Employee. If any portion of an
eligible rollover distribution is attributable to payments or
distributions from an individual's Roth elective deferral account (or the
segregated portion of an individual's Rollover Contribution Account that
is attributable to Roth elective deferrals), then an eligible retirement
plan with respect to such portion will only be either another plan's
designated Roth account of the individual from whose account the payments
or distributions were made, or such individual's Roth
IRA.
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(c)
|
Definition
of Distributee. For purposes of this Section, the term
"distributee" means an Employee or former Employee. In addition, an
Employee's or former Employee's surviving Spouse and an Employee's or
former Employee's Spouse or former Spouse who is the alternate payee under
a qualified domestic relations order as defined in Code §414(p), are
distributees with regard to the interest of the Spouse or former Spouse.
With respect to any portion of a distribution that is made after December
31, 2006 from an eligible retirement plan of a deceased Employee, a
distributee for purposes of a direct trustee-to trustee transfer will
include an individual who is the Designated Beneficiary of the Employee
and who is not the surviving Spouse of the
Employee.
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(d)
|
Definition
of Direct Rollover. The term "Direct Rollover" means a payment by
the Plan to the eligible retirement plan that is specified by the
distributee.
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(e)
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Non-Spouse
Beneficiary Rollover Right. Effective January 1, 2008, a
Beneficiary (other than the Participant’s Spouse) who is considered to be
a "designated beneficiary" under Code §401(a)(9)(E) may establish an IRA
into which all or a portion of a death benefit distribution from this Plan
to which such non-spouse designated beneficiary is entitled can be
transferred directly. Notwithstanding the
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5.15
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Distributions
of Stock.
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(a)
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Distribution
in the Form of Company Stock. Benefits will be distributed solely
in Company Stock. The Participant's Vested Aggregate Account will be
distributed in the form of Company Stock to the extent it is allocated to
the Participant's Company Stock Account, and the balance, if any, of the
Vested Aggregate Account will be distributed in
cash.
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(b)
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Stock
Must Be Distributed In Whole Shares. Distribution will be made
entirely in whole shares of Company Stock. Any balance in a Participant's
Account, if any, not attributable to Company Stock will be applied by the
Trustee to acquire for distribution the maximum number of whole shares of
Company Stock at the then fair market value. Any unexpended balance in the
Participant's Account will be distributed in cash. If the Trustee is
unable to purchase the Company Stock required for the distribution, the
Trustee will make distribution in cash within one year after the date the
distribution was to have been made, except in the case of a retirement
distribution which must be made within 60 days after the close of the Plan
Year in which retirement occurs.
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(c)
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Multiple
Classes of Company Stock Acquired With Exempt Loan. If Company
Stock which was acquired with an Exempt Loan and which is available for
distribution consists of more than one class of stock, a Participant's or
Beneficiary's distribution must receive substantially the same proportion
of each such class of such stock.
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5.16
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Dividends
on Company Stock.
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5.17
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Non-Terminable
Rights and Protections.
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5.18
|
Required
Cash Distribution for Certain
Banks.
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5.19
|
Financial
Hardship Distributions.
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5.20
|
Pre-Retirement
Distributions.
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5.21
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Distribution
of Rollover Contributions.
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(a)
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Time
of Distribution. An Employee may request in writing a withdrawal of
all or any portion of his or her Rollover Contribution Account at any time
prior to becoming a Participant, and thereafter upon the earlier of (1)
the date the Employee is entitled to a distribution of his or her
Participant's benefits under the provisions of Article 5, or (2) the
soonest possible administratively practical date after the Participant's
termination of employment. The Administrator may require advance notice of
a reasonable period not to exceed 60 days prior to the requested date of
withdrawal. Any amount withdrawn can only be redeposited to the
Employee's Rollover Contribution Account if the withdrawn amount continues
to be deemed a Rollover despite the fact that the amount originated from
this Plan. A withdrawal of all or any portion of an Employee's Rollover
Contribution Account will not prevent an Employee from accruing any future
benefit attributable to Employer contributions. The Administrator may
establish additional rules or procedures regarding withdrawals from an
Employee's Rollover Contribution
Account.
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(b)
|
Spousal
Consent Requirements Upon Withdrawal. All or any portion of an
Employee's Rollover Contribution Account can be withdrawn from the Plan
without the consent of the Employee's
Spouse.
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(c)
|
Form
of Distribution. Distribution of all or any portion of an
Employee's Rollover Contribution Account prior to the time that the
Employee is entitled to a distribution of his or her Participant Account
will only be in the form of a single payment. Any amount remaining in an
Employee's Rollover Contribution Account at the time the Employee is
entitled to a distribution of his or her Participant Account will be
distributed, at the election of the Participant, in a lump-sum or in the
same manner as the Participant Account under the other provisions of this
Article 5.
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5.22
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Distribution
of Voluntary Employee
Contributions.
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5.23
|
Distribution
of Transfer Contributions.
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(a)
|
Spousal
Consent Requirements Upon Withdrawal. If a Transfer Contribution
was a direct or indirect transfer as defined in Code §401(a)(11) from a
defined benefit plan, a money purchase plan, a target benefit plan, a
stock bonus plan, or a profit sharing plan that provided for a life
annuity form of payment to the Participant, then a withdrawal of all or
any portion of a Participant's Transfer Contribution Account will be
subject to the Spousal consent requirements set forth in Section 5.8. However, if a Transfer Contribution was not
a direct or indirect transfer as defined in Code §401(a)(11) from a
defined benefit plan; a money purchase plan; a target benefit plan; or a
stock bonus plan or a profit sharing plan that provided for a joint and
survivor annuity or a life annuity form of payment to the Participant,
then all or any portion of an a Participant's Transfer Contribution
Account can be withdrawn without the consent of the Participant's
Spouse.
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(b)
|
Form
of Distribution. Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the
contrary, if the Transfer Contribution was a direct or indirect transfer
as defined in Code §401(a)(11) from a defined benefit plan; a money
purchase plan; a target benefit plan; or a stock bonus plan or a profit
sharing plan that provided for a joint and survivor annuity or a life
annuity form of payment to the Participant, then regardless of the Normal
Form of Distribution, a withdrawal of all or any portion of a
Participant's Transfer Contribution Account will be subject to the
Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity (QJSA) and Qualified Preretirement
Survivor Annuity (QPSA) requirements set forth in Code §401(a)(11). A
withdrawal of all or any portion of a Participant's Transfer Contribution
Account may also be made in the same manner as the Participant's Account
under the other provisions of this Article 5, subject to the Spousal
consent requirements set forth in paragraph
(a)(1).
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(c)
|
Special
Rule for Withdrawal of Elective Deferral Transfers. Notwithstanding
anything in this Section to the contrary, if the Transfer Contributions
are elective contributions as defined in Regulation 1.401(k)-1(g)(3)
(including any qualified non-elective contributions, qualified matching
contributions, and ADP safe harbor contributions) which are transferred to
this Plan in a direct or indirect trustee-to-trustee transfer from another
qualified plan and which are subject to the limitations in Regulation
§1.401(k)-1(d), then the distribution of such Transfer Contributions
(including post-transfer earnings thereon) will be subject to the
limitations in Regulation
§1.401(k)-1(d).
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6.1
|
Maximum
Annual Additions.
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(a)
|
Dollar
Limitation. For Limitation Years beginning on or after January 1,
2008, the Dollar Limitation is $46,000 as adjusted in accordance with Code
§415(d).
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(b)
|
Compensation
Limitation. For Limitation Years beginning on or after January 1,
2002, the Compensation Limitation is an amount equal to 100% of the
Participant's Compensation for the Limitation Year. However, this
limitation will not apply to any contribution made for medical benefits
within the meaning of Code §401(h) or Code §419A(f)(2) after termination
of employment which is otherwise treated as an Annual Addition under Code
§415(l)(1) or Code §419A(d)(2).
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(c)
|
Annual
Additions. Annual Additions are the sum of the following amounts
credited to a Participant's Account for the Limitation Year: (1) Employer
contributions; (2) Forfeitures; (3) amounts allocated, after March 31,
1984, to an individual medical account, as defined in Code §415(l)(2),
which is part of a pension or annuity plan maintained by the Employer; and
(4) amounts derived from contributions paid or accrued after December 31,
1985, in taxable years ending after such date, that are attributable to
post-retirement medical benefits, allocated to the separate account of a
Key Employee, as defined in Code §419A(d)(3), under a welfare fund, as
defined in Code §419(e), maintained by the Employer. However, a
Participant's Annual Additions do not include Rollover Contributions,
Transfer Contributions, loan repayments, repayments of prior Plan
distributions or prior distributions of mandatory contributions,
deductible contributions to a SEP, or voluntary deductible
contributions.
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(d)
|
Special
ESOP Rules. For purposes of this Section, (1) in determining the
amount of the Employer's contribution for purposes of paragraph (a) and
(b) above, the amount of Employer contributions will be determined based
upon the lesser of (A) the fair market value of the Company Stock
allocated to the Participant's Account from Employer contributions to the
Plan (determined at the time of the contribution by the most recent
valuation) plus any contributions which are not used to purchase Company
Stock or pay on an Exempt Loan; and (B) the amount of the Employer's cash
contribution to the Plan; and (2) in any Plan Year in which the Employer
is not an S Corporation as defined in Code §1361, if no more than
one-third of Employer contributions for that Plan Year that are deductible
under Code §404(a)(9) are allocated to HCEs, the limitations of this
Section will not apply to Forfeitures of Company Stock that was acquired
with an Exempt Loan or to Employer contributions that are deductible under
Code §404(a)(9)(B) and are charged against a Participant's
Account.
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6.2
|
Adjustments
to Maximum Annual Addition.
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|
(a)
|
Short
Limitation Year. In a Limitation Year of less than 12 months, the
Defined Contribution Dollar Limitation in Section 6.1(a) will be adjusted
by multiplying it by the ratio that the number of months in the short
Limitation Year bears to 12.
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(b)
|
Participation
in Multiple Employer-Sponsored Defined Contribution Plans. If a
Participant participates in multiple defined contribution plans sponsored
by the Employer which have different Anniversary Dates, the maximum Annual
Addition in this Plan for the Limitation Year will be reduced by the
Annual Additions credited to the Participant's accounts in the other
defined contribution plans during the Limitation Year. If a Participant
participates in multiple defined contribution plans sponsored by the
Employer which have the same Anniversary Date, then (1) if only one of the
plans is subject to Code §412, Annual Additions will first be credited to
the Participant's accounts in the plan subject to Code §412; and (2) if
none of the plans are subject to Code §412, the maximum Annual Addition in
this Plan for a given Limitation Year will either (A) equal the product of
(i) the maximum Annual Addition for such Limitation Year minus any other
Annual Additions previously credited to
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6.3
|
Multiple
Plans and Multiple Employers.
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|
6.4
|
Adjustment
for Excessive Annual Additions.
|
|
(a)
|
Reduce
Employer Contributions If Participant Is Still Covered By The Plan.
First, if the Participant is covered by the Plan at the end of the
Limitation Year, the excess in the Participant's Account plus applicable
earnings thereon, if any, will be used to reduce Employer contributions
(including any allocation of Forfeitures) for such Participant in the next
Limitation Year, and in each succeeding Limitation Year if
necessary.
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(b)
|
Reduce
Employer Contributions If Participant Is Not Covered By The Plan.
If the Participant is not covered by the Plan at the end of a Limitation
Year, the excess amount, plus applicable earnings thereon, if any, will be
held unallocated in a suspense account. The suspense account will be
applied to reduce future Employer contributions (including the allocation
of any Forfeitures) for all remaining Participants in the next Limitation
Year, and in each succeeding Limitation Year if
necessary.
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(c)
|
Suspense
Account. If a suspense account is in existence at any time during a
Limitation Year pursuant to this Section, such suspense account will not
participate in the allocation of the Trust's investment gains and losses.
If a suspense account is in existence at any time during a particular
Limitation Year, all amounts in the suspense account must be allocated and
reallocated to Participants' Accounts before any Employer Contributions
may be made to the Plan for that Limitation Year. Excess amounts may not
be distributed to Participants or former
Participants.
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7.1
|
Loans
to Participants.
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7.2
|
Insurance
on Participants.
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7.3
|
Key
Man Insurance.
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8.1
|
Appointment,
Resignation, Removal and
Succession.
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8.2
|
General
Powers and Duties.
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|
8.3
|
Functions
of Committee.
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|
8.4
|
Multiple
Administrators.
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|
8.5
|
Correcting
Administrative Errors.
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|
8.6
|
Promulgating
Notices and Procedures.
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|
8.7
|
Employment
of Agents and Counsel.
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|
8.8
|
Compensation
and Expenses.
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|
8.9
|
Claims
Procedures.
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|
8.10
|
Qualified
Domestic Relations Orders.
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|
8.11
|
Appointment
of Investment Manager.
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|
9.1
|
Appointment,
Resignation, Removal and
Succession.
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(a)
|
Appointment.
Each Trustee will be appointed and will serve until a successor has been
named or until such Trustee's resignation, death, incapacity, or removal,
in which event the Sponsoring Employer will name a successor Trustee. The
term Trustee will include the original and any successor
Trustees.
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(b)
|
Resignation.
A Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice to the
Sponsoring Employer, unless such notice is waived by the Sponsoring
Employer. The Sponsoring Employer may remove a Trustee at any time by
giving such Trustee written notice. Such removal may be with or without
cause. Unless waived in writing by the Sponsor, if any Trustee who is an
Employee or an elected or appointed official resigns or terminates
employment with the Sponsoring Employer or an Adopting Employer, such
termination will constitute an immediate resignation as a Trustee of the
Plan.
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(c)
|
Successor
Trustee. Each successor Trustee will succeed to the title to the
Trust by accepting the appointment in writing and by filing such
acceptance with the former Trustee and the Sponsoring Employer. The former
Trustee, upon receipt of such acceptance, will execute all documents and
perform all acts necessary to vest the Trust Fund's title of record in any
successor Trustee. No successor Trustee will be personally liable for any
act or failure to act of any predecessor
Trustee.
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(d)
|
Merger.
If a corporate Trustee, before or after qualification, changes its name,
consolidates or merges with another corporation, or otherwise reorganizes,
any resulting corporation which succeeds to the fiduciary business of such
Trustee will become a Trustee hereunder in lieu of such corporate
Trustee.
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9.2
|
Investment
Alternatives of the Trustee.
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|
(a)
|
Property.
The Trustee may invest in any form of property, including common and
preferred stocks, exchange covered call options, bonds, money market
instruments, mutual funds, savings accounts, certificates of deposit,
Treasury bills, insurance policies and contracts, or in any other
property, real or personal, foreign or domestic, having a ready market
including securities issued by an institutional Trustee and/or affiliate
of such Trustee. An institutional Trustee may invest in its own deposits
that bear a reasonable interest rate. The Trustee may retain, manage,
operate, repair, improve and mortgage or lease for any period on such
terms as it deems proper any real estate or personal property held by the
Trustee, and may demolish any building or other improvements in whole or
part. The Trustee may erect buildings or other improvements, make leases
that extend beyond the term of this Trust, and foreclose, extend, renew,
assign, release or partially release and discharge mortgages or other
liens.
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(b)
|
Cash
Reserves. The Trustee may retain in cash as much of the Trust Fund
as the Trustee may deem advisable to satisfy the liquidity needs of the
Plan and to deposit any cash held in the Trust Fund in a bank account
without liability for the highest rate of interest available. If a bank is
acting as Trustee, such Trustee is specifically given authority to invest
in deposits of such Trustee. The Trustee may also hold cash un-invested at
any time and from time to time and in such amount or to such extent as the
Trustee deems prudent, and the Trustee will not be liable for any losses
which may be incurred as the result of the failure to invest same, except
to the extent that may otherwise be provided
herein.
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(c)
|
Other
Investments. The Trustee may accept and retain for such time as the
Trustee deems advisable any securities or other property received or
acquired as Trustee, whether or not such securities or property would
normally be purchased as investments
hereunder.
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(d)
|
Registration
of Securities. The Trustee may cause any property of the Trust to
be issued, held, or registered in its own name or in the name of a
nominee, provided, however, that the nominee is (a) a bank or trust
company that is subject to supervision by the United States or a State, or
a nominee of such bank or trust company; (b) a broker or dealer registered
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or a nominee or such broker or
dealer; or (c) a clearing agency as defined in section 3(a)(23) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or its nominee. The Trustee may also hold
any investments in bearer form if the Trustee at all times shows such
investments as part of the Trust.
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(e)
|
Pooled
Funds. The Trustee may transfer any assets of the Trust Fund to a
collective trust established to permit the pooling of funds of separate
pension and profit-sharing trusts or to any other common, collective, or
commingled trust fund which has been or may hereafter be established and
maintained by the Trustee and/or affiliates of an institutional Trustee.
Such commingling of assets of the Fund with assets of other qualified
trusts is specifically authorized, and to the extent of the investment of
the Trust Fund in such a group or collective trust, the terms of the
instrument establishing the group or collective trust will be a part
hereof as though set forth herein.
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(f)
|
Reorganizations.
The Trustee may join in or oppose the reorganization, recapitalization,
consolidation, sale or merger of corporations or properties, upon such
terms as the Trustee deems wise.
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|
(g)
|
Proxies.
The Trustee may vote proxies and if appropriate pass them on to any
investment manager which may have directed the investment in the equity
giving rise to the proxy.
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(h)
|
Ownership.
The Trustee may exercise all ownership rights with respect to any assets
held in the Trust.
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|
(i)
|
Loans
to the Trust. The Trustee may borrow or raise money for purposes of
the Plan in such amounts, and upon such terms and conditions, as the
Trustee deems advisable; and for any sum so borrowed, the Trustee may
issue a promissory note as Trustee, and secure repayment of the loan by
pledging all, or any part, of the Trust Fund as collateral. No person
lending money to the Trustee will be bound to see to the application of
the money lent or to inquire into the validity or propriety of any
borrowing.
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(j)
|
Agreements
With Banks. The Trustee may with the consent of the Sponsoring
Employer and upon such terms as they in their discretion deem necessary,
enter into an agreement with a bank or trust company providing for (a) the
deposit of all or part of the funds and property of the Trust with such
bank or trust company, (b) the appointment of such bank or trust company
as the agent or custodian of the Trustees for investment purposes, with
such discretion in investing and reinvesting the funds of the Trust as the
Trustees deem it necessary or desirable to
delegate.
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(k)
|
Litigation.
The Trustee may begin, maintain, or defend any litigation necessary in
connection with the administration of the Plan, except that the Trustee
will not be obliged or required to do so unless indemnified to its
satisfaction.
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(l)
|
Claims,
Debts and Damages. The Trustee may settle, compromise, or submit to
arbitration any claims, debts, or damages due or owing to or from the
Plan.
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(m)
|
Margin
Accounts, Options and Commodities. The Trustee may borrow on
margin, buy options, write covered options, options spreads/straddles, and
engage in future/commodities
trading.
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(n)
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Miscellaneous.
The Trustee may do all such acts and exercise all such rights, although
not specifically mentioned herein, as the Trustee deems necessary to carry
out the purposes of the Plan. The Trustee will not be restricted to
securities or other property of the character expressly authorized by
applicable law for trust investments, subject to the requirement that the
Trustee discharge his duties with the care, skill, prudence, and
diligence, under the circumstances then prevailing, that a prudent man
acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the
conduct of an enterprise of similar character and with similar aims by
diversifying the investments to minimize the risks of large losses unless
under the circumstances it is clearly prudent not to do
so.
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9.3
|
Valuation
of the Trust.
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9.4
|
Compensation
and Expenses.
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9.5
|
Payments
From the Trust Fund.
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9.6
|
Payment
of Taxes.
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9.7
|
Accounts,
Records and Reports.
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9.8
|
Employment
of Agents and Counsel.
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9.9
|
Division
of Duties and Indemnification.
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(a)
|
No
Guarantee Against Loss. The Trustees will have the authority and
discretion to manage and control the Trust Fund to the extent provided in
this instrument, but they do not guarantee the Trust Fund in any manner
against investment loss or depreciation in asset value, or guarantee the
adequacy of the Fund to meet and discharge all or any liabilities of the
Plan. Furthermore, the Trustees will not be liable for the making,
retention or sale of any investment or reinvestment made by it, as herein
provided, or for any loss to or diminution of the Trust Fund, or for any
other loss or damage which may result from the discharge of its duties
hereunder, except to the extent it is judicially determined that the
Trustees have failed to exercise the care, skill, prudence and diligence
under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a
like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of
an enterprise of a like character and like
aims.
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(b)
|
Representations
of the Sponsoring Employer. The Sponsoring Employer warrants that
all directions issued to the Trustees by it or the Plan Administrator will
be in accordance with the terms of the
Plan.
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(c)
|
Directions
by Others. The Trustees are not answerable for an action taken
pursuant to any direction, consent, certificate, or other paper or
document on the belief that the same is genuine and signed by the proper
person. All directions by the Sponsoring Employer, a Participant or
Administrator must be in writing. The Administrator will deliver to the
Trustee (1) certificates evidencing the individual or individuals
authorized to act as the Administrator and (2) specimens of their
signatures.
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(d)
|
Duties
and Obligations Limited by the Plan. The duties and obligations of
the Trustee are limited to those expressly imposed upon it by the Plan or
subsequently agreed upon by the parties. Responsibility for administrative
duties required under the Plan or applicable law not expressly imposed
upon or agreed to by the Trustee, will rest solely with the Sponsoring
Employer and Administrator.
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(e)
|
Indemnification
of the Trustees. The Trustees will be indemnified and saved
harmless from and against any and all liability to which the Trustees may
be subjected, including all expenses reasonably incurred in its defense,
for any action or failure to act resulting from compliance with the
instructions of the Sponsoring Employer, the employees or agents of the
Sponsoring Employer, the Plan Administrator, or any other fiduciary to the
Plan, and for any liability arising from the actions or non-actions of any
predecessor Trustees or other fiduciary of the
Plan.
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(f)
|
Trustees
Not Responsible for Application of Payments. The Trustees will not
be responsible in any way for the application of any payments it is
directed to make or for the adequacy of the Fund to meet and discharge any
and all liabilities under the Plan.
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(g)
|
Multiple
Trustees. If more than one Trustee is appointed, any single Trustee
may act independently in undertaking any act and/or transaction on behalf
of the Trustees, including signing documents or checks, unless the
Sponsoring Employer requires that all acts and/or transactions taken on
behalf of the Trust, including signing documents or checks, must have the
consent of a majority of the Trustees. The Sponsoring Employer may from
time to time also place other restrictions on the
Trustees.
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(h)
|
Trustees
as Participants or Beneficiaries. Trustees will not be prevented
from receiving any benefits to which they may be entitled as Participants
or Beneficiaries as long as the benefits are computed and paid on a basis
consistent with the terms of the Plan as applied to other Participants and
Beneficiaries.
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(i)
|
Limitation
of Liability. No Trustee will be liable for the act of any other
Trustee or fiduciary unless the Trustee has knowledge of such
act.
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(j)
|
No
Self-Dealing. The Trustees will not (1) deal with the assets of the
Trust in their own interest or for their own account; (2) in their
individual or in any other capacity, act in any transaction involving the
Trust on behalf of a party (or represent a party) whose interests are
adverse to the interests of the Plan, or its Participants or
Beneficiaries; or (3) receive any consideration for their own personal
accounts from any party dealing with the Plan in connection with a
transaction involving assets of the
Trust.
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9.10
|
Investment
Manager.
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9.11
|
Exclusive
Benefit Rule.
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|
9.12
|
Voting
Company Stock.
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(a)
|
Company
Stock Pledged As Security. If any agreement entered into by the
Trustee provides for voting of any Company Stock pledged as security for
any obligation of the Plan, such Company Stock will be voted in accordance
with such agreement.
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(b)
|
Registration-Type
Stock. Notwithstanding paragraph (a), each Participant may direct
the Trustee as to the manner in which Company Stock allocated to his or
her Company Stock Account is to be voted provided such Company Stock is a
registration-type class of security (as defined in section 12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934).
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(c)
|
Non-Registration-Type
Stock. With respect to Company Stock that is not a
registration-type class of security, each Participant may direct the
Trustee as to the manner in which Company Stock which is allocated to his
or her Company Stock Account is to be voted on any corporate matter which
involves the voting of such stock with respect to the approval or
disapproval of any corporate merger or consolidation, recapitalization,
reclassification, liquidation, dissolution, sale of substantially all
assets of a trade or business, or such similar transaction as may be
prescribed in Treasury regulations.
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(d)
|
Failure
of Participant to Give Directions. If a Participant has the right
to direct the Trustee as to the manner in which Company Stock allocated to
his Company Stock Account is to be voted and such Participant fails or
refuses to give the Trustee timely instructions (or such instructions are
invalidated for any reason) as to how to vote any Company Stock as to
which the Trustee otherwise has the right to vote, the Trustee may not
exercise its power to vote such Company
Stock.
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9.13
|
Application
of Cash.
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9.14
|
Restrictions
on Company Stock Transactions.
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|
9.15
|
Exempt
Loans.
|
|
(a)
|
Definition
of "Disqualified Person." For purposes of this Section, a
"disqualified person" is any person who is a disqualified person or party
in interest under ERISA.
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(b)
|
Types
of Loans and Guarantees. A loan for purposes of this Section
includes a direct loan of cash, a purchase-money transaction, or an
assumption of the obligation of the Trust. A guarantee for purposes of
this Section includes an unsecured guarantee and the use of assets of a
disqualified person as collateral for a loan, even though the use of
assets may not be a guarantee under applicable state
law.
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(c)
|
Interest
Rate. An Exempt Loan must provide for a reasonable rate of
interest. However, the interest rate and the price of the Company Stock
purchased with the proceeds of an Exempt Loan must not be such that Plan
assets can be drained off.
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|
(d)
|
Loan
Must Primarily Benefit Participants and Beneficiaries. An Exempt
Loan must primarily be for the benefit of Plan Participants and their
Beneficiaries.
|
|
(e)
|
Use
of Proceeds. The proceeds of an Exempt Loan must be used within a
reasonable time to acquire Company Stock, to repay the Exempt Loan, or to
repay prior Exempt Loans. The proceeds of a new loan used to repay a prior
Exempt Loan must also satisfy the other requirements of this
Section.
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(f)
|
Put
Option. No Company Stock acquired with the proceeds of an Exempt
Loan may be subject to a put, call or other option, or a buy-sell or other
arrangement while held by, or when distributed, from the Plan, whether or
not the Plan has continued to operate as an employee stock ownership
plan.
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(g)
|
Liability
of Plan to Loan Payee. No person who is entitled to payment under
an Exempt Loan will have any right to (1) the assets of the Plan, other
than to the collateral given for the Exempt Loan; (2) any contributions,
other than contributions of Company Stock, made to the Plan to repay the
Exempt Loan; and (3) earnings attributable to such collateral and the
investment of such contributions.
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(h)
|
Maximum
Annual Repayment. Payments made during the Plan Year with respect
to an Exempt Loan cannot exceed an amount equal to the sum of the
contributions and earnings received during or prior to the Plan Year, less
such payments made in prior Plan Years. In addition, such contributions
and earnings must be accounted for separately until such time as the
Exempt Loan is repaid in full.
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(i)
|
Default.
In the event of a default on an Exempt Loan, the value of Plan assets
transferred in satisfaction of the loan cannot exceed the amount of
default. If a lender is a "disqualified person," an Exempt Loan must
provide for a transfer of Plan assets upon default only upon and to the
extent of the failure of the Plan to meet the payment schedule of the
loan. For purposes hereof, the making of a guarantee does not make a
person a lender.
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9.16
|
Diversification
Rights of Qualified Participants.
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|
(a)
|
Definitions.
For purposes of this Section, the term Qualified Election Period means the
six-Plan Year period beginning with the Plan Year in which the Participant
first becomes a Qualified Participant (or the first Plan Year beginning
after December 31, 1986); and the term Qualified Participant means a
Participant who has attained Age 55 and who has been a Participant in the
Plan for at least ten years.
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(b)
|
Method
of Direction. The Participant's direction will be provided to the
Administrator in writing, and will be effective no later than 180 days
after the close of the Plan Year to which the direction
applies.
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(c)
|
Determining
the Amount Subject to Diversification. A Qualified Participant may
elect within 90 days after the close of each Plan Year in the Qualified
Election Period to direct the Trustee as to the investment of 25% of the
balance in his or her Company Stock Account attributable to Company Stock
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(d)
|
Exception
For Small Accounts. Notwithstanding paragraph (b), if the fair
market value of a Qualified Participant's Company Stock Account is $500 or
less on the Valuation Date immediately preceding the first day the
Qualified Election Period, then such Company Stock Account will not be
subject to the diversification rights under this Section. In determining
if the fair market value exceeds $500, Company Stock held in all employee
stock ownership plans and tax credit employee stock ownership plans
maintained by the Employer or any Affiliated Employer will be considered
as held by the Plan.
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(e)
|
Investment
Options. Subject to a written policy adopted the Administrator, the
portion of a Qualified Participant's Company Stock Account covered by the
diversification election in this Section will either (1) be distributed to
the Qualified Participant within 90 days after the last day of the period
in which the election can be made, but the entire such distribution, if it
is in excess of $5,000, will be subject to the consent requirements under
Section 5.8; (2) be transferred no later than
90 days after the last day of the period in which the election can be made
to another qualified defined contribution plan of the Employer that
accepts such transfers, provided such plan permits Employee-directed
investments in at least three distinct investment options and does not
invest in Company Stock to a substantial degree; or (3) be invested, at
the election of the Qualified Participant, in one or more alternative
investments, provided that if the Administrator elects to offer this
option as part of the written policy adopted hereunder, the Plan must
provide at least three distinct investment
options.
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9.17
|
Superseding
Trust or Custodial Agreement.
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|
10.1
|
Plan
Contributions.
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|
10.2
|
Plan
Amendments.
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|
10.3
|
Plan
Expenses.
|
|
10.4
|
Employee
Transfers.
|
|
10.5
|
Multiple
Employer Provisions Under Code
§413(c).
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|
(a)
|
Instances
of Separate Employer Testing. Employees of any such Adopting
Employer will be treated separately for testing under Code §401(a)(4),
§401(k), §401(m) and, if the Sponsoring Employer and the Adopting Employer
do not share Employees, Code §416. Furthermore, the terms of Code §410(b)
will be applied separately on an employer-by-employer basis by the
Sponsoring Employer(and the Adopting Employers which are part of the
Affiliated Group which includes the Sponsoring Employer) and each Adopting
Employer that is not an Affiliated Employer of the Sponsoring Employer,
taking into account the generally applicable rules described in Code
§401(a)(5), §414(b) and §414(c).
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(b)
|
Instances
of Single Employer Testing. Employees of the Adopting Employer will
be treated as part of a single Employer plan for purposes of eligibility
to participate under Article 2 and under the provisions of Code §410(a).
Furthermore, the terms of Code §411 relating to Vesting will be applied as
if all Employees of all such Adopting Employers and the Sponsoring
Employer were employed by a single Employer, except that the rules
regarding Breaks in Service will be applied under such Regulations as may
be prescribed by the Secretary of
Labor.
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(c)
|
Common
Trust. Contributions made by any such Adopting Employer will be
held in a common Trust Fund with contributions made by the Sponsoring
Employer, and all such contributions will be available to pay the benefits
of any Participant (or Beneficiary thereof) who is an Employee of the
Sponsoring Employer or any such Adopting
Employer.
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|
(d)
|
Common
Disqualification Provision. The failure of either the Sponsoring
Employer or any such Adopting Employer to satisfy the qualification
requirements under the provisions of Code §401(a), as modified by the
provisions of Code §413(c), will result in the disqualification of the
Plan for all such Employers maintaining the
Plan.
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10.6
|
Termination
of Adoption.
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|
10.7
|
Payment
of Benefits Upon Termination of
Adoption.
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|
11.1
|
Plan
Amendment.
|
|
(a)
|
Manner
of Amendment. Any amendments can be made by either (1) substituting
pages with the new elections (or new addendum) and executing an "Amendment
By Page Substitution" and attaching it as part of the Plan; (2) by
executing an "Amendment By Section Replication" in which the section or
sections (or addendum or addendums) to be changed are reproduced with the
new elections indicated, and attaching it as part of the Plan; or (3) by
executing a properly worded corporate resolution and attaching it as part
of the Plan.
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|
(b)
|
General
Requirements. An amendment must be in writing. However, no
amendment or modification (1) can increase the responsibilities of the
Trustee or Administrator without their written consent; (2) can deprive
any Participant or Beneficiary of the benefits to which he is entitled
from the Plan; (3) can result in a decrease in the amount of any
Participant's Account except as may be permitted under the terms of Code
§412(c)(8) if applicable; or (4) can, except as otherwise provided, permit
any part of the Trust Fund (other than as required to pay taxes and
administration expenses) to be used for or diverted to purposes other than
the exclusive benefit of the Participants or their Beneficiaries, or cause
or permit any portion of the Trust Fund to revert to or become the
property of the Employer. In addition, unless the provisions of paragraph
(c) below are satisfied, no amendment to the Plan will have the effect of
eliminating or restricting the ability of a Participant or other payee to
receive payment of his or her Account balance or benefit entitlement under
a particular optional form of benefit provided under the Plan. Any
amendment to the Plan by the Sponsoring Employer under this Section also
applies to any Affiliated Employer that participates under the Plan as an
Adopting Employer. The Sponsoring Employer's amendment of the Plan from
one type of defined contribution plan (e.g., a money purchase plan) into
another type of defined contribution plan (e.g., a profit sharing plan)
will not result in a partial termination or any other event that would
require full vesting of some or all Plan
Participants.
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|
(c)
|
Elimination
of Optional Forms of Benefit. No Plan amendment will be effective
to eliminate or restrict an optional form of benefit. However, the
preceding sentence will not apply to a Plan amendment that eliminates or
restricts the ability of a Participant to receive payment of the
Participant's Account under a particular optional form of benefit
(including annuities and installments) if the amendment provides a
single-sum distribution form that is otherwise identical to the optional
form of benefit being eliminated or restricted. For this purpose, a
single-sum distribution form is otherwise identical only if the single-sum
distribution form is identical in all respects to the eliminated or
restricted optional form of benefit (or would be identical except that it
provides greater rights to the Participant) except with respect to the
timing of payments after
commencement.
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|
(d)
|
Certain
Corrective Amendments. In order to satisfy the minimum coverage
requirements of Code §410(b), the nondiscriminatory amount requirement of
Regulation §1.401(a)(4)-1(b)(2) or the nondiscriminatory plan amendment
requirement of Regulation §1.401(a)(4)-1(b)(4), a corrective amendment or
change of the choice of options in the Plan may retroactively increase
allocations for Employees who benefited under the Plan during the Plan
Year being corrected, or may grant allocations to Employees who did not
benefit under the Plan during the Plan Year being corrected. To satisfy
the nondiscriminatory current availability requirement of Regulation
§1.401(a)(4)-4(b) for benefits, rights or features, a corrective amendment
or change of the choice of options in Plan may make a benefit, right or
feature available to Employees to whom it was previously not available. A
corrective amendment or change of the choice of options in the Plan will
not be effective prior to the date of adoption unless it satisfies the
applicable requirements of Regulation §1.401(a)(4)-11(g)(3)(ii) through
(vii), including the requirement that, in order to be effective for the
preceding Plan Year, such amendment or change of the choice of options in
the Plan must be adopted by the 15th day of the 10th month after the close
of the preceding Plan Year.
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|
11.2
|
Termination
By Sponsoring Employer.
|
|
(a)
|
Termination
of Plan. The Sponsoring Employer can terminate the Plan and Trust
by filing written notice thereof with the Administrator and Trustee and by
completely discontinuing contributions to the Plan. Upon any such
termination, the Trust Fund will continue to be administered until
complete distribution has been made to the Participants and other payees,
which distribution must occur as soon as administratively feasible after
the termination of the Plan, and must be made in accordance with the
provisions of Article 5 of the Plan. However, the Administrator may elect
not to distribute the Accounts of Participants and other payees upon
termination of the Plan but instead to transfer the entire Trust Fund
assets and liabilities attributable to this terminated Plan to another
qualified plan maintained by the Employer or its
successor.
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|
(b)
|
Vesting
Requirement Upon Plan Termination. Upon a complete discontinuance
of contributions under the Plan, then (1) any Participant who is affected
by such complete termination or, if applicable, such complete
discontinuance of contributions; (2) any Participant who has not
terminated employment with the Employer; (3) any Participant who has
terminated employment with the Employer and has not received a complete
distribution of the Participant's Vested Aggregate Account balance; and
(4) any Participant who has terminated employment but has not incurred
five consecutive Breaks in Service, will have a 100% Vested Interest in
his or her unpaid Participant's
Account.
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|
(c)
|
Vesting
Requirement Upon Partial Termination. Upon a partial termination of
the Plan, only a Participant whose employment has been terminated because
of the event which causes the partial termination but who has not incurred
five consecutive Breaks in Service will have a 100% Vested Interest in his
or her unpaid Participant's Account as of the date of partial
termination.
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|
(d)
|
Discontinuance
of Contributions. The Sponsoring Employer may at any time
completely discontinue contributions to the Plan but continue the Plan in
operation in all other respects, in which event the Trust will continue to
be administered until eventual distribution of all benefits has been made
to the Participants and other payees in accordance with Article 5 after
their death, retirement, Disability or other termination of employment.
Any discontinuance of contributions without a notice of termination from
the Sponsoring Employer to the Administrator and Trustee will not
constitute a Plan termination.
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|
11.3
|
Merger
or Consolidation.
|
|
12.1
|
No
Contract of Employment.
|
|
12.2
|
Title
to Assets.
|
|
12.3
|
Qualified
Military Service.
|
|
12.4
|
Fiduciaries
and Bonding.
|
|
12.5
|
Severability
of Provisions.
|
|
12.6
|
Interpretation
of the Plan.
|
|
(a)
|
Names.
Names that are used in this Plan should be used consistently in any
appendixes, policies, procedures, and/or any other documents which are
legally binding upon the Plan. However, in documents that are not
considered to be part of this Plan, appendixes, policies or procedures
that are not legally binding upon the Plan; and that may be are
distributed to individuals (such as the SPDs, SMMs, notices, and election
forms), names may use plain English
terms.
|
|
(b)
|
Gender.
Words that are used in the masculine gender may be construed as though
they are also used in the feminine or neuter gender, where applicable (and
vice versa).
|
|
(c)
|
Number.
Words that are used in the singular form may be construed as though
they are also used in the plural form, where applicable (and vice
versa).
|
|
(d)
|
Headings
and Subheadings. Headings and subheadings are inserted for
convenience of reference. Headings and subheadings constitute no part of
this Plan and/or Trust and are not to be considered in its construction or
interpretation.
|
|
(e)
|
Single
Subparagraphs. This Plan may have Sections and/or paragraphs that
contain a single subparagraph; such document construction will not
constitute a Scrivener's error.
|
|
(f)
|
Effective
Dates. This Plan contains various effective dates, which include,
but are not limited to: (1) the effective date of the Plan and, if
applicable, the effective date of the amended and restated Plan; and (2)
the effective dates of legally required or permitted
provisions.
|
|
(g)
|
Application
of Law. This Plan will be construed and interpreted in accordance
with the Code and ERISA. However, if the Plan needs to be construed and
interpreted according to a State's or Commonwealth's laws (to the extent
that such laws are not preempted by the provisions of the Code and ERISA),
then this Plan will be construed and interpreted according to the laws of
the State or Commonwealth in which the Sponsoring Employer maintains its
principal place of business.
|
|
12.7
|
Legal
Action.
|
|
12.8
|
Qualified
Plan Status.
|
|
12.9
|
Mailing
of Notices to Administrator, Employer or
Trustee.
|
|
12.10
|
Participant
Notices and Waivers of Notices.
|
|
12.11
|
No
Duplication of Benefits.
|
|
12.12
|
Evidence
Furnished Conclusive.
|
|
12.13
|
Release
of Claims.
|
|
12.14
|
Multiple
Copies of Plan And/or Trust.
|
|
12.15
|
Limitation
of Liability and Indemnification.
|
|
12.16
|
Written
Elections and Forms.
|
|
12.17
|
Assignment
and Alienation of Benefits.
|
|
12.18
|
Exclusive
Benefit Rule.
|
|
12.19
|
Dual
and Multiple Trusts.
|
|
Name
|
Type
of Entity
|
State
of Organization
|
Date
of Participation
|
|
Grand
Haven Bank
|
Banking
Corporation
|
Michigan
|
January
1, 1994
|
|
Paragon
Bank & Trust
|
Banking
Corporation
|
Michigan
|
January
1, 1996
|
|
Ann
Arbor Commerce Bank
|
Banking
Corporation
|
Michigan
|
January
1, 1997
|
|
Capitol
National Bank
|
Banking
Corporation
|
Michigan
|
January
1, 1997
|
|
Macomb
Community Bank
|
Banking
Corporation
|
Michigan
|
January
1, 1997
|
|
Oakland
Commerce Bank
|
Banking
Corporation
|
Michigan
|
January
1, 1997
|
|
Portage
Commerce Bank
|
Banking
Corporation
|
Michigan
|
January
1, 1997
|
|
Brighton
Commerce Bank
|
Banking
Corporation
|
Michigan
|
January
8, 1997
|
|
Kent
Commerce Bank
|
Banking
Corporation
|
Michigan
|
July
1, 1998
|
|
Muskegon
Community Bank
|
Banking
Corporation
|
Michigan
|
July
1, 1998
|
|
Detroit
Commerce Bank
|
Banking
Corporation
|
Michigan
|
January
1, 1999
|
|
Elkhart
Community Bank
|
Banking
Corporation
|
Indiana
|
January
1, 2000
|
|
Arrowhead
Community Bank
|
Banking
Corporation
|
Arizona
|
July
1, 2002
|
|
Bank
of Tucson
|
Banking
Corporation
|
Arizona
|
July
1, 2002
|
|
Camelback
Community Bank
|
Banking
Corporation
|
Arizona
|
July
1, 2002
|
|
East
Valley Community Bank
|
Banking
Corporation
|
Arizona
|
July
1, 2002
|
|
Mesa
Bank
|
Banking
Corporation
|
Arizona
|
July
1, 2002
|
|
Southern
Arizona Community Bank
|
Banking
Corporation
|
Arizona
|
July
1, 2002
|
|
Valley
First Community Bank
|
Banking
Corporation
|
Arizona
|
July
1, 2002
|
|
Sunrise
Bank of Albuquerque
|
Banking
Corporation
|
New
Mexico
|
January
1, 2003
|
|
Sunrise
Bank of Arizona
|
Banking
Corporation
|
Arizona
|
January
1, 2003
|
|
Black
Mountain Community Bank
|
Banking
Corporation
|
Nevada
|
January
1, 2004
|
|
Desert
Community Bank
|
Banking
Corporation
|
Nevada
|
January
1, 2004
|
|
Goshen
Community Bank
|
Banking
Corporation
|
Indiana
|
January
1, 2004
|
|
Red
Rock Community Bank
|
Banking
Corporation
|
Nevada
|
January
1, 2004
|
|
Yuma
Community Bank
|
Banking
Corporation
|
Arizona
|
January
1, 2004
|
|
First
Carolina State Bank
|
Banking
Corporation
|
North
Carolina
|
July
1, 2004
|
|
Sunrise
Bank of San Diego
|
Banking
Corporation
|
California
|
July
1, 2004
|
|
Napa
Community Bank
|
Banking
Corporation
|
California
|
July
1, 2005
|
|
Bank
of Las Vegas
|
Banking
Corporation
|
Nevada
|
January
1, 2006
|
|
Capitol
Wealth, Inc.
|
Corporation
|
Michigan
|
January
1, 2006
|
|
Bank
of Escondido
|
Banking
Corporation
|
California
|
January
1, 2007
|
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Peoples
State Bank
|
Banking
Corporation
|
Georgia
|
January
1, 2007
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1.1
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Plan
Name: Capitol Bancorp
Ltd. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the
"Plan").
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1.2
|
Plan
Sponsor: Capitol Bancorp
Ltd. (the "Sponsoring
Employer").
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1.3
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Enactment
Date. This Amendment is entered into as of January 1, 2008, by the
Sponsoring Employer.
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1.4
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Supersedure.
This Amendment supersedes any conflicting provisions of the
Plan.
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1.5
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Good
Faith Compliance. This Amendment is intended as good faith
compliance with the final Regulations under Code §415; the final
Regulations relating to Normal Retirement Age under final Regulation
§1.401(a)-1; the final Regulations relating to the methodology of an
ESOP to determine the amount of S corporation stock held by a disqualified
person for purposes of determining a nonallocation year; the Heinz
Decision; the modification to the applicable mortality table and
applicable interest rate under Code §417(e); and/or the elimination of gap
period income on excess contributions and excess aggregate
contributions that are permissive or are required for plan years
beginning in 2007 and/or 2008, and/or Limitation Years beginning on or
after July 1, 2007 (except as otherwise
provided).
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2.1
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o |
Not
Applicable. The
Plan terminated prior to the first day of the first Limitation Year
beginning on or after July 1, 2007.
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2.3
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Maximum
Annual Benefit.
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x |
Not
Applicable. The
Plan is not a defined benefit plan. (Skip to Section
2.4)
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(a)
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Maximum
Benefit. The
Annual Benefit otherwise payable to a participant at any time will not
exceed the Maximum Permissible Amount. If the benefit the participant
would otherwise accrue in a Limitation Year would produce an Annual
Benefit in excess of the Maximum Permissible Amount, the rate of accrual
will be reduced so that the Annual Benefit is equal to the Maximum
Permissible Amount. The Maximum Permissible Amount for a participant who
has not attained normal retirement age shall be applied to the actuarial
equivalent
of:
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□
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Not
Applicable. The
Plan is not a defined
benefit plan.
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□
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Participant’s
Accrued Benefit. The participant's accrued benefit otherwise
payable under the Plan at normal retirement age (or current age, if
later), based on the participant’s applicable completed years of benefit
service to date.
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□
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Participant’s
Projected Benefit. The participant's Projected Annual Benefit to
which the participant would be entitled at normal retirement age (or
current age, if later).
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(b)
|
Treatment
of Voluntary Employee Contributions, Mandatory Employee Contributions, and
Rollover Contributions. If
a participant makes voluntary employee contributions under the terms of
this Plan, then the amount of such voluntary employee contributions are
treated as Annual Additions to a qualified Defined Contribution Plan
pursuant to Code §414(k) for purposes of Section 2.4 and are not taken
into account in determining the Annual Benefit under the portion of the
Plan that is a defined benefit Plan. Furthermore, if a
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participant is
required to make mandatory employee contributions as defined in Code
§411(c)(2)(C) and Regulation §1.411(c)-1(c)(4) as a condition of
employment, as a condition of participation in the Plan, or as a condition
of obtaining benefits (or additional benefits) under the Plan attributable
to employer contributions, then the Annual Benefit for Code §415(b)
purposes does not include the Annual Benefit attributable to mandatory
employee contributions. The Annual Benefit attributable to mandatory
employee contributions is determined by applying the factors applicable to
mandatory employee contributions as described in Code §411(c)(2)(B) and
(C) and the Regulations promulgated thereunder to those mandatory employee
contributions to determine the amount of a straight life annuity
commencing at the annuity starting date, regardless of whether the
requirements of Code §411 and §417 apply to the Plan. Lastly, if the Plan
permits an employee to make rollover contributions (as described in Code
§401(a)(31), §402(c)(1), §403(a)(4), §403(b)(8), §408(d)(3), and
§457(e)(16)) to the Plan, then rollover contributions are not taken into
account in determining the Annual Benefit for Code §415(b)
purposes.
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(c)
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Treatment
of Transfer Accrued Benefits. Effective
as of the first day of the first Limitation Year beginning on or after
July 1, 2007, the treatment of accrued benefits that are transferred to
this Plan (and that do not constitute rollover contributions (as described
in Code §401(a)(31), §402(c)(1), §403(a)(4), §403(b)(8), §408(d)(3)) is
determined pursuant to the rules of Regulation
1.415(b)-1(b)(3).
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(d)
|
Code
§415 Limits Increased By EGTRRA. Notwithstanding
anything in the Plan to the contrary, benefit increases resulting from the
increase in the limitations of Code §415 pursuant to §611 of EGTRRA
(including, but not limited to, the Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation, the
Maximum Permissible Amount, and the age at which the actuarial equivalent
of the Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation is actuarially reduced or
increased) shall be provided to:
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| o |
Not
Applicable. The
Plan is not a defined plan.
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o |
New
Plan and All
Participants. The Plan’s
Effective Date is after the first day of the first Limitation Year ending
after December 31, 2001. The provisions of the paragraph apply to all
participants.
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o |
Existing
Plan and Participants
with Accrued Benefits. All current participants and all former
participants (with benefits limited by Code §415(b)) who have accrued
benefits under the Plan immediately prior to the first day of the first
Limitation Year ending after December 31, 2001 (other than an accrued
benefit resulting from a benefit increase solely as a result of the
increases in limitations under Code
§415(b)).
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|
o |
Existing
Plan and Participants
with One Hour of Service. All employees participating in the Plan
who have one hour of service on or after the first day of the first
Limitation Year ending after December 31,
2001.
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(e)
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Multi-Employer
Plan Not Aggregated With Non-Multi-Employer Plan. For
Limitation Years beginning after December 31, 2001, a multi-Employer plan
(as defined in Code §414(f)) in which the Employer participates shall not
be combined or aggregated with a non-multi-Employer plan that is sponsored
by the Employer for purposes of applying the Defined Benefit Compensation
Limitation of Code §415(b)(1)(B) to the non-multi-Employer plan. If this
Plan is a multi-Employer plan, then this Plan shall not be combined or
aggregated with any other multi-Employer plan for purposes of apply the
limitations of Code §415 and this Section. Furthermore, effective as of
the first day of the first Limitation Year beginning on or after July 1,
2007, if this Plan is a multi-Employer Plan, then only the benefits under
this multi-Employer Plan that are provided by an Employer are aggregated
with benefits under plans maintained by that Employer that are not
multi-Employer plans. Where the Employer maintains both a plan
which is not a multi-Employer plan and a multi-Employer plan, only the
benefits under the multi-Employer plan that are provided by the Employer
are aggregated with benefits under the Employer’s plans other than
multi-Employer plans (in lieu of including benefits provided by all
employers under the multi-Employer plan pursuant to the Regulation
§1.415(a)-1(e)).
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(f)
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Grandfather
Rule for Preexisting Benefits. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan
to the contrary, the Plan satisfies the limitations of this Section and
Code §415(b) for a participant with respect to benefits accrued or payable
under the Plan as of the last day of the Limitation Year that is
immediately prior to the first day of the first Limitation Year beginning
on or after July 1, 2007 pursuant to the Plan’s provisions (including Plan
provisions relating to the Plan’s limitation year) that were both adopted
and in effect before April 5, 2007, but only if such Plan provisions meet
the applicable requirements of statutory provisions, Regulations, and
other
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published guidance
relating to Code §415 in effect immediately before the first day of the
first Limitation Year beginning on or after July 1, 2007. The rule of the
preceding sentence applies even if the Plan had not been amended to
reflect changes to Code §415(b) made by the Pension Funding Equity Act of
2004 and the Pension Protection Act of 2006. Furthermore, the rule of the
first sentence applies even if Code §415(c)(3) Compensation for a
Limitation Year that is used for purposes of applying the limitations of
Code §415(b)(1)(B) reflects Code §415(c)(3) Compensation for a plan year
that is in excess of the limitation under Code §401(a)(17) that applies to
that plan year. If benefits under the Plan are accrued after the first day
of the first Limitation Year beginning on or after July 1, 2007, then the
sum of the benefits grandfathered under the first sentence of this
paragraph and benefits accrued after the first day of the first Limitation
Year beginning on or after July 1, 2007 must satisfy the requirements of
Code §415, taking into account the requirements of Final Regulation
§1.415(a)-1, §1.415(b)-1, §1.415(c)-1, §1.415(c)-2, §1.415(d)-1,
§1.415(f)-1, §1.415(g)-1, and
§1.415(j)-1.
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(g)
|
Safe
Harbor for Annual Adjustments to Distributions. Effective as of the
first day of the first Limitation Year beginning on or after July 1, 2007,
if an amendment to the Plan incorporates the adjustments to the Code
§415(b) limits by increasing a distribution that has previously commenced,
then the amendment complies with the provisions of Code §415(b)
if:
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(1)
|
The
employee has received one or more distributions that satisfy the
requirements of Code §415(b) before the date the adjustment to the
applicable limits is effective (as determined under Regulation
§1.415(d)-1(a)(3));
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(2)
|
The
increased distribution is solely as a result of the amendment of the Plan
to reflect the adjustment to the applicable limits pursuant to Code
§415(d); and
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(3)
|
The
amounts payable to the employee on and after the effective date of the
adjustment (as determined under Regulation §1.415(d)-1(a)(3)) are not
greater than the amounts that would otherwise be payable without regard to
the adjustment, multiplied by a fraction determined for the Limitation
Year, the numerator of which is the limitation under Code §415(b) (which
is the lesser of the Code §415(b)(1)(A) Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation,
as adjusted for age at commencement, and the Code §415(b)(1)(B) Defined
Benefit Compensation Limitation) in effect with respect to the
distribution taking into account the Code §415(d) adjustment, and the
denominator of which is the limitation under Code §415(b) in effect for
the distribution immediately before the
adjustment.
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(h)
|
Safe
Harbor for Periodic Adjustments to Distributions. Effective as of
the first day of the first Limitation Year beginning on or after July 1,
2007, if an amendment to the Plan increases a distribution that has
previously commenced, then the amendment complies with the provisions of
Code §415(b) and is made using the safe harbor methodology
if:
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(1)
|
The
employee has received one or more distributions that satisfy the
requirements of Code §415(b) before the date on which the increase is
effective; and
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(2)
|
The
amounts payable to the employee on and after the effective date of the
increase are not greater than the amounts that would otherwise be payable
without regard to the increase, multiplied by the Cumulative Adjustment
Fraction. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “Cumulative Adjustment
Fraction” means the product of all of the fractions described in paragraph
(g)(3) above that would have applied after benefits commence if the Plan
had been amended each year to incorporate the Code §415(d) adjustments to
the applicable Code §415(b) limits and had otherwise satisfied the safe
harbor methodology described in paragraph (g). For purposes of the
preceding sentence, if for the Limitation Year for which the increase to
the Code §415(b)(1)(A) Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation pursuant to
EGTRRA §611(a)(1)(A) is first effective (generally, the first Limitation
Year beginning after December 31, 2001) and the Code §415(b)(1)(A) Defined
Benefit Dollar Limitation applicable to a participant is less than the
Code §415(b)(1)(B) Defined Benefit Compensation Limitation for the
participant, then the fraction described in paragraph (g)(3) above for
that Limitation Year is 1.0.
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2.4
|
Maximum Annual
Addition.
|
|
|
o |
Not
Applicable. The
Plan is not a defined contribution plan, or is a defined benefit plan that
does not permit mandatory or voluntary employee contributions. (Skip to Section
2.5)
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|
(a)
|
Dollar
Limitation. The Dollar Limitation is $40,000, as adjusted by the
Treasury in accordance with Code
§415(d).
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|
(b)
|
Compensation
Limitation. The
Compensation Limitation is an amount equal to 100% of the participant's
Code §415(c)(3) Compensation for the Limitation Year. However, this
limitation will not apply to any contribution made for medical benefits
within the meaning of Code §401(h) or Code §419A(f)(2) after separation
from service which is otherwise treated as an Annual Addition under Code
§415(l)(1) or Code §419A(d)(2).
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(c)
|
Adjustments
to Maximum Annual Addition. In
applying the limitation on Annual Additions set forth herein, the
following adjustments must be made:
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(1)
|
Short
Limitation Year. In
a Limitation Year of less than 12 months, the Defined Contribution Dollar
Limitation in (a) will be adjusted by multiplying it by the ratio that the
number of months in the short Limitation Year bears to
12.
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(2)
|
Plans
with Different Limitation Years. If a participant
participates in multiple Defined Contribution Plans sponsored by the
Employer with different Limitation Years, the maximum Annual Addition in
this Plan for the Limitation Year will be reduced by the Annual Addition
credited to the participant's accounts in the other plans for such
Limitation Year.
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(3)
|
Plans
with the Same Limitation Year. If a participant
participates in multiple Defined Contribution Plans sponsored by the
Employer which have the same Limitation Year, then (A) if only one of the
plans is subject to Code §412, Annual Additions will first be credited to
the participant's accounts in the plan so subject; and (B) if none of the
plans are subject to Code §412, the maximum Annual Addition in this Plan
for a given Limitation Year will either (i) equal the product of the
maximum Annual Addition for such Limitation Year minus any other Annual
Additions previously credited to the participant's account, multiplied by
the ratio that the Annual Additions which would be credited to a
participant's accounts hereunder without regard to the limitations in
Section 2.5 bears to the Annual Additions for all plans described in this
paragraph, or (ii) be reduced by the Annual Additions credited to the
participant's accounts in the other plans for such Limitation
Year.
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(4)
|
Adjustment
for Excessive Annual Additions. If for any
Limitation Year the Annual Additions allocated to a participant's account
exceeds the maximum Annual Addition permitted under this Section, then the
Sponsoring Employer will follow the rules of any Employee Plans Compliance
Resolution System (EPCRS) that is issued by the Internal Revenue
Service.
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|
2.5
|
Aggregation
of Plans. Effective as of the first day of the first Limitation
Year beginning on or after July 1, 2007, this Section aggregates plans for
purposes of applying the provisions of this Section and the rules of
Regulation §1.415(f)-1.
|
|
(a)
|
General
Rule.
Except as provided in this Section and Regulation §1.415(f)-1, for
purposes of applying the limitations of this Section, Code §415(b), and
Code §415(c) applicable to a participant for a particular Limitation
Year:
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|
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(1)
|
More
Than One Defined Benefit Plan. All
defined benefit plans (without regard to whether a plan has been
terminated) ever maintained by the Employer (or a predecessor Employer)
under which the participant has accrued a benefit are treated as one
defined benefit plan and the sum of the participant's Annual Benefits from
all such defined benefit plans may not exceed the Maximum Permissible
Amount.
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(2)
|
More
Than One Defined Contribution Plan. All Defined Contribution Plans
(without regard to whether a plan has been terminated) ever maintained by
the Employer (or a predecessor Employer) under which the participant
receives Annual Additions are treated as one Defined Contribution Plan;
and
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(3)
|
More
Than One 403(b) Contract/Plan. All
403(b) annuity contracts purchased by an Employer (including plans
purchased through salary reduction contributions) for the participant are
treated as one 403(b) annuity
contract.
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|
(b)
|
Affiliated
Employers and Leased Employees. All
employees of all affiliated employers (a controlled group of corporations
as defined in Code §414(b); a trade or business (regardless of whether
incorporated) under common control under Code §414(c); any organization
(regardless of whether incorporated) which is a member of an affiliated
service group under Code §414(m); and any other entity required to be
aggregated under Code §414(o)) are treated as employed by a single
Employer for purposes of Code §415. Any defined benefit plan or Defined
Contribution Plan maintained by any affiliated employer is deemed
maintained by all affiliated employers. Furthermore, pursuant to Code
§414(n), with respect to any recipient for whom a leased employee (within
the meaning of Code §414(n)(2)) performs services, the leased employee is
treated as an employee of the recipient, but contributions or benefits
provided by the leasing organization that are attributable to services
performed for the recipient are treated as provided under the plan
maintained by the recipient. However, pursuant to Code §414(n)(5), the
rule of the previous sentence does not apply to a leased employee with
respect to services performed for a recipient
if:
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(1)
|
Covered
by Safe Harbor Plan. The leased employee
is covered by a plan that is maintained by the leasing organization and
that meets the requirements of Code §414(n)(5)(B);
and
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(2)
|
Not
More than 20% of Non-Highly Workforce. Leased employees do
not constitute more than 20 percent of the recipient’s non-highly
compensated workforce.
|
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(c)
|
Formerly
Affiliated Plan of an Employer. A
Formerly Affiliated Plan of an Employer is taken into account for purposes
of applying the aggregation rules of this Section to the Employer, but the
Formerly Affiliated Plan of an Employer is treated as if it had terminated
immediately prior to the cessation of affiliation with sufficient assets
to pay benefit liabilities under the plan, and had purchased annuities to
provide plan benefits. Furthermore, the rules for determining
Annual Benefits under a terminated defined benefit plan under which
annuities are purchased to provide plan benefits shall be determined
pursuant to Regulation §1.415(b)-1(b)(5)(i). For purposes of
this paragraph, the term “Formerly Affiliated Plan of an Employer” means a
plan that, immediately prior to the Cessation of Affiliation, was actually
maintained by one or more of the entities that constitute the Employer (as
determined under the employer affiliation rules described in Regulation
§1.415(a)-1(f)(1) and (2)), and immediately after the Cessation of
Affiliation, is not actually maintained by any of the entities that
constitute the Employer (as determined under the employer affiliation
rules described in Regulation §1.415(a)-1(f)(1) and (2)). For purposes of
this paragraph, the term “Cessation of Affiliation” means the event that
causes an entity to no longer be aggregated with one or more other
entities as a single Employer under the employer affiliation rules
described in Regulation §1.415(a)-1(f)(1) and (2) (such as the sale of a
subsidiary outside a controlled group), or that causes a plan to not
actually be maintained by any of the entities that constitute the Employer
under the employer affiliation rules of Regulation §1.415(a)-1(f)(1) and
(2) (such as a transfer of plan sponsorship outside of a controlled
group).
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(d)
|
Predecessor
Employer. For
purposes of Code §415 and Regulations promulgated thereunder, a former
employer is a predecessor employer with respect to a participant in the
Plan maintained by the Employer if the Employer maintains the Plan under
which the participant had accrued a benefit while performing services for
the former employer (for example, the Employer assumed sponsorship of the
former employer’s plan, or the Plan received a transfer of benefits from
the former employer’s plan), but only if that benefit is provided under
the Plan maintained by the Employer. In applying the limitations of Code
§415 to a participant in the Plan maintained by the Employer,
the Plan must take into account benefits provided to the participant under
plans that are maintained by the predecessor employer and that are not
maintained by the Employer; the Employer
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|
and predecessor
employer constituted a single Employer under the rules described in
Regulation §1.415(a)-1(f)(1) and (2) immediately prior to the cessation of
affiliation (as if they constituted two, unrelated employers under the
rules described in Regulation §1.415(a)-1(f)(1) and (2) immediately after
the cessation of affiliation) and cessation of affiliation was the event
that gives rise to the predecessor employer relationship, such as a
transfer of benefits or plan sponsorship. However, with respect to the
Employer of the participant, a former entity that antedates the Employer
is a predecessor employer with respect to the participant if, under the
facts and circumstances, the Employer constitutes a continuation of all or
a portion of the trade or business of the former entity. This occurs where
formation of the Employer constitutes a mere formal or technical change in
the employment relationship and continuity otherwise exists in the
substance and administration of the business operations of the former
entity and the Employer.
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|
(e)
|
Nonduplication.
In applying the limitations of Code §415 to the Plan maintained by
an Employer, if the Plan is aggregated with another plan pursuant to the
aggregation rules of this Section, then a participant’s benefits are not
counted more than once in determining the participant’s aggregate Annual
Benefit or Annual Additions, pursuant to the rules of Regulation
§1.415(f)-1(d)(1).
|
|
(f)
|
Determination
of Years of Participation for Multiple Plans. If
two or more defined benefit plans are aggregated under Code §415(f) for a
particular Limitation Year, in applying the reduction for participation of
less than ten years (as described in Code §415(b)(5)(A)) to the Code
§415(b)(1)(A) Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation, time periods that are
counted as Years of Participation under any of the plans are counted in
computing the limitation of the aggregated plans under this
Section.
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|
(g)
|
Determination
of Years of Service for Multiple Plans. If
two or more defined benefit plans are aggregated under Code §415(f) for a
particular Limitation Year, in applying the reduction for service of less
than ten years (as described in Code §415(b)(5)(B)) to the Code
§415(b)(1)(B) Defined Benefit Compensation Limitation, time periods that
are counted as years of service under any of the plans are counted in
computing the limitation of the aggregated plans under this
Section.
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|
(h)
|
Previously
Unaggregated Plans. The following rules apply to situations in
which two or more existing plans, which previously were not required to be
aggregated pursuant to Code §415(f), are aggregated during a particular
Limitation Year and, as a result, the limitations of Code §415(b) or (c)
are exceeded for that Limitation
Year:
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|
(1)
|
Defined
Contribution Plans. Two or more Defined Contribution Plans that are
not required to be aggregated pursuant to Code §415(f) as of the first day
of a Limitation Year satisfy the requirements of Code §415 with respect to
a participant for the Limitation Year if they are aggregated later in that
Limitation Year, provided that no Annual Additions are credited to the
participant’s account after the date on which the plans are required to be
aggregated.
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(2)
|
Defined
Benefit Plans. Two or more defined
benefit plans that are not required to be aggregated pursuant to Code
§415(f) as of the first day of a Limitation Year satisfy the requirements
of Code §415 with respect to a participant for the Limitation Year if they
are aggregated later in that Limitation Year, provided that no plan
amendments increasing benefits with respect to the participant under
either plan are made during the Limitation Year of the occurrence of the
event causing the Plan to be
aggregated.
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(3)
|
All
Years of Aggregation in which Accrued Benefits Are Frozen. Two or more defined
benefit plans that are required to be aggregated pursuant to Code §415(f)
during a Limitation Year subsequent to the Limitation Year during which
the plans were first aggregated satisfy the requirements of Code §415 with
respect to a participant for the Limitation Year if they are aggregated,
provided there have been no increases in the participant's accrued benefit
derived from Employer contributions (including increases as a result of
increased compensation or years of benefit service) under any of the plans
within the period during which the plans have been
aggregated.
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(i)
|
Multiple
Plan Fraction. The
provisions of Code §415(e) shall not apply to this Plan for Limitation
Years beginning on or after January 1, 2000 (or, if later, the first day
of the Limitation Year in which Code §415(e) is not applicable to the Plan
in whole or in part, pursuant to the provisions of the prior Plan document
or separate Plan amendment).
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2.6
|
Definitions. As
used in this Section 2, and for all other purposes of the Plan, the
following words and phrases will have the following
meanings:
|
|
(a)
|
Annual
Additions. The
term "Annual Additions" means the sum of the following amounts credited to
a participant's Account for the Limitation
Year:
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|
|
(1)
|
Employer
contributions, even if such Employer contributions are excess
contributions (as described in Code §401(k)(8)(B)) or excess aggregate
contributions (as described in Code §401(m)(6)(B)), or such excess
contributions or excess aggregate contributions are corrected through
distribution;
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(2)
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Employee
contributions, which includes mandatory employee contributions (as defined
in Code §411(c)(2)(C) and the Regulations promulgated thereunder) and
voluntary employee contributions;
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(3)
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Forfeitures;
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(4)
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Contributions
allocated to any individual medical account, as defined in Code
§415(l)(2), which is part of a pension or annuity plan established
pursuant to Code §401(h) and maintained by the
Employer;
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(5)
|
Amounts
attributable to post-retirement medical benefits allocated to a separate
account for a key employee (any employee who, at any time during the plan
year or any preceding plan year, is or was a key employee pursuant to Code
§419A(d)), maintained by the Employer;
and
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(6)
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Effective
as of the first day of the first Limitation Year beginning on or after
July 1, 2007, the difference between the value of any assets transferred
to the Plan and the consideration, where an employee or the Employer
transfers assets to the Plan in exchange for consideration that is less
than the fair market value of the assets transferred to the
Plan;
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(1)
|
The
restoration of an employee's accrued benefit by the Employer in accordance
with Code §411(a)(3)(D) or Code §411(a)(7)(C) or resulting from the
repayment of cashouts (as described in Code §415(k)(3)) under a
governmental plan (as defined in Code §414(d)) for the Limitation Year in
which the restoration occurs., regardless of whether the Plan restricts
the timing of repayments to the maximum extent allowed by Code
§411(a);
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(2)
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Catch-up
contributions made in accordance with Code §414(v) and Regulation
§1.414(v)-1;
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(3)
|
Effective
as of the first day of the first Limitation Year beginning on or after
July 1, 2007, a Restorative Payment that is allocated to a participant’s
account. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “Restorative Payment” is
a payment made to restore some or all of the Plan’s losses resulting from
an action (or a failure to act) by a fiduciary for which there is
reasonable risk of liability for breach of a fiduciary duty (other than a
breach of fiduciary duty arising from failure to remit contributions to
the Plan) under ERISA or under other applicable federal or state law,
where Plan participants who are similarly situated are treated similarly
with respect to the payments. This includes payments to the Plan made
pursuant to a Department of Labor order, the Department of Labor’s
Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program, or a court-approved settlement, to
restore losses to a qualified Defined Contribution Plan. Payments made to
the Plan to make up for losses due merely to market fluctuations and other
payments that are not made on account of a reasonable risk of liability
for breach of a fiduciary duty under Title I of ERISA are not Restorative
Payments and generally constitute contributions that give rise to Annual
Additions;
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(4)
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Excess
deferrals that are distributed in accordance with Regulation
§1.402(g)-1(e)(2) or (3);
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(5)
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Rollover
contributions (as described in Code §401(a)(31), §402(c)(1), §403(a)(4),
§403(b)(8), §408(d)(3), and
§457(e)(16));
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(6)
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Repayments
of loans made to a participant from the
Plan;
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(7)
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Repayments
of prior Plan distributions described in Code §411(a)(7)(B) (in accordance
with Code §411(a)(7)(C)) and Code §411(a)(3)(D) or repayment of
contributions to a governmental plan (as defined in Code §414(d)) as
described in Code §415(k)(3);
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(8)
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The
direct transfer of benefits or employee contributions from a qualified
plan to a Defined Contribution
Plan;
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(9)
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The
reinvestment of dividends on Employer securities under an employee stock
ownership plan pursuant to Code
§404(k)(2)(A)(iii)(II);
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(10)
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Employee
contributions to a qualified cost of living arrangement within the meaning
of Code §415(k)(2)(B);
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(b)
|
Annual
Benefit. The term "Annual Benefit" means a retirement benefit under
the Plan that is payable annually in the form of a straight life annuity.
The Annual Benefit does not include the benefit attributable to either
voluntary employee contributions, mandatory employee contributions, or
rollover contributions (as described in Code §401(a)(31), §402(c)(1),
§403(a)(4), §403(b)(8), §408(d)(3), and §457(e)(16)), determined pursuant
to the rules of Regulation 1.415(b)-1(b)(2). Effective as of the first day
of the first Limitation Year beginning on or after July 1, 2007, the
treatment of accrued benefits that are transferred to this Plan (and that
do not constitute rollover contributions (as described in Code
§401(a)(31), §402(c)(1), §403(a)(4), §403(b)(8), §408(d)(3)) is determined
pursuant to the rules of Regulation
1.415(b)-1(b)(3).
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(1)
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Actuarial
Adjustments To Annual Benefit. Except as otherwise
provided in subparagraph (2) below, a benefit payable in a form other than
a straight life annuity must be adjusted to be the actuarial equivalent of
a straight life annuity before applying the limitations of this Section as
follows:
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(A)
|
Effective
as of the first day of the first Limitation Year beginning on or after
July 1, 2007, for any benefit paid in a form to which Code §417(e)(3) does
not apply, the actuarially equivalent straight life annuity benefit is the
greater of:
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(i)
|
The
annual amount of the straight life annuity (if any) payable to the
participant under the Plan commencing at the same annuity starting date as
the form of benefit payable to the participant;
or
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(ii)
|
The
annual amount of the straight life annuity commencing at the same annuity
starting date that has the same actuarial present value as the form of
benefit payable to the participant, computed using a 5% interest
assumption and the applicable mortality table for that annuity starting
date.
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(B)
|
For
a distribution to which Code §417(e)(3) applies and which has an annuity
starting date occurring in plan years beginning in 2004 or 2005, the
Actuarially Equivalent straight life annuity benefit is the greater
of:
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(i)
|
The
annual amount of the straight life annuity commencing at the annuity
starting date that has the same actuarial present value as the particular
form of benefit payable, computed using the Plan’s interest rate and
mortality tabulation factors; or
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(ii)
|
The
annual amount of the straight life annuity commencing at the annuity
starting date that has the same actuarial present value as the particular
form of benefit payable, computed using a 5.5% interest assumption and the
applicable mortality table.
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o |
PFEA
Transition Rule. Notwithstanding the previous provisions of this
paragraph (b)(1)(B), with respect to a distribution to which Code
§417(e)(3) applies and which has an annuity starting date after December
31, 2003 and before January 1, 2005, the Actuarially Equivalent straight
life annuity benefit shall not be less than the greater
of:
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(i)
|
The
annual amount of the straight life annuity commencing at the annuity
starting date that has the same actuarial present value as the particular
form of benefit payable, computed using the Plan’s interest rate and
mortality tabulation factors; or
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(ii)
|
The
annual amount of the straight life annuity commencing at the annuity
starting date that has the same actuarial present value as the particular
form of benefit payable, computed using the applicable interest rate in
effect as of the last day of the last plan year beginning before January
1, 2004 and the applicable mortality
table.
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(C)
|
For
a distribution to which Code §417(e)(3) applies and which has an annuity
starting date occurring in plan years beginning after 2005, the
Actuarially Equivalent straight life annuity benefit is the greatest
of:
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(i)
|
The
annual amount of the straight life annuity commencing at the annuity
starting date that has the same actuarial present value as the particular
form of benefit payable, computed using the Plan’s interest rate and
mortality tabulation factors;
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(ii)
|
The
annual amount of the straight life annuity commencing at the annuity
starting date that has the same actuarial present value as the particular
form of benefit payable, computed using a 5.5% interest assumption and the
applicable mortality table; or
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(iii)
|
The
annual amount of the straight life annuity commencing at the annuity
starting date that has the same actuarial present value as the particular
form of benefit payable (computed using the applicable interest rate and
the applicable mortality table), divided by
1.05.
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(2)
|
Certain
Benefit Forms for which No Adjustment Is Required. Effective as of the
first day of the first Limitation Year beginning on or after July 1, 2007,
for purposes of the adjustments described in paragraph (1) above, the
following benefits are not taken into account for which no actuarial
adjustment to the Annual Benefit is
required:
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(A)
|
Survivor
benefits payable to a surviving spouse under a qualified joint and
survivor annuity to the extent that such benefits would not be payable if
the participant’s benefit were not paid in the form of a qualified joint
and survivor annuity. However, if benefits are paid partly in the form of
a qualified joint and survivor annuity and partly in some other form (such
as a single-sum distribution), the rule under which survivor benefits are
not included in determining the Annual Benefit applies to the survivor
annuity payments under the portion of the benefit that is paid in the form
of a qualified joint and survivor
annuity.
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(B)
|
Ancillary
benefits that are not directly related to retirement benefits, such as
preretirement disability benefits not in excess of the qualified
disability benefit, preretirement incidental death benefits (including a
qualified preretirement survivor annuity), and post-retirement medical
benefits. However, even though a Social Security supplement described in
Code §411(a)(9) and Regulation §1.411(a)-7(c)(4) may be an ancillary
benefit, the Social Security supplement is included in determining the
Annual Benefit because the Social Security supplement is payable upon
retirement and therefore is directly related to retirement income
benefits.
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(C)
|
A
benefit that is paid in a form that is not a straight life annuity that
takes into account the inclusion in that form of an Automatic Benefit
Increase Feature, if:
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(i)
|
The
benefit is paid in a form to which Code §417(e)(3) does not apply;
and
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(ii)
|
The
Plan satisfies the following requirements: The form of benefit without
regard to the Automatic Benefit Increase Feature satisfies the
requirements of Code §415(b) and the Regulations, and in no event will the
amount payable to the participant under the form of benefit in any
Limitation Year be greater than the Code §415(b) limit applicable at the
annuity starting date (which is the lesser of the age-adjusted Code
§415(b)(1)(A) Defined Benefit Dollar Limit or the Code §415(b)(1)(B)
Defined Benefit Compensation Limitation), as increased in subsequent years
pursuant to Code §415(d) and Regulation §1.415(d)-1. If the form of
benefit without regard to the Automatic Benefit Increase Feature is not a
straight life annuity, then the preceding sentence is applied by reducing
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the Code §415(b)
limit applicable at the annuity starting date to an Actuarially Equivalent
amount (determined using the assumptions specified in paragraph
(b)(1)(A)(ii)) that takes into account the death benefits under the form
of benefit (other than the survivor portion of a qualified joint and
survivor annuity).
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(3)
|
Determination
of Annual Benefit in the case of Multiple Annuity Starting Dates.
Effective as of the first day of the first Limitation Year beginning on or
after July 1, 2007, if a participant has or will have distributions
commencing at more than one annuity starting date, then the limitations of
Code §415 must be satisfied as of each of the annuity starting dates,
taking into account the benefits that have been or will be provided at all
of the annuity starting dates. In determining the Annual Benefit for such
a participant as of a particular annuity starting date, the Plan must
actuarially adjust the past and future distributions with respect to the
benefits that commenced at the other annuity starting dates. The
determination of whether a new annuity starting date has occurred is made
without regard to the rule of Regulation §1.401(a)-20, Q&A-10(d)
(under which the commencement of certain distributions may not give rise
to a new annuity starting date). The rules provided in this paragraph
apply for purposes of determining the Annual Benefit of a participant
where a new distribution election is effective during the current
Limitation Year with respect to a distribution that previously commenced.
The rules of this paragraph also apply for determining the Annual Benefit
of a participant for purposes of applying the limitations of Code §415(b)
where benefit payments are increased as a result of the Plan’s terms or a
Plan amendment applying a cost-of-living adjustment or similar benefit
increase, unless such increase to benefit payments that is a result of the
Plan’s terms or a Plan amendment applying a cost-of-living adjustment or
similar benefit increase:
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(A)
|
Has
previously been accounted for as part of the Annual Benefit under the
rules of this paragraph (b)(3);
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(B)
|
Is
not required to be accounted for as part of the annual benefit, pursuant
to the exception for certain automatic benefit increase features under
Regulation §1.415(b)-1(c)(5);
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(C)
|
Is
pursuant to a plan provision that automatically incorporates Code §415(d)
cost-of-living adjustments under Regulation §1.415(a)-1(d)(3)(v);
or
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(D)
|
Complies
with one of the safe harbors described in Regulation §1.415(d)-1(a)(5) or
(6) (providing safe harbors for annual and other periodic adjustments to
distributions).
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(c)
|
Code
§401(a)(17) Compensation Limit. The
term "Code §401(a)(17) Compensation Limit" means, for any Limitation Year
beginning on or after July 1, 2007, the statutory limit that applies to
each participant’s Code §415(c)(3) Compensation for a specific Limitation
Year which is taken into account under the Plan; such Code §415(c)(3)
Compensation shall not exceed $200,000. However, the $200,000 statutory
limit on Code §415(c)(3) Compensation shall be adjusted for cost-of-living
increases in accordance with Code §401(a)(17)(B). The cost-of-living
adjustment in effect for a calendar year applies to Code §415(c)(3)
Compensation for the Limitation Year that begins with or within such
calendar year. If a Limitation Year is less than 12 consecutive months,
then the Code §401(a)(17) Compensation Limit will be multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months in the Limitation
Year, and the denominator of which is 12. If Code §415(c)(3) Compensation
for any prior Limitation Year is used in determining a participant’s
Annual Benefit for the current Limitation Year, then Code §415(c)(3)
Compensation for such prior Limitation Year is subject to the applicable
Code §401(a)(17) Compensation Limit as in effect for that prior Limitation
Year.
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(d)
|
Code
§415(c)(3) Compensation. The
term "Code §415(c)(3) Compensation" means the compensation during the
entire Limitation Year (or such other compensation determination period
that statutorily applies) used to determine an employee's Annual Addition
limitation and/or Annual Benefit limitation and is based on the selection
below:
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x
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Form
W-2 Compensation.
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|
o
|
Code
§3401 Compensation.
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|
o
|
Safe
Harbor Code §415 Compensation.
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(1)
|
Exclusions
to Compensation Do Not Apply. Code
§415(c)(3) Compensation includes any amounts that may be excluded from
compensation for purposes of a participant’s allocations or the
calculation of the participant’s accrued
benefit.
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|
|
(2)
|
Inclusion
of Certain Amounts. Code §415(c)(3)
Compensation includes any elective deferral as defined in Code §402(g)(3)
and any amount which is contributed or deferred by the Employer at the
election of the employee which are not includible in gross income by
reason of Code §125 (and deemed Code §125 compensation), Code §132(f)(4),
or Code §457.
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|
|
(3)
|
Treatment
of Post-Severance Compensation. Effective January 1,
2005, Code §415(c)(3) Compensation includes Post-Severance
Compensation.
|
|
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(4)
|
Code
§401(a)(17) Annual Compensation Limit. Effective as of the
first day of the first Limitation Year beginning on or after July 1, 2007,
Code §415(c)(3) Compensation for any Limitation Year shall not exceed the
Code §401(a)(17) Compensation Limit that applies to that Limitation Year.
If the Limitation Year is not the calendar year, then the Code §401(a)(17)
Compensation Limit that applies to such Limitation Year is the Code
§401(a)(17) Compensation Limit in effect for the respective calendar year
in which such Limitation Year
begins.
|
|
|
(5)
|
Compensation
Earned in Limitation Year but Paid in Next Limitation Year. Effective as of the
first day of the first Limitation Year beginning on or after July 1, 2007,
at the discretion of the Sponsoring Employer and applied in a uniform
manner, Code §415(c)(3) Compensation for a Limitation Year may include
amounts earned during that Limitation Year but not paid during that
Limitation Year solely because of the timing of pay periods and pay dates
if:
|
|
|
(A)
|
These
amounts are paid during the first few weeks of the next Limitation
Year;
|
|
|
(B)
|
The
amounts are included on a uniform and consistent basis with respect to all
similarly situated employees; and
|
|
|
(C)
|
No
Code §415(c)(3) Compensation is included in more than one Limitation
Year.
|
|
(e)
|
Defined
Benefit Compensation Limitation. The
term "Defined Benefit Compensation Limitation" means 100% of a
participant's Highest Average Compensation, payable in the form of a
straight life annuity. Effective as of the first day of the first
Limitation Year beginning on or after July 1, 2007, if, after having a
severance from employment with the Employer maintaining the Plan, an
employee is rehired by the Employer, then the employee’s Defined Benefit
Compensation Limit under Code §415(b)(1)(B) is the greater
of:
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(1)
|
100
percent of the participant’s Highest Average Compensation for the period
of the participant’s three consecutive years of service or 1-year periods
of service, as applicable, as determined prior to the employee’s severance
from employment with the Employer maintaining the Plan (and if the
provisions of paragraph (g)(6) apply to the Plan, as adjusted pursuant to
paragraph (f)(3) below); or
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|
|
(2)
|
100
percent of the participant’s Highest Average Compensation for the period
of the participant’s three consecutive years of service or 1-year periods
of service, as applicable, with the period of the participant’s three
consecutive years of service or 1-year periods of service, as applicable,
determined pursuant to Regulation
§1.415(b)-1(a)(5)(iii).
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|
(f)
|
Defined
Benefit Dollar Limitation. Effective
for Limitation Years ending after December 31, 2001, the term "Defined
Benefit Dollar Limitation" means $160,000 payable in the form of a
straight life annuity. Effective January 1st of each year, the $160,000
Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation will be automatically adjusted under
Code §415(d) in such manner as the Treasury may prescribe. The limitation
as adjusted under Code §415(d)
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| x |
Not
Applicable. The
Plan is not a defined benefit plan.
|
|
|
o |
New
Plan and All
Participants. The Plan’s
Effective Date is after the first day of the first Limitation Year ending
after December 31, 2001. The provisions of the paragraph apply to all
participants.
|
|
|
o |
Existing
Plan and Participants
with Accrued Benefits. All current participants and all former
participants (with benefits limited by Code §415(b)) who have accrued
benefits under the Plan immediately prior to the first day of the first
Limitation Year ending after December 31, 2001 (other than an accrued
benefit resulting from a benefit increase solely as a result of the
increases in limitations under Code
§415(b)).
|
|
|
o |
Existing
Plan and Participants
with One Hour of Service. All employees participating in the Plan
who have one Hour of Service on or after the first day of the first
Limitation Year ending after December 31,
2001.
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|
(g)
|
Defined
Contribution Plan. The
term “Defined Contribution Plan” means a defined contribution plan within
the meaning of Code §414(i) (including the portion of a plan treated as a
defined contribution plan under the rules of Code §414(k)) that
is:
|
|
|
(1)
|
A
plan described in Code §401(a) which includes a trust which is exempt from
tax under Code §501(a);
|
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|
(2)
|
An
annuity plan described in Code
§403(a);
|
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(3)
|
A
simplified employee pension described in Code
§408(k);
|
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(4)
|
An
arrangement which is treated as a Defined Contribution Plan for purposes
of this Section, Code §415 and the Regulations promulgated thereunder,
according to the following rules:
|
|
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(A)
|
Mandatory
employee contributions (as defined in Code §411(c)(2)(C) and Regulation
§1.411(c)-1(c)(4), regardless of whether the Plan is subject to the
requirements of Code §411) to this Plan (a defined benefit plan) are
treated as contributions to a Defined Contribution Plan. For this purpose,
contributions that are picked up by the Employer as described in Code
§414(h)(2) are not considered employee
contributions.
|
|
|
(B)
|
Contributions
allocated to any individual medical benefit account which is part of a
pension or annuity plan established pursuant to Code §401(h) are treated
as contributions to a Defined Contribution Plan pursuant to Code
§415(l)(1).
|
|
|
(C)
|
Amounts
attributable to post-retirement medical benefits allocated to an account
established for a key employee (any employee who, at any time during the
plan year or any preceding plan year, is or was a key employee pursuant to
Code §419A(d)(1)) are treated as contributions to a Defined Contribution
Plan pursuant to Code §419A(d)(2).
|
|
|
(D)
|
Annual
Additions under an annuity contract described in Code §403(b) are treated
as Annual Additions under a Defined Contribution
Plan.
|
|
(h)
|
Employer. The
term “Employer” shall mean the Sponsoring Employer as set forth in Section
1.2, and any other entity that adopts the
Plan.
|
|
(i)
|
Highest
Average Compensation. The term "Highest Average Compensation" means
the following:
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|
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(1)
|
Definition
prior to 2006. For Limitation Years
beginning prior to January 1, 2006, the term "Highest Average
Compensation" means a participant's average Code §415(c)(3) Compensation
for the three consecutive years of service or 1-year periods of service
with the Employer that produces the highest average. If a participant has
separated from service, the participant's Highest Average Compensation
will be automatically adjusted by multiplying such Code §415(c)(3)
Compensation by the cost of living
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|
|
(2)
|
Definition
after 2005. For Limitation Years
beginning after December 31, 2005, the term "Highest Average Compensation"
means an employee’s average Code §415(c)(3) Compensation for the three
consecutive years of service or 1-year periods of service with the
Employer that produces the highest average. If an employee has separated
from service, the employee’s Highest Average Compensation will be
automatically adjusted by multiplying such Code §415(c)(3) Compensation by
the cost of living adjustment factor prescribed by the Treasury under Code
§415(d) in such manner as the Treasury may prescribe. The adjusted Code
§415(c)(3) Compensation will apply to Limitation Years ending with or
within the calendar year of the date of the adjustment. In no event shall
an employee’s Highest Average Compensation be limited to the period during
which the employee was a participant in the Plan. Highest Average
Compensation of this paragraph applies
to:
|
|
|
x |
Not
Applicable. The
Plan is not a defined benefit plan.
|
|
|
o |
New
Plan and All
Participants. The Plan’s
Effective Date is after the first day of the first Limitation Year ending
after December 31, 2005. The provisions of the paragraph apply to all
participants.
|
|
|
o |
Existing
Plan and Participants
with Accrued Benefits. All current participants and all former
participants (with benefits limited by Code §415(b)) who have accrued
benefits under the Plan immediately prior to the first day of the first
Limitation Year ending after December 31, 2005 (other than an accrued
benefit resulting from a benefit increase solely as a result of the
increases in limitations under Code
§415(b)).
|
|
|
o |
Existing
Plan and Participants
with One Hour of Service. All employees participating in the Plan
who have one Hour of Service on or after the first day of the first
Limitation Year ending after December 31,
2005.
|
|
|
(3)
|
Highest
Average Compensation for a Participant who incurs Severance of
Employment. Effective as of the
first day of the first Limitation Year beginning on or after July 1, 2007
and pursuant to Code §415(d)(1)(B), if the provisions of paragraph (g)(6)
apply to the Plan, then with regard to participants who have had a
severance from employment with the Employer maintaining the Plan, the
Defined Benefit Compensation Limit described in Code §415(b)(1)(B) is
adjusted annually to take into account increases in the cost of living.
For any Limitation Year beginning after the severance occurs, the
adjustment of the Defined Benefit Compensation Limit is made by
multiplying the Annual Adjustment Factor (as defined below) by the Defined
Benefit Compensation Limit applicable to the participant in the prior
Limitation Year; the Annual Adjustment Factor is prescribed by the
Commissioner. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “Annual Adjustment
Factor” for a calendar year means a fraction, the numerator of which is
the value of the applicable index for the calendar quarter ending
September 30 of the preceding calendar year, and the denominator of which
is the value of such index for the calendar quarter ending September 30 of
the calendar year prior to that preceding calendar year. The applicable
index is determined consistent with the procedures used to adjust benefit
amounts under Social Security Act §215(i)(2)(A). If the value of the
fraction described in the previous sentence of this paragraph is less than
one for a calendar year, then the adjustment factor for the calendar year
is equal to one. In such a case, the Annual Adjustment Factor for future
calendar years will be determined in accordance with revenue rulings,
notices, or other published guidance prescribed by the
Commissioner.
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|
|
(4)
|
Highest
Average Compensation for a Rehired Participant. Notwithstanding
anything in the Plan to the contrary, effective as of the first day of the
first Limitation Year beginning on or after July 1, 2007, if a participant
has had a severance from employment with the Employer maintaining the plan
and is subsequently rehired by the Employer, then the three consecutive
years of service or 1-year periods of service is calculated by excluding
all years for which the participant performs no services for and receives
no compensation from the Employer maintaining the plan (hereafter referred
to as the “Break Period”). This calculation will be made by treating the
year of service or 1-year period of service, as applicable, immediately
prior to the Break Period and the year of service or 1-year period of
service, as applicable, immediately after the Break Period as if such
years of service or 1-year periods of service, as applicable, were
consecutive.
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(j)
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Limitation
Year. The term "Limitation Year" means the 12-consecutive month
period as defined in the Plan. If the Limitation Year is amended to a
different 12-consecutive month period, then the new Limitation Year must
begin on a date within the Limitation Year in which the amendment is
made.
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(k)
|
Maximum
Permissible Amount. The
term "Maximum Permissible Amount" means, effective for Limitation Years
ending after December 31, 2001 (except, if applicable, as provided in
subsection (4) below), the lesser of the Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation
or the Defined Benefit Compensation Limitation (both adjusted where
required, as provided in (1) and, if applicable, in (2) or (3) below, and
limited, if applicable, as provided in (4) below). Maximum
Permissible Amount of this paragraph (g) applies
to:
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x |
Not
Applicable. The
Plan is not a defined benefit plan.
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o |
New
Plan and All
Participants. The Plan’s
Effective Date is after the first day of the first Limitation Year ending
after December 31, 2001. The provisions of the paragraph apply to all
participants.
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o |
Existing
Plan and Participants
with Accrued Benefits. All current participants and all former
participants (with benefits limited by Code §415(b)) who have accrued
benefits under the Plan immediately prior to the first day of the first
Limitation Year ending after December 31, 2001 (other than an accrued
benefit resulting from a benefit increase solely as a result of the
increases in limitations under Code
§415(b)).
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o |
Existing
Plan and Participants
with One Hour of Service. All employees participating in the Plan
who have one Hour of Service on or after the first day of the first
Limitation Year ending after December 31,
2001.
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(1)
|
Service
Adjustment. If the participant
has fewer than ten (10) Years of Participation in the Plan, the Defined
Benefit Dollar Limitation shall be multiplied by a fraction, (A) the
numerator of which is the number of Years of Participation (or part
thereof) in the Plan and (B) the denominator of which is ten (10). If the
Plan is not a multi-Employer Plan and the participant has fewer than ten
(10) years of service or 1-year periods of service with the Employer, the
Defined Benefit Compensation Limitation shall be multiplied by a fraction,
(A) the numerator of which is the number of years of service or 1-year
periods of service (or part thereof) with the Employer and (B) the
denominator of which is ten (10).
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(2)
|
Adjustment
For Benefits Commencing Before Age 62. Effective as of the
first day of the first Limitation Year beginning on or after July 1, 2007,
for a distribution with an annuity starting date that occurs before the
participant attains the age of 62, the age-adjusted Code §415(b)(1)(A)
Defined Benefit Dollar Limit is determined as the actuarial equivalent of
the annual amount of a straight life annuity commencing at the annuity
starting date that has the same actuarial present value as a deferred
straight life annuity commencing at age 62, where annual payments under
the straight life annuity commencing at age 62 are equal to the Code
§415(b)(1)(A) Defined Benefit Dollar Limit (as adjusted pursuant to Code
§415(d) and Regulation §1.415(d)-1 for the Limitation Year, pursuant to
paragraph (1) above, if required), and where the Actuarially Equivalent
straight life annuity is computed using a 5% interest rate and the
applicable mortality table that is effective for that annuity starting
date (and expressing the participant’s age based on completed calendar
months as of the annuity starting date). However, if the Plan has an
immediately commencing straight life annuity payable both at age 62 and
the age of benefit commencement, then the age-adjusted Code §415(b)(1)(A)
Defined Benefit Dollar Limit is equal to the lesser
of:
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(A)
|
The
limit as otherwise determined under this paragraph (g)(2);
and
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(B)
|
The
amount that is equal to the Code §415(b)(1)(A) Defined Benefit Dollar
Limit (as adjusted pursuant to Code §415(d) and Regulation §1.415(d)-1 for
the Limitation Year, pursuant to paragraph (1) above, if required)
multiplied by the ratio of the annual amount of the immediately commencing
straight life annuity under the Plan to the annual amount of the straight
life annuity under the plan commencing at age 62, with both annual amounts
determined without applying the rules of Code
§415.
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(A)
|
If
a mortality decrement applies upon death, then an adjustment shall be made
to reflect the probability of the participant’s death between the annuity
starting date and the participant’s attainment of age 62. To the extent
that a forfeiture occurs upon the participant’s death before the annuity
starting date, an adjustment must be made to reflect the probability of
the participant’s death between the annuity starting date and the
participant’s attainment of age 62.
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(B)
|
If
a mortality decrement does not apply upon death, then no adjustment shall
be made to reflect the probability of the participant’s death between the
annuity starting date and the participant’s attainment of age 62. To the
extent that a forfeiture occurs upon the participant’s death before the
annuity starting date, an adjustment must be made to reflect the
probability of the participant’s death between the annuity starting date
and the participant’s attainment of age 62. Furthermore, the Plan treats
no forfeiture as occurring upon a participant’s death if the Plan does not
charge participants for providing a qualified pre-retirement survivor
annuity (QPSA) on the participant’s death, but only if the Plan applies
this treatment both for adjustments before age 62 and adjustments after
age 65. Thus, in computing the age-adjusted Code §415(b)(1)(A) Defined
Benefit Dollar Limit, no adjustment is made to reflect the probability of
a participant’s death after the annuity starting date and before age 62 or
after age 65 and before the annuity starting
date.
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(3)
|
Adjustment
For Benefits Commencing After Age 65. Effective as of the
first day of the first Limitation Year beginning on or after July 1, 2007,
for a distribution with an annuity starting date that occurs after the
participant attains the age of 65, the age-adjusted Code §415(b)(1)(A)
Defined Benefit Dollar Limit is determined as the actuarial equivalent of
the annual amount of a straight life annuity commencing at the annuity
starting date that has the same actuarial present value as a straight life
annuity commencing at age 65, where annual payments under the straight
life annuity commencing at age 65 are equal to the Code §415(b)(1)(A)
Defined Benefit Dollar Limit (as adjusted pursuant to Code §415(d) and
Regulation §1.415(d)-1 for the Limitation Year, pursuant to paragraph (1)
above, if required), and where the Actuarially Equivalent straight life
annuity is computed using a 5% interest rate and the applicable mortality
table that is effective for that annuity starting date (and expressing the
participant’s age based on completed calendar months as of the annuity
starting date). However, if the Plan has an immediately commencing
straight life annuity payable as of the annuity starting date and an
immediately commencing straight life annuity payable at age 65, then the
age-adjusted Code §415(b)(1)(A) Defined Benefit Dollar Limit is equal to
the lesser of:
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(A)
|
The
limit as otherwise determined under this paragraph (g)(3);
and
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(B)
|
The
amount that is equal to the Code §415(b)(1)(A) Defined Benefit Dollar
Limit (as adjusted pursuant to Code §415(d) and Regulation §1.415(d)-1 for
the Limitation Year, pursuant to paragraph (1) above, if required)
multiplied by the ratio of the annual amount of the Adjusted Immediately
Commencing Straight Life Annuity (as defined below) under the Plan to the
Adjusted Age 65 Straight Life Annuity (as defined
below).
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(4)
|
Adjustment
For Multi-Employer Plan. Notwithstanding
the above, if the Plan is a multi-Employer Plan, then for Limitation Years
beginning before January 1, 2002, the Maximum Permissible Amount will not
exceed the Defined Benefit Compensation Limitation. In the case of a
participant who has fewer than 10 years of service or 1-year periods of
service with the Employer, the Defined Benefit Compensation Limitation
shall be multiplied by a fraction, (A) the numerator of which is the
number of years of service or 1-year periods of service (or part thereof)
with the Employer and (B) the denominator of which is
10.
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(5)
|
Minimum
Benefit Permitted. Notwithstanding
anything else in this Section to the contrary, effective as of the first
day of the first Limitation Year beginning on or after July 1, 2007, the
Annual Benefit (without regard to the age at which benefits commence)
payable with respect to a participant under this Plan is not considered to
exceed the Defined Benefit Compensation Limitation
if:
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(A)
|
The
benefits (other than benefits not taken into account in the computation of
the Annual Benefit under the rules of Regulation §1.415(b)-1(b) or (c))
payable under with respect to such participant under this Plan and all
other defined benefit plans (regardless of whether terminated) ever
maintained by the Employer do not in the aggregate exceed $1,000
multiplied by the participant's number of years of service or 1-year
periods of service or parts thereof (not to exceed 10) for the Limitation
Year, or for any prior Limitation Year;
and
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(B)
|
The
Employer (or a predecessor Employer) has not at any time maintained a
Defined Contribution Plan in which the participant
participated.
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(6)
|
Cost
of Living Adjustment. If the Annual
Benefit payable to a terminated participant who has not received a
complete distribution of the participant’s nonforfeitable accrued benefit
is limited by either the Defined Benefit Dollar Limitation or the Defined
Benefit Compensation Limitation, such benefit may, at the discretion of
the Sponsoring Employer and applied in a uniform manner, be increased in
accordance with cost of living adjustments under Code
§415(d).
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(l)
|
Projected
Annual Benefit. The
term "Projected Annual Benefit" means the Annual Benefit to which the
participant would be entitled assuming (1) the participant will continue
employment with an Employer until normal retirement age (or current age,
if later), and (2) the participant's compensation for the current
Limitation Year and all other relevant factors used to determine benefits
will remain constant for all future Limitation
Years.
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(m)
|
Post-Severance
Compensation. For
Limitation Years beginning on or after July 1, 2007, the term
"Post-Severance Compensation" means the amount (or, if paragraph (2), (3),
and/or (4) is checked, then the following amounts) that would
have been included in the definition of compensation if the amounts were
paid prior to the employee’s severance from employment with the Employer
and that are paid to the employee by the later of 2½ months after
termination of employment with the Employer or the end of the Limitation
Year that includes the employee’s date of severance from employment with
the Employer:
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(1)
|
Regular
Pay after Severance from Employment. Regular pay after severance
from employment will be considered Post-Severance Compensation
if:
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|
(A)
|
The
payment is regular compensation for services during the employee’s regular
working hours, or compensation for services outside the employee’s regular
working hours (such as overtime or shift differential), commissions,
bonuses, or other similar payments;
and
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|
(B)
|
The
payment would have been paid to the employee prior to a severance from
employment if the employee had continued in employment with the
Employer.
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|
x
|
(2)
|
Leave
Cashouts and Deferred Compensation. If this paragraph (2) is
checked, then leave
cash outs and deferred compensation will be considered Post-Severance
Compensation if the amount is
either:
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|
(A)
|
Payment
for unused accrued bona fide sick, vacation, or other leave, but only if
the employee would have been able to use the leave if employment had
continued; or
|
|
|
(B)
|
Received
by an employee pursuant to a nonqualified unfunded deferred compensation
plan, but only if the payment would have been paid to the employee at the
same time if the employee had continued in employment with the Employer
and only to the extent that the payment is includible in the employee’s
gross income.
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|
o
|
(3)
|
Imputed
Compensation when Participant Becomes Disabled in DC Plan. If this
paragraph (3) is checked and a participant in a Defined Contribution Plan
becomes permanently and totally disabled (as defined in Code §22(e)(3)),
then notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, Code
§415(c)(3) Compensation will be imputed during the time that the
participant is permanently and totally disabled. The rate that Code
§415(c)(3) Compensation will be imputed to such participant is equal to
the rate of Code §415(c)(3) Compensation that was paid to the participant
immediately before becoming permanently and totally disabled. The total
period in which Code §415(c)(3) Compensation will be imputed to a
participant in the Defined Contribution Plan who becomes permanently and
totally disabled will be determined pursuant to a nondiscriminatory policy
established by the Administrator; however, if Code §415(c)(3) Compensation
is imputed to a participant who is a highly compensated employee (as
defined in Code §414(q) and any elections made in the Plan) pursuant to
this paragraph, then the continuation of any non-safe harbor non-elective
contributions to such participant will be for a fixed or determinable
period pursuant to Code
§415(c)(3)(C).
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|
o
|
(4)
|
Continuation
of Compensation while in Qualified Military Service. If this
paragraph (4) is checked, then notwithstanding anything in this Section to
the contrary, Code §415(c)(3) Compensation includes payments to an
individual who does not currently perform services for the Employer by
reason of qualified military service (as that term is used in Code
§414(u)(1)), to the extent those payments do not exceed the amounts the
individual would have received if the individual had continued to perform
services for the Employer rather than entering qualified military
service.
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(n)
|
Year
of Participation. The
term "Year of Participation" means a 12-month accrual computation period
(computed to fractional parts of a year) in which the following conditions
are met: (1) the participant is credited with at least the number of Hours
of Service (or Period of Service if the elapsed time method is used) for
benefit accrual purposes, required under the Plan to accrue a benefit for
the accrual computation period, and (2) the participant is included as a
participant under the eligibility provisions of the Plan for at least one
day of the
|
|
3.1
|
x |
Not
Applicable. The Plan was not amended
impermissibly to restrict the form or timing of distributions from the
Plan.
|
|
3.2
|
o |
Effective
Date. This
Section is effective as of
_______________________________________.
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|
3.3
|
Retroactive
Revocation. If Section 3.2 is checked, then the Original Amendment
is hereby revoked retroactively with respect
to:
|
|
|
o |
All
Accrued Benefits. Benefits that had accrued as the Applicable
Amendment Date and benefits that have accrued after the Applicable
Amendment Date.
|
|
|
o |
Only
Accrued Benefits as the Applicable Amendment Date. Benefits that
had accrued as the Applicable Amendment Date. Benefits that have accrued
after the Applicable Amendment Date will continue to be subject to the
restrictions with respect to the form or timing of distributions from the
Plan as enumerated in the Original
Amendment.
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|
3.4
|
Effect
of Revocation. If
Section 3.2 is checked, then the following provisions
apply:
|
|
(a)
|
Benefits
to Affected Participants. Benefit payments (including any
appropriate interest or actuarial increase) will resume to Affected
Participants on the execution date of this amendment in the applicable
optional form of benefit. Furthermore, if the Plan is a defined benefit
plan, then the Plan will comply with the requirements of Regulation
§1.417(e)-1 (rules relating to retroactive annuity starting dates),
including a makeup payment to each Affected Participant equal to the
amount of the monthly payments due since Applicable Amendment Date, with
appropriate interest.
|
|
(b)
|
Opportunity for
Eligible Participants. An
Eligible Participant must be given an opportunity to elect retroactively
the commencement of payment of benefits as of the first date on which (a)
this Section 3 is effective and (b) the participant was eligible to
commence receipt of benefits. Furthermore, if the Plan is a defined
benefit plan, then the Plan will comply with the requirements of
Regulation §1.417(e)-1 (rules relating to retroactive annuity starting
dates). The following provisions apply to Eligible
Participants:
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(1)
|
Election
Period. The election period begins within a reasonable time period
after Eligible Participants have received notification of the option in
accordance with paragraph (2) below and ends no sooner than six months
after notification. Reasonable efforts must be taken to notify all
Eligible Participants, including the use of the Internal Revenue Service
Letter Forwarding Program.
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|
|
(2)
|
Notification
Requirement. The
Plan must provide notice of the option set forth in this paragraph (b) to
each Eligible Participants. In addition to satisfying any generally
applicable notice requirements, the notice of the option to commence
payment of benefits must be designed to be readily understandable by the
average Plan participant. The notice must explain the option to commence
retroactive payment of benefits and the period for making the election as
described in paragraph (1).
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|
3.5
|
Definitions.
If Section 3.2 is checked, then the following definitions apply to this
Section:
|
|
(a)
|
Affected
Participant. The
term “Affected Participant” means either (1) a participant who commenced
receipt of benefits and whose benefit payments had ceased as a result of
the Original Amendment, or (2) a participant who had applied for benefits
(including election of the optional form of benefit) and whose application
for
|
|
(b)
|
Applicable
Amendment Date. The
term “Applicable Amendment Date” means the later of the effective date of
the Original Amendment or the date that the Original Amendment was
adopted.
|
|
(c)
|
Eligible
Participant. The
term “Eligible Participant” is a participant
who:
|
|
|
(1)
|
At
any time after the Applicable Amendment Date, was eligible to commence the
receipt of benefits under the Plan, determined without regard to the
suspension of benefit provisions of the Original
Amendment;
|
|
|
(2)
|
At
the same time, engaged in service for which benefits were not permitted to
commence, as determined taking into account the Original Amendment;
and
|
|
|
(3)
|
Is
not an Affected Participant (e.g., is a participant
who did not apply for benefits).
|
|
(d)
|
Original
Amendment. The
term “Original Amendment” means a previously-executed amendment that
impermissibly restricted the form or timing of distributions from the
Plan.
|
|
4.1
|
x |
Not
Applicable. The Plan is not a defined benefit
plan.
|
|
4.2
|
o |
Change
to Applicable Mortality Table and Applicable Interest Rate under Code
§417(e). The
following provisions apply to a participant’s annuity starting date that
occur on or after the first day of the first plan year beginning in
2008:
|
|
(a)
|
Code
§417(e)(3) GATT Applicable Mortality Table. Notwithstanding any
other Plan provisions to the contrary, the applicable mortality table used
for purposes of adjusting any benefit under the limitations of Code
§415(b)(2)(B), (C), or (D) and the applicable mortality table used for
purposes of satisfying the requirements of Code §417(e)(3) is the
applicable §417(e)(3) mortality table that applies to distributions with
annuity starting dates (other than a retroactive annuity starting date) on
that date. For a plan year that begins in 2008, the applicable mortality
table is the “2008 Applicable Mortality Table” as provided by Revenue
Ruling 2007-67, which is based upon a fixed blend of 50 percent of the
static male combined mortality rates and 50 percent of the static female
combined mortality rates published in proposed Regulation §1.430(h)(3)-1
for valuation dates occurring in 2008; such mortality table shows, for
each age, the number living based upon a starting population of one
million lives at age 1 (lx), and the annual
rate of mortality (qx). The applicable
§417(e)(3) mortality table for each subsequent year (the “Subsequent
Applicable Mortality Table”) will be provided by the Treasury; will
generally be determined from the Code §430(h)(3)(A) mortality tables on
the same basis as the 2008 Applicable Mortality Table; and will
automatically apply to distributions with annuity starting dates (other
than a retroactive annuity starting date) to which the specific Subsequent
Applicable Mortality Table applies, without the necessity of amending the
Plan.
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|
(b)
|
Code
§417(e)(3) GATT Applicable Interest Rate. Notwithstanding any
other Plan provisions to the contrary, the applicable interest rate is the
adjusted first, second, and third segment rates applied under rules
similar to the rules of Code §430(h)(2)(C) for the month before the date
of distribution or such other time as the Treasury may by Regulations
prescribe. For purposes of the prior sentence, the adjusted first, second,
and third segment rates are the first, second, and third segment rates
which would be determined under Code §430(h)(2)(C)
if:
|
|
|
(1)
|
Code
§430(h)(2)(D) were applied by substituting the average yields for the
month described in clause (2) for the average yields for the 24-month
period described in such section;
|
|
|
(2)
|
Code
§430(h)(2)(G)(i)(II) were applied by substituting “Code
§417(e)(3)(A)(ii)(II)” for “Code §412(b)(5)(B)(ii)(II)”;
and
|
|
|
(3)
|
The
applicable percentage under Code §430(h)(2)(G) were determined according
to the following table:
|
|
In
the case of plan
years
beginning:
|
The
applicable
percentage
is:
|
|
2008
|
20%
|
|
2009
|
40%
|
|
2010
|
60%
|
|
2011
|
80%
|
|
5.1
|
o |
Not
Applicable. The Plan’s definition of Normal
Retirement Age complies Regulation §1.401(a)-1 that was issued June
11, 2007.
|
|
5.2
|
x |
Not
Applicable. The Plan is not subject to Code
§412. Even though the Plan’s Normal Retirement Age may not comply with
Regulation §1.401(a)-1 that was issued June
11, 2007, the Sponsoring Employer elects not to amend the Plan’s
definition of Normal
Retirement Age.
|
|
5.3
|
o |
Effective
Date. This
Section is effective as of _______________________________________. (Note: This date is generally
May 22,
2007,
but may be a later date based upon the guidance of
Notice 2007-69. In the case of a governmental plan (as defined in Code
§414(d)), this date is the
first day of the first plan year beginning on or after January 1, 2009. In
the case of a plan maintained pursuant to one or more collective
bargaining agreements that have been ratified and are in effect on May 22,
2007, this date is the first day of the first plan year that begins after
the last of the agreements terminates determined without regard to any
extension thereof (or, if earlier, May 22,
2010).
|
|
5.4
|
Modification
of the Definition of Normal Retirement Age. If Section 5.3 is
checked, then the Plan’s definition of Normal Retirement Age is amended as
follows: (Choose
one)
|
|
|
o |
Age
Only. The term “Normal
Retirement Age” means the time that a participant attains the age of
___________.
|
|
|
o |
Age
and Participation. The term “Normal
Retirement Age” means the later of (a) the time that a participant attains
the age of ___________, or (b) the ___________ anniversary of the time
that a participant commenced participation in the Plan. (Note: The blank of clause (b)
cannot exceed 5th)
|
|
|
o |
Other. The term “Normal
Retirement Age” means
________________________________________________.
|
|
5.5
|
Limited
Exemption from Code §411(d)(6). If Section 5.3 is
checked, then although this Section amends the Normal Retirement Age under
the Plan to a later Normal Retirement Age pursuant to Regulation
§1.401(a)-1(b)(2) which may eliminate a right to an in-service
distribution prior to the amended Normal Retirement Age, this Section does
not violate Code §411(d)(6) pursuant to Regulation §1.411(d)-4,
Q&A-12.
|
|
5.6
|
No
Exemption from Other Code Provisions. If
(a) Section 5.3 is checked and (b) this Section 5.6 is applicable, then
since the Plan and this Section are not exempt from the requirements of
Code §411(a)(9) (if the Plan is a defined benefit plan, then requiring
that the Plan’s normal retirement benefit not be less than the greater of
any early retirement benefit payable under the Plan or the benefit under
the Plan commencing at Normal Retirement Age), Code §411(a)(10) (if this
Section changes the Plan’s vesting rules), Code §411(d)(6) (other than
elimination of the right to an in-service distribution prior to the
amended Normal Retirement Age), and/or Code §4980F (if the Plan is a
defined benefit plan, then relating to a reduction in the rate of future
benefit accruals), the following provision(s) are amended and/or added to
the Plan:
|
|
|
o |
Not
Applicable. The provisions of
this Section 5.6 have been satisfied and/or are not applicable, and
provisions are not required to be amended and/or added to the
Plan.
|
|
|
o |
Plan
Provision(s):
_________________________________________________________________________.
(Note: Describe Plan
provision(s) that will cure any violation of the Code provisions of this
Section 5.6. For example, if the pre-amended Normal Retirement Age was age
40, then the Plan may need a provision that provides that all
participants who are participating in the Plan and who attain age 40 will
become 100% vested in their accounts/accrued
benefits.)
|
|
6.1
|
x |
Not
Applicable. The Plan is not a 401(k) plan as
described in Code §401(k)(2) or a 401(m) plan as described in Code
§401(m).
|
|
6.2
|
o |
Not
Applicable. Even though the Plan is a 401(k)
plan as described in Code §401(k)(2) and/or a 401(m) plan as described in
Code §401(m), the Sponsoring Employer elects that the Plan will retain the
calculation of gap period income on excess contributions and/or excess
aggregate contributions.
|
|
6.3
|
o |
Effective
Date. This
Section is effective as of _______________________________________. (Note: This date cannot be
earlier than the first day of the first plan year beginning on or after
January 1, 2008)
|
|
6.4
|
Elimination
of Gap Period Income. If Section 6.3 is checked, then
the following provisions apply: (check all
that apply)
|
|
|
o |
Elimination
of Gap Period Income for Excess Contributions. If this paragraph is
checked, then excess contributions as defined in Regulation §1.401(k)-6
will be adjusted for any income or loss up to the last day of the plan
year, without considering the gap period (the period between the end of
the plan year and the date of distribution) or any adjustment for income
or loss during the gap period.
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Elimination
of Gap Period Income for Excess Aggregate Contributions. If
this paragraph is checked, then excess aggregate contributions as defined
in Regulation §1.401(m)-5 will be adjusted for any income or loss up to
the last day of the plan year, without considering the gap period (the
period between the end of the plan year and the date of distribution) or
any adjustment for income or loss during the gap
period.
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7.1
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Not
Applicable. The Plan is not an
ESOP.
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7.2
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Not
Applicable. Even though the Plan is an ESOP,
the Sponsoring Employer elects not to adopt this discretionary amendment
of Section 7.
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7.3
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Effective
Date. This
Section is effective as of _______________________________________. (Note: This date cannot be
earlier than the first day of the first plan year beginning on or after
January 1, 2007)
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7.4
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Prohibited
Allocation of Company Stock of an S Corporation. If
Section 7.3 is checked, then notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to
the contrary, no portion of the assets of the Plan attributable to (or
allocable in lieu of) company stock issued by an S corporation may, during
a nonallocation year, be allocated directly or indirectly for the benefit
of any disqualified person under this Plan or under any other qualified
plan of the Employer, subject to the following
provisions:
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(a)
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Nonallocation
Year. The term
"nonallocation year" means any plan year in which (1) the Plan holds
company stock of an S corporation, and (2) "disqualified persons" own at
least 50% of such company stock. In determining ownership under clause
(2), the rules of Code §318(a) will apply, except that in applying Code
§318(a)(1), the members of an individual's family will include members of
the family described in subparagraph (4) below, and Code §318(a)(4) will
not apply. In addition, notwithstanding the employee trust exception in
Code §318(a)(2)(B)(i), an individual will be treated as owning
deemed-owned shares of the individual, and solely for purposes of applying
subparagraph (e) below, this subparagraph will be applied after the
attribution rules of subparagraph (e) have been
applied.
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(b)
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Disqualified
Person. The term
"disqualified person" means any person whose number of deemed-owned shares
in the S corporation is at least 10% of the deemed-owned shares in such
corporation, or whose number of shares of deemed-owned shares in the S
corporation, when aggregated with the deemed-owned shares of his or her
family members, is at least 20% of the number of deemed-owned shares of
stock in the S corporation. Any member of a disqualified person's family
with deemed-owned shares will be treated as a disqualified person if not
otherwise treated as a disqualified person under this
subparagraph.
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(c)
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Deemed-Owned
Shares. The term
"deemed-owned shares" means, with respect to any person, (1) company stock
of the S corporation which is allocated to such person under the Plan, and
(2) the person's share of such company stock which is held by the Plan but
is not allocated to participants. A person's share of unallocated S
corporation company stock held by the Plan is the amount of such
unallocated company stock which would be allocated to him or her if such
unallocated company stock were allocated to all participants in the same
proportion as the most recent company stock allocation under the
Plan.
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(d)
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Member
of the Family. The term "member of
the family" means, with respect to any individual, (1) the spouse of the
individual; (2) an ancestor or lineal descendant of the individual or the
individual's spouse; (3) a brother or sister of the individual or his or
her spouse and any lineal descendant of the brother or sister; and (4) the
spouse of any individual described in clause (2) or (3). However, a spouse
who is legally separated from such individual under a decree of divorce or
separate maintenance will not be treated as such individual's
spouse.
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(e)
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Treatment
of Synthetic Equity. For purposes of
subparagraphs (a) and (b), in the case of a person who owns synthetic
equity in the S corporation, except to the extent provided in regulations,
the shares of stock in the corporation on which the synthetic equity is
based will be treated as outstanding stock in the corporation and
deemed-owned shares of such person if the treatment of synthetic equity of
one or more such persons results in (1) the treatment of any person as a
disqualified person, or (2) the treatment of any year as a nonallocation
year. For purposes hereof, synthetic equity is treated as owned by a
person in the same manner as stock is treated as owned by a person under
Code §318(a)(2) and (3). If, without regard to this subparagraph, a person
is treated as a disqualified person or a year is treated as a
nonallocation year, this subparagraph will not be construed to result in
the person or year not being so
treated.
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(f)
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Synthetic
Equity. The term "synthetic
equity" means any stock option, warrant, restricted stock, deferred
issuance stock right, or similar interest or right that gives the holder
the right to acquire or receive stock of the S corporation in the future.
Except to the extent provided in Regulations, synthetic equity also
includes a stock appreciation right, phantom stock unit, or similar right
to a future cash payment based on the value of such stock or appreciation
in such value.
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8.1
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Signature
of the Authorized Representative of the Sponsoring
Employer:
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