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Employees' Retirement Plan: |
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The Company sponsors a noncontributory Money Purchase Plan covering substantially all of its non-union employees. Operations were charged $82,308 and $311,145 as contributions to the Plan for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018, respectively, and $100,147 and $294,804 as contributions to the plan for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2017, respectively. |
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Multi-employer plan: |
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The Company contributes to a union sponsored multi-employer pension plan covering its union employees. The Company contributions to the pension plan were $14,963 and $49,119 for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2018, respectively, and $14,648 and $41,636 as contributions to the plan for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2017, respectively. Contributions and costs are determined in accordance with the provisions of negotiated labor contracts or terms of the plans. The Company also contributes to union sponsored health benefit plans. |
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Contingent Liability for Pension Plan: |
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Information as to the Company’s portion of accumulated plan benefits and plan assets is not reported separately by the pension plan. Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, upon withdrawal from a multi-employer benefit plan, an employer is required to continue to pay its proportionate share of the plan’s unfunded vested benefits, if any. Any liability under this provision cannot be determined: however, the Company has not made a decision to withdraw from the plan. |
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Information for contributing employer’s participation in the multi-employer plan: |
| Legal name of Plan: |
United Food and Commercial |
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Workers Local 888 Pension Fund |
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| Employer identification number: |
13-6367793 |
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| Plan number: |
001 |
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| Date of most recent Form 5500: |
December 31, 2016 |
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| Certified zone status: |
Critical and declining status |
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| Status determination date: |
January 1, 2018 |
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| Plan used extended amortization provisions in status |
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| calculation: |
Yes |
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| Minimum required contribution: |
Yes |
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| Employer contributing greater than 5% of Plan |
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| contributions for year ended December 31, 2016: |
Yes |
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| Rehabilitation plan implemented: |
Yes |
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| Employer subject to surcharge: |
Yes |
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| Contract expiration date: |
November 30, 2019 |
For the plan years 2017-2019, under the pension fund’s rehabilitation plan, the Company agreed to pay a minimum contribution rate equal to 9.1% of the prior year total contribution rate. The Company has 29 employees and has a contract, expiring November 30, 2019, with a union covering rates of pay, hours of employment and other conditions of employment for approximately 24% of its employees. The Company considers that its labor relations with its employees and union are good.
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