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NON-STANDARDIZED PROFIT-SHARING/401(k) PLAN
ADOPTION AGREEMENT #01-001
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ADOPTION AGREEMENT #01-001
NON-STANDARDIZED PROFIT-SHARING/401(k) PLAN
The undersigned, Shire US Inc. (hereinafter known as the "Company"), hereby
adopts the ▇▇▇▇▇ & Berne LLP Defined Contribution Prototype Plan and Trust
Agreement Basic Plan Document #01 (hereinafter referred to as the "Prototype")
by executing this Adoption Agreement, in order to establish or continue in
restated form a qualified plan and trust for the exclusive benefit of the
Company's Employees and their Beneficiaries.
Item I. Plan Information.
A. This Plan shall be known as the 1997 Restated Shire US Inc. 401(k)
Savings Plan and Trust
B. This Plan is:
/ / (i) A newly adopted Plan.
/X/ (ii) An amendment and restatement of the Shire US Inc. 401(k)
Savings Plan
C. The Effective Date of this Plan is January 1, 1997. [Unless otherwise
noted in the Adoption Agreement or the Prototype, the provisions of
this Plan shall be effective for Plan Years beginning after December
31, 1996].
D. The original Effective Date of the plan of which this is an amended
and restated version is June 1, 1996.
E. The Plan Year shall be:
/X/ (i) the 12 consecutive month period ending on each December 31.
/ / (ii) Other [the period indicated may not exceed 12 consecutive
months]:
F. The Limitation Year shall be:
/X/ (i) The Plan Year.
/ / (ii) The calendar year.
/ / (iii) Other [the period indicated may not exceed 12 consecutive
months]:________________________________________________
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G. "Trustee" means the following: Firstar Bank, N.A. - (n/k/a US Bank)
H. The Plan shall be construed according to the laws of the State of
Ohio.
I. This Plan shall be [choose (i) or (ii) and, if desired, (iii)]:
/ / (i) a Profit-Sharing Plan only.
/X/ (ii) a Profit-Sharing/401(k) Plan.
/ / (iii) a Section 105(c) Accident and Health Plan
Item II - Definitions.
A. Anniversary Date means December 31 of each year after
the Effective Date.
B. (i) Company shall mean Shire US Inc. and shall include:
/X/ (a) All predecessors.
/ / (b) The following predecessors:
______________________________________________________
/ / (c) The following related entities:
______________________________________________________
/ / (d) Other [indicate any limitation on Years of Service to
be credited with predecessor):
______________________________________________________
(ii) Company, as of the Effective Date, is one of the following:
/ / (a) Sole Proprietorship.
/ / (b) Partnership.
/X/ (c) C Corporation.
/ / (d) S Corporation.
/ / (e) Limited Liability Company
C. Compensation.
(i) Compensation shall be as defined in Section 1.8 of the Prototype,
but shall exclude the following [Choose one or more of the
following, as applicable. Exclusions must comply with Code
Section 414(s)]:
/ / (a) Bonuses.
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/ / (b) Overtime pay.
/ / (c) Commissions.
/ / (d) Elective Contributions made by the Company on the
Employee's behalf pursuant to a 401(k) plan maintained
by Company.
/X/ (e) Compensation earned before becoming a Participant:
/ / (1) With respect to all contributions.
/X/ (2) With respect to Elective and Matching
Contributions only.
/ / (f) Compensation earned before becoming eligible:
/ / (1) With respect to all contributions.
/ / (2) With respect to Elective and Matching
Contributions only.
/ / (g) Amounts contributed by Company
pursuant to a salary reduction
agreement which are not includible
in an Employee's gross income under
Code Sections 125, 132(f)(4),
402(h)(1)(B) or 403(b).
/X/ (h) Other: Tuition reimbursement; Auto reimbursement;
Qualified relocation reimbursement; Stock options;
taxable and nontaxable fringe benefits.
/ / (i) No exclusions.
(ii) The definition of Compensation shall be effective as of
____________ [may not be later than the first day of the first
Plan Year after the Plan Year in which the Adoption Agreement and
Prototype are adopted].
(iii) Compensation shall be determined over the following period:
/X/ (a) The Plan Year.
/ / (b) The calendar year ending with or within the Plan Year.
/ / (c) The twelve consecutive month period ending
___________ within the Plan Year.
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(iv) / / Compensation shall be determined by taking into account the
pre-GUST family aggregation rules during the following years
beginning prior to the date the Company adopts this Plan as a
restatement of its previously maintained plan:
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
D. Disability means [choose either Item (i), (ii), (iii) or (v) below
and, if Item I(I)(iii) is elected, also check Item (iv)]:
/ / (i) Total and permanent incapacity of a Participant which
renders the Participant unable to engage in any substantial
gainful employment.
/X/ (ii) Total and permanent incapacity of a Participant which
causes the Participant's termination of employment with the
Company.
/ / (iii) Total and permanent incapacity of a Participant by reason
of a medically demonstrable physical or mental condition which
qualifies the Participant for disability benefits under the
Social Security Act and which will presumably prevent the
Employee from engaging in any regular employment with the Company
or in any other regular gainful occupation for which he is or may
be suited by education, training or experience, except such
employment as is found to be for the purpose of rehabilitation or
is not incompatible with the finding of total and permanent
disability.
/ / (iv) The permanent loss or loss of use of a member or a
function of the Participant's body without regard to the period
the Participant is absent from work or whether such Participant
continues in the employ of the Company.
/ / (v) The Plan does not provide for Disability.
E. Highly Compensated Employee shall be determined as follows [choose
either, both or none of the following, which election(s) once made
must apply consistently to the determination years of all plans of the
Company and shall apply to all subsequent determination years unless
modified by Company]:
/ / (i) By limiting such status to an employee (who is not a
5-percent owner) who was in the top-paid 20% of employees for the
preceding year (as determined by reference to Code Sections
414(q)(3) and (5)).
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/ / (ii) By reference to calendar year data (except for determining
who is a 5-percent owner), in which case the preceding year shall
be the calendar year beginning with or within such preceding
year.
F. Hours of Service, with respect to an Employee compensated on other
than an hourly basis, shall be credited as follows [choose one of the
following, to be applied to all nonhourly employees covered under the
Plan]:
/ / (i) 190 Hours of Service for each month for which such Employee
would otherwise be required to be credited with at least one Hour
of Service.
/ / (ii) 95 Hours of Service for each semi-monthly payroll period
for which such Employee would otherwise be required to be
credited with at least one Hour of Service.
/X/ (iii) 90 Hours of Service for each bi-weekly payroll period for
which such Employee would otherwise be required to be credited
with at least one Hour of Service.
/ / (iv) 45 Hours of Service for each weekly payroll period for
which such Employee would otherwise be required to be credited
with at least one Hour of Service.
/ / (v) In accordance with records maintained by the Company.
/ / (vi) Other [must comply with applicable provisions of
Department of Labor Regulation ss. 2530.200b-3]:_________________
_________________________________________________________________
G. Early Retirement Age means [choose one of the following]:
/ / (i) The date on which a Participant reaches age _____ and
completes _____ Years of Service for vesting purposes.
/ / (ii) The date on which a Participant attains age _____,
completes _____ Years of Service for vesting purposes and _____
years as a Participant.
/X/ (iii) The Plan does not contain an Early Retirement Age.
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H. Normal Retirement Age means [choose one of the following]:
/X/ (i) The date on which the Participant attains 65 years of age
[cannot be more than age 65].
/ / (ii) The later of the dates on which occur:
(a) the Participant's attainment of his ________ (___) birthday
[cannot be more than age 65]; or
(b) the ________ (___) anniversary of the time such Participant
commenced participation hereunder [cannot be more than 5
years].
I. Normal Retirement Date means [choose one of the following]:
/ / (i) The first day of the month following a Participant's Normal
Retirement Age.
/ / (ii) The first Anniversary Date following a Participant's
Normal Retirement Age.
/X/ (iii) Normal Retirement Age.
J. Valuation Date means [choose one of the following]:
/X/ (i) The last business day of the Plan Year and such other date
as the Administrator may determine.
/ / (ii) The last business day of the Plan Year and ________________.
/ / (iii) Other [may not be less than once per year]:________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
K. One-Year Break in Service means the period indicated in Section 1.22
of the Prototype during which an Employee has not completed more than
250 Hours of Service [may not be more than the lesser of 500 or
one-half the number of Hours of Service used in defining Year of
Service].
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Item III. Eligibility.
A. An Employee shall be eligible to participate in the Plan upon
completion of the following [Item (i) may be elected along with either
(ii), (iii) or (iv)]:
/X/ (i) Attainment of age 18 [cannot be more than age 21]. -
Effective 10/1/00. Age 21 for prior years.
/X/ (a) For Elective Contributions
/X/ (b) For Matching Contributions
/X/ (c) For Company discretionary contributions
/ / (ii) Completion of one (1) Year of Service.
/ / (a) For Elective Contributions
/ / (b) For Matching Contributions
/ / (c) For Company discretionary contributions
/ / (iii) Completion of two (2) Years of Service; provided,
however, that if the Plan is a Profit-Sharing/401(k) Plan, any
Employee who completes at least One Year of Service shall be
eligible to make Elective Contributions to the Plan [this
provision may be selected only if Plan provides immediate vesting
in Item VIII (A)(i) hereof].
/ / (a) For Matching Contributions
/ / (b) For Company discretionary contributions
/X/ (iv) Completion of 6 months of service [may not exceed 12 months
unless Plan provides immediate vesting, in which case may not
exceed 24 months]. For this purpose ____ months of service means
the initial ____ consecutive month period beginning with the
Employee's employment or reemployment date, as the case may be,
provided he has ____ Hours of Service [may not exceed 1000 for
any 12 consecutive month period and must be reduced
proportionately for periods less than 12 months] within such
period; otherwise the first ____ consecutive month period which
includes or follows such initial period within which he has at
least ____ Hours of Service [may not exceed 1000 for any 12
consecutive month period and must be reduced proportionately for
periods less than 12 months]: - Effective prior to 10/1/00
/X/ (a) For Elective Contributions
/X/ (b) For Matching Contributions
/X/ (c) For Company discretionary contributions
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/X/ (v) Immediately upon employment with Company: - Effective 10/1/00
- 3/31/02
/X/ (a) For Elective Contributions
/X/ (b) For Matching Contributions
/X/ (c) For Company discretionary contributions
/X/ (vi) Other [must be more favorable than age 21 and one Year of
Service or two Years of Service if 100% vesting]: Completion of
30 days of service, effective 4/1/02.
[The eligibility provisions selected above must ensure compliance
with the minimum participation standards of Code Section 410(a).
An eligible Participant will enter the Plan as indicated in Item
C hereof].
B. Years of Service for eligibility shall be defined as follows [choose
one of the following]:
/ / (i) For purposes of determining an Employee's initial
eligibility to participate in the Plan such period shall mean the
12-consecutive month period during which an Employee completes
_____ Hours of Service [may not be more than 1000] measured by
reference to the date on which the Employee first performed an
Hour of Service for Company; thereafter (and without regard to
whether such Employee is entitled to be credited with a Year of
Service during such initial eligibility computation period),
succeeding eligibility computation periods shall be measured by
the Plan Year, except that the first Plan Year used in this
measurement period shall include the last day of the initial
eligibility computation period. If such Employee is credited with
a Year of Service in both the initial eligibility computation
period and the first Plan Year which includes the last day of
such period, such Employee will be credited with two Years of
Service for eligibility purposes.
/ / (ii) For purposes of determining an Employee's initial and
continuing eligibility to participate in the Plan such period
shall mean the 12-consecutive month period during which an
Employee completes _____ Hours of Service [may not be more than
1000] measured by reference to the date on which the Employee
first performed an Hour of Service for Company and anniversaries
thereof.
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/X/ (iii) Not applicable [this option should be selected if
eligibility is based on months of service or if an Employee is
immediately eligible in accordance with Items III(A)(iv) or (v)
hereof, respectively].
C. Each Employee who satisfies the eligibility requirements shall
commence participation in the Plan on the following Entry Date [choose
one of the following]:
/ / (i) Anniversary Date concurrent with or immediately following
the Eligibility Date [this option may be selected only if the
Plan does not require the completion of more than 6 months of
service or the attainment of an age greater than 20 1/2 for
eligibility].
/ / (ii) Anniversary Date concurrent with or immediately following
the Eligibility Date or the date six months after the Eligibility
Date, whichever is earlier.
/X/ (iii) Eligibility Date. - Effective 4/1/02
/X/ (iv) First day of month following Eligibility Date. - Effective
10/1/00-3/31/02
/X/ (v) Anniversary Date or the first ____________ concurrent with
or immediately following the Eligibility Date, whichever is
earlier.
/X/ (vi) Other [Entry Date selected must comply with Code Section
410(a)(4)]: Prior to 10/1/00, first day of Plan Year or first day
of fourth, seventh or tenth month of the Plan Year coinciding
with or following Eligibility Date.
D. The following Break-in-Service rules shall apply for purposes of
determining an Employee's eligibility to participate in the Plan
[choose one or more of the following]:
/ / (i) In the case of a Participant who has a One-Year Break in
Service, Years of Service before such break shall be disregarded,
unless the Employee has completed a Year of Service after such
break:
/ / (a) For Elective Contributions
/ / (b) For Matching Contributions
/ / (c) For Company discretionary contributions
/ / (ii) In the case of a Participant who does not have any
nonforfeitable right to the Account balance derived from employer
contributions, Years of Service before a period of consecutive
One-Year Breaks
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in Service will not be taken into account in computing Years of
Service for eligibility if the number of consecutive One-Year
Breaks in Service in such period equals or exceeds the greater of
five or the aggregate number of Years of Service. Such aggregate
number of Years of Service will not include any Years of Service
disregarded under the preceding sentence by reason of prior
breaks in service. If a Participant's Years of Service are
disregarded pursuant to this paragraph, such Participant will be
treated as a new Employee for eligibility purposes. If a
Participant's Years of Service may not be disregarded pursuant to
this Paragraph, such Participant shall continue to participate in
the Plan, or shall participate immediately upon reemployment, as
the case may be.
/ / (iii) If two Years of Service are required for eligibility,
Years of Service before any One-Year Break in Service shall be
disregarded if such Employee had not satisfied the eligibility
requirement prior to such Break.
/X/ (iv) No Break-in-Service rules shall apply for eligibility
purposes.
E. The following Employees shall be excluded from participation in the
Plan [choose one or more of the following]:
/X/ (i) Employees included in a unit of employees covered by a
collective bargaining agreement, provided that retirement
benefits have been the subject of good faith collective
bargaining between employee representatives and one or more
employers -- regardless of whether an actual plan was established
for such unit of employees covered by such collective bargaining
agreement, with respect to the following:
/X/ (a) For Elective Contributions
/X/ (b) For Matching Contributions
/X/ (c) For Company discretionary contributions
/X/ (ii) Employees who are nonresident aliens and who receive no
earned income (within the meaning of Code Section 911(d)(2)) from
the Company which constitutes income from sources within the
United States (within the meaning of Code Section 861(a)(3)).
/ / (iii) Salaried Employees.
/ / (iv) Hourly Employees.
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/X/ (v) Leased Employees.
/ / (vi) Employees of related entity not named in Item II(B)(i)(c)
hereof.
/ / (vii) Highly Compensated Employees with respect to the
following:
/ / (a) Elective Contributions
/ / (b) Matching Contributions
/ / (c) Company discretionary contributions
/X/ (viii) Other: Employees classified as Interms and Coops.
/ / (ix) No Employees shall be excluded from participation
hereunder.
[In order for Company's Plan to be a qualified plan under Code
Sections 401(a) and 501(a), the minimum coverage requirements of
Code Section 410(b) must be satisfied.]
Item IV. Company Discretionary Contributions.
A. The Company will contribute with respect to a Participant the
following amounts to the Plan [choose one of the following]:
/X/ (i) Such an amount as the Board of Directors in its absolute
discretion determines with respect to such Fiscal Year, without
regard to current or accumulated Net Profits.
/ / (ii) Such an amount as the Board of Directors in its absolute
discretion determines with respect to such Fiscal Year out of
current or accumulated Net Profits.
/ / (iii) An amount each Fiscal Year determined as follows:
/ / (iv) The Company shall not make a discretionary contribution
hereunder, except to the extent otherwise required to satisfy any
minimum contribution to non Key Employees in the event the Plan
is Top Heavy.
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B. The following Inactive Participants shall share in the Company's
discretionary contribution for the Plan Year in which they became
Inactive [choose one or more of the following]:
/X/ (i) An Inactive Participant who died.
/X/ (ii) An Inactive Participant who retired after having attained
Normal Retirement Age.
/ / (iii) An Inactive Participant who retired after having attained
Early Retirement Age.
/X/ (iv) An Inactive Participant who experienced a Disability
Retirement. The Company ___ will (check the line if the employer
wants this option) _X_ will not (check the line if the employer
does not want this option) make contributions on behalf of
disabled Participants on the basis of the Compensation each such
Participant would have received for the Limitation Year if the
Participant had been paid at the rate of Compensation paid
immediately before experiencing a Disability Retirement. Such
imputed compensation for the disabled Participant may be taken
into account only if the Participant is not a Highly Compensated
Employee, and contributions made on behalf of such Participant
will be nonforfeitable when made. "Compensation" will mean
compensation as that term is defined in section 6.8.2-B of the
Plan.
/ / (v) Other:
/ / (vi) No Inactive Participants shall share in the Company's
discretionary contribution.
C. The following Participants, in addition to those listed in Item B.
above, shall be entitled to share in the Company's discretionary
Contribution for the Plan Year [choose one of the following]:
/X/ (i) A Participant who is employed on the last day of the Plan
Year and has completed a Year of Service. For Plan Years
beginning in and after January 1, 2003.
/ / (ii) A Participant who has completed a Year of Service,
regardless of whether such Participant is employed on the last
day of the Plan Year.
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/X/ (iii) A Participant who has completed 500 Hours of Service [may
not be more than 1000] or is employed on the last day of the
Plan Year. For Plan Years beginning prior to January 1, 2003.
/ / (iv) A Participant who has completed _____ Hours of Service
[may not be more than 1000] regardless of whether such
Participant is employed on the last day of the Plan Year.
/ / (v) A Participant who is employed on the last day of the Plan
Year regardless of how many Hours of Service the Participant
completed.
D. The Company's discretionary contribution shall be allocated to the
accounts of each Participant as follows [choose one of the following]:
/X/ (i) An amount which is that same proportion of Company's
discretionary contribution as such Participant's Compensation for
such Plan Year bears to the total Compensation of all
Participants for such Plan Year.
If Top-Heavy and the Company has designated this Plan to satisfy the
Top-Heavy minimum allocation requirement:
/ / (ii) An amount which is that same proportion of Company's
contribution as such Participant's Compensation for such Plan
year bears to the total Compensation of all Participants for such
Plan Year. For purposes of the preceding sentence, in the event
the Plan is Top-Heavy, as described in Article 18 of the
Prototype, a Participant in the employ of the Company on the last
day of such Plan Year, who has failed to complete a Year of
Service with respect to such Plan Year nevertheless shall be
entitled to share in the allocation of Company's contribution,
provided that the amount of such contribution so allocated to
such Participant's Account shall not exceed three percent (3%) of
such Participant's Compensation with respect to such Plan Year.
If Integrated:
/ / (iii) an amount determined as follows:
(a) First, there shall be allocated to each Participant's
Account that same proportion of such contribution and/or
forfeitures as the sum of each such Participant's
Compensation for such Plan Year plus such Participant's
Compensation for
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such Plan Year in excess of the Integration Level (selected
in Item E hereof) bears to the sum of the total Compensation
of all Participants for such Plan Year plus the total
Compensation in excess of the Integration Level of all
Participants for such Plan Year; provided, however, that the
maximum amount to be allocated to the Account of any
Participant under this subparagraph for such Plan Year shall
not exceed the product of the Applicable Percentage
(selected in Item E hereof) multiplied by the sum of such
Participant's Compensation for such Plan Year plus such
Participant's Compensation for the Plan Year in excess of
the Integration Level.
(b) Second, there shall be allocated to such Participant's
Account that same proportion of such contribution and/or
forfeitures remaining, if any, after the allocation in
subparagraph (a) above, as each such Participant's
Compensation for such Plan Year bears to the total
Compensation of all Participants for such Plan Year.
If Integrated and Top-Heavy and the Company has designated this Plan
to satisfy the Top-Heavy minimum allocation requirement:
/ / (iv) an amount determined as follows:
(a) First, there shall be allocated to each Participant's
Account that same proportion of such contribution and/or
forfeitures as each such Participant's Compensation for such
Plan Year bears to the total Compensation of all
Participants for such Plan Year; provided, however, that the
maximum amount to be allocated to the Account of any
Participant under this subparagraph for such Plan Year shall
not exceed three percent (3%) of such Participant's
Compensation; and, provided, further, that only for purposes
of this subparagraph (a), in the event the Plan is
Top-Heavy, as described in Article 18 of the Prototype, a
Participant in the employ of the Company on the last day of
the Plan Year, who has failed to complete a Year of Service
with respect to such Plan Year, nevertheless shall be
entitled to share in such allocation.
(b) Second, there shall be allocated to each Participant's
Account that same proportion of such contribution and/or
forfeitures not allocated under subparagraph (a) above, if
any, as each such Participant's Compensation for such Plan
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Year in excess of the Integration Level (selected in Item E
hereof) bears to the total Compensation in excess of the
Integration Level of all Participants for such Plan Year;
provided, however, that the maximum amount to be allocated
to the Account of any Participant under this subparagraph
for such Plan Year shall not exceed three percent (3%) of
such participant's Compensation in excess of the Integration
Level for such Plan Year.
(c) Third, there shall be allocated to each Participant's
Account that same proportion of such contribution and/or
forfeitures not allocated under subparagraphs (a) and (b)
above, if any, as the sum of each such Participant's
Compensation for such Plan Year plus such Participant's
Compensation for such Plan Year in excess of the Integration
Level bears to the sum of the total Compensation of all
Participants for such Plan Year plus the total Compensation
in excess of the Integration Level of all Participants for
such Plan Year; provided, however, that the maximum amount
to be allocated to the Account of any Participant under this
subparagraph for such Plan Year shall not exceed the product
of the Applicable Percentage minus 3% multiplied by the sum
of such Participant's Compensation plus such Participant's
Compensation in excess of the Integration Level for such
Plan Year.
(d) Fourth, there shall be allocated to such Participant's
Account that same proportion of such contribution and/or
forfeitures, if any, remaining after the allocations in
subparagraphs (a), (b) and (c) above, as each such
Participant's Compensation for such Plan Year bears to the
total Compensation of all Participants for such Plan Year.
/ / (v) In an equal dollar amount.
/ / (vi) An amount which is that same proportion of Company's
discretionary contribution as such Participant's points for such
Plan Year bear to the total points of all Participants for such
Plan Year. For this purpose, a Participant's points for a Plan
Year equal the sum of the following [must select at least age or
service]:
/ / (a) _____ Point(s) for each year of age;
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/ / (b) _____ Point(s) for each Year of Service, subject to a
maximum of ____ Years of Service;
/ / (c) _____ Point(s) for each $________ of Plan Year
Compensation (not to exceed $200).
E. The Applicable Percentage and Integration Level shall be as follows
[choose one of the following. (i) must be selected if either (i),
(ii), (v) or (vi) was selected in Item D. hereof. (ii), (iii) or (iv)
must be selected if (iii) or (iv) was selected in Item D. hereof]:
/X/ (i) The Plan is not Integrated.
/ / (ii) The Applicable Percentage shall be the greater of 5.7% or
the old age insurance portion of the rate of tax under Code
Section 3111(a) in effect at the beginning of such Plan Year. The
Integration Level shall be the Taxable Wage Base. For purposes of
this paragraph, "Taxable Wage Base" means the Social Security
contribution and benefits base prescribed by section 430(c) of
Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended, with respect to
the calendar year within which such Plan Year commenced.
/ / (iii) 4.3% (as the same shall be automatically adjusted to
reflect any proportionate change in the old age insurance portion
of Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and [choose one
of the following]:
/ / (a) $_________ [an amount of not less than $10,000], or
/ / (b) _____% of the Taxable Wage Base [a percentage not less
than 20% of the Taxable Wage Base, nor more than 80% of the
Taxable Wage Base]. For purposes of this paragraph, "Taxable
Wage Base" means the Social Security contribution and
benefits base prescribed by section 430(c) of Title 42 of
the United States Code, as amended, with respect to the
calendar year within which such Plan Year commenced.
/ / (iv) 5.4% (as the same shall be automatically adjusted to
reflect any proportionate change in the old age insurance portion
of Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and [choose one
of the following]:
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/ / (a) $_____ [an amount more than 80% of the Taxable Wage Base
but less than 100% of the Taxable Wage Base], or
/ / (b) _____% of the Taxable Wage Base [an amount more than
80% of the Taxable Wage Base but less than 100% of the
Taxable Wage Base]. For purposes of this paragraph, "Taxable
Wage Base" means the Social Security contribution and
benefits base prescribed by section 430(c) of Title 42 of
the United States Code, as amended, with respect to the
calendar year within which such Plan Year commenced.
Item IV-A. Elective and Matching Contributions.
A. A Participant's Elective Contributions may be made in the following
amount [choose one of the following]:
/X/ (i) Fifteen percent (15%) of his current Compensation. 100%
effective 1/1/03.
/ / (ii) an amount determined by the Company each year.
B. The Company will make a Matching Contribution as follows [choose one
of the following]:
/X/ (i) An amount determined and announced by the Company. Effective
prior to June 29, 1998.
/X/ (ii) $2.33 for each $1.00 of the Participant's Elective
Contribution; provided, however, that such Matching Contribution
in any Fiscal Year shall only apply to that portion of such
Participant's Elective Contribution which does not exceed three
percent (3%) of his Compensation for such year. Effective June
29, 1998.
/ / (iii) The Company will not make a Matching Contribution.
C. The following Participants shall share in the Company's Matching
Contributions [choose one or more of the following]:
/ / (i) Only those Participants who are in the employ of the
Company on the last day of the Plan Year and who have completed a
Year of Service with respect to such Plan Year.
/ / (ii) An Inactive Participant who died during the Plan Year.
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/ / (iii) An Inactive Participant who retired during the Plan Year
after having attained Normal Retirement Age.
/ / (iv) An Inactive Participant who retired during the Plan Year
after having attained Early Retirement Age.
/ / (v) An Inactive Participant who experienced a Disability
Retirement during the Plan Year.
/X/ (vi) Each Participant who makes an Elective Contribution to the
Plan during the Plan Year shall be entitled to share in the
Company's Matching Contribution so long as he remains in the
employ of Company.
/ / (vii) Other [selection may not violate rules of Code Section
410(b) and 401(a)(4)]:___________________________________________
D. A Participant shall vest in Matching Contributions as follows [choose
one of the following].
/X/ (i) In accordance with the schedule elected in Item VIII
hereof.
/ / (ii) Immediately 100% vested.
/ / (iii) Other [vesting schedule must not be less favorable than
provided under Code Section 411(a)(2)]:__________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
E. Forfeitures of Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be used as
follows:
/X/ (i) Applied to reduce Company contributions for the Plan Year
in which the excess arose, with the balance treated as a
forfeiture in accordance with Section 6.7 of the Prototype and
Item VII(B) hereof.
/ / (ii) Treated as a forfeiture in accordance with Section 6.7 of
the Prototype and Item VII(B) hereof.
/ / (iii) Allocated to the Matching Contribution Account of each
Non-Highly Compensated Participant who made Elective
Contributions under the Plan in the ratio which each such
Participant's
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Compensation bears to the total Compensation of all such
Participants for such Plan Year.
/ / (iv) Allocated to the Matching Contribution Account of each
Non-Highly Compensated Participant who made Elective
Contributions under the Plan in accordance with the provisions of
Item IV(D) hereof and treated as a part thereof.
F. In determining Elective Contributions for the purpose of the Actual
Deferral Percentage test, the Company shall include (elect, as
appropriate):
/ / (i) Qualified Matching Contributions.
/X/ (ii) Fail-Safe Contributions.
under this Plan or any other plan of the Company.
/ / (iii) Neither (i) nor (ii).
G. The amount of Qualified Matching Contributions made under section
4.1-E of the Prototype and taken into account as Elective
Contributions for purposes of calculating the Actual Deferral
Percentage shall be:
/ / (i) All such Qualified Matching Contributions.
/ / (ii) Such Qualified Matching Contributions that are needed to
meet the Actual Deferral Percentage test stated in section 4.2-C
of the Prototype. (Box (ii) can only be checked if the Company
has elected in the Adoption Agreement to use the current year
testing method.)
/X/ (iii) Not applicable. The Company has elected not to include
Qualified Matching Contributions for purposes of the Actual
Deferral Percentage test.
H. The amount of Fail-Safe Contributions made under section 4.1-F of the
Prototype and taken into account as Elective Contributions for
purposes of calculating the Actual Deferral Percentage shall be:
/X/ (i) All such Fail-Safe Contributions.
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/ / (ii) Such Fail-Safe Contributions that are needed to meet the
Actual Deferral Percentage test stated in section 4.2-C of the
Prototype. (Box (ii) can only be checked if the Company has
elected in the Adoption Agreement to use the current year testing
method.)
/ / (iii) Not applicable. The Company has elected not to include
Fail Safe Contributions for purposes of the Actual Deferral
Percentage test.
I. In computing the average Actual Contribution Percentage, the Company
shall take into account, and include as Actual Contribution Percentage
amounts, the following:
/ / (i) Elective Contributions.
/ / (ii) Fail-Safe Contributions.
under the Plan or any other plan of the Company.
/X/ (iii) Neither (i) nor (ii).
J. The amount of Fail-Safe Contributions that are made under Section
4.1-F of the Prototype and taken into account for purposes of
calculating the Actual Contribution Percentage shall be:
/ / (i) All such Fail-Safe Contributions.
/ / (ii) Such Fail-Safe Contributions that are needed to meet the
Average Contribution Percentage test stated in Section 4.3-B of
the Prototype. (Box (ii) can only be checked if the Company has
elected in the Adoption Agreement to use the current year testing
method.)
/X/ (iii) Not applicable. The Company has elected not to include
Fail-Safe Contributions for purposes of the Actual Contribution
Percentage test.
K. The amount of Elective Contributions made under the Plan and taken
into account as Actual Contribution Percentage amounts for purposes of
calculating the Actual Contribution Percentage shall be:
/ / (i) All such Elective Contributions.
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/ / (ii) Such Elective Contributions that are needed to meet the
Average Contribution Percentage test stated in Section 4.3-B of
the Prototype. (Box (ii) can only be checked if the Company has
elected in the Adoption Agreement to use the current year testing
method.)
/X/ (iii) Not applicable. The Company has elected not to include
Elective Contributions for purposes of the Actual Contribution
Percentage test.
Item IV-B. Special Elections and Matching Contribution Rules - Actual Deferral
Percentage and Actual Contribution Percentage Safe Harbors, Current and Prior
Year Testing, Negative Elections and First Year Options.
A. The Company will make the following Actual Deferral Percentage Safe
Harbor Contribution in lieu of satisfying the Actual Deferral
Percentage Test:
/ / (i) A safe harbor matching contribution on behalf of each
Eligible Employee equal to (1) 100% of the amount of the Eligible
Employee's Elective Contributions that do not exceed three
percent (3%) of the Employee's Compensation for the Plan Year,
plus (2) fifty percent (50%) of the amount of the Eligible
Employee's Elective Contributions that exceed three percent (3%)
of the Employee's Compensation but that do not exceed five
percent (5%) of the Employee's Compensation.
/ / (ii) A Safe Harbor Non-elective Contribution to the Plan on
behalf of each Eligible Employee of _____ percent (___%) [must be
at least 3%] of the Eligible Employee's Compensation.
/ / (iii) An Enhanced Matching Contribution equal to ______ percent
(_____%) of the Eligible Employee's Elective Contribution that
does not exceed ______ percent (______%) of his Compensation,
plus ______ percent (______%) of the Eligible Employee's Elective
Contribution that exceeds ______ percent (______%) of the
Eligible Employee's Compensation, but does not exceed _____
percent (_____%) of his Compensation.
/ / (iv) The Actual Deferral Percentage Safe Harbor Contribution
shall be made for the following Plan Years:
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
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/ / (v) The Actual Deferral Percentage Safe Harbor Contribution
shall be made to:
/ / (a) This Plan.
/ / (b) _____________________
_____________________
_____________________
/ / (vi) Eligible Employee:
/ / (a) Shall include Highly Compensated Employees.
/ / (b) Shall not include Highly Compensated Employees.
/X/ (vii) The Company will not make an Actual Deferral Percentage
Safe Harbor Contribution.
B. The Company will make the following Actual Contribution Percentage
Safe Harbor Contribution in lieu of satisfying the Actual Contribution
Percentage Test:
/ / (i) A safe harbor matching contribution on behalf of each
Eligible Employee equal to (1) 100% of the amount of the Eligible
Employee's Elective Contributions that do not exceed three
percent (3%) of the Employee's Compensation for the Plan Year,
plus (2) fifty percent (50%) of the amount of the Employee's
Elective Contributions that exceed three percent (3%) of the
Employee's Compensation but that do not exceed five percent (5%)
of the Employee's Compensation.
/ / (ii) An Enhanced Matching Contribution equal to ______ percent
(_____%) of the Eligible Employee's Elective Contribution that
does not exceed ______ percent (______%) of his Compensation,
plus ______ percent (______%) of the Eligible Employee's Elective
Contribution that exceeds ______ percent (______%) of the
Eligible Employee's Compensation but does not exceed _____
percent (_____%) of his Compensation. [Matching Contribution may
not be made with respect to Elective Contributions that exceed
six percent (6%) of the Eligible Employee's Compensation and no
other matching contributions may be made under the Plan.]
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/ / (iii) The Actual Contribution Percentage Safe Harbor
Contribution shall be made for the following Plan Year(s):
_________________________
_________________________
_________________________
/ / (iv) A Participant shall vest in the Actual Contribution
Percentage Safe Harbor Contribution as follows:
/ / (a) In accordance with the schedule elected in Item VIII
hereof.
/ / (b) Immediately 100% vested.
/X/ (v) The Company will not make an Actual Contribution Percentage
Safe Harbor Contribution.
C. The Actual Deferral Percentage Test shall be applied as follows [the
Plan must use the same testing method for both the ADP Test and the
ACP Test in any Plan Year beginning on or after the date the Company
adopts this Plan as either an initial Plan or a GUST Restatement]:
/X/ (i) By comparing the current Plan Year's Actual Deferral
Percentage for Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees
with the current Plan Year's Actual Deferral Percentage for
Participants who are Non-Highly Compensated Employees, for the
following Plan Years:
1997, 1998, 1999
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/X/ (ii) By comparing the prior Plan Year's Actual Deferral
Percentage for Participants who are Non-Highly Compensated
Employees with the current Plan Year's Actual Deferral Percentage
for Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees, for the
following Plan Years:
2000
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D. The Actual Contribution Percentage Test shall be applied as follows
[the Plan must use the same testing method for both the ADP Test and
the ACP Test in any Plan Year beginning on or after the date the
Company adopts this Plan as either an initial Plan or a GUST
Restatement]:
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/X/ (i) By comparing the current Plan Year's Actual Contribution
Percentage for Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees
with the current Plan Year's Actual Contribution Percentage for
Participants who are Non-Highly Compensated Employees.
/ / (ii) The current year testing method shall be applied for the
following Plan Years:
1997, 1998, 1999
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/X/ (iii) Not applicable. The Actual Contribution Percentage Test
shall be applied by comparing the prior Plan Year's Actual
Contribution Percentage for Participants who are Non-Highly
Compensated Employees with the current Plan Year's Actual
Contribution Percentage for Participants who are Highly
Compensated Employees. - 2000
E. For the first Plan Year that the Plan permits any Participant to make
Elective Contributions, the following shall apply:
/ / (i) The prior year's Non-Highly Compensated Employee's Actual
Deferral Percentage shall be deemed to be three percent (3%).
/ / (ii) The Non-Highly Compensated Employee's Actual Deferral
Percentage shall be the actual current Plan Year's Actual
Deferral Percentage.
/X/ (iii) Not applicable. Plan is an amendment and restatement and
previously permitted Elective Contributions.
F. For the first Plan Year that the Plan permits any Participant to make
nondeductible voluntary employee contributions or provides for
matching contributions, the following shall apply:
/ / (i) The prior year's Non-Highly Compensated Employee's Actual
Contribution Percentage shall be deemed to be three percent (3%).
/ / (ii) The Non-Highly Compensated Employee's Actual Contribution
Percentage shall be the actual current Plan Year's Actual
Contribution Percentage. (Do not check this box if Company has
elected in the Adoption Agreement to use the current year testing
method.)
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/X/ (iii) Not applicable. Plan is an amendment and restatement and
previously permitted nondeductible voluntary employee
contributions or matching contributions.
G. Negative Elective Contribution Elections.
/ / (i) In the event a participant fails to make an initial
election to defer a specific percentage of his Compensation or
not to defer any percentage of his Compensation, such Participant
shall be deemed to have authorized a ______ % compensation
reduction pursuant to Section 4.2-A of the Prototype.
/ / (ii) Effective for the first pay period beginning on or after
__________, in the event a Participant does not have an election
in effect to defer a specific percentage of his Compensation or
not to defer any percentage of his Compensation, such Participant
shall be deemed to have authorized a ______ % compensation
reduction pursuant to Section 4.2-A of the Prototype.
/X/ (iii) The Plan does not provide for Negative Elective
Contributions.
Item IV-C. SIMPLE 401(k) Provisions
A. The SIMPLE provisions of Section 4.5 of the Prototype [(i) may be
chosen only if the Plan uses a calendar year Plan Year and the Company
is an Eligible Employer as defined in Section 4.5.2-B of the Basic
Plan Document]:
/ / (i) Shall apply.
/X/ (ii) Shall not apply.
B. The Company will make a contribution to the SIMPLE as follows:
/ / (i) The Company will contribute a Matching Contribution to the
Plan on behalf of each Employee who makes a salary reduction
election in an amount equal to the lesser of the Employee's
salary reduction contribution or three percent (3%).
/ / (ii) The Company will contribute a nonelective contribution of
two percent (2%) of Compensation for each employee who is
eligible to participate and who has at least $ ________ of
Compensation from the Company for the Year [may not exceed $5,000
or such
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other amount as may be determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury.]
Item V. Employee Contributions.
A. Rollover Contributions [choose from one of the following]:
/X/ (i) A Participant may make a rollover contribution to the Plan.
/ / (ii) A Participant may not make a rollover contribution to the
Plan.
B. Nondeductible Voluntary Employee Contributions [choose one of the
following]:
/ / (i) A Participant may make a nondeductible voluntary employee
contribution.
/X/ (ii) A Participant may not make a nondeductible voluntary
employee contribution.
Item VI. Trustee to Trustee Transfers [choose one of the following].
/ / (i) The Trustee may accept assets transferred for the benefit
of a Participant and constituting a lump-sum distribution of such
Participant's account as a participant in another employer's
trust qualified under Code Section 401(a), and exempt from tax
under Code Section 501(a), directly from the trustee of such
other qualified trust.
/X/ (ii) The Trustee may accept assets transferred for the benefit of
a Participant and constituting a lump-sum distribution of such
Participant's account as a Participant under the following trusts
which are qualified under Code Section 401(a) and exempt from tax
under Code Section 501(a), directly from the trustee of such
other qualified trust: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Pharmaceutical Corporation Savings
and Protection Plan.
/ / (iii) The Trustee may not accept assets sought to be
transferred directly from the trustee of another qualified trust
for the benefit of a Participant.
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Item VII. Forfeitures.
A. Forfeitures from the Accounts of Participants whose employment
terminated shall occur as follows [choose one of the following]:
/ / (i) As of the end of the Plan Year of termination.
/X/ (ii) After such Participant has incurred a One-Year Break in
Service. For Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2002.
/X/ (iii) After such Participant has incurred five consecutive
One-Year Breaks in Service. For Plan Years beginning prior to
January 1, 2002.
/ / (iv) As of the end of the Plan Year of termination with respect
to a Participant who received a distribution and from the
Accounts of Inactive Participants who have incurred five (5)
consecutive One-Year Breaks in Service.
B. Forfeitures of discretionary contributions shall be allocated as
follows [choose one of the following]:
/X/ (i) In the same manner and on the same basis as that provided for
the allocation of Company's discretionary contribution and shall
be deemed a part thereof. With respect to Plan Years beginning
prior to January 1, 2002.
/ / (ii) In the same proportion that each such Participant's
Compensation for such Plan Year bears to the total Compensation
of all Participants for such Plan Year.
/ / (iii) To offset Company's discretionary contribution and the
balance thereof shall be treated as follows [select either (a),
(b) or (c) below]:
/ / (a) Shall be allocated to the Accounts of Participants
entitled to share in the contribution of Company as of the
end of such Plan Year in the same manner and on the same
basis as that provided for the allocation of Company's
discretionary contribution and for that purpose shall be
deemed a part thereof.
/ / (b) Shall be allocated to the accounts of Participants
entitled to share in the contribution of Company as of the
end of such Plan Year in an amount which is that same
proportion of such balance of forfeitures as each such
Participant's
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Compensation for such Plan Year bears to the total
Compensation of all Participants for such Plan Year.
/ / (c) Shall be held in suspense and shall be used to reduce
future Company discretionary contributions with respect to
all remaining Participants in the next Plan Year, and each
succeeding Plan Year, if necessary.
/X/ (iv) To offset Company's Matching Contribution and the balance
thereof shall be treated as follows [select either (a), (b) or
(c) below]: With respect to Plan Years beginning on and after
January 1, 2002.
/ / (a) Shall be allocated to the Accounts of Participants
entitled to share in the contribution of Company as of the
end of such Plan Year in the same manner and on the same
basis as that provided for the allocation of Company's
discretionary contribution and shall be deemed a part
thereof.
/ / (b) Shall be allocated to the accounts of Participants
entitled to share in the contribution of Company as of the
end of such Plan Year in an amount which is that same
proportion of such balance of forfeitures as each such
Participant's Compensation for such Plan Year bears to the
total Compensation of all Participants for such Plan Year.
/X/ (c) Shall be held in suspense and shall be used to reduce
future Matching Contributions with respect to all remaining
Participants entitled to receive a Matching Contribution in
the next Plan Year, and each succeeding Plan Year, if
necessary.
C. Forfeitures of Matching Contributions shall be allocated as follows
[choose one of the following]:
/X/ (i) In the same manner and on the same basis as that provided for
the allocation of Company's matching contribution and shall be
deemed a part thereof. For Plan Years prior to January 1, 2002.
/ / (ii) In the same proportion that each such Participant's
Compensation for such Plan Year bears to the total Compensation
of all Participants for such Plan Year.
/ / (iii) To offset Company's discretionary contribution and the
balance thereof shall be treated as follows [select either (a),
(b) or (c) below]:
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/ / (a) Shall be allocated to the Accounts of Participants
entitled to share in the contribution of Company as of the
end of such Plan Year in the same manner and on the same
basis as that provided for the allocation of Company's
discretionary contribution and for that purpose shall be
deemed a part thereof.
/ / (b) Shall be allocated to the accounts of Participants
entitled to share in the contribution of Company as of the
end of such Plan Year in an amount which is that same
proportion of such balance of forfeitures as each such
Participant's Compensation for such Plan Year bears to the
total Compensation of all Participants for such Plan Year.
/ / (c) Shall be held in suspense and shall be used to reduce
future Company discretionary contributions with respect to
all remaining Participants in the next Plan Year, and each
succeeding Plan Year, if necessary.
/X/ (iv) To offset Company's Matching Contribution and the balance
thereof shall be treated as follows [select either (a), (b) or
(c) below]: with respect to Plan Years beginning on and after
January 1, 2002.
/ / (a) Shall be allocated to the Accounts of Participants
entitled to share in the contribution of Company as of the
end of such Plan Year in the same manner and on the same
basis as that provided for the allocation of Company's
discretionary contribution and shall be deemed a part
thereof.
/ / (b) Shall be allocated to the accounts of Participants
entitled to share in the contribution of Company as of the
end of such Plan Year in an amount which is that same
proportion of such balance of forfeitures as each such
Participant's Compensation for such Plan Year bears to the
total Compensation of all Participants for such Plan Year.
/X/ (c) Shall be held in suspense and shall be used to reduce
future Matching Contributions with respect to all remaining
Participants entitled to receive a Matching Contribution in
the next Plan Year, and each succeeding Plan Year, if
necessary.
D. The following Participants shall be eligible to share in forfeitures
[choose one of the following]:
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/X/ (i) All Participants. For discretionary contributions prior to
January 1, 2002.
/ / (ii) All Participants entitled to a matching Contribution with
respect to forfeitures of matching Contributions for Plan Years
prior to January 1, 2002.
/ / (iii) Not Applicable--Forfeitures are used as an offset. For
matching Contributions and discretionary Contributions for Plan
Years beginning on and after Janaury 1, 2002.
Item VIII - Vesting.
A. A Participant shall vest in Company contributions as follows [choose
one of the following]:
/X/ (i) Immediately 100% vested. With respect to Participants with
Plan accounts transferred from the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Pharmaceutical
Corporation Savings and Protection Plan.
/ / (ii) Completed Years Nonforfeitable
of Service Percentage
--------------- --------------
Less than 3 years 0%
3 years or more 100%
/ / (iii) Completed Years Nonforfeitable
of Service Percentage
--------------- --------------
Less than 5 years 0%
5 years or more 100%
/ / (iv) Completed Years Nonforfeitable
of Service Percentage
--------------- --------------
Less than 3 years 0%
3 years 20%
4 years 40%
5 years 60%
6 years 80%
7 years or more 100%
/X/ (v) Completed Years Nonforfeitable
of Service Percentage
--------------- --------------
Less than 2 years 0%
2 years 25%
3 years 50%
4 years 75%
5 years or more 100%
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/ / (vi) Other [vesting schedule may not be less favorable than
provided under Code Section 411(a)(2)]:__________________________
_________________________________________________________________
B. A Participant who dies while in the employ of Company shall vest in
Company contributions as follows [choose one of the following]:
/X/ (i) All amounts credited to such Participant's Account(s) shall
become fully vested and nonforfeitable.
/ / (ii) All amounts credited to such Participant's Account(s)
shall vest in accordance with the schedule elected in Item VIII-A
herein and Article 9 of the Prototype.
C. In the event of the Disability Retirement of a Participant, the
Participant shall vest in Company contributions as follows [choose one
of the following]:
/X/ (i) All amounts credited to such Participant's Account(s) shall
become fully vested and nonforfeitable.
/ / (ii) All amounts credited to such Participant's Account(s)
shall vest in accordance with the schedule elected in Item VIII-A
herein and Article 9 of the Prototype.
D. The following Years of Service shall be excluded for vesting purposes
[choose one or more of items (i) through (v) or only item (vi)]:
/X/ (i) Years of Service of a Participant after such participant
has had 5 consecutive One-Year Breaks in Service, for purposes of
determining the nonforfeitable percentage of his Accrued Benefit
derived from contributions made by Company which accrued before
such 5 year period; provided, however, that for Plan Years
beginning prior to January 1, 1985, Years of Service after a
single One-Year Break in Service are disregarded for such
purpose.
/X/ (ii) Years of Service of a Participant, who does not have any
nonforfeitable right to an Accrued Benefit derived from
contributions made by Company, before any period of consecutive
One-Year Breaks in Service of such Participant, if the number of
consecutive One-Year Breaks in Service within such period equals
or exceeds the greater of (i) 5, or (ii) the aggregate number of
such Years of Service prior to such period of breaks; such
aggregate number of Years of Service before such break shall be
deemed not to include any Years of Service not required to be
taken into account under this paragraph by reason of any prior
periods of
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breaks in service to which this paragraph applies; provided,
however, that for Plan Years beginning prior to January 1, 1985,
Years of Service before a single One-Year Break in Service by a
nonvested Participant are disregarded.
/X/ (iii) Years of Service before a One-Year Break in Service,
unless such Employee shall have completed a Year of Service after
such break.
/ / (iv) Years of Service with Company before Company maintained
the Plan or a predecessor plan.
/ / (v) Years of Service before age 18.
/ / (vi) No exclusion.
E. Years of Service for vesting purposes shall mean the 12-consecutive
month period during which an Employee under consideration has not less
than 1000 Hours of Service [may not be more than 1000]. Measured from
date of hire and anniversaries.
Item IX. Top-Heavy Provisions.
A. In the event the Plan is Top-Heavy, a Participant shall vest in
Company contributions in accordance with the following schedule:
/ / (i) Completed Years Nonforfeitable
of Service Percentage
--------------- --------------
Less than 3 years 0%
3 years or more 100%
/ / (ii) Completed Years Nonforfeitable
of Service Percentage
--------------- --------------
Less than 2 years 0%
2 years 20%
3 years 40%
4 years 60%
5 years 80%
6 years or more 100%
/X/ (iii) Other [vesting schedule may not be less favorable than
provided under Code Section 416(b)(1)]: Same as VIII-A(v)
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B. In the event this Plan is Top-Heavy and the Company maintains another
qualified plan, the minimum allocation of benefit requirement shall be
satisfied as follows:
/X/ (i) In this Plan.
/ / (ii) In the Company's other qualified plan.
C. For purposes of establishing present value to compute the Top Heavy
Ratio, the following interest rate and mortality table shall be used:
/X/ (i) Interest rate: 5 1/2%; Mortality Table: 1971 Group Annuity
Mortality Table
/ / (ii) Interest Rate:_________________________
Mortality Rate: ____________________________
[In the event the provisions of Article 18 of the Prototype and the
Elections in this Item IX of the Adoption Agreement are not sufficient to
satisfy the Top Heavy requirements of Code Section 416, the Company must
provide the appropriate provisions in an addendum to the Adoption
Agreement].
Item X. Distributions.
A. Timing (Termination of Employment) - Distributions to a Participant
who terminates employment with Company prior to death, Disability or
attainment of Normal Retirement Age shall commence as follows [choose
one of the following]:
/X/ (i) As soon as administratively practicable after the
Participant's termination of employment.
/ / (ii) As soon as administratively practicable after such
Participant has incurred a One-Year Break in Service.
/ / (iii) As soon as administratively practicable after such
Participant has incurred five (5) consecutive One-Year Breaks in
Service.
/ / (iv) As soon as administratively practicable after such
Participant attains Normal Retirement Age.
/ / (v) As soon as administratively practicable after termination
of employment provided that such Participant's vested Accrued
Benefit does not exceed $________; provided, however, that if
such Participant's vested Accrued Benefit exceeds $________,
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such distribution shall occur as soon as administratively
practicable after such Participant's Normal Retirement Date.
/ / (vi) At such time, prior to the date when such distribution
must commence pursuant to Code Section 401(a)(9) and the
regulations thereunder, as the Participant might elect.
B. Timing (Death) - Upon a Participant's death while in the employ of the
Company, the Participant's distribution shall commence as follows
[choose one of the following]:
/X/ (i) As soon as administratively practicable after the
Participant's death.
/ / (ii) In the same manner as distributions to a terminated
employee.
C. Timing (Disability) - Upon a Participant's Disability Retirement,
distributions shall commence as follows [choose one of the following]:
/X/ (i) As soon as administratively practicable after the
Participant's Disability Retirement.
/ / (ii) In the same manner as distributions to a terminated
employee.
D. Timing (Qualified Domestic Relations Orders) - Notwithstanding any
other restrictions on the timing of distributions, distributions
pursuant to a Qualified Domestic Relations Order:
/X/ (i) May commence prior to the time the Participant has
separated from service, attained his earliest retirement date
under the Plan or is otherwise entitled to a distribution
pursuant to the terms of the Plan if so required by the Qualified
Domestic Relations Order.
/ / (ii) May not commence prior to the time the Participant would
otherwise be entitled to a distribution pursuant to the terms of
the Plan.
E. Form - Distributions shall be made as follows [choose one or more of
the following -- if more than one box is checked, the Participant may
elect from among the available options]:
/X/ (i) In a single lump sum payment.
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/X/ (ii) In substantially equal (monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or
annual) installments over a period measured by reference to the
life expectancy of the Participant.
/X/ (iii) In substantially equal (monthly, quarterly, semi-annual
or annual) installments over a period measured by reference to
the joint and last survivor life expectancy of the Participant
and the Participant's Spouse.
/ / (iv) In the form of a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity,
with an annuity for the life of the Participant and a survivor
annuity for the life of the Participant's Spouse which is _____
percent (_____%) [select one or more percentages greater than
50%] of the amount of the annuity payable during the life of the
Participant.
/X/ (v) In the form of a single life annuity. With respect to
Participants Accounts transferred to the Plan for the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Pharmaceutical Savings and Protection Plan.
/X/ (vi) Other: Joint and Survivor Annuity with respect to
Participants with Accounts transferred from the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Pharmaceutical Savings and Protection Plan.
F. Medium of Payment - Distributions shall be made [choose one of the
following]:
/X/ (i) In cash, except that policies of life insurance, if any,
may be distributed in-kind, if a Participant so elects.
/ / (ii) In kind.
/ / (iii) In cash or in-kind, at the option of the Participant.
G. Value - Distribution shall be computed based on the value of a
Participant's or Inactive Participant's Account as follows [choose one
of the following]:
/ / (i) On the next succeeding Valuation Date. Any benefit required
to commence prior to the completion of such next succeeding
valuation shall ultimately be computed by reference to such next
succeeding Valuation Date.
/X/ (ii) On the last preceding Valuation Date, plus any additional
contributions made for the benefit of such Participant less any
distributions made to such Participant or such Participant's
Beneficiary since such last Valuation Date.
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H. In Service Withdrawals of Company contributions [choose one of the
following]:
/ / (i) A Participant who experiences a financial necessity shall
be permitted to withdraw from the Trust an amount not in excess
of his vested interest in his Account(s) attributable to Company
contributions.
/ / (ii) A Participant who experiences a financial necessity shall
be permitted to withdraw from the Trust an amount not in excess
of his vested interest in his Account(s) attributable to Company
contributions; provided, however, that the Participant shall not
be entitled to withdraw any funds if such Participant's Accrued
Benefit is not ______% vested.
/ / (iii) A Participant who experiences a financial necessity shall
be permitted to withdraw from the Trust an amount not in excess
of his vested interest in his Account(s) attributable to Company
contributions provided the following restrictions are satisfied:
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
/X/ (iv) A Participant who attains age 59 1/2 shall be permitted to
withdraw from the Trust an amount not in excess of his vested
interest in his Account(s) attributable to Company contributions
provided the following restrictions are satisfied: Must be 100%
vested.
/ / (v) Financial necessity shall mean:
/ / (a) Financial hardship resulting either from accident to
or sickness of such Participant or his dependents, or from
the expenses of establishing or preserving such
Participant's principal residence.
/ / (b) Other:__________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
/ / (vi) The Plan does not permit in-service withdrawals of Company
contributions.
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I. Withdrawal of Elective Contributions [choose one of the following]:
/X/ (i) A Participant shall be permitted to withdraw all or a
portion of his Elective Contribution Account in the case of
financial hardship where the Participant has an immediate and
heavy financial need.
/ / (ii) A Participant shall not be permitted to withdraw his
Elective Contributions while he remains in the employ of the
Company.
Item X-A. Minimum Required Distributions.
A. With respect to a Participant who is not a 5-percent (5%) owner,
distributions shall commence as of one of the following:
/ / (i) April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in
which the Participant attains age 70 1/2.
/ / (ii) April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year
in which the Participant attains age 70 1/2, except that benefit
distributions to such Participant with respect to benefits
accrued after the later of the adoption or effective date of the
amendment to the Plan must commence by the later of April 1 of
the calendar year following the calendar year in which the
Participant attains age 70 1/2 or retires.
/X/ (iii) The later of April 1 of the calendar year following the
calendar year in which the Participant attains age 70 1/2or
retires, except that benefit distributions to a 5-percent owner
must commence by April 1 of the calendar year following the
calendar year in which the Participant attains age 70 1/2. [Also
select (a), (b) and/or (c), whichever is applicable. (c) must be
selected to the extent that there would otherwise be an
elimination of a preretirement age 70 1/2 distribution option for
employees older than those listed in (i) and (ii) above]:
/ / (a) Any Participant attaining age 70 1/2in years after
1995 may elect by April 1 of the calendar year following the
year in which the Participant attained age 70 1/2(or by
December 31, 1997 in the case of a Participant attaining age
70 1/2in 1996) to defer distributions until the calendar
year following the calendar year in which the Participant
retires. If no such election is made, the Participant will
begin receiving distributions by the April 1 of the calendar
year following the year in which the Participant attained
age 70 1/2 (or by
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December 31, 1997 in the case of a participant attaining age
70 1/2 in 1996).
/X/ (b) Any Participant attaining age 70 1/2 in years prior to
1997 may elect to stop distributions and recommence by the
April 1 of the calendar year following the year in which the
Participant retires. There is:
/X/ (1) A new annuity starting date upon recommencement,
or
/ / (2) No new annuity starting date upon recommencement.
/ / (c) The preretirement age 70 1/2distribution option is
only eliminated with respect to employees who reach age 70
1/2in or after a calendar year that begins after the later
of December 31, 1998, or the adoption date of the amendment.
The preretirement age 70 1/2distribution option is an
optional form of benefit under which benefits payable in a
particular distribution form (including any modifications
that may be elected after benefit commencement) commence at
a time during the period that begins on or after January 1
of the calendar year in which an employee attains age 70
1/2and ends April 1 of the immediately following calendar
year.
B. In the event a Participant who has not terminated employment is
required to begin receiving distributions pursuant to Code Section
401(a)(9), life expectancy shall be determined as follows [choose one
of the following]:
/ / (i) Calculated at the time payment first commences, without
further recalculation, with respect to the Participant and his
spouse.
/ / (ii) Recalculated annually with respect to both the Participant
and his spouse.
/X/ (iii) Recalculated annually with respect to either or both of
the Participant and/or his spouse, as elected by the Participant.
/ / (iv) In either the manner described in (i), (ii) or (iii)
above, at the election of the Participant.
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C. With respect to distributions under the Plan made in calendar years
beginning on or after the date specified below, the Plan will apply
the minimum distribution requirements of Section 401(a)(9) of the
Internal Revenue Code in accordance with the regulations under Section
401(a)(9) that were proposed on January 17, 2001, notwithstanding any
provision of the Plan to the contrary. This election shall continue in
effect until the end of the last calendar year beginning before the
effective date of final regulations under Section 409(a)(9) or such
other date specified in guidance published by the Internal Revenue
Service.
/X/ (i) January 1, 2001.
/ / (ii) _________________ [must be a date later than January 1,
2001].
XI. Investments.
A. Insurance [Choose one of the following]:
/ / (i) The Trustee shall be permitted to purchase life insurance
under the Plan.
/ / (ii) The Trustee shall be permitted to purchase life insurance
under the Plan at the direction of the Participant.
/X/ (iii) The Trustee shall not be permitted to purchase life
insurance under the Plan.
B. Employer Securities and/or Employer Real Property [choose one of the
following]:
/X/ (i) A Fiduciary shall have the power to acquire for the Trust
qualifying employer securities and qualifying employer real
property, the aggregate fair market value of which, determined
immediately after such acquisition, shall not exceed 100% of
the Trust Estate.
/ / (ii) A Fiduciary shall have the power to acquire for the Trust
qualifying employer real property, the aggregate fair market
value of which, determined immediately after such acquisition,
shall not exceed _____% of the Trust Estate.
/ / (iii) A Fiduciary shall not have any power to acquire for the
Trust any qualifying employer security or qualifying employer
real property.
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C. Investment Direction [choose one of the following]:
/X/ (i) Each Participant, Inactive Participant and Beneficiary
entitled to receive a benefit under the Plan shall be required to
designate the portion of such of his Account(s) of the type
designated by the Plan Administrator to be invested among the
choices made available by the Plan Administrator, in cooperation
with the Trustee and/or the investment manager(s).
/ / (ii) Each Participant, Inactive Participant and Beneficiary
entitled to receive a benefit under the Plan may designate the
portion of such of his Account(s) of the type designated by the
Plan Administrator to be invested among the choices made
available by the Plan Administrator, in cooperation with the
Trustee and/or the investment manager(s).
/ / (iii) Each Participant, Inactive Participant and Beneficiary
entitled to receive a benefit under the Plan shall be required to
designate the portion of such of his Account(s) of the type
designated by the Plan Administrator to be invested in one of the
following investments:
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
/ / (iv) Participants shall not be permitted to direct the
investment of their Accounts, except as may be permitted under
Item A(ii) (relating to the purchase of insurance) and/or Item
(D)(ii) (relating to Participant loans) hereof.
D. Participant Loans [choose (i), (ii) or (vii) below. If (i) or (ii) is
selected, appropriate elections in (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) must be
made. Caution: complete the following in a manner consistent with Item
C].
/ / (i) Participants shall be permitted to obtain a loan from the
Plan and such loan shall be treated as a general Plan investment
for the benefit of all Participants, Inactive Participants and/or
Beneficiaries having any Accrued Benefit, and any interest earned
on such loan shall be regarded as additional earnings of the
Trust allocable in accordance with the Plan's general valuation
rules.
/X/ (ii) Participants shall be permitted to obtain a loan from the
Plan and such loan shall be regarded as a directed investment
with respect to a portion of such Participant's Accrued Benefit
equivalent to the principal balance of such loan, as from time to
time outstanding,
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and shall not share in the general valuation of Trust assets,
but, rather, such Participant's Account shall be credited with
all interest payments collected with respect to such loan.
/ / (iii) Loans shall be permitted for the following purpose(s)
[choose one or more of the following]:
/ / (a) Expenses of college education for the Participant, his
spouse or children;
/ / (b) Expenses of medical emergency, relating to the
Participant and/or a member of the Participant's family;
/ / (c) Acquisition, construction, reconstruction or
substantial rehabilitation of any dwelling unit which within
a reasonable time is to be used as a principal residence of
the Participant or a member of the Participant's family;
/ / (d) Existence of severe financial hardship after taking
into consideration other resources reasonably available to
the Participant or to immediate members of the Participant's
family; or
/X/ (e) Other: Any purpose.
/X/ (iv) Loans shall be made in the following amounts:
/X/ (a) Loans shall be in a minimum amount of
$1,000 and in increments of
$________________, subject to statutory limitations.
/ / (b) Loans may be made in any amount, subject to the
statutorily imposed limitations.
/ / (v) In the event of death, Disability Retirement, retirement or
other termination of employment, or by reason of any other event
permitting the receipt by the Participant of benefits under the
Plan (other than a hardship withdrawal of Elective
Contributions):
/ / (a) The Participant's loan shall become immediately due
and payable.
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/ / (b) The Participant's loan will not become immediately due
and payable and the Participant may continue to pay the loan
in accordance with its terms.
/X/ (vi) Defaults must be cured within the following time period:
/ / (a) ______ days after the default [may not be greater than
time period allowed by law].
/X/ (b) during such time period as may be specifically
permitted by Internal Revenue Service rules and regulations.
/ / (vii) Participants shall not be permitted to obtain a loan from
the Plan.
XII. Code Section 415 Overriding Aggregation Rules. [If the Employer maintains
or ever maintained another qualified plan in which any Participant in this Plan
is (or was) a participant or could become a participant, the Employer must
complete this section. The Employer must complete this section if it maintains a
welfare benefit fund, as defined in Code Section 419(e), or an individual
medical benefit account, as defined in Code Section 415(l)(2), under which
amounts are treated as Annual Additions with respect to any Participant in this
Plan].
A. If the Participant is covered under another qualified defined
contribution plan maintained by the Employer, other than a master or
prototype plan [choose one of the following]:
/X/ (i) The provisions of Section 6.8.4 of the Prototype will apply
as if the other plan were a master or prototype plan.
/ / (ii) Other [provide the method under which the plans will limit
total Annual Additions to the Maximum Permissible Amount, and
will properly reduce any Excess Amounts, in a manner that
precludes employer discretion].
/ / (iii) Not applicable - The Employer does not and has not ever
maintained another qualified plan, simplified employee pension,
as defined in Code Section 408(k), welfare benefit fund, as
defined in Code Section 419(e), or an individual medical benefit
account, as defined in Code Section 415(1)(2).
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
B. If the Participant is or has ever been a participant in a defined
benefit plan maintained by the Employer [choose one of the following]:
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/ / (i) The provisions of Section 6.8.6 of the Prototype requiring
the reduction of the Participant's Annual Additions under the
Plan shall apply. [This election shall not apply if its
application would cause the Plan to fail to satisfy Code Section
401(a). In such a case, the Company shall be deemed to have
elected subsection (iii) of this Item XII-B.]
/ / (ii) The Employer will reduce the Participant's projected
annual benefit under the defined benefit plan in which the
Participant participates. [This election shall not apply if its
application would cause the Plan to fail to satisfy Code Section
401(a). In such a case, the Company shall be deemed to have
elected subsection (iii) of this Item XII-B.]
/ / (iii) The 415 limitation on participation in both a defined
contribution plan and a defined benefit plan maintained by the
Company and described in Section 6.8.6 of the Prototype shall not
apply for Limitation Years beginning after_______________________
/X/ (iv) Not applicable - The Employer does not and has not ever
maintained a defined benefit plan.
Item XIII. Application of Anti-Alienation Rules With Respect to Certain
Judgments and Settlements.
The exemption from the Anti-Alienation Rules of Section 17.2 of the
Prototype for the offset of certain judgments and settlements as
described in said Section:
/X/ (i) Shall apply.
/ / (ii) Shall not apply.
Company and the Trustee, to evidence its acceptance of this Plan and Trust,
hereby sign this Adoption Agreement, this 14 day of June, 2002.
Name of Company: Shire US Inc.
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Signed: By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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President and Chief Executive Officer
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Name of Trustee(s): FIRSTAR BANK N.A. (n/k/a/ US BANK)
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Signed: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. Paoluca
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Senior Trust Officer
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RELIANCE ON NOTIFICATION LETTER: The adopting Company may rely on an opinion
letter issued by the Internal Revenue Service as evidence that the plan is
qualified under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code only to the extent
provided in Announcement 2001-77, 2001-30 I.R.B.
The Company may not rely on the opinion letter in certain other circumstances or
with respect to certain qualification requirements, which are specified in the
opinion letter issued with respect to the plan and in Announcement 2001-77.
In order to have reliance in such circumstances or with respect to such
qualification requirements, application for a determination letter must be made
to Employee Plans Determinations of the Internal Revenue Service.
USE OF ADOPTION AGREEMENT: Failure to properly complete the elections in this
Adoption Agreement may result in the disqualification of the Company's Plan. If
the Company's Plan does not attain or retain its qualification, the Company can
no longer participate under the Prototype and its Plan will be considered an
individually designed plan.
▇▇▇▇▇ & Berne LLP will inform the adopting Company of any amendments made to the
Prototype or of the discontinuance or abandonment of the Prototype.
This Adoption Agreement is to be used only with the ▇▇▇▇▇ & Berne LLP Defined
Contribution Prototype Plan and Trust Agreement Basic Plan Document #01.
SPONSOR: ▇▇▇▇▇ & Berne LLP is the Sponsor of this Prototype Plan. Inquiries by a
Company regarding adoption of the Prototype Plan, the meaning of any Prototype
Plan provisions or the effect of an Opinion Letter should be directed to ▇▇▇▇▇ &
Berne LLP, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, (216)
621-8400.
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FIRST AMENDMENT TO
▇▇▇▇▇ & BERNE LLP PROTOTYPE
NONSTANDARDIZED PROFIT-SHARING/401(k) PLAN
ADOPTION AGREEMENT #01-001
The undersigned, Shire US Inc. (the "Company"), hereby adopts this First
Amendment as of the date set forth below:
I.
Application of Item IV-A(D), Vesting of Company Matching Contributions:
Section 9.1, Vesting Schedule for Company Matching Contributions, as set forth
below, shall apply as follows with respect to Participants who complete an Hour
of Service under the Plan in a Plan Year beginning after December 31, 2001
[choose one]:
/ / only with respect to Accrued Benefits derived from Company Matching
Contributions made with respect to Plan Years beginning after December
31, 2001.
/X/ with respect to all Accrued Benefits derived from Company Matching
Contributions.
Vesting Schedule for Company Matching Contributions [choose one]:
/ / Option 1. A Participant's Accrued Benefit derived from Company
Matching Contributions shall be fully and immediately vested.
/ / Option 2. A Participant's Accrued Benefit derived from Company
Matching Contributions shall be nonforfeitable upon the Participant's
completion of three Years of Service for vesting.
/X/ Option 3. A Participant's Accrued Benefit derived from Company
Matching Contributions shall vest according to the following schedule:
Years of Service for Vesting Nonforfeitable Percentage
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2 25
3 50
4 75
5 100
II.
Item IV-A(L), Catch-up Contributions (choose one):
/X/ shall apply to contributions after January 1, 2003 [enter
December 31, 2001 or a later date].
/ / shall not apply.
III.
Item IV-A(M), Matching Contributions on Catch-up Contributions [choose one]:
/ / shall apply.
/ / shall apply as follows [indicate any limitations]:
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
/X/ shall not apply.
IV.
Application of Item V-A. - Direct Rollovers:
The Plan will accept a direct rollover of an eligible rollover distribution from
[check each that applies or none]:
/X/ a qualified plan described in Code Section 401(a) or 403(a),
excluding after-tax employee contributions.
/ / a qualified plan described in Code Section 401(a) or 403(a),
including after-tax employee contributions.
/X/ an annuity contract described in Code Section 403(b), excluding
after-tax employee contributions.
/ / an eligible plan under Code Section 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.
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Participant Rollover Contributions from Other Plans:
The Plan will accept a Participant contribution of an eligible rollover
distribution from [check each that applies or none]:
/X/ a qualified plan described in Code Section 401(a) or 403(a).
/X/ an annuity contract described in Code Section 403(b).
/ / an eligible plan under Code Section 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.
Participant Rollover Contributions from IRAs:
The Plan [choose one]:
/ / will
/X/ will not
accept a Participant rollover contribution of the portion of a distribution from
an individual retirement account or annuity described in Code Section 408(a) or
408(b) that is eligible to be rolled over and would otherwise be includible in
gross income.
Effective Date of Direct Rollover and Participant Rollover Contribution
Provisions:
Item V-A, Rollovers From Other Plans, shall be effective:
Janaury 1, 2002 [enter a date no earlier than January 1, 2002].
V.
Application of Item IX-B. - Minimum Benefits for Employees Also Covered Under
Another Plan: [The Company should describe below the extent, if any, to which
the top-heavy minimum benefit requirement of Code Section 416(c) and Article 18
of the Plan shall be met in another plan. This should include the name of the
other plan, the minimum benefit that will be provided under such other plan, and
the Employees who will receive the minimum benefit under such other plan.]
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VI.
Application of Item X - Treatment of Rollovers in Application of Involuntary
Cash-out Provisions:
The Company [choose one]:
/X/ elects
/ / does not elect
to exclude rollover contributions in determining the value of the Participant's
nonforfeitable account balance for purposes of the Plan's voluntary cash-out
rules.
If the Company has elected to exclude rollover contributions, the election shall
apply with respect to the distributions made after:
December 31, 2001 [enter a date no earlier than December 31, 2001].
with respect to Participants who Separated from Service after:
Any time [enter date, which date may be earlier than December 31,
2001].
VII.
Application of Item X-I. - Suspension Period for Hardship Distributions [choose
one]:
/X/ A Participant who receives a distribution of Elective Contributions
in calendar year 2001 on account of hardship shall be prohibited from
making elective deferrals and employee contributions under this and
all other plans of the Company for 6 months after receipt of the
distribution or until January 1, 2002, if later.
/ / A Participant who receives a distribution of Elective Contributions
in calendar year 2001 on account of hardship shall be prohibited from
making elective deferrals and employee contributions under this and
all other plans of the Company for the period specified in the
provisions of the Plan relating to suspension of elective deferrals
that were in effect prior to this Amendment.
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VIII.
Item X-J. - Distribution Upon Severance from Employment, shall apply for
distributions after December 31, 2001 [enter a date no earlier than
December 31, 2001].
[choose one]:
/X/ regardless of when the severance from employment occurred.
/ / for severances from employment occurring after [enter
________________date].
Company and the Trustee, to evidence its acceptance of this Plan and Trust,
hereby sign this First Amendment to Adoption Agreement, this 14 day of June,
2002.
Name of Company: Shire US Inc.
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Signed: By ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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President and Chief Executive Officer
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Name of Trustee(s): FIRSTAR BANK, N.A. (n/k/a/ US BANK)
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Signed: By ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Senior Trust Officer
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▇▇▇▇▇ & BERNE LLP
DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PROTOTYPE PLAN AND TRUST AGREEMENT
BASIC PLAN DOCUMENT #01
Table of Contents
Article 1 - DEFINITIONS
1.1 Account
1.2 Accrued Benefit
1.3 Adoption Agreement
1.4 Anniversary Date
1.5 Beneficiary
1.6 Code
1.7 Company
1.8 Compensation
1.9 Disability and Disability
Retirement
1.10 Effective Date
1.11 Eligibility Date
1.12 Employee
1.13 ERISA
1.14 Fiduciary
1.15 Fiscal Year
1.16 Highly Compensated Employee and
Non-Highly Compensated Employee
1.17 Hour of Service
1.18 Inactive Participant
1.19 Named Fiduciary
1.20 Net Profits
1.21 Normal Retirement Age and
Normal Retirement Date
1.22 One-Year Break in Service
1.23 Participant
1.24 Plan
1.25 Plan Administrator
1.26 Plan Year
1.27 Qualified Domestic Relations Order
1.28 Representative
1.29 Separation from Service
1.30 Trust
1.31 Trust Estate
1.32 Trustee
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1.33 Valuation Date
1.34 Year of Service
1.35 Earned Income
1.36 Owner-Employee
1.37 Self-Employed Individual
Article 2 - SPONSORSHIP AND PURPOSE OF PLAN
2.1 Sponsorship and Establishment of Plan and Trust
2.2 Rationale for Plan
2.3 Prohibition Against Diversion of Funds
Article 3 - ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
3.1 Eligibility for and Timing of Participation
3.2 Effect of Separation from Service
3.3 Break in Service Rules
3.4 Reemployment-Reparticipation Rule
3.5 Employee Consent to Terms and Conditions of Plan and Trust
3.6 Exclusion of Union Employees
3.7 Special Rule With Respect to
Changes in Employment Status
Article 4 - CONTRIBUTIONS
4.1 Determination as to Contributions
4.2 401(k) Elective Contribution Provisions
4.3 Matching Contribution Provision
4.4 Safe Harbors
4.5 401(k) SIMPLE Provisions
4.6 Payment of Contributions
4.7 Rollover Contributions
4.8 Nondeductible Voluntary Employee Contributions
4.9 Deductible Voluntary Employee Contributions
4.10 Contribution Limit on Owner-Employees
Article 5 - PLAN ADMINISTRATION
5.1 Designation of Plan Administrator
5.2 Powers and Duties of Plan Administrator
5.3 Limitation on Discretionary Actions
5.4 Claims Procedure
5.5 Matters Relating to Plan Administration
5.6 Resignation or Removal of Plan Administrator
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Article 6 - PARTICIPANTS' ACCOUNTS, ALLOCATION OF
CONTRIBUTIONS AND FORFEITURES, AND VALUATION
6.1 Establishment and Maintenance of Accounts
6.2 Allocation of Contributions
6.3 Circumstances Under Which Contribution Allocation
Made to Inactive Participant
6.4 Overriding Rule as to Benefit Accruals for Certain
Participants and Inactive Participants for Code
Section 410(b) Compliance
6.5 Corrective Adjustments
6.6 Determination of Accrued Benefits Between Valuation Dates
6.7 Treatment and Allocation of Forfeitures
6.8 Limitation on Annual Additions
6.9 Valuation of Trust and Adjustment of Accounts
6.10 Statement to Participants and Inactive Participants
6.11 Timing of Reports and Statements
6.12 Timing of Acquisition by Participants of Rights in and to
Contributions, Forfeitures and Trust Income
Article 7 - DISTRIBUTIONS ON RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY
7.1 Retirement
7.2 Disability Benefits
Article 8 - DISTRIBUTION ON DEATH
8.1 Death Benefit
8.2 Distribution on Death
8.3 Beneficiary Designation
8.4 Lack of Beneficiary
8.5 Death of Beneficiary
Article 9 - DISTRIBUTION ON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
9.1 Determination of Vested Interest
9.2 Years of Service for Vesting Purposes
9.3 Cashing-Out Rule
9.4 Recoupment (Buy-Back) Rule
9.5 Overriding Rule As To Determination
of Vested Interest
Article 10 - METHOD AND MEDIUM OF PAYMENT OF BENEFITS
10.1 Method of Payment of Benefits - Generally
10.2 Distributions on Death
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10.3 Rules Regarding Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity and
Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity
10.4 Overriding Rule as to Commencement of Benefit Payments
10.5 Overriding Rule as to Distribution at Early Retirement Age
10.6 Value of Accrued Benefit for Distribution Purposes
10.7 Undistributed Accounts Subject to
Trust Gains and Losses
10.8 Medium of Payment of Benefits
10.9 Portability of Benefits
10.10 Effect of Completion of Benefit Distribution
10.11 Restrictions on Withdrawal of Elective Contributions
10.12 Permitted Withdrawals
10.13 Suspension of Benefit Payments
10.14 Direct Rollover Rules
10.15 Restrictions on In-Service Distributions
Article 11 - ADMINISTRATIVE AND INVESTMENT POWERS AND
DUTIES OF THE TRUSTEE OR OTHER FIDUCIARIES
11.1 Function of Trustee
11.2 Fiduciary Duties and Responsibilities - Generally
11.3 Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee - Specifically
11.4 Investment Powers of Trustee - Generally
11.5 Limitation on Powers with Respect to Prohibited
Transactions
11.6 Limitation on Powers with Respect to
Purchase of Insurance Contracts
11.7 Duty of Person Dealing with Trust
11.8 Overriding Rule Respecting Investments in Employer
Securities and/or Employer Real Property
11.9 Loans to Participants
11.10 Power of Trustee to Seek Advice
11.11 Power of Trustee to Promulgate Rules and Regulations
11.12 Investment Direction By Participants
11.13 Action by Multiple Trustees
Article 12 - IMMUNITIES AND BONDING OF THE TRUSTEE
AND OTHER FIDUCIARIES
12.1 Provisions Governing Duties and Responsibilities of
Trustee
12.2 Fiduciary Liability
12.3 Service in More than One Fiduciary Capacity Permitted
12.4 Trustee Under No Obligation to Locate Benefit Recipients
12.5 Circumstances Under which Trustee is Obligated to
Institute Legal Proceedings
12.6 Requirement of Fiduciary Bond
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12.7 Source of Funds from which Trustee Obligated to Make
Payments
12.8 Extent of Trustee's Obligation to Verify Information
12.9 Indemnification of Trustee and Plan Administrator
12.10 Communication Binding Upon Trustee Only Upon Receipt
12.11 Fiduciary Relieved of Liability to Extent Person Exercises
Control Over Own Account
Article 13 - COMPENSATION OF A FIDUCIARY; EXPENSES
AND TAXES
13.1 Fiduciary Compensation and Expenses
13.2 Circumstances Giving Trustee Lien on Trust Estate
Article 14 - RESIGNATION AND SUBSTITUTION OF, AND OTHER PROVISIONS
RELATING TO, THE TRUSTEE OR OTHER FIDUCIARIES
14.1 Resignation, Removal and Substitution
14.2 Replacement of Trustee
14.3 Replacement of Investment Manager
14.4 Trustee to Make Report
14.5 Notice Requirement for Resignation or Removal May Be
Waived
14.6 Fiduciary Not Precluded from Being
Participant or Beneficiary
14.7 Change of Funding Medium Permitted
Article 15 - AMENDMENTS
15.1 Amendment by Company
15.2 Amendment by Sponsor
Article 16 - PLAN MERGER RULES, TERMINATION OF PLAN
AND/OR COMPLETE DISCONTINUANCE OF
CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER THE PLAN
16.1 Plan Termination and Discontinuance of Contributions by
Company
16.2 Right of Successor to Continue Plan
16.3 Overriding Rule for Plan Merger or Consolidation
16.4 Full Vesting Upon Termination
16.5 Full Vesting Upon Partial Termination
16.6 Full Vesting Upon Discontinuance of Contributions
Article 17 - PROVISIONS RELATING TO INALIENABILITY
OF BENEFITS AND RIGHTS OF PARTICIPANTS
17.1 Limitation of Participants' Rights
17.2 Prohibition Against Alienation or Assignment of Benefits;
Exception for Qualified Domestic Relations Order
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and Certain Judgments and Settlements
17.3 Payment of Benefits to be Deemed in Full Satisfaction of
Claims for Same
Article 18 - TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS
18.1 Application of Top-Heavy Rules
18.2 Top-Heavy Definitions
18.3 Minimum Allocation
18.4 Nonforfeitability of Minimum Allocation
18.5 Minimum Vesting Schedule
18.6 Limitation on Multiple Plan Fraction
Article 19 - LOANS TO PARTICIPANTS
19.1 Administration - Generally
19.2 Permitted Purpose
19.3 Loan Application Procedure
19.4 Loan Amount
19.5 Repayment of Loan and Term
19.6 Rate of Interest and Nature of Investment
19.7 Security
19.8 Default
19.9 Costs of Loan and Collection
Article 20 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
20.1 Governing Law
20.2 Discretionary Actions
20.3 Section Titles
20.4 No Enlargement of Employment Rights
20.5 No Guarantees Against Loss or Depreciation
20.6 Limitation on Right of Recourse
20.7 Restriction on Association With Plan and Trust
20.8 Incompetency of Benefit Recipient
20.9 Number, Gender
20.10 Necessary Parties in Legal Proceeding
20.11 Agent for Service of Process
20.12 Executed Counterparts of Agreement
20.13 Agreement Binding
20.14 Use of Technology
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▇▇▇▇▇ & BERNE LLP
DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PROTOTYPE PLAN AND TRUST AGREEMENT
BASIC PLAN DOCUMENT #01
THIS PLAN AND TRUST AGREEMENT is sponsored by ▇▇▇▇▇ & Berne LLP in its
capacity as Prototype Plan Sponsor, and is adopted by the Company indicated in
the Adoption Agreement and is accepted by the Trustee.
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Wherever used herein, the following words and phrases shall have the
following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
1.1 "Account" or "Accounts" means a Participant's participating interest in the
Trust Estate.
1.2 "Accrued Benefit" means the balance in a Participant's (or Inactive
Participant's) Account(s).
1.3 "Adoption Agreement" means the separate document executed by each Company
adopting the ▇▇▇▇▇ & Berne LLP Defined Contribution Prototype Plan and Trust
Agreement Basic Plan Document #01 (the "Prototype Plan"), pursuant to which the
Company selects among certain options. The Adoption Agreement, as completed and
executed by the Company, along with the Prototype Plan, shall constitute the
Company's Plan.
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1.4 "Anniversary Date" means the date elected in Item II(A) of the Company's
Adoption Agreement.
1.5 "Beneficiary" means the person or persons who, in accordance with the
provisions of Article 8 hereof, is entitled to receive any amounts as benefits
in the event of a Participant's death.
1.6 "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and references
to its sections shall be to the substance of such sections as they may be
renumbered from time to time.
1.7 "Company" means each employer who adopts this Plan by execution of the
Adoption Agreement and may include its predecessors, successors and assigns, if
the Company so elects in Item II(B) of the Adoption Agreement, and any
affiliated company which, with the Company's consent, elects to participate in
the Plan.
1.8 "Compensation" means, with respect to any particular Plan Year in which an
Employee is a Participant, except as otherwise elected in Item II(C)(i) of the
Adoption Agreement, the total salary or wages paid to such Participant in either
such Plan Year or the calendar year ending with or within the Plan Year, as
elected by the Company in Item II(C)(iii) of the Adoption Agreement, including
bonuses, commissions, overtime pay, and all amounts contributed by the Company
pursuant to a salary reduction agreement and which are not includible in the
Employee's gross income under Code Sections 125, 132(f)(4), 402(e)(3),
402(h)(1)(B) or 403(b), but excluding contributions and benefits under this Plan
or to or under
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any other pension, profit-sharing, group insurance, and other employee benefit
plan or trust now or hereafter adopted other than Elective Contributions made
pursuant to Section 4.2-A. hereof, and further excluding any nontaxable fringe
benefits. The definition of Compensation contained herein shall be effective as
of the date indicated in Item II(C)(ii) of the Adoption Agreement. The inclusion
of amounts contributed by the Company pursuant to a salary reduction agreement
and which are not includible in the Employee's gross income under Code Section
132(f)(4) shall be effective for Plan Years beginning on or after January 1,
1997, unless otherwise indicated by the Company in the Adoption Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything contained in the immediately preceding sentence to the
contrary, for Plan Years beginning after December 31, 1996, Compensation in
excess of $160,000 (as the same may be adjusted from time to time by the
Secretary of the Treasury at the same time and in the same manner as under Code
Section 415(d)) shall be disregarded. The dollar increase in effect on January 1
of any calendar year is effective for years beginning in such calendar year. If
the Plan determines Compensation on a period of time that contains fewer than 12
calendar months, then the annual compensation limit is an amount equal to the
annual compensation limit for the calendar year in which the compensation period
begins multiplied by the ratio obtained by dividing the number of full months in
the period by 12. With respect to a Self-Employed Individual who is a
Participant, Compensation shall mean Earned Income for such Plan Year.
1.9 "Disability" means the total and permanent incapacity of a Participant by
reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be
expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a
continuous period of not less than 12 months.
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The Company shall elect in Item II(D) of the Adoption Agreement whether total
and permanent incapacity shall mean that such Disability 1) renders the
Participant unable to engage in any substantial gainful employment or 2) causes
the Participant's termination of employment with the Company. If elected in Item
II(D) of the Adoption Agreement, Disability also means the permanent loss or
loss of use of a member or function of the Participant's body without regard to
the period the Participant is absent from work or whether such Participant
continues in the employ of the Company. The permanence and degree of such
impairment shall be supported by medical evidence, and the written opinion of a
physician, which is and who is acceptable to the Plan Administrator, shall be
deemed final as to the existence of a Disability, unless such determination is
appealed by such Participant in accordance with Section 5.4 hereof. "Disability
Retirement" means the Disability of a Participant resulting in his cessation of
employment with Company or inability to engage in any substantial gainful
employment, as applicable in accordance with Item II(D) of the Adoption
Agreement.
1.10 "Effective Date" of the Plan shall be as indicated in Item I(C) of the
Adoption Agreement.
1.11 "Eligibility Date" means the date, on or after the Effective Date, upon
which the Employee satisfies the eligibility requirements hereinafter set forth,
for participation in the Plan.
1.12 "Employee" means any person in the employ of Company, or in the employ of
any other employer required to be aggregated with Company under Code Sections
414(b), 414(c), 414(m) and 414(o), between whom and the Company (or such other
employer so required to be aggregated with Company) the legal relationship of
"employee" and "employer" exists, which
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term shall include a leased employee to the extent required to be so considered
within the meaning of Code Sections 414(n) and 414(o). Such term shall exclude
any person who is performing services for Company, or any other employer
required to be aggregated with Company hereunder, pursuant to an agreement,
contract or arrangement under which said individual is designated, characterized
or classified as an independent contractor, consultant or any category or
classification other than employee without regard to whether any determination
by an agency, governmental or otherwise, or court concludes that such
classification or characterization was in error, except to the extent
participation by any such individuals is necessary in order for the Plan to
satisfy Code Section 410(b)(1), in which case only so many of such individuals
as are necessary to satisfy said Code Section, determined in ascending order of
Compensation (as adjusted to reflect status as an employee), shall be included.
Such term shall include an Owner-Employee and/or a Self-Employed Individual with
respect to the Company.
The term "leased employee" means any person (other than an employee of the
recipient) who pursuant to an agreement between the recipient and any other
person ("leasing organization") has performed services for the recipient (or for
the recipient and related persons determined in accordance with Code Section
414(n)(6)) on a substantially full time basis for a period of at least one year,
and such services are performed under the primary direction or control of the
recipient employer. Contributions or benefits provided a leased employee by the
leasing organization which are attributable to services performed for the
recipient employer shall be treated as provided by the recipient employer.
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A leased employee shall not be considered an employee of the recipient if:
(i) such employee is covered by a money purchase pension plan maintained by the
leasing organization providing: (1) a nonintegrated employer contribution rate
of at least 10 percent of compensation, as defined in Code Section 415(c)(3),
but including amounts contributed pursuant to a salary reduction agreement which
are excludable from the employee's gross income under Code Sections 125, 132(f),
402(e)(3), 402(h)(1)(B) or 403(b); (2) immediate participation; and (3) full and
immediate vesting; and (ii) leased employees do not constitute more than 20
percent of the recipient's nonhighly compensated workforce.
1.13 "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
1.14 "Fiduciary" means any person who exercises any power or control regarding
the management of the Trust Estate (or any portion thereof) or any discretionary
power or control over the administration of the Plan or a person who, for
compensation, gives, or has authority or responsibility to give, investment
advice as to the Trust Estate (or any portion thereof); however, a Participant,
Inactive Participant, or Beneficiary who exercises control over Trust assets
attributable solely to his Account shall not be deemed to be a Fiduciary.
1.15 "Fiscal Year" means the fiscal year of Company as used for income tax
purposes.
1.16 "Highly Compensated Employee" shall mean any employee who satisfies any of
the following:
A. Was at any time a 5-percent owner (within the meaning of Code Section
416(i)(1)), during the determination year or the preceding year; or
B. For the preceding year:
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i. Received compensation from the Company in excess of $80,000 (as
such dollar amount may, from time to time, be adjusted by the
Secretary of the Treasury), and
ii. If the Company so elects in Item II(E) of the Adoption Agreement,
was in the top-paid 20% of the employees for such preceding year
(as determined by Code Sections 414(q)(3) and (5)).
A former employee shall be treated as a Highly Compensated Employee if such
employee was a Highly Compensated Employee for either his separation year or any
determination year ending on or after such employee's 55th birthday. In
determining who is a Highly Compensated Employee (other than as a 5-percent
owner) the Company may utilize calendar year data if it so elects in Item II(E)
of the Adoption Agreement.
A "Non-Highly Compensated Employee" means an employee who is not a Highly
Compensated Employee.
1.17 "Hour of Service" means:
A. Each hour for which an Employee is paid, or entitled to payment, for
the performance of duties for the Company. These hours shall be
credited to the Employee for the computation period or periods in
which the duties are performed; and
B. Each hour for which an Employee is paid, or entitled to payment, by
the Company 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. No
more than 501 Hours of Service shall be credited under this paragraph
for any single continuous period (whether or not such period occurs in
a single computation period). Hours under this paragraph shall be
calculated and credited pursuant to Section 2530.200b-2 of the
Department of Labor Regulations which are incorporated herein by this
reference; and
C. Each hour for which back pay, irrespective of mitigation of damages,
is either awarded or agreed to by the Company. The same Hours of
Service
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shall not be credited both under paragraph A. or paragraph B., as the
case may be, and under this paragraph C. These hours shall be credited
to the Employee 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.
With respect to an Employee compensated on an hourly basis, such Employee's Hour
of Service shall be actually calculated based on records maintained by the
Company. With respect to an Employee compensated on other than an hourly basis,
such Employee's Hours of Service shall be calculated as indicated in Item II(F)
of the Adoption Agreement.
Solely for purposes of determining whether a One-Year Break in Service, as
defined in Section 1.22 hereof, for participation and vesting purposes has
occurred in a computation period, an Employee who is absent from work for
maternity or paternity reasons shall receive credit on the basis of those Hours
of Service which would otherwise have been credited to such individual but for
such absence, or in any case in which such Hours of Service cannot be
determined, on the basis of 8 Hours of Service per day of such absence;
provided, however, that credit shall only be given hereunder for that number of
Hours of Service (up to 501 Hours of Service) necessary to prevent the Employee
from incurring a One-Year Break in Service. For purposes of this paragraph, an
absence from work for maternity or paternity reasons means an absence due to the
Employee's pregnancy, the birth of the Employee's child, the placement with the
Employee of an adopted child, or the care of the Employee's child immediately
following the child's birth or placement. The Hours of Service credited under
this paragraph shall be credited in the computation period in which the absence
begins if the crediting is necessary to prevent a One-Year Break in Service in
that period; otherwise, such Hours of
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Service shall be credited to the immediately following computation period. This
paragraph shall apply to periods of absence which begin in the Plan Years
commencing after December 31, 1984.
1.18 "Inactive Participant" means a person who has been a Participant but who is
no longer an eligible Employee of Company and whose Account has not been
completely distributed to him or his Beneficiary.
1.19 "Named Fiduciary" means the Plan Administrator and the Trustee.
1.20 "Net Profits" means Company's net profits for any Fiscal Year as determined
by the Company on the basis of the accounting procedures customarily used by it,
provided that such determination shall be made before deducting federal income
taxes and Company's contributions under this Plan.
1.21 "Normal Retirement Age" shall be as defined by the Company in Item II(H) of
the Adoption Agreement. "Normal Retirement Date" means the date elected by the
Company in Item II(I) of the Adoption Agreement.
1.22 "One-Year Break in Service" means the following period during which an
Employee has not completed more than that number of Hours of Service elected by
Company in Item II(K) of the Adoption Agreement:
A. For vesting and benefit accrual purposes, the Plan Year;
B. For eligibility purposes, the 12 consecutive month computation period
for determining eligibility.
1.23 "Participant" means an Employee qualified to participate in the Plan.
1.24 "Plan" means the retirement plan established or continued by the Company as
elected by the Company in Items I(B) and/or (I) of the Adoption Agreement, and
the accident and
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health plan for participating Employees of Company if elected by the Company in
Item I(I) of the Adoption Agreement, as set forth herein, together with any and
all amendments and supplements thereto. The Adoption Agreement and the Prototype
Plan together shall constitute the Company's Plan.
1.25 "Plan Administrator" means such person(s) as may be designated by the
Company pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof, to control and manage the operation and
administration of the Plan.
1.26 "Plan Year" means the period selected by the Company in Item I(E) of the
Adoption Agreement.
1.27 "Qualified Domestic Relations Order" means a domestic relations order which
creates or recognizes the existence of an alternate payee's right to, or assigns
to an alternate payee the right to, receive all or a portion of the benefits
payable with respect to a Participant under the Plan, and with respect to which
the requirements of Code Section 414(p) are satisfied. For this purpose, the
term "domestic relations order" means any judgment, decree, or order (including
approval of a property settlement agreement) which relates to the provision of
child support, alimony payments, or marital property rights to a spouse, former
spouse, child, or other dependent of a Participant, and is made pursuant to a
State domestic relations law (including a community property law). Except as
otherwise provided in Code Section 414(p) and regulations issued thereunder, a
domestic relations order meets the foregoing requirements only if such order
clearly specifies:
A. The name and the last known mailing address (if any) of the
Participant and the name and mailing address of each alternate payee
covered by the
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order (except that the current mailing address of either the
Participant or the alternate payee need not be included if the Plan
Administrator has reason to know such address independently of the
order),
B. The amount or percentage of the Participant's benefit to be paid by
the Plan to each alternate payee, or the manner in which such amount
or percentage is to be determined,
C. The number of payments or periods to which such order applies, and
D. Each plan to which such order applies.
Further, a domestic relations order meets the requirements of this Section only
if such order does not require the Plan to provide any type or form of benefit,
or any option, not otherwise provided under the Plan (except that such order
will not fail to meet the requirements hereof merely because it provides for
commencement of payments to the alternate payee on or after the date on which
the Participant attains his earliest retirement date under the Plan whether or
not the Participant actually retires on such date), does not require the Plan to
provide increased benefits (determined on the basis of actuarial value), and
does not require the payment of benefits to an alternate payee which are
required to be paid to another alternate payee under another order previously
determined to be a Qualified Domestic Relations Order. Notwithstanding the
foregoing sentence, to the extent elected in Item X(D)of the Adoption Agreement,
a Qualified Domestic Relations Order may require the payment of benefits to an
alternate payee before the Participant has separated from service or attained
his earliest retirement date under the Plan.
1.28 "Representative" means the executor, administrator, guardian or other
representative of the estate of the person with respect to whom such word is
used.
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1.29 "Separation from Service" means discontinuance of employment by reason of
death, Disability, retirement, resignation, or discharge.
1.30 "Trust" means the trust of Company as set forth herein, together with any
and all amendments thereto, from which the Plan benefits and the accident and
health plan benefits provided for hereunder in accordance with the Company's
elections are to be paid. The Adoption Agreement and the Prototype Plan together
shall constitute the Trust.
1.31 "Trust Estate" means all of the assets of the Trust, of whatever kind,
nature and description.
1.32 "Trustee" means the Trustee or Trustees, initially indicated in Item I(G)
of the Adoption Agreement or subsequently appointed in accordance with Article
14 hereof, who may at any time be acting under this Agreement.
1.33 "Valuation Date" means the date indicated in Item II(J) of the Adoption
Agreement.
1.34 "Year of Service" means the following, unless otherwise indicated in the
Adoption Agreement:
A. For purposes of determining an Employee's eligibility to participate
in the Plan such period shall be measured in accordance with the
Company's election in Item III(B) of the Adoption Agreement.
B. For purposes of the vesting requirements hereunder, such period shall
mean the 12-consecutive month period during which an Employee under
consideration has not less than that number of Hours of Service
indicated in Item VIII(E) of the Adoption Agreement measured by
reference to the Plan Year.
C. For purposes of benefit accruals hereunder, such period shall mean the
12 consecutive month period measured by reference to the Plan Year,
during
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which an Employee under consideration has not less than 1000 Hours of
Service unless otherwise indicated in Item IV(C) of the Adoption
Agreement.
Except as otherwise provided in Articles 3, 6 and 9 hereof, for purposes of
crediting service hereunder in applying the eligibility and vesting provisions
hereof, an Employee who was previously employed by a corporation which is a
member of a controlled group of corporations (as defined in Code Section 414(b))
with Company, by a trade or business (whether or not incorporated) with which
Company is under common control (as defined by Code Section 414(c)), by an
employer which is part of an affiliated service group (as defined in Code
Section 414(m)) with Company or by any other entity required to be aggregated
with Company pursuant to Code Section 414(o) and the regulations thereunder,
shall be credited with Years of Service completed with such prior employer.
Years of Service with a predecessor of Company shall be treated as service with
the Company for all purposes hereunder if Company has assumed a qualified plan
maintained by such predecessor. In addition, where Company has not assumed a
qualified plan, if any, maintained by a predecessor, Years of Service with such
predecessor shall be treated as service with the Company to the extent indicated
in Item II(B) of the Adoption Agreement.
Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, contributions,
benefits and service credit with respect to qualified military service will be
provided in accordance with Code Section 414(u).
1.35 "Earned Income" means the net earnings from self-employment in the trade or
business with respect to which the Plan is established, provided that personal
services of the
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individual are a material income-producing factor. Net earnings will be
determined without regard to items not included in gross income and the
deductions allocable to such items. Net earnings are reduced by contributions by
the Company to a qualified plan to the extent deductible under Code Section 404
and by the deduction for one-half of the Code Section 1401 taxes permitted by
Code Section 164(f).
1.36 "Owner-Employee" means a sole proprietor, if the Company is a sole
proprietorship (or a single member limited liability company treated as a sole
proprietorship for tax purposes), or a partner who owns either more than ten
percent (10%) of the capital interest or more than ten percent (10%) of the
profits interests, if the Company is a partnership (or a limited liability
company treated as a partnership for tax purposes). Any partner who owns a ten
percent (10%) interest or less shall not be considered an Owner-Employee.
1.37 "Self-Employed Individual" means an individual who has Earned Income for
the Plan Year from the trade or business with respect to which the Plan is
established; also, an individual who would have had Earned Income but for the
fact the trade or business had no net profits for the Fiscal Year and an
individual who has been a self-employed individual within the meaning of the
preceding sentence for any prior taxable year.
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ARTICLE 2
SPONSORSHIP AND PURPOSE OF PLAN
2.1 Sponsorship and Establishment of Plan and Trust - ▇▇▇▇▇ & Berne LLP, in its
capacity as Prototype Plan Sponsor, continues this Prototype Plan, intended to
comply with the applicable provisions of Code Sections 401(a), 401(k), 401(m),
501(a) and 105(c), or any comparable statutory provisions later enacted, and to
the extent applicable, with Title I of ERISA. A Company establishes or continues
its Plan and Trust under this Prototype Plan by executing an Adoption Agreement.
A Company may adopt this Plan as an amended and restated version of its existing
plan, in order to conform the Company's prior plan to the applicable
requirements pertaining to qualified plans, including those imposed by the
Uruguay Round Agreements Act, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment
Act, the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996, the Taxpayer Relief Act of
1997 and the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, to
continue said prior plan in amended and restated form, and to confirm, by way of
amendment and restatement, the Trust. In addition, a Company may adopt this Plan
to create and establish a Plan and Trust. A Company adopts the Plan for the
exclusive benefit of its Employees who are or who may become Participants as
hereinafter set forth, and for their Beneficiaries. By signing the Adoption
Agreement, the Trustee accepts the establishment or continuation of the Trust
and agrees to hold or continue holding the Trust Estate as from time to time
constituted, for the uses and purposes and subject to the terms and conditions
set forth in the Plan and to administer the Trust. ▇▇▇▇▇ & Berne LLP reserves
the right to discontinue its sponsorship of this Prototype Plan, or to
discontinue its sponsorship of this Prototype Plan with
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respect to a particular Company or group of Companies, provided appropriate
notice is given to each affected Company.
2.2 Rationale for Plan - The purpose of the Plan is as follows: With respect to
a Company establishing a profit-sharing plan or a money purchase pension plan,
the purpose is to provide certain benefits to loyal Participants, thus rewarding
them for their continued loyalty and service and providing some measure of
security for their later years.
2.3 Prohibition Against Diversion of Funds - In no event shall any part of the
principal or income of the Trust be used for, or diverted to, any purpose
whatsoever, other than for the exclusive benefit of the Participants or their
Beneficiaries, except that, at the option of the Company, the fees and expenses
of the Trustee may be paid out of the Trust. However, it shall not be deemed a
violation of the foregoing rule for the Trustee to return to Company any
contribution made by Company hereunder which was made by a mistake in fact, but
such contribution shall be returned to Company within one (1) year after its
payment was made by Company; nor shall it be deemed a violation of such rule for
the Trustee to return to Company any contribution, or portion thereof, made by
Company hereunder under the circumstances described in Sections 4.1, 6.8 and
15.1.
In the event a Company adopts this Prototype Plan as a new Plan and not an
amendment and restatement of a prior plan, and if the Internal Revenue Service
does not issue its initial determination that the Plan and Trust qualify under
Code Sections 401(a) and 501(a), or any statute of similar import, all
contributions made under the Plan shall be returned to Company by the Trustee
within one (1) year after the date of denial of qualification of the Plan;
provided,
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however, that such contributions shall be returned to Company hereunder only if
the application for qualification is made by the time prescribed by law for
filing the Company's return for the taxable year in which the Plan is adopted,
or such later date as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. Furthermore,
notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, no Participant,
Inactive Participant or Beneficiary shall have any right or claim to any asset
of the Trust or to any benefit under the Plan before the Internal Revenue
Service determines that the Plan and Trust qualify under the provisions of Code
Section 401(a), or any statute of similar import. Upon the return of all
contributions to Company as provided in the first sentence of this paragraph,
the Trust shall terminate and the Trustee shall be discharged from all further
obligations under the Trust.
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ARTICLE 3
ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
3.1 Eligibility for and Timing of Participation - Each Employee shall be
eligible to participate in this Plan as indicated in Item III of the Adoption
Agreement; provided, however, that in the event this Plan is a
profit-sharing/401(k) plan and an Employee must complete more than one Year of
Service to satisfy the eligibility requirements, any Employee who completes at
least one (1) Year of Service shall be eligible to make Elective Contributions
to the Plan and, to the extent elected in Item III(A) of the Adoption Agreement,
to have Matching Contributions, if any, contributed on his behalf. If this Plan
is a restated plan, each Employee who was a Participant in the plan of which
this Plan is an amended and restated version on the day before the Effective
Date shall be a Participant in this Plan on the Effective Date. Each Employee
who meets the eligibility requirements shall commence participation in the Plan
on the Entry Date indicated in Item III(C) of the Adoption Agreement.
3.2 Effect of Separation from Service - Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in Section 3.1 hereof, if an Employee experiences a Separation from
Service after the Eligibility Date but before the otherwise applicable
participation commencement date determined pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof, and
such Employee has not returned to service with Company before such participation
commencement date, then such Employee shall not be entitled to participate in
the Plan.
3.3 Break in Service Rules - If the Company elects to condition eligibility on
more than one (1) Year of Service under Adoption Agreement Items III(A)(iii)
and/or (iv) then, for
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purposes of Section 3.1 hereof, and if elected by the Company in Item III(D) of
the Adoption Agreement, in the case of any Employee who has a One-Year Break in
Service, if such Employee has not satisfied the service requirements thereof
before such break, service before such break shall not be taken into account.
In addition, one or both of the following Break-in Service rules shall
apply for eligibility purposes if elected by the Company in Item III(D) of the
Adoption Agreement:
A. In the case of a Participant who has a One-Year Break in Service, for
eligibility purposes, Years of Service before such break shall be
disregarded unless the Employee has completed a Year of Service after
such break.
B. In the case of a Participant who does not have any nonforfeitable
right to the Account balance derived from Company contributions, Years
of Service before a period of consecutive One-Year Breaks in Service
will not be taken into account in computing Years of Service for
eligibility if the number of consecutive One-Year Breaks in Service in
such period equals or exceeds the greater of five (5) or the aggregate
number of Years of Service. Such aggregate number of Years of Service
will not include any Years of Service disregarded under the preceding
sentence by reason of prior breaks in service. If a Participant's
Years of Service are disregarded pursuant to this paragraph B., such
Participant will be treated as a new Employee for eligibility
purposes. If a Participant's Years of Service may not be disregarded
pursuant to this paragraph B., such Participant shall continue to
participate in the Plan, or if terminated, shall participate
immediately upon reemployment.
3.4 Reemployment-Reparticipation Rule - Unless one of the Break in Service rules
described in Section 3.3 hereof applies, when a former Participant hereunder
re-enters the employ of the Company as an Employee hereunder, such former
Participant shall again be considered a Participant hereunder as of his
reemployment date, provided he is then a member of a class of employees eligible
to participate hereunder.
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3.5 Employee Consent to Terms and Conditions of Plan and Trust - An Employee,
upon becoming a Participant in the Plan, shall be deemed for all purposes to
have given his consent to be bound by all the terms and conditions of the Plan
and Trust and all amendments and supplements thereto, and such terms and
conditions shall govern over any Summary Plan Description, explanation, notice
or similar communication concerning the Plan or Trust.
3.6 Exclusion of Union Employees - Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in Sections 3.1 through 3.5, inclusive, hereof, if the Company elects
in Item III(E) of the Adoption Agreement to exclude union Employees from
participation in the Plan, then no Employee shall be a Participant hereunder who
is included in a unit of employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement,
provided that retirement benefits have been the subject of good faith collective
bargaining between employee representatives and one or more employers -
regardless of whether an actual plan was established for such unit of employees
covered by such collective bargaining agreement.
3.7 Special Rule With Respect to Changes in Employment Status - In the event an
Employee, who is excluded from participation hereunder in accordance with
Section 1.12, Section 3.6 hereof and/or Item III(E) of the Adoption Agreement,
ceases to be a member of such excluded class, such Employee shall participate
hereunder immediately if he has satisfied the minimum age and service
requirements and would have previously become a Participant had he not been a
member of such excluded class. Further, in the event a Participant hereunder
becomes ineligible to participate hereunder because he became a member of such
excluded class, such Employee shall again participate hereunder immediately upon
ceasing to be a member of such
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excluded class, provided he has not incurred any Break in Service described in
Section 3.3 hereof, if applicable; if such Employee has incurred such a Break in
Service, his eligibility to participate shall be determined pursuant to Section
3.1 hereof.
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ARTICLE 4
CONTRIBUTIONS
4.1 Determination as to Contributions - For each Fiscal Year that the Plan is in
effect, Company will contribute for the purpose of the Plan the following
amounts:
A. An amount determined in accordance with Item IV(A) of the Adoption
Agreement; plus
B. Such amount as the Company may determine to contribute to the Plan to
correct any qualification failure pursuant to the Employee Plan
Compliance Resolution System or any successor program; plus
C. Such amount as may be required by the Trustee in order to comply with
the provisions of Sections 9.4 and/or 12.4 hereof (relating to
recoupment by a Participant of a previously forfeited portion of his
Accrued Benefit), after taking into consideration forfeitures (to the
extent not used to offset Company contributions) and Plan earnings, to
the extent permitted.
In the event the Company elects, pursuant to Item I(I) of the Adoption Agreement
for a Profit-Sharing/401(k) Plan, to have the 401(k) Elective Contribution
provisions apply, in addition to those amounts indicated in paragraphs A, B and
C above, the Company will contribute the amounts indicated in paragraph D below:
D. The total of the Elective Contributions made by Participants in
accordance with their salary reduction agreements pursuant to Section
4.2-A. hereof (as limited pursuant to Section 4.2-C. hereof) with
respect to such Fiscal Year.
In the event the Company elects, pursuant to Item IV-A(B) of the Adoption
Agreement for a Profit-Sharing/401(k) Plan, to have the Matching Contribution
provisions herein apply, in addition to those amounts indicated in paragraphs A,
B, C and D above, the Company will contribute the amounts indicated in paragraph
E below:
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E. The Company's Matching Contributions, pursuant to Section 4.3-A.
hereof, provided, however, that within the time period specified in
paragraph 4.4-B hereof, the Company may designate an amount of such
Matching Contribution made to Non-Highly Compensated Employees, as a
"Qualified Matching Contribution" subject to the vesting rights and
withdrawal restrictions applicable to Elective Contributions in
accordance with Sections 4.2-A. and 10.11 hereof, such that all or a
portion of the Elective Contributions, if any, made by the Highly
Compensated Employees hereunder, as provided pursuant to Section
4.2-A. hereof, will be within the limitation on Elective Contributions
contained in Section 4.2-C hereof.
In the event the Company elects to make Fail-Safe Contributions pursuant to
Items IV-A(F)-(K) of the Adoption Agreement, the Company may contribute the
amounts indicated in paragraph F below:
F. In addition, within the time period specified in paragraph 4.4-B. the
Company may designate an amount of the contribution made in accordance
with paragraph 4.1-A. hereof, if any, as the Company's "Fail-Safe
Contribution", subject to the vesting rights and withdrawal
restrictions applicable to Elective Contributions in accordance with
paragraph 4.2-A. and Section 10.11 hereof, such that all or a portion
of the Elective Contributions, if any, made by the Highly Compensated
Employees hereunder, as provided pursuant to paragraph 4.2-A. hereof,
will be within the limitations on Elective Contributions contained in
paragraph 4.2-C hereof or such that all or a portion of the Matching
Contributions, if any, made by the Company hereunder, as provided
pursuant to paragraph 4.3-A hereof, will be within the limitations on
Matching Contributions contained in paragraph 4.3-C hereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing and excluding amounts contributed in accordance
with paragraphs B. and/or C. above, except to the extent necessary to provide
the minimum allocations under Section 18.3 hereof if the top-heavy provisions of
Article 18 apply, the Company's contributions for any Fiscal Year shall not
exceed the maximum amount allowable as a deduction from the income of Company
under the provisions of Code Section 404(a)(3)(A) with respect to profit-
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sharing plans or Code Section 404(a)(1) with respect to money purchase pension
plans, as the case may be, and as further limited, to the extent applicable
under Code Section 404(a)(7) if the Plan is maintained along with a defined
benefit pension plan, or any comparable provisions set forth in any Section of
the Code later enacted.
To the extent a deduction is denied Company for a contribution, or portion
thereof, made by it hereunder, the Trustee may return to Company, within one (1)
year after the disallowance of such deduction, so much of such contribution as
was disallowed as a deduction.
4.2 401(k) Elective Contribution Provisions. If the Company elects, pursuant to
Item I(I) of the Adoption Agreement for a Profit-Sharing/401(k) Plan, to have
the 401(k) Elective Contribution provision herein apply, the following
provisions shall apply:
A. Elective Contributions. For each Plan Year, each Participant may make an
election, by execution of a salary reduction agreement in the form provided by
Company, to forego a portion of his current Compensation (otherwise payable in
cash) not to exceed the amount indicated in Item IV-A(A)of the Adoption
Agreement, in exchange for Company's promise to make a contribution to the Plan
in an amount corresponding to that which such Participant has elected to forego;
provided, however, that in no event shall such elective deferral by any
Participant exceed $9,500 (as the same may be adjusted from time to time by the
Secretary of the Treasury) for any calendar year. The Elective Contribution
provisions of the Plan may be made effective as of the first day of the Plan
Year in which the Elective Contribution provisions are adopted.
If elected by the Company in Item IV-B(G)(i)of the Adoption Agreement, in
the event a Participant fails to make an initial election to defer a specific
percentage of his Compensation or not to defer any percentage of his
Compensation, such Participant shall be
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deemed to have elected to defer that percentage of his current Compensation
(otherwise payable in cash) designated in the Adoption Agreement, in exchange
for Company's promise to make a contribution to the Plan in an amount
corresponding to that which such Participant has been deemed to have elected to
forego. In addition, if elected by the Company in Item VI-B(G)(ii) of the
Adoption Agreement, effective for the first pay period indicated in Item
VI-B(G)(ii) of the Adoption Agreement, each Participant who does not have an
election in effect to defer a specific percentage of his Compensation or not to
defer any percentage of his Compensation shall be deemed to have elected to
defer that percentage of his current Compensation (otherwise payable in cash)
designated in the Adoption Agreement, in exchange for Company's promise to make
a contribution to the Plan in an amount corresponding to that which such
Participant has been deemed to have elected to forego.
The amount of such Participant's Compensation which he has thereby elected
or deemed to have elected to defer hereunder is hereinafter referred to as such
Participant's "Elective Contribution" and, for purposes of the Plan, is deemed
made by the Company. For purposes of the restrictions contained in Sections
4.2-B and 4.2-C hereof, a Participant's Elective Contribution shall include any
Company contributions made on behalf of such Participant pursuant to any salary
reduction simplified employee pension described in Code Section 408(k)(6), any
SIMPLE ▇▇▇ Plan described in Code Section 408(p), any eligible deferred
compensation plan under Code Section 457, any plan described under Code Section
501(c)(18) and any Company contributions made on behalf of a Participant for the
purchase of an annuity contract under Code Section 403(b) pursuant to a salary
reduction agreement. Upon receipt of a Participant's Elective Contribution by
the Trustee, such Participant shall be fully vested in, and
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have a nonforfeitable right to, such Elective Contribution, as adjusted from
time to time to reflect any earnings, gains, losses and/or costs attributable
thereto. The Trustee shall maintain a separate Account for a Participant's
Elective Contributions (together with sub-accounts for any Qualified Matching
Contributions and Fail-Safe Contributions treated as Elective Contributions in
accordance with Section 4.1 hereof) in accordance with Article 6 hereof.
A separate salary reduction agreement may be required for each Plan Year
with respect to which a Participant desires to make an Elective Contribution,
which agreement, if required, shall be completed and executed before the end of
the Plan Year to which it relates in conformity with procedures established by
the Company and the Plan Administrator. Further, a Participant shall be
permitted to modify or suspend his rate of Elective Contributions with respect
to a particular Plan Year at such times and in such manner, if any, as may be
established by the Company and the Plan Administrator. Any existing salary
reduction agreement on file with the Plan Administrator shall remain operative
until modified, suspended or cancelled by the Participant.
Except as otherwise provided, Elective Contributions with respect to a
Participant will cease as of the date such Participant ceases to be an eligible
Employee, whether or not he has incurred a Separation from Service. If a
Participant is on a paid leave of absence, Elective Contributions will be
continued during the period of the leave, or such part thereof with respect to
which such Participant is entitled to receive pay. If a Participant is granted a
leave of absence without pay, no Elective Contribution will be made with respect
to such period of leave.
The Company and the Plan Administrator shall adopt such additional rules
and procedures as they may deem to be necessary or appropriate to implement the
salary reduction
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elections provided for herein; provided, however, that such rules and procedures
and the provisions hereof shall be deemed modified if and to the extent they are
not in conformity with Treasury Regulations which may be promulgated from time
to time.
B. Return of Excess Elective Deferrals - For any calendar year if with
respect to a Participant:
i. The sum of:
a. The total Elective Contribution of such Participant hereunder for
such calendar year, plus
b. Any other elective deferral under a qualified cash or deferred
arrangement (as defined in Code Section 401(k)) to the extent not
includible in the gross income of such Participant for such
calendar year, plus
c. Such other amounts described in Code Section 402(g)(3) for such
calendar year,
is in excess of $9,500 (as the same may be adjusted from time to time
by the Secretary of the Treasury) (the "Excess Deferral"); and
ii. In a manner satisfactory to the Plan Administrator and consistent with
Treasury Regulations such Participant gives written notice to the Plan
Administrator not later than the first March 1 following the close of
such calendar year, which notice requests a distribution from the
Plan:
a. Of a specific amount of such Participant's Elective Contribution
for such calendar year; and
b. The amount of which distribution is not greater than the lesser
of such Participant's total Elective Contributions for such
calendar year or such Participant's Excess Deferral;
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then the Plan Administrator may instruct the Trustee to distribute to the
Participant such amount plus any income or less any loss allocable thereto in
accordance with Code Section 402(g)(2) and the regulations thereunder by the
first April 15 following the close of such calendar year.
Excess Deferrals shall be adjusted for any income or loss up to the date of
distribution. The Plan may use any reasonable method for computing the income or
loss allocable to Excess Deferrals provided such method is used consistently for
all participants and for all corrective distributions under the Plan for the
Plan Year.
C. Limitation on Elective Contributions - For each Plan Year, the average
Actual Deferral Percentage of the Highly Compensated Employees participating
hereunder shall not exceed whichever of the following is greater:
i. 1.25 times the average Actual Deferral Percentage for the prior Plan
Year of the Participants who were Non-Highly Compensated Employees
participating hereunder during the prior Plan Year; or
ii. 2 times the average Actual Deferral Percentage for the prior Plan Year
of the Participants who were Non-Highly Compensated Employees
participating hereunder during the prior Plan Year to a maximum of 2
percentage points higher than the average Actual Deferral Percentage
of such Non-Highly Compensated Employees in the prior Plan Year.
Such computation shall be made in a manner consistent with Code Section
401(k)(3) and the regulations thereunder. For this purpose, "Actual Deferral
Percentage" means the amount of each Participant's Elective Contributions for
the Plan Year (or the prior Plan Year in the case of Participants who are
Non-Highly Compensated Employees during such Plan Year) (including any amounts
treated as Qualified Matching Contributions in accordance with paragraph 4.1-E.
hereof and any amounts treated as Fail-Safe Contributions in accordance with
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paragraph 4.1-F. hereof and excluding any Elective Contributions used to satisfy
the tests contained in Section 4.3-B. hereof) as a percentage of his
Compensation. Excess Elective Contributions of a Non-Highly Compensated Employee
are disregarded for purposes of this Section 4.2-C. The Company will maintain
records to demonstrate compliance with the nondiscrimination requirements of
Code Section 401(k). Such records shall also indicate the extent to which
Qualified Matching Contributions and Fail-Safe Contributions are taken into
account. For purposes of determining Actual Deferral Percentage, Elective
Contributions, Fail-Safe Contributions and Qualified Matching Contributions must
be made before the last day of the twelve-month period immediately following the
Plan Year to which such contributions relate.
If elected by the Company in Item IV-B(E)(i) of the Adoption Agreement, for
the first Plan Year the Plan permits any Participant to make Elective
Contributions and, provided that this Plan is not a successor Plan, for purposes
of the foregoing tests, the prior year's Non-Highly Compensated Employees'
Actual Deferral Percentage shall be three percent (3%) unless the Company has
elected in Item IV-B(E)(ii) of the Adoption Agreement to use the Plan Year's
Actual Deferral Percentage for such Non-Highly Compensated Participants.
If and as elected by the Company in Item IV-B(C) of the Adoption Agreement,
the Actual Deferral Percentage tests shall be applied by comparing the current
Plan Year's Actual Deferral Percentage for Participants who are Highly
Compensated Employees with the current Plan Year's Actual Deferral Percentage
for Participants who are Non-Highly Compensated Employees. Once made, these
elections can only be changed if the Plan satisfies the requirements for
changing the prior year testing set forth in Notice 98-1 (or superseding
guidance).
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If, for any Plan Year, the Plan Administrator determines that the average
Actual Deferral Percentage of the Highly Compensated Employees participating
hereunder would exceed the limitation described herein, the Plan Administrator
shall direct the Trustee to distribute to such Highly Compensated Employees
prior to the expiration of 12 months following the Plan Year in question the
aggregate amount of Elective Contributions to the Plan on behalf of all Highly
Compensated Employees for such Plan Year over the maximum amount of such
Elective Contributions for such Plan Year which would otherwise be allowable
pursuant to such limitation ("Excess Contribution"). Such distribution shall be
made to those Highly Compensated Employees in order of the amount of their
Elective Contributions, beginning with the Highly Compensated Employee with the
greatest dollar amount of Elective Contributions, by reducing (to the extent
necessary) the amount required to cause that Highly Compensated Employee's
undistributed Elective Contributions to equal the dollar amount of the Elective
Contributions for the benefit of the Highly Compensated Employee with the next
highest dollar amount of Elective Contributions and continuing in descending
order until the average Actual Deferral Percentage of the Highly Compensated
Employees participating hereunder no longer exceeds such limitation. In
addition, any such distribution shall include any income or loss allocable
thereto up to the date of distribution in accordance with Code Section 401(k)(8)
and the regulations thereunder. The Plan Administrator need not obtain the
consent of a Participant or the spouse of a Participant prior to the
distribution of an Elective Contribution to a Participant pursuant to this
Section 4.2-C. In the event the Company fails to distribute contributions in
excess of the amount permitted under the test described in this Section 4.2-C.
or to recharacterize such contributions within 2 1/2 months following the end of
the Plan Year, Code Section 4979
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imposes a tax on the Company of 10% of the sum of any Excess Contributions under
the Plan for the Plan Year ending in such taxable year plus any "Excess
Aggregate Contributions" as defined in Section 4.3-B. hereof.
If, in any Plan Year, a Highly Compensated Employee is eligible to have
Elective Contributions (including Qualified Matching Contributions and/or
Fail-Safe Contributions) allocated to his Account under two or more Plans or
arrangements described in Code Section 401(k) maintained by the Company all such
contributions shall be treated as if they were made under this Plan for purposes
of determining such Participant's Actual Deferral Percentage hereunder for such
Plan Year. If a Highly Compensated Employee participates in two or more cash or
deferred arrangements that have different Plan Years, all cash or deferred
arrangements ending with or within the same calendar year shall be treated as a
single arrangement.
In the event this Plan satisfies the requirements of Code Sections 401(k),
401(a)(4) or 410(b) only if aggregated with one or more other plans, or if one
or more other plans satisfy the requirements of such Code sections only if
aggregated with this Plan, then this section shall be applied by determining the
Actual Deferral Percentage of Employees as if all such plans were a single plan.
Plans may be aggregated in order to satisfy Code Section 401(k) only if they
have the same Plan Year.
For purposes hereof, a Participant is a Highly Compensated Employee for a
particular Plan Year if he or she meets the definition of a Highly Compensated
Employee in effect for that Plan Year. Similarly, a Participant is a Non-Highly
Compensated Employee for a particular Plan Year if he or she does not meet the
definition of a Highly Compensated Employee in effect for that Plan Year.
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4.3 Matching Contribution Provisions -- If the Company elects, pursuant to Item
IV-A(B) of the Adoption Agreement to have the Matching Contribution provisions
herein apply, the following provisions shall apply:
A. Matching Contributions - As an incentive to Participants to encourage
their Elective Contributions hereunder, each year Company may make a
contribution to the Plan for the benefit of each of those Participants who makes
an Elective Contribution with respect to such Fiscal Year, which matching amount
hereunder is hereinafter referred to as the Company's "Matching Contribution".
Such Matching Contribution will be equal to an amount indicated in Item IV-A(B)
of the Adoption Agreement as limited therein; provided, however, that the
Matching Contribution with respect to a Highly Compensated Employee may be
reduced in accordance with Section 4.3-B. hereof. Notwithstanding the above, a
different Matching Percentage and/or Matching Ceiling may be established by the
Company provided that in each case it is communicated to Participants in advance
of the effective date of the change. Matching Contributions (excluding Qualified
Matching Contributions) will be allocated to a Participant's Non-Elective
Contribution Account and shall vest in accordance with the provisions of Item
IV-A(D) of the Adoption Agreement.
B. Limitation on Matching Contributions - For each Plan Year the average
Actual Contribution Percentage of the Highly Compensated Employees participating
hereunder for such Plan Year shall not exceed whichever of the following is
greater:
i. 1.25 times the average Actual Contribution Percentage for the
prior Plan Year of the Participants who were Non-Highly
Compensated Employees during the prior Plan Year participating
hereunder; or
ii. 2 times the average Actual Contribution Percentage for the prior
Plan Year of the Participants who were Non-Highly Compensated
Employees during the prior Plan Year participating hereunder to a
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maximum of 2 percentage points higher than the average Actual
Contribution Percentage of such Participants who were Non-Highly
Compensated Employees during such prior Plan Year.
Such computation shall be made in a manner consistent with Code Section
401(m) and the regulations thereunder. For this purpose, "Actual Contribution
Percentage" means the sum of the Matching Contributions, nondeductible voluntary
employee contributions and Qualified Matching Contributions (to the extent not
taken into account for purposes of the Actual Deferral Percentage test) paid
under the Plan for a Participant for the Plan Year plus such portions of a
Participant's Elective Contribution and/or any Fail-Safe Contribution as the
Company so elects in accordance with Treasury Regulations, as a percentage of
his Compensation. Such Actual Contribution Percentage shall not include Matching
Contributions that are forfeited either to correct Excess Aggregate
Contributions or because the contributions to which they relate are Excess
Deferrals, Excess Contributions or Excess Aggregate Contributions. Average
Actual Contribution Percentage shall mean the average of the Actual Contribution
Percentage of the Participants in a group. Notwithstanding anything contained
herein to the contrary, the use of the limitation contained in paragraph
4.3-B-ii. shall be coordinated with the use of the limitation contained in
paragraph 4.2-C.-ii. hereof so that it complies with the requirements contained
in Code Section 401(m)(9) and paragraph 4.3-C hereof prohibiting the multiple
use of said limitation.
If elected by the Company in Item IV-B(F)(i) of the Adoption Agreement, for
the first Plan Year this Plan permits any Participant to make nondeductible
voluntary employee contributions, provides for Matching Contributions, or both,
and this is not a successor plan, for purposes of the foregoing tests, the prior
year's Non-Highly Compensated Employees' Actual
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Contribution Percentage shall be three percent (3%), unless the Company has
elected in Item IV-B(F)(ii) of the Adoption Agreement to use the Plan Year's
Actual Contribution Percentage for such Participants.
If elected by the Company in Item IV-B(D) of the Adoption Agreement, the
Actual Contribution Percentage tests shall be applied by comparing the current
Plan Year's Actual Contribution Percentage for Participants who are Highly
Compensated Employees for each Plan Year with the current Plan Year's Actual
Contribution Percentage for Participants who are Non-Highly Compensated
Employees. Once made, this election can only be changed if the Plan satisfies
the requirements for changing to prior year testing set forth in Notice 98-1 (or
superseding guidance).
If, for any Plan Year, the Plan Administrator determines (after determining
Excess Deferrals and Excess Contributions) that the average Actual Contribution
Percentage of the Highly Compensated Employees participating hereunder would
exceed such limitation ("Excess Aggregate Contributions"), the Plan
Administrator shall direct the Trustee to distribute to such Highly Compensated
Employees prior to the expiration of 12 months following the Plan Year in
question the aggregate amount of Matching Contributions (plus any other
contributions taken into account in determining a Participant's Actual
Contribution Percentage) actually made on behalf of all Highly Compensated
Employees for such Plan Year over the maximum amount of such Matching
Contributions (plus any other contributions taken into account in determining a
Participant's Actual Contribution Percentage) allowable pursuant to such
limitation. Such distribution shall be made to those Highly Compensated
Employees beginning with the Highly Compensated Employee with the greatest
dollar amount of Matching Contributions by reducing
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(to the extent necessary) the Matching Contribution of such Highly Compensated
Employee(s) to equal the dollar amount of the Matching Contribution made by or
for the benefit of the Highly Compensated Employee with the next highest dollar
amount of Matching Contributions and, if necessary, continuing such reduction in
a similar manner in descending order until such limitation is met. For purposes
of the preceding sentence, the "greatest dollar amount" is determined after
distribution of any Excess Aggregate Contributions. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any distribution to be made according to the foregoing which is
attributable to contributions which are forfeitable hereunder shall not be
distributed to such Highly Compensated Employees but instead shall be treated as
forfeitures pursuant to Section 6.7 hereof. In addition, any such distribution
shall include any income or loss allocable thereto as of the date of
distribution in accordance with Code Section 401(m)(6) and the regulations
thereunder.
Forfeitures of Excess Aggregate Contributions may be reallocated to the
accounts of Non-Highly Compensated Employees, applied to reduce employer
contributions, or be treated as forfeitures pursuant to Section 6.7 hereof, as
elected by the Company in Item IV-A(E) of the Adoption Agreement.
Excess Aggregate Contributions allocated to a Participant shall be
forfeited, if forfeitable, or distributed on a pro-rata basis from the
Participant's Nondeductible Voluntary Employee Contribution Account, Matching
Contribution Account and (if applicable) Qualified Matching Contribution
Account, Fail Safe Contribution Account and/or Elective Contribution Account.
If, in any Plan Year, a Highly Compensated Employee is eligible to make
nondeductible voluntary contributions or Elective Contributions or to have
Matching
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Contributions, Qualified Matching Contributions or Fail-Safe Contributions
allocated to his Account under two or more Plans or arrangements described in
Code Section 401(k) maintained by the Company, all such contributions shall be
treated as if they were made under this Plan for purposes of determining such
Participant's Actual Contribution Percentage hereunder for such Plan Year.
In the event that this Plan satisfies the requirements of Sections 401(m),
401(a)(4) or 410(b) of the Code only if aggregated with one or more other plans,
or if one or more other plans satisfy the requirements of such sections of the
Code only if aggregated with this Plan, then this section shall be applied by
determining the Actual Contribution Percentage of Participants as if all such
plans were a single plan. Any adjustments to the Non-Highly Compensated Employee
Actual Contribution Percentage for the prior year will be made in accordance
with Notice 98-1 and any superseding guidance, unless the Company has elected in
the Adoption Agreement to use the current year testing method. Plans may be
aggregated in order to satisfy Section 401(m) of the Code only if they have the
same Plan Year and use the same Actual Contribution Percentage testing method.
For purposes of the Actual Contribution Percentage test, nondeductible
employee voluntary contributions are considered to have been made in the Plan
Year in which contributed to the Trust. Matching Contributions and Fail-Safe
Contributions will be considered made for a Plan Year if made no later than the
end of the 12-month period beginning on the day after the close of the Plan
Year. The Company shall maintain records sufficient to demonstrate satisfaction
of the Actual Contribution Percentage test and the amount of Fail Safe or
Qualified Matching Contributions, or both, used in such test.
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A Participant is a Highly Compensated Employee for a particular Plan Year
if he meets the definition of a Highly Compensated Employee in effect for that
Plan Year. Similarly, a Participant is a Non-Highly Compensated Employee for a
particular Plan Year if he does not meet the definition of a Highly Compensated
Employee in effect for that Plan Year.
C. Multiple Use Limitation - To the extent the Plan is subject to the
"multiple use" limitation by application of law, if one or more Highly
Compensated Employees participate in both a cash or deferred arrangement and a
plan subject to the Actual Contribution Percentage test maintained by the
Company and the sum of the Actual Deferral Percentage and the Actual
Contribution Percentage of those Highly Compensated Employees subject to either
or both tests exceeds the "Aggregate Limit," then the Actual Contribution
Percentage of those Highly Compensated Employees who also participate in a cash
or deferred arrangement will be reduced in the manner described in Section 4.3-B
hereof so that the limit is not exceeded. The amount by which each Highly
Compensated Employee's Contribution Percentage Amounts is reduced shall be
treated as an Excess Aggregate Contribution. The Actual Deferral Percentage and
Actual Contribution Percentage of the Highly Compensated Employees are
determined after any corrections required to meet the Actual Deferral Percentage
and Actual Contribution Percentage tests and are deemed to be the maximum
permitted under such tests for the Plan Year. Multiple use does not occur if
either the Actual Deferral Percentage or the Actual Contribution Percentage of
the Highly Compensated Employees does not exceed 1.25 multiplied by the Actual
Deferral Percentage or the Actual Contribution Percentage, respectively, of the
Non-Highly Compensated Employees.
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"Aggregate Limit" shall mean the sum of (i) 125 percent of the greater of
the Actual Deferral Percentage of the Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the
prior Plan Year or the Actual Contribution Percentage of Non-Highly Compensated
Employees under the Plan subject to Code Section 401(m) for the Plan Year
beginning with or within the prior Plan Year of the cash or deferred arrangement
and (ii) the lesser of 200% or two plus the lesser of such Actual Deferral
Percentage or Actual Contribution Percentage. "Lesser" is substituted for
"greater" in "(i)", above, and "greater" is substituted for "lesser" after "two
plus the" in "(ii)" if it would result in a larger Aggregate Limit. If the
Company has elected in Items IV-B(C) and/or (D) of the Adoption Agreement to use
current year testing, then, in calculating the Aggregate Limit for a particular
Plan Year, the Non-Highly Compensated Employees Actual Deferred Percentage and
Actual Contribution Percentage for that Plan Year, instead of the prior Plan
Year, is used.
4.4 Safe Harbors. If the Company elects, pursuant to Items IV-B(A) and IV-B(B)
of the Adoption Agreement, the following Section 4.4A and/or 4.4B will apply:
4.4A. Actual Deferral Percentage Safe Harbor. If the Company has elected the
Actual Deferral Percentage Safe Harbor option in Item IV-B(A) of the Adoption
Agreement, the provisions of this Section shall apply for the Plan Year and any
provisions relating to the Actual Deferral Percentage test described in
ss.401(k)(3) of the Code do not apply. To the extent that any other provision of
the Plan is inconsistent with the provisions of this Section, the provisions of
this Section shall govern.
4.4A.1 Definitions - For purposes of applying the Actual Deferral Percentage
Safe Harbors of this Section 4.4A, the following words and phrases shall have
the following meaning:
A. "ADP Test Safe Harbor" is the method described in Section 4.4A.2
of this Article for satisfying the ADP test of Code Section
401(k)(3);
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B. "ADP Test Safe Harbor Contributions" are Matching Contributions
and nonelective contributions described in Section 4.4A.2 of this
Section;
C. "Compensation" is defined in Item II(C) of the Adoption
Agreement, except, for purposes of this Section, no dollar limit,
other than the limit imposed by Code Section 401(a)(17), applies
to the compensation of a Non-Highly Compensated Employee;
D. "Eligible Employee" means an Employee eligible to make Elective
Contributions under the Plan for any part of the Plan Year or who
would be eligible to make Elective Contributions but for a
suspension due to a hardship distribution described in Item X(I)
of the Adoption Agreement or due to statutory limitations, such
as Code Sections 402(g) and 415. Such term shall include
Non-Highly Compensated Employees and, if elected by the Company
in Item IV-B(A)(vi) of the Adoption Agreement, Highly Compensated
Employees;
E. "Matching Contributions" are contributions made by the Company on
account of an Eligible Employee's Elective Contributions.
4.4A.2 ADP Test Safe Harbor
A. ADP Test Safe Harbor Contributions - If elected by the Company in Item
IV-B(A) of the Adoption Agreement, the Company shall make one of the following
Safe Harbor Contributions to the Plan for the Plan Year(s) indicated in Item
IV-B(A) of the Adoption Agreement:
i. Enhanced Matching Contributions to the Plan;
ii. A Safe Harbor Matching Contribution to the Plan on behalf of each
Eligible Employee equal to (1) 100 percent of the amount of the
Eligible Employee's Elective Contributions that do not exceed
three percent (3%) of the Employee's Compensation for the Plan
Year, plus (2) fifty percent (50%) of the amount of the
Employee's Elective Contributions that exceed three percent (3%)
of the Employee's Compensation but that do not exceed five
percent (5%) of the Employee's Compensation ("Basic Matching
Contributions");
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iii. Safe Harbor Nonelective Contributions to the Plan on behalf of
each Eligible Employee of at least three percent (3%) of the
Eligible Employee's Compensation.
Notwithstanding the requirement in i., ii. and iii. above that the Company
make the ADP Test Safe Harbor Contributions to this Plan, if the Company so
provides in Item IV-B(A)(v) of the Adoption Agreement, the ADP Test Safe Harbor
Contributions will be made to the defined contribution plan indicated in Item
IV-B(A)(v) of the Adoption Agreement. However, such contributions will be made
to this Plan unless (1) each Employee eligible under this Plan is also eligible
under the other plan, and (2) the other plan has the same Plan Year as this
Plan.
The Participant's accrued benefit derived from ADP Test Safe Harbor
Contributions is nonforfeitable and may not be distributed earlier than
separation from service, death, disability, an event described in Code Section
401(k)(10), or, in the case of a profit-sharing plan, the attainment of age 59
1/2 (if such distributions are otherwise permitted under the Plan). In addition,
such contributions must satisfy the ADP Test Safe Harbor without regard to
permitted disparity under Code Section 401(l).
B. Notice Requirement - At least 30 days, but not more than 90 days, before
the beginning of the Plan Year, the Company will provide each Eligible Employee
a comprehensive written notice of the Employee's rights and obligations under
the Plan. If an Employee becomes eligible after the 90th day before the
beginning of the Plan Year and does not receive the notice for that reason, the
notice must be provided no more than 90 days before the employee becomes
eligible but not later than the date the Employee becomes eligible.
Notwithstanding the immediately preceding two sentences, a Plan that provides
that it will satisfy
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the current year Actual Deferral Percentage (and, if applicable, Actual
Contribution Percentage) testing method for a Plan Year and elects to satisfy
the ADP Test Safe Harbor by making Safe Harbor Nonelective Contributions, the
Notice Requirement may be satisfied as follows:
i. An initial notice must be provided at least thirty (30) days, but
not more than ninety (90) days, before the beginning of the Plan
Year, and must indicate that (a) the Plan may be amended during
the Plan Year to provide that the Company will make a safe harbor
nonelective contribution of at least three percent (3%) to the
Plan for the Plan Year, and (b) if the Plan is so amended, a
supplemental notice will be given to Eligible Employees thirty
(30) days prior to the last day of the Plan Year informing them
of such an amendment, and
ii. A supplemental notice must be provided to all Eligible Employees
no later than thirty (30) days prior to the last day of the Plan
Year stating that a three percent (3%) safe harbor nonelective
contribution will be made for the Plan Year.
C. Election Periods - In addition to any other election periods provided
under the Plan, each Eligible Employee may make or modify a deferral election
during the 30-day period immediately following receipt of the notice described
in Section 4.4A.2-B. hereof.
4.4B Actual Contribution Percentage Test Safe Harbor - In addition to the ADP
Test Safe Harbor Contributions described in Section 4.4A of this Article, if the
Company has elected the Actual Contribution Percentage Safe Harbor option in
Item IV-B(B) of the Adoption Agreement, the Company will make the ACP Test Safe
Harbor Matching Contributions, if any, indicated in Item IV-B(B) of the Adoption
Agreement for the Plan Year.
4.4B.1 Definitions - For purposes of applying the ACP Test Safe Harbor of this
Section 4.4B, the following words and phrases shall have the following meaning:
A. "ACP Test Safe Harbor" is the method described in Section 4.4B.2
of this Article for satisfying the Actual Contribution Percentage
Test of Code Section 401(m)(2).
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B. "ACP Test Safe Harbor Matching Contributions" are Matching
Contributions described in this Section 4.4B.
4.4B.2 Vesting - ACP Test Safe Harbor Matching Contributions will be vested as
indicated in Item IV-B(B)(iv) of the Adoption Agreement, but, in any event, such
contributions shall be fully vested at Normal Retirement Age, upon the complete
or partial termination of the Plan, or upon the complete discontinuance of
Company contributions. Forfeitures of nonvested ACP Test Safe Harbor Matching
Contributions will be used as indicated in Item VII(C) of the Adoption
Agreement.
4.5 401(k) SIMPLE Provisions.
4.5.1 General - If the Company has elected in Item IV-C(A) of the Adoption
Agreement to have the 401(k) SIMPLE Provisions apply, then the provisions of
this Section shall apply for a Year only if (i) the Company is an Eligible
Employer and (ii) no contributions are made, or benefits accrued for services
during the Year, on behalf of any Eligible Employee under any other plan,
contract, pension or trust described in ss.219(g)(5)(A) or (B), maintained by
the Company. To the extent that any other provision of the Plan is inconsistent
with the provisions of this Section, the provisions of this Section govern.
4.5.2 Definitions - For purposes of applying this Section 4.5, the following
words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
A. "Compensation" means, for purposes of Sections 4.5.2-B, 4.5.3-A
and 4.5.3-B of this Section, the sum of the wages, tips, and
other compensation from the Company subject to federal income tax
withholding (as described in Code Section 6051(a)(3)) and the
Employee's salary reduction contributions made under this or any
other Section 401(k) plan, and, if applicable, elective deferrals
under a Section 408(p) SIMPLE ▇▇▇ Plan, a SARSEP, or a Section
403(b) annuity contract and compensation deferred under a Section
457 plan, required to be reported by the Employer on Form W-2 (as
described in Code Section 6051(a)(8)). For self-employed
individuals, compensation means net earnings from self-employment
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determined under Code Section 1402(a) prior to subtracting any
contributions made under this Plan on behalf of the individual.
The provisions of the Plan implementing the limit on compensation
under Code Section 401(a)(17) apply to the compensation under
this Section.
B. An "Eligible Employer" means, with respect to any Year, an
employer that had no more than 100 employees who received at
least $5,000 of compensation from the employer for the preceding
Year. In applying the preceding sentence, all employees of
controlled groups of corporations under Code Section 414(b), all
employees of trades or businesses (whether incorporated or not)
under common control under Code Section 414(c), all employees of
affiliated service groups under Code Section 414(m), and leased
employees required to be treated as the Company's Employees under
Code Section 414(n), are taken into account.
An Eligible Employer that elects to have the 401(k) SIMPLE
Provisions apply to the Plan and that fails to be an Eligible
Employer for any subsequent Year, is treated as an Eligible
Employer for the 2 Years following the last Year the Company was
an Eligible Employer. If the failure is due to any acquisition,
disposition, or similar transaction involving an Eligible
Employer, the preceding sentence applies only if the provisions
of Code Section 410(b)(6)(C)(i) are satisfied.
C. "Eligible Employee" means, for purposes of the 401(k) SIMPLE
provisions, any Employee who is entitled to make Elective
Contributions under the terms of the Plan.
D. "Year" means the calendar year.
4.5.3 Contributions.
A. Salary Reduction Contributions - Each Eligible Employee may make a
salary reduction election to have his or her Compensation reduced for the Year
in any amount selected by the Employee subject to the applicable limitation
described herein. The Company will make a salary reduction contribution to the
Plan, as an Elective Contribution, in the amount by which the Employee's
Compensation has been reduced. The total salary reduction contribution for the
Year cannot exceed $6,000 for any Employee. To the extent permitted by
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law, this amount will be adjusted to reflect any annual cost-of-living increases
announced by the IRS.
B. Other Contributions - As elected by the Company in Item IV-C(B) of the
Adoption Agreement, each year the Company will make one of the following
contributions:
i. Each Year, the Company will contribute a Matching Contribution to
the Plan on behalf of each Employee who makes a salary reduction
election under Section 4.5.3. The amount of the Matching
Contribution will be equal to the Employee's salary reduction
contribution up to a limit of three percent (3%) of the
Employee's Compensation for the full Year; or
ii. For any Year, instead of a Matching Contribution, the Company may
elect to contribute a nonelective contribution of two percent
(2%) of Compensation for the full Year for each Eligible Employee
who received at least $5,000 of Compensation (or such lesser
amount as elected by the Company in Item IV-C(B) of the Adoption
Agreement) for the Year.
C. Limitation on Other Contributions - No Company or Employee contributions
may be made to this Plan for the Year other than salary reduction contributions
described in Section 4.5.3-A, matching or nonelective contributions described in
Section 4.5.3-B and rollover contributions described in Treasury Regulation
Section 1.402(c)-2, Q&A-1(a).
D. The provisions of the Plan implementing the limitations of Code Section
415 apply to contributions made pursuant to Sections 4.5.3-A and 4.5.3-B.
4.5.4 Election and Notice Requirements.
A. Election Period - In addition to any other election periods provided
under the Plan, each Eligible Employee may make or modify a salary reduction
election during the 60-day period immediately preceding each January 1. For the
Year an Employee becomes eligible to make salary reduction contributions under
the 401(k) SIMPLE Provisions, the 60-day election period requirement is deemed
satisfied if the Employee may make or modify a salary reduction
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election during a 60-day period that includes either the date the employee
becomes eligible or the day before. Each Employee may terminate a salary
reduction election at any time during the Year.
B. Notice Requirements - The Company will notify each Eligible Employee
prior to the 60-day election period described in Section 4.5.4-A that he or she
can make a salary reduction election or modify a prior election during that
period. The notification will indicate whether the Company will provide a three
percent (3%) Matching Contribution described in Section 4.5.3-B-i or a two
percent (2%) nonelective contribution described in Section 4.5.3-B-ii.
4.5.5 Vesting Requirements - All benefits attributable to contributions
described in Section 4.5.3-A and 4.5.3-B are nonforfeitable at all times, and
all previous contributions made under the Plan are nonforfeitable as of the
beginning of the Year the 401(k) SIMPLE Provisions apply.
4.5.6 Top-Heavy Rules - The Plan is not treated as a top-heavy plan under Code
Section 416 for any Year for which this Section applies.
4.5.7 Nondiscrimination Tests - The ADP and ACP tests described in Sections
4.2-C and 4.3-B of the Plan are treated as satisfied for any Year for which this
Section applies.
4.6 Payment of Contributions - Any contribution made by the Company hereunder
shall be paid to the Trustee as soon as possible during, at, or after the end of
the Fiscal Year, subject to the following limitations:
A. Elective Contributions for each Plan Year shall be made not later
than 12 months (or within such other period of time prescribed by
Treasury Regulations) after the Plan Year for which they are
deemed to be paid; provided, however, that Elective Contributions
shall be paid to the Trustee as soon as
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the amount can be reasonably identified and separated from the
Company's other assets and in no event shall be made later than
as soon as possible after the Participant would otherwise have
received the amount withheld from his pay on account of the
Elective Contribution.
B. Company's Matching Contributions, Qualified Matching
Contributions, Fail-Safe Contributions and/or discretionary
contributions for each Fiscal Year shall be made not later than
the last day permitted for the deduction of such contributions
for federal income tax purposes for the Fiscal Year with respect
to which the contributions are made under the provisions of the
Code then in force and effect, including any permitted extensions
thereto.
4.7 Rollover Contributions - If elected pursuant to Item V of the Adoption
Agreement, any Participant may, with the Trustee's approval, make a rollover
contribution (as defined in Code Sections 402(c), 402(e), 403(a)(4), 403(b)(8),
and 408(d)(3)) at any time. The Trustee shall establish a separate rollover
account for such Participant and shall credit such account with the fair market
value of the rollover contribution as of the date such rollover contribution is
made. Said rollover contribution by a Participant and earnings thereon will be
fully and immediately vested in the Participant. Unless otherwise elected
pursuant to Item VI of the Adoption Agreement, the Trustee shall not be
empowered to accept with respect to any Participant any direct or indirect
transfers from a defined benefit pension plan, money purchase pension plan
(including a target benefit pension plan), stock bonus plan or profit-sharing
plan.
4.8 Nondeductible Voluntary Employee Contributions - Unless elected by the
Company in Item V(B) of the Adoption Agreement, no nondeductible voluntary
employee contributions shall be permitted hereunder. With respect to
nondeductible voluntary employee contributions made for taxable years of a
Participant prior to the Effective Date of the Plan, or if otherwise permitted
by the Plan, such contributions shall continue to be held in a separate Account
hereunder. Said contributions by a Participant and earnings thereon will be
fully and immediately vested in the Participant. In the event a Participant has
proved to the Plan
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Administrator the existence of financial necessity and has obtained the express,
written approval of the Plan Administrator, such Participant shall, upon 30
days' written notice to the Trustee, be entitled to withdraw from the Trust an
amount not to exceed his nondeductible voluntary contributions plus the gains or
earnings and minus the losses or costs properly allocable thereto; provided that
for the purposes of such withdrawal the value of such nondeductible voluntary
contributions plus the gains or earnings and minus the losses or costs properly
allocable thereto shall be the value as of the Valuation Date immediately
preceding the date on which said 30 days' notice is given. No forfeitures will
occur solely as a result of a Participant's withdrawal of nondeductible
voluntary employee contributions.
4.9 Deductible Voluntary Employee Contributions - No deductible voluntary
employee contributions shall be permitted hereunder. With respect to deductible
voluntary employee contributions made for taxable years of a Participant
beginning prior to December 31, 1986, such contributions shall continue to be
held in a separate Account hereunder and shall not be invested in life insurance
contracts. Said contributions by a Participant and earnings thereon will be
fully and immediately vested in the Participant and be nonforfeitable. In
addition, no distributions of amounts attributable to a Participant's
accumulated deductible voluntary employee contributions shall be made hereunder
except for the following reasons:
A. Such Participant's attainment of 59 1/2years of age or at any
time thereafter;
B. Such Participant's death;
C. Such Participant's Disability Retirement;
D. Such Participant's Separation from Service;
E. Termination of the Plan;
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F. Such Participant's submission to the Plan Administrator of a
written request, in a form satisfactory to the Plan
Administrator, to withdraw a designated amount of such
Participant's accumulated deductible voluntary employee
contributions, provided no prior withdrawals of such nature have
been made by such Participant within such calendar year, which
request shall contain a declaration of such Participant's
intention as to the disposition of the amount sought to be
withdrawn, and provided further that such request is approved by
the Plan Administrator.
Except as otherwise hereinabove provided, amounts attributable
to a Participant's accumulated deductible voluntary employee contributions shall
be distributed to such Participant by the Trustee only in accordance with the
provisions of Article 10 hereof.
4.10 Contribution Limit on Owner-Employees - Contributions on behalf of any
Owner-Employee may be made only with respect to the Earned Income of such
Owner-Employee which is derived from the trade or business with respect to which
the Plan is established.
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ARTICLE 5
PLAN ADMINISTRATION
5.1 Designation of Plan Administrator - The Company shall designate a Plan
Administrator who shall administer the Plan and shall have such powers and
duties as shall be necessary to accomplish the purposes thereof.
5.2 Powers and Duties of Plan Administrator - The powers and duties of the Plan
Administrator shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
A. The Plan Administrator shall be empowered to construe the terms
of this Plan, and may make rules and regulations and prescribe
procedures for the administration and interpretation of this
Plan, provided that the same are not inconsistent with the terms
and provisions hereof.
B. The Plan Administrator shall have authority to determine any and
all questions which may arise as to the eligibility or rights of
any person hereunder, and any finding made in good faith shall be
final and binding on all persons and parties whomsoever, except
as may be otherwise provided by this Article 5.
C. The Plan Administrator shall notify each Employee of his
eligibility to participate in the Plan.
D. The Plan Administrator may determine and advise the Trustee, in
writing, how all or any portion of the Trust Estate shall be
invested and reinvested, and, to the extent the Plan
Administrator exercises such investment authority it shall have
the rights and be subject to the duties relative to investments
to which the Trustee is subject in accordance with Article 11
hereof.
E. The Plan Administrator shall keep records containing all relevant
data pertaining to the operation and administration of the Plan,
and the Plan Administrator, annually, at or prior to the time of
payment of Company's contribution for a Fiscal Year pursuant to
Section 4.4 hereof, shall prepare and deliver to the Trustee a
list of Employees who were Participants for such Fiscal Year.
Such list shall set forth and certify the Compensation received
by each such Employee for such Fiscal Year, the Years of Service
completed by each Employee at the close of such Fiscal Year, the
share of each Participant in Company's Contributions (including
Elective and Non-Elective Contributions if Company elects to have
the 401(k) provisions
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hereof apply) in accordance with the provisions of Articles 4 and
6 hereof, amount of a Participant's rollover contributions, if
any, and such other information as may be requested by the
Trustee from the Plan Administrator.
F. The Plan Administrator shall authorize the Trustee (i) to make
any interim valuation of the Trust Estate, in accordance with
Section 6.9 hereof, (ii) to provide that benefit payments be made
from the Trust to persons entitled thereto, and (iii) as
required, to pay fees and expenses from the Trust Estate.
G. The Plan Administrator may authorize the Trustee to compromise
and adjust any and all claims in favor of or against the Trust,
whether such claims shall be in litigation or not, upon such
terms as the Plan Administrator shall consider advisable and the
Trustee shall be fully protected by reason of any action taken
pursuant to such authorization.
H. The Plan Administrator shall at the appropriate times furnish to
an Employee, Participant or Inactive Participant, as the case may
be, such of the following as may be appropriate:
i. If the Company elects to have the 401(k) provisions hereof
apply, Salary Reduction Agreement and, if applicable, notice
as to the Matching Percentage and Matching Ceiling to be
effective with respect thereto.
ii. Beneficiary Designation form.
iii. Explanation of Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity and
related election forms.
iv. Explanation of Qualified Joint & Survivor Annuity and
related election forms.
v. Summary Plan Description.
vi. Explanation of procedure for determining whether a domestic
relations order constitutes a Qualified Domestic Relations
Order.
vii. Explanation of claim denial and review procedure.
viii. Any other form or document required to be provided by the
Plan Administrator to any one of such persons hereunder,
such as the Summary Annual Report.
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I. The Plan Administrator shall file such reports, statements, notices,
schedules, and documents with the appropriate governmental agencies as
may be required by law.
J. The Plan Administrator may appoint an investment manager or managers
(each of whom shall be registered as an Investment Adviser under the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, an insurance company qualified to
perform investment services under the laws of more than one State of
the United States, or a bank, and each of whom shall acknowledge in
writing that he is a Fiduciary hereunder) to manage (including the
power to acquire and dispose of) the Trust Estate, or any portion
thereof, subject to the same powers and duties to which the Trustee is
subject; and Trustee shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of
such investment manager or managers.
K. The Plan Administrator may employ one or more persons to render advice
with regard to any responsibility of the Plan Administrator under the
Plan, including consultation with counsel (who may be counsel for
Company) selected by it. The opinion of such counsel shall be full and
complete authority and protection in respect of any action taken,
suffered or omitted by the Plan Administrator in good faith in
accordance therewith.
5.3 Limitation on Discretionary Actions - Any discretionary actions to be taken
under the terms and provisions of this Plan by the Plan Administrator shall be
uniform in their nature and application to all those similarly situated, and no
discretionary acts shall be taken which shall be discriminatory under the
provisions of the Code relating to qualified employees' retirement trusts as
such provisions now exist or may from time to time be amended. It is the
intention of the Company that the Plan and Trust shall at all times be
components of a program satisfying the provisions of Code Sections 401(a) (and
401(k), if the Company elects to have the 401(k) provisions hereof apply, and
105(c), if the Company elects to have the 105(c) accident and health plan
provisions hereof apply), or any substantially similar provisions of any later
Internal Revenue Code.
5.4 Claims Procedure - Any claim by a Participant, Inactive Participant,
Beneficiary, or the authorized representative of any of the foregoing (all of
whom are hereafter collectively
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referred to in this Section 5.4 as "Claimant") for a Plan benefit shall be in
writing and delivered to the Plan Administrator.
If the Plan Administrator denies the claim in whole or in part, it shall
furnish written notice of such decision to Claimant not later than 90 days from
the time the claim is received; provided, however, if special circumstances
warrant, the Plan Administrator may extend the time for processing the claim by
so notifying Claimant in writing within said 90 days, specifying the special
circumstances requiring the extension of time and the date by which a final
decision is expected. In no event may the extension period exceed 90 days from
the end of the initial 90-day period.
The written notice of denial of claim shall set forth the specific
reason(s) for denial; the pertinent Plan provision(s) on which the denial is
based; a description of any additional material or information necessary for
perfection of the claim and an explanation of why such material or information
is necessary; and information for instituting the review procedure.
If no notice of denial is furnished to Claimant within 90 days from the
date the claim is received by the Plan Administrator, as extended as provided
above, the claim shall be deemed denied and Claimant may proceed to the review
procedure.
Claimant shall have 60 days after receipt of the notice of denial of the
claim to make a written request to the Company's Board of Directors if Company
is a corporation or such committee or person as will have been appointed by the
Company (such Board of Directors, committee or person, hereinafter referred to
as the Review Committee) for a review of the claim. In connection with such
request, Claimant shall be entitled to review pertinent documents and
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submit written issues and comments. If no request for review is made within said
60 days, the determination of the Plan Administrator shall be final and
conclusive.
The Review Committee's written decision on review shall be made and
furnished to Claimant within 60 days after receipt of the request for review
unless special circumstances require an extension for processing the claim, in
which case Claimant shall be so notified in writing prior to the commencement of
the extension. In no event shall the Review Committee render its decision later
than 120 days after receipt of a request for review.
The written decision on review shall set forth the specific reason(s) for
the decision as well as pertinent Plan provision(s) on which the decision is
based. If a decision on review is not furnished within the prescribed time
period, the claim shall be deemed denied on review.
A Claimant shall not pursue any other legal remedies he may have with
respect to the denial of a Plan benefit unless and until Claimant has exhausted
all procedures set forth in this Section 5.4.
5.5 Matters Relating to Plan Administration - Any member of a formally
established administrative committee, appointed by the Company as the Plan
Administrator, shall not have any right to decide any matter relating solely to
himself or to any of his rights or benefits under this Plan; these decisions
shall be made by the other members of such committee or by an individual
appointed by the Company.
5.6 Resignation or Removal of Plan Administrator - The Plan Administrator, or
any member of an administrative committee acting as Plan Administrator, may
resign by giving written notice to the Company not less than fifteen (15) days
before the effective date of his resignation; provided, however, that such
notice requirement may be waived by the Company.
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The Plan Administrator, or any member of an administrative committee acting as
Plan Administrator, may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the
Company, and the Company shall fill the vacancy as soon as is reasonably
possible after the vacancy occurs. Until a new appointment is made, the Company
shall have full authority to act as the Plan Administrator.
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ARTICLE 6
PARTICIPANTS' ACCOUNTS, ALLOCATION OF
CONTRIBUTIONS AND FORFEITURES, AND VALUATION
6.1 Establishment and Maintenance of Accounts.
A. Profit-Sharing (Non-401(k)) and Money Purchase Pension Plans. The
Trustee shall maintain a separate Account for each Participant and, if
applicable, additional Accounts for non-deductible voluntary contributions,
deductible voluntary employee contributions and/or rollover contributions of a
Participant, and shall credit to such Account(s) the amounts certified under
paragraph 5.2-E. hereof, but the Trustee shall not be required to establish a
separate trust for each Participant or to allocate the assets of the Trust to
such separate Accounts. Annually thereafter, upon receipt of the annual
contribution by Company, and of any rollover contributions, the Trustee shall
open new Accounts for new Participants (including a new Account for any
additional benefits earned by a former Participant who again becomes a
Participant hereunder after experiencing 5 consecutive One-Year Breaks in
Service and forfeiting all or a portion of his prior Accrued Benefit hereunder)
and shall credit the Accounts of the Participants with the amounts certified
under paragraph 5.2-E. hereof. To the extent that the provisions of Section
11.12 hereof apply, the Trustee shall also maintain sub-accounts reflecting the
participation of such Account(s) in the various investments pursuant to the
designations filed by such Participants.
B. Profit-Sharing/401(k) Plans - The Trustee shall maintain a separate
Non-Elective Contribution Account (with sub-accounts to reflect discretionary
contributions, if any, and Matching Contributions, if any) for each Participant
and, if applicable, additional Accounts
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for Elective Contributions (including sub-accounts to reflect Qualified Matching
Contributions and Fail-Safe Contributions), non-deductible voluntary
contributions, deductible voluntary employee contributions and/or rollover
contributions of a Participant, and shall credit to such Account(s) the amounts
certified under paragraph 5.2-E. hereof, but the Trustee shall not be required
to establish a separate trust for each Participant or to allocate the assets of
the Trust to such separate Accounts. Annually thereafter, upon receipt of the
annual Elective and Non-Elective Contribution by Company, and of any rollover
contributions, the Trustee shall open new Accounts for new Participants
(including a new Account for any additional benefits earned by a former
Participant who again becomes a Participant hereunder after experiencing 5
consecutive One-Year Breaks in Service and forfeiting all or a portion of his
prior Accrued Benefit hereunder) and shall credit the Accounts of the
Participants with the amounts certified under paragraph 5.2-E. hereof. To the
extent that the provisions of Section 11.12 hereof apply, the Trustee shall also
maintain sub-accounts reflecting the participation of such Account(s) in the
various investments pursuant to the designations filed by such Participants.
6.2 Allocation of Contributions
A. Profit-Sharing/401(k) Plans.
i. Allocation of Elective Contributions - With respect to each Plan Year,
the Trustee shall credit to the Elective Contribution Account (including
sub-accounts to reflect Qualified Matching Contributions and Fail-Safe
Contributions) of each Participant those amounts contributed by Company with
respect to such Participant pursuant to Section 4.1 and Section 4.2-A. hereof
(as limited by Sections 4.2-B. and 4.2-C. hereof).
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ii. Allocation of Non-Elective Contributions - With respect to each Plan
Year, the Trustee shall credit to the Non-Elective Contribution Account
(including sub-accounts to reflect the types of Non-Elective Contributions,
being discretionary contributions, if applicable, and Matching Contributions) of
each Participant (or Inactive Participant) the following:
a. The amount of the Company's Matching Contribution made with
respect to such Participant pursuant to paragraph 4.1-E. and
Section 4.3-A. hereof, not including those amounts designated as
Qualified Matching Contributions in accordance with paragraph
4.1-E. hereof; plus
b. If a Participant is entitled to an adjustment of his Account(s)
pursuant to Section 4.1-B hereof, that portion of the Company's
contribution as is necessary for such Participant to be credited
with his rightful interest, in accordance with Section 6.5
hereof, shall be allocated to such Participant's Account.
c. If a Participant is entitled to recoup any previously forfeited
portion of his Accrued Benefit pursuant to Sections 9.4 or 12.4
hereof (unadjusted by any subsequent gains and losses), that
portion of the Company's contribution necessary for such
Participant to recoup his previously forfeited Accrued Benefit
shall be allocated to such Participant's Account.
d. As of the end of each Plan Year for which Company makes any
discretionary contribution hereunder pursuant to paragraph 4.1-A.
hereof, if Company has designated any amount of such contribution
as a "Fail-Safe Contribution" in accordance with paragraph 4.1-D.
hereof, such amount designated as a Fail-Safe Contribution shall
be allocated among the Non-Highly Compensated Employees such
that, when considered along with any distributions made to Highly
Compensated Employees pursuant to Section 4.2-C. hereof, all or a
portion of the Elective Contributions, if any, made by the Highly
Compensated Employees hereunder, as provided pursuant to Section
4.2-A. hereof, will be within the limitation on Elective
Contributions contained in Section 4.2-C. hereof.
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e. As of the end of each Plan Year for which Company makes any
discretionary contribution hereunder pursuant to paragraph 4.1-A.
hereof, and after taking into account the amount of such
contribution treated as a Fail-Safe Contribution in accordance
with paragraph 4.1-D. and paragraph 6.2-A-ii-d. hereof, if such
Participant is, or Inactive Participant is deemed to be (pursuant
to Sections 6.3 or 6.4 hereof), a Participant on the last day of
the Plan Year and has completed a Year of Service with respect to
such Plan Year (except to the extent as may be provided
hereinafter, by Sections 6.3 or 6.4 hereof, or pursuant to Items
IV(B) and IV(C) of the Adoption Agreement), an amount determined
in accordance with Item IV(D) of the Adoption Agreement.
B. Profit-Sharing (Non-401(k)) Plans - As of the end of each Plan Year for
which Company makes a contribution hereunder, the Trustee shall credit to the
Account of each Participant (or Inactive Participant) the following:
i. If a Participant is entitled to an adjustment of his Account(s)
pursuant to Section 4.1-B hereof, because that portion of the
Company's contribution as is necessary for such Participant to be
credited with his rightful interest, in accordance with Section 6.5
hereof, shall be allocated to such Participant's Account.
ii. If a Participant is entitled to recoup any previously forfeited
portion of his Accrued Benefit pursuant to Sections 9.4 or 12.4 hereof
(unadjusted by any subsequent gains and losses), that portion of the
Company's discretionary contribution necessary for such Participant to
recoup his previously forfeited Accrued Benefit shall be allocated to
such Participant's Account.
iii. As of the end of each Plan Year for which Company makes any
discretionary contribution hereunder pursuant to paragraph 4.1-A.
hereof, if such Participant is, or Inactive Participant is deemed to
be (pursuant to Sections 6.3 or 6.4 hereof or pursuant to Item IV(B)
of the Adoption Agreement), a Participant on the last day of the Plan
Year and has completed a Year of Service with respect to such Plan
Year (except to the extent as may be provided hereinafter, by Sections
6.3 or 6.4 hereof or pursuant to Items IV(B) or IV(C) of the Adoption
Agreement), an amount determined in accordance with Item IV(D) of the
Adoption Agreement.
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C. Money Purchase Pension Plans - As of the end of each Plan Year, the
Trustee shall credit its contribution to the Account of each Participant (or
Inactive Participant), as follows:
i. First, if such Participant is, or Inactive Participant is deemed to be
(pursuant to Sections 6.3 or 6.4 hereof), a Participant on the last
day of the Plan Year and has completed a Year of Service with respect
to such Plan Year (except to the extent as may be provided
hereinafter, by Sections 6.3 or 6.4 hereof or pursuant to Item IV(B)
or IV(C) of the Adoption Agreement), an amount determined in
accordance with Item IV(A) of the Adoption Agreement, provided that no
amounts shall be credited in excess of the amounts actually deemed
paid by Company for such Plan Year.
ii. Second, if a Participant is entitled to an adjustment of his
Account(s) pursuant to Section 4.1-B hereof, that amount of additional
Company contribution to be made in accordance with Section 4.1-B. as
is necessary for such Participant to be credited with his rightful
interest, in accordance with Section 6.5 hereof, shall be allocated to
such Participant's Account.
iii. Third, if a Participant is entitled to recoup any previously forfeited
portion of his Accrued Benefit pursuant to Sections 9.4 or 12.4 hereof
(unadjusted by any subsequent gains and losses), that amount of
additional Company contribution to be made in accordance with Section
4.1-C. necessary for such Participant to recoup his previously
forfeited Accrued Benefit shall be allocated to such Participant's
Account.
6.3 Circumstances Under Which Contribution Allocation Made to Inactive
Participant - Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.4 hereof, an Inactive
Participant shall not be credited with a share of the contribution made by
Company for the Plan Year in which he is or became inactive if he is not a
Participant on the last day of such Plan Year and has not completed a Year of
Service with respect to such Plan Year, unless otherwise elected in Item IV(B)
of the Adoption Agreement.
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6.4 Overriding Rule as to Benefit Accruals for Certain Participants and Inactive
Participants for Code Section 410(b) Compliance - If, with respect to any
particular Plan Year, this Plan intends to satisfy the minimum coverage
requirements imposed by Code Section 410(b)(1)(A) or 410(b)(1)(B) and the
regulations promulgated thereunder (hereinafter referred to as the "410(b)
Rules"), and this Plan should fail to satisfy such 410(b) Rules, then the 1,000
Hours of Service requirement for benefit accrual purposes contained in Section
1.34-C. hereof shall be deemed modified with respect to such Plan Year to
include for benefit accrual purposes that number of Non-Highly Compensated
Employees in the employ of Company at the end of such Plan Year and
participating hereunder, determined in descending order by reference to their
completed number of Hours of Service with respect to such Plan Year, as is
required in order for this Plan to so satisfy such 410(b) Rules with respect to
such Plan Year.
If the modification provided for in the first paragraph of this Section 6.4
is insufficient to so satisfy such 410(b) Rules, then, in addition thereto,
Section 6.3 hereof shall be deemed modified to permit a benefit accrual
hereunder by that additional number of former Non-Highly Compensated Employees
who were participating hereunder prior to their Separation from Service in such
Plan Year, determined in ascending order by reference to their completed number
of Hours of Service (in excess of 500 Hours of Service) with respect to such
Plan Year, as is required in order for this Plan to so satisfy such 410(b)
Rules.
6.5 Corrective Adjustments - If, in any Plan Year:
A. A qualification failure is detected that the Company determines
to correct pursuant to the Employee Plan Compliance Resolution
System, or any successor program, the Company will make the
appropriate correction.
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B. Any person who should not have been included as a Participant
hereunder or whose Account(s) hereunder should have been credited
with a lesser allocation of any amounts hereunder is erroneously
included or credited with amounts and discovery of such erroneous
inclusion or allocation is not made until after the allocations
with respect to such Plan Year have been made, then the Company,
at its sole discretion, shall advise the Plan Administrator
either: (i) to return to Company that portion of such allocation
as is attributable to the contribution of Company made by reason
of a mistake in fact (to the extent permitted pursuant to Section
2.3 hereof) and to treat any balance as a forfeiture with respect
to the Plan Year in which such discovery is made; (ii) to treat
such entire amount as such a forfeiture with respect to the Plan
Year in which such discovery is made; or (iii) to reallocate such
entire amount for the Plan Year at issue.
6.6 Determination of Accrued Benefits Between Valuation Dates.
A. Profit-Sharing/401(k) Plans - Between Valuation Dates, the Accrued
Benefit of each Participant (or Beneficiary of a deceased Participant) shall be
his Account(s) as adjusted at the last Valuation Date, plus any Elective
Contributions (and Matching Contributions, if applicable pursuant to Section 4.3
hereof and Item IV-A(B) of the Adoption Agreement) and any additional
contributions made by such Participant, less any distributions made to him or
his Beneficiary, since the last Valuation Date.
B. Profit-Sharing (Non-401(k)) and Money Purchase Pension Plans - Between
Valuation Dates, the Accrued Benefit of each Participant (or Beneficiary of a
deceased Participant) shall be his Account(s) as adjusted at the last Valuation
Date, plus any additional contributions made by such Participant, less any
distributions made to him or his Beneficiary, since the last Valuation Date.
6.7 Treatment and Allocation of Forfeitures - As of the end of each Plan Year,
the Trustee shall determine the total amount of forfeitures from the Accounts of
Participants in accordance with Item VII(A) of the Adoption Agreement, and those
forfeitures pursuant to
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paragraph 4.3-B. hereof and shall allocate such amounts in accordance with Item
VII(B) and VII(C) of the Adoption Agreement.
6.8 Limitation on Annual Additions - Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Article 6, the following limitations shall apply:
6.8.1 In no event shall the Annual Additions to a Participant's Account with
respect to any Limitation Year exceed the "Maximum Permissible Amount", which is
the lesser of:
A. $30,000, or
B. 25% of such Participant's Compensation. This 25% of Compensation
limitation shall not apply to any contribution for medical
benefits (within the meaning of Code Section 401(h) or
419A(f)(2)) which is otherwise treated as an Annual Addition
under Code Section 415(1)(1) or 419A(d)(2).
The Maximum Permissible Amount shall be automatically adjusted to reflect
any changes thereto subsequently permitted or prescribed by law. Prior to
determining the Participant's actual compensation for the Limitation Year, the
Employer may determine the Maximum Permissible Amount for a Participant on the
basis of a reasonable estimate of the Participant's Compensation for the
Limitation Year, uniformly determined for all Participants similarly situated.
As soon as is administratively feasible after the end of the Limitation Year,
the Maximum Permissible Amount for the Limitation Year shall be determined on
the basis of the Participant's actual Compensation for the Limitation Year. If a
short Limitation Year is created because of an amendment changing the Limitation
Year to a different 12-consecutive month period, the dollar limit with respect
to the Maximum Permissible Amount to be applied with respect to such short
Limitation Year shall not exceed $30,000 (as such dollar limit may,
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from time to time, be automatically adjusted) multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of months in the short Limitation Year and the
denominator of which is 12.
6.8.2 For purposes of applying the limitations of Code Section 415, the
following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
A. "Annual Additions" means the increase to a Participant's Account(s)
for the particular Limitation Year under consideration by reason of:
i. Contributions made by Employer (including, in the case of a
401(k) plan, Elective and Non-Elective Contributions, including
Excessive Deferrals, Excess Contributions including
recharacterized amounts and Excess Aggregate Contributions);
provided, however, that amounts credited to a Participant's
Account(s) pursuant to paragraph 6.2-A(ii)(b), 6.2-B(i) or
6.2-C(ii) hereof shall be excluded, except that such amounts so
credited pursuant to paragraph 4.1-B. hereof shall be included
with respect to the Limitation Year to which it relates;
ii. Forfeitures;
iii. Employee contributions;
iv. Amounts allocated, after March 31, 1984, to an individual medical
account, as defined in Code Section 415(l)(2) which is part of a
pension or annuity plan maintained by the Employer;
v. Allocations under a simplified employee pension;
vi. Amounts derived from contributions paid or accrued after December
31, 1985, in taxable years ending after such date, which are
attributable to post-retirement medical benefits allocated to the
separate account of a Key Employee (as defined in Code Section
4l9A(d)(3)) under a welfare benefit fund (as defined in Code
Section 419(e)) maintained by the Company; and
vii. Any Excess Amount applied, under Section 6.8.5 hereof, in the
Limitation Year to reduce Company contributions will be
considered Annual Additions for such Limitation Year.
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For purposes of subparagraph (iii) hereof, Employee contributions are
determined without regard to any contributions to a qualified
cost-of-living arrangement (as defined in Code Section 415(k)(2)); or
any transfers of funds from one qualified plan to another; or any
rollover contributions (as defined in Code Sections 402(c), 402(e),
403(a)(4), 403(b)(8) and 408(d)(3)); or any repayments of loans made
by a Participant hereunder; or any repayments of distributions in
accordance with the buy-back rules of Code Section 411(a)(7)(C); or
any repayments of withdrawn mandatory contributions pursuant to Code
Section 411(a)(3)(D); or any employee contributions to a simplified
employee pension allowed as a deduction under Code Section 219(a).
B. "Compensation" means, for purposes of this Section 6.8, wages,
salaries, and 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 Employer maintaining the Plan to the extent that the amounts
are includible in gross income (including, but not limited to,
commissions paid salesmen, compensation for services on the basis of a
percentage of profits, commissions on insurance premiums, tips,
bonuses, fringe benefits, reimbursements, and expense allowances), and
effective for Plan Years beginning after December 31, 1997, including
any elective deferrals as defined in Code Section 402(g)(3), and any
amount which is contributed or deferred by the Employer at the
election of the Employee and which is not includible in the gross
income of the Employee by reason of Code Section 125, 132(f) or 457.
Compensation for purposes of this Section 6.8 shall exclude the
following:
i. Employer contributions to a plan of deferred compensation which
are not includible in the employee's gross income for the taxable
year in which contributed (other than those described above), or
employer contributions under a simplified employee pension plan
to the extent such contributions are deductible by the employee,
or any distributions from a plan of deferred compensation;
ii. Amounts realized from the exercise of a non-qualified stock
option, or when restricted stock (or property) held by the
employee either becomes freely transferable or is no longer
subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture;
iii. Amounts realized from the sale, exchange or other disposition of
stock acquired under a qualified stock option; and
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iv. Other amounts which received special tax benefits, or
contributions made by the Employer (whether or not under a salary
reduction agreement) towards the purchase of an annuity described
in Code Section 403(b) (whether or not the amounts are actually
excludible from the gross income of the employee).
For any self-employed individual compensation will mean earned income.
For Limitation Years beginning after December 31, 1991, for purposes
of applying the limitations of this article, compensation for a
Limitation Year is the compensation actually paid or includible in
gross income during such Limitation Year. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, compensation for a Participant in a defined
contribution plan who is permanently and totally disabled (as defined
in Code Section 22(e)(3)) is the compensation such Participant would
have received for the Limitation Year if the Participant had been paid
at the rate of compensation paid immediately before becoming
permanently and totally disabled; for Limitation Years beginning
before January 1, 1997, such imputed compensation for the disabled
Participant may be taken into account only if the Participant is not a
Highly Compensated Employee and contributions made on behalf of such
Participant are nonforfeitable when made.
C. "Defined benefit fraction" means a fraction, the numerator of which is
the sum of the Participant's projected annual benefits under all the
defined benefit plans (whether or not terminated) maintained by the
employer, and the denominator of which is the lesser of 125 percent of
the dollar limitation determined for the Limitation Year under Code
Sections 415(b) and (d) or 140 percent of the highest average
compensation, including any adjustments under Code Section 415(b). For
this purpose, highest average compensation means the average
compensation for the three consecutive calendar years of service with
the Employer that produces the highest average.
Notwithstanding the above, if the Participant was a participant as of
the first day of the first Limitation Year beginning after December
31, 1986, in one or more defined benefit plans maintained by the
employer which were in existence on May 6, 1986, the denominator of
this fraction will not be less than 125 percent of the sum of the
annual benefits under such plans which the Participant had accrued as
of the close of the last Limitation Year beginning before January 1,
1987, disregarding any changes in the terms and conditions of the plan
after May 5, 1986. The preceding sentence applies only if the defined
benefit plans individually and in the
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aggregate satisfied the requirements of Code Section 415 for all
Limitation Years beginning before January 1, 1987.
D. "Defined contribution fraction" means a fraction, the numerator of
which is the sum of the Annual Addition as to the Participant's
account under all the defined contribution plans (whether or not
terminated) maintained by the Employer for the current and all prior
Limitation Years (including the Annual Additions attributable to the
Participant's nondeductible employee contributions to all defined
benefit plans, whether or not terminated, maintained by the Employer,
and the Annual Additions attributable to all welfare benefit funds, as
defined in Code Section 419(e), individual medical benefit accounts,
as defined in Code Section 415(1)(2), and simplified employee
pensions, as defined in Code Section 408(k), maintained by the
Employer), and the denominator of which is the sum of the maximum
aggregate amounts for the current and all prior Limitation Years of
service with the Employer (regardless of whether a defined
contribution plan was maintained by the Employer). The maximum
aggregate amount in any Limitation Year is the lesser of 125 percent
of the dollar limitation determined under Code Sections 415(b) and (d)
or 35 percent of the Participant's compensation for such year.
If the Employee was a participant as of the end of the first day of
the first Limitation Year beginning after December 31, 1986, in one or
more defined contribution plans maintained by the Employer which were
in existence on May 6, 1986, the numerator of this fraction will be
adjusted if the sum of this fraction and the defined benefit fraction
would otherwise exceed 1.0 under the terms of this Plan. Under the
adjustment, an amount equal to the product of (1) the excess of the
sum of the fractions over 1.0 times (2) the denominator of this
fraction, will be permanently subtracted from the numerator of this
fraction. The adjustment is calculated using the fractions as they
would be computed as of the end of the last Limitation Year beginning
before January 1, 1987, and disregarding any changes in the terms and
conditions of the Plan made after May 5, 1986, but using the Section
415 limitation applicable to the first Limitation Year beginning on or
after January 1, 1987.
The Annual Addition for any Limitation Year beginning before January
1, 1987, shall not be recomputed to treat all employee contributions
as annual additions.
E. "Employer" means the Company and all members of a controlled group of
corporations (as defined in Code Section 414(b), as modified by Code
Section 415(h)); all commonly controlled trades or businesses whether
or not incorporated (as defined in Code Section 414(c), as modified by
Code
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Section 415(h)); all affiliated service groups (as defined in Code
Section 414(m)) of which Company is a part; or any other entity
required to be aggregated with Company pursuant to Code Section 414(o)
and the regulations thereunder.
F. "Limitation Year" means the calendar year, or the 12 consecutive month
period elected by the Company in Item I(F) of the Adoption Agreement.
To the extent required by law, all qualified plans maintained by the
Employer must use the same Limitation Year. If the Limitation Year is
amended to a different 12 consecutive month period, the new Limitation
Year must begin on a date within the Limitation Year in which the
amendment is made.
G. "Excess Amount" means the excess of the Participant's Annual Additions
for the Limitation Year over the Maximum Permissible Amount.
H. "Projected Annual Benefit" means the annual retirement benefit
(adjusted to an actuarially equivalent straight life annuity (such
straight life annuity being an annuity payable in equal installments
for the life of the Participant that terminates upon the Participant's
death) if such benefit is expressed in a form other than a straight
life annuity or qualified joint and survivor annuity) to which the
Participant would be entitled under the terms of the plan assuming:
i. The Participant will continue employment until Normal Retirement
Age under the Plan (or current age, if later), and
ii. The Participant's Compensation for the current Limitation Year
and all other relevant factors used to determine benefits under
the Plan will remain constant for all future Limitation Years.
6.8.3 If the Participant does not participate in, and has never participated in,
another qualified plan, a welfare benefit fund, as defined in Code Section
419(e), an individual medical account, as defined in Code Section 415(1)(2), or
a simplified employee pension, as defined in Code Section 408(k), maintained by
the Employer, which provides an Annual Addition, the amount of Annual Additions
which may be credited to the Participant's Account for any Limitation Year shall
not exceed the lesser of the Maximum Permissible Amount or any other limitation
contained in the Plan. If the Company contribution that would otherwise be
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contributed or allocated to the Participant's Account would cause the Annual
Additions for the Limitation Year to exceed the Maximum Permissible Amount, the
amount contributed or allocated will be reduced so that the Annual Additions for
the Limitation Year will equal the Maximum Permissible Amount.
6.8.4 If the Participant is covered under another qualified master or prototype
defined contribution plan, a welfare benefit fund, as defined in Code Section
419(e), an individual medical account, as defined in Code Section 415(1)(2), or
a simplified employee pension, as defined in Code Section 408(k), maintained by
the Employer during the Limitation Year, which provides an Annual Addition, the
Annual Additions which may be credited to a Participant's Accounts under such
aggregated plans for any Limitation Year shall not exceed the Maximum
Permissible Amount. If a Participant's Annual Additions under this Plan and such
other plans would result in an Excess Amount for a Limitation Year, the Annual
Additions attributable to a simplified employee pension, welfare benefit fund,
or individual medical account will be deemed to have been allocated first (in
the order such plans are so listed) and the Annual Additions attributable to a
plan subject to Code Section 412 shall be deemed to have been next allocated,
regardless of the actual allocation dates. Thereafter, the Excess Amount shall
be deemed to consist of the Annual Additions last allocated; provided, however,
that if an Excess Amount is allocable to a Participant on an allocation date of
the Plan which coincides with an allocation date of another plan, the Excess
Amount attributed to this Plan will be the product of paragraph A. multiplied by
paragraph B., as follows:
A. The total Excess Amount allocated as of such date;
B. The ratio of:
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i. The Annual Additions allocable to the Participant for the
Limitation Year as of such date under this Plan to
ii. The total Annual Additions allocable to the Participant for the
Limitation Year as of such date under this Plan and all the other
such plans.
If the Participant is covered under another qualified defined contribution plan
maintained by the Employer which is not a master or prototype plan, Annual
Additions which may be credited to the Participant's Account under this Plan for
any Limitation Year will be limited in accordance with this Section 6.8.4 as
though the other plan were a master or prototype plan unless the Employer
provides other limitation in Item XII(A) of the Adoption Agreement.
6.8.5 If there is an Excess Amount under subsection 6.8.3 or subsection 6.8.4,
or as a result of the allocation of forfeitures, such Excess Amount shall be
disposed of as follows:
A. Any nondeductible voluntary employee contributions will be returned to
the Participant, along with any earnings attributable thereto;
B. If after the application of paragraph A. an Excess Amount still
exists, then unless otherwise indicated in Item XII(A)(ii) of the
Adoption Agreement, any Elective Contributions (plus attributable
earnings), to the extent they would reduce the Excess Amount, will be
distributed to the Participant;
C. If after the application of paragraph B. an Excess Amount still
exists, then so much of the forfeitures and/or Company contribution as
created such Excess Amount shall not be allocated to the Participant's
Account, but, instead, forfeitures (and any earnings thereon) shall be
reallocated first and then, if necessary, Company contributions (and
any earnings thereon) shall be reallocated to the Accounts of other
Participants, who are entitled to share in such forfeitures and
contributions, respectively, in the same manner as prescribed by
paragraphs 6.2-A.(ii)(e), 6-2-B.(iii) or 6.2-C.(i) and Section 6.7
hereof, except that such Participant shall not be deemed to be a
Participant for purposes of such reallocation.
D. If after the application of paragraph C. an Excess Amount still
exists, the Excess Amount remaining shall be held unallocated in a
suspense account and shall be applied to reduce future Company
contributions (including
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allocation of any forfeitures) with respect to all remaining
Participants in the next Limitation Year, and each succeeding
Limitation Year, if necessary; provided, however, that any suspense
account so created shall not participate in the allocation of any
Trust earnings or gains and losses or costs. 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
Participant's Accounts before any Employer or Employee contributions
may be made to the Plan for that Limitation Year. Excess amounts may
not be distributed to Participants or former Participants.
E. In the event of the termination of the Plan, any funds remaining in
the suspense account which may not then be allocated to any
Participant's Account shall revert to the Company.
Such Excess Amount will be considered an Annual Addition in the Limitation Year
in which such Excess Amount is applied to reduce Company contributions.
6.8.6 If the Employer maintains, or at any time maintained, a qualified defined
benefit plan covering any Participant in this Plan, the sum of the Participant's
Defined Benefit Plan Fraction and Defined Contribution Plan Fraction shall not
exceed 1.0 in any Limitation Year, and, to the extent necessary, the
Participant's Annual Additions otherwise allocable hereunder shall be limited or
eliminated, as the case may be, to reduce the Defined Contribution Plan Fraction
such that when added to the Defined Benefit Plan Fraction their sum does not
exceed 1.0 with respect to the Limitation Year. Unless otherwise indicated in
Item XII(B) of the Adoption Agreement, this Section 6.8.6 shall not apply for
Limitation Years beginning on or after January 1, 2000.
6.8.7 The limitations contained herein are intended to comply with the
provisions of Code Section 415 pertaining to plans of this type.
6.9 Valuation of Trust and Adjustment of Accounts - The Trustee, as of the end
of each Plan Year but prior to the allocation of Company contributions and
forfeitures, and at such
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other times as elected in Item II(J) of the Adoption Agreement, shall revalue
the Trust, including all net income received during the Plan Year or since the
latest effective Valuation Date prior thereto. With respect to those Accounts
for which Participants do not direct investments, to reflect the value thus
determined, the Trustee shall adjust such Account(s) of each Participant and
Inactive Participant in the same proportion that the balance of each such
Account bears to the total of all such Account balances as of such latest prior
effective Valuation Date; provided, however, in the event the Company has
elected in Item XI(D) of the Adoption Agreement to permit the Trustee to make
loans to Participants, in accordance with Section 11.9 and Article 19 hereof, if
any Participant or Inactive Participant has a loan from the Plan outstanding
during such Plan Year that portion of such Participant's or Inactive
Participant's Accrued Benefit equivalent to the principal balance of such loan,
as from time to time outstanding, shall be treated in the manner indicated in
Item XI(D) of the Adoption Agreement. With respect to those Accounts for which
Participants do direct investments, each such Account shall be adjusted as of
each Valuation Date to reflect the earnings, gains, losses and/or costs, as well
as any appreciation or depreciation in market value, properly allocable thereto.
All assets of the Trust shall be valued at their fair market value on the
Valuation Date.
6.10 Statement to Participants and Inactive Participants - The Trustee or Plan
Administrator may furnish to each Participant and Inactive Participant a
statement showing the Accrued Benefit in his Account(s) at the close of each
Plan Year or at any time the Plan Administrator deems appropriate, as adjusted
in accordance with the provisions of this Article 6. In addition, as to each
Participant, such statement may also indicate his nonforfeitable percentage as
of the close of such Plan Year under consideration as determined pursuant to
Article 9 hereof
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and the Annual Addition to his Account and its components. Upon the request of a
Participant, the Plan Administrator shall also furnish such Participant with
such of the following information as may be requested: the Compensation upon
which the allocation was made to his Account and the Years of Service upon which
his vested interest was determined. A Participant, Inactive Participant and
Beneficiary shall have the right to request the Plan Administrator to provide a
statement reflecting his Accrued Benefit and vested rights not more frequently
than once per Plan Year.
6.11 Timing of Reports and Statements - All reports and statements required to
be furnished by Company, the Plan Administrator or the Trustee hereunder shall
be furnished as soon as administratively practicable.
6.12 Timing of Acquisition by Participants of Rights in and to Contributions,
Forfeitures and Trust Income - No Participant shall acquire any vested interest
in any income, forfeitures, contributions of Company, or other increment prior
to the allocation thereof and then only to the extent provided for hereunder.
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ARTICLE 7
DISTRIBUTIONS ON RETIREMENT
AND DISABILITY
7.1 Retirement - Upon reaching his Normal Retirement Date, a Participant may
retire. In the event such Participant remains in the employ of Company after
having reached his Normal Retirement Date, such Participant shall continue to be
a Participant for all the purposes hereof through the Plan Year of actual
retirement.
In addition, if the Company so elects pursuant to Item II(G) of the
Adoption Agreement, a Participant who has satisfied the Early Retirement
requirements may retire from the employ of Company as of the first day of any
month following attainment of Early Retirement Age and cease to be a Participant
before his Normal Retirement Date.
Upon the Participant's attainment of his Normal Retirement Age or Early
Retirement Age, if applicable, such Participant shall have a fully vested
interest in, and a nonforfeitable right to, his entire Accrued Benefit. Such
vested amount shall be distributed to such Participant by the Trustee only in
accordance with the provisions of Article 10 hereof.
7.2 Disability Benefits - In the event of the Disability Retirement of a
Participant, such Participant shall be entitled to the entire Accrued Benefit in
his Account(s), unless otherwise indicated in Item VIII(C) of the Adoption
Agreement. If the Company elects to define Disability to include the permanent
loss or loss of use of a member or function of his body, as indicated in Item
II(D) of the Adoption Agreement, such Participant shall become vested in and
entitled to such percentage of his Accrued Benefit (other than amounts
attributable to Elective
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Contributions, Qualified Matching Contributions and Fail-Safe Contributions, if
applicable) as determined by the following schedule:
Disability Amount
For Loss or Loss of Use Of of Accrued Benefit
-------------------------- ------------------
One Hand 25%
One Foot 25%
Sight in One Eye 25%
Hearing in One Ear 25%
One Hand and One Foot 35%
One Hand and Sight in One Eye 35%
One Foot and Sight in One Eye 35%
One Hand and Hearing in One Ear 35%
One Foot and Hearing in One Ear 35%
Sight in One Eye and Hearing in One Ear 35%
Both Hands 45%
Both Feet 45%
Sight in Both Eyes 45%
Hearing in Both Ears 45%
In the event that a Participant should suffer an injury of a similar nature to
those scheduled or other condition caused by injury or illness that results in a
substantially comparable degree of severe permanent impairment and which has a
significant adverse impact on the Participant's quality of life (such as the
loss of four fingers of one hand, impaired breathing due to lung cancer,
permanent paralysis from ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Disease, etc.), then the Participant shall
become vested in and entitled to that percentage of such of his Accrued Benefit
as equates to the benefit for a scheduled loss to which such impairment is
substantially comparable or, if none is comparable, to 45% of such Accrued
Benefit. In no event shall a disabled Participant be entitled to more than his
entire Accrued Benefit. The amount to be distributed to a Participant by the
Trustee as a Disability Retirement benefit shall be made in accordance with the
provisions of Article 10 hereof. The amount to be distributed to a Participant
by the Trustee due to the
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permanent loss or loss of use of a member or function of the Participant's body
shall be made as soon as administratively practicable and without regard to
whether the Participant experiences a Separation from Service. Nothing contained
in this Section 7.2 shall be construed as reducing the vesting percentage
otherwise applicable pursuant to Section 9.1 hereof and Item VIII(A) of the
Adoption Agreement with respect to a Participant qualifying for a distribution
under this Section 7.2.
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ARTICLE 8
DISTRIBUTION ON DEATH
8.1 Death Benefit - Upon the death of a Participant prior to satisfying the
requirements for retirement contained in Article 7 hereof, all amounts credited
to such Participant's Account(s) shall become fully vested and be
nonforfeitable, unless otherwise indicated in Item VIII(B) of the Adoption
Agreement.
8.2 Distribution on Death.
A. Profit-Sharing Plans and 401(k) Plans - Upon the death of a Participant
or Inactive Participant, any undistributed portion of his nonforfeitable Accrued
Benefit (reduced by that portion of any security interest, held by the Trustee
with respect to any loan(s) outstanding (if applicable) to such Participant,
necessary to satisfy such indebtedness) shall be payable in full to his
surviving spouse, or, if there is no surviving spouse or the surviving spouse
provides a valid consent, to a designated Beneficiary which distribution shall
be in accordance with the provisions of Sections 10.1 and 10.2 hereof. For
purposes of the preceding sentence, a spousal consent will be deemed valid only
if it is in writing, acknowledges the effect thereof, and is witnessed by the
Plan Administrator (or his representative) or a notary public.
B. Money Purchase Pension Plans - Upon the death of a Participant or
Inactive Participant, any undistributed portion of his nonforfeitable Accrued
Benefit (reduced by that portion of any security interest held by the Trustee
with respect to any loan(s) outstanding (if applicable) to such Participant,
necessary to satisfy such indebtedness) shall be payable in accordance with
Sections 10.2 and 10.3 hereof.
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8.3 Beneficiary Designation - Any Participant or Inactive Participant may from
time to time designate in a writing delivered to the Plan Administrator, upon a
form or forms provided by the Plan Administrator for such purpose, the
Beneficiary or contingent Beneficiary who is to receive his interest in his
Account(s) on the event of his death. With respect to a Profit-Sharing Plan
and/or a 401(k) Plan, a designation of Beneficiary made by a Participant or
Inactive Participant who is married shall not be valid after December 31, 1984,
unless his spouse makes a valid consent thereto in the manner described in
Section 8.2 hereof, which consent may expressly and irrevocably permit
designations by the Participant or Inactive Participant without any requirement
of further consent of such spouse; provided, however, that such Beneficiary
designation does not require spousal consent if he has designated his spouse as
his sole primary Beneficiary. With respect to a Money Purchase Pension Plan, a
designation of Beneficiary made by a Participant or Inactive Participant who is
married shall not be valid unless his spouse makes a valid consent thereto in
the manner described in paragraph 10.3.3-a. hereof; provided, however, that such
Beneficiary designation does not require spousal consent if he has designated
his spouse as his sole primary Beneficiary. Each Beneficiary designation may be
amended, revoked or changed by the Participant or Inactive Participant at any
time by written notice delivered to the Plan Administrator while an Employee of
Company or after Separation from Service.
8.4 Lack of Beneficiary - If any part of the amount to which a Participant or
Inactive Participant is entitled at the time of his death is payable to a
Beneficiary or a contingent Beneficiary not then living, or if at the time of
the death of such Participant or Inactive Participant no valid designation of a
Beneficiary or contingent Beneficiary as to any part of such amount is then in
effect or has been made, the Plan Administrator shall direct the Trustee to pay
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from the balance in the Account(s) of such deceased Participant or Inactive
Participant that part of the amount as to which there is then no living
Beneficiary or contingent Beneficiary or as to which no valid designation is in
effect in the following order of priority to:
A. The surviving spouse of such deceased Participant or Inactive
Participant;
B. The surviving children (including adopted children) of such deceased
Participant or Inactive Participant in equal shares;
C. The surviving parents of such deceased Participant or Inactive
Participant in equal shares;
D. The surviving grandchildren (including adopted grandchildren) of such
deceased Participant or Inactive Participant in equal shares;
E. The surviving siblings (including adopted siblings) of such deceased
Participant or Inactive Participant in equal shares;
F. The Representative of such deceased Participant or Inactive
Participant.
Such distributions hereunder shall be made in accordance with the provisions of
Article 10 hereof.
8.5 Death of Beneficiary - If any Beneficiary shall die prior to the time when
the entire amount to which he is entitled shall have been fully distributed to
him, the Trustee shall distribute any balance remaining thereof, in accordance
with the provisions of Article 10 hereof, to the person selected to be the
recipient of such balance by the Beneficiary upon a form provided by the Plan
Administrator for that purpose, and if such person be not living on the death of
such Beneficiary or if no valid designation of such person shall have been made
by the Beneficiary, then such amount shall be paid to the Representative of the
deceased Beneficiary. Any such designation by a Beneficiary may be made,
revoked, amended or changed by him at any time by filing written notice with the
Plan Administrator.
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ARTICLE 9
DISTRIBUTION ON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
9.1 Determination of Vested Interest - Except as otherwise provided in
paragraphs 4.1-E. and 4.1-D. hereof (relating to full vesting of Qualified
Matching Contributions and Elective and Fail-Safe Contributions respectively, if
applicable), and in Section 9.5 hereof, in the event of termination of
employment of a Participant for any reason other than death, retirement or
Disability Retirement, such Participant shall have a vested interest
(nonforfeitable right) in his Accrued Benefit derived from contributions made by
Company, including Matching Contributions, if applicable, as indicated in Item
IV-A(D) (with respect to Matching Contributions), including Actual Contribution
Percentage Safe Harbor Contributions, if applicable as indicated in Item IV-B(B)
of the Adoption Agreement and Item VIII of the Adoption Agreement.
Such vested interest shall be distributed to such Participant by the
Trustee in accordance with the provisions of Article 10 hereof and Item X of the
Adoption Agreement. Subject to the applicability of Sections 9.3 and 9.4 hereof,
that amount of a Participant's Account (Non-Elective Contribution Account with
respect to a 401(k) Plan) which is not so vested shall be deemed forfeited and
shall be treated in the manner prescribed by Article 6 hereof.
In the event that in-service withdrawals are permitted in accordance with
Item X(H) of the Adoption Agreement, if a Participant or Inactive Participant
who is not fully vested in his Accrued Benefit receives a distribution from his
Account (Non-Elective Contribution
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Account with respect to a 401(k) Plan) hereunder pursuant to a withdrawal
privilege, if permitted in accordance with Section 10.11 and Item X(H) of the
Adoption Agreement, pursuant to the Disability Schedule set forth in Section 7.2
hereof and Item II(D) of the Adoption Agreement, or pursuant to the required
minimum distribution rules of Code Section 401(a)(9) at a time when it is
possible for him to earn additional vesting credit with respect to his Accrued
Benefit by reason of continued employment, then, until such time as he either
becomes fully vested in his Accrued Benefit or he forfeits any further interest
in his Accrued Benefit, his nonforfeitable Accrued Benefit derived from Company
contributions shall be determined at any relevant time by application of the
following formula:
X = VP(AB + D) - D
where: X is the vested amount at the relevant time; VP is his vested percentage
at the relevant time; AB is the Account balance at the relevant time; and D is
the amount of the distribution. 9.2 Years of Service for Vesting Purposes - In
computing the period of service under the Plan for purposes of determining the
nonforfeitable percentage under Section 9.1 hereof, all of an Employee's Years
of Service with Company shall be taken into account, except those Years of
Service indicated in Item VIII(D) of the Adoption Agreement shall be
disregarded. In determining those Years of Service which are considered for
vesting purposes, all service with the Company, whether or not such service was
performed as a member of the eligible class of employees, shall be considered.
9.3 Cashing-Out Rule - Notwithstanding anything in Section 9.2 to the contrary,
for purposes of determining the Employee's Accrued Benefit under the Plan,
service performed by such Employee with respect to which he has received a
distribution shall be disregarded if such distribution was paid to him under
either of the following circumstances:
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A. The payment was due to the termination of such Employee's
participation in the Plan, constituted the present value of his entire
nonforfeitable Accrued Benefit and that portion of the payment
attributable to voluntary employee contributions, if any, and
contributions made by Company did not exceed:
i. In Plan Years beginning before August 6, 1997, $3,500; or
ii. In Plan Years beginning after August 5, 1997, $5,000, or such
larger amount with respect to which a Participant may be cashed
out under the Code as subsequently constituted.
B. The payment was due to the termination of such Employee's
participation in the Plan or due to other circumstances as provided by
Treasury Regulation and constituted the present value of his
nonforfeitable Accrued Benefit attributable to such service which he
elected to receive with appropriate spousal consent, if applicable.
A Participant who terminates employment with no vested interest in the Plan
shall be deemed cashed out as of the date of such termination of employment.
That portion of the Accrued Benefit of such Employee which was not distributed
to such Employee as nonforfeitable under this Section 9.3 shall be deemed a
forfeiture, subject to recoupment under Section 9.4 hereof, and shall be treated
in accordance with Section 6.7 hereof.
9.4 Recoupment (Buy-Back) Rule - An
Employee may avoid the application of Section 9.3 hereof if such Employee
satisfies all of the following conditions:
A. Received a distribution in any Plan Year which was less than the
present value of his Accrued Benefit.
B. Re-enters the employ of the Company (which employment is covered under
the Plan).
C. Repays the full amount of such distribution prior to the following:
i. In the case of a distribution on account of Separation from
Service, before the earlier of five (5) years after the
resumption of employment with the Company or experiencing five
(5) consecutive One-Year Breaks in Service, commencing after the
date of such distribution.
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ii. In the case of any other distribution from an Account that is not
fully vested, five (5) years after the date of distribution.
Notwithstanding the above, with respect to Plan Years beginning prior
to January 1, 1985, such repayment must have been accomplished prior
to a single One-Year Break in Service.
If such Employee has satisfied the prerequisites of this Section 9.4 above
listed, such Employee's Accrued Benefit shall be recomputed by taking into
account the service so disregarded under Section 9.3 hereof, so that the portion
of the Employee's Accrued Benefit which was forfeited at the time the
distribution of his nonforfeitable Accrued Benefit was made shall be deemed
recouped and added back (unadjusted by any subsequent gains and losses) to the
nonforfeitable Accrued Benefit which such Employee repaid in order to arrive at
the present value of such Employee's Accrued Benefit. In addition to the
foregoing, if an Employee, who was deemed to receive a distribution pursuant to
Section 9.3 hereof, resumes employment covered under this Plan before incurring
five (5) consecutive One-Year Breaks in Services, such Employee's
Company-derived Account will be restored to the amount on the date of the deemed
distribution.
9.5 Overriding Rule as to Determination of Vested Interest - Notwithstanding
anything in Sections 9.1 and 9.2 hereof to the contrary:
A. The vested percentage of a Participant in his Accrued Benefit derived
from Company contributions shall in no event be reduced below such
Participant's vested percentage earned at any point in time.
B. If at any point in time the vesting schedule is amended, the
nonforfeitable percentage of a Participant having not less than 3
Years of Service (5 Years of Service with respect to Plan Years
beginning prior to January 1, 1989) shall be computed under that
schedule which at all points in time provides such Participant with
the greatest nonforfeitable percentage in his Accrued Benefit;
provided, however, that in the event it is not possible to determine
which schedule will be most favorable with respect to a particular
Participant, such Participant having not less than 3 Years of Service
(5 Years of Service with respect to Plan Years beginning prior to
January 1, 1989) may, within a reasonable period of time after such
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amendment, elect to have his nonforfeitable percentage computed
pursuant to the vesting schedule as it existed prior to amendment. The
period during which the election may be made shall commence with the
date the amendment is adopted or deemed to be adopted and shall end on
the latest of:
i. 60 days after the amendment is adopted;
ii. 60 days after the amendment becomes effective; or
iii. 60 days after the Participant is issued written notice of the
amendment by the Company or the Plan Administrator.
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ARTICLE 10
METHOD AND MEDIUM OF PAYMENT OF BENEFITS
10.1 Method of Payment of Benefits - Generally - Except as otherwise provided in
this Article 10, the distributions provided in Articles 7 and 9 hereof to be
made to a Participant or Inactive Participant (hereinafter, for purposes of
Sections 10.1 through 10.3 hereof, referred to as "Participant") and in Article
8 hereof to be made to Beneficiaries shall be made by the Trustee at the
direction of the Plan Administrator in the manner described in Item X of the
Adoption Agreement. In the event the Plan provides for optional forms of
benefits and options relating to the timing of distributions, such that the
provisions of Section 10.3 hereof apply, the Plan Administrator shall notify the
Participant and the Participant's spouse of the right to defer any distribution
until the Participant attains (or would have attained if not deceased) the later
of Normal Retirement Age or age 62. Such notification shall include a general
description of the material features, and an explanation of the relative values
of, the optional forms of benefit available under the Plan in a manner that
would satisfy the notice requirements of Code Section 417(a)(3), and shall be
provided no less than 30 days and no more than 90 days prior to the first day of
the first period for which an amount is paid as an annuity or any other form. In
such instances, the spouse must consent to any optional form of distribution
chosen prior to the later of the Participant's Normal Retirement Age or age 62;
provided, however, that only the Participant need consent to the commencement of
a distribution in the form of a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity during the
period prior to the Participant's attainment of the later of age 62 or Normal
Retirement Age.
Notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph and the Company's
election in Item X(E) of the Adoption Agreement, with respect to any Participant
who terminates
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employment with Company and elects to receive a distribution in a form other
than a lump sum, or any Participant who remains in the employ of Company and who
is required to receive a distribution in accordance with the provisions of
Section 10.4 hereof, such distribution shall be made over a fixed term
designated by the Participant which satisfies both the minimum distribution
rules and the minimum distribution incidental benefit rules of Code Section
401(a)(9) and which does not exceed the joint and last survivor life expectancy
of the Participant and a designated beneficiary. For this purpose, life
expectancy and joint and last survivor life expectancy are computed by use of
the return multiples specified in U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.72-9. Life
expectancy will be calculated as indicated in Item X-A(B) of the Adoption
Agreement. Notwithstanding the immediately-preceding three sentences, minimum
distributions shall be made in accordance with the regulations under Code
Section 401(a)(9) that were proposed on January 17, 2001, as elected in Item
X-A(C) of the Adoption Agreement; this election shall continue in effect until
the end of the last calendar year beginning before the effective date of final
regulations under Code Section 401(a)(9) or such other date as may be specified
in guidance published by the Internal Revenue Service. Upon the earlier of the
Participant's death, Disability Retirement or actual retirement, the balance of
such Participant's Accrued Benefit shall be distributed to such Participant or
his Beneficiary in accordance with the other provisions of this Article 10 and
Item X of the Adoption Agreement. Neither the consent of the Participant nor the
consent of the Participant's spouse shall be required to the extent a
distribution is required to satisfy Code Section 401(a)(9).
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If a benefit is to be paid in the form of an annuity, the terms of any
annuity contract purchased and distributed by the Plan to a Participant or
spouse shall comply with the requirements of this Plan. Any annuity contract
distributed herefrom must be nontransferable.
10.2 Distributions on Death - If the Participant dies after distribution of his
nonforfeitable Accrued Benefit has commenced, the remaining portion thereof will
continue to be distributed at least as rapidly as under the method of
distribution being used prior to the Participant's death. If the Participant
dies before distribution of his nonforfeitable Accrued Benefit has commenced,
the Participant's entire interest will be distributed no later than December 31
of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the Participant's death
except to the extent that an election, if permitted pursuant to Item X(E) of the
Adoption Agreement, is made to receive distributions in accordance with either
of the following paragraphs:
A. If any portion of the Participant's interest is payable to a
designated Beneficiary, distributions may be made in substantially
equal installments over the life or life expectancy of the designated
Beneficiary commencing no later than 1 year after the Participant's
death.
B. If the designated Beneficiary is the Participant's surviving spouse,
the date distributions are required to begin in accordance with
paragraph A. above shall not be later than the date on which the
Participant would have attained age 70 1/2, and, if the spouse dies
before payments begin, subsequent distributions shall be made as if
the spouse had been the Participant.
For purposes of the second sentence of this Section 10.2, payments will be
calculated by use of the return multiples specified in U.S. Treasury Regulation
Section 1.72-9. Life expectancy will be calculated at the time payment first
commences without further recalculation. Further, any amount paid to a child of
the Participant will be treated as if it had been paid to the surviving spouse
if the amount becomes payable to the surviving spouse when the child reaches the
age of
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majority. Upon the Beneficiary's written request, if permitted pursuant to Item
X(A) of the Adoption Agreement, the Plan Administrator shall accelerate payment
of all, or any portion, of the Participant's unpaid Accrued Benefit.
10.3 Rules Regarding Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity and Qualified
Preretirement Survivor Annuity - The provisions of this Section 10.3 shall take
precedence over any conflicting provision in this Plan with respect to any
Participant, except that these provisions shall not apply with respect to any
Participant in a plan which is a profit-sharing plan and/or a
profit-sharing/401(k) plan which is not subject to the minimum funding standards
of Code Section 412 and with respect to whom the following conditions are
satisfied:
A. On the death of the Participant, the Participant's nonforfeitable
Accrued Benefit (reduced by that portion of any security interest,
held by the Trustee with respect to any loan(s) outstanding to such
Participant, if any, necessary to satisfy such indebtedness) will be
paid to the Participant's surviving spouse, or, if there is no
surviving spouse or the surviving spouse has already consented in a
manner conforming to a Qualified Election, to a designated
Beneficiary;
B. The Participant does not elect a payment of benefits in the form of a
life annuity and benefits will not be paid in the form of a life
annuity; and
C. With respect to the Participant, the Plan is not a direct or indirect
transferee (in a transfer after December 31, 1984) of a defined
benefit plan, money purchase pension plan (including a target benefit
plan), stock bonus plan or profit-sharing plan which is subject to the
survivor annuity requirements of Code Section 401(a)(11) and Code
Section 417. In the event the Plan is a direct or indirect transferee
of a plan as described in the immediately preceding sentence, the
provisions of this Section 10.3 shall apply with respect to all of a
Participant's Plan benefits; provided, however, that if the Plan
separately accounts for such transferred assets and any income
therefrom, then this Section 10.3 shall apply only with respect to the
transferred assets (and any income therefrom).
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For purposes of applying this Section 10.3, the Plan Administrator shall treat a
former Spouse as the Participant's Spouse or surviving spouse to the extent
provided under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order. 10.3.1 Unless an optional
form of benefit is selected pursuant to a Qualified Election within the 90-day
period ending on the date benefit payments would commence, a married
Participant's nonforfeitable Accrued Benefit will be paid in the form of a
Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity. In the case of an unmarried Participant,
unless such Participant selects an optional form of benefit payment within a
ninety (90) day period ending on the date benefit payments would commence, such
Participant's nonforfeitable Accrued Benefit shall be paid in the form of a
single life annuity, to the extent required by law. The Plan Administrator shall
provide each married Participant, no less than 30 days and no more than 90 days
prior to the first day of the first period for which an amount is paid as an
annuity or any other form (the "annuity starting date"), a written explanation
of:
A. The terms and conditions of a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity;
B. The Participant's right to make, and the effect of, an election to
waive the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity form of benefit;
C. The rights of a Participant's Spouse; and
D. The right to make, and the effect of, a revocation of a previous
election to waive the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity.
The annuity starting date for a distribution in a form other than a
Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity may be less than 30 days after receipt of
the written explanation described in the preceding paragraph provided:
(1) The Participant has been provided with information that clearly
indicates that the Participant has at least 30 days to consider
whether to waive the
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Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity and elect (with spousal consent)
to a form of distribution other than a Qualified Joint and Survivor
Annuity;
(2) The Participant is permitted to revoke any affirmative distribution
election at least until the annuity starting date or, if later, at any
time prior to the expiration of the 7-day period that begins the day
after the explanation of the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity is
provided to the Participant; and
(3) The annuity starting date is a date after the date that the written
explanation was provided to the Participant.
10.3.2 Unless an optional form of benefit has been selected within the
applicable Election Period pursuant to a Qualified Election, if a married
Participant dies before benefits have commenced, the Participant's
nonforfeitable Accrued Benefit shall be paid in the form of a Qualified
Preretirement Survivor Annuity. The Plan Administrator may not postpone
distribution of a Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity beyond a reasonable
time after the Participant's death. For purposes of this subsection, the
applicable "Election Period" is the period which begins on the first day of the
Plan Year in which the Participant attains age 35 and ends on the date of the
Participant's death; provided, however, that if the Participant incurs a
Separation from Service prior to the first day of the Plan Year in which age 35
is attained, with respect to the nonforfeitable Accrued Benefit as of the date
of Separation from Service, the election period shall begin on the date of
Separation from Service. The Plan Administrator shall provide each Participant,
within the Applicable Period with respect to such Participant, a written
explanation of the Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity in such terms and in
such manner as would be comparable to the explanation provided for meeting the
requirements of subsection 10.3.1 hereof applicable to a Qualified Joint and
Survivor Annuity. For purposes of this subsection, the term
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"Applicable Period" means, with respect to a Participant, whichever of the
following periods ends last:
A. The period beginning with the first day of the Plan Year in which the
Participant attains age 32 and ending with the close of the Plan Year
preceding the Plan Year in which the Participant attains age 35.
B. A reasonable period ending after the individual becomes a Participant.
C. A reasonable period ending after the Plan ceases to fully subsidize
the costs of the Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity.
D. A reasonable period ending after the provisions of Section 10.3 hereof
are applicable with respect to a Participant.
E. In the case of a Participant who separates before attaining age 35,
the period beginning one year before the Separation from Service and
ending one year after such separation. If such Participant thereafter
returns to employment with the Company, the Applicable Period shall be
redetermined.
For purpose of B., C. and D. hereof, "reasonable period" means the end of the
one-year period beginning with the date the applicable event occurs, and the
Applicable Period for such event begins one year prior to the occurrence of the
enumerated events. In the case of an individual who was a Participant in the
Plan on August 23, 1984, and as of that date had attained age 34, the Plan will
be deemed to have satisfied these requirements if it provided the explanation
not later than December 31, 1985.
With respect to a Participant whose nonforfeitable Accrued Benefit is paid
in the form of a Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity, any death benefit
(other than a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity or a Qualified Preretirement
Survivor Annuity) payable to any beneficiary shall be reduced by the amount
payable to the surviving spouse pursuant to this
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Section. Such reduction shall be made on the basis of the respective present
values of such death benefits and the amount so payable to the surviving spouse.
10.3.3 For purposes of applying the provisions of this Section 10.3, the
following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
A. "Qualified Election" means a waiver of a Qualified Joint and Survivor
Annuity or a Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity, which waiver
must be in writing and, for waivers made after December 31, 1984, must
be consented to by the Participant's Spouse in writing, which Spouse's
consent must acknowledge the effect of such waiver and be witnessed by
the Plan Administrator (or his representative) or a notary public and
acknowledge the effect of such election. With respect to Plan Years
beginning after October 22, 1986, a waiver must designate a
beneficiary (or a form of benefits) which may not be changed without
spousal consent (or the consent of the Spouse expressly permits
designations by the Participant without any requirement of further
consent by the Spouse). A Participant's waiver of a Qualified Joint
and Survivor Annuity and the Spouse's consent made prior to the first
Plan Year beginning after December 31, 1986, is not required to
specify the optional form of benefit. In addition, a Participant's
waiver of a Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity and the Spouse's
consent thereto are not required to specify the optional form of any
preretirement benefit. Notwithstanding this consent requirement, if
the Participant establishes to the satisfaction of the Plan
Administrator (or his representative) that such written consent may
not be obtained because there is no Spouse or the Spouse cannot be
located, a waiver will be deemed a Qualified Election. Any consent
necessary hereunder will be valid only with respect to the Spouse who
signs the consent, or in the event of a deemed Qualified Election, the
designated Spouse. A consent that permits designations by the
Participant without any requirement of further consent by such Spouse
made on or after October 22, 1986 must acknowledge that the Spouse has
the right to limit consent to a specific beneficiary, and a specific
form of benefit where applicable, and that the Spouse voluntarily
elects to relinquish either or both of such rights. Further, a
revocation of a prior waiver may be made by a Participant without the
consent of the Spouse at any time before the commencement of benefits
and the number of revocations shall not be limited.
B. "Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity" means an immediate annuity for
the life of the Participant with a survivor annuity for the life of
the Spouse which is 50 percent of the amount of the annuity which is
payable during
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the life of the Participant and which is the actuarial equivalent of a
single annuity for the life of the Participant which can be purchased
with the Participant's nonforfeitable Accrued Benefit; provided,
however, that if elected pursuant to Item X(E) of the Adoption
Agreement, a Participant may elect to receive a smaller annuity
benefit with continuation of payments to the surviving spouse at a
designated rate greater than 50% (but not greater than 100%) of the
rate payable during such Participant's life. Any security interest
held by the Plan by reason of a loan outstanding to the Participant
shall be taken into account in determining the amount of the Qualified
Joint and Survivor Annuity.
C. "Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity" means an annuity for the
life of the surviving Spouse of the Participant which is actuarially
equivalent to the nonforfeitable Accrued Benefit of such Participant
as of the date of death. Any security interest held by the Plan by
reason of a loan outstanding to the Participant shall be taken into
account in determining the amount of the Qualified Preretirement
Survivor Annuity.
D. "Spouse (or surviving spouse)" means the spouse or surviving spouse of
the Participant, provided that a former spouse will be treated as the
spouse or surviving spouse and a current spouse will not be treated as
the spouse or surviving spouse to the extent provided under a
Qualified Domestic Relations Order.
10.3.4 Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections 10.3.1 and 10.3.2 hereof,
the Plan Administrator shall direct the Trustee to pay the Participant's
nonforfeitable Accrued Benefit in a lump sum, in lieu of a Qualified Joint and
Survivor Annuity or a Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity, as the case may
be, if the Participant's nonforfeitable Accrued Benefit, excluding amounts
attributable to accumulated deductible employee contributions within the meaning
of Code Section 72(o)(5)(B), is not greater than $3,500 for Plan Years beginning
before August 6, 1997 and $5,000 for Plan Years beginning on or after August 6,
1997 (or such greater amount as may be permitted by law) ascertained in
accordance with Section 10.5 hereof.
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10.3.5 Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections 10.3.1 and 10.3.2 hereof,
the Plan Administrator need not provide the notification therein described if
the Plan fully subsidizes the costs of a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity or
Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity, as the case may be, and the Plan does
not allow the Participant to waive the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity or
the Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity, as the case may be, and does not
allow a married Participant to designate a non-Spouse beneficiary. For purposes
of the foregoing, the Plan fully subsidizes the costs of a benefit if under the
Plan the failure to waive the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity or Qualified
Preretirement Survivor Annuity, as the case may be, would not result in a
decrease in any Plan benefits with respect to the Participant and would not
result in increased contributions from such Participant, or if Treasury
regulations otherwise determine that the Plan fully subsidizes the costs of such
benefits.
10.3.6 Any increased costs resulting from providing a Qualified Joint and
Survivor Annuity or Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity under this Section
10.3 shall be taken into account by the Trustee in such equitable manner as may
be permitted by law.
10.4 Overriding Rule as to Commencement of Benefit Payments - Unless a
Participant otherwise elects, if permitted in accordance with Item X(A) of the
Adoption Agreement, to postpone receipt of benefits under the Plan until a time
permitted under applicable law which is later than the time hereinafter provided
in this Section 10.4, the payment of benefits under the Plan to a Participant
shall begin not later than the 60th day after the end of the last occurring Plan
Year of those Plan Years in which occur the following:
1. The earlier of the Normal Retirement Date or the date on which such
Participant attains the age of 65,
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2. The 10th anniversary of the year in which such Participant commenced
participation in the Plan,
3. Such Participant's termination of service with Company.
The election by a Participant to postpone the receipt of benefits under the Plan
in accordance with the first sentence of this Section 10.4, if permitted
pursuant to Item X(A) of the Adoption Agreement, may not be made if such
election will cause benefits payable under the Plan with respect to such
Participant in the event of his death to equal or exceed 50% of the present
value of the total benefits payable; furthermore, to be effective, such
election, if permitted pursuant to Item X(A) of the Adoption Agreement, must be
made by submitting to the Plan Administrator a written statement, signed by such
Participant, which describes the benefit and the date on which payment of such
benefit shall commence. However, notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in the first two sentences of this Section 10.4, in no event shall a
distribution of benefits hereunder be permitted to commence to a 5-percent owner
(as defined in Code Section 416(i)) later than April 1st following the calendar
year in which the Participant attains age 70 1/2 (distributions in subsequent
years must occur by December 31 of that distribution calendar year); provided,
however, if such Participant has attained age 70 1/2 prior to January 1, 1988
and was not a 5-percent owner (as described in Code Section 416(i)) during the
Plan Year ending with or within the calendar year when such Participant attained
age 66 1/2, or in any subsequent Plan Year, such distribution of benefits may
commence upon such Participant's Separation from Service if later; provided
further, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing limitations of this
sentence, a written election made by a Participant prior to January 1, 1984,
which has not been subsequently revoked, providing for the commencement of
benefits at a time later than otherwise permitted in accordance with this
sentence, which election satisfies the transitional rule
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requirements contained in Section 242(b)(2) of the Tax Equity and Fiscal
Responsibility Act of 1982, and rules promulgated thereunder, shall govern the
timing and manner of distribution of such Participant's benefits hereunder.
With respect to a Participant who is not a 5-percent owner, distributions
must commence as of one of the following, as elected by the Company in Item
X-A(A) of the Adoption Agreement:
A. April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the
Participant attains age 70 1/2.
B. April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the
Participant attains age 70 1/2, except that benefit distributions to
such Participant with respect to benefits accrued after the later of
the adoption or effective date of the amendment to the Plan must
commence by the later of April 1 of the calendar year following the
calendar year in which the Participant attains age 70 1/2 or retires.
C. The later of April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year
in which the Participant attains age 70 1/2or retires. In such event
as elected in Item X-A(A)(iii) of the Adoption Agreement:
i. Any Participant attaining age 70 1/2in years after 1995 may elect
by April 1 of the calendar year following the year in which the
Participant attained age 70 1/2 (or by December 31, 1997 in the
case of a Participant attaining age 70 1/2in 1996) to defer
distributions until the calendar year following the calendar year
in which the Participant retires. If no such election is made,
the Participant will begin receiving distributions by the April 1
of the calendar year following the year in which the Participant
attained age 70 1/2(or by December 31, 1997 in the case of a
participant attaining age 70 1/2in 1996).
ii. Any Participant attaining age 70 1/2 in years prior to 1997 may
elect to stop distributions and recommence by the April 1 of the
calendar year following the year in which the Participant
retires. There is either (as elected by the Company in Item
X-A(iii) of the Adoption Agreement):
(1) A new annuity starting date upon recommencement, or
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(2) No new annuity starting date upon recommencement.
iii. The preretirement age 70 1/2distribution option is only
eliminated with respect to employees who reach age 70 1/2in or
after a calendar year that begins after the later of December 31,
1998, or the adoption date of the amendment. The preretirement
age 70 1/2distribution option is an optional form of benefit
under which benefits payable in a particular distribution form
(including any modifications that may be elected after benefit
commencement) commence at a time during the period that begins on
or after January 1 of the calendar year in which an employee
attains age 70 1/2and ends April 1 of the immediately following
calendar year.
If a Participant who terminates his participation in the Plan has a
nonforfeitable Accrued Benefit of which more than $5,000 ($3,500 for Plan Years
beginning prior to August 6, 1997) (or such larger amount with respect to which
a Participant may be cashed out under the Code as subsequently constituted),
ascertained in accordance with Section 10.6 hereof is attributable to
contributions made by Company and/or the Employee, excluding amounts
attributable to accumulated deductible employee contributions within the meaning
of Code Section 72(o)(5)(B), the Plan Administrator may not distribute the
entire amount of such nonforfeitable Accrued Benefit to such Participant in a
lump sum at the time of such termination without the consent of such Participant
and, for any such distribution to which the provisions of subsection 10.3.1
hereof apply, without the written consent of such Participant's spouse
acknowledging the effect thereof and witnessed by the Plan Administrator (or his
representative) or a notary public.
10.5 Overriding Rule as to Distribution at Early Retirement Age - If the Company
elects to permit early retirement pursuant to Item II(G) of the Adoption
Agreement, a Participant having any nonforfeitable right to an Accrued Benefit,
who has a Separation from Service after having satisfied the service, but not
the age, requirement for Early Retirement Age contained in
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Item II(G) of the Adoption Agreement, shall be entitled upon satisfaction of
such age requirement to receive such vested portion of his Accrued Benefit in
accordance with Section 10.1 hereof.
10.6 Value of Accrued Benefit for Distribution Purposes - Except to the extent
that a Participant exercises investment control over his Account(s) in
accordance with Section 11.12 hereof and Item XI(C) of the Adoption Agreement,
the amount of any distribution to be paid to any Participant, Inactive
Participant or Beneficiary, as the case may be, shall be computed upon the
value, determined in accordance with the provisions of Article 6 hereof, of such
Participant's or Inactive Participant's Account(s) as of the date indicated in
Item X(G) of the Adoption Agreement.
10.7 Undistributed Accounts Subject to Trust Gains and Losses - Except to the
extent that a Participant exercises investment control over his Account(s) in
accordance with Section 11.12 hereof and Item XI(C) of the Adoption Agreement,
any undistributed share of an Inactive Participant remaining in the Trust prior
to complete distribution shall participate proportionately in the earnings or
losses of the Trust on the appropriate Valuation Dates, but shall not
participate in any further contributions to the Trust or in forfeitures, all as
provided in Article 6 hereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph of this Section 10.7, the Trustee,
upon direction of the Plan Administrator, may place such funds in a segregated
account by deposit in a federally insured interest-bearing account. Any such
segregated account shall not participate in the earnings or losses of the Trust.
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10.8 Medium of Payment of Benefits - Except as may be otherwise required by the
provisions of this Article 10 dealing with Qualified Joint and Survivor
Annuities and Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuities, any distribution to be
made to any Participant, Inactive Participant or Beneficiary, as the case may
be, by the Trustee shall be made in the form indicated in Item X(F) of the
Adoption Agreement; provided, however, in the event distributions are permitted
to be made in kind, or partly in kind, any such distribution in kind or partly
in kind shall be valued at its then fair market value and the valuation of such
distribution shall be deemed final, unless such valuation is appealed by such
Participant in accordance with Section 5.4 hereof.
10.9 Portability of Benefits - If a Participant, entitled to receive benefits
hereunder upon termination of his employment with Company, subsequently enters
the employ of another employer maintaining an employees' trust qualified under
Code Section 401(a), and exempt from tax under Code Section 501(a), the Plan
Administrator, at the Participant's direction, may direct the Trustee to
transfer the vested portion of such Participant's Accrued Benefit, in such
manner as to constitute a lump sum distribution, directly to the trustee of the
plan maintained by such Participant's new employer, provided that the trustee
under such other plan shall be authorized to accept such transfer and shall
furnish to the Trustee a letter certifying that such transferred assets shall
not be forfeitable or reduce in any way the obligation of the new employer to
make contributions under such other plan for the benefit of such Participant.
10.10 Effect of Completion of Benefit Distribution - When any distribution to
which a Participant, Inactive Participant or Beneficiary, as the case may be, is
entitled hereunder has been completed in accordance with the provisions of this
Article 10, the Company, the Plan
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Administrator and the Trustee shall be fully and finally discharged of all
duties, responsibilities and liabilities hereunder with respect to such
Participant or any person claiming through or under such Participant.
The following provision shall apply to a 401(k) plan if elected pursuant to
Item X(I) of the Adoption Agreement:
10.11 Restrictions on Withdrawal of Elective Contributions - Except as
hereinbelow provided, no distribution from a Participant's Elective Contribution
Account will be permitted prior to the earliest of the Participant's retirement,
death, Disability Retirement, other Separation from Service, or the attainment
of age 59 1/2. In addition, distribution of a Participant's Elective
Contribution Account shall be permitted on the termination of the Plan without
the establishment of a successor plan, the sale to an unrelated entity of
substantially all the assets of a trade or business of the Company or the sale
of a subsidiary of the Company if the Company continues to maintain the Plan and
the Participant continues employment with the purchaser of such assets or
subsidiary. However, if elected pursuant to Item X(I) of the Adoption Agreement,
in cases of financial hardship where the Participant has an immediate and heavy
financial need and a withdrawal of all or a portion of his Elective Contribution
Account (reduced by amounts therein attributable to Qualified Matching
Contributions and/or Fail-Safe Contributions together with any income allocable
thereto after December 31, 1988) is necessary to satisfy such financial need, a
Participant may be permitted to withdraw all or a portion of the value of his
Elective Contribution Account (reduced by amounts therein attributable to
Qualified Matching Contributions and Fail-Safe Contributions together with any
income allocable thereto after December 31, 1988) valued as of the latest prior
Valuation Date adjusted to exclude any gains,
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earnings, losses and/or costs attributable thereto after December 31, 1988. A
withdrawal will be deemed to be one due to an immediate and heavy financial need
if it is requested on account of:
A. Medical expenses described in Code Section 213(d) incurred by the
Participant, his spouse, or a dependent of the Participant as defined
in Code Section 152.
B. The purchase of a principal residence by the Participant, not
including the making of mortgage payments.
C. The payment of tuition expenses for the next twelve (12) months of
post secondary education for the Participant, his spouse, children or
dependents as defined in Code Section 152.
D. The cost of preventing the eviction of the Participant from his
principal residence or foreclosure on the mortgage on said principal
residence.
E. Such other costs or expenses as may be deemed to be immediate and
heavy financial needs in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section
1.401(k)-1(d)(2)(ii)(B).
A distribution will not be treated as necessary to satisfy an immediate and
heavy financial need to the extent that such need may be satisfied from other
resources that are reasonably available to the Participant. The Plan
Administrator shall determine based upon all the relevant facts and
circumstances whether the distribution is necessary to satisfy an immediate and
heavy financial need of a Participant. Unless the Plan Administrator has reason
to believe otherwise, he may rely on the Participant's representations that the
financial need cannot be satisfied from other resources, such as:
(1) Through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise;
(2) By reasonable liquidation of the Participant's assets to the extent
such liquidation would not itself cause an immediate and heavy
financial need;
(3) By cessation of Elective Contributions by the Participant under the
Plan; or
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(4) By any other distribution to the Participant and nontaxable loans, if
available, to the Participant from the Plan or any other qualified
plan maintained by the Company, or by borrowing from commercial
sources on reasonable commercial terms.
The Participant's other resources shall be deemed to include those assets of his
spouse and minor children that are reasonably available to the Participant and
the distribution to the Participant hereunder may not exceed the amount of the
immediate and heavy financial need.
Distributions pursuant to this Section 10.11 may not be made without the
written consent of the Participant and, for any such distribution to which the
provisions of subsection 10.3.1. hereof apply, without the written consent of
such Participant's spouse acknowledging the effect thereof and witnessed by the
Plan Administrator (or his representative) or a notary public.
In the event a Participant receives a distribution pursuant to this Section
10.11 in order to satisfy an immediate and heavy financial need, the
Participant's Elective Contribution under the Plan (and under any other Plan
maintained by Company which provides Elective Contributions) shall be suspended
for 12 months after receipt of the distribution. In addition, the Employee will
not be permitted to make Elective Contributions under any Plan maintained by
Company for the Employee's taxable year immediately following the taxable year
of the hardship distribution in excess of the applicable limit under Code
Section 402(g) for such taxable year, less the amount of such Employee's
Elective Contributions for the taxable year of the hardship distribution.
10.12 Permitted Withdrawals - If elected pursuant to Item X(H) of the Adoption
Agreement, in the event a Participant has: attained the age specified in Item
X(H) of the Adoption Agreement or, with respect to a Plan other than a money
purchase pension plan, satisfied any vesting requirement and/or proven to the
Plan Administrator the existence of
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financial necessity as specified in Item X(H) of the Adoption Agreement;
obtained the express, written approval of the Plan Administrator (or the Review
Committee, if in accordance with Section 5.4 hereof); and, if married, obtained,
within the 90 day period preceding the date of the withdrawal, and provided to
the Plan Administrator the written consent of such Participant's spouse, then
such Participant shall, upon written notice to the Trustee, be entitled to
withdraw from the Trust an amount not in excess of his vested interest in his
Account(s) (Non-Elective Contribution Account(s) with respect to a 401(k) Plan),
valued as of the Valuation Date immediately preceding the date on which said
notice is given. For purposes of this Section 10.12, "financial necessity" shall
have the meaning elected by the Company in Item X(H) of the Adoption Agreement.
10.13 Suspension of Benefit Payments - Except as may be otherwise required with
respect to the minimum distributions pursuant to Section 10.4 hereof, if the
payment of any nonforfeitable Accrued Benefits due a Participant or Inactive
Participant hereunder is being made in installments pursuant to Section 10.1
hereof and Item X(E) of the Adoption Agreement and such recipient re-enters the
employ of Company after such payments have commenced, such payment of Accrued
Benefits shall be suspended for such period as such Employee remains in the
employ of Company; however, such Accrued Benefits derived from contributions
made by Company shall not be treated as forfeitable as a result of such
suspension. For purposes of this Section 10.13, a person shall not be deemed to
have re-entered the employ of Company with respect to any calendar month unless
such person actually performs more than 40 Hours of Service during such month.
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10.14 Direct Rollover Rules - Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the
contrary that would otherwise limit a distributee's election under this Article
10, a distributee may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the
Plan Administrator, to have any portion of an eligible rollover distribution
paid directly to an eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee in a
direct rollover.
10.14.1 For purposes of applying this Section 10.14, the following words and
phrases shall have the following meanings:
A. "Eligible rollover distribution": An eligible rollover distribution is
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: 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; any distribution to the extent such distribution is required
under Code Section 401(a)(9); any hardship distribution described in
Code Section 401(k)(2)(B)(i)(IV) received after December 31, 1998; 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); and any other
distribution that is reasonably expected to total less than $200
during a year.
B. "Eligible retirement plan": An eligible retirement plan is an
individual retirement account described in Code Section 408(a), an
individual retirement annuity described in Code Section 408(b), an
annuity plan described in Code Section 403(a), or a qualified trust
described in Code Section 401(a), that accepts the distributee's
eligible rollover distribution. However, in the case of an eligible
rollover distribution to the surviving spouse, an eligible retirement
plan is an individual retirement account or individual retirement
annuity.
C. "Distributee": A distributee includes an Employee or former Employee.
In addition, the Employee's or former Employee's surviving spouse and
the Employee's or former Employee's spouse or former spouse who is the
alternate payee under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order, as defined
in
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Code Section 414(p), are distributees with regard to the interest of
the spouse or former spouse.
D. "Direct rollover": A direct rollover is a payment by the Plan to the
eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee.
10.14.2 If a distribution is one to which Code Sections 401(a)(11) and 417 do
not apply, such distribution may commence less than 30 days after the notice
required under Treasury Regulation Section 1.411(a)-11(c) is given, provided
that:
A. The Plan Administrator clearly informs the Participant that the
Participant has a right to a period of at least 30 days after
receiving the notice to consider the decision of whether or not to
elect a distribution (and, if applicable, a particular distribution
option), and
B. The Participant, after receiving the notice, affirmatively elects a
distribution.
10.15 Restrictions on In-Service Distributions - Notwithstanding any provision
of this Plan to the contrary, to the extent that any optional form of benefit
under this Plan permits a distribution prior to the Employee's retirement,
death, Disability, or Separation from Service, and prior to Plan termination,
the optional form of benefit is not available with respect to benefits
attributable to assets (including the post-transfer earnings thereon) and
liabilities that are transferred, within the meaning of Code Section 414(1), to
this Plan from a money purchase pension plan qualified under Code Section 401(a)
(other than any portion of those assets and liabilities attributable to
voluntary employee contributions).
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ARTICLE 11
ADMINISTRATIVE AND INVESTMENT POWERS
AND DUTIES OF THE TRUSTEE OR OTHER FIDUCIARIES
11.1 Function of Trustee - The Trustee shall receive any contributions paid to
it by Company, and all contributions so received, together with the income
therefrom, shall be held, managed and administered in trust pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement. The Trustee hereby accepts the Trust created hereunder
and agrees to perform the duties under this Agreement on its part to be
performed.
11.2 Fiduciary Duties and Responsibilities - Generally - In general, a Fiduciary
shall discharge his duties with respect to the Trust Estate, in accordance with
the provisions of the Plan and Trust, solely in the interest of the Participants
(and the Beneficiaries of such Participants) and 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 like character and with like aims, and shall, except for Accounts
with respect to which the Participants are directing the investment in
accordance with the provisions of Section 11.12 hereof and Item XI(C) of the
Adoption Agreement, diversify the investments of the Trust so as to minimize the
risk of large losses, unless under the circumstances it is clearly prudent not
to do so.
11.3 Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee - Specifically - The Trustee shall
be charged with and shall perform the following duties and responsibilities:
A. It shall be responsible for the safekeeping of all property, at any
time and from time to time, comprising the Trust Estate.
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B. It shall carry out all directions and instructions given it, at any
time and from time to time, by the Plan Administrator which are
required and permitted to be given by this Agreement.
C. It shall keep and maintain accounts and records as required under this
Agreement and such other accounts and records as it shall deem
necessary and proper to record its transactions with respect to, and
its administration of, this Trust. Company and/or the Plan
Administrator shall have the right to examine such accounts and
records at all reasonable times.
11.4 Investment Powers of Trustee - Generally - With respect to the Trust
Estate, subject to the provisions of Sections 11.2, 11.5, 11.6, 11.8 and 11.12,
if applicable, hereof, and to the extent not otherwise instructed by the Plan
Administrator, the Trustee is authorized and empowered:
A. To invest and reinvest all or any part of the Trust Estate, without
distinction between principal and income, in such stocks, bonds,
notes, securities, insurance or annuity contracts, mutual fund shares
or other property, of every kind and nature, as the Trustee may deem
suitable for the Trust Estate.
B. To the extent allowed by law, to hold deposits in an account in the
commercial department of a bank and to retain in cash and keep
unproductive of income such reasonable amount of the Trust Estate as
it may deem advisable for the meeting of maturing obligations. The
Trustee shall not be required to pay interest on cash balances or cash
in its hands pending investment unless the same shall have been
deposited by the Trustee to the credit of a savings account.
C. To sell, exchange, convey, transfer, or dispose of any property,
whether real or personal, at any time held by it, and any sale may be
made by private contract or at public auction, as the Trustee may deem
best, and no person dealing with the Trustee shall be bound to see to
the application of the purchase money or to inquire into the validity,
expediency or propriety of any such sale or other disposition.
D. To acquire any real estate or other property as a result of any
foreclosure, liquidation or other salvage of any investment made by
it; to hold such real estate or other property pending liquidation of
the same at such time, in such manner, and upon such terms as the
Trustee may deem advisable, and to manage and operate, repair,
improve, mortgage or lease for any term or
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terms any such real estate or other property upon such terms and
conditions as the Trustee deems proper, using other assets of the
Trust Estate for any of such purposes if deemed advisable.
E. To compromise, compound and settle any debt or obligation due to or
from it as Trustee hereunder, and to reduce the rate of interest on or
to extend or otherwise modify or to foreclose upon default or
otherwise enforce any such obligation.
F. To vote in person or by proxy any stocks, bonds or other securities
held by it; to exercise any options appurtenant to any such stocks,
bonds or other securities for the conversion thereof into other
stocks, bonds or securities, or to exercise any rights to subscribe
for additional stocks, bonds or other securities, and to make any and
all necessary payments therefor; to join in or to dissent from and to
oppose the reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation,
liquidation, sale or merger of corporations or other properties in
which it may be interested as Trustee upon such terms and conditions
as it may deem wise.
G. To make, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all deeds, leases,
assignments and instruments necessary or proper to enable it to carry
out any authorities or powers granted to it by this Section 11.4.
H. To borrow or raise monies for the purposes of the Trust from any
person or persons, and for any sum so borrowed to issue its promissory
note and to secure the repayment thereof by pledging all or any part
of the Trust Estate; and no person loaning money to the Trustee shall
be bound to see to the application of the money loaned or to inquire
into the validity, expediency or propriety of any such borrowing.
I. To cause any investments from time to time held by it to be registered
in or transferred into its name as Trustee or the name of its nominee
or nominees, or to retain them in unregistered form or in form
permitting transfer by delivery, but the books and records of the
Trustee shall at all times show that all such investments are part of
the Trust Estate. Trustee shall be liable for the wrongful acts of its
nominee with respect to any property held in the name of such nominee.
J. To invest and reinvest all or any part of the Trust Estate in units of
any common or general trust fund heretofore or hereafter created by
any bank or trust company. So long as the Trustee holds any such units
hereunder, the instrument establishing such common or general trust
fund (including all amendments thereto) shall be deemed to have been
adopted and made a part of this Trust Agreement.
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K. To invest and reinvest all or any part of the Trust Estate in a master
trust heretofore or hereafter created by the Company and/or a related
entity for the commingling of assets from more than one qualified
retirement plan established by the Company and/or other employers that
are required to be aggregated with Company under Code Sections 414(b),
(c), (m) or (o). So long as the Trustee holds any investment in such
master trust, the instrument establishing such master trust (including
all amendments thereto) shall be deemed to have been adopted and made
a part of this Trust Agreement.
L. To do all such acts, execute all such instruments, take all such
proceedings and exercise all such rights and privileges with relation
to any property constituting a part of the Trust Estate as are
necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of this Agreement.
11.5 Limitation on Powers with Respect to Prohibited Transactions -
Notwithstanding any provision of the foregoing Section 11.4 hereof to the
contrary, and except as otherwise provided pursuant to an applicable individual
or class exemption obtained in accordance with Code Section 4975(c)(2) and/or
ERISA Section 408(a), no Fiduciary shall have any power to enter into any
transaction which is a prohibited transaction under either of the following:
A. Code Section 4975(c) as limited by Code Section 4975(d), because such
Fiduciary is or would have to deal with a disqualified person, as that
term is defined by Code Section 4975(e)(2).
B. Section 406, as limited by Section 408, of subtitle B of Title I of
ERISA, because such Fiduciary is or would have to deal with a Party in
Interest, as that term is defined by Section 3(14) of subtitle A of
Title I of ERISA, or because of any other reason therein stated.
Further, no Fiduciary shall have any power to enter into any transaction or do
any act which may now or hereafter result in the disqualification of this Plan
and Trust under Code Section 401(a), or any statute of similar import.
11.6 Limitation on Powers with Respect to Purchase of Insurance Contracts -
Notwithstanding the powers granted in paragraph A. of Section 11.4 hereof, the
purchase of life
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insurance under the Plan shall only be permitted if elected pursuant to Item
XI(A) of the Adoption Agreement. Any purchase of life insurance contracts, if
permitted, with respect to a Participant shall be so limited that at all times
the aggregate of premiums paid will be:
A. In the case of ordinary life insurance, less than 50% of the aggregate
amount allocated to such Participant's Account and attributable to
contributions made by Company.
B. In the case of term or universal life insurance, less than 25% of the
aggregate amount allocated to such Participant's Account and
attributable to contributions made by Company.
C. In the case of both ordinary and term life insurance, less than 25% of
the aggregate amount allocated to such Participant's Account and
attributable to contributions made by Company; provided, however, that
only the term premium plus one-half of the ordinary premium shall be
considered in aggregating premiums.
If a Participant dies prior to the purchase of a policy of life insurance
intended to be purchased on his life the initial premium shall be deemed to be
the proceeds of such policy. In the event of any conflict between the terms of
the Plan and the terms of any insurance contracts hereunder, the Plan provisions
shall control. At or before the commencement of benefits to a Participant, any
such life insurance contract on his life shall be distributed to the Participant
or converted to cash or an annuity at the Participant's option; provided,
however, that any policy so distributed shall provide for methods of payment
consistent with Article 10 hereof. Any dividends or credits earned on insurance
contracts will be allocated to the Account derived from Company contributions of
the Participant for whose benefit the contract is held.
The Trustee, if the Plan is trusteed, or custodian, if the Plan has a
custodial account, shall apply for and will be the owner of any insurance
contract purchased under the terms of this Plan. A Participant's spouse will be
the designated beneficiary of the proceeds in all circumstances unless a
qualified election has been made in accordance with Section 8.3 of the
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Plan. Under no circumstances shall the Trust (or custodial account) retain any
part of the proceeds.
11.7 Duty of Person Dealing with Trust - No person dealing with the Trust or the
Trustee shall be required to inquire as to the authority of the Trustee to do
any act or to see to the application of funds or other property paid or
delivered to the Trustee.
11.8 Overriding Rule Respecting Investments in Employer Securities and/or
Employer Real Property - Notwithstanding the powers granted in paragraph A. of
Section 11.4 hereof and subject to the provisions of the second sentence of this
Section 11.8, a Fiduciary shall not have any power to acquire for the Trust any
qualifying employer security or qualifying employer real property (as such terms
are defined by Sections 407(d)(5) and (4), respectively, of subtitle B of Title
I of ERISA), unless otherwise elected pursuant to Item XI(B) of the Adoption
Agreement. In the event the purchase of qualifying employer securities or
qualifying employer real property is permitted pursuant to Item XI(B) of the
Adoption Agreement, then subject to the limitation set forth in Item XI(B) of
the Adoption Agreement, the acquisition or sale of qualifying employer
securities, or the acquisition, sale or lease of qualifying employer real
property, by a Fiduciary on behalf of the Trust, may be by transaction involving
a Party in Interest (as such term is defined by ERISA Section 3(14)) or a
disqualified person (as such term is defined by Code Section 4975 (e)(2)), if
both of the following conditions are satisfied:
A. If such acquisition, sale or lease is for adequate consideration (or
in the case of a marketable obligation, at a price not less favorable
to the Trust than the price determined under Section 407(e)(1) of
subtitle B of Title I of ERISA).
B. If no commission is charged with respect thereto.
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11.9 Loans to Participants - The Company shall elect in Item XI(D) of the
Adoption Agreement whether or not the Trustee may make loans to Participants in
accordance with the provisions of Article 19 hereof.
11.10 Power of Trustee to Seek Advice - The Trustee may employ one or more
persons to render advice with regard to any responsibility of Trustee under the
Plan, including consultation with counsel (who may be counsel for Company)
selected by it. The opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authority
and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by the
Trustee in good faith in accordance therewith.
11.11 Power of Trustee to Promulgate Rules and Regulations - The Trustee may
promulgate such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary or advisable for
the efficient and proper performance of its duties hereunder; provided that such
rules and regulations shall not contradict any provisions of the Trust.
11.12 Investment Direction by Participants - If elected in accordance with Item
XI(C) of the Adoption Agreement, each Participant, Inactive Participant and
Beneficiary entitled to receive a benefit hereunder shall either be permitted to
or be required to designate the portion of such of his Account(s) of the type
designated by the Plan Administrator to be invested as provided in Item XI(C) of
the Adoption Agreement. If a Participant fails to give any required investment
direction hereunder, or if such investment direction is ambiguous, the Trustee
may determine how such funds are to be invested until such time as an effective
investment direction is received from such Participant and can be effectuated.
The timing and manner of the designation to be made by Participants,
Inactive Participants and Beneficiaries pursuant to the first paragraph of this
Section 11.12, including the
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frequency of permitted changes in fund designations, shall be accomplished in
accordance with procedures established by the Plan Administrator, in
consultation with the Trustee, and applied in a uniform and nondiscriminatory
manner; provided, however, that any such designation or change in designation
shall be in writing signed by the Participant, Inactive Participant or
Beneficiary, as the case may be, and delivered to the Plan Administrator.
The Trustee shall maintain sub-accounts reflecting the amounts of such
Account(s) of a Participant, Inactive Participant or Beneficiary, as the case
may be, invested in the particular investment or investment funds and shall
value such sub-accounts in accordance with Section 6.9 hereof.
To the extent that a Participant is permitted to withdraw funds from his
Elective Contribution Account, pursuant to Section 10.11 hereof, to withdraw
funds from his Company contribution Account, pursuant to Section 10.12 hereof,
or to borrow funds from his Account(s), pursuant to Section 11.9 and Article 19
hereof, such funds shall be distributed to the Participant from such
sub-account(s) of such Participant as designated by the Plan Administrator in
consultation with the Participant. The Trustee will account for a Participant's
loans in such manner as it determines to be appropriate, and shall charge loan
costs against the Participant's Account(s) and shall credit his interest
payments to the Participant's Account(s).
11.13 Action by Multiple Trustees - If, at any time, more than one person is
serving as Trustee hereunder, then, except as any rules and regulations of the
Trustees may otherwise provide, all actions and decisions taken by the Trustees
hereunder shall be done by them unanimously. The Trustee may authorize any one
or more of the Trustees to prepare, issue and/or execute any document on behalf
of all the Trustees, in which event the Trustee shall notify
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Company and the Plan Administrator in writing of such action and the name or
names of the Trustee or Trustees so designated. The Plan Administrator, Company
and any Participant shall, and any other party may, accept and rely upon any
document so executed by such Trustee or Trustees as representing action by the
Trustee, until the Trustee shall file with Company and the Plan Administrator a
written revocation of such designation.
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ARTICLE 12
IMMUNITIES AND BONDING OF THE TRUSTEE AND OTHER FIDUCIARIES
12.1 Provisions Governing Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee - The duties
and responsibilities of the Trustee hereunder shall be determined solely by the
express provisions of the Plan and Trust and by applicable statutes and
government regulations, and no other duties or responsibilities shall be
implied.
12.2 Fiduciary Liability - A Fiduciary who breaches any of the fiduciary
responsibilities, obligations, or duties imposed under Section 12.1 hereof shall
be personally liable to make good to the Trust any losses of the Trust resulting
from such breach, and to restore to the Trust Estate any profits of such
Fiduciary which have been made through use by such Fiduciary of Trust assets,
and shall be subject to such other equitable or remedial relief as a court may
deem appropriate. However, no Fiduciary shall be liable with respect to a
fiduciary duty if such breach was committed before he became a Fiduciary or
after he ceased to be a Fiduciary. Furthermore, a Fiduciary shall be liable for
a breach of fiduciary responsibility of another Fiduciary under the
circumstances set forth in Section 405 of subtitle B of Title I of ERISA.
12.3 Service in More than One Fiduciary Capacity Permitted - Any person or group
of persons may serve in more than one fiduciary capacity with respect to the
Plan.
12.4 Trustee Under No Obligation to Locate Benefit Recipients - The Trustee
shall not be required to make any investigation to determine the identity or
mailing address of any person entitled to benefits hereunder. The Trustee may
make any payment required to be made by it hereunder by mailing its check for
the amount thereof to the person to whom such payment is to be made at such
address as shall have been last furnished to the Trustee, or if no such address
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shall have been so furnished, to such person in care of the Plan Administrator.
In the event that any dispute shall arise as to the identity or rights of
persons entitled to benefits hereunder, the Trustee may withhold payment of such
benefits until such dispute shall have been determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction or shall have been settled by written stipulation of the parties
concerned. If a recipient cannot be located within one year after he is entitled
to receive a distribution, the Trustee may, at the direction of the Plan
Administrator, treat such amount as a forfeiture in accordance with the
provisions of Section 6.7 hereof. In the event such person subsequently makes a
claim for such benefits, such benefits shall be reinstated in accordance with
Section 4.1-C. hereof.
12.5 Circumstances Under which Trustee is Obligated to Institute Legal
Proceedings- The Trustee shall not be required to institute suit or maintain any
litigation to collect the proceeds of or enforce rights under or pertaining to
the Trust Estate unless it shall first be requested to do so by the Plan
Administrator and shall have been indemnified to its satisfaction for its
counsel fees, costs, disbursements, and other expenses and liabilities to which
it may, in its judgment, be subjected by any such action on its part. The
Trustee may use the proceeds and avails of the Trust Estate to meet the expenses
and liabilities incurred by it in connection with such litigation.
12.6 Requirement of Fiduciary Bond - Every Fiduciary and every person who
handles Trust assets, except a bank or financial institution satisfying the
requirements of Section 412(a)(2) of subtitle B of Title I of ERISA, shall be
bonded against loss by acts of fraud or dishonesty. Such bond shall be not less
than ten percent (10%) of the amount of Trust assets handled annually, and shall
be in a minimum amount of $1,000, but need not, as a general rule, be more than
$500,000, or shall be for not less than such other amount as may subsequently,
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from time to time, be required by law or regulation. Such bond as is required
shall not be obtained from a surety or other company or through any agent or
broker in whose business operations the Trust or any Party in Interest has any
control or significant financial interest, direct or indirect.
12.7 Source of Funds from which Trustee Obligated to Make Payments - Except as
otherwise provided in Section 12.2 hereof, nothing contained in this Agreement
shall obligate or be construed as obligating the Trustee to make any payment or
disbursement except from the Trust Estate.
12.8 Extent of Trustee's Obligation to Verify Information - Except as may
otherwise be required by its duty of prudence, as provided for in Section 11.2
hereof, the Trustee may accept as true and correct all papers, certificates,
statements and representations of fact that are presented to the Trustee,
without the requirement of investigation, questioning and verification if the
Trustee believes them to be true and correct. Furthermore, the Trustee shall not
be required to determine the facts concerning eligibility of any Participant
under the Plan, his identity, his Years of Service for purposes of vesting, or
if he has had a One-Year Break in Service. The Trustee shall rely solely upon
the written advice and direction of the Plan Administrator as to any question of
fact.
12.9 Indemnification of Trustee and Plan Administrator - Company agrees to
indemnify and save harmless the Trustee and the Plan Administrator against any
liabilities, loss, cost or damages that the Trustee or the Plan Administrator
may incur in the exercise and performance of their duties and powers hereunder.
Company further agrees to assume the defense of any and all actions, suits or
proceedings brought or advanced by any Employee of
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Company or Beneficiary or personal representative of such Employee against the
Trustee, the Plan Administrator and/or the Trust. Company further agrees to
indemnify and protect the Trustee and the Plan Administrator from any and all
claims, demands, suits, or proceedings at law that may be brought by such
Employees or their Beneficiaries or legal representatives. Notwithstanding the
above, nothing herein shall be construed to apply to a Trustee serving herein
which is a corporate Trustee which is a bank or financial institution satisfying
the requirements of Section 412(a)(2) of subtitle B of Title I of ERISA. In
addition, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 12.9, none of
the protections set forth herein shall be available with respect to actions or
inactions of the Trustee or Plan Administrator involving willful misconduct by
such Trustee or Plan Administrator.
12.10 Communication Binding Upon Trustee Only Upon Receipt - No communication
shall be binding upon the Trustee until it is received by it.
12.11 Fiduciary Relieved of Liability to Extent Person Exercises Control Over
Own Account - If a Participant, Inactive Participant or Beneficiary exercises
control over Trust assets attributable solely to his Account or any part
thereof, no Fiduciary shall be liable for any loss, or by reason of any breach,
which results from the exercise of control by such Participant, Inactive
Participant or Beneficiary.
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ARTICLE 13
COMPENSATION OF A FIDUCIARY; EXPENSES AND TAXES
13.1 Fiduciary Compensation and Expenses- Subject to the limitation provided by
the third sentence of this Section 13.1, a Fiduciary shall be entitled to
reasonable compensation for its services hereunder, together with all reasonable
expenses incurred by such Fiduciary in the management and/or administration of
this Trust. Such compensation and expenses shall be paid from the Trust Estate
if and to the extent that Company does not pay such compensation and expenses.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the first sentence of this
Section 13.1, no person so serving as a Fiduciary hereunder who already receives
full-time pay from Company or from an employee organization, whose members are
Participants hereunder, shall receive compensation from the Trust Estate,
although such person shall be entitled to reimbursement of reasonable expenses
incurred.
13.2 Circumstances Giving Trustee Lien on Trust Estate- The Trustee shall have a
continuing lien upon all property in the Trust for the amount of all taxes for
which it may deem itself liable, as well as for its compensation and expenses
hereunder, and it may at any time remit to the proper taxing authorities from
any funds or other property in this Trust any taxes involving the Trust which it
may deem itself obligated to remit, unless indemnified to its satisfaction
against any liabilities for such taxes.
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ARTICLE 14
RESIGNATION AND SUBSTITUTION OF, AND OTHER PROVISIONS
RELATING TO, THE TRUSTEE OR OTHER FIDUCIARIES
14.1 Resignation, Removal, and Substitution - A Trustee or other Fiduciary may
resign at any time upon 30 days' notice in writing to Company. A Trustee or
other Fiduciary may be removed by Company at any time by 30 days' notice in
writing to such Trustee or other Fiduciary, as the case may be. Further, an
investment manager, who has been appointed by the Plan Administrator, pursuant
to paragraph 5.2-J. hereof, may be removed by the Plan Administrator. Company
may appoint additional Trustees at any time.
14.2 Replacement of Trustee - If a Trustee resigns or is removed, the Company
shall appoint a new Trustee, and the Trustee who resigned or was removed shall
forthwith assign, transfer and pay over to the successor Trustee the Trust
Estate upon written notice of such appointment and its acceptance by the
successor Trustee. Each successor or additional Trustee so appointed and
accepting a trusteeship hereunder shall have all the rights, powers, and be
subject to all the duties and obligations of his predecessor Trustee.
14.3 Replacement of Investment Manager - If an investment manager resigns or is
removed, it shall forthwith assign, transfer and pay over to the successor
investment manager or Trustee, as the case may be, at the direction of the Plan
Administrator, whatever Trust assets it holds or has the right to receive; and
it shall also furnish Trustee and the Plan Administrator with a written report
setting forth all investments, receipts, disbursements, and other transactions
to which such investment manager was a party under this Agreement from the date
covered by its
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next prior report and showing all cash, securities, and other property held at
the end of such accounting period.
14.4 Trustee to Make Report - Within 90 days following its receipt of Company's
contribution pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof, or within 90 days after the
effective date of a Trustee's resignation or removal, the Trustee shall file a
written report with the Plan Administrator setting forth all investments,
receipts, disbursements, and other transactions to which the Trustee was a party
under this Agreement from the date covered by its next prior report and showing
all cash, securities, and other property held at the end of such accounting
period.
14.5 Notice Requirement for Resignation or Removal May Be Waived - In the event
of the resignation or removal of a Trustee or other Fiduciary as provided in
Section 14.1 hereof, the parties may, by written instrument, waive such notice
of resignation or removal as may be provided hereunder.
14.6 Fiduciary Not Precluded from Being Participant or Beneficiary - No
Fiduciary shall be precluded from becoming a Participant under the Plan upon his
meeting the requirements for eligibility, and no Fiduciary shall be precluded
from receiving any benefit to which he may be entitled as a Participant or
Beneficiary, so long as the benefit is computed and paid on a basis which is
consistent with the terms of the Plan as applied to all other Participants and
Beneficiaries.
14.7 Change of Funding Medium Permitted - At any time, at the direction of
Company, appropriate arrangements shall be made for the continued funding of the
Plan through such other funding medium qualified under the Code as Company may
elect, and thereupon the value of the Trust Estate shall be distributed to such
other funding medium.
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ARTICLE 15
AMENDMENTS
15.1 Amendment by Company - The Company has the right, at any time and from time
to time:
A. To amend the elective provisions of the Adoption Agreement.
B. To amend the Plan by the addition of overriding plan language in the
Adoption Agreement, where such language is necessary to satisfy Code
Sections 415 or 416 because of the required aggregation of multiple
plans under those sections.
C. To amend the administrative provisions of the Plan, so long as the
amended provisions are not in conflict with any other provision of the
Plan and do not cause the Plan to fail to qualify under Code Section
401(a).
D. To add certain model amendments published by the Internal Revenue
Service which specifically provide that their adoption will not cause
the Plan to be treated as individually designed.
The Company may amend the Plan in any other manner; provided, however, that
if the Company amends the Plan for any reason other than those listed above,
including an amendment to take into account a waiver of the minimum funding
requirement under Code Section 412(d), the Company shall be considered to have
an individually designed plan. The Company may not amend the Plan in any manner
which would decrease a Participant's Accrued Benefit, except to the extent
permitted pursuant to Code Section 412(c)(8), and may not reduce or eliminate
any Code Section 411(d)(6) protected benefit determined immediately prior to the
effective date of the amendment. Any such amendment shall not require the
consent of the Participants or the Trustee or any other Fiduciary, except that
any amendments affecting the rights, duties or responsibilities of the Trustee
hereunder shall only be effective if consented to in
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writing by the Trustee. To the extent permitted by law, if an amendment to the
Plan results in the Plan not being qualified under Code Section 401(a), all
contributions with respect to which it is determined that the Plan is not
qualified may be returned to the Company by the Trustee within one year after
the denial of qualification of the Plan at the direction of the Plan
Administrator. Any such amendment of the Plan shall be evidenced by an
instrument executed by Company, a copy of which amendment shall be delivered to
the Trustee, and, if required pursuant to the provisions of Section 15.1 hereof,
executed by the Trustee.
15.2 Amendment by Sponsor - The Sponsor reserves the right, at any time and from
time to time, to amend the Plan, in order to conform the Plan to any changes in
the Code, regulations, revenue rulings and other guidelines published by the
Internal Revenue Service, or to make any correction to the Plan required for
qualification. The Sponsor may not amend the Plan in any manner which would
modify any election made by Company under the Plan without the Company's written
consent. The Sponsor may not amend the Plan in any manner that could result in
the elimination of a benefit protected under Code Section 411(d)(6) with respect
to an adopting Company unless permitted to do so under Treasury Regulation
Sections 1.401(a)-4 and 1.411(d)-4.
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ARTICLE 16
PLAN MERGER RULES, TERMINATION OF PLAN AND/OR
COMPLETE DISCONTINUANCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS
UNDER THE PLAN
16.1 Plan Termination and Discontinuance of Contributions by Company - While it
is the intention of Company to keep this Plan in operation indefinitely,
nevertheless Company has the right to terminate this Plan and the Trust provided
for herein at any time and/or, in the case where this Plan is a Profit-Sharing
Plan or a Profit-Sharing/401(k) Plan, to discontinue the contributions of
Company under the Plan, provided that all applicable statutory requirements for
such actions have been met. Upon termination of the Plan by Company, Company
shall so notify the Trustee and each Participant, Inactive Participant and
Beneficiary affected by such termination; provided, however, that such notice of
termination required to be given by Company hereunder shall not be deemed to be
a condition precedent to the effective termination of the Plan by Company. In
addition, upon termination of the Plan, if the Plan does not offer an annuity
option (purchased from a commercial provider) and if the Company or any entity
within the same controlled group as the Company does not maintain another
defined contribution plan (other than an employee stock ownership plan as
defined in Code Section 4975(e)(7)), the Participant's account balance may,
within the Participant's consent, be distributed to the Participant. However, if
any entity within the same controlled group as the Company maintains another
defined contribution plan (other than an employee stock ownership plan as
defined in Code Section 4975(e)(7)) then the Participant's Account balance will
be transferred, without the Participant's consent, to the other plan if the
Participant does not consent to an immediate distribution.
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16.2 Right of Successor to Continue Plan - Unless this Plan is sooner
terminated, a successor to the entire business of Company, by whatever form or
manner resulting, may elect to continue this Plan and Trust by executing such
appropriate instrument, supplemental agreements and/or other documents as may be
required by the Trustee, and such successor shall thereupon succeed to all of
the rights, powers and duties of Company hereunder.
16.3 Overriding Rule for Plan Merger or Consolidation - Notwithstanding anything
contained in paragraph 16.2 hereof to the contrary, any merger or consolidation
of the Plan and Trust with, or transfer by the Plan and Trust of assets or
liabilities to, any other employee retirement benefit plan shall not be
permitted unless each Participant, Inactive Participant and Beneficiary would
(if the other plan then terminated) receive a benefit immediately after the
merger, consolidation, or transfer which is equal to or greater than the benefit
he would have been entitled to receive immediately before the merger,
consolidation, or transfer (if the Plan had then terminated).
16.4 Full Vesting Upon Termination - Upon any termination of this Plan, all
interests of all the Participants as they exist at that time shall become fully
vested and shall not thereafter be subject to forfeiture. The entire amount then
credited to such Participant's Account shall be distributed to him or for his
benefit by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of Article 10 hereof.
16.5 Full Vesting Upon Partial Termination - Upon any partial termination of
this Plan, all rights of all affected Participants to their Accrued Benefits as
they exist at that time shall become fully vested and shall not thereafter be
subject to forfeiture. The entire amount then
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credited to such Participant's Account shall be distributed to him or for his
benefit by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of Article 10 or
Section 16.1 hereof.
16.6 Full Vesting Upon Discontinuance of Contributions - If this Plan is a
Profit-Sharing Plan or a Profit-Sharing/401(k) Plan, and if Company completely
discontinues contributions to the Trust provided for herein, the interest of
each Participant in the Trust who is an Employee of Company at the time of such
discontinuance shall be completely vested in the same manner as is provided in
case of termination of the Plan under Section 16.4 hereof, and distribution
thereof shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Article 10 hereof.
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ARTICLE 17
PROVISIONS RELATING TO INALIENABILITY
OF BENEFITS AND RIGHTS OF PARTICIPANTS
17.1 Limitation of Participants' Rights - Neither the establishment of this
Trust or any modification thereof, nor the creation of any fund or account, nor
the payment of any benefit shall be construed as giving any Participant or any
person whomsoever any legal or equitable right against Company, the Plan
Administrator or the Trustee unless such right shall be specifically provided
for in the Trust or by statute.
17.2 Prohibition Against Alienation or Assignment of Benefits; Exception for
Qualified Domestic Relations Order and Certain Judgments and Settlements -
Except as otherwise provided by Section 11.9 and Article 19 hereof, if
applicable, or by Treasury regulations, the right of any Participant at any
time, or of any Inactive Participant or Beneficiary, to receive or have applied
to his use and benefit any payment from the Trust Estate becoming due under the
provisions of this Plan may not be anticipated, assigned, alienated or subject
to attachment, garnishment, levy, execution or other legal or equitable process.
The preceding sentence shall also apply to the creation, assignment, or
recognition of a right to any benefit payable with respect to a Participant
pursuant to a domestic relations order, unless such order is determined to be a
Qualified Domestic Relations Order, as defined in Section 1.27 hereof and Code
Section 414(p) or, in the case of a domestic relations order entered before
January 1, 1985, either payment of benefits pursuant to the order has commenced
by such date or the Plan Administrator elects to treat such order as a Qualified
Domestic Relations Order even though it does not satisfy the requirements of
Code Section 414(p).
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The Plan Administrator shall establish a reasonable procedure to determine
the qualified status of domestic relations orders and to administer
distributions under such qualified orders. Upon receipt of any domestic
relations order by the Plan, the Plan Administrator shall promptly notify the
Participant and any other alternate payee of the receipt of such order and the
Plan's procedures for determining the qualified status of domestic relations
orders, and, within 18 months of receipt of such order or such longer period as
may be reasonable in light of the existing circumstances, shall attempt to
determine whether such order is a Qualified Domestic Relations Order and notify
the Participant and each alternate payee of such determination. Pending such
determination, the Plan Administrator shall direct the Trustee to segregate in a
separate account the amounts which would have been payable to the alternate
payee during such period if the order had been determined to be a Qualified
Domestic Relations Order. If within 18 months the order (or modification
thereof) is determined to be a Qualified Domestic Relations Order, the Plan
Administrator shall direct the Trustee to pay the segregated amounts, plus any
interest thereon, to the person or persons entitled thereto, in accordance with
the provisions of Article 10 hereof, as though the Participant with respect to
whom the Qualified Domestic Relations Order applies had terminated his
employment with Company. If within 18 months it is determined that the order is
not a Qualified Domestic Relations Order, or the issue as to whether such order
is a Qualified Domestic Relations Order is not resolved, then the Plan
Administrator shall direct the Trustee to pay the segregated amounts, plus any
interest thereon, to the person or persons who would have been entitled to such
amounts if there had been no order. Any determination that an order is a
Qualified Domestic Relations Order which is made after the close of the 18-month
period shall be applied prospectively only. Any and all fees and costs incurred
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by the Plan Administrator in connection with the processing of a domestic
relations order and/or a Qualified Domestic Relations Order shall not be
chargeable against the Participant's Account(s), except to the extent permitted
by law.
In addition, if elected in Item XIII of the Adoption Agreement, the first
sentence of this Section 17.2 shall not apply to any offset of a Participant's
benefit provided under this Plan against an amount that the Participant is
ordered or required to pay the Plan if:
A. The order or requirement to pay arises:
i. Under a judgment or conviction for a crime involving the Plan;
ii. Under a civil judgment (including a consent order or decree)
entered by a court in an action brought in connection with a
violation (or alleged violation) of Part 4 of Subtitle B of Title
I of ERISA; or
iii. Pursuant to a settlement agreement between the Secretary of Labor
and the Participant in connection with a violation (or alleged
violation) of Part 4 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA by a
fiduciary or any other person.
B. The judgment, order, decree or settlement agreement expressly provides
for the offset of all or part of the amount required to be paid to the
Plan against the Participant's benefits provided under the Plan; and
C. In a case where the survivor annuity requirements of Code Section
401(a)(11) apply with respect to distributions from the Plan to the
Participant, if the Participant has a spouse at the time at which an
offset is to be made:
i. Either such spouse has consented in writing to such offset and
such consent is witnessed by a notary public or representative of
the Plan (or it is established to the satisfaction of a Plan
representative that such consent may not be obtained by reason of
circumstances described in Code Section 417(a)(2)(B)), or an
election to waive the spouse's right to either a Qualified Joint
and Survivor Annuity or a Qualified Preretirement Survivor
Annuity is in effect in accordance with the requirements of Code
Section 417(a).
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ii. Such spouse is ordered or required in such judgment, order,
decree, or settlement to pay an amount to the Plan in connection
with a violation of Part 4 of such Subtitle B of Title I of
ERISA; or
iii. In such judgment, order, decree, or settlement, such spouse
retains the right to receive the survivor annuity under a
Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity provided pursuant to Code
Section 401(a)(11)(A)(i) and under a Qualified Preretirement
Survivor Annuity provided pursuant to Code Section
401(a)(11)(A)(ii).
17.3 Payment of Benefits to be Deemed in Full Satisfaction of Claims for Same -
Any payment or distribution of benefits made to any Participant or Inactive
Participant, to his estate, or to any Beneficiary of such Participant or
Inactive Participant, in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and Trust,
shall be in full satisfaction of all claims against the Trust, the Trustee and
other Fiduciaries, the Trust Estate, the Plan Administrator and Company, for
such benefits as are represented by such payment or distribution.
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ARTICLE 18
TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS
18.1 Application of Top-Heavy Rules - If this Plan is or becomes a Top-Heavy
Plan in any Plan Year beginning after December 31, 1983, the provisions of this
Article 18 shall supersede any conflicting provision in the Plan, regardless of
any conflicting options selected by the Company in the Adoption Agreement.
18.2 Top-Heavy Definitions - The following words and phrases shall have the
following meanings:
A. "Key Employee": Any Employee or former Employee (and the Beneficiaries
of such Employee) who at any time during the determination period
(being the Plan Year containing the Determination Date and the 4
preceding Plan Years) was:
i. An officer of the Company if such individual's Annual
Compensation exceeds 50 percent of the dollar limitation under
Code Section 415(b)(1)(A); provided, however, that no more than
50 employees (or, if lesser, the greater of 3 or 10% of the
employees) shall be treated as officers;
ii. An owner of one of the ten largest interests in the Company if
such individual's Annual Compensation exceeds 100 percent of the
dollar limitation under Code Section 415(c)(1)(A);
iii. A more than 5-percent owner of the Company; or
iv. A more than 1-percent owner of the Company who has an Annual
Compensation of more than $150,000.
For purposes of determining ownership in the Company, the constructive
ownership rules of Code Section 318 (as modified by Code Section
416(i)(1)(B)(iii)) shall be applied, and the aggregation rules of Code
Sections 414(b), (c), (m) and (o) shall not be applied. The determination
of who is a Key Employee will be made in accordance with Code Section
416(i)(1) and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.
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Annual Compensation means compensation as defined in Code Section
415(c)(3), but including amounts contributed by the Company pursuant to a
salary reduction agreement which are excludible from the Employee's gross
income under Code Section 125, 132(f), 402(e)(3), 402(h)(1)(B) or 403(b).
B. "Top-Heavy Plan": For any Plan Year beginning after December 31, 1983,
this Plan is top-heavy if any of the following conditions exists:
i. If the Top-Heavy Ratio for this Plan exceeds 60 percent and this
Plan is not part of any Required Aggregation Group or Permissive
Aggregation Group of plans.
ii. If this Plan is a part of a Required Aggregation Group of plans
but not part of a Permissive Aggregation Group and the Top-Heavy
Ratio for the group of plans exceeds 60 percent.
iii. If this Plan is a part of a Required Aggregation Group and part
of a Permissive Aggregation Group of plans and the Top-Heavy
Ratio for the Permissive Aggregation Group exceeds 60 percent.
C. "Top-Heavy Ratio":
i. If the Company maintains one or more defined contribution plans
(including any Simplified Employee Pension Plan) and the Company
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, the Top-Heavy Ratio for this Plan alone or for
the Required or Permissive Aggregation Group as appropriate is a
fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the account
balances of all Key Employees as of the Determination Date(s)
(including any part of any account balance distributed in the
5-year period ending on the Determination Date(s)), and the
denominator of which is the sum of all account balances
(including any part of any account balance distributed in the
5-year period ending on the Determination Date(s)), both computed
in accordance with Code Section 416 and the regulations
thereunder. Both the numerator and denominator of the Top-Heavy
Ratio are increased to reflect any contribution not actually made
as of the Determination Date, but which is required to be taken
into account on that date under Code Section 416 and the
regulations thereunder.
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ii. If the Company maintains one or more defined contribution plans
(including any Simplified Employee Pension Plan) and the Company
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, the Top-Heavy Ratio
for any Required or Permissive Aggregation Group as appropriate
is a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of account
balances under the aggregated defined contribution plan or plans
for all Key Employees, determined in accordance with (i) above,
plus 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 account balances under the aggregated defined contribution
plan or plans for all Participants, determined in accordance with
(i) above, plus 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
Section 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 five-year period
ending on the Determination Date.
iii. For purposes of i. and ii. above, the value of 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 Section 416 and the regulations thereunder for
the first and second plan years of a defined benefit plan. The
account balances and accrued benefits of a Participant (1) who is
not a Key Employee but who was a Key Employee in a prior year, or
(2) who has not performed services for any employer maintaining
the plan at any time during the 5-year period ending on the
Determination Date will be disregarded. The calculation of the
Top-Heavy Ratio, and the extent to which distributions,
rollovers, and transfers are taken into account will be made in
accordance with Code Section 416 and the regulations thereunder.
Deductible employee contributions will not be taken into account
for purposes of computing the Top-Heavy Ratio. When aggregating
plans the value of account balances and the accrued benefits will
be calculated with reference to the Determination Dates that fall
within the same calendar year.
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The Accrued Benefit of a Participant other than a Key Employee shall
be determined under (a) the method, if any, that uniformly applies for
accrual purposes under all defined benefit plans maintained by the
Company, or (b) if there is not such method, as if such benefit
accrued not more rapidly than the slowest accrual rate permitted under
the fractional rule of Code Section 411(b)(1)(C).
D. "Permissive Aggregation Group": The Required Aggregation Group of
plans plus any other plan or plans of the Company which, when
considered as a group with the Required Aggregation Group, would
continue to satisfy the requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(4) and
410.
E. "Required Aggregation Group":
i. Each qualified plan of the Company in which at least one Key
Employee participates or participated at any time during the
determination period (regardless of whether the plan has
terminated), and
ii. Any other qualified plan of the Company which enables a plan
described in i. to meet the requirements of Code Sections
401(a)(4) or 410.
F. "Determination Date": For any Plan Year subsequent to the first Plan
Year, the last day of the preceding Plan Year. For the first Plan Year
of the Plan, the last day of that year.
G. "Valuation Date": The last day of each Plan Year, as of which account
balances or accrued benefits are valued for purposes of calculating
the Top-Heavy Ratio.
H. "Present Value": For purposes of establishing present value to compute
the Top-Heavy Ratio, any benefit from a defined benefit pension plan
shall be valued using the assumptions so specified in such plan; if no
assumptions are so specified, the Company shall indicate in Item IX(C)
of the Adoption Agreement the interest rate and Mortality table to be
used.
I. "Non-Key Employee": An employee who is not a Key Employee hereunder.
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18.3 Minimum Allocation.
A. Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs C. and D. below, Company
contributions and forfeitures allocated on behalf of any Participant
who is not a Key Employee shall not be less than the lesser of three
percent (3%) of such Participant's Compensation or in the case where
the Company has no defined benefit plan which designates this Plan to
satisfy Code Section 401, the largest percentage of Company
contributions and forfeitures, as a percentage of Key Employee's
Compensation as limited by Code Section 401(a)(17), allocated on
behalf of any Key Employee for that year. The minimum allocation is
determined without regard to any Social Security contribution. This
minimum allocation shall be made even though, under other Plan
provisions, the Participant would not otherwise be entitled to receive
an allocation, or would have received a lesser allocation for the year
because of:
i. The Participant's failure to complete 1,000 Hours of Service (or
any equivalent provided in the Plan), or
ii. Compensation less than a stated amount.
B. For purposes of computing the minimum allocation, if the Plan is a
401(k) Plan, Elective Contributions and Matching Contributions with
respect to Key Employees shall be treated as Company contributions
hereunder; provided, however, Elective Contributions and Matching
Contributions with respect to Non-Key Employees shall not be treated
as Company contributions hereunder.
C. The provision in paragraph A. hereof shall not apply to any
Participant who was not employed by the Company on the last day of the
Plan Year.
D. The provision in paragraph A. hereof shall not apply to any
Participant to the extent the Participant is covered under any other
plan or plans of the Company and the Company has provided, in Item
IX(B) of the Adoption Agreement, that the minimum allocation or
benefit requirement applicable to Top-Heavy Plans will be met in the
other plan or plans; provided, however, that if this Plan is a Money
Purchase Pension Plan and the only other plan maintained by the
Company is a profit-sharing plan, such minimum allocation will be
provided under this Plan unless the Company has otherwise so provided.
E. If a Participant hereunder who is not a Key Employee is also a
participant in a defined benefit pension plan included in a Required
Aggregation
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Group which is top-heavy, a minimum allocation of five percent (5%) of
Compensation shall be provided under paragraph A. hereof.
18.4 Nonforfeitability of Minimum Allocation - The minimum allocation required
(to the extent required to be nonforfeitable under Code Section 416(b)) may not
be forfeited under Code Sections 411(a)(3)(B) or 411(a)(3)(D).
18.5 Minimum Vesting Schedule - For any Plan Year in which this Plan is
top-heavy, the nonforfeitable percentage of each Employee in his or her Account
attributable to Company contributions shall be determined in accordance with
Item IX the Adoption Agreement, unless the vesting schedule then in effect
pursuant to Section 9.1 hereof and Item VIII(A) of the Adoption Agreement
provides for more rapid vesting by a Participant, in which case such latter
schedule shall apply. The minimum vesting schedule applies to all benefits
within the meaning of Code Section 411(a)(7) except those attributable to
Employee contributions, including benefits accrued before the effective date of
Code Section 416 and benefits accrued before the Plan became a Top-Heavy Plan.
Further, no reduction in vested benefits may occur in the event the Plan's
status as a Top-Heavy Plan changes for any Plan Year. However, this Section does
not apply to the Account of any Employee who does not have an Hour of Service
after the Plan has initially become a Top-Heavy Plan and such Employee's Account
attributable to Company contributions and forfeitures will be determined without
regard to this Article 18.
18.6 Limitation on Multiple Plan Fraction - For purposes of subsection 6.8.6
hereof, if applicable, the denominators of the Defined Benefit Plan Fraction and
of the Defined Contribution Plan Fraction shall be computed using "100 percent"
of the dollar limitation, instead of "125 percent".
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The following provisions of Article 19 shall apply only if the Company elects in
Item XI(D) of the Adoption Agreement to permit the Trustee to make loans to
Participants.
ARTICLE 19
LOANS TO PARTICIPANTS
19.1 Administration - Generally - The Trustee may make loans to Participants at
the direction of the Plan Administrator. The Plan Administrator shall administer
this participant loan program in a manner consistent with the Plan and in
accordance with applicable law and regulations, which loan program shall be
equally applied to all Participants on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis.
However, in the case of a married Participant, no loan shall be permitted to be
made to such Participant hereunder unless such Participant shall have furnished
the Plan Administrator with a written and notarized spousal consent, dated
within the 90 day period preceding the loan date, acknowledging the potential
effect of such loan on the Participant's Accrued Benefit under the Plan. Such
consent shall thereafter be binding with respect to the consenting spouse or any
subsequent spouse with respect to that loan. A new consent shall be required if
the Account balance is used for renegotiation, extension, renewal or other
revision of the loan. To the extent the participant loan exemption contained in
Code Section 4975(d)(1) is not applicable, then, unless a special exemption has
been obtained in accordance with Code Section 4975(c)(2), no loans shall be
granted to a Participant hereunder who is either an Owner-Employee or a
shareholder-employee within the meaning of Code Section 1379, as in effect on
the day before enactment of the Subchapter S Revision Act of 1982. Loans shall
not be made available to Highly Compensated Employees in an amount greater than
the amount made available to other Employees.
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19.2 Permitted Purpose - Loans may only be granted by the Plan Administrator for
the purposes indicated in Item XI(D) of the Adoption Agreement.
19.3 Loan Application Procedure - A Participant desiring to obtain a loan
hereunder shall be required to complete a loan application in a form prescribed
by the Plan Administrator at such time as may be determined by the Plan
Administrator, in advance of the requested loan date. Such application shall set
forth the reasons for such loan and be accompanied by such supporting documents
as the Participant believes will be helpful to the Plan Administrator in
determining the propriety of granting the loan.
In determining whether or not to grant the loan, the Plan Administrator
shall only consider those factors which would be considered in a normal
commercial setting by an entity in the business of making similar loans, such as
creditworthiness and financial need.
As soon as administratively practicable after receipt of the Participant's
loan application, the Plan Administrator shall either act upon the loan
application and advise the Participant of the action taken or request specific
additional information and/or documentation from the Participant reasonably
required to assist the Plan Administrator in determining the propriety of the
loan. If information is requested by the Plan Administrator, the Participant
shall be required to furnish to the Plan Administrator such additionally
requested information within 14 days. If the Participant fails to so provide
such requested information to the Plan Administrator or to otherwise advise the
Plan Administrator when such requested information will be provided, the Plan
Administrator may deny the loan request.
Upon granting a loan application, the Plan Administrator shall advise the
Participant of the basic terms and conditions upon which the loan will be made
and of any
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additional documentation to be completed and/or security to be furnished and the
projected time for completing the loan transaction.
Each loan shall be evidenced by a promissory note reflecting the terms and
conditions applicable to such loan.
19.4 Loan Amount - Loans made, renewed, renegotiated, modified or extended to
any Participant after December 31, 1986 (when aggregated with all other loans
from all plans of the Company and other members of a group of employers
described in Code Sections 414(b), 414(c), 414(m) and 414(o)) shall not exceed,
in the aggregate, the lesser of:
A. $50,000, reduced by the excess, if any, of the following:
i. The highest outstanding balance of loans to such Participant from
the Plan during the 1-year period ending on the day before the
date on which such loan is made, over
ii. The outstanding balance of loans from the Plan to such
Participant on the date on which such loan is made, or
B. The greater of the following:
i. 50% of such Participant's vested Accrued Benefit (valued as of
the Valuation Date last preceding the date of loan), or
ii. 100% of such Participant's total Accrued benefit (valued as of
the Valuation Date last preceding the date of loan) up to
$10,000.
In addition to the above, no loan shall be granted for an amount of less than
that indicated in Item XI(D)(iv) of the Adoption Agreement and any amounts
loaned shall be in such increments as indicated in Item XI(D)(iv) of the
Adoption Agreement. Further, unless additional security is provided in
accordance with Section 19.7 hereof, no loan (when aggregated with other
outstanding loans by the Plan to such Participant) shall be for more than that
portion of such Participant's vested Accrued Benefit with respect to which the
Trustee may foreclose.
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For purposes of this Section 19.4, a Participant's accumulated deductible
voluntary employee contributions, if any, shall not be considered as part of the
Participant's Accrued Benefit in determining the limitation on the aggregate
amount of loans to such Participant.
19.5 Repayment of Loan and Term - Each such loan shall provide for substantially
level amortization, payments not less frequently than quarterly and payments
over a specific period not in excess of five (5) years from the date of loan;
provided, however, that such loan may be for such longer term as agreed to by
the Plan Administrator if such loan is used to acquire any dwelling unit which
within a reasonable time (determined at the time the loan is made) will be used
as the principal residence of such Participant; and provided, further, that such
loan repayments will be suspended as permitted under Code Section 414(u)(4).
Additionally, if elected by the Company in Item XI(D)(v) of the Adoption
Agreement, each loan shall provide that in the event of death, Disability
Retirement, retirement or other termination of employment of the Participant or
by reason of any other event permitting the receipt by the Participant of
benefits under the Plan (other than a hardship withdrawal of Elective
Contributions and permitted earnings in accordance with Section 10.11 hereof),
any loan or loans then outstanding shall be immediately due and payable to the
extent of the benefit distributable to the Participant.
19.6 Rate of Interest and Nature of Investment - Loans granted by the Plan
Administrator shall bear a reasonable rate of interest commensurate with the
interest rates charged by persons in the business of lending money for loans
which would be made under similar circumstances, taking into consideration such
factors as creditworthiness of the borrower
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and security given for the loan. Any loan granted to a Participant hereunder
shall be treated in accordance with Item XI(D) of the Adoption Agreement.
19.7 Security - Upon being granted such loan, 50% of the present value of such
Participant's vested Accrued Benefit (excluding amounts, if any, attributable to
such Participant's accumulated deductible voluntary employee contributions)
shall then be deemed security for such loan or loans, and may be applied by the
Trustee, at the direction of the Plan Administrator, to the extent necessary to
satisfy any or all of the amounts owing to the Plan as a result of such loan or
loans to the Participant, at the time such amounts become distributable to the
Participant hereunder. If this Plan is a 401(k) Plan and/or a Profit-Sharing
Plan, then, notwithstanding anything contained in Article 10 hereof to the
contrary, the portion of such Participant's vested Accrued Benefit attributable
to contributions other than Elective Contributions, Qualified Matching
Contributions, and/or Fail-Safe Contributions, which is held as security
pursuant to this Section 19.7 shall be distributable to the extent necessary to
satisfy any and all amounts due under a loan or loans of the Participant which
are in default, if the Participant has not cured the default within such period
as permitted pursuant to Item XI(D)(vi) of the Adoption Agreement or has
consented to such setoff. The Participant may be required to execute a document
of collateral assignment with respect thereto.
If this Plan is a Money Purchase Pension Plan, then, notwithstanding
anything contained in Article 10 hereof to the contrary, the Trustee shall not
be able to foreclose upon the portion of such Participant's vested Accrued
Benefit attributable to Company contributions which is held as security pursuant
to this Section 19.7 until such time as such Participant's Accrued Benefit
otherwise shall be distributable.
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In addition, the Plan Administrator may require such other security as is
deemed appropriate.
19.8 Default - If any portion of a Participant's loan is overdue and unpaid the
Trustee shall provide written notice to such Participant advising of the
default, whereupon the Participant shall be allowed such period as permitted
pursuant to Item XI(D))(vi) of the Adoption Agreement from the date of such
notice to cure such default. If the Participant fails to cure said default
within said grace period, the Trustee, at the direction of the Plan
Administrator, shall exercise all legal and equitable rights necessary in order
to enforce the collection thereof.
19.9 Costs of Loan and Collection - Any and all fees and costs incurred by the
Plan Administrator and/or Trustee in connection with the processing of a loan
application, the granting of a loan, the administration of a loan and/or the
collection of a loan in default may be chargeable against the Participant's
vested Accrued Benefit.
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ARTICLE 20
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
20.1 Governing Law - The validity of this Agreement or of any of its provisions
shall be determined under and construed according to the laws of the State
indicated in Item I(H) of the Adoption Agreement. In case any provision of this
Agreement shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, such determination
shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement, but this Agreement
shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provisions had
never been included herein.
20.2 Discretionary Actions - Any discretionary actions to be taken hereunder
shall be uniform in their nature and application to all those persons similarly
situated, and no discretionary actions shall be taken which shall be
discriminatory under the provisions of the Code pertaining to qualified
retirement plans.
20.3 Section Titles - Titles of Sections are for general information only, and
this Agreement shall not be construed by reference thereto.
20.4 No Enlargement of Employment Rights - Under no circumstances shall this
Plan or the participation in the Trust created hereby for any Employee
constitute a contract of continuing employment or in any manner obligate Company
to continue or discontinue the services of any Employee, nor shall anything
herein be construed as regulating the remuneration paid to any Employee, whether
a Participant or not, and Company reserves the sole right to fix salaries and/or
other remuneration, and to pay an Employee an amount which, in its judgment, the
said Employee's services are worth, and to pay the said remuneration in whatever
manner (either salary, wages, commission, salary and commission, bonuses, or
otherwise) it may see fit;
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provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section 20.4 shall be
considered as changing the definition of an Employee as defined in Section 1.12
hereof or the method of determining Company's contribution contained in Article
4 hereof.
20.5 No Guarantees Against Loss or Depreciation - Neither Company, the Plan
Administrator nor the Trustee in any way guarantees the Trust against loss or
depreciation. Company does not guarantee the payment of any money which may be
or become due to any person from the Trust, and except as otherwise provided in
Section 12.2 hereof, the liability of the Trustee to make any payment under the
Plan will be limited to the assets available for such payment.
20.6 Limitation on Right of Recourse - No recourse shall be had for the payment
of any contribution or for any other obligation of Company hereunder against any
incorporator or any past, present, or future stockholder, officer or director of
Company as such, either directly or through Company or otherwise, by virtue of
any contract, constitution, statute or rule of law, or by enforcement of any
assessment, or otherwise, unless such person is a Fiduciary against whom an
action is permitted under the law in light of the specific circumstance
involved.
20.7 Restriction on Association With Plan and Trust - No person shall be
permitted to serve as an administrator, Fiduciary, officer, Trustee, custodian,
counsel, agent, employee or consultant of this Plan who has been convicted of a
crime, enumerated in Section 411 of subtitle B of Title I of ERISA, during or
for thirteen (13) years after such conviction or after the end of an
imprisonment resulting from such conviction, unless one of the exceptions
provided in such Section has been met.
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20.8 Incompetency of Benefit Recipient - If the Trustee shall receive evidence
satisfactory to it that any person entitled to receive any benefit hereunder is,
at the time when such benefit becomes payable, physically, mentally or legally
incompetent to receive such benefit and to give a valid receipt therefor and
that another individual or an institution is then maintaining or having custody
of such person, pursuant to a court order, the receipt of such individual or
institution shall be a valid and complete discharge for the payment of such
benefit.
20.9 Number, Gender - Wherever used herein, any reference to persons in the
singular shall include the plural and vice versa, and reference to the
masculine, feminine and neuter genders shall include the appropriate gender for
the proper interpretation thereof.
20.10 Necessary Parties in Legal Proceeding - In any action or proceeding
involving this Plan and Trust Agreement, the Trust Estate (or any property
constituting part of all thereof), or the administration of the Plan or Trust,
Company, the Plan Administrator and the Trustee shall be the only necessary
parties, and no Employees or former Employees of Company, their beneficiaries or
any other person having or claiming to have an interest in the Trust or under
the Plan shall be entitled to any notice of process.
20.11 Agent for Service of Process - Unless otherwise designated by the Company,
the Plan Administrator shall be the legal agent for service of process.
20.12 Executed Counterparts of Agreement - This Plan and Trust Agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original. Said counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument and
may be sufficiently evidenced by any one counterpart.
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20.13 Agreement Binding - This Plan and Trust Agreement shall be binding upon
the Participants and Inactive Participants and their respective Beneficiaries,
Representatives, heirs, distributees and assigns, and in accordance with the
terms hereof upon Company, the Plan Administrator and the Trustee and their
respective successors and assigns.
20.14 Use of Technology - No provision of this Plan shall be interpreted or
construed so as to prohibit the use of technologies approved by the Secretaries
of the Treasury and Labor, in satisfying the requirements hereunder.
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FIRST AMENDMENT TO
▇▇▇▇▇ & BERNE LLP
DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PROTOTYPE PLAN AND TRUST AGREEMENT
BASIC PLAN DOCUMENT #01
Pursuant to the authority of Section 15.2 of the ▇▇▇▇▇ & Berne LLP Defined
Contribution Prototype Plan and Trust Agreement Basic Plan Document #01 (the
"Prototype"), ▇▇▇▇▇ & Berne LLP, as Sponsor of the Prototype, hereby adopts and
publishes this First Amendment to the Prototype and to the related Prototype
Non-Standardized Profit-Sharing/401(k) Plan Adoption Agreement #01-001 and
Prototype Non-Standardized Money Purchase Pension Plan Adoption Agreement
#01-002, such Prototype with the applicable Adoption Agreement together
constituting the Plan.
PREAMBLE
1. Adoption and Effective Date of Amendment. This Amendment of the Plan is
adopted to reflect certain provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief
Reconciliation Act of 2001 ("EGTRRA"). This Amendment is intended as good
faith compliance with the requirements of EGTRRA and is to be construed in
accordance with EGTRRA and guidance issued thereunder. Except as otherwise
provided, this Amendment shall be effective as of the first day of the
first Plan Year beginning after December 31, 2001.
2. Supersession of Inconsistent Provisions. This Amendment shall supersede the
provisions of the Plan to the extent those provisions are inconsistent with
the provisions of this Amendment.
I.
SECTION 1.3 ADDENDA TO ADOPTION AGREEMENTS
The "Adoption Agreement" means either the separate non-standardized
profit-sharing/401(k) plan adoption agreement or the separate nonstandardized
money purchase pension plan adoption agreement, in either case, along with the
corresponding First Amendment to such adoption agreement executed by each
Company adopting the Prototype Plan, pursuant to which the Company selects among
certain options. The Adoption Agreement, as amended and as completed and
executed by the Company, along with the Prototype Plan, shall constitute the
Company's Plan.
II.
SECTION 1.8-A. INCREASE IN COMPENSATION LIMIT
The Annual Compensation of each Participant taken into account in determining
allocations for any Plan Year beginning after December 31, 2001, shall not
exceed $200,000, as adjusted for cost-of-living increases in accordance with
Code Section 401(a)(17)(B). Annual Compensation means Compensation during the
Plan Year or such other consecutive 12-month period over which Compensation is
otherwise determined under the Plan (the determination period). The
cost-of-living adjustment in effect for a calendar year applies to Annual
Compensation for the determination period that begins with or within such
calendar year.
III.
SECTION 4.2-A. ELECTIVE DEFERRALS - CONTRIBUTION LIMITATION
No Participant shall be permitted to have Elective Contributions made under this
Plan, or any other qualified plan maintained by the Company during any taxable
year, in excess of the dollar limitation contained in Code Section 402(g) in
effect for such taxable year, except to the extent permitted under Section 4.2-D
of this Amendment and Code Section 414(v), if applicable.
IV.
SECTION 4.2-D. CATCH-UP CONTRIBUTIONS
If elected by the Company in the Adoption Agreement, all Employees who are
eligible to make Elective Contributions under this Plan and who have attained
age 50 before the close of the Plan Year shall be eligible to make catch-up
contributions in accordance with, and subject to the limitations of, Code
Section 414(v). Such catch-up contributions shall not be taken into account for
purposes of the provisions of the Plan implementing the required limitations of
Code Sections 402(g) and 415. The Plan shall not be treated as failing to
satisfy the provisions of the Plan implementing the requirements of Code
Sections 401(k)(3), 401(k)(11), 401(k)(12), 410(b), or 416, as applicable, by
reason of the making of such catch-up contributions.
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V.
SECTION 4.3-A. MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS WITH RESPECT TO CATCH-UP CONTRIBUTIONS
If elected by the Company in the Adoption Agreement, an eligible Participant's
catch-up contributions for the Plan Year permitted under Section 4.2-D of this
Amendment either will be taken into account along with any Elective
Contributions by such Participant for such Plan Year in determining such
Participant's entitlement to any Company Matching Contribution under the Plan or
will be eligible for a Company Matching Contribution on such other basis as
specified by the Company.
VI.
SECTION 4.3-C. REPEAL OF MULTIPLE USE TEST
The multiple use test described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(m)-2 and
Section 4.3-C of the Plan shall not apply for Plan Years beginning after
December 31, 2001.
VII.
SECTION 4.5. 401(k) SIMPLE PROVISIONS - MAXIMUM SALARY REDUCTION CONTRIBUTIONS
Except to the extent permitted under Section 4.2-D. of this Amendment and Code
Section 414(v), if applicable, the maximum salary reduction contribution that
can be made to this Plan is the amount determined under Code Section
408(p)(2)(A)(ii) for the calendar year.
VIII.
SECTION 4.7. ROLLOVERS FROM OTHER PLANS
If provided by the Company in the Adoption Agreement, the Plan will accept
Participant rollover contributions and/or direct rollovers of distributions made
after December 31, 2001, from the types of plans specified in the Adoption
Agreement, beginning on the effective date specified in the Adoption Agreement.
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IX.
SECTION 6.8. LIMITATIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS
1. Effective date. This section shall be effective for Limitation Years
beginning after December 31, 2001.
2. Maximum Annual Addition. Except to the extent permitted under section 4.2-D
of this Amendment and Code Section 414(v), if applicable, the Annual
Addition that may be contributed or allocated to a Participant's Account
under the Plan for any Limitation Year shall not exceed the lesser of:
(a) $40,000, as adjusted for increases in the cost-of-living under Code
Section 415(d), or
(b) 100 percent of the Participant's Compensation, within the meaning of
Code Section 415(c)(3), for the Limitation Year. The Compensation
limit referred to in (b) shall not apply to any contribution for
medical benefits after Separation from Service (within the meaning of
Code Section 401(h) or Section 419A(f)(2)) which is otherwise treated
as an Annual Addition.
X.
SECTION 9.1. VESTING OF COMPANY MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS
1. Applicability. This Section shall apply to Participants with Accrued
Benefits derived from Company Matching Contributions who complete an Hour
of Service under the Plan in a Plan Year beginning after December 31, 2001
and shall apply, as provided by the Company in the Adoption Agreement,
either with respect to Company Matching Contributions made only for such
Plan Year(s) or with respect to all Company Matching Contributions made
with respect to such Participants.
2. Vesting schedule. A Participant's Accrued Benefit derived from Company
Matching Contributions shall vest as provided by the Company in the
Adoption Agreement. If the vesting schedule for Company Matching
Contributions in Option 3 of the Adoption Agreement is elected, the
election in Section 9.5 of the Plan shall apply.
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XI.
SECTION 9.3. ROLLOVERS DISREGARDED IN INVOLUNTARY CASH-OUTS
1. Applicability and effective date. This Section shall apply if elected by
the Company in the Adoption Agreement and shall be effective as specified
in the Adoption Agreement.
2. Rollovers disregarded in determining value of account balance for
involuntary distributions. If elected by the Company in the Adoption
Agreement, for purposes of Sections 9.3-A, 10.3.4 and 10.4 of the Plan, the
value of a Participant's nonforfeitable account balance shall be determined
without regard to that portion of the account balance that is attributable
to rollover contributions (and earnings allocable thereto) within the
meaning of Code Sections 402(c), 403(a)(4), 403(b)(8), 408(d)(3)(A)(ii),
and 457(e)(16). If the value of the Participant's nonforfeitable account
balance as so determined is $5,000 or less, the Plan shall immediately
distribute the Participant's entire nonforfeitable account balance.
XII.
SECTION 10.11. SUSPENSION PERIOD FOLLOWING HARDSHIP DISTRIBUTION
A Participant who received a distribution of Elective Contributions after
December 31, 2001, on account of hardship shall be prohibited from making
Elective Contributions and employee contributions under this and all other plans
of the Company for 6 months after receipt of the distribution. A Participant who
receives a distribution of Elective Contributions in calendar year 2001 on
account of hardship shall be prohibited from making Elective Contributions and
employee contributions under this and all other plans of the Company for the
period specified by the Company in the Adoption Agreement.
XIII.
SECTION 10.11. DISTRIBUTION UPON SEVERANCE FROM EMPLOYMENT
1. Effective date. If elected by the Company in the Adoption Agreement, this
Section shall apply for distributions and severances from employment
occurring after the dates specified in the Adoption Agreement.
2. New distributable event. A Participant's Elective Contributions, qualified
nonelective contributions (Fail-Safe Contributions), Qualified Matching
Contributions, and earnings attributable to these contributions shall be
distributed on account of the Participant's severance from employment.
However, such a distribution shall be subject to the other
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provisions of the Plan regarding distributions, other than provisions that
require a Separation from Service before such amounts may be distributed.
XIV.
SECTION 10.14. DIRECT ROLLOVERS OF PLAN DISTRIBUTIONS
1. Effective date. This Section shall apply to distributions made after
December 31, 2001.
2. Modification of definition of eligible retirement plan. For purposes of the
direct rollover provisions in Section 10.14 of the Plan, an eligible
retirement plan shall also mean an annuity contract described in Code
Section 403(b) and an eligible plan under Code Section 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. The definition of eligible retirement plan shall 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 Relations
Order, as defined in Code Section 414(p).
3. Modification of definition of eligible rollover distribution to exclude
hardship distributions. For purposes of the direct rollover provisions in
Section 10.14 of the Plan, any amount that is distributed on account of
hardship shall not be an eligible rollover distribution and the distributee
may not elect to have any portion of such a distribution paid directly to
an eligible retirement plan.
4. Modification of definition of eligible rollover distribution to include
after-tax employee contributions. For purposes of the direct rollover
provisions in Section 10.14 of the Plan, a portion of a distribution shall
not fail to be an eligible rollover distribution merely because the portion
consists of after-tax employee contributions which are not includible in
gross income. However, such portion may be transferred only to an
individual retirement account or annuity described in Code Section 408(a)
or (b), or to a qualified defined contribution plan described in Code
Section 401(a) or 403(a) that agrees to separately account for amounts so
transferred, including separately accounting for the portion of such
distribution which is includible in gross income and the portion of such
distribution which is no so includible.
XV.
SECTION 18. MODIFICATION OF TOP-HEAVY RULES
1. Effective date. This Section shall apply for purposes of determining
whether the Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan under Code Section 416(g) for Plan
Years beginning after December 31,
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2001, and whether the Plan satisfies the minimum benefits requirements of
Code Section 416(c) for such years. This Section amends Article 18 of the
Plan.
2. Determination of top-heavy status.
2.1 Key Employee. Key Employee means any Employee or former employee
(including any deceased employee) who at any time during the Plan Year
that includes the Determination Date was an officer of the Company
having Annual Compensation greater than $130,000 (as adjusted under
Code Section 416(i)(1) for Plan Years beginning after December 31,
2002), a 5-percent owner of the Company, or a 1-percent owner of the
Company having Annual Compensation of more than $150,000. For this
purpose, Annual Compensation means Compensation within the meaning of
Code Section 415(c)(3). The determination of who is a Key Employee
will be made in accordance with Code Section 416(i)(1) and the
applicable regulations and other guidance of general applicability
issued thereunder.
2.2 Determination of present values and amounts. This section 2.2 shall
apply for purposes of determining the present values of Accrued
Benefits and the amounts of account balances of Employees as of the
Determination Date.
2.2.1 Distributions during year ending on the Determination Date. The
present values of Accrued Benefits and the amounts of account
balances of an Employee as of the Determination Date shall be
increased by the distributions made with respect to the Employee
under the Plan and any plan aggregated with the Plan under Code
Section 416(g)(2) during the 1-year period ending on the
Determination Date. The preceding sentence shall also apply to
distributions under a terminated plan which, had it not been
terminated, would have been aggregated with the Plan under Code
Section 416(g)(2)(A)(i). In the case of a distribution made for a
reason other than Separation from Service, death, or Disability,
this provision shall be applied by substituting "5-year period"
for "1-year period."
2.2.2 Employees not performing services during year ending on the
Determination Date. The Accrued Benefits and Accounts of any
individual who has not performed services for the Company during
the 1-year period ending on the Determination Date shall not be
taken into account.
3. Minimum benefits.
3.1 Matching contributions. Company Matching Contributions shall be taken
into account for purposes of satisfying the minimum contribution
requirements of Code Section 416(c)(2) and the Plan. The preceding
sentence shall apply with respect to Matching Contributions under the
Plan or, if the Plan provides that the minimum
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contribution requirement shall be met in another plan, such other
plan. Company Matching Contributions that are used to satisfy the
minimum contribution requirements shall be treated as Matching
Contributions for purposes of the Actual Contribution Percentage Test
and other requirements of Code Section 401(m).
3.2 Contributions under other plans. The Company may provide in the
Adoption Agreement that the minimum benefit requirement shall be met
in another plan (including another plan that consists solely of a cash
or deferred arrangement which meets the requirements of Code Section
401(k)(12) and Matching Contributions with respect to which the
requirements of Code Section 401(m)(11) are met).
XVI.
SECTION 18. MODIFICATION OF TOP-HEAVY RULES
The top-heavy requirements of Code Section 416 and Article 18 of the Plan shall
not apply in any year beginning after December 31, 2001, in which the Plan
consists solely of a cash or deferred arrangement which meets the requirements
of Code Section 401(k)(12) and Matching Contributions with respect to which the
requirements of Code Section 401(m)(11) are met.
XVII.
SECTION 19.1. PLAN LOANS FOR OWNER-EMPLOYEES AND SHAREHOLDER EMPLOYEES
Effective for plan loans made after December 31, 2001, Plan provisions
prohibiting loans to any owner-employee or shareholder-employee shall cease to
apply.
Executed this 26th day of December, 2001.
▇▇▇▇▇ & BERNE LLP
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇, Partner
And /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Partner
Plan Sponsor
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