SECTION PAGE SECTION 1. General 1 1.1 History, Purpose and Effective Date 1 1.2 Related Companies and Employers 1 1.3 Trust Agreement, Plan Administration 1 1.4 Plan Year 1 1.5 Accounting Dates 1 1.6 Applicable Laws 2 1.7 Gender and Number 2 1.8...
EXHIBIT 4.3
CONFORMED THROUGH
FIRST AMENDMENT
FIRST AMENDMENT
(As Amended and Restated
Effective as of January 1, 1997)
Effective as of January 1, 1997)
Mayer, Brown, Xxxx & Maw LLP
Chicago
Chicago
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION | PAGE | |||||
SECTION 1. General | 1 | |||||
1.1 |
History, Purpose and Effective Date | 1 | ||||
1.2 |
Related Companies and Employers | 1 | ||||
1.3 |
Trust Agreement, Plan Administration | 1 | ||||
1.4 |
Plan Year | 1 | ||||
1.5 |
Accounting Dates | 1 | ||||
1.6 |
Applicable Laws | 2 | ||||
1.7 |
Gender and Number | 2 | ||||
1.8 |
Notices | 2 | ||||
1.9 |
Form of Election | 2 | ||||
1.10 |
Evidence | 2 | ||||
1.11 |
Action by Employers | 2 | ||||
1.12 |
No Reversion to Employers | 2 | ||||
1.13 |
Plan Supplements | 2 | ||||
1.14 |
Defined Terms | 2 | ||||
SECTION 2. Participation in Plan | 2 | |||||
2.1 |
Eligibility for Participation | 2 | ||||
2.2 |
Inactive Participation | 3 | ||||
2.3 |
Participation Upon Reemployment | |||||
2.4 |
Plan Not Contract of Employment | 3 | ||||
2.5 |
Leased Employees | 3 | ||||
2.6 |
Veterans’ Rights | 4 | ||||
SECTION 3. Service | 4 | |||||
3.1 |
Year of Service | 4 | ||||
3.2 |
Hour of Service | 4 | ||||
SECTION 4. Before-Tax and Rollover Contributions | 5 | |||||
4.1 |
Amount of Before-Tax Contributions | 5 | ||||
4.2 |
Payment of Before-Tax Contributions | 5 | ||||
4.3 |
Variation, Discontinuance and Resumption of Before-Tax Contributions | 5 | ||||
4.4 |
Rollover Contributions | 5 | ||||
4.5 |
Eligible Compensation | 5 | ||||
4.6 |
Limitation on the Amount of Compensation Taken Into Account For Any Plan Year | 5 | ||||
SECTION 5. Matching and Qualified Matching Contributions | 6 | |||||
5.1 |
Matching Contributions | 6 | ||||
5.2 |
Qualified Matching Contributions | 6 | ||||
5.3 |
Limitations on Amount of Employer Contributions | 6 | ||||
5.4 |
Payment of Employer Contributions | 6 |
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5.5 |
Return of Employer Contributions | 6 | ||||
SECTION 6. Investment of the Trust Fund | 6 | |||||
6.1 |
Investment Funds | 6 | ||||
6.2 |
Investment Fund Accounting | 7 | ||||
6.3 |
Investment Fund Elections | 7 | ||||
6.4 |
Transfers Between Investment Funds | 7 | ||||
SECTION 7. Plan Accounting | 7 | |||||
7.1 |
Participants’ Accounts | 7 | ||||
7.2 |
Allocation of Investment Fund Earnings and Changes in Value | 8 | ||||
7.3 |
Allocation and Crediting of Contributions | 8 | ||||
7.4 |
Correction of Error | 8 | ||||
7.5 |
Statement of Plan Interest | 8 | ||||
SECTION 8. Limitations on Compensation, Contributions and Allocations | 8 | |||||
8.1 |
Compensation | 8 | ||||
8.2 |
Limitations on Annual Additions | 9 | ||||
8.3 |
Combined Plan Limitation | 9 | ||||
8.4 |
Reduction of Contribution Rates | 9 | ||||
8.5 |
Excess Annual Additions | 10 | ||||
8.6 |
Section 402(g) Limitation | 10 | ||||
8.7 |
Disposition of Excess Elective Deferrals | 10 | ||||
8.8 |
Section 401(k)(3) Testing | 10 | ||||
8.9 |
Correction Under Section 401(k) Test | 11 | ||||
8.10 |
Section 401(m)(2) Testing | 12 | ||||
8.11 |
Correction Under Section 401(m) Test | 12 | ||||
8.12 |
Multiple Use of Alternative Limit | 13 | ||||
8.13 |
Highly Compensated Employee | 13 | ||||
SECTION 9. Vesting and Termination Dates | 13 | |||||
9.1 |
Fully Vested Interest | 13 | ||||
9.2 |
Termination Date | 13 | ||||
9.3 |
Distribution Restrictions | 13 | ||||
SECTION 10. Loans and Withdrawals of Contributions While Employed | 14 | |||||
10.1 |
Loans to Participants | 14 | ||||
10.2 |
Partial Withdrawals During Employment Before Age 591/2 | 16 | ||||
10.3 |
Hardship Withdrawals | 16 | ||||
10.4 |
Partial or Complete Withdrawal During Employment at or After Age 591/2 | 17 | ||||
10.5 |
Partial Withdrawal After Termination Date | 17 | ||||
10.6 |
Withdrawal After Permanent Disability | 17 | ||||
10.7 |
Form of Withdrawal | 18 |
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SECTION 11. Distributions | 18 | |||||
11.1 |
Distributions to Participants After Termination of Employment | 18 | ||||
11.2 |
Distributions to Beneficiaries | 18 | ||||
11.3 |
Limits on Commencement and Duration of Distributions | 19 | ||||
11.4 |
Beneficiary Designations | 19 | ||||
11.5 |
Form of Payment | 20 | ||||
11.6 |
Direct Rollover Option | 20 | ||||
11.7 |
Facility of Payment | 20 | ||||
11.8 |
Interests Not Transferable | 20 | ||||
11.9 |
Absence of Guaranty | 20 | ||||
11.10 |
Missing Participants or Beneficiaries | 20 | ||||
11.11 |
Distribution Information and Elections | 21 | ||||
SECTION 12. Benefits Committee and Review Committee | 21 | |||||
12.1 |
Membership | 21 | ||||
12.2 |
Authority of Benefits Committee | 21 | ||||
12.3 |
Allocation and Delegation of Committee Responsibilities and Powers | 22 | ||||
12.4 |
Uniform Rules | 22 | ||||
12.5 |
Information to be Furnished to Benefits Committee | 22 | ||||
12.6 |
Mistake of Fact | 22 | ||||
12.7 |
Exercise of Committees’ Duties | 22 | ||||
12.8 |
Remuneration and Expenses | 23 | ||||
12.9 |
Indemnification of the Committees | 23 | ||||
12.10 |
Resignation or Removal of Committee Member | 23 | ||||
12.11 |
Appointment of Successor Committee Members | 23 | ||||
SECTION 13. Amendment and Termination | 23 | |||||
13.1 |
Amendment | 23 | ||||
13.2 |
Termination | 24 | ||||
13.3 |
Merger and Consolidation of the Plan, Transfer of Plan Assets | 24 | ||||
13.4 |
Distribution on Termination and Partial Termination | 24 | ||||
13.5 |
Notice of Amendment, Termination or Partial Termination | 24 |
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(As Amended and Restated
Effective as of January 1, 1997)
Effective as of January 1, 1997)
SECTION 1.
General
1.1 History, Purpose and Effective Date. Effective January 1, 1994, GATX Corporation,
a New York corporation (the “Company”), established the GATX Corporation Hourly Employees
Retirement Savings Plan (the “Plan”) so that it, and each Related Company (as defined in subsection
1.2) which, with the consent of the Company, adopts the Plan may assist their eligible employees in
providing for their future security. The following provisions constitute an amendment, restatement
and continuation of the Plan as in effect immediately prior to January 1, 1997, the “Effective
Date” of the Plan as set forth herein; provided, however, that to the extent that any provision of
this restatement specifically provides for an effective date earlier or later than January 1, 1997,
such provision shall constitute an amendment of the Plan as in effect on such earlier or later
date. The Plan is intended to qualify as a profit sharing plan with a cash-or-deferred arrangement
under sections 401(a) and 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).
1.2 Related Companies and Employers. The term “Related Company” means any corporation
or trade or business during any period during which it is, along with the Company, a member of a
controlled group of corporations or a controlled group of trades or businesses, as described in
sections 414(b) and 414(c), respectively, of the Code. The Company and each Related Company,
which, with the Company’s consent, adopts the Plan are referred to below collectively as the
“Employers” and individually as an “Employer”.
1.3 Trust Agreement, Plan Administration. All contributions made under the Plan will
continue to be held, managed and controlled by one or more trustees (the “Trustee”) acting under a
“Trust” which forms a part of the Plan and which is governed by a Trust Agreement between the
Company and the Trustee. The Retirement Funds Review Committee (the “Review Committee”) has the
authority and responsibility to appoint or select trustees, custodians, investment managers and
insurance companies to manage the Plan’s assets, to establish investment guidelines, proxy voting
policies and securities trading procedures, and to monitor the performance of the fiduciaries
responsible for investment of the Plan’s assets. The GATX Corporation Employee Benefits Committee
(the “Benefits Committee”) shall have the rights, duties and obligations of an “administrator” as
that term is defined in section 3(16)(A) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended (“ERISA”) and of a “plan administrator” as that term is defined in section 414(g) of the
Code. The Company and the members of the Benefits and Review Committees shall be “named
fiduciaries”, as described in section 402 of ERISA, with respect to their respective authority
under the Plan and Trust.
1.4 Plan Year. The term “Plan Year” means the twelve-consecutive-month period
beginning on each January 1.
1.5 Accounting Dates. The term “Accounting Date” means each business day, as
determined by the Benefits Committee in its sole discretion.
1.6 Applicable Laws. The Plan shall be construed and administered in accordance with
the internal laws of the State of Illinois to the extent that such laws are not preempted by the
laws of the United States of America.
1.7 Gender and Number. Where the context admits, words in any gender shall include
any other gender, words in the singular shall include the plural and the plural shall include the
singular.
1.8 Notices. Any notice or document required to be filed with the Benefits Committee
under the Plan will be properly filed if delivered or mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid,
to the Benefits Committee, in care of the Company, at its principal executive offices. Any notice
required under the Plan may be waived by the person entitled to notice.
1.9 Form of Election. Each election required or permitted to be made by any
Participant or other person entitled to benefits under the Plan, and any permitted modification or
revocation thereof, shall be made in such form or by such method as the Benefits Committee shall
require, including by means of an interactive telephone or internet system utilizing personal
identification numbers, the use of which shall constitute a valid signature under the Plan for any
transaction for which use of such system is authorized by the Benefits Committee.
1.10 Evidence. Evidence required of anyone under the Plan may be by certificate,
affidavit, document or other information which the person acting on it considers pertinent and
reliable, and signed, made or presented by the proper party or parties.
1.11 Action by Employers. Except as otherwise provided herein, any action required or
permitted to be taken by any Employer which is a corporation shall be by resolution of its Board of
Directors, or by a duly authorized officer of the Employer. Any action required or permitted to be
taken by any Employer which is a partnership shall be by a general partner of such partnership or
by a duly authorized officer thereof.
1.12 No Reversion to Employers. No part of the corpus or income of the Trust shall
revert to any Employer or be used for, or diverted to, purposes other than for the exclusive
benefit of Participants and other persons entitled to benefits under the Plan, except as provided
in subsections 5.5 and 12.8.
1.13 Plan Supplements. The provisions of the Plan as applied to any Employer or any group of employees of any
Employer may, with the consent of the Company, be modified or supplemented from time to time by the
adoption of one or more Supplements. Each Supplement shall form a part of the Plan as of the
Supplement’s effective date. In the event of any inconsistency between a Supplement and the Plan
document, the terms of the Supplement shall govern.
1.14 Defined Terms. Terms used frequently with the same meaning are indicated by
initial capital letters, and are defined throughout the Plan. Appendix I contains an alphabetical
listing of such terms and the subsections in which they are defined.
SECTION 2.
Participation in Plan
2.1 Eligibility for Participation. Each individual who was a Participant in the Plan
immediately prior to the Effective Date will continue as such on and after that date. Each regular
hourly employee of an Employer who was not a Participant in the Plan immediately prior to the
Effective Date
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will become a Participant in the Plan on the Entry Date coinciding with or next
following the date he first meets all of the following requirements:
(a) | he has completed one Year of Service (as defined in subsection 3.1); | ||
(b) | he is a citizen or resident of the United States and on a United States payroll and is a member of a collective bargaining unit to which participation in the Plan has been and continues to be extended under a currently effective collective bargaining agreement between his Employer and the representative of the bargaining unit of which he is a member; and | ||
(c) | he has elected to have Before-Tax Contributions made on his behalf pursuant to subsection 4.1. |
For purposes of this subsection 2.1, the term “regular” describes an employee hired for a permanent
position (and not someone hired for a specific project the duration of which is expected to last
less than twelve months), and the term “Entry Date” means, beginning January 1, 2000, the first day
of each calendar month and, for periods prior to January 1, 2000, the first day of each calendar
quarter. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection 2.1: (i) if an individual is
employed or reemployed by an Employer on or after the first day of the month coincident with or
next following the date on which he shall first meet the requirements of paragraph (a) above, he
shall become a Participant immediately upon meeting the requirements of paragraphs (b) and (c)
above and (ii) no individual is eligible to participate in the Plan who provides services to an
Employer under a contract, arrangement or understanding with such individual or with an agency or
leasing organization that treats the individual as either an independent contractor or an employee
of such agency or leasing organization, even if such individual is later determined (by judicial
action or otherwise) to have been a common law employee of an Employer rather than an independent
contractor or an employee of such agency or leasing organization.
2.2 Inactive Participation. Once an eligible employee becomes a Participant in the Plan, he will remain a Participant
after he ceases to be an eligible employee as long as he continues to have an Account balance under
the Plan, even after his Termination Date (as defined in subsection 9.2), for all purposes under
the Plan except the contribution provisions of Sections 4 and 5 and the withdrawal and loan
provisions of Section 10.
2.3.
Participation Upon Reemployment. Any Participant who has a Termination Date but who is
reemployed by an Employer will be eligible to again become an active Participant immediately upon
his reemployment.
2.4 Plan Not Contract of Employment. The Plan does not constitute a contract of
employment, and participation in the Plan will not give any employee or Participant the right to be
retained in the employ of any Employer nor any right or claim to any benefit under the Plan, unless
such right or claim has specifically accrued under the terms of the Plan.
2.5
Leased Employees. if, pursuant to one or more agreements between an Employer or
Related Company and one or more leasing organizations (within the meaning of section 414(n) of the
Code), a person provides services to the Employer or Related Company in a capacity other than as an
employee 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 Employer or Related Company, such
person shall be a “Leased Employee”. Leased Employees shall not be eligible to participate in this
Plan or in any other plan maintained by the Employer or Related Company which is qualified under
section 401(a) of
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the Code. A Leased Employee shall be treated as if the services performed by him
in such capacity (including service performed during such initial one-year period) were performed
by him as an employee of a Related Company which has not adopted the Plan; provided, however, that
no such service shall be credited:
(a) | for any period during which less than 20% of the workforce of the Employers and the Related Companies consists of Leased Employees and the Leased Employee is a participant in a money purchase pension plan maintained by the leasing organization which (i) provides for a nonintegrated employer contribution of at least 10 percent of compensation, (ii) provides for full and immediate vesting, and (iii) covers all employees of the leasing organization (beginning with the date they become employees), other than those employees excluded under section 414(n)(5) of the Code; or | ||
(b) | for any other period unless the Leased Employee provides satisfactory evidence to the Employer or Related Company that he meets all of the conditions of this subsection 2.5 and applicable law required for treatment as a Leased Employee. |
2.6 Veterans’ Rights. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan to the
contrary, contributions, benefits and service with respect to qualified military service will be
provided in accordance with section 414(u) of the Code. The provisions of this subsection 2.6
shall be effective for periods on and after December 12, 1994 with respect to Participants employed
on or after that date.
SECTION 3.
Service
3.1 Year of Service. The term “Year of Service” means, with respect to any employee,
the date on which he first completes 520 Hours of Service (as defined in subsection 3.2); provided,
however, that, if an employee’s Termination Date (as defined in subsection 9.2) occurs before he
completes 520 Hours of Service, his Hours of Service earned on or before his Termination Date shall
be disregarded if he does not return to the employ of an Employer or a Related Company on or before
the first anniversary of his Termination Date. Once an employee or Participant has earned a Year
of Service, it shall not be disregarded.
3.2 Hour of Service. The term “Hour of Service” means, with respect to any employee,
each hour for which the employee is paid or entitled to payment for the performance of duties for
an Employer or a Related Company or for which back pay, irrespective of mitigation of damages, has
been awarded to the employee or agreed to by an Employer or a Related Company, subject to the
following:
(a) | An employee shall be credited with the number of regularly scheduled working hours included in the time period on the basis of which payment to the employee is calculated for any period during which he performs no duties for an Employer or a Related Company (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; provided, however, that an employee shall not be credited with more than 501 Hours of Service for any single continuous period during which the employee performs no duties for an Employer or Related Company. | ||
(b) | Payments taken into account for purposes of paragraph (a) shall include payments which are unrelated to the length of the period during which no duties are performed but shall not include payments made solely as reimbursement for medically-related expenses or |
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solely for the purpose of complying with applicable
workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation or disability insurance laws.
SECTION 4.
Before-Tax and Rollover Contributions
4.1 Amount of Before-Tax Contributions. Subject to the limitations set forth in
subsection 4.6 and Section 8, for each payroll period, a Participant may elect to have his pay
reduced and a corresponding amount contributed on his behalf to the Plan, which amount shall not be
less than 1 percent nor more than 15 percent of his Eligible Compensation (as defined in subsection
4.5) for each payroll period during which he is eligible to participate in the Plan. Any election
pursuant to this subsection 4.1 shall be made and shall be effective in accordance with such rules
and procedures as the Benefits Committee may establish from time to time on a uniform and
nondiscriminatory basis. Any contributions made on behalf of a Participant pursuant to this
subsection 4.1 shall be referred to as a “Before-Tax Contribution”.
4.2 Payment of Before-Tax Contributions. Before-Tax Contributions shall be paid to the Trustee by an Employer on the earliest date
on which such contributions can reasonably be segregated from such Employer’s general assets, but
not later than the 15th business day of the month following the month in which such amounts would
otherwise have been payable to the Participant.
4.3 Variation, Discontinuance and Resumption of Before-Tax Contributions. Subject to
such rules and restrictions as the Benefits Committee may establish on a uniform and
nondiscriminatory basis, a Participant may elect to change his Before-Tax Contribution rate (but
not retroactively) within the limits specified above. From and after January 1, 1998, any such
change may be requested at any time and shall be effective in accordance with procedures approved
by the Benefits Committee. A Participant may also elect to discontinue having contributions made
for him or to have them resumed pursuant to subsection 4.1.
4.4 Rollover Contributions. With the consent of the Benefits Committee, a Participant
or an employee who meets the requirements of subsection 2.1 other than paragraph (a) thereof, may
make a Rollover Contribution (as defined below) to the Plan. The term “Rollover Contribution”
means a rollover contribution (within the meaning of section 402(c) of the Code), in cash, of all
or part of the taxable portion of a distribution which, under the applicable provisions of the
Code, is permitted to be rolled over to a qualified plan. If an employee who is not otherwise a
Participant makes a Rollover Contribution to the Plan, he shall be treated as a Participant only
with respect to such Rollover Contribution until he has met all of the requirements for Plan
participation set forth in subsection 2.1.
4.5 Eligible Compensation. For purposes of this Section 4 and Section 5, a
Participant’s “Eligible Compensation” shall mean his standard hourly wages, incentive pay,
overtime, shift differential, grievance adjustments, holiday and vacation pay and eligible bonus
received during the Plan Year from an Employer for personal services actually rendered or which
would have been received during the Plan Year had Before-Tax Contributions not been made on his
behalf to this Plan or salary reduction contributions to a cafeteria plan (within the meaning of
section 125 of the Code) or, for Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 2001, a qualified
transportation fringe (within the meaning of section 132(f) of the Code) sponsored by an Employer.
4.6 Limitation on the Amount of Compensation Taken Into Account For Any Plan Year.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the amount of Eligible
Compensation that may be taken into account under the Plan for any Plan Year for purposes of
applying the percentage
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limitations of subsections 4.1, 5.1 and 5.2 shall not exceed the amount
permitted for such year under section 401(a)(17) of the Code, taking into account for purposes of
such limitation any proration required under applicable regulations.
SECTION 5.
Matching and Qualified Matching Contributions
5.1 Matching Contributions. Subject to the conditions and limitations of subsection 4.6 and Section 8, for each payroll
period during any Plan Year beginning on or after January 1, 1998, an Employer shall contribute to
the Plan on behalf of each Participant employed by such Employer during that year, an amount (if
any) equal to a percentage of the Before-Tax Contributions made on the Participant’s behalf for
that payroll period, determined in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement covering the
unit of employees of which such Participant is a member during that period. Any contribution made
pursuant to this subsection 5.1 shall be referred to as a “Matching Contribution”. The amount of
Matching Contributions in effect under the Plan from time to time with respect to each eligible
bargaining unit are set forth in Appendix II.
5.2 Qualified Matching Contributions. For each Plan Year any Employer may, but shall
not be required to, contribute an additional percentage of the Before-Tax Contributions made on
behalf of Participants employed by such Employer who are not Highly-Compensated (as defined in
subsection 8.13). Any contribution made pursuant to this subsection 5.2 shall be referred to
hereinafter as a “Qualified Matching Contribution”.
5.3 Limitations on Amount of Employer Contributions. In no event shall the sum of any
Before-Tax Contributions, Matching Contributions and Qualified Matching Contributions made by an
Employer for any Plan Year exceed the limitations imposed by Section 404 of the Code on the maximum
amount deductible on account thereof by such Employer for that year.
5.4 Payment of Employer Contributions. Each Employer’s contributions under the Plan
(other than Before-Tax Contributions) for any Plan Year shall be paid to the Trustee, without
interest, no later than the time prescribed by law for filing the Employer’s federal income tax
return, including any extensions thereof.
5.5 Return of Employer Contributions. The Trustee shall return a contribution of an
Employer or the relevant portion thereof (including Before-Tax Contributions) upon the Employer’s
written request, reduced by the amount of any losses thereon, within one year after the date of
payment to the Trustee, under the following circumstances:
(a) if the contribution, or any portion thereof, is made by mistake of fact, or
(b) if the deduction for a contribution, or any portion thereof, is disallowed.
SECTION 6.
Investment of the Trust Fund
6.1 Investment Funds. The Review Committee shall establish, and cause the Trustee to
maintain, one or more “Investment Funds” for the investment of Participants’ Accounts as it deems
appropriate. Investment Funds maintained under the Plan as at any date shall include a GATX Stock
Fund which shall be invested in the common stock of GATX Corporation, and a “Loan Fund”, which
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shall consist only of promissory notes or other evidence of loans made to Participants in
accordance with subsection 10.1. The Review
Committee, in its sole discretion, from time to time may eliminate a particular Investment
Fund or add a new Investment Fund, and may establish such rules and procedures as it deems
appropriate for the orderly transfer and investment of funds held under a discontinued Investment
Fund to one or more of the other Investment Funds then maintained under the Plan.
6.2 Investment Fund Accounting. The Benefits Committee shall maintain separate
subaccounts for each Participant in each of the Investment Funds to separately reflect his
interests in each such Fund and the portion thereof that is attributable to his (a) Before-Tax
Account,(b) Matching Account, (c) Rollover Account, and (d) Qualified Matching Account.
6.3 Investment Fund Elections. At the time that a Participant enrolls in the Plan,
and as of any subsequent dates that the Benefits Committee in its discretion determines, each
Participant, at such time and in such form as the Benefits Committee may require, may specify the
percentage of contributions subsequently credited to his Accounts (other than Matching and
Qualified Matching Contributions) that are to be invested in each of the Investment Funds (other
than the Loan Fund). Each Participant’s Matching and Qualified Matching Contribution Accounts
shall be invested and reinvested in the GATX Stock Fund except as otherwise specifically provided
by subsection 6.4.
6.4 Transfers Between Investment Funds. In accordance with such uniform rules and
procedures as the Benefits Committee may from time to time establish, a Participant may elect to
transfer all or any portion of the value of his Accounts held in any Investment Fund (other than
the Loan Fund) to any other Investment Fund (other than the Loan Fund) then made available to such
Participant; provided, however, that no amounts attributable to either Matching Contributions or
Qualified Matching Contributions may be transferred from the GATX Common Stock Fund to any other
Investment Fund before March 1, 2002 or the fifth anniversary of the Participant’s date of hire,
whichever is later.
SECTION 7.
Plan Accounting
7.1 Participants’ Accounts. The Benefits Committee shall maintain the following
“Accounts” in the name of each Participant:
(a) | a “Matching Account,” which shall reflect Matching Contributions, if any, made on his behalf and the income, losses, appreciation and depreciation attributable thereto; | ||
(b) | a “Before-Tax Account,” which shall reflect Before-Tax Contributions, if any, made on his behalf and the income, losses, appreciation and depreciation attributable thereto; | ||
(c) | a “Qualified Matching Account,” which shall reflect Qualified Matching Contributions, if any, made on his behalf, and the income, losses, appreciation and depreciation attributable thereto; and | ||
(d) | a “Rollover Account,” which shall reflect Rollover Contributions, if any, made by him and the income, losses, appreciation and depreciation attributable thereto. |
The Accounts provided for in this subsection 7.1 shall be for accounting purposes only, and there
shall be no segregation of assets within the Investment Funds among the separate Accounts.
Reference to the “balance” in a Participant’s Accounts means the aggregate of the balances in the
subaccounts maintained in the Investment Funds attributable to these Accounts.
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7.2 Allocation of Investment Fund Earnings and Changes in Value. As of each
Accounting Date, interest, dividends and changes in value in each Investment Fund since the
preceding Accounting Date shall be allocated to each Participant’s subaccounts invested in such
Investment Fund by adjusting upward or downward the balance of his subaccounts invested in such
Investment Fund in the ratio which the subaccounts of such Participant invested in such Investment
Fund bears to the total of the subaccounts of all Participants invested in such Investment Fund as
of such Accounting Date, excluding therefrom, for purposes of this allocation only, all Before-Tax,
Matching, Qualified Matching and Rollover Contributions received since the preceding Accounting
Date, so that the total of the subaccounts of all Participants in each Investment Fund shall equal
the total value of such fund (exclusive of such contributions) as determined by the Trustee in
accordance with uniform procedures consistently applied.
7.3 Allocation and Crediting of Contributions. Subject to the provisions of Section
8, contributions shall be allocated and credited as follows:
(a) | Before-Tax, Matching, and Rollover Contributions made on behalf of a Participant for any payroll period shall be credited to that Participant’s appropriate Accounts as soon as practicable after they are transmitted to the Trust; and | ||
(b) | As of the last day of each Plan Year, any Qualified Matching Contributions made by an Employer for that year shall be allocated among and credited to the Accounts of non-Highly Compensated Participants who are employed on the last day of that year by such Employer in accordance with subsection 5.2. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless the Benefits Committee establishes uniform rules to the
contrary, contributions made to the Plan shall share in the gains and losses of the Investment
Funds only when actually deposited with the Trustee.
7.4 Correction of Error. In the event of an error in the adjustment of a
Participant’s Accounts, the Benefits Committee, in its sole discretion, may correct such error by
either crediting or charging the adjustment required to make such correction to or against income
and expenses of the Trust for the Plan Year in which the correction is made or the Employer may
make an additional contribution to permit correction of the error. Except as provided in this
subsection 7.4 or as otherwise specifically determined by the Benefits Committee, the Accounts of
other Participants shall not be readjusted on account of such error.
7.5 Statement of Plan Interest. As soon as practicable after the last day of each Plan Year and at such other intervals as
the Benefits Committee may determine, the Benefits Committee shall provide each Participant with a
statement reflecting the balances of his Accounts.
SECTION 8.
Limitations on Compensation, Contributions and Allocations
8.1 | Compensation. “Compensation” for purposes of this Section 8 shall mean: | ||
(a) | compensation defined as wages from an Employer or Related Company for income tax withholding purposes under section 3401(a) of the Code (determined without regard to any rules limiting reported wages based on the nature or location of the employment), plus |
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(b) | any Before-Tax Contributions and salary reduction contributions made on his behalf for the year to the Plan or a cafeteria plan (within the meaning of section 125 of the Code) or, for Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 2001, under a qualified transportation fringe benefit arrangement (within the meaning of section 132(f) of the Code) sponsored by an Employer or a Related Company, |
up to the maximum amount permitted for any Plan Year under Code section 401(a)(17), taking into
account any proration of such amount required under applicable Treasury regulations on account of a
short Plan Year or otherwise.
8.2 Limitations on Annual Additions. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan
to the contrary, a Participant’s Annual Additions (as defined below) for any Plan Year shall not
exceed an amount equal to the lesser of:
(a) $30,000 (as adjusted for cost-of- living increases under section 415(d) of the Code); or
(b) 25 percent of the Participant’s Compensation for that Plan Year (determined without regard
to the limitation under section 401(a)(17) of the Code and, solely for the Plan Year beginning on
January 1, 1997, excluding the amount described in clause (b) of subsection 8.1), calculated as if
each Section 415 Affiliate (defined below) were a Related Company;
reduced by any Annual Additions for the Participant for the Plan Year under any other defined
contribution plan of an Employer or a Related Company or a Section 415 Affiliate, provided that, if
any other such plan has a similar provision, the reduction shall be pro rata. The term “Annual
Additions” means, with respect to any Participant for any Plan Year, the sum of all contributions
(other than Rollover Contributions) allocated to a Participant’s Accounts for such year pursuant to
subsection 7.3, excluding Before-Tax Contributions that are distributed as excess deferrals in
accordance with subsection 8.6, but including any Before-Tax or Matching Contributions (the latter
even if forfeited) treated as excess contributions or excess aggregate contributions under
subsections 8.9, 8.11 and 8.12. The term Annual Additions shall also include employer
contributions by an Employer, a Related Company or a Section 415 Affiliate allocated for a Plan
Year to any individual medical account (as defined in section 415(1) of the Code) or to a separate
account under a funded welfare benefit plan (as described in section 419(A)(d)(2)
of the Code). The term “Section 415 Affiliate” means any entity that would be a Related Company if
the ownership test of sections 414(b) and (c) of the Code were “more than 50%” rather than “at
least 80%”.
8.3 Combined Plan Limitation. If a Participant also participates in any defined
benefit plan (as defined in section 415(k) of the Code) maintained by an Employer or a Related
Company or a Section 415 Affiliate, the aggregate benefits payable to, or on account of, the
Participant under such plan together with this Plan shall be determined in a manner consistent with
section 415(e) of the Code. The benefit provided under the defined benefit plan shall be adjusted
to the extent necessary so that the sum of the “defined benefit fraction” and the “defined
contribution fraction” (as such terms are defined in section 415(e) of the Code and applicable
regulations thereunder) calculated with regard to such Participant does not exceed 1.0. For
purposes of this subsection 8.3, all qualified defined benefit plans (whether or not terminated) of
the Employers, Related Companies and Section 415 Affiliates shall be treated as one defined benefit
plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this subsection 8.3 shall not apply for
Plan Years beginning after December 31, 1999, except with respect to a Participant whose Annuity
Starting Date (within the meaning of section 417(e) of the Code) under the defined benefit plan
occurred before January 1, 2000.
8.4 Reduction of Contribution Rates. To conform the operation of the Plan to sections
401(k)(3), 401(m)(2), 402(g) and 415(c) of the Code, the Benefits Committee may unilaterally modify
or
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revoke any Before-Tax Contribution election made by a Participant pursuant to subsection 4.1,
and may reduce the rate at which Before-Tax Contributions will be matched in accordance with
subsection 5.1. The Benefits Committee may also establish administrative rules relating to the
application of the various limits imposed by law, to ensure that those limits are not inadvertently
exceeded.
8.5 Excess Annual Additions. If, as a result of a reasonable error in estimating a
Participant’s Compensation or such other mitigating circumstances as the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue shall prescribe, the Annual Additions for a Participant for a Plan Year exceed the
limitations set forth in subsection 8.2, the excess amounts shall be used to reduce Matching
Contributions for the next Plan Year (and succeeding years) for that Participant in accordance with
Treas. Reg. § 1.415-6(b)(6)(ii), after any Before-Tax Contributions are first returned. Any
Before-Tax Contributions returned to a Participant in accordance with this subsection 8.5 shall be
disregarded for purposes of subsections 8.6, 8.8, 8.10 and 8.12.
8.6 Section 402(g) Limitation. In no event shall the Before-Tax Contributions for a
Participant under the Plan (together with elective deferrals, as defined in Code section 402(g)(3),
under any other cash-or-deferred arrangement maintained by an Employer or a Related Company) for
any taxable year exceed $10,000 or such larger amount as may be permitted under section 402(g) of
the Code.
8.7 Disposition of Excess Elective Deferrals. If during any taxable year a
Participant is also a participant in any other cash or deferred arrangement, and if his elective
deferrals (as defined in section 402(g)(3) of the Code) under such other arrangement together with
Before-Tax Contributions made on his behalf exceed the maximum amount permitted for the Participant
for that year under section 402(g) of the Code, the Participant, not later than
March 1 following the close of such taxable year, may request the Benefits Committee to
distribute all or a portion of such excess to him, with any allocable gains or losses for that Plan
Year (determined in accordance with any reasonable method adopted by the Benefits Committee for
that Plan Year that either (i) conforms to the accounting provisions of Section 7 and is
consistently applied to the distribution of excess contributions under this subsection 8.7 and
subsections 8.9, 8.11 and 8.12 to all affected Participants, or (ii) satisfies any alternative
method set forth in applicable Treasury regulations). Any such request shall be in writing and
shall include adequate proof of the existence of such excess, as determined by the Benefits
Committee in its sole discretion. If the Benefits Committee is so notified, such excess amount
shall be distributed to the Participant no later than the April 15 following the close of the
Participant’s taxable year. In addition, if the applicable limitation for a Plan Year is exceeded
with respect to this Plan alone, or this Plan and another plan or plans of the Employers and
Related Companies, the Benefits Committee shall direct that such excess Before-Tax Contributions
(with allocable gains or losses) be distributed to the Participant as soon as practicable after the
Benefits Committee is notified of the excess deferrals by the Company, an Employer or the
Participant, or otherwise discovers the existence of such excess (but no later than the April 15
following the close of the Participant’s taxable year). Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions
of this subsection 8.7, the dollar amount of any distribution due hereunder shall be reduced by the
dollar amount of any Before-Tax Contributions previously distributed to the same Participant
pursuant to subsection 8.9; provided, however, that for purposes of subsections 8.2 and 8.8, the
correction under this subsection 8.7 shall be deemed to have occurred before the correction under
subsection 8.9.
8.8 Section 401(k)(3) Testing. For any Plan Year, the amount by which the average of
the Deferral Percentages (as defined below) of each eligible employee who is Highly Compensated
(the “Highly Compensated Group Deferral Percentage”) exceeds the average of the Deferral
Percentages for that year of each eligible employee who is not Highly Compensated (the “Non-highly
Compensated Group Deferral Percentage”) shall be less than or equal to either (i) a factor of 1.25
or (ii) both a factor of 2 and a difference of 2. The “Deferral Percentage” for any eligible
employee for a Plan Year shall be
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determined by dividing the Before-Tax Contributions and any
Qualified Matching Contributions made on his behalf for such year by his Compensation for the year,
subject to the following special rules:
(a) | any employee eligible to participate in the Plan at any time during a Plan Year pursuant to subsection 2.1 shall be counted, regardless of whether any Before-Tax Contributions are made on his behalf for the year; | ||
(b) | the Deferral Percentage for any Highly Compensated Participant who is eligible to participate in the Plan and who is also eligible to make other elective deferrals under one or more other arrangements (described in section 401(k) of the Code) maintained by an Employer or a Related Company that end with or within the same calendar year (other than a plan or arrangement subject to mandatory disaggregation under applicable Treasury regulations), shall be determined as if all such elective deferrals were made on his behalf under the Plan and each such other arrangement; | ||
(c) | excess Before-Tax Contributions distributed to a Participant under subsection 8.6 shall be counted in determining such Participant’s Deferral Percentage, except in the case of a distribution to a non-Highly Compensated Participant required to comply with section 401(a)(30) of the Code; | ||
(d) | if this Plan is aggregated with one or more other plans for purposes of section 410(b) of the Code (other than the average benefit percentage test), this subsection 8.8 shall be applied as if all such plans were a single plan, and all such aggregated plans must have the same plan year; | ||
(e) | union Participants shall be tested separately from non-union Participants, and all Participants who are members of a single collective bargaining unit may be tested separately under this subsection 8.8 (on a reasonable and reasonably consistent basis from year to year); and | ||
(f) | to the extent provided by applicable Treasury regulations under sections 401(k) and 410(b) of the Code, for any Plan Year, the Benefits Committee may apply the foregoing tests by treating the Plan as consisting of separate plans, one benefiting eligible employees who satisfy the greatest minimum age and service conditions permitted under section 410(a) of the Code and one benefiting eligible employees who have not satisfied such conditions. |
Application of the provisions of this subsection 8.8 shall be made in accordance with the
requirements of section 401(k)(3) of the Code and the regulations thereunder.
8.9 Correction Under Section 401(k) Test. In the event that the Highly Compensated
Group Deferral Percentage for any Plan Year does not initially satisfy one of the tests set forth
in subsection 8.8, the Benefits Committee, notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, shall
instruct the Trustee to distribute sufficient Before-Tax Contributions, with any allocable gains or
losses for such Plan Year determined in accordance with any reasonable method adopted by the
Benefits Committee for that Plan Year that either (i) conforms to the accounting provisions of
Section 7 and is consistently applied to making corrective distributions under this subsection 8.9
and subsections 8.7, 8.11 and 8.12 to all affected Participants or (ii) satisfies any alternative
method set forth in applicable Treasury regulations, so that the Highly Compensated Group Deferral
Percentage meets one of the tests referred to in subsection 8.8. Such distribution shall be made,
to the extent necessary, to the Highly Compensated Participants on whose behalf such contributions
were made, in descending order of the dollar amount of such Participants’
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contributions, starting
with highest such dollar amount, under the leveling method described in Treas. Reg. §
1.401(k)-1(f)(2). The amounts to be distributed to any Participant pursuant to this subsection 8.9
shall be reduced by the amounts of any Before-Tax Contributions distributed to him for such Plan
Year pursuant to subsection 8.7. The Benefits Committee shall return such Before-Tax Contributions
(and allocable interest) by the end of the Plan Year following the Plan Year for which they were
made.
8.10 Section 401(m)(2) Testing. For any Plan Year, the amount by which the average of
the Contribution Percentages (as defined below) of each eligible employee who is Highly Compensated
(the “Highly Compensated Group Contribution Percentage”) exceeds the average of the Contribution
Percentages for that year of each eligible employee who is not Highly Compensated (the “Non-highly
Compensated Group Contribution Percentage”) shall be less than or equal to either (i) a factor of
1.25 or (ii) both a factor of 2 and a difference of 2, “Contribution Percentage” for any eligible
employee for a Plan Year shall be determined by dividing the Matching Contributions made for him
for such year by his Compensation for that year, subject to the following special rules:
(a) | any employee eligible to receive a Matching Contribution under the Plan at any time during a Plan Year pursuant to subsection 2.1 shall be counted, regardless of whether any Matching Contributions are actually made for him for the year; | ||
(b) | the Contribution Percentage for any Highly Compensated Participant who is eligible to participate in one or more other qualified plans maintained by an Employer or a Related Company under which after-tax or matching contributions (within the meaning of section 401(m) of the Code) can be made by or for him, shall be determined as if all such contributions were made by or for him under the Plan and each other such plan; | ||
(c) | if this Plan is aggregated with one or more other plans for purposes of section 410(b) of the Code (other than for purposes of the average benefit percentage test), this subsection 8.10 shall be applied as if all such plans were a single plan, and all such aggregated plans must have the same plan year; | ||
(d) | all eligible employees who are members of a collective bargaining unit shall be disregarded for purposes of this subsection 8.10; and | ||
(e) | to the extent provided by applicable regulations under sections 401(k) and 401(m) of the Code, for any Plan Year, the Benefits Committee may apply the foregoing tests by treating the Plan as consisting of separate plans, one benefiting eligible employees who satisfy the greatest minimum age and service conditions permitted under section 410(a) of the Code and one benefiting eligible employees who have not satisfied such conditions. |
Application of the provisions of this subsection 8.10 shall be made in accordance with the
requirements of section 401(m)(2) of the Code and the regulations thereunder.
8.11 Correction Under Section 401(m) Test. In the event that the Highly Compensated
Group Contribution Percentage for any Plan Year does not initially satisfy one of the tests set
forth in subsection 8.10, to the extent necessary to satisfy one of such tests and notwithstanding
any other provision of the Plan except subsection 8.12, the Benefits Committee shall direct the
Trustee to distribute Matching Contributions, with any allocable gains or losses for such Plan Year
determined in accordance with any reasonable method adopted by the Benefits Committee for that Plan
Year that either (i) conforms to the accounting provisions of Section 7 and is consistently applied
to making corrective distributions under subsections 8.7, 8.9 and 8.12 to all affected
Participants, or (ii) satisfies any alternative method set forth in
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applicable
Treasury
regulations. Such distributions shall be made, to the extent necessary, to the Highly Compensated
Participants for whom such contributions were made, in descending order of the dollar amount of
such contributions starting with the highest, under the leveling method of Treas. Reg. §
1.401(m)-1(e)(2). Such action shall be taken by the end of the Plan Year following the Plan Year
in which such contributions were contributed.
8.12 Multiple Use of Alternative Limit. Notwithstanding any other provision of the
Plan to the contrary, if the 1.25 factors referred to in subsections 8.8 and 8.10 are both exceeded
for a Plan Year, the leveling method of correction prescribed in subsection 8.11 shall be continued
until the combined limitation set forth in Treas. Reg. § 1.401(m)-2(b)(3) is satisfied for such
Plan Year.
8.13 Highly Compensated Employee. An employee shall be “Highly Compensated” for any
Plan Year if he:
(i) | was a 5-percent owner (as defined in section 416(i)(1)(B) of the Code) of an Employer or a Related Company at any time during that Plan Year or the preceding Plan Year; or | ||
(ii) | received Compensation for the preceding Plan Year in excess of $80,000 (indexed at the same time and in the same manner as under section 415(d) of the Code except that the base period is the calendar quarter ending September 30, 1996). |
SECTION 9.
Vesting and Termination Dates
9.1 Fully Vested Interest. A Participant at all times shall have a nonforfeitable
interest in each of his Accounts under the Plan.
9.2 Termination Date. A Participant’s “Termination Date” shall be the date on which
his employment with all the Employers and Related Companies terminates for any reason.
9.3 Distribution Restrictions. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the
contrary:
(a) | A Participant shall not commence distribution of his Account pursuant to Section 11 prior to March 1, 2002, even though his employment with the Employers and Related Companies has terminated, unless or until he also has a “separation from service” within the meaning of section 401(k)(2)(B) of the Code as in effect prior to January 1, 2002. The foregoing restriction shall not apply, however, if the Participant’s termination of employment occurs in connection with the sale by an Employer or a Related Company of (i) substantially all of the assets of a trade or business or (ii) of its interest in a subsidiary, provided (A) the Participant remains employed in such trade or business or by such subsidiary after the sale, (B) the Employers continue to maintain the Plan after the sale, (C) no transfer of Participants’ Accounts occurs or is scheduled to occur after the sale to a plan of such subsidiary or of the purchaser of such assets (or any entity affiliated therewith) pursuant to subsection 13.3, and (D) the Participant requests distribution of his Accounts under the Plan in a lump sum by the close of the second calendar year following the calendar year in which such sale occurs. |
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(b) | A Participant whose employment with the Employers and Related Companies has terminated (regardless of the date on which such termination occurred) may commence distribution of his Account pursuant to Section 11 at any time after February 28, 2002, even if he has not had a “separation from service” as described in paragraph (a) next above, provided that he has incurred a severance from employment (within the meaning of section 401(k)(2)(B) of the Code as in effect on and after January 1, 2002). A Participant shall not be treated as having incurred a severance from employment for this purpose if the Participant’s subsequent employer assumes sponsorship of the Plan or relevant portion thereof or under such other circumstances as may apply under applicable law. |
SECTION 10.
Loans and Withdrawals of
Contributions While Employed
Contributions While Employed
10.1 Loans to Participants. The Benefits Committee, upon request by a Participant
(including a Participant under subsection 4.4 who is actively employed by an Employer or a Related
Company or who is a “party in interest” with respect to the Plan (as such term is defined in
section 3(14) of ERISA), in such form as the Benefits Committee may require, may authorize a loan
to be made to the Participant from his interest in the Plan, in increments of $500, subject to the
following:
(a) | No loan shall be made to a Participant if, immediately after such loan, the sum of the outstanding balances (including principal and interest) of any loan made to him under this Plan and under any other qualified retirement plan maintained by the Employer or Related Company would exceed $50,000, reduced by the excess, if any, of: |
(i) | the highest outstanding balance of all loans to the Participant from the plans during the one-year period ending on the day immediately before the date on which the loan is made; over | ||
(ii) | the outstanding balance of loans from the plans to the Participant on the date on which such loan is made; | ||
and no loan shall be made to a Participant in excess of one-half of the total vested balance of the Participant’s Accounts under the Plan as of the date the loan is made. |
(b) | Each loan to a Participant shall be charged against the Participant’s Accounts (excluding the Matching Account and Qualified Matching Account), pro rata, and shall be charged against each Investment Fund in which such Accounts are invested in the same ratio as the value of his interest in such Fund with respect to the applicable Account bears to the Participant’s total interest in that Account. | ||
(c) | Each loan shall provide for: |
(i) | a reasonable repayment period of not more than 5 years from the date of the loan (or not more than 15 years for a loan used to acquire a dwelling which, within a reasonable period of time, will be used as the Participant’s principal residence); | ||
(ii) | a reasonable rate of interest; |
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(iii) | substantially equal payments of principal and interest over the term of the loan no less frequently than quarterly; and | ||
(iv) | such other terms and conditions as the Benefits Committee shall determine; and |
shall be evidenced by a written agreement or in such other form as the Benefits
Committee may require from time to time in accordance with uniform procedures
consistently applied. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 10 to the
contrary, negotiation of a loan check shall evidence the Participant’s acceptance of
and consent to be bound by the terms and conditions of such loan.
(d) | Promissory notes or other indicia of outstanding loans shall be held by the Trustee in the Loan Fund, unless such duty is delegated by the Trustee to the Benefits Committee. | ||
(e) | Payments of principal and interest to the Plan with respect to any loan to a Participant: |
(i) | shall reduce the outstanding balance with respect to that loan; | ||
(ii) | shall reduce the balance of the Loan Fund holding the promissory note reflecting that loan; | ||
(iii) | shall be credited to the Participant’s Accounts pro rata; and | ||
(iv) | shall be invested in the Investment Funds (other than the Loan Fund) in accordance with the Participant’s current investment directions. |
(f) | A Participant’s obligation to repay a loan (or loans) from the Plan shall be secured by that portion of the total vested balance of the Participant’s Accounts equal to the then outstanding balance of the loan plus accrued, but unpaid, interest; provided, however, that in no event shall more than 50% of the value of the total vested balance in the Participant’s Accounts (determined immediately after origination of the loan) be taken into account as security for the outstanding balance of all Plan loans made to the Participant. | ||
(g) | Generally, loan repayments will be made by payroll deductions. However, during any period when payroll deduction is not possible or is not permitted under applicable law, repayment will be made by personal check. | ||
(h) | The loan may be prepaid in full at any time without penalty. | ||
(i) | If the outstanding balance of principal and interest on any loan is not paid at the expiration of its term or upon acceleration in accordance with paragraph (m) next below, or if any required payments of principal and interest on the loan are not paid when due, a delinquency shall occur. If the delinquency is not cured by the last day of the cure period established by the Committee in accordance with uniform procedures adopted by it (which cure period shall not extend beyond the last day of the calendar quarter following the calendar quarter in which the delinquent payment was due), a default shall occur and (i) the entire outstanding balance of the loan (including accrued but unpaid interest) shall be treated as a deemed distribution for tax purposes in accordance with applicable Treasury regulations; and (ii) the Committee shall apply all or a portion of the Participant’s vested interest in the Plan in satisfaction of such outstanding obligation, but |
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only to the extent that such vested interest (or
portion thereof) is then distributable under applicable provisions of the Code. If
necessary to satisfy the entire outstanding obligation, such application of the vested
interest may be executed in a series of actions as amounts credited to the
Participant’s Accounts become distributable.
(j) | If distribution is to be made to a Beneficiary in accordance with subsection 11.2, any outstanding promissory note of the Participant shall be canceled and the unpaid principal of the loan, together with any accrued interest thereon, shall be treated as a distribution to or on behalf of the Participant immediately prior to commencement of distribution to the Beneficiary. | ||
(k) | A participant may have only one loan outstanding at any time. | ||
(l) | The Benefits Committee shall establish uniform procedures for applying for a loan, evaluating loan applications and setting reasonable rates of interest. | ||
(m) | If a Participant commences distribution of his Accounts pursuant to subsection 11.1, the entire outstanding balance of his loan shall become immediately due and payable. |
10.2 Partial Withdrawals During Employment Before Age 591/2. A Participant whose
Termination Date has not yet occurred and who has not attained age 591/2 may elect to withdraw all or
part of his interest in the Investment Funds (other than the Loan Fund), pro rata, as provided and
in the order set forth below:
(a) | up to 100% of his Rollover Account (including earnings); | ||
(b) | up to 100% of his Matching Account (including earnings); and | ||
(c) | up to 100% of the Before-Tax Contributions credited to his Before-Tax Account; |
provided that no withdrawal may be made in accordance with clauses (b) or (c) next above except on
account of Hardship (as defined in subsection 10.3). No portion of the Participant’s Qualified
Matching Contribution Account may be withdrawn under this subsection 10.2.
10.3 Hardship Withdrawals. A withdrawal will not be considered to be made on account
of “Hardship” unless the following requirements are met:
(a) | The withdrawal is requested because of an immediate and heavy financial need of the Participant, and will be so deemed if the Participant represents that the withdrawal is made on account of: |
(i) | expenses for medical care described in section 213(d) of the Code incurred by the Participant, the Participant’s spouse or any dependent of the Participant (as defined in section 152 of the Code) or necessary for such persons to obtain such medical care; | ||
(ii) | the purchase (excluding mortgage payments) of a principal residence of the Participant; | ||
(iii) | payment of tuition for the next 12 months of post-secondary education for the Participant, or his spouse, children or dependents; |
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(iv) | the need to prevent the eviction of the Participant from his principal residence or foreclosure on the mortgage of the Participant’s residence; or | ||
(v) | any other circumstances of immediate and heavy financial need identified as such in applicable Treasury regulations, rulings or notices of general applicability. |
(b) | The withdrawal must also be necessary to satisfy the immediate and heavy financial need of the Participant, and will be so deemed if all of the following requirements are satisfied: |
(i) | the Participant represents that the distribution is not in excess of the amount of an immediate and heavy financial need; | ||
(ii) | the Participant has obtained all distributions (other than hardship withdrawals under this subsection 10.3) and all nontaxable loans currently available under the Plan and all other plans maintained by the Related Companies; | ||
(iii) | notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, Before-Tax and Matching Contributions by or on behalf of the Participant shall be suspended for a period of 12 months after the Participant makes a Hardship withdrawal under this subsection 10.3; and | ||
(iv) | in the Participant’s taxable year immediately following the taxable year of the Hardship withdrawal, the Before-Tax Contributions contributed on behalf of the Participant shall not exceed the applicable limit under subsection 8.6 for such next taxable year less the amount of Before-Tax Contributions contributed on behalf of the Participant for the taxable year of the hardship distribution. A Participant shall not fail to be treated as an eligible employee for purposes of subsections 8.8 and 8.10 merely because of the application of this subparagraph 10.3(b)(iv). |
10.4 Partial or Complete Withdrawal During Employment at or After Age 591/2. A
Participant whose Termination Date has not yet occurred and who has attained age 591/2 may elect to
withdraw all or a portion of his interest in his Plan Account. Such withdrawal may be made from
any one or more of the Investment Funds in which his Account is invested, in such proportions as
the Participant shall direct. If the Participant elects a complete withdrawal of his entire
interest in the Plan, the full value of his Account balances shall become payable in accordance
with a method of payment provided for in subsection 11.1.
10.5 Partial Withdrawal After Termination Date. A Participant whose Termination Date
has occurred and who has attained age 55 may elect to withdraw part of his Plan interest. Such
withdrawal shall be made from any one or more Investment Funds in which his Account is invested, in
such proportions as he shall direct.
10.6 Withdrawal After Permanent Disability. A Participant who is Totally and
Permanently Disabled (as defined below) may elect to permanently discontinue his participation in
the Plan and to completely withdraw his Account balances, whereupon the full value of his Account
balances shall become payable in accordance with a method of payment provided for in subsection
11.1. “Totally and Permanently Disabled” means that the Participant
is unable to perform the duties of his usual position or any other position at his employer
if, in the opinion of a physician selected by his Employer, such inability is due to a physical or
mental disability that is expected to result in death or to be of long-standing and indefinite
duration.
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10.7 Form of Withdrawal. For purposes of this Section 10, all Accounts shall be
valued as of the Accounting Date immediately preceding the loan or withdrawal. All loan proceeds
and withdrawn amounts shall be paid in cash, provided, however, that a withdrawal under subsection
10.4, 10.5 or 10.6 may be made in Company stock to the extent the Participant’s Accounts are
invested in the GATX Stock Fund as of the date of such withdrawal.
SECTION 11.
Distributions
11.1 Distributions to Participants After Termination of Employment. If a Termination
Date occurs with respect to a Participant (for a reason other than his death), his Account balances
shall be distributed in accordance with the following provisions of this subsection 11.1, subject
to the rules of subsection 11.4:
(a) | If the value of the Participant’s Accounts (including any loans outstanding on his Termination Date) does not exceed $5,000 ($3,500 for Termination Dates on or before August 31, 1998), determined as soon as practicable after his Termination Date, the balance of such Accounts, less any outstanding loan balance (including accrued and unpaid interest) distributable in accordance with paragraph 10.1(i), shall be distributed to him in a lump sum payment. | ||
(b) | If the value of the Participant’s Accounts (including any loans outstanding on his Termination Date) exceeds $5,000 ($3,500 for Termination Dates on or before August 31, 1998), determined as soon as practicable after his Termination Date, the balance of such Accounts, less any outstanding loan balance (including accrued and unpaid interest) distributable in accordance with paragraph 10.1(i), shall be distributed to the Participant on (or as soon as practicable after) the Distribution Date (as defined in paragraph (c) below) he elects, in a lump sum payment. | ||
(c) | “Distribution Date” shall mean the Accounting Date (following a Participant’s Termination Date) as of which a payment in any form is made pursuant to this Section 11 without regard to any reasonable administrative delay. The Distribution Date with respect to any Participant shall be no later than the day he attains his Required Beginning Date (defined in paragraph 11.3(b)) or such earlier date as may be required under subsection 11.2. |
11.2 Distributions to Beneficiaries. Subject to subsection 11.4, the following rules
shall apply if a Participant dies while any portion of his Accounts remains undistributed:
(a) | If the Participant dies before benefit payments to him have commenced, the balance of his Accounts, less any outstanding loan balance distributable in accordance with paragraph 10.1(j), shall be distributed as soon as practicable after his death to his Beneficiary (as defined in subsection 11.5) in a lump sum; provided, however, that if such balance is greater than $5,000 ($3,500 on or before August 31, 1998), the Beneficiary may delay commencement of benefit payments hereunder by electing a later Distribution Date, subject to the provisions of paragraph 11.1(c). | ||
(b) | If a Participant dies after benefit payments to him have commenced, the balance, if any, of his Accounts shall continue to be distributed to his Beneficiary in accordance with the method of distribution selected by the Participant; provided, however, that the |
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Beneficiary may elect to have such balance paid in a lump sum payment
as soon as practicable after the Participant’s death.
11.3 Limits on Commencement and Duration of Distributions. The following distribution
rules shall be applied in accordance with sections 401(a)(9) and 401(a)(14) of the Code and
applicable regulations thereunder, including the minimum distribution incidental benefit
requirement of Treas. Reg. § 1.401(a)(9)-2, and shall supersede any other provision of the Plan to
the contrary:
(a) | Unless a Participant elects otherwise in accordance with paragraph 11.1(c), in no event shall distribution commence later than 60 days after the close of the Plan Year in which the later of the following events occurs: the Participant’s attainment of age 65 or the Participant’s Termination Date. | ||
(b) | Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, the entire value of the Participant’s Accounts shall be distributed no later than his “Required Beginning Date,” that is, April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which he (i) attains age 701/2 or (ii) terminates employment with all the Employers and Related Companies, whichever is the later; provided, however, that distribution shall be made in accordance with clause (i) (and not clause (ii)) next above in the case of (A) a Participant who is a 5% or more owner (as described in section 416 of the Code) during the Plan Year ending in the calendar year in which he attains 701/2, and (B) a Participant (whether or not a 5% or more owner) who attains age 701/2 after December 31, 1987 and before January 1, 1997 (other than a Participant who attains age 701/2 during 1996 and who is still employed by an Employer or Related Company on December 31, 1996). | ||
(c) | If a Participant dies after distribution of his vested interest in the Plan has begun, the remaining portion of such vested interest, if any, shall be distributed to his Beneficiary at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution used prior to the Participant’s death. | ||
(d) | If a Participant dies before distribution of his vested interest in the Plan has begun, distribution of such vested interest to his Beneficiary shall be completed by December 31 of the calendar year in which the fifth anniversary of the Participant’s death occurs; provided, however, that this five-year rule shall not apply if such Beneficiary is the Participant’s surviving spouse, and distribution is made not later than December 31 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Participant would have attained age 701/2. | ||
(e) | If the Participant’s surviving spouse is his Beneficiary and such spouse dies before the distributions to such spouse begins, paragraph (d) shall be applied as if the surviving spouse were the Participant. |
11.4 Beneficiary Designations. The term “Beneficiary” shall mean the Participant’s
surviving spouse. However, if the Participant is not married, or if the Participant is married but
his spouse consents to the designation of a person other than the spouse, the term Beneficiary
shall mean such person or persons as the Participant designates to receive his Accounts upon his
death. Such designation may be made, revoked or changed (without the consent of any
previously-designated Beneficiary except his spouse) only by an instrument signed by the
Participant and filed with the Benefits Committee prior to his death. A spouse’s consent to the
designation of a Beneficiary other than the spouse shall be in writing, shall acknowledge the
effect of such designation, shall be witnessed by a Plan representative or a notary public and
shall be effective only with respect to such consenting spouse. In default of such designation, or
at any time when there is no surviving spouse and no existing Beneficiary designated by the
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Participant, his Beneficiary shall be his surviving children (per stirpes) or, if he has no
children, the estate of the last to die of the Participant or his designated Beneficiary. For
purposes of the Plan, “spouse” means the person to whom the Participant is legally married at the
relevant time.
11.5 Form of Payment. All distributions pursuant to this Section 11 shall be made in
cash; provided, however, that (i) a Participant (or his Beneficiary) may elect to have the Company
stock allocated to his Accounts paid in kind.
11.6 Direct Rollover Option. To the extent required under the applicable provisions
of section 401(a)(31) of the Code and regulations issued thereunder, any person receiving an
“eligible rollover distribution” (as defined in such Code section) may direct the Benefits
Committee to transfer such distributable amount, or a portion thereof, to an “eligible retirement
plan” (as defined in such Code section), in accordance with uniform rules established by the
Benefits Committee. Effective as of January 1, 1999, the term “eligible rollover distribution”
excludes hardship distributions as described in section 401(k)(2)(B)(i)(IV) of the Code.
11.7 Facility of Payment. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections 11.1 and
11.2, if, in the Benefits Committee’s opinion, a Participant or Beneficiary is under a legal
disability or is in any way incapacitated so as to be unable to manage his financial affairs, the
Benefits Committee may direct the Trustee to make payment to a relative or friend of such person
for his benefit until claim is made by a conservator or other person legally charged with the care
of his person or his estate. Thereafter, any benefits under the Plan to which such Participant or
Beneficiary is entitled shall be paid to such conservator or other person legally charged with the
care of his person or his estate.
11.8 Interests Not Transferable. The interests of Participants and other persons
entitled to benefits under the Plan are not subject to the claims of their creditors and may not be
voluntarily or involuntarily assigned, alienated or encumbered, except in the case of loans made
under the Plan and qualified domestic relations orders that relate to the provision of child
support, alimony or marital property rights of a spouse, child or other dependent of a Participant
and which meet such other requirements as may be imposed by section 414(p) of the Code or
regulations issued thereunder. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary,
distribution of the entire vested portion of the Account balance of a Participant awarded to his
alternate payee may be made in a lump sum payment, as soon as practicable after the Benefits
Committee
determines that such order is qualified, without regard to whether the Participant would
himself be entitled under the terms of the Plan to withdraw or receive a distribution of such
amount at that time, but only if the terms of the order provide for such immediate distribution
either specifically or by general reference to any manner of distribution permitted under the Plan.
11.9 Absence of Guaranty. None of the Benefits Committee, the Review Committee, the
Trustee, or the Employers in any way guarantee the Trust from loss or depreciation. The Employers
do not guarantee any payment to any person. The liability of the Trustee to make any payment is
limited to the available assets of the Trust.
11.10 Missing Participants or Beneficiaries. Each Participant and each designated
Beneficiary must file with the Benefits Committee from time to time in writing his post office
address and each change of post office address. Any communication, statement or notice addressed
to a Participant or designated Beneficiary at his last post office address filed with the Benefits
Committee, or, in the case of a Participant, if no address is filed with the Benefits Committee,
then at his last post office address as shown on the Employers’ records, will be binding on the
Participant and his designated Beneficiary for all purposes of the Plan. None of the Benefits
Committee, the Employers nor the Trustee will be required to search for or locate a Participant or
designated Beneficiary. If any benefit payment is returned by the
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United States mail indicating
that the last known address of the Participant (or Beneficiary) is not correct and there is no
forwarding address, and such Participant (or Beneficiary) fails to contact the Benefits Committee
in writing within the next two years, the Accounts of such Participant (or Beneficiary) shall then
be forfeited (and the amounts therein used to reduce Employer contributions), subject to
restoration through additional Employer contributions upon proper application for payment by the
Participant (or Beneficiary).
11.11 Distribution Information and Elections. Each Participant (or, to the extent
applicable, each Beneficiary of a deceased Participant) who is eligible to receive a distribution
under Section 11 and each Participant who has elected a withdrawal under Section 10 shall be given
an explanation of (i) his right, if any, to defer receipt of the distribution or withdrawal, (ii)
his right, if any, to elect a direct rollover under subsection 11.7, and (iii) in the case of a
distribution under Section 11.1(b) or 11.2(a), a general explanation of the optional forms of
distribution (if any) available to the Participant or Beneficiary. Such explanation shall be
provided to the Participant (or, if applicable, the Beneficiary), in writing or in such other form
as may be permitted under applicable regulations, no more than 90 days or less than 30 days before
the date as of which the distribution or withdrawal is made. Notwithstanding any provision of this
Section 11 or Section 10 to the contrary, a distribution or withdrawal may be made less than 30
days after the written explanation is provided if the Participant (or, if applicable, the
Beneficiary) has been informed in writing of his right to at least 30 days to consider his decision
and affirmatively elects a form of distribution before such 30-day period expires. A Participant’s
failure to elect a distribution shall be deemed an election to defer distribution to the extent
permitted by Section 11.
SECTION 12.
Benefits Committee and Review Committee
12.1 Membership. The Benefits Committee and Review Committee (collectively, the “Committees”) referred to in
subsection 1.3 shall each consist of one or more members appointed by the Company’s Chief Executive
Officer.
12.2 Authority of Benefits Committee Except as otherwise specifically provided in
this Section 12, in controlling and managing the operation and administration of the Plan, the
Benefits Committee shall act by a majority of its then members, by meeting or by writing filed
without meeting, and shall have the following powers, rights and duties in addition to those vested
in it elsewhere in the Plan or Trust, and any decision made by the Benefits Committee (or by any
person to whom the Benefits Committee delegates administrative responsibility pursuant to
subsection 12.3) pursuant to this subsection 12.2 (or any other provision of the Plan granting the
Benefits Committee the authority to act) shall be final:
(a) | to adopt such rules of procedure and regulations as, in its opinion, may be necessary for the proper and efficient administration of the Plan and as are consistent with the provisions of the Plan; | ||
(b) | to enforce the Plan in accordance with its terms and with such applicable rules and regulations as may be adopted by the Benefits Committee; | ||
(c) | to determine conclusively all questions arising under the Plan, including the power to determine the eligibility of employees and the rights of Participants and other persons entitled to benefits under the Plan and their respective benefits, and to remedy ambiguities, inconsistencies or omissions; |
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(d) | to maintain and keep adequate records concerning the Plan and concerning its proceedings and acts in such form and detail as the Benefits Committee may decide; | ||
(e) | to direct all payments of benefits under the Plan; | ||
(f) | to perform the functions of a “plan administrator” as defined in section 414(g) of the Code, for purposes of Section 9 and for purposes of establishing and implementing procedures to determine the qualified status of domestic relations orders (in accordance with the requirements of section 414(p) of the Code) and to administer distributions under such qualified orders; | ||
(g) | to employ agents, attorneys, accountants or other persons (who may also be employed by or represent the Employers) for such purposes as the Benefits Committee considers necessary or desirable to discharge its duties; and | ||
(h) | to establish a claims procedure in accordance with section 503 of ERISA. |
The certificate of a majority of the members of the Benefits Committee that the Benefits Committee
has taken or authorized any action shall be conclusive in favor of any person relying on the
certificate.
12.3 Allocation and Delegation of Committee Responsibilities and Powers. In
exercising its authority to control and manage the operation and administration of the Plan, and
the investment of Plan assets, the Benefits Committee and the Review Committee, respectively, may
allocate all or any part of its responsibilities and powers to any one or more of its members and
may
delegate all or any part of its responsibilities and powers to any person or persons selected
by it. Any such allocation or delegation and the acceptance thereof by the Committee member or
delegate shall be in writing and may be revoked at any time. Any member or delegate exercising
Committee responsibilities and powers under this subsection shall periodically report to the
Committee on its exercise thereof and the discharge of such responsibilities.
12.4 Uniform Rules. In managing the Plan, the Benefits Committee shall uniformly
apply rules and regulations adopted by it to all persons similarly situated.
12.5 Information to be Furnished to Benefits Committee. The Employers and Related
Companies shall furnish the Benefits Committee such data and information as may be required for it
to discharge its duties. The records of the Employers and Related Companies as to an employee’s or
Participant’s period of employment, termination of employment and the reason therefor, leave of
absence, reemployment and Compensation shall be conclusive on all persons unless determined to be
manifestly incorrect. Participants and other persons entitled to benefits under the Plan must
furnish to the Benefits Committee such evidence, data or information as the Benefits Committee
considers desirable to carry out the Plan.
12.6 Mistake of Fact. A misstatement or other mistake of fact shall be corrected when
it becomes known, and the Benefits Committee shall make such adjustment on account thereof as it
considers equitable and practicable.
12.7 Exercise of Committees’ Duties. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the
Plan, the Committees shall discharge their duties hereunder solely in the interests of the
Participants and other persons entitled to benefits under the Plan, and:
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(a) | for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to Participants and other persons entitled to benefits under the Plan; and | ||
(b) | 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 a like character and with like aims. |
12.8 Remuneration and Expenses. No remuneration shall be paid from the Plan to any
member of the Committees as such. Except as otherwise determined by the Company, the following
expenses will be paid directly by the Trustee out of Plan assets or, if paid by one or more
Employers, reimbursed by the Trustee to the maximum extent permitted by law: (a) all direct
expenses of administering the Plan, including direct expenses incurred by the Employers and direct
expenses of the Benefits or Review Committee or the members thereof incurred in the performance of
a committee function with respect to the Plan, including the fees and expenses of persons employed
by the Benefits Committee in accordance with paragraph 12.2(g), and (b) all fees and expenses
incurred in connection with protection, investment and distribution of the Trust.
12.9 Indemnification of the Committees. The Committees and the individual members
thereof shall be indemnified and defended by the Employers against any and all liabilities, losses,
costs and expenses (including legal fees and expenses) of whatsoever kind and nature which may be
imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Committees or their members by reason of the
performance of a committee function if either of the Committees or such members did not act
dishonestly or in willful violation of the law or regulation under which such liability, loss, cost
or expense arises.
12.10 Resignation or Removal of Committee Member. A member of either of the
Committees may resign at any time by giving advance written notice to the Chief Executive Officer
of the Company and the other Committee members. The Chief Executive Officer of the Company may
remove a member of either of the Committees by giving advance written notice to him and the other
Committee members.
12.11 Appointment of Successor Committee Members. The Chief Executive Officer of the
Company may fill any vacancy in the membership of either of the Committees and shall give prompt
written notice thereof to the other Committee members, the other Employers and the Trustee. While
there is a vacancy in the membership of one of the Committees, the remaining members of that
Committee shall have the same powers as the full Committee until the vacancy is filled.
SECTION 13.
Amendment and Termination
13.1 Amendment. While the Company expects to continue the Plan, it necessarily
reserves the right, subject to the provisions of the Trust Agreement, to amend the Plan from time
to time, except that no amendment will reduce a Participant’s interest in the Plan to less than an
amount equal to the amount he would have been entitled to receive if he had resigned from the
employ of the Employers and the Related Companies on the day of the amendment. Any such amendment
shall be in writing and shall be adopted by action of the Company’s Board of Directors or a duly
appointed committee thereof, or by action of a duly authorized officer of the Company; provided,
however, that the Chief Executive Officer of the Company may approve any amendment incorporating
administrative or substantive changes to the Plan which do not, and will not, require the
expenditure of substantial assets of the Company or of the Plan, as the case may be.
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13.2 Termination. The Plan will terminate as to all of the Employers on any day
specified by the Company if advance written notice of the termination is given to the other
Employers. Employees of any Employer shall cease to be active Participants in the Plan (and shall
be treated as inactive Participants in accordance with subsection 2.2) on the first to occur of the
following:
(a) | the date that Employer, by appropriate corporate action communicated in advance to the Company, ceases to be a contributing sponsor; | ||
(b) | the date that Employer is judicially declared bankrupt or insolvent; or | ||
(c) | the dissolution, merger, consolidation, reorganization or sale of that Employer, or the sale by that Employer of all or substantially all of its assets, except that, subject to the provisions of subsection 13.3, with the consent of the Company, in any such event arrangements may be made whereby the Plan will be continued by any successor to that Employer or any purchaser of all or substantially all of that Employer’s assets, in which case the successor or purchaser will be substituted for the Employer under the Plan. |
13.3 Merger and Consolidation of the Plan, Transfer of Plan Assets. The Benefits
Committee in its discretion may direct the Trustee to transfer all or a portion of the assets of
this Plan to another defined contribution plan of the Employers or Related Companies which is
qualified under section 401(a) of the Code, or in the event of the sale of stock of an Employer or
all or a portion of the assets of an Employer, to a qualified plan of an employer which is not a
Related Company. In the case of any merger or consolidation with, or transfer of assets and
liabilities to, any other plan, provisions shall be made so that each affected Participant in the
Plan on the date thereof (if the Plan, as applied to that Participant, then terminated) would
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 prior to the merger,
consolidation or transfer if the Plan, as applied to him, had then terminated.
13.4 Distribution on Termination and Partial Termination. Upon termination or partial
termination of the Plan, all benefits under the Plan shall continue to be paid in accordance with
Sections 10 and 11 as such section may be amended from time to time.
13.5 Notice of Amendment, Termination or Partial Termination. Affected Participants
will be notified of an amendment, termination or partial termination of the Plan as required by
law.
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APPENDIX I
DEFINED TERMS
1.5
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– | Accounting Date | ||
7.1
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– | Accounts | ||
8.2
|
– | Annual Additions | ||
11.5
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– | Beneficiary | ||
1.3
|
– | Benefits Committee | ||
4.1
|
– | Before-Tax Contribution | ||
1.1
|
– | Code | ||
12.1
|
– | Committees | ||
1.1
|
– | Company | ||
8.1
|
– | Compensation | ||
8.10
|
– | Contribution Percentage | ||
8.8
|
– | Deferral Percentage | ||
11.1
|
– | Distribution Date | ||
1.1
|
– | Effective Date | ||
4.5
|
– | Eligible Compensation | ||
1.2
|
– | Employer | ||
1.2
|
– | Employers | ||
2.1
|
– | Entry Date | ||
1.3
|
– | ERISA | ||
10.3
|
– | Hardship | ||
8.13
|
– | Highly Compensated | ||
8.10
|
– | Highly Compensated Group Contribution Percentage | ||
8.8
|
– | Highly Compensated Group Deferral Percentage | ||
3.2
|
– | Hours of Service | ||
6.1
|
– | Investment Funds | ||
2.5
|
– | Leased Employee | ||
6.1
|
– | Loan Fund | ||
7.1
|
– | Matching Account | ||
5.1
|
– | Matching Contribution | ||
3.2
|
– | Maternity or Paternity Absence | ||
8.10
|
– | Non-highly Compensated Group Contribution Percentage | ||
8.8
|
– | Non-highly Compensated Group Deferral Percentage | ||
1.1
|
– | Plan | ||
1.4
|
– | Plan Year | ||
7.1
|
– | Qualified Matching Account | ||
5.2
|
– | Qualified Matching Contribution | ||
1.2
|
– | Related Company | ||
11.4
|
– | Required Beginning Date | ||
1.3
|
– | Review Committee | ||
7.1
|
– | Rollover Account | ||
4.4
|
– | Rollover Contribution | ||
8.2
|
– | Section 415 Affiliate | ||
9.2
|
– | Termination Date | ||
1.3
|
– | Trust | ||
1.3
|
– | Trustee | ||
3.1
|
– | Year of Service |
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APPENDIX II
Rates of Matching Contributions
Collective Bargaining Unit | Rate of Matching Contributions | |||||
United Steelworkers of America | Effective as of January 1, 1998, 50% of the participant’s contributions that are not in excess of 3% of the participant’s eligible compensation, | |||||
Local Union 1010-8 | ||||||
Local Union 1822 | plus | |||||
Local Union 5812 | ||||||
Local Union 5632 | Effective February 22, 2001, 25% of the participant’s contributions in excess of 3%, but not in excess of 6%, of the participant’s eligible compensation | |||||
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union |
50% of the participant’s contributions that are not in excess of 3% of the participant’s eligible compensation | |||||
Local Union 8-398 | Effective January 1, 1999 | |||||
Local Union 4-227 | Effective January 1, 2000 | |||||
Local Union 8-397 | Effective January 1, 1999 |
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Application
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A-1. This Supplement A to GATX Corporation Hourly Employees Savings Plan (the “Plan”) shall be applicable on and after the date on which the Plan becomes Top-Heavy (as described in subsection A-4). | |
Definitions
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A-2. Unless the context clearly implies or indicates the contrary, a word, term or phrase used or defined in the Plan is similarly used or defined for purposes of this Supplement A. | |
Affected Participant
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A-3. For purposes of this Supplement A, the term “Affected Participant” means each Participant who is employed by an Employer or a Related Company during any Plan Year for which the Plan is Top-Heavy, subject to the following: | |
(a) For any such Plan
Year, the term “Affected Participant” shall include any
employee of an Employer who is not a Participant solely
because he failed to make the contributions required
under subsection 4.1 for that year. |
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(b) The term
“Affected Participant” shall not include any Participant
who is covered by a collective bargaining agreement if
retirement benefits were the subject of good faith
bargaining between his Employer and his collective
bargaining representative. |
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Top-Heavy
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A-4. The Plan shall be “Top-Heavy” for any Plan Year if, as of the Determination Date for that year (as described in paragraph (a) next below), the present value of the benefits attributable to Key Employees (as defined in subsection A-5) under all Aggregation Plans (as defined in subsection A-8) exceeds 60% of the present value of all benefits under such plans. The foregoing determination shall be made in accordance with the provisions of section 416 of the Code. Subject to the preceding sentence: | |
(a) The Determination
Date with respect to any plan for purposes of
determining Top-Heavy status for any plan year of that
plan shall be the last day of the preceding plan year
or, in the case of the first plan year of that plan, the
last day of that year. The present value of benefits as
of any Determination Date shall be determined as of the
accounting date or valuation date coincident with or
next preceding the Determination Date. If the plan
years of all Aggregation Plans do not coincide, the
Top-Heavy status of the Plan on any Determination Date
shall be |
A-1
determined by aggregating the present value of Plan
benefits on that date with the present value of the
benefits under each other Aggregation Plan determined
as of the Determination Date of such other
Aggregation Plan which occurs in the same calendar
year as the Plan’s Determination Date. |
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(b) Benefits under
any plan as of any Determination Date shall include the
amount of any distributions from that plan made during
the plan year which includes the Determination Date or
during any of the preceding four plan years, but shall
not include any amounts attributable to employee
contributions which are deductible under section 219 of
the Code, any amounts attributable to employee-initiated
rollovers or transfers made after December 31, 1983 from
a plan maintained by an unrelated employer, or, in case
of a defined contribution plan, any amounts attributable
to contributions made after the Determination Date
unless such contributions are required by section 412 of
the Code or are made for the plan’s first plan year. |
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(c) Benefits
attributable to a participant shall include benefits
paid or payable to a beneficiary of the participant, but
shall not include benefits paid or payable to any
participant who has not performed services for an
Employer or Related Company during any of the five plan
years ending on the applicable Determination Date. |
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(d)
The accrued
benefit of a Non-Key Employee shall be determined under
the method which is used for accrual purposes for all
plans of the Employer and Related Companies; or, if
there is not such method, as if the benefit accrued not
more rapidly than the slowest accrual rate permitted
under section 411(b)( I )(c) of the Code. |
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(e) The present value
of benefits under all defined benefit plans shall be
determined on the basis of a 5% per annum interest
factor and the GAM ‘71 Mate Table. |
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Key Employee
|
A-5. The term “Key Employee” means an employee or deceased employee (or beneficiary of such deceased employee) who is a Key Employee within the meaning ascribed to that term by section 416(i) of the Code. Subject to the preceding sentence, the term Key Employee includes any employee or deceased employee (or beneficiary of such deceased employee) who at any time during the plan year which includes the Determination Date or during any of the four preceding plan years was: | |
(a) an officer of any
Employer or Related Company with Compensation in excess
of 50 percent of the amount in |
A-2
effect under section 415(b)(1)(A) of the Code for the calendar year in which that year ends; provided, however, that the maximum number of employees who shall be considered Key Employees under this paragraph (a) shall be 50; | ||
(b) one of the 10
employees owning the largest interests in any Employer
or any Related Company (disregarding any ownership
interest which is less than 1/2 of one percent),
excluding any employee for any plan year whose
Compensation did not exceed the applicable amount in
effect under section 415(c)(1)(A) of the Code for the
calendar year in which that year ends; |
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(c) a 5% owner of any
Employer or of any Related Company; or |
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(d) a 1% owner of any
Employer or any Related Company having Compensation in
excess of $150,000. |
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Compensation
|
A-6. The term “Compensation” for purposes of this Supplement A generally means compensation within the meaning of section 415(c)(3). However, solely for purposes of determining who is a Key Employee, the term “Compensation” means compensation as defined in Code section 414(q). | |
Non-Key Employee
|
A-7. The term “Non-Key Employee” means any employee (or beneficiary of a deceased employee) who is not a Key Employee. | |
Aggregation Plan
|
A-8. The term “Aggregation Plan” means the Plan and each other retirement plan (including any termination plan) maintained by an Employer or Related Company which is qualified under section 401(a) of the Code and which: | |
(a) during the plan
year which includes the applicable Determination Date,
or during any of the preceding four plan years, includes
a Key Employee as a participant; |
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(b) during the plan
year which includes the applicable Determination Date
or, during any of the preceding four plan years, enables
the Plan or any plan in which a Key Employee
participates to meet the requirements of section
401(a)(4) or 410 of the Code; or |
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(c) at the election
of the Employer, would meet the requirements of sections
401(a)(4) and 410 if it were considered together with
the Plan and all other plans described in paragraphs (a)
and (b) next above. |
A-3
Required Aggregation Plan
|
A-9. The term “Required Aggregation Plan” means a plan described in either paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection A-8. | |
Permissive Aggregation Plan
|
A-10. The term “Permissive Aggregation Plan” means a plan described in paragraph (c) of subsection A-8. | |
Minimum Contribution
|
A-11. For any Plan Year during which the Plan is Top-Heavy, the minimum amount of Employer contributions and Forfeitures, excluding elective contributions as defined in Code section 401(k) and employer matching contributions as defined in Code section 401(m), allocated to the Accounts of each Affected Participant who is employed by an Employer or Related Company on the last day of that year, who is not a Key Employee and who is not entitled to a minimum benefit for that year under any defined benefit Aggregation Plan which is top-heavy shall, when expressed as a percentage of the Affected Participant’s Compensation, be equal to the lesser of: | |
(a) 3%; or |
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(b) the percentage at
which Employer contributions (including Employer
contributions made pursuant to a cash or deferred
arrangement) are allocated to the Accounts of the Key
Employee for whom such percentage (when expressed as a
percentage of Compensation not in excess of $160,000 or
such larger amount as may be in effect for such year
under section 401(a)(17) of the Code) is greatest. |
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For purposes of the preceding sentence, compensation earned while a member of a group of employees to whom the Plan has not been extended shall be disregarded. Paragraph (b) next above shall not be applicable for any Plan Year if the Plan enables a defined benefit plan described in paragraph A-8(a) or A-8(b) to meet the requirements of section 401(a)(4) or 410 for that year. Employer contributions for any Plan Year during which the Plan is Top-Heavy shall be allocated first to non-Key Employees until the requirements of this subsection A-11 have been met and, to the extent necessary to comply with the provisions of this subsection A-11, additional contributions shall be required of the Employers. | ||
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A-12. Notwithstanding the foregoing: | |
(a) Subject to the
provisions of paragraph (b) of this subsection A-12, for
any Plan Year prior to January 1, 2000 during which the
Plan is Top-Heavy, paragraphs (2)(B) and (3)(B) of
section 415(e) of the Code shall be applied by
substituting “1.0” for “1.25”. |
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(b) If for any Plan
Year the Plan would not be Top-Heavy under subsection
A-5 if “90%” were substituted for “60%” as it appears in
that subsection, paragraph A-11 shall be applied by
substituting “4%” for “3%” as it appears in that
subsection, and paragraph (a) of this subsection A-12
shall not apply. |
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Purpose
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B-1. The purpose of this Supplement B is to modify and supplement the terms and conditions of the GATX Corporation Hourly Employees Retirement Savings Plan applicable to Affected Participants (as defined in subsection B-4) in connection with the sale of all of the outstanding shares of GATX Terminals Corporation (“Terminals”) to Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Energy Partners, L.P. (the “Terminals Sale”). The provisions of this Supplement B shall form a part of the Plan as of its Effective Date (as defined in subsection B-2). In the event of any inconsistency between this Supplement B and the Plan document, the terms of this Supplement B shall govern. | |
Effective Date
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B-2. The effective date of this Supplement B is the closing date of the Terminals Sale. | |
Definitions
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B-3. A word, term or phrase used or defined in the Plan document is similarly used or defined for purposes of this Supplement B, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. | |
Affected Participant
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B-4. For purposes of this Supplement B, the term “Affected Participant” means a Participant who meets all of the following requirements: | |
0.1. on January 28, 2001, he is either (i) employed by Terminals or (ii) employed by GATX Corporation and his job duties and responsibilities relate exclusively to the operation or administration of Terminals; | ||
0.2. he has become a “Participant” in the Plan on or before the closing date of the Terminals Sale; and | ||
0.3. on or after January 28, 2001 and before January 1, 2002, he ceases to be eligible to contribute to the Plan or have contributions made to the Plan on his behalf due to Terminals’ ceasing to be an Employer as defined in the Plan or a member of a group of employers which, with the Employer, constitutes a controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of section 414(b) of the Code) or a group of trades or businesses under common control (within the meaning of section 414(c) of the Code) as a result of the Terminals Sale and who continues in the employ of Terminals after the closing. | ||
Plan Loans
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B-5. Upon request of an Affected Participant who, by reason of subsection 9.3, is not permitted to obtain a distribution pursuant to Section 11, the Plan Administrator may authorize a loan to |
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such Affected Participant from his interest in the Plan, notwithstanding that such Affected Participant has ceased to be a party in interest with respect to the Plan. Any such loan shall be subject to the conditions and limitations set forth in Section 10 and such additional terms and conditions as the Plan Administrator may establish, on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis, for loans to such Affected Participants, except that loan repayments by Affected Participants shall be made to the Plan record keeper by personal or cashier’s check or money order (and not by payroll deduction). |
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Purpose
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C-1. The purpose of this Supplement C is to modify and supplement the terms and conditions of the GATX Corporation Hourly Employees Retirement Savings Plan applicable to Affected Participants (as defined in subsection C-4) in connection with the sale of all of the outstanding shares of Calnev Pipeline Company (“Calnev”) to Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Energy Partners, L.P. (the “Calnev Sale”). The provisions of this Supplement C shall form a part of the Plan as of its Effective Date (as defined in subsection C-2). In the event of any inconsistency between this Supplement C and the Plan document, the terms of this Supplement C shall govern. | |
Effective Date
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C-2. The effective date of this Supplement C is the closing date of the Calnev Sale. | |
Definitions
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C-3. A word, term or phrase used or defined in the Plan document is similarly used or defined for purposes of this Supplement C, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. | |
Affected Participant
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C-4. For purposes of this Supplement C, the term “Affected Participant” means a Participant who meets all of the following requirements: | |
0.4. on January 28, 2001, he is either (i) employed by Calnev or (ii) employed by GATX Corporation and his job duties and responsibilities relate exclusively to the operation or administration of Calnev; | ||
0.5. he has become a “Participant” in the Plan on or before the closing date of the Calnev Sale; and | ||
0.6. on or after January 28, 2001 and before January 1, 2002, he ceases to be eligible to contribute to the Plan or have contributions made to the Plan on his behalf due to Calnev’s ceasing to be an Employer as defined in the Plan or a member of a group of employers which, with the Employer, constitutes a controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of section 414(b) of the Code) or a group of trades or businesses under common control (within the meaning of section 414(c) of the Code) as a result of the Calnev Sale and who continues in the employ of Calnev after the closing. | ||
Plan Loans
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C-5. Upon request of an Affected Participant who, by reason of subsection 9.3, is not permitted to obtain a distribution pursuant to Section 11, the Plan Administrator may authorize a loan to |
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such Affected Participant from his interest in the Plan, notwithstanding that such Affected Participant has ceased to be a party in interest with respect to the Plan. Any such loan shall be subject to the conditions and limitations set forth in Section 10 and such additional terms and conditions as the Plan Administrator may establish, on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis, for loans to such Affected Participants, except that loan repayments by Affected Participants shall be made to the Plan record keeper by personal or cashier’s check or money order (and not by payroll deduction). |
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