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EXHIBIT 10(e)
NONSTANDARDIZED
ADOPTION AGREEMENT
PROTOTYPE MONEY PURCHASE PLAN #004
AND TRUST/CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT
SPONSORED BY
COMERICA BANK
The Employer named below hereby establishes a Money Purchase Pension
Plan for eligible Employees as provided in this Adoption Agreement and
the accompanying Prototype Plan and Trust/Custodial Account Basic Plan
Document #04. The Sponsor recommends that the Employer contact an
attorney or tax advisor regarding tax ramifications before executing
this Adoption Agreement.
1. EMPLOYER INFORMATION
NOTE: If multiple Employers are adopting the Plan, complete this
section based on the lead Employer. Additional Employers may adopt
this Plan by attaching executed signature pages to the back of the
Employer's Adoption Agreement.
(a) NAME AND ADDRESS: PICOM Insurance Company
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(b) TELEPHONE NUMBER: 517-349-6500
(c) EMPLOYER TAX ID NUMBER: ▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
TRUST TAX ID NUMBER: ▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
(d) FORM OF BUSINESS:
[ ] (i) Sole Proprietor
[ ] (ii) Partnership
[X] (iii) Corporation
[ ] (iv) "S" Corporation (formerly known as Subchapter S)
[ ] (v) Other: __________________________________________
(e) NAME(S) OF INDIVIDUAL(S) AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE INSTRUCTIONS TO
THE TRUSTEE/CUSTODIAN: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇,
R.N., ▇.▇.
(f) NAME OF PLAN: PICOM Insurance Company Pension Plan
(g) THREE DIGIT PLAN NUMBER FOR ANNUAL RETURN/REPORT: 004
2. EFFECTIVE DATE
(a) This is a new Plan having an effective date of _____________
(b) This is an amended Plan.
The effective date of the original Plan was January 1, 1988.
The effective date of the amended Plan is July 1, 1996 with
the exception of Sections 6(b), 6(c) and 11 herein which shall
be effective as of the first day of the 1989 Plan Year.
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(c) The effective date of Trustee or Custodian appointment: July
1, 1996.
To the extent the effective date of the appointment of the
Trustee or the Custodian is later than the effective date of
the amended Plan, the Trustee or the Custodian will have no
liability for the acts or the omissions of the prior Trustee
or prior Custodian. The Employer shall hold the Trustee or
the Custodian harmless with respect to prior acts or omissions
of the prior Trustee or prior Custodian.
3. DEFINITIONS
(a) "Compensation"
Compensation shall be determined on the basis of the following
definition of Compensation:
[ ] (i) Code Section 6041 and 6051 Compensation,
[X] (ii) Code Section 3401(a) Compensation, or
[ ] (iii) Code Section 415 Compensation.
Compensation shall be determined on the basis of the:
[X] (i) Plan Year.
[ ] (ii) Employer's Taxable Year: __________
[ ] (iii) Calendar Year.
Compensation [X] shall [ ] shall not include Employer
contributions made pursuant to a Salary Savings Agreement
which are not includable in the gross income of the Employee
for the reasons indicated in the definition of Compensation at
1.8 of the Basic Plan Document #04.
If the Employer chooses an non-integrated allocation formula,
Compensation will exclude:
[ ] overtime
[ ] bonuses
[ ] commissions
[ ] other: _____________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
NOTE: Any exclusion of Compensation must satisfy the requirements of
Section 1.40(a)(4) of the Income Tax Regulations and Code Section
414(s) and the regulations thereunder.
For purposes of the Plan, Compensation shall be limited to $______,
the maximum amount which will be considered for Plan purposes. [If an
amount is specified, it will limit the amount of contributions allowed
on behalf of higher compensated Employees. Completion of this section
is not intended to coordinate with the $200,000 of Code Section
415(d), thus the amount should be less than $200,000 as adjusted for
cost-of-living increases.]
(b) "Entry Date"
[ ] (i) The first day of the Plan Year during which
an Employee meets the eligibility requirements.
[ ] (ii) The first day of the Plan Year nearest the
date on which an Employee meets the eligibility
requirements.
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[ ] (iii) The first day of the month coinciding with or
following the date on which an Employee meets
the eligibility requirements.
[X] (iv) The earlier of the first day of the Plan Year
or the first day of the seventh month of the
Plan Year coinciding with or following the
date on which an Employee meets the
eligibility requirements.
[ ] (v) The first day of the Plan Year following the
date on which the Employee meets the
eligibility requirements. If this election
is made, the Service requirement at 4(a)(ii)
may not exceed 1/2 year and the age
requirement at 4(b)(ii) may not exceed 20-1/2.
(c) "Hours of Service" shall be determined on the basis of the
method selected below. Only one method may be selected. The
method selected shall be applied to all Employees covered by
the Plan as follows:
[X] (i) On the basis of actual hours for which an
Employee is paid or entitled to payment.
[ ] (ii) On the basis of days worked.
An Employee shall be credited with ten (10)
Hours of Service if under paragraph 1.29 of
the Basic Plan Document #04 such Employee
would be credited with at least one (1) Hour
of Service during the day.
[ ] (iii) On the basis of weeks worked.
An Employee shall be credited with forty-five
(45) Hours of Service if under paragraph 1.29
of the Basic Plan Document #04 such Employee
would be credited with at least one (1) Hour
of Service during the week.
[ ] (iv) On the basis of semi-monthly payroll periods.
An Employee shall be credited with
ninety-five (95) Hours of Service if under
paragraph 1.29 of the Basic Plan Document #04
such Employee would be credited with at least
one (1) Hour of Service during the semi-
monthly payroll period.
[ ] (v) On the basis of months worked.
An Employee shall be credited with
one-hundred-ninety (190) Hours of Service if under
paragraph 1.29 of the Basic Plan Document #04 such
Employee would be credited with at least one (1)
Hour of Service during the month.
(d) "Limitation Year" - The 12-consecutive month period commencing
on January 1 and ending on December 31.
(e) "Plan Year" - The 12-consecutive month period commencing on
January 1 and ending on December 31. If applicable, the first
Plan Year will be a short Plan Year commencing on
_____________________ and ending on ___________. Thereafter,
the Plan Year shall be as above.
(f) "Qualified Early Retirement Age" - For purposes of making
distributions under the provisions of a Qualified Domestic
Relations Order, the Plan's Qualified Early Retirement Age
with regard to the Participant against whom the order is
entered [X]
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shall [ ] shall not be the date the order is determined to be
qualified. If "shall" is elected, this will only allow payout
to the alternate payee(s).
(g) "Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity" - The survivor annuity
shall be 50% (50%, 66-2/3%, 75% or 100%) of the annuity
payable during the lives of the Participant and Spouse. If no
answer is specified, 50% will be used.
(h) "Taxable Wage Base"
[ ] (i) Not Applicable - Plan is not integrated with
Social Security.
[ ] (ii) The maximum earnings considered wages for
such Plan Year under Code Section 3121(a).
[ ] (iii) ______% (not more than 100%) of the amount
considered wages for such Plan Year under
Code Section 3121(a).
[X] (iv) $24,000, provided that such amount is not in
excess of the amount determined under
paragraph 3(b)(ii) above. For each fiscal
year commencing on or after January 1, 1989,
this figure shall be adjusted by the
percentage change in the Consumer Price Index
published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics, but not to exceed a 5% change in
any one year.
[ ] (v) For the 1989 Plan Year $10,000. For all
subsequent Plan Years, 20% of the maximum
earnings considered wages for such Plan Year
under Code Section 3121(a).
NOTE: Using less than the maximum may result in a change in the
allocation formula in Section 6 hereof.
(i) "Valuation Date(s)" - Allocations to Participant Accounts will
be done in accordance with Article V of the Basic Plan
Document #04:
[X] (i) Daily
[ ] (ii) Monthly
[ ] (iii) Quarterly
[ ] (iv) Semi-Annually
[ ] (v) Annually
(j) "Year of Service"
(i) For Eligibility Purposes: The 12-consecutive month
period during which an Employee is credited with
1,000 (not more than 1,000) Hours of Service.
(ii) For Allocation Accrual Purposes: The 12-consecutive
month period during which an Employee is credited
with 1,000 (not more than 1,000) Hours of Service.
(iii) For Vesting Purposes: The 12-consecutive month
period during which an Employee is credited with
1,000 (not more than 1,000) Hours of Service.
4. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
(a) Service:
[ ] (i) The Plan shall have no service requirement.
[X] (ii) The Plan shall cover only Employees having
completed at least six months [not more than
three (3)] of
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Service. If three is specified, it will
automatically be deemed to be 2 for all Plan
Years beginning in 1989 and later.
NOTE: If the eligibility period exceeds one (1) Year of Service, the
vesting provisions at Section 11 herein must be completed to provide a
100% vested and nonforfeitable benefit upon participation. If the
Year(s) of Service selected is or includes a fractional year, an
Employee will not be required to complete any specified number of
Hours of Service to receive credit for such fractional year.
(b) Age:
[ ] (i) The Plan shall have no minimum age
requirement.
[X] (ii) The Plan shall cover only Employees having
attained age 21 (not more than age 21).
(c) Classification:
The Plan shall cover all Employees who have met the age and
service requirements with the following exceptions:
[ ] (i) No exceptions.
[X] (ii) The Plan shall exclude Employees included in a
unit of Employees covered by a collective
bargaining agreement between the Employer and
Employee Representatives, if retirement benefits
were the subject of good faith bargaining. For
this purpose, the term "Employee Representative"
does not include any organization more than half
of whose members are Employees who are owners,
officers, or executives of the Employer.
[ ] (iii) The Plan shall exclude Employees who are
nonresident aliens and who receive no earned
income from the Employer which constitutes
income from sources within the United States.
[ ] (iv) The Plan shall exclude from participation any
nondiscriminatory classification of Employees
determined as follows:
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
(d) Employees on Effective Date:
[ ] (i) Employees employed on the Plan's Effective
Date do not have to satisfy the Service
requirements specified above.
[ ] (ii) Employees employed on the Plan's Effective
Date do not have to satisfy the age
requirements specified above.
5. RETIREMENT AGES
(a) Normal Retirement Age:
If the Employer imposes a requirement that Employees retire
upon reaching a specified age, the Normal Retirement Age
selected below may not exceed the Employer imposed mandatory
retirement age.
[X] (i) Normal Retirement Age shall be 65 (not to
exceed age 65).
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[ ] (ii) Normal Retirement Age shall be the later of
attaining age ______ (not to exceed age 65)
or the ______ (not to exceed the 5th)
anniversary of the first day of the first
Plan Year in which the Participant commenced
participation in the Plan.
(b) Early Retirement Age:
[ ] (i) Not Applicable.
[X] (ii) The Plan shall have an Early Retirement Age
of 55 (not less than 55) and completion of 7
Years of Service.
6. EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
NOTE: The integrated allocation formulas below are for Plan Years
beginning in 1989 and later. The Employer's allocation for earlier
years shall be as specified in its Plan prior to Amendment for the Tax
Reform Act of 1986.
Employer Contributions will be allocated in accordance with the method
selected below. If in Section 9 herein, the Employer elects to
allocate forfeitures, they will be treated as additional Employer
Contributions and allocated accordingly.
[ ] (a) Non-Integrated Contribution and Allocation Formula
(See Minimum Contributions under Top-Heavy Plans at
Section 7).
The Employer shall contribute and allocate to the
account of each eligible Participant ______% (not
more than 25%) of such Participant's Compensation
plus any forfeitures (only if they are reallocated to
Participants under Section 9), in such Plan Year.
[ ] (b) Integrated Contribution and Allocation Formula (See
Minimum Contributions under Top-Heavy Plans at
Section 7).
The Employer shall contribute _____% of each
Participant's Compensation for the Plan Year.
Contributions plus any forfeitures (only if they are
reallocated to Participants under Section 9) will be
allocated to each Participant's account as follows:
(i) First, to the extent contributions and
forfeitures are sufficient, all Participants
will receive an allocation equal to 3% of
their Compensation.
(ii) Next, any remaining Employer Contributions
and forfeitures will be allocated to
Participants who have Compensation in excess
of the Taxable Wage Base (excess
Compensation). Each such Participant will
receive an allocation in the ratio that his
or her excess compensation bears to the
excess Compensation of all Participants.
Participants may only receive an allocation
of 3% of excess Compensation.
(iii) Next, any remaining Employer contributions
and forfeitures will be allocated to all
Participants in
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the ratio that their Compensation plus excess
Compensation bears to the total Compensation plus
excess Compensation of all Participants. Participants
may only receive an allocation of up to 2.7% of their
Compensation plus excess Compensation, under this
allocation method. If the Taxable Wage Base is
defined at Section 3(h) above is less than the
maximum, but more than the greater of $10,000 or 20%
of the maximum, then the 2.7% must be reduced. If the
amount specified is greater than 80% but less than
100% of the maximum Taxable Wage Base, the 2.7% must
be reduced to 2.4%. If the amount specified is
greater than the greater of $10,000 or 20% of the
maximum Taxable Wage Base, but not more than 80%,
2.7% must be reduced to 1.3%.
NOTE: If the Plan is not Top-Heavy, subparagraphs (i) and
(ii) above may be disregarded and 5.7%, 5.4% or 4.3% may be
substituted for 2.7%, 2.4% or 1.3% where it appears in (iii)
above.
(iv) Next, any remaining Employer contributions and
forfeitures will be allocated to all Participants
(whether or not they received an allocation under the
preceding paragraphs) in the ratio that each
Participant's Compensation bears to all Participants'
Compensation.
[ ] (c) Alternative Integrated Allocation Formula (See
Minimum Contributions Under Top-Heavy Plans at
Section 7)
The Employer shall contribute and allocate to the account
of each eligible Participant 3% of each eligible
Participant's Compensation (not in excess of the Taxable
Wage Base defined at Section 3(h) hereof) plus 5% of
Compensation in excess of the Taxable Wage Base defined
at Section 3(h) hereof. The percentage on excess
compensation may not exceed the lesser of (i) the amount
first specified in this paragraph or (ii) the
greater of 5.7% or the percentage rate of tax under Code
Section 3111(a) as in effect on the first day of the Plan
Year attributable to the Old Age (OA) portion of the
OASDI provisions of the Social Security Act. If this
allocation formula is used for Top-Heavy Plans, the first
blank may not be less than 3%. If the Employer specifies
a Taxable Wage Base in Section 3(h) which is lower than
the Taxable Wage Base for Social Security purposes
(SSTWB) in effect as of the first day of the Plan Year,
the percentage contributed with respect to excess
Compensation must be adjusted. If the Plan's Taxable
Wage Base is greater than the larger of $10,000 or 20% of
the SSTWB but not more than 80% of the SSTWB, the excess
percentage is 4.3%. If the Plan's Taxable Wage Base is
greater than 80% of the SSTWB but less than 100% of the
SSTWB, the excess percentage is 5.4%.
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If forfeitures are reallocated pursuant to Section 9,
they will be allocated pro-rata based on the
Participant's Compensation as a percentage of the
Compensation of all Participants.
NOTE: Only one plan maintained by the Employer may be integrated with
Social Security.
(d) Allocation of Excess Amounts (Annual Additions)
In the event that the allocation formula above results in an
Excess Amount, such excess shall be:
[X] (i) placed in a suspense account accruing no
gains or losses for the benefit of the
Participant.
[ ] (ii) reallocated as additional Employer
contributions to all other Participants to
the extent that they do not have an Excess
Amount.
If no answer is specified, the suspense account method will be
used.
7. MINIMUM CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER TOP-HEAVY PLANS
Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the Employer shall make a
minimum contribution for each eligible Participant with respect to any
Plan Year for which the Plan is Top-Heavy. The minimum contribution
shall be determined in accordance with paragraph 14.2 of Basic Plan
Document #04 for:
[ ] (a) all eligible Participants.
[X] (b) only eligible non-key Employees who are Participants.
8. ALLOCATIONS TO TERMINATED EMPLOYEES
[ ] (a) The Employer will not allocate Employer related
contributions to Employees who terminate during a
Plan Year, unless required to satisfy the
requirements of Code Section 401(a)(26) and 410(b).
(The requirements are effective for 1989 and
subsequent Plan Years.)
[X] (b) The Employer will allocate Employer related
contributions to Employees who terminate during the
Plan Year as a result of:
[X] (i) Retirement.
[X] (ii) Disability.
[X] (iii) Death.
[X] (iv) Other termination of employment
provided that the Participant has
completed a Year of Service as
defined for Allocation Accrual
purposes.
[ ] (v) Other termination of employment even
though the Participant has not
completed a Year of Service.
9. ALLOCATION OF FORFEITURES
(a) Allocation Alternatives:
[X] (i) Forfeitures shall be allocated to
Participants in the same manner as the
Employer's contribution.
[ ] (ii) Forfeitures shall be applied to reduce the
Employer's contribution for such Plan Year.
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[ ] (iii) Forfeitures shall be applied to offset
administrative expenses of the Plan. If
forfeitures exceed these expenses, (ii) above
shall apply.
(b) Date for Reallocation:
NOTE: If no distribution has been made to a former Participant,
subsection (i) below will apply to such Participant even if the
Employer elects (ii) or (iii) below as its normal administrative
policy.
[ ] (i) Forfeitures shall be reallocated at the end
of the Plan Year during which the former
Participant incurs his or her fifth
consecutive one year Break in Service.
[X] (ii) Forfeitures will be reallocated immediately
(as of the next Valuation Date)(year end).
[ ] (iii) Forfeitures shall be reallocated at the end
of the Plan Year during which the former
Employee incurs his or her _______ (1st, 2nd,
3rd, or 4th) consecutive one year Break in
Service.
(c) Restoration of Forfeitures:
If amounts are forfeited prior to five consecutive 1-year
Breaks in Service, the Funds for restoration of account
balances will be obtained from the following resources in the
order indicated (fill in the appropriate number):
[X] (i) Current year's forfeitures. (1)
[X] (ii) Additional Employer contribution. (3)
[X] (iii) Income or gain to the Plan. (2)
10. LIMITATIONS ON ALLOCATIONS
[ ] This is the only Plan the Employer maintains or ever
maintained, therefore, this section is not applicable.
[X] The Employer does maintain or has maintained another Plan
(including a Welfare Benefit Fund or an individual medical
account [as defined in Code Section 415(1)(2)], under which
amounts are treated as Annual Additions) and has completed the
proper sections below.
Complete (a), (b) and (c) only if you maintain or ever maintained
another qualified plan including a Welfare Benefit Fund or an
individual medical account [as defined in Code Section 415(1)(2)], in
which any Participant in this Plan is (or was) a participant or could
possibly become a participant.
(a) If the Participant is covered under another qualified Defined
Contribution Plan maintained by the Employer, other than a
Master or Prototype Plan:
[X] (i) The provisions of Article X of the Basic Plan
Document #04 will apply, as if the other plan
were a Master or Prototype Plan.
[ ] (ii) Attach provisions stating the method under
which the plans will limit total Annual
Additions to the Maximum Permissible Amount,
and will properly reduce any Excess Amounts,
in a manner that precludes Employer
discretion.
(b) If a Participant is or ever has been a participant in a
Defined Benefit Plan maintained by the Employer: Attach
provisions which will satisfy the 1.0 limitation of Code
Section 415(e). Such language must preclude Employer
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discretion. The Employer must also specify the interest and
mortality assumptions used in determining Present Value in the
Defined Benefit Plan.
(c) The minimum contribution or benefit required under Code
Section 416 relating to Top-Heavy Plans shall be satisfied by:
[X] (i) this Plan.
[ ] (ii) ____________________________________________
____________________________________________
(Name of other qualified plan of the
Employer.)
[ ] (iii) Attach provisions stating the method under
which the minimum contribution and benefit
provisions of Code Section 416 will be
satisfied. If a Defined Benefit Plan is or
was maintained, an attachment must be
provided showing interest and mortality
assumptions used in determining the Top-Heavy
Ratio.
11. VESTING
Each Participant shall acquire a vested and nonforfeitable percentage
in his or her account balance attributable to Employer contributions
and the earnings thereon under the procedures selected below except
with respect to any Plan Year during which the Plan is Top-Heavy, in
which case the Two-twenty vesting schedule [Option (b)(iv)] shall
automatically apply unless the Employer has already elected a faster
vesting schedule. If the Plan is switched to option (b)(iv), because
of its Top-Heavy status, that vesting schedule will remain in effect
even if the Plan later becomes non-Top-Heavy until the Employer
executes an amendment of this Adoption Agreement indicating otherwise.
(a) Computation Period:
The computation period for purposes of determining Years of
Service and Breaks in Service for purposes of computing a
Participant's nonforfeitable right to his or her account
balance derived from Employer contributions: [ ] (i)
shall not be applicable since Participants are always fully
vested,
[ ] (ii) shall commence on the date on which an
Employee first performs an Hour of Service
for the Employer and each subsequent
12-consecutive month period shall commence on
the anniversary thereof, or
[X] (iii) shall commence on the first day o the Plan
Year during which an Employee first performs
an Hour of Service for the Employer and each
subsequent 12-consecutive month period shall
commence on the anniversary thereof.
A Participant shall receive credit for a Year of Service if he or she
completes at least 1,000 Hours of Service [or if lesser, the number of
hours specified at 3(j)(iii) of this Adoption Agreement] at any time
during the 12-consecutive month computation period. Consequently a Year
of Service may be earned prior to the end of the 12-consecutive month
period and the Participant need not be employed at the end of the
12-consecutive month computation period to receive credit for a Year of
Service.
(b) Vesting Schedules:
NOTE: The vesting schedules below only apply to a Participant who has
at least one Hour of Service during or after the 1989 Plan Year. If
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applicable, Participants who separated from Service prior to the 1989
Plan Year will remain under the vesting schedule as in effect in the
Plan prior to amendment for the Tax Reform Act of 1986.
[X] (i) Full and immediate Vesting. Only in the
event the Employer is acquired by merger,
consolidation or otherwise, where more than
50% of its shares of stock are acquired
within one 12-month period by one or more
related persons (within the meaning of Code
Section 1563), or in the event the Employer
otherwise ceases to function as an ongoing
business concern. In the event that the
Employer becomes a part of a holding company
system whereby the shareholders of the
Employer become the shareholders of the
holding company: (1) the provisions of this
paragraph shall not apply upon the transfer
of shares as a part of the establishment of
the holding company system by the Employer;
and (2) the provisions of this paragraph
shall apply to the share ownership of the
holding company established by the Employer.
Years of Service
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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[ ] (ii) __% 100%
[ ] (iii) __% __% 100%
[ ] (iv) --% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
[X] (v) 0% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
[ ] (vi) 10% 20% 30% 40% 60% 80% 100%
[ ] (vii) __% __% __% __% 100%
[ ] (viii) __% __% __% __% __% __% 100%
NOTE: The percentages selected for schedule (viii) may not be less
for any year than the percentages shown at schedule (v).
(c) Service disregarded for Vesting:
[ ] (i) Service prior to the Effective Date of this
Plan or a predecessor plan shall be
disregarded when computing a Participant's
vested and nonforfeitable interest.
[ ] (ii) Service prior to a Participant having
attained age 18 shall be disregarded when
computing a Participant's vested and
nonforfeitable interest.
12. SERVICE WITH PREDECESSOR ORGANIZATION
For purposes of satisfying the Service requirements for eligibility,
Hours of Service shall include Service with the following predecessor
organization(s): (These hours will also be used for vesting
purposes.) The method of crediting Years of Service for purposes of
vesting and eligibility for any entity not included as an Employer as
of January 1, 1996 shall be determined pursuant to and recorded in the
Administrative Procedures of the Plan.
13. ROLLOVER/TRANSFER CONTRIBUTIONS
(a) Rollover Contributions, as described at paragraph 4.3 of the
Basic Plan Document #04, [X] shall [ ] shall not be permitted.
If permitted, Employees [X] may [ ] may not make Rollover
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Contributions prior to meeting the eligibility requirements
for participation in the Plan.
(b) Transfer Contributions, as described at paragraph 4.4 of the
Basic Plan Document #04 [X] shall [ ] shall not be permitted.
If permitted, Employees [X] may [ ] may not make Transfer
Contributions prior to meeting the eligibility requirements
for participation in the Plan.
14. HARDSHIP WITHDRAWALS
Hardship withdrawals, as provided for in paragraph 6.9 of the Basic
Plan Document #04 are not permitted.
15. PARTICIPANT LOANS
Participant loans, as provided for in paragraph 13.5 of the Basic Plan
Document #04, [ ] are [X] are not permitted. If permitted, repayments
of principal and interest shall be repaid to [ ] the Participant's
segregated account or [ ] the general Fund.
16. INSURANCE POLICIES
The insurance provisions of paragraph 13.6 of the Basic Plan Document
#04 [X] shall [ ] shall not be applicable only with regard to policies
held by the Plan prior to this restatement. No insurance policies
shall be acquired.
17. EMPLOYER INVESTMENT DIRECTION
The Employer investment direction provisions, as set forth in
paragraph 13.7 of the Basic Plan Document #04, [ ] shall [X] shall not
be applicable.
18. EMPLOYEE INVESTMENT DIRECTION
The Employee investment direction provisions, as set forth in
paragraph 13.8 of the Basic Plan Document #04, [X] shall [ ] shall not
be applicable.
If applicable, Participants may direct their investments:
[X] (i) among funds controlled by the Trustee.
[ ] (ii) among any allowable investments.
Participants may direct the following kinds of contributions and the
earnings thereon (check all applicable):
[X] (i) All Contributions.
[ ] (ii) Employer Contributions.
[ ] (iii) Voluntary Contributions.
[ ] (iv) Mandatory Contributions.
[ ] (v) Rollover Contributions.
[ ] (vi) Transfer Contributions.
[ ] (vii) All above which are checked, but only to the extent
that Participant is vested in those contributions.
NOTE: To the extent that Employee investment direction was previously
allowed, it shall continue to be allowed on those amounts and the
earnings thereon.
19. EARLY PAYMENT OPTION
(a) A Participant who separates from Service prior to retirement,
death or Disability [X] may [ ] may not make application to the
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Employer requesting an early payment of his or her vested
account balance.
(b) A Participant who has attained the Plan's Normal Retirement
Age and who has not separated from Service [ ] may [X] may not
receive a distribution of his or her vested account balance.
NOTE: If the Participant has had the right to withdraw his or her
account balance in the past, this right may not be taken away.
Notwithstanding the above, to the contrary, required minimum
distributions will be paid. For timing of distributions, see item 20
below.
20. DISTRIBUTION OPTIONS
(a) Timing of Distributions:
In cases of termination for other than death, Disability or
retirement, benefits shall be paid:
[ ] (i) As soon as administratively feasible
following the close of the Plan Year during
which a distribution is requested or is
otherwise payable.
[X] (ii) As soon as administratively feasible after
quarterly valuation, following the date on
which a distribution is requested or is
otherwise payable.
[ ] (iii) As soon as administratively feasible, after
the close of the Plan Year during which the
Participant incurs ____________ consecutive
one-year Breaks in Service.
[ ] (iv) Only after the Participant has achieved the
Plan's Normal Retirement Age, or Early
Retirement Age, if applicable.
In cases of death, Disability or retirement, benefits shall be
paid:
[ ] (v) As soon as administratively feasible
following the close of the Plan Year during
which a distribution is requested or is
otherwise payable.
[X] (vi) As soon as administratively feasible after
quarterly valuation, following the date on
which a distribution is requested or is
otherwise payable.
[ ] (vii) As soon as administratively feasible, after
the close of the Plan Year during which the
Participant incurs ____________ consecutive
one-year Breaks in Service.
[ ] (viii) Only after the Participant has achieved the
Plan's Normal Retirement Age, or Early
Retirement Age, if applicable.
(b) Optional Forms of Payment:
[X] (i) Lump Sum.
[ ] (ii) Installment Payments.
[ ] (iii) Life Annuity.
[ ] (iv) Life Annuity Term Certain.
Life Annuity with payments guaranteed for
______ period (not to exceed 20 years, specify
all applicable).
[ ] (v) Joint and [ ] 50%, [ ] 66-2/3%,
[ ] 75%, or [ ] 100% survivor annuity (specify
all applicable).
[ ] (vi) Other form(s) specified: _____________
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(c) Recalculation of Life Expectancy:
In determining required distributions under the Plan,
Participants and/or their Spouse (Surviving Spouse) [X] shall
[ ] shall not have the right to have their life expectancy
recalculated annually.
If "shall",
[ ] only the Participant shall be recalculated.
[X] both the Participant and Spouse shall be
recalculated.
[ ] who is recalculated shall be determined by the
Participant.
21. PROTECTED BENEFITS UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 411(d)(6)
[X] The Employer is attaching to this Adoption Agreement a list of
Section 411(d)(6) protected benefits from a prior plan
document which this Plan amends.
[ ] Not applicable.
22. SPONSOR CONTACT
The Employer should direct questions concerning the language contained
in and qualification of the Prototype to its Trust Administrator at
Comerica Bank.
(Name of Trust Administrator) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
(Phone No.) (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
In the event that the Sponsor amends, discontinues or abandons this
Prototype Plan, notification will be provided to the Employer's
address provided on the first page of this Agreement.
23. SIGNATURES
Due to the significant tax ramifications, the Sponsor recommends that
before you execute this Adoption Agreement, you contact your attorney
or tax advisor.
(a) EMPLOYER:
Name and address of Employer if different than specified in
Section 1 above.
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
This agreement and the corresponding provisions of the Plan
and Trust/Custodial Account Basic Plan Document #04 were
adopted by the Employer the 5th day of June, 1996.
Signed for the Employer by: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: President
Signature: _______________________________
The Employer understands that its failure to properly complete
the Adoption Agreement may result in disqualification of its
Plan.
Employer's Reliance: The adopting Employer may not rely on an
opinion letter issued by the National Office of the Internal
Revenue Service as evidence that the Plan is qualified under
Code Section 401. In order to obtain reliance with respect to
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Plan qualification, the Employer must apply to the appropriate
Key District Office for a determination letter.
This Adoption Agreement may only be used in conjunction with
Basic Plan Document #04.
(b) TRUSTEE:
Name of Trustee: Comerica Bank
The assets of the Fund shall be invested in accordance with
paragraph 13.3 of the Basic Plan Document #04 as a Trust. As
such, the Employer's Plan as contained herein was accepted by
the Trustee the 11th day of June, 1996.
Signed for the Trustee by: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
Signature: _______________________________
(c) CUSTODIAN:
Name of Custodian:
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
The assets of the Fund shall be invested in accordance with
paragraph 13.4 of the Basic Plan Document #04 as a Custodial
Account. As such, the Employer's Plan as contained herein was
accepted by the Custodian the _____ day of __________________,
19____.
Signed for the Custodian by: _______________________________
Title: _______________________________
Signature: _______________________________
(d) SPONSOR:
The Employer's agreement and the corresponding provisions of
the Plan and Trust/Custodial Account Basic Plan Document #04
were accepted by the Sponsor (Comerica Bank) the 11th day of
June, 1996.
Signed for the Sponsor by: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
Signature: _______________________________
(e) ATTORNEY CONTACT:
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Firm Name: Foster, Swift, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇.
Address: ▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telephone No.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
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INSTITUTIONAL TRUST & INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
PROTOTYPE DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN AND
TRUST/CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT
SPONSORED BY
COMERICA BANK
BASIC PLAN DOCUMENT #04
JANUARY 1993
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INSTITUTIONAL TRUST & INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
PROTOTYPE DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN
AND TRUST/CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT
Sponsored by
COMERICA BANK
BASIC PLAN DOCUMENT #04
THIS DOCUMENT IS COPYRIGHTED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. ITS USE,
DUPLICATION OR REPRODUCTION, INCLUDING THE USE OF ELECTRONIC MEANS, IS
PROHIBITED BY LAW WITHOUT THE EXPRESS CONSENT OF THE AUTHOR.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Adoption Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 Annual Additions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.3 Annuity Starting Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.4 Applicable Calendar Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.5 Applicable Life Expectancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.6 Break In Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.7 Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.8 Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.9 Custodian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.10 Defined Benefit Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.11 Defined Benefit (Plan) Fraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.12 Defined Contribution Dollar Limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.13 Defined Contribution Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.14 Defined Contribution (Plan) Fraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.15 Designated Beneficiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.16 Disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.17 Distribution Calendar Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.18 Early Retirement Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.19 Earned Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.20 Effective Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.21 Election Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.22 Employee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.23 Employer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.24 Entry Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.25 Excess Amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.26 First Distribution Calendar Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.27 Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.28 Highest Average Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.29 Hour Of Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.30 Key Employee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.31 Leased Employee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.32 Limitation Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.33 Mandatory Contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.34 Master Or Prototype Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.35 Maximum Permissible Amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.36 Net Profit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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1.37 Normal Retirement Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.38 Owner-Employee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.39 Paired Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.40 Participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.41 Participant's Benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.42 Permissive Aggregation Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.43 Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.44 Plan Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.45 Plan Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.46 Present Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.47 Projected Annual Benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.48 Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.49 Qualified Domestic Relations Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.50 Qualified Early Retirement Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.51 Qualified Joint And Survivor Annuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.52 Qualified Voluntary Contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.53 Required Aggregation Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.54 Required Beginning Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.55 Rollover Contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.56 Self-Employed Individual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.57 Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.58 Shareholder Employee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.59 Simplified Employee Pension Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.60 Sponsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.61 Spouse (Surviving Spouse) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.62 Super Top-Heavy Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.63 Taxable Wage Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.64 Top-Heavy Determination Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.65 Top-Heavy Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.66 Top-Heavy Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.67 Transfer Contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.68 Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.69 Valuation Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.70 Vested Account Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.71 Voluntary Contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.72 Welfare Benefit Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.73 Year Of Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
ARTICLE II
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
2.1 Participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.2 Change In Classification Of Employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.3 Computation Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.4 Employment Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.5 Service With Controlled Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.6 Owner-Employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.7 Leased Employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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ARTICLE III
EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
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3.1 Amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.2 Expenses And Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.3 Responsibility For Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.4 Return Of Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
ARTICLE IV
EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS
4.1 Voluntary Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.2 Qualified Voluntary Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.3 Rollover Contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.4 Transfer Contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.5 Employer Approval Of Transfer Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.6 Direct Rollover of Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
ARTICLE V
PARTICIPANT ACCOUNTS
5.1 Separate Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.2 Adjustments To Participant Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.3 Allocating Employer Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.4 Allocating Investment Earnings And Losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.5 Participant Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
ARTICLE VI
RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
6.1 Normal Retirement Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6.2 Early Retirement Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6.3 Benefits On Termination Of Employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6.4 Restrictions On Immediate Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6.5 Normal Form Of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6.6 Commencement Of Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6.7 Claims Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6.8 In-Service Withdrawals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6.9 Hardship Withdrawals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
ARTICLE VII
DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS
7.1 Joint And Survivor Annuity Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7.2 Minimum Distribution Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7.3 Limits On Distribution Periods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7.4 Required Distributions On Or After
The Required Beginning Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
7.5 Required Beginning Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
7.6 Transitional Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
7.7 Designation Of Beneficiary For Death Benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
7.8 Nonexistence Of Beneficiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
7.9 Distribution Beginning Before Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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7.10 Distribution Beginning After Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
7.11 Escheat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
ARTICLE VIII
JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY
REQUIREMENTS
8.1 Applicability Of Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
8.2 Payment Of Qualified Joint And Survivor
Annuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
8.3 Payment of Qualified Pre-Retirement
Survivor Annuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
8.4 Qualified Election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
8.5 Notice Requirements For Qualified Joint
And Survivor Annuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
8.6 Notice Requirements For Qualified
Pre-Retirement Survivor Annuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
8.7 Special Safe-Harbor Exception For
Certain Profit-Sharing Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
8.8 Transitional Joint And Survivor
Annuity Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
8.9 Automatic Joint And Survivor Annuity
And Early Survivor Annuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
8.10 Annuity Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
ARTICLE IX
VESTING
9.1 Employee Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
9.2 Employer Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
9.3 Computation Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
9.4 Requalification Prior To Five Consecutive
One-Year Breaks In Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
9.5 Requalification After Five Consecutive
One-Year Breaks In Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
9.6 Calculating Vested Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
9.7 Forfeitures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
9.8 Amendment Of Vesting Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
9.9 Service With Controlled Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
ARTICLE X
LIMITATIONS ON ALLOCATIONS
10.1 Participation In This Plan Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
10.2 Disposition Of Excess Annual Additions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
10.3 Participation In This Plan And Another
Prototype Defined Contribution Plan, Welfare
Benefit Fund, Individual Medical Account
Maintained By The Employer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
10.4 Disposition Of Excess Annual Additions
Under Two Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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10.5 Participation In This Plan And Another
Defined Contribution Plan Which Is Not
A Master Or Prototype Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
10.6 Participation In This Plan And A Defined
Benefit Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
ARTICLE XI
ADMINISTRATION
11.1 Plan Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
11.2 Trustee/Custodian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
11.3 Administrative Fees And Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
11.4 Division Of Duties And Indemnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
ARTICLE XII
TRUST FUND/CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT
12.1 The Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
12.2 Control Of Plan Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
12.3 Exclusive Benefit Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
12.4 Assignment And Alienation Of Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
12.5 Determination Of Qualified Domestic
Relations Order (QDRO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
ARTICLE XIII
INVESTMENTS
13.1 Fiduciary Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
13.2 Funding Arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
13.3 Investment Alternatives Of The Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
13.4 Investment Alternatives Of The Custodian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
13.5 Participant Loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
13.6 Insurance Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
13.7 Employer Investment Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
13.8 Employee Investment Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
ARTICLE XIV
TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS
14.1 Applicability Of Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
14.2 Minimum Contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
14.3 Minimum Vesting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
14.4 Limitations On Allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
ARTICLE XV
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
15.1 Amendment By Sponsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
15.2 Amendment By Employer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
15.3 Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
15.4 Qualification Of Employer's Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
15.5 Mergers And Consolidations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
15.6 Resignation And Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
15.7 Qualification Of Prototype . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
ARTICLE XVI
GOVERNING LAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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INSTITUTIONAL TRUST & INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
PROTOTYPE DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PIAN
AND TRUST/CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT
SPONSORED BY
COMERICA BANK
The Sponsor hereby establishes the following Prototype Retirement Plan and
Trust/Custodial Account for use by those of its customers who qualify and wish
to adopt a qualified retirement program. Any Plan and Trust/Custodial Account
established hereunder shall be administered for the exclusive benefit of
Participants and their beneficiaries under the following terms and conditions:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 ADOPTION AGREEMENT The document attached to this Plan by which an
Employer elects to establish a qualified retirement plan and trust/custodial
account under the terms of this Prototype Plan and Trust/Custodial Account.
1.2 ANNUAL ADDITIONS The sum of the following amounts credited to a
Participant's account for the Limitation Year:
(a) Employer Contributions,
(b) Employee Contributions (under Article IV),
(c) forfeitures,
(d) amounts allocated after March 31, 1984 to an individual medical
account, as defined in Code Section 415(1)(2), which is part of a
pension or annuity plan maintained by the Employer (these amounts are
treated as Annual Additions to a Defined Contribution Plan though they
arise under a Defined Benefit Plan), and
(e) amounts derived from contributions paid or accrued after 1985, in
taxable years ending after 1985, which are either attributable to
post-retirement medical benefits, allocated to the account of a Key
Employee, or a Welfare Benefit Fund maintained by the Employer are
also treated as Annual Additions to a Defined Contribution Plan. For
purposes of this paragraph, an Employee is a Key Employee if he or she
meets the requirements of paragraph 1.30 at any time during the Plan
Year or any preceding Plan Year. Welfare Benefit Fund is defined at
paragraph 1.72.
Excess amounts applied in a Limitation Year to reduce Employer contributions
will be considered Annual Additions for such Limitation Year, pursuant to the
provisions of Article X.
1.3 ANNUITY STARTING DATE The first day of the first period for which an
amount is paid as an annuity or any other form.
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1.4 APPLICABLE CALENDAR YEAR The First Distribution Calendar Year, and in
the event of the recalculation of life expectancy, each succeeding calendar
year. If payments commence in accordance with paragraph 7.4(e) before the
Required Beginning Date, the Applicable Calendar Year is the year such payments
commence. If distribution is in the form of an immediate annuity purchased
after the Participant's death with the Participant's remaining interest, the
Applicable Calendar Year is the year of purchase.
1.5 APPLICABLE LIFE EXPECTANCY Used in determining the required minimum
distribution. The life expectancy (or joint and last survivor expectancy)
calculated using the attained age of the Participant (or Designated Beneficiary)
as of the Participant's (or Designated Beneficiary's) birthday in the Applicable
Calendar Year reduced by one for each calendar year which has elapsed since the
date life expectancy was first calculated. If life expectancy is being
recalculated, the Applicable Life Expectancy shall be the life expectancy as so
recalculated. The life expectancy of a non-Spouse Beneficiary may not be
recalculated.
1.6 BREAK IN SERVICE A 12-consecutive month period during which an
Employee fails to complete more than 500 Hours of Service.
1.7 CODE The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including any amendments
thereto.
1.8 COMPENSATION The Employer may select one of the following three
safe-harbor definitions of compensation in the Adoption Agreement.
Compensation shall only include amounts earned while a Participant if Plan Year
is chosen as the applicable computation period.
(a) CODE SECTION 3401(a) WAGES. Compensation is defined as wages within
the meaning of Code Section 3401(a) for the purposes of Federal income
tax withholding at the source but determined without regard to any
rules that limit the remuneration included in wages based on the
nature or location of the employment or the services performed [such
as the exception for agricultural labor in Code Section 3401(a)(2)].
(b) CODE SECTION 6041 AND 6051 WAGES. Compensation is defined as wages as
defined in Code Section 3401(a) and all other payments of compensation
to an Employee by the Employer (in the course of the Employer's trade
or business) for which the Employer is required to furnish the
employee a written statement under Code Section 6041(d) and
6051(a)(3). Compensation must be determined without regard to any
rules under Code Section 3401(a) that limit the remuneration included
in wages based on the nature or location of the employment or the
services performed [such as the exception for agricultural labor in
Code Section 3401(a)(2)].
(c) CODE SECTION 415 COMPENSATION. For purposes of applying the
limitations of Article X and Top-Heavy Minimums, the definition of
Compensation shall be Code Section 415 Compensation as follows: a
Participant's Earned Income, wages, salaries, and fees for
professional services and other amounts received (without regard to
whether or not an amount is paid in cash) for personal services
actually rendered in the course of employment with the Employer
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maintaining the Plan to the extent that the amounts are includible in
gross income [including, but not limited to, commissions paid
salesmen, compensation for services on the basis of a percentage of
profits, commissions on insurance premiums, tips, bonuses, fringe
benefits and reimbursements or other expense allowances under a
nonaccountable plan (as described in Regulation 1.62 2(c)], and
excluding the following:
1. Employer contributions to a plan of deferred compensation
which are not includible in the Employee's gross income for
the taxable year in which contributed, or Employer
contributions under a Simplified Employee Pension Plan or any
distributions from a plan of deferred compensation,
2. Amounts realized from the exercise of a non-qualified stock
option, or when restricted stock (or property) held by the
Employee either becomes freely transferable or is no longer
subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture,
3. Amounts realized from the sale, exchange or other disposition
of stock acquired under a qualified stock option; and
4. other amounts which received special tax benefits, or
contributions made by the Employer (whether or not under a
salary reduction agreement) towards the purchase of an annuity
contract described in Code Section 403(b) (whether or not the
contributions are actually excludible from the gross income of
the Employee).
For purposes of applying the limitations of Article X, Compensation for a
Limitation Year is the Compensation actually paid or made available during such
Limitation Year. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, Compensation for a
Participant in a defined contribution plan who is permanently and totally
disabled [as defined in Code Section 22(e)(3)] is the Compensation such
Participant would have received for the Limitation Year if the Participant had
been paid at the rate of Compensation paid immediately before becoming
permanently and totally disabled. Such imputed Compensation for the disabled
Participant may be taken into account only if the participant is not a Highly
Compensated Employee [as defined in Code Section 414(q)] and contributions made
on behalf of such Participant are nonforfeitable when made.
If the Employer fails to pick the applicable period in the Adoption Agreement,
the Plan Year shall be used. Unless otherwise specified by the Employer in the
Adoption Agreement, Compensation shall be determined as provided in 1.8(c). In
Nonstandardized Adoption Agreements 003 and 004, the Employer may choose to
eliminate or exclude categories of Compensation which do not violate the
provisions of Code Sections 401(a)(4), 414(s) the regulations thereunder and
Revenue Procedure 89-65.
Beginning with 1989 Plan Years, the annual Compensation of each Participant
which may be taken into account for determining all benefits provided under the
Plan (including benefits under Article XIV) for any year shall not exceed
$200,000, as adjusted under Code Section 415(d). In determining the
Compensation of a Participant for purposes of this limitation, the rules
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of Code Section 414(q)(6) shall apply, except in applying such rules, the term
"family" shall include only the spouse of the Participant and any lineal
descendants of the Participant who have not attained age 19 before the end of
the Plan year. If, as a result of the application of such rules the adjusted
$200,000 limitation is exceeded, then (except for purposes of determining the
portion of Compensation up to the integration level if this Plan provides for
permitted disparity), the limitation shall be prorated among the affected
individuals in proportion to each such individual's Compensation as determined
under this section prior to the application of this limitation.
If a Plan has a Plan Year that contains fewer than 12 Calendar Months, then the
annual compensation limit for that period is an amount equal to the $200,000 as
adjusted for the calendar year in which the compensation period begins,
multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of full months in
the Short Plan Year and the denominator of which is 12. If compensation for
any prior plan year is taken into account in determining an employee's
contributions or benefits for the current year, the compensation for such prior
year is subject to the applicable annual compensation limit in effect for that
prior year. For this purpose, for years beginning before January 1, 1990, the
applicable annual compensation limit is $200,000.
Compensation shall not include deferred compensation other than contributions
through a salary reduction agreement to a cash or deferred plan under Code
Section 401 (k), a Simplified Employee Pension Plan under Code Section
402(h)(1)(B), a cafeteria plan under Code Section 125 or a tax-deferred annuity
under Code Section 403(b). Unless elected otherwise by the Employer in the
Adoption Agreement, these deferred amounts will be considered as Compensation
for Plan purposes. These deferred amounts are not counted as Compensation for
purposes of Articles X and XIV. When applicable to a Self-Employed Individual,
Compensation shall mean Earned Income.
1.9 CUSTODIAN The Sponsor of this Prototype Plan, or if applicable, an
affiliate or successor, shall serve as Custodian, if a Custodian is appointed
in the Adoption Agreement.
1.10 DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN A Plan under which a Participant's benefit is
determined by a formula contained in the Plan and no individual accounts are
maintained for Participants.
1.11 DEFINED BENEFIT (PLAN) FRACTION A fraction, the numerator of which is
the sum of the Participant's Projected Annual Benefits under all the Defined
Benefit Plans (whether or not terminated) maintained by the Employer, and the
denominator of which is the lesser of 125 percent of the dollar limitation
determined for the Limitation Year under Code Sections 415(b) and (d) or 140
percent of the Highest Average Compensation, including any adjustments under
Code Section 415(b).
Transitional Rule: Notwithstanding the above, if the Participant was a
Participant as of the first day of the first Limitation Year beginning after
1986, in one or more Defined Benefit Plans maintained by the Employer which
were in existence on May 6, 1986, the denominator of this fraction will not be
less than 125 percent of the sum of the annual benefits under
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such plans which the Participant had accrued as of the close of the last
Limitation Year beginning before 1987, disregarding any changes in the terms
and conditions of the plan after May 5, 1986. The preceding sentence applies
only if the Defined Benefit Plans individually and in the aggregate satisfied
the requirements of Section 415 for all Limitation Years beginning before 1987.
1.12 DEFINED CONTRIBUTION DOLLAR LIMITATION Thirty thousand dollars
($30,000) or if greater, one-fourth of the defined benefit dollar limitation
set forth in Code Section 415(b)(1) as in effect for the Limitation Year.
1.13 DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN A Plan under which individual accounts are
maintained for each Participant to which all contributions, forfeitures,
investment income and gains or losses, and expenses are credited or deducted.
A Participant's benefit under such Plan is based solely on the fair market
value of his or her account balance.
1.14 DEFINED CONTRIBUTION (PLAN) FRACTION A Fraction, the numerator of
which is the sum of the Annual Additions to the Participant's account under all
the Defined Contribution Plans (whether or not terminated) maintained by the
Employer for the current and all prior Limitation Years (including the Annual
Additions attributable to the Participant's nondeductible Employee
contributions to all Defined Benefit Plans, whether or not terminated,
maintained by the Employer, and the Annual Additions attributable to all
Welfare Benefit Funds, as defined in paragraph 1.72 and individual medical
accounts, as defined in Code Section 415(1)(2), maintained by the Employer),
and the denominator of which is the sum of the maximum aggregate amounts for
the current and all prior Limitation Years of Service with the Employer
(regardless of whether a Defined Contribution Plan was maintained by the
Employer). The maximum aggregate amount in the Limitation Year is the lesser
of 125 percent of the dollar limitation determined under Code Sections 415(b)
and (d) in effect under Code Section 415(c)(1)(A) or 35 percent of the
Participant's Compensation for such year.
Transitional Rule: If the Employee was a Participant as of the end of the first
day of the first Limitation Year beginning after 1986, in one or more Defined
Contribution Plans maintained by the Employer which were in existence on May 6,
1986, the numerator of this fraction will be adjusted if the sum of this
fraction and the Defined Benefit Fraction would otherwise exceed 1.0 under the
terms of this Plan. Under the adjustment, an amount equal to the product of
(1) the excess of the sum of the fractions over 1.0 times (2) the denominator
of this fraction will be permanently subtracted from the numerator of this
fraction. The adjustment is calculated using the fractions as they would be
computed as of the end of the last Limitation Year beginning before 1987, and
disregarding any changes in the terms and conditions of the Plan made after May
6, 1986, but using the Section 415 limitation applicable to the first
Limitation Year beginning on or after January 1, 1987. The Annual Addition for
any Limitation Year beginning before 1987, shall not be re-computed to treat
all Employee Contributions as Annual Additions.
1.15 DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY The individual who is designated as the
beneficiary under the Plan in accordance with Code Section 401(a)(9) and the
regulations thereunder.
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1.16 DISABILITY An illness or injury of a potentially permanent nature,
expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, certified
by a physician selected by or satisfactory to the Employer which prevents the
Employee from engaging in any occupation for wage or profit for which the
Employee is reasonably fitted by training, education or experience.
1.17 DISTRIBUTION CALENDAR YEAR A calendar year for which a minimum
distribution is required.
1.18 EARLY RETIREMENT AGE The age set by the Employer in the Adoption
Agreement (but not less than 55), which is the earliest age at which a
Participant may retire and receive his or her benefits under the Plan.
1.19 EARNED INCOME Net earnings from self-employment in the trade or
business with respect to which the Plan is established, determined without
regard to items not included in gross income and the deductions allocable to
such items, provided that personal services of the individual are a material
income- producing factor. Earned income shall be reduced by contributions made
by an Employer to a qualified plan to the extent deductible under Code Section
404. For tax years beginning after 1989, net earnings shall be determined
taking into account the deduction for one-half of self-employment taxes allowed
to the Employer under Code Section 164(f) to the extent deductible.
1.20 EFFECTIVE DATE The date on which the Employer's retirement plan or
amendment to such Plan becomes effective.
1.21 ELECTION PERIOD The period which begins on the first day of the Plan
Year in which the Participant attains age 35 and ends on the date of the
Participant's death. If a Participant separates from Service prior to the
first day of the Plan Year in which age 35 is attained, the Election Period
shall begin on the date of separation, with respect to the account balance as
of the date of separation.
1.22 EMPLOYEE Any person employed by the Employer (including Self-Employed
Individuals and partners), all Employees of a member of an affiliated service
group [as defined in Code Section 414(m)], Employees of a controlled group of
corporations [as deemed in Section 414(b) of the Code], all Employees of any
incorporated or unincorporated trade or business which is under common control
[as defined in Section 414(c) of the Code], Leased Employees [as defined in
Code Section 414(n)] and any Employee required to be aggregated by Code Section
414(o). All such Employees shall be treated as employed by a single Employer.
1.23 EMPLOYER The Self-Employed Individual, partnership, corporation or
other organization which adopts this Plan including any firm that succeeds the
Employer and adopts this Plan. For purposes of Article X, Limitations on
Allocations, Employer shall mean the Employer that adopts this Plan, and all
members of a controlled group of corporations [as defined in Code Section
414(b) as modified by Section 415(h)], all commonly controlled trades or
businesses [as defined in Section 414(c) as modified by Section 415(h)] or
affiliated service groups [as defined in Section 414(m)] of which the adopting
Employer is a part, and other entity required to be
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aggregated with the Employer pursuant to regulations under Code Section 414(o).
1.24 ENTRY DATE The date on which an Employee commences participation in
the Plan as determined by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement. Unless the
Employer specifies otherwise in the Adoption Agreement, Entry into the Plan
shall be on the first day of the Plan Year or the first day of the seventh
month of the Plan Year coinciding with or following the date on which an
Employee meets the eligibility requirements.
1.25 EXCESS AMOUNT The excess of the Participant's Annual Additions for
the Limitation Year over the Maximum Permissible Amount.
1.26 FIRST DISTRIBUTION CALENDAR YEAR For distributions beginning before
the Participant's death, the First Distribution Calendar Year is the calendar
year immediately preceding the calendar year which contains the Participant's
Required Beginning Date. For distributions beginning after the Participant's
death, the First Distribution Calendar Year is the calendar year in which
distributions are required to begin pursuant to paragraph 7.10.
1.27 FUND All contributions received by the Trustee/Custodian under this
Plan and Trust/Custodial Account, investments thereof and earnings and
appreciation thereon.
1.28 HIGHEST AVERAGE COMPENSATION The average Compensation for the three
consecutive Years of Service with the Employer that produces the highest
average. A Year of Service with the Employer is the 12-consecutive month
period defined in the Adoption Agreement.
1.29 HOUR OF SERVICE
(a) Each hour for which an Employee is paid, or entitled to payment, for
the performance of duties for the Employer. These hours shall be
credited to the Employee for the computation period in which the
duties are performed; and
(b) Each hour for which an Employee is paid, or entitled to payment, by
the Employer on account of a period of time during which no duties are
performed (irrespective of whether the employment relationship has
terminated) due to vacation, holiday, illness, incapacity (including
disability), layoff, jury duty, military duty or leave of absence. No
more than 501 Hours of Service shall be credited under this paragraph
for any single continuous period (whether or not such period occurs in
a single computation period). Hours under this paragraph shall be
calculated and credited pursuant to Section 2530.2006-2 of the
Department of Labor Regulations which are incorporated herein by this
reference; and
(c) Each hour for which back pay, irrespective of mitigation of damages,
is either awarded or agreed to by the Employer. The same Hours of
Service shall not be credited both under paragraph (a) or paragraph
(b), as the case may be, and under this paragraph (c). These hours
shall be credited to the Employee for the computation period or
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periods to which the award or agreement pertains rather than the
computation period in which the award, agreement or payment is made.
(d) Hours of Service shall be credited for employment with the Employer
and with other members of an affiliated service group [as defined in
Code Section 414(m)], a controlled group of corporations [as defined
in Code Section 414(b)], or a group of trades or businesses under
common control [as defined in Code Section 414(c)] of which the
adopting Employer is a member, and any other entity required to be
aggregated with the Employer pursuant to Code Section 414(o) and the
regulations thereunder. Hours of Service shall also be credited for
any individual considered an Employee for purposes of this Plan under
Code Section 414(n) or Code Section 414(o) and the regulations
thereunder.
(e) Solely for purposes of determining whether a Break in Service, as
defined in paragraph 1.6, for participation and vesting purposes has
occurred in a computation period, an individual who is absent from
work for maternity or paternity reasons shall receive credit for the
Hours of Service which would otherwise have been credited to such
individual but for such absence, or in any case in which such hours
cannot be determined, 8 Hours of Service per day of such absence. For
purposes of this paragraph, an absence from work for maternity or
paternity reasons means an absence by reason of the pregnancy of the
individual, by reason of a birth of a child of the individual, by
reason of the placement of a child with the individual in connection
with the adoption of such child by such individual, or for purposes of
caring for such child for a period beginning immediately following
such birth or placement. The Hours of Service credited under this
paragraph shall be credited in the computation period in which the
absence begins if the crediting is necessary to prevent a Break in
Service in that period, or in all other cases, in the following
computation period. No more than 501 hours will be credited under
this paragraph.
(f) Unless specified otherwise in the Adoption Agreement, Hours of Service
shall be determined on the basis of the actual hours for which an
employee is paid or entitled to payment
1.30 KEY EMPLOYEE Any Employee or former Employee (and the beneficiaries of
such employee) who at any time during the determination period was an officer
of the Employer if such individual's annual compensation exceeds 50% of the
dollar limitation under Code Section 415(b)(1)(A) (the defined benefit maximum
annual benefit), an owner (or considered an owner under Code Section 318) of
one of the ten largest interests in the employer if such individual's
compensation exceeds 100% of the dollar limitation under Code Section
415(c)(1)(A), a 5% owner of the Employer, or a 1 % owner of the Employer who
has an annual compensation of more than $150,000. For purposes of determining
who is a Key Employee, annual compensation shall mean Compensation as defined
for Article X, but including amounts deferred through a salary reduction
agreement to a cash or deferred plan under Code Section 401(k), a Simplified
Employee Pension Plan under Code Section 402(h)(1)(B), a cafeteria plan under
Code Section 125 or a tax-deferred annuity under Code Section 403(b). The
determination period is the Plan Year containing the Determination Date and the
four preceding Plan Years.
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The determination of who is a Key Employee will be made in accordance with Code
Section 416(i)(1) and the regulations thereunder.
1.31 LEASED EMPLOYEE Any person (other than an Employee of the recipient)
who pursuant to an agreement between the recipient and any other person
("leasing organization") has performed services for the recipient [or for the
recipient and related persons determined in accordance with Code Section
414(n)(6)] on a substantially full-time basis for a period of at least one
year, and such services are of a type historically performed by Employees in
the business field of the recipient Employer.
1.32 LIMITATION YEAR The calendar year or such other 12- consecutive month
period designated by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement for purposes of
determining the maximum Annual Addition to a Participant's account. All
qualified plans maintained by the Employer must use the same Limitation Year.
If the Limitation Year is amended to a different 12-consecutive month period,
the new Limitation Year must begin on a date within the Limitation Year in
which the amendment is made.
1.33 MANDATORY CONTRIBUTION An Employee contribution which was not
tax-deductible when made and which was required for participation in the Plan.
These contributions may no longer be made to the Plan, for Plan Years beginning
after the Plan Year in which this Plan is adopted (or restated) by the
Employer.
1.34 MASTER OR PROTOTYPE PLAN A plan, the form of which is the subject of a
favorable opinion letter from the Internal Revenue Service.
1.35 MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE AMOUNT The maximum Annual Addition that may be
contributed or allocated to a Participant's account under the plan for any
Limitation Year shall not exceed the lesser of:
(a) the Defined Contribution Dollar Limitation, or
(b) 25% of the Participant's Compensation for the Limitation Year.
The compensation limitation referred to in (b) shall not apply to any
contribution for medical benefits [within the meaning of Code Section 401(h) or
Code Section 419A(f)(2)] which is otherwise treated as an Annual Addition under
Code Section 415(1)(1) or 419(d)(2). If a short Limitation Year is created
because of an amendment changing the Limitation Year to a different
12-consecutive month period, the Maximum Permissible Amount will not exceed the
Defined Contribution Dollar Limitation multiplied by the following fraction:
Number of months in the short Limitation Year divided by 12.
1.36 NET PROFIT The current and accumulated operating earnings of the
Employer before Federal and State income taxes, excluding nonrecurring or
unusual items of income, and before contributions to this and any other
qualified plan of the Employer. Alternatively, the Employer may fix another
definition in the Adoption Agreement.
1.37 NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE The age set by the Employer in the Adoption
Agreement at which a Participant may retire and receive his or her benefits
under the Plan.
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1.38 OWNER-EMPLOYEE A sole proprietor, or a partner owning more than 10% of
either the capital or profits interest of the partnership.
1.39 PAIRED PLANS Two or more Plans maintained by the Sponsor designed so
that a single or any combination of Plans adopted by an Employer will meet the
antidiscrimination rules, the contribution and benefit limitations, and the
Top-Heavy provisions of the Code.
1.40 PARTICIPANT Any Employee who has met the eligibility requirements and
is participating in the Plan.
1.41 PARTICIPANT'S BENEFIT The account balance as of the last Valuation
Date in the calendar year immediately preceding the Distribution Calendar Year
(valuation calendar year), increased by the amount of any contributions or
forfeitures allocated to the account balance as of the dates in the valuation
calendar year after the Valuation Date and decreased by distributions made in
the valuation calendar year after the Valuation Date. A special exception
exists for the second distribution Calendar Year. For purposes of this
paragraph, if any portion of the minimum distribution for the First
Distribution Calendar Year is made in the second Distribution Calendar Year on
or before the Required Beginning Date, the amount of the minimum distribution
made in the second distribution calendar year shall be treated as if it had
been made in the immediately preceding Distribution Calendar Year.
1.42 PERMISSIVE AGGREGATION GROUP Used for Top-Heavy testing purposes, it
is the Required Aggregation Group of plans plus any other plan or plans of the
Employer which, when considered as a group with the Required Aggregation Group,
would continue to satisfy the requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(4) and 410.
1.43 PLAN The Employer's retirement plan as embodied herein and in the
Adoption Agreement.
1.44 PLAN ADMINISTRATOR The Employer.
1.45 PLAN YEAR The 12-consecutive month period designated by the Employer
in the Adoption Agreement.
1.46 PRESENT VALUE When determining the Present Value of accrued benefits,
with respect to any Defined Benefit Plan maintained by the Employer for
Top-Heavy test and limitation on allocation purposes, interest and mortality
rates shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the respective
plan. If applicable, interest and mortality assumptions will be specified in
Section 10 of Adoption Agreements 001 through 004 and Section 7 of Adoption
Agreements 005 and 006.
1.47 PROJECTED ANNUAL BENEFIT Used to test the maximum benefit which may
be obtained from a combination of retirement plans, it is the annual retirement
benefit (adjusted to an actuarial equivalent straight life annuity if such
benefit is expressed in a form other than a straight life annuity or Qualified
Joint and Survivor Annuity) to which the Participant would be entitled under
the terms of a Defined Benefit Plan or plans, assuming:
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(a) the Participant will continue employment until Normal Retirement Age
under the plan (or current age, if later), and
(b) the Participant's Compensation for the current Limitation Year and all
other relevant factors used to determine benefits under the plan will
remain constant for all future Limitation Years.
1.48 QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN Any pension, profit-sharing,
stock bonus, or other plan which meets the requirements of Code Section 401 and
includes a trust exempt from tax under Code Section 501(a) and any annuity plan
described in Code Section 403(a).
An Eligible Retirement Plan is an individual retirement account (▇▇▇) as
described in section 408(a) of the Code, an individual retirement annuity (▇▇▇)
as described in section 408(b) of the Code, an annuity plan as described in
section 403(a) of the Code, or a qualified trust as described in section 401(a)
of the Code, which accepts Eligible Rollover Distributions. However, in the
case of an Eligible Rollover Distribution to a Surviving Spouse, an Eligible
Retirement Plan is an individual retirement account or individual retirement
annuity.
1.49 QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER A QDRO is a signed Domestic
Relations Order issued by a State Court which creates, recognizes or assigns to
an alternate payee(s) the right to receive all or part of a Participant's Plan
benefit and which meets the requirements of Code Section 414(p). An alternate
payee is a Spouse, former Spouse, child, or other dependent who is treated as a
beneficiary under the Plan as a result of the QDRO.
1.50 QUALIFIED EARLY RETIREMENT AGE For purposes of paragraph 8.9,
Qualified Early Retirement Age is the latest of:
(a) the earliest date, under the Plan, on which the Participant may elect
to receive retirement benefits,
(b) the first day of the 120th month beginning before the Participant
reaches Normal Retirement Age, or
(c) the date the Participant begins participation.
1.51 QUALIFIED JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY An immediate annuity for the life
of the Participant with a survivor annuity for the life of the Participant's
Spouse which is at least 50% of but not more than the amount of the annuity
payable during the joint lives of the Participant and the Participant's Spouse.
The exact amount of the Survivor Annuity is to be specified by the Employer in
the Adoption Agreement. If not designated by the Employer, the Survivor
Annuity will be 50% of the amount paid to the Participant during his or her
lifetime. The Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity will be the amount of
benefit which can be provided by the Participant's Vested Account Balance.
1.52 QUALIFIED VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION A tax-deductible voluntary Employee
contribution. These contributions may no longer be made to the Plan.
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1.53 REQUIRED AGGREGATION GROUP Used for Top-Heavy testing purposes, it
consists of:
(a) each qualified plan of the Employer in which at least one Key Employee
participates or participated at any time during the determination
period (regardless of whether the plan has terminated), and
(b) any other qualified plan of the Employer which enables a plan
described in (a) to meet the requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(4)
or 410.
1.54 REQUIRED BEGINNING DATE The date on which a Participant is required
to take his or her first minimum distribution under the Plan. The rules are
set forth at paragraph 7.5.
1.55 ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTION A contribution made by a Participant of an
amount distributed to such Participant from another Qualified Deferred
Compensation Plan in accordance with Code Sections 402(a)(5), (6), and (7).
An Eligible Rollover Distribution is any distribution of all or any portion of
the balance to the credit of the Participant except that an Eligible Rollover
Distribution does not include:
(a) any distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal
periodic payments (not less frequently than annually) made for the
life (or life expectancy) of the Participant or the joint lives (or
joint life expectancies) of the Participant and the Participant's
Designated Beneficiary, or for a specified period of ten years or
more;
(b) any distribution to the extent such distribution is required under
section 401(a)(9) of the Code,
(c) the portion of any distribution that is not includible in gross
income( determined without regard to the exclusion for net unrealized
appreciation with respect to employer securities).
A Direct Rollover is a payment by the plan to the Eligible Retirement Plan
specified by the Participant.
1.56 SELF-EMPLOYED INDIVIDUAL An individual who has Earned Income for the
taxable year from the trade or business for which the Plan is established
including an individual who would have had Earned Income but for the fact that
the trade or business had no Net Profits for the taxable year.
1.57 SERVICE The period of current or prior employment with the Employer.
If the Employer maintains a plan of a predecessor employer, Service for such
predecessor shall be treated as Service for the Employer.
1.58 SHAREHOLDER EMPLOYEE An Employee or Officer who owns [or is
considered as owning within the meaning of Code Section 318(a)(i)], on any day
during the taxable year of an electing small business (S Corporation)
corporation, more than 5% of such corporation's outstanding stock.
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1.59 SIMPLIFIED EMPLOYEE PENSION PLAN An individual retirement account
which meets the requirements of Code Section 408(k), and to which the Employer
makes contributions pursuant to a written formula. These plans are considered
for contribution limitation and Top-Heavy testing purposes.
1.60 SPONSOR Comerica Bank
1.61 SPOUSE (SURVIVING SPOUSE) The Spouse or Surviving Spouse of the
Participant, provided that a former Spouse will be treated as the Spouse or
Surviving Spouse and a current Spouse will not be treated as the Spouse or
Surviving Spouse to the extent provided under a Qualified Domestic Relations
Order as described in Section 414(p) of the Code.
1.62 SUPER TOP HEAVY PLAN A Plan described at paragraph 1.65 hereof under
which the Top-Heavy Ratio [as defined at paragraph 1.66] exceeds 90%.
1.63 TAXABLE WAGE BASE For plans with an allocation formula which takes
into account the Employer's contribution under the Federal Insurance
Contributions Act (FICA), the maximum amount of earnings which may be
considered wages for such Plan Year under the Social Security Act [Code Section
3121(a)(1)] or the amount selected by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement.
1.64 TOP-HEAVY DETERMINATION DATE For any Plan Year subsequent to the
first Plan Year, the last day of the preceding Plan Year. For the first Plan
Year, the last day of that year.
1.65 TOP-HEAVY PLAN For any Plan Year beginning after 1983, the Employer's
Plan is top-heavy if any of the following conditions exist:
(a) If the Top-Heavy Ratio for the Employer's Plan exceeds 60% and this
Plan is not part of any Required Aggregation Group or Permissive
Aggregation Group of Plans.
(b) If the Employer's plan is a part of a Required Aggregation Group of
plans but not part of a Permissive Aggregation Group and the Top-Heavy
Ratio for the group of plans exceeds 60%.
(c) If the Employer's plan is a part of a Required Aggregation Group and
part of a Permissive Aggregation Group of plans and the Top-Heavy
Ratio for the Permissive Aggregation Group exceeds 60%.
1.66 TOP-HEAVY RATIO
(a) If the Employer maintains one or more Defined Contribution plans
(including any Simplified Employee Pension Plan) and the Employer has
not maintained any Defined Benefit Plan which during the 5-year period
ending on the Determination Date(s) has or has had accrued benefits,
the Top-Heavy Ratio for this Plan alone, or for the Required or
Permissive Aggregation Group as appropriate, is a fraction,
(1) the numerator of which is the sum of the account balances of
all Key Employees as of the Determination Date(s) [including
any part of any account balance distributed in the 5-year
period ending on the Determination Date(s)], and
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(2) the denominator of which is the sum of all account balances
[including any part of any account balance distributed in the
5-year period ending on the Determination Date(s)], both
computed in accordance with Code Section 416 and the
regulations thereunder.
Both the numerator and denominator of the Top-Heavy Ratio are
increased to reflect any contribution not actually made as of the
Determination Date, but which is required to be taken into account on
that date under Code Section 416 and the regulations thereunder.
(b) If the Employer maintains one or more Defined Contribution Plans
(including any Simplified Employee Pension Plan) and the Employer
maintains or has maintained one or more Defined Benefit Plans which
during the 5-year period ending on the Determination Date(s) has or
has had any accrued benefits, the Top-Heavy Ratio for any Required or
Permissive Aggregation Group as appropriate is a fraction,
(1) the numerator of which is the sum of account balances under
the aggregated Defined Contribution Plan or Plans for all Key
Employees,determined in accordance with (a) above, and the
Present Value of accrued benefits under the aggregated Defined
Benefit Plan or Plans for all Key Employees as of the
Determination Date(s), and
(2) the denominator of which is the sum of the account balances
under the aggregated Defined Contribution Plan or Plans for
all Participants, determined in accordance with (a) above, and
the Present Value of accrued benefits under the Defined
Benefit Plan or Plans for all Participants as of the
Determination Date(s), all determined in accordance with Code
Section 416 and the regulations thereunder.
The accrued benefits under a Defined Benefit Plan in both the
numerator and denominator of the Top-Heavy Ratio are increased for any
distribution of an accrued benefit made in the 5-year period ending on
the Determination Date.
(c) For purposes of (a) and (b) above, the value of account balances and
the Present Value of accrued benefits will be determined as of the
most recent Valuation Date that falls within or ends with the 12-month
period ending on the Determination Date, except as provided in Code
Section 416 and the regulations thereunder for the first and second
plan years of a Defined Benefit Plan. The account balances and
accrued benefits of a Participant (1) who is not a Key Employee but
who was a Key Employee in a prior year, or (2) who has not been
credited with at least one Hour of Service with any Employer
maintaining the Plan at any time during the 5-year period ending on
the Determination Date, will be disregarded. The calculation of the
Top-Heavy Ratio, and the extent to which distributions, rollovers, and
transfers are taken into account, will be made in accordance with Code
Section 416 and the regulations thereunder. Qualified Voluntary
Employee Contributions will not be taken into account for purposes of
computing the Top-Heavy Ratio. When aggregating plans, the value of
account balances and accrued benefits will be calculated with
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reference to the Determination Dates that fall within the same
calendar year. The accrued benefit of a Participant other than a Key
Employee shall be determined under (1) the method, if any, that
uniformly applies for accrual purposes under all Defined Benefit Plans
maintained by the Employer, or (2) if there is no such method, as if
such benefit accrued not more rapidly than the slowest accrual rate
permitted under the fractional rule of Code Section 411(b)(1)(C).
1.67 TRANSFER CONTRIBUTION A non-taxable transfer of a Participant's
benefit directly from a Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan to this Plan
1.68 TRUSTEE The individual(s) or institution appointed by the Employer to
invest the Fund.
1.69 VALUATION DATE The last day of the Plan Year or such other date as
agreed to by the Employer and the Trustee/Custodian on which Participant
accounts are revalued in accordance with Article V hereof. For Top-Heavy
purposes, the date selected by the Employer as of which the Top-Heavy Ratio is
calculated.
1.70 VESTED ACCOUNT BALANCE The aggregate value of the Participant's
vested account balances derived from Employer and Employee contributions
(including Rollovers), whether vested before or upon death, including the
proceeds of insurance contracts, if any, on the Participant's life. The
provisions of Article VIII shall apply to a Participant who is vested in
amounts attributable to Employer contributions, Employee contributions (or
both) at the time of death or distribution.
For purposes of paragraph 8.7, Vested Account Balance shall mean, in the case
of a money purchase pension plan, the Participant's separate account balance
attributable solely to Qualified Voluntary Contributions. For profit-sharing
plans the above definition shall apply.
1.71 VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION An Employee contribution which is not
tax-deductible and which is not required as a condition for participation in
the Plan. Such contributions are no longer permitted under this Prototype
Plan, for Plan Years beginning after the Plan Year in which this Plan is
adopted (or restated) by the Employer.
1.72 WELFARE BENEFIT FUND Any fund that is part of a plan of the Employer,
or has the effect of a plan, through which the Employer provides welfare
benefits to Employees or their beneficiaries. For these purposes, Welfare
Benefits means any benefit other than those with respect to which Code Section
83(h) (relating to transfers of property in connection with the performance of
services), Code Section 404 (relating to deductions for contributions to an
Employees' trust or annuity and Compensation under a deferred payment plan),
Code Section 404A (relating to certain foreign deferred compensation plans),
and the election under Code Section 463 (relating to the accrual of vacation
pay) apply. For purposes of this paragraph a "Fund" is any social club,
voluntary employee benefit association, supplemental unemployment benefit trust
or qualified group legal service organization described in Code Section
501(c)(7), (9), (17) or (20); any trust, corporation, or other organization not
exempt from income tax, or to the extent provided in regulations, any account
held for an Employer by any person.
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1.73 YEAR OF SERVICE A 12-consecutive month period during which an
Employee is credited with not less than 1,000 (or such lesser number as
specified by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement) Hours of Service.
ARTICLE II
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
2.1 PARTICIPATION Employees who meet the eligibility requirements in the
Adoption Agreement on the Effective Date of the Plan shall become Participants
as of the Effective Date of the Plan. If so elected in the Adoption Agreement,
all Employees employed on the Effective Date of the Plan may participate, even
if they have not satisfied the Plan's specified eligibility requirements.
Other Employees shall become Participants on the Entry Date specified in the
Adoption Agreement. Depending on the Plan's eligibility requirements, the
entry date may actually be earlier than the date on which the Employee
satisfies the eligibility requirements. The Employee must satisfy the
eligibility requirements specified in the Adoption Agreement and be employed on
the Entry Date to become a Participant in the Plan. In the event an Employee
who is not a member of the eligible class of Employees becomes a member of the
eligible class, such Employee shall participate immediately if such Employee
has satisfied the minimum age and service requirements and would have
previously become a Participant had he or she been in the eligible class. A
former Participant shall again become a Participant upon returning to the
employ of the Employer as of the next Entry Date.
2.2 CHANGE IN CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYMENT In the event a Participant
becomes ineligible to participate because he or she is no longer a member of an
eligible class of Employees, such Employee shall participate upon his or her
return to an eligible class of Employees.
2.3 COMPUTATION PERIOD To determine Years of Service and Breaks in
Service for purposes of eligibility, the 12-consecutive month period shall
commence on the date on which an Employee first performs an Hour of Service for
the Employer and each anniversary thereof, such that the succeeding
12-consecutive month period commences with the employee's first anniversary of
employment and so on.
2.4 EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS Participation in the Plan shall not confer upon a
Participant any employment rights, nor shall it interfere with the Employer's
right to terminate the employment of any Employee at any time.
2.5 SERVICE WITH CONTROLLED GROUPS All Years of Service with other
members of a controlled group of corporations [as defined in Code Section
414(b)], trades or businesses under common control [as defined in Code Section
414(c)], or members of an affiliated service group [as defined in Code Section
414(m)] shall be credited for purposes of determining an Employee's eligibility
to participate.
2.6 OWNER-EMPLOYEES If this Plan provides contributions or benefits for
one or more Owner-Employees who control both the business for which this Plan
is established and one or more other trades or businesses, this Plan and the
Plan established for other trades or businesses must, when looked
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at as a single Plan, satisfy Code Sections 401(a) and (d) for the Employees of
this and all other trades or businesses.
If the Plan provides contributions or benefits for one or more Owner-Employees
who control one or more other trades or businesses, the Employees of the other
trades or businesses must be included in a Plan which satisfies Code Sections
401 (a) and (d) and which provides contributions and benefits not less
favorable than provided for Owner-Employees under this Plan.
If an individual is covered as an Owner-Employee under the plans of two or more
trades or businesses which are not controlled and the individual controls a
trade or business, then the contributions or benefits of the Employees under
the plan of the trades or businesses which are controlled must be as favorable
as those provided for him under the most favorable plan of the trade or
business which is not controlled.
For purposes of the preceding sentences, an Owner-Employee, or two or more
Owner-Employees, will be considered to control a trade or business if the
Owner-Employee, or two or more Owner-Employees together:
(a) own the entire interest in an unincorporated trade or business, or
(b) in the case of a partnership, own more than 50% of either the capital
interest or the profits interest in the partnership.
For purposes of the preceding sentence, an Owner-Employee, or two or more
Owner-Employees shall be treated as owning any interest in a partnership which
is owned, directly or indirectly, by a partnership which such Owner-Employee,
or such two or more Owner-Employees, are considered to control within the
meaning of the preceding sentence.
2.7 LEASED EMPLOYEES Any Leased Employee shall be treated as an Employee
of the recipient Employer, however, contributions or benefits provided by the
leasing organization which are attributable to services performed for the
recipient Employer shall be treated as provided by the recipient Employer. A
Leased Employee shall not be considered an Employee of the recipient if such
Employee is covered by a money purchase pension plan providing:
(a) a non-integrated Employer contribution rate of at least 10% of
Compensation, [as defined in Code Section 415(c)(3) but including
amounts, contributed by the Employer pursuant to a salary reduction
agreement, which are excludable from the Employee's gross income under
a cafeteria plan covered by Code Section 125, a cash or deferred
profit-sharing plan under Section 401 (k) of the Code, a Simplified
Employee Pension Plan under Code Section 402(h)(1)(B) and a tax-
sheltered annuity under Code Section 403(b)],
(b) immediate participation, and
(c) full and immediate vesting.
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This exclusion is only available if Leased Employees do not constitute more
than twenty percent (20%) of the recipient's non-highly compensated work force.
ARTICLE III
EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
3.1 AMOUNT The Employer intends to make periodic contributions to the
Plan in accordance with the formula or formulas selected in the Adoption
Agreement. However, the Employer's contribution for any Plan Year shall be
subject to the limitations on allocations contained in Article X.
3.2 EXPENSES AND FEES The Employer shall also be authorized to reimburse
the Fund for all expenses and fees incurred in the administration of the Plan
or Trust/Custodial Account and paid out of the assets of the Fund. Such expenses
shall include, but shall not be limited to, fees for professional services,
printing and postage. Brokerage Commissions may not be reimbursed.
3.3 RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONTRIBUTIONS Neither the Trustee/Custodian nor
the Sponsor shall be required to determine if the Employer has made a
contribution or if the amount contributed is in accordance with the Adoption
Agreement or the Code. The Employer shall have sole responsibility in this
regard. The Trustee/Custodian shall be accountable solely for contributions
actually received by it within the limits of Article XI.
3.4 RETURN OF CONTRIBUTIONS Contributions made to the Fund by the
Employer shall be irrevocable except as provided below:
(a) Any contribution forwarded to the Trustee/Custodian because of a
mistake of fact, provided that the contribution is returned to the
Employer within one year of the contribution.
(b) In the event that the Commissioner of Internal Revenue determines that
the Plan is not initially qualified under the Internal Revenue Code,
any contribution made incident to that initial qualification by the
Employer must be returned to the Employer within one year after the
date the initial qualification is denied, but only if the application
for the qualification is made by the time prescribed by law for filing
the Employer's return for the taxable year in which the Plan is
adopted, or such later date as the Secretary of the Treasury may
prescribe.
(c) Contributions forwarded to the Trustee/Custodian are presumed to be
deductible and are conditioned on their deductibility. Contributions
which are determined to not be deductible will be returned to the
Employer.
ARTICLE IV
EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS
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4.1 VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS An Employee may no longer make Voluntary
Contributions to the Plan established hereunder for Plan Years beginning after
the Plan Year in which this plan is adopted or restated by the Employer.
Employee Contributions for Plan Years beginning after 1986, together with any
matching contributions as defined in Code Section 401(m), will be limited so as
to meet the antidiscrimination test of Section 401(m). Voluntary and/or
Mandatory Contributions already made may stay in the Trust Fund/Custodial
Account.
4.2 QUALIFIED VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS A Participant may no longer make
Qualified Voluntary Contributions to the Plan. Amounts already contributed may
stay in the Trust Fund/Custodial Account until distributed to the Participant.
Such amounts will be maintained in a separate account which will be
nonforfeitable at all times. The account will share in the gains and losses of
the Trust in the same manner as described at paragraph 5.4 of the Plan. No
part of the Qualified Voluntary Contribution account will be used to purchase
life insurance. Subject to Article VIII, Joint and Survivor Annuity
Requirements (if applicable), the Participant may withdraw any part of the
Qualified Voluntary Contribution account by making a written application to the
Plan Administrator.
4.3 ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTION Unless provided otherwise in the Adoption
Agreement, a Participant may make a Rollover Contribution to any Defined
Contribution Plan established hereunder of all or any part of an amount
distributed or distributable to him or her from a Qualified Deferred
Compensation Plan provided:
(a) the amount distributed to the Participant is deposited to the Plan no
later than the sixtieth day after such distribution was received by
the Participant,
(b) the amount distributed is not one of a series of substantially equal
periodic payments made for the life (or life expectancy) of the
Participant or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of the
Participant and the Participant's Designated Beneficiary, or for a
specified period of ten years or more,
(c) the amount distributed is not required under section 401(a)(9) of the
Code,
(d) if the amount distributed included property such property is rolled
over, or if sold the proceeds of such property may be rolled over,
(e) the amount distributed is not includible in gross income (determined
without regard to the exclusion for net unrealized appreciation with
respect to employer securities).
In addition, if the Adoption Agreement allows Rollover Contributions, the Plan
will also accept any Eligible Rollover Distribution (as defined at paragraph
1.55) directly to the Plan.
Rollover Contributions, which relate to distributions prior to January 1, 1993,
must be made in accordance with paragraphs (a) through (e) and additionally
meet the requirements of paragraph (f):
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(f) The distribution from the Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan
constituted the Participant's entire interest in such Plan and was
distributed within one taxable year to the Participant:
(1) on account of separation from Service, a Plan termination, or
in the case of a profit-sharing or stock bonus plan, a
complete discontinuance of contributions under such plan
within the meaning of Section 402(a)(6)(A) of the Code, or
(2) in one or more distributions which constitute a qualified lump
sum distribution within the meaning of Code Section
402(e)(4)(A), determined without reference to subparagraphs
(B) and (H).
Such Rollover Contribution may also be made through an Individual Retirement
Account qualified under Code Section 408 where the ▇▇▇ was used as a conduit
from the Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan, the Rollover Contribution is
made in accordance with the rules provided under paragraphs (a) through (e) and
the Rollover Contribution does not include any regular ▇▇▇ contributions, or
earnings thereon, which the Participant may have made to the ▇▇▇. Rollover
Contributions, which relate to distributions prior to January 1, 1993, may be
made through an ▇▇▇ in accordance with paragraphs (a) through (f) and
additional requirements as provided in the previous sentence. The
Trustee/Custodian shall not be held responsible for determining the tax-free
status of any Rollover Contribution made under this Plan.
4.4 TRANSFER CONTRIBUTION Unless provided otherwise in the Adoption
Agreement, a Participant may, subject to the provisions of paragraph 4.5, also
arrange for the direct transfer of his or her benefit from a Qualified Deferred
Compensation Plan to this Plan. For accounting and record keeping purposes,
Transfer Contributions shall be treated in the same manner as Rollover
Contributions.
4.5 EMPLOYER APPROVAL OF TRANSFER CONTRIBUTIONS The Employer maintaining
a safe-harbor Profit-Sharing Plan in accordance with the provisions of
paragraph 8 7, acting in a nondiscriminatory manner, may in its sole discretion
refuse to allow Transfer Contributions to its profit-sharing plan, if such
contributions are directly or indirectly being transferred from a defined
benefit plan, a money purchase pension plan (including a target benefit plan),
a stock bonus plan, or another profit- sharing plan which would otherwise
provide for a life annuity form of payment to the Participant.
4.6 DIRECT ROLLOVER OF BENEFITS Notwithstanding any provision of the plan
to the contrary that would otherwise limit a Participant's election under this
Paragraph, for distributions made on or after January 1,1993, a Participant may
elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the Plan Administrator, to
have any portion of an Eligible Rollover Distribution paid directly to an
Eligible Retirement Plan shall be distributed to the Participant. For purposes
of this Paragraph, a Surviving Spouse or a spouse or former spouse who is an
alternate payee under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order as defined in
section 414(p) of the Code, will be permitted to elect to have any Eligible
Rollover Distribution paid directly
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to an individual retirement account (▇▇▇) or an individual retirement annuity
(▇▇▇).
The plan provisions otherwise applicable to distributions continue to apply to
Rollover and Transfer Contributions.
ARTICLE V
PARTICIPANT ACCOUNTS
5.1 SEPARATE ACCOUNTS The Employer shall establish a separate bookkeeping
account for each Participant showing the total value of his or her interest in
the Fund. Each Participant's account shall be separated for bookkeeping
purposes into the following sub-accounts:
(a) Employer contributions.
(b) Mandatory Contributions (if previously accepted).
(c) Voluntary Contributions (if previously accepted), and additional
amounts including, if applicable, either repayments of loans
previously defaulted on and treated as "deemed distributions" [on
which a tax report has been issued], and amounts paid out upon a
separation from service which have been included in income and which
are repaid after being re-hired by the Employer.
(d) Qualified Voluntary Contributions (if previously accepted).
(e) Rollover Contributions and Transfer Contributions.
5.2 ADJUSTMENTS TO PARTICIPANT ACCOUNTS As of each Valuation Date of the
Plan, the Employer shall add to each account:
(a) the Participant's share of the Employer's contribution and forfeitures
as determined in the Adoption Agreement,
(b) any Voluntary, Rollover or Transfer Contributions made by the
Participant,
(c) any repayment of amounts previously paid out to a Participant upon a
separation from Service and repaid by the Participant since the last
Valuation Date, and
(d) the Participant's proportionate share of any investment earnings and
increase in the fair market value of the Fund since the last Valuation
Date, as determined at paragraph 5.4.
The Employer shall deduct from each account:
(e) any withdrawals or payments made from the Participant's account since
the last Valuation Date, and
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(f) the Participant's proportionate share of any decrease in the fair
market value of the Fund since the last Valuation Date, as determined
at paragraph 5.4.
5.3 ALLOCATING EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS The Employer's contribution shall
be allocated to Participants in accordance with the allocation formula selected
by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement, and the minimum contribution and
allocation requirements for Top-Heavy Plans. Beginning with the 1990 Plan Year
and thereafter, for plans on Standardized Adoption Agreements 001,002,005 and
006, Participants who are credited with more than 500 Hours of Service or are
employed on the last day of the Plan Year must receive a full allocation of
Employer contributions. In Nonstandardized Adoption Agreements 003 and 004,
Employer contributions shall be allocated to the accounts of Participants
employed by the Employer on the last day of the Plan Year. In the case of a
non-Top-Heavy, Nonstandardized Plan, Participants must also have completed a
Year of Service unless otherwise specified in the Adoption Agreement. For
Nonstandardized Adoption Agreements 003 and 004, the Employer may only apply
the last day of the Plan Year and Year of Service requirements if the Plan
satisfies the requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(26) and 410(b) and the
regulations thereunder. If when applying the last day and Year of Service
requirements the Plan fails to satisfy the aforementioned requirements,
additional Participants will be eligible to receive an allocation of Employer
Contributions until the requirements are satisfied. Participants who are
credited with a Year of Service, but not employed at Plan Year end are the
first category of additional Participants eligible to receive an allocation.
If the requirements are still not satisfied, Participants credited with more
than 500 Hours of Service and employed at Plan Year end are the next category
of Participants eligible to receive an allocation. Finally, if necessary to
satisfy the said requirements, any Participant credited with more than 500
Hours of Service will be eligible for an allocation of Employer Contributions.
5.4 ALLOCATING INVESTMENT EARNINGS AND LOSSES A Participant's share of
investment earnings and any increase or decrease in the fair market value of
the Fund shall be based on the proportionate value of all active accounts
(other than accounts with segregated investments) as of the last Valuation Date
minus withdrawals, minus fees, plus/minus transfers, and plus the average
balance, as defined by the Plan Administrator, of the current period's
contributions and loan payments except for Employer contributions made on an
annual basis after the end of the Plan Year since the last Valuation Date.
Account balances not yet forfeited shall receive an allocation of earnings
and/or losses. Accounts with segregated investments shall receive only the
income or loss on such segregated investments.
Alternatively, at the Plan Administrator's option, all financial activity will
be credited with an allocation of the actual investment earnings and gains and
losses from the actual date of deposit of each such activity until the end of
the period. Accounts with segregated investments shall receive only the income
or loss on such segregated investments. In no event shall the selection of a
method of allocating gains and losses be used to discriminate in favor of the
Highly Compensated Employees.
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5.5 PARTICIPANT STATEMENTS Upon completing the allocations described
above for the Valuation Date coinciding with the end of the Plan Year, the
Employer shall prepare a statement for each Participant showing the additions
to and subtractions from his or her account since the last such statement and
the fair market value of his or her account as of the current Valuation Date.
Employers so choosing may prepare Participant statements for each Valuation
Date.
ARTICLE VI
RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
6.1 NORMAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS A Participant shall be entitled to receive
the balance held in his or her account from Employer contributions upon
reaching Normal Retirement Age or at such earlier dates as the provisions of
this Article VI may allow. If the Participant elects to continue working past
his or her Normal Retirement Age, he or she will continue as an active Plan
Participant. Unless the Employer elects otherwise in the Adoption Agreement,
distribution shall be made to such Participant at his or her request prior to
his or her actual retirement date. Settlement shall be made in the normal
form, or if elected, in one of the optional forms of payment provided below.
6.2 EARLY RETIREMENT BENEFITS If the Employer so provides in the Adoption
Agreement, an early retirement benefit will be available to individuals who
meet the age and Service requirements. An individual who meets the Early
Retirement Age requirements and separates from Service, will become fully
vested, regardless of any vesting schedule which otherwise might apply. If a
Participant separates from Service before satisfying the age requirement, but
after having satisfied the Service requirement, the Participant will be
entitled to elect an Early Retirement benefit upon satisfaction of the age
requirement.
6.3 BENEFITS ON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
(a) If a Participant terminates employment prior to Normal Retirement Age,
such Participant shall be entitled to receive the vested balance held
in his or her account payable at Normal Retirement Age in the normal
form, or if elected, in one of the optional forms of payment provided
hereunder. If applicable, the Early Retirement Benefit provisions may
be elected. Unless provided otherwise in the Adoption Agreement, a
former Participant may make application to the Employer requesting
early payment of any deferred vested and nonforfeitable benefit due.
(b) If a Participant terminates employment, and the value of that
Participant's vested account balance derived from Employer and
Employee contributions is not greater than $3,500, the Participant
will receive a lump sum distribution of the value of the entire vested
portion of such account balance and the unvested portion will be
treated as a forfeiture. For purposes of this Article, if the value
of a Participant's vested account balance is zero, the Participant
shall be deemed to have received a distribution of such vested account
balance. For Plan Years beginning prior to 1989, a Participant's
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Vested Account Balance shall not include Qualified Voluntary
Contributions. Notwithstanding the above, if the Employer maintains
or has maintained a policy of not distributing any amounts until the
Participant's Normal Retirement Age, the Employer can continue to
uniformly apply such policy.
(c) If a Participant terminates Service with a vested account balance
derived from Employer and Employee contributions in excess of $3,500,
and elects (with his or her Spouse's consent) to receive 100% of the
value of his or her vested account balance in a lump sum, the
non-vested portion will be treated as a forfeiture. Except as
provided at paragraph 6.4(c), the Participant (and his or her Spouse)
must consent to any distribution, when the vested account balance
described above exceeds $3,500 or if at the time of any prior
distribution it exceeded $3,500. For purposes of this paragraph, for
Plan Years beginning prior to 1989, a Participant's Vested Account
Balance shall not include Qualified Voluntary Contributions.
(d) Distribution of less than 100% of the Participant's vested account
balance shall only be permitted if the Participant is fully vested
upon termination of employment.
(e) If a Participant who is not 100% vested receives or is deemed to
receive a distribution pursuant to subsection (a), (b) or (c) of this
paragraph, and such Participant's non- vested benefit is forfeited
hereunder, and if such Participant resumes employment covered under
this Plan, the Participant shall have the right to repay to the Plan
the full amount of the distribution attributable to Employer
contributions on or before the earlier of the date that the
Participant incurs 5 consecutive 1-year Breaks in Service following
the date of distribution or five years after the first date on which
the Participant is subsequently reemployed. In such event, the
Participant's forfeiture shall be restored to his or her account as of
the Valuation Date at the end of the Plan Year following the date on
which repayment of the distribution is received. Restoration of the
forfeiture amount shall be accomplished in accordance with the
procedure selected by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement.
(f) A Participant shall also have the option, to postpone payment of his
or her Plan benefits until the first day of April following the
calendar year in which he or she attains age 70-1/2. Any balance of a
Participant's account resulting from his or her Employee contributions
not previously withdrawn, if any, may be withdrawn by the Participant
immediately following separation from Service.
(g) If a Participant ceases to be an active Employee as a result of a
disability as defined at paragraph 1.16, such Participant shall be
able to make an application for a disability retirement benefit
payment. The Participant's account balance will be deemed
"immediately distributable" as set forth in paragraph 6.4, and will be
fully vested pursuant to paragraph 9.2.
6.4 RESTRICTIONS ON IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTIONS
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(a) An account balance is immediately distributable if any part of the
account balance could be distributed to the Participant (or Surviving
Spouse) before the Participant attains (or would have attained if not
deceased) the later of the Normal Retirement Age or age 62.
(b) If the value of a Participant's vested account balance derived from
Employer and Employee Contributions exceeds (or at the time of any
prior distribution exceeded) $3,500, and the account balance is
immediately distributable, the Participant and his or her Spouse (or
where either the Participant or the Spouse has died, the survivor)
must consent to any distribution of such account balance. The consent
of the Participant and the Spouse shall be obtained in writing within
the 90-day period ending on the annuity starting date, which is the
first day of the first period for which an amount is paid as an
annuity or any other form. The Plan Administrator shall notify the
Participant and the Participant's Spouse of the right to defer any
distribution until the later of the date on which the Participant
attains (or would have attained if not deceased) the Normal Retirement
Age or age 62. Such notification shall include a general description
of the material features, and an explanation of the relative values of
the optional forms of benefit available under the plan, in a manner
that would satisfy the notice requirements of Code Section 417(a)(3),
and shall be provided no less than 30 days and no more than 90 days
prior to the annuity starting date.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, only the Participant need consent to
the commencement of a distribution in the form of a Qualified Joint
and Survivor Annuity while the account balance is immediately
distributable. Furthermore, if payment in the form of a Qualified
Joint and Survivor Annuity is not required with respect to the
Participant pursuant to paragraph 8.7 of the Plan, only the
Participant need consent to the distribution of an account balance
that is immediately distributable. Neither the consent of the
Participant nor the Participant's Spouse shall be required to the
extent that a distribution is required to satisfy Code Section
401(a)(9) or Code Section 415. In addition, upon termination of this
Plan, if the Plan does not offer an annuity option (purchased from a
commercial provider), the Participant's account balance may, without
the Participant's consent, be distributed to the Participant or
transferred to another Defined Contribution Plan [other than an
employee stock ownership plan as defined in Code Section 4975(e)(7)]
within the same controlled group.
(d) For purposes of determining the applicability of the foregoing consent
requirements to distributions made before the first day of the first
Plan Year beginning after 1988, the Participant's vested account
balance shall not include amounts attributable to Qualified Voluntary
Contributions.
6.5 NORMAL FORM OF PAYMENT The normal form of payment for a
profit-sharing plan satisfying the requirements of paragraph 8.7 hereof shall
be a lump sum with no option for annuity payments. For all other plans, the
normal form of payment hereunder shall be a Qualified Joint and Survivor
Annuity as provided under Article VIII. A Participant whose vested account
balance derived from Employer and Employee contributions
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exceed $3,500, or if at the time of any prior distribution it exceeded $3,500,
shall (with the consent of his or her Spouse) have the right to receive his or
her benefit in a lump sum or in monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual
payments from the Fund over any period not extending beyond the life expectancy
of the Participant and his or her Beneficiary. For purposes of this paragraph,
for Plan Years beginning prior to 1989, a Participant's Vested Account Balance
shall not include Qualified Voluntary Contributions. The normal form of
payment shall be automatic, unless the Participant files a written request with
the Employer prior to the date on which the benefit is automatically payable,
electing a lump sum or installment payment option. No amendment to the Plan may
eliminate one of the optional distribution forms listed above.
6.6 COMMENCEMENT OF BENEFITS
(a) Unless the Participant elects otherwise, distribution of benefits will
begin no later than the 60th day after the close of the Plan Year in
which the latest of the following events occurs:
(1) the Participant attains age 65 (or normal retirement age if
earlier),
(2) the 10th anniversary of the year in which the Participant
commenced participation in the Plan, or
(3) the Participant terminates Service with the Employer.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure of a Participant and Spouse
(if necessary) to consent to a distribution while a benefit is
immediately distributable, within the meaning of paragraph 6.4 hereof,
shall be deemed an election to defer commencement of payment of any
benefit sufficient to satisfy this paragraph.
(c) Unless the Employer provides otherwise in the Adoption Agreement,
distributions of benefits will be made within 60 days following the
close of the Plan Year during which a distribution is requested or
otherwise becomes payable.
6.7 CLAIMS PROCEDURES Upon retirement, death, or other severance of
employment, the Participant or his or her representative may make application
to the Employer requesting payment of benefits due and the manner of payment.
If no application for benefits is made, the Employer shall automatically pay
any vested benefit due hereunder in the normal form at the time prescribed at
paragraph 6.5. If an application for benefits is made, the Employer shall
accept, reject, or modify such request and shall notify the Participant in
writing setting forth the response of the Employer and in the case of a denial
or modification the Employer shall:
(a) state the specific reason or reasons for the denial,
(b) provide specific reference to pertinent Plan provisions on which the
denial is based,
(c) provide a description of any additional material or information
necessary for the Participant or his representative to perfect the
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claim and an explanation of why such material or information is
necessary, and
(d) explain the Plan's claim review procedure as contained in this
paragraph.
In the event the request is rejected or modified, the Participant or his or her
representative may within 60 days following receipt by the Participant or
representative of such rejection or modification, submit a written request for
review by the Employer of its initial decision. Within 60 days following such
request for review, the Employer shall render its final decision in writing to
the Participant or representative stating specific reasons for such decision.
If the Participant or representative is not satisfied with the Employer's final
decision, the Participant or representative can institute an action in a
federal court of competent jurisdiction; for this purpose, process would be
served on the Employer.
6.8 IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS An Employee may withdraw all or any part of
the fair market value of his or her Mandatory Contributions, Voluntary
Contributions, Qualified Voluntary Contributions or Rollover Contributions,
upon written request to the Employer. Transfer Contributions, which originate
from a Plan meeting the safe-harbor provisions of paragraph 8.7, may also be
withdrawn, by an Employee, upon written request to the Employer. Transfer
Contributions which originate from a Plan not meeting the safe-harbor
provisions may only be withdrawn upon retirement,death,disability, termination
or termination of the Plan, and will be subject to Spousal consent requirements
contained in Code Sections 411(a)(11) and 417. Such request shall include the
Participant's address, social security number birth date, and amount of the
withdrawal. If at the time a distribution of Qualified Voluntary Contributions
is received the Participant has not attained age 59-1/2 and is not disabled, as
defined at Code Section 22(e)(3), the Participant will be subject to a federal
income tax penalty, unless the distribution is rolled over to a qualified plan
or individual retirement plan within 60 days of the date of distribution. A
Participant may withdraw all or any part of the fair market value of his or her
pre- 1987 Voluntary Contributions with or without withdrawing the earnings
attributable thereto. Post-1986 Voluntary Contributions may only be withdrawn
along with a portion of the earnings thereon. The amount of the earnings to be
withdrawn is determined by using the formula: DA[1-(V / V + E)], where DA is
the distribution amount, V is the amount of Voluntary Contributions and V + E
is the amount of Voluntary Contributions plus the earnings attributable
thereto. A Participant withdrawing his or her other contributions prior to
attaining age 59-1/2, will be subject to a federal tax penalty to the extent
that the withdrawn amounts are includible in income. Unless the Employer
provides otherwise in the Adoption Agreement, any Participant in a
profit-sharing plan who is 100% fully vested in his or her Employer
contributions may withdraw all or any part of the fair market value of any of
such contributions that have been in the account at least two years, plus the
investment earnings thereon, without separation from Service. Such
distributions shall not be eligible for redeposit to the Fund. A withdrawal
under this paragraph shall not prohibit such Participant from sharing in any
future Employer Contribution he or she would otherwise be eligible to share in.
A request to withdraw amounts pursuant to this paragraph must if applicable, be
consented to by
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the Participant's Spouse. The consent shall comply with the requirements of
paragraph 6.4 relating to immediate distributions.
6.9 HARDSHIP WITHDRAWAL If permitted by the Trustee/Custodian and the
Employer in the Adoption Agreement, a Participant in a profit-sharing plan may
request a hardship withdrawal prior to attaining age 59-1/2. If the
Participant has not attained age 59-1/2, the Participant may be subject to a
federal income tax penalty. Such request shall be in writing to the Employer
who shall have sole authority to authorize a hardship withdrawal, pursuant to
the rules below. Hardship withdrawals are subject to the Spousal consent
requirements contained in Code Sections 411(a)(11) and 417. Only the following
reasons are valid to obtain hardship withdrawal:
(a) medical expenses [within the meaning of Code Section 213(d)] of the
Participant, his or her Spouse, children and other dependents,
(b) the purchase (excluding mortgage payments) of the principal residence
for the Participant,
(c) payment of tuition and related educational expenses for the next
twelve (12) months of post-secondary education for the Participant,
his or her Spouse, children or other dependents, or
(d) the need to prevent eviction of the Employee from or a foreclosure on
the mortgage of, the Employee's principal residence.
Furthermore, the distribution may not be in excess of the amount of the
immediate and heavy financial need [(a) through (d)] above. The Participant
must certify that other assets are not available to meet the hardship.
If a distribution is made at a time when a Participant has a nonforfeitable
right to less than 100% of the account balance derived from Employer
contributions and the Participant may, by virtue of continuing Service,
increase the nonforfeitable percentage in the account:
(a) a separate account will be established for the Participant's interest
in the Plan as of the time of the distribution, and
(b) at any relevant time the Participant's nonforfeitable portion of the
separate account will be equal to an amount ("X") determined by the
formula:
X = P [AB + (R X D)] - (R X D)
For purposes of applying the formula: "P" is the nonforfeitable percentage at
the relevant time, "AB" is the account balance at the relevant time, "D" is the
amount of the distribution and "R" is the ratio of the account balance at the
relevant time to the account balance after distribution.
ARTICLE VII
DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS
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7.1 JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY REQUIREMENTS All distributions made under
the terms of this Plan must comply with the provisions of Article VIII
including, if applicable, the safe harbor provisions thereunder.
7.2 MINIMUM DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS All distributions required under
this Article shall be determined and made in accordance with the minimum
distribution requirements of Code Section 401 (a)(9) and the regulations
thereunder, including the minimum distribution incidental benefit rules found
at Section 1.401 (a)(9)-2 of the Regulations. The entire interest of a
Participant must be distributed, or begin to be distributed, no later than the
Participant's Required Beginning Date. Life expectancy and joint and last
survivor life expectancy are computed by using the expected return multiples
found in Tables V and VI of Section 1.72-9 of the Income Tax Regulations.
7.3 LIMITS ON DISTRIBUTION PERIODS As of the First Distribution Calendar
Year, distributions, if not made in a single-sum, may only be made over one of
the following periods (or a combination thereof):
(a) the life of the Participant,
(b) the life of the Participant and a Designated Beneficiary,
(c) a period certain not extending beyond the life expectancy of the
Participant, or
(d) a period certain not extending beyond the joint and last survivor
expectancy of the Participant and a Designated Beneficiary.
7.4 REQUIRED DISTRIBUTIONS ON OR AFTER THE REQUIRED BEGINNING DATE
(a) If a participant's account balance is to be distributed over (1) a
period not extending beyond the life expectancy of the Participant or
the joint life and last survivor expectancy of the Participant and the
Participant's Designated Beneficiary or (2) a period not extending
beyond the life expectancy of the Designated Beneficiary, the amount
required to be distributed for each calendar year, beginning with
distributions for the First Distribution Calendar Year, must at least
equal the quotient obtained by dividing the Participant's account
balance by the Applicable Life Expectancy.
(b) For calendar years beginning before 1989, if the Participant's Spouse
is not the Designated Beneficiary, the method of distribution selected
must have required that at least 50% of the Present Value of the
amount available for distribution was to be paid within the life
expectancy of the Participant.
(c) For calendar years beginning after 1988, the amount to be distributed
each year, beginning with distributions for the First Distribution
Calendar Year shall not be less than the quotient obtained by dividing
the Participant's benefit by the lesser of (1) the Applicable Life
Expectancy or (2) if the Participant's Spouse is not the Designated
Beneficiary, the applicable divisor determined from the table set
forth in Q&A-4 of Section 1.401(a)(9)-2 of the Income Tax Regulations.
Distributions after the death of the Participant shall be distributed
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using the Applicable Life Expectancy as the relevant divisor without
regard to Regulations Section 1.401 (a)(9)-2.
(d) The minimum distribution required for the Participant's First
Distribution Calendar Year must be made on or before the Participant's
Required Beginning Date. The minimum distribution for other calendar
years, including the minimum distribution for the Distribution
Calendar Year in which the Participant's Required Beginning Date
occurs, must be made on or before December 31 of that Distribution
Calendar Year.
(e) If the Participant's benefit is distributed in the form of an annuity
purchased from an insurance company, distributions thereunder shall be
made in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(9) and
the Regulations thereunder.
(f) For purposes of determining the amount of the required distribution
for each Distribution Calendar Year, the account balance to be used is
the account balance determined as of the last valuation preceding the
Distribution Calendar Year. This balance will be increased by the
amount of any contributions or forfeitures allocated to the account
balance after the valuation date in such preceding calendar year.
Such balance will also be decreased by distributions made after the
Valuation Date in such preceding Calendar Year.
(g) For purposes of subparagraph 7.4(f), if any portion of the minimum
distribution for the First Distribution Calendar Year is made in the
second Distribution Calendar Year on or before the Required Beginning
Date, the amount of the minimum distribution made in the second
Distribution Calendar Year shall be treated as if it had been made in
the immediately preceding Distribution Calendar Year.
7.5 REQUIRED BEGINNING DATE
(a) General Rule. The Required Beginning Date of a Participant is the
first day of April of the calendar year following the calendar year in
which the Participant attains age 70-1/2.
(b) Transitional Rules. The Required Beginning Date of a Participant who
attained age 70-1/2 before 1988, shall be determined in accordance
with (1) or (2) below:
(1) Non-5-percent owners. The Required Beginning Date of a
Participant who is not a 5-percent owner is the first day of
April of the calendar year following the calendar year in
which the later of retirement or attainment of age 70-1/2
occurs. In the case of a Participant who is not a 5-percent
owner who attains age ▇▇- ▇/▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ and who has not
retired as of January 1, 1989, the Required Beginning Date is
April 1, 1990.
(2) 5-percent owners. The Required Beginning Date of a
Participant who is a 5-percent owner during any year beginning
after 1979, is the first day of April following the later of:
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(i) the calendar year in which the Participant attains age
70-1/2, or
(ii) the earlier of the calendar year with or within which
ends the plan year in which the Participant becomes a
5- percent owner, or the calendar year in which the
Participant retires.
(c) A Participant is treated as a 5-percent owner for purposes of this
Paragraph if such Participant is a 5-percent owner as defined in Code
Section 416(i) (determined in accordance with Section 416 but without
regard to whether the Plan is Top-Heavy) at any time during the Plan
Year ending with or within the calendar year in which such Owner
attains age 66-1/2 or any subsequent Plan Year.
(d) Once distributions have begun to a 5-percent owner under this
paragraph, they must continue to be distributed, even if the
Participant ceases to be a 5-percent owner in a subsequent year.
7.6 TRANSITIONAL RULE
(a) Notwithstanding the other requirements of this Article and subject to
the requirements of Article VIII, Joint and Survivor Annuity
Requirements, distribution on behalf of any Employee, including a
5-percent owner, may be made in accordance with all of the following
requirements (regardless of when such distribution commences):
(i) The distribution by the Trust is one which would not
have disqualified such Trust under Code Section 401
(a)(9) as in effect prior to amendment by the Deficit
Reduction Act of 1984.
(ii) The distribution is in accordance with a method of
distribution designated by the Employee whose
interest in the Trust is being distributed or, if the
Employee is deceased, by a beneficiary of such
Employee.
(iii) Such designation was in writing, was signed by the
Employee or the beneficiary, and was made before 1984.
(iv) The Employee had accrued a benefit under the Plan as
of December 31, 1983.
(v) The method of distribution designated by the Employee
or the beneficiary specifies the time at which
distribution will commence, the period over which
distributions will be made, and in the case of any
distribution upon the Employee's death, the
beneficiaries of the Employee listed in order of
priority.
(b) A distribution upon death will not be covered by this transitional
rule unless the information in the designation contains the required
information described above with respect to the distributions to be
made upon the death of the Employee.
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(c) For any distribution which commences before 1984, but continues after
1983, the Employee, or the beneficiary, to whom such distribution is
being made, will be presumed to have designated the method of
distribution under which the distribution is being made if the method
of distribution was specified in writing and the distribution
satisfies the requirements in subparagraphs (a)(i) and (v) above.
(d) If a designation is revoked, any subsequent distribution must satisfy
the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(9) and the regulations
thereunder. If a designation is revoked subsequent to the date
distributions are required to begin, the Trust must distribute by the
end of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the
revocation occurs the total amount not yet distributed which would
have been required to have been distributed to satisfy Code Section
401(a)(9) and the regulations thereunder, but for the section
242(b)(2) election of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of
1982. For calendar years beginning after 1988, such distributions
must meet the minimum distribution incidental benefit requirements in
section 1.401 (a)(9)-2 of the Income Tax Regulations. Any changes in
the designation will be considered to be a revocation of the
designation. However, the mere substitution or addition of another
beneficiary (one not named in the designation) under the designation
will not be considered to be a revocation of the designation, so long
as such substitution or addition does not alter the period over which
distributions are to be made under the designation, directly or
indirectly (for example, by altering the relevant measuring life). In
the case in which an amount is transferred or rolled over from one
plan to another plan, the rules in Q&A J-2 and Q&A J- 3 of the
regulations shall apply.
7.7 DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY FOR DEATH BENEFIT Each Participant shall
file a written designation of beneficiary with the Employer upon qualifying for
participation under this Plan. Such designation shall remain in force until
revoked by the Participant by filing a new beneficiary form with the Employer.
The Participant may elect to have a portion of his or her account balance
invested in an insurance contract. If an insurance contract is purchased under
the Plan the Trustee must be named as Beneficiary under the terms of the
contract. However, the Participant shall designate a Beneficiary to receive
the proceeds of the contract after settlement is received by the Trustee.
Under a profit-sharing plan satisfying the requirements of paragraph 8.7, the
Designated Beneficiary shall be the Participant's Surviving Spouse, if any,
unless such Spouse properly consents otherwise.
7.8 NONEXISTENCE OF BENEFICIARY Any portion of the amount payable
hereunder which is undisposed of because of the Participant's or former
Participant's failure to designate a Beneficiary, or because all of the
Designated Beneficiaries predeceased the Participant, shall be paid to his or
her Spouse. If the Participant has no Spouse at the time of death, payment
shall be made to the personal representative of his or her estate in a lump
sum.
7.9 DISTRIBUTION BEGINNING BEFORE DEATH If the Participant dies after
distribution of his or her interest has begun, the remaining portion of
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such interest will continue to be distributed at least as rapidly as under the
method of distribution being used prior to the Participant's death.
7.10 DISTRIBUTION BEGINNING AFTER DEATH If the Participant dies before
distribution of his or her interest begins, distribution of the Participant's
entire interest shall be completed by December 31 of the calendar year
containing the fifth anniversary of the Participant's death except to the
extent that an election is made to receive distributions in accordance with (a)
or (b) below:
(a) if any portion of the Participant's interest is payable to a
Designated Beneficiary, distributions may be made over the life or
over a period certain not greater than the life expectancy of the
Designated Beneficiary commencing on or before December 31 of the
calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the
Participant died;
(b) if the Designated Beneficiary is the Participant's surviving Spouse,
the date distributions are required to begin in accordance with (a)
above shall not be earlier than the later of (1) December 31 of the
calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the
participant died or (2) December 31 of the calendar year in which the
Participant would have attained age 70-1/2.
If the Participant has not made an election pursuant to this paragraph 7.10 by
the time of his or her death, the Participant's Designated Beneficiary must
elect the method of distribution no later than the earlier of (1) December 31
of the calendar year in which distributions would be required to begin under
this section, or (2) December 31 of the calendar year which contains the fifth
anniversary of the date of death of the participant. If the Participant has no
Designated Beneficiary, or if the Designated Beneficiary does not elect a
method of distribution, then distribution of the Participant's entire interest
must be completed by December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth
anniversary of the Participant's death.
For purposes of this paragraph, if the Surviving Spouse dies after the
Participant, but before payments to such Spouse begin, the provisions of this
paragraph with the exception of paragraph (b) herein, shall be applied as if
the Surviving Spouse were the Participant. For the purposes of this paragraph
and paragraph 7.9 distribution of a Participant's interest is considered to
begin on the Participant's Required Beginning Date (or, if the preceding
sentence is applicable, the date distribution is required to begin to the
Surviving Spouse). If distribution in the form of an annuity described in
paragraph 7.4(e) irrevocably commences to the Participant before the Required
Beginning Date, the date distribution is considered to begin is the date
distribution actually commences.
For purposes of paragraph 7.9 and this paragraph, any amount paid to a child of
the Participant will be treated as if it had been paid to the Surviving Spouse
if the amount becomes payable to the Surviving Spouse when the child reaches
the age of majority.
7.11 ESCHEAT In the event any vested account balance is unclaimed and the
Plan Administrator is unable to determine the whereabouts of the Participant,
beneficiary or any other person whose benefits from the Plan
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are due, within three years from the date such benefit would otherwise be
payable, such vested account balance shall be forfeited and revert to and
become part of the Trust upon written direction of the Plan Administrator;
provided, however, such unclaimed benefits shall be reinstated from earnings
and forfeitures, and Employer Contributions designated for that purpose if the
claimant to whom such benefit is due and owing subsequently makes written
application to the Plan Administrator. The Plan Administrator also reserves
the right, with the consent of the Trustee/Custodian, to direct the
Trustee/Custodian to dispose of any unclaimed benefits under the escheat
statutes of the applicable state law, as defined in Article XVI.
ARTICLE VIII
JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY REQUIREMENTS
8.1 APPLICABILITY OF PROVISIONS The provisions of this Article shall
apply to any Participant who is credited with at least one Hour of Service with
the Employer on or after August 23,1984 and such other Participants as provided
in paragraph 8.8.
8.2 PAYMENT OF QUALIFIED JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY Unless an optional
form of benefit is selected pursuant to a Qualified Election within the 90 day
period ending on the Annuity Starting Date, a married Participant's Vested
Account Balance will be paid in the form of a Qualified Joint and Survivor
Annuity and an unmarried Participant's Vested Account Balance will be paid in
the form of a life annuity. The Participant may elect to have such annuity
distributed upon attainment of the Early Retirement Age under the Plan.
8.3 PAYMENT OF QUALIFIED PRE-RETIREMENT SURVIVOR ANNUITY Unless an
optional form of benefit has been selected within the Election Period pursuant
to a Qualified Election, if a Participant dies before benefits have commenced
then the Participant's vested account balance shall be paid to the Surviving
Spouse in the form of a life annuity. The Surviving Spouse may elect to have
such annuity distributed within a reasonable period after the Participant's
death.
A Participant who does not meet the age 35 requirement set forth in the
Election Period as of the end of any current Plan Year may make a special
qualified election to waive the qualified Pre-retirement Survivor Annuity for
the period beginning on the date of such election and ending on the first day
of the Plan Year in which the Participant will attain age 35. Such election
shall not be valid unless the Participant receives a written explanation of the
Qualified Pre-retirement Survivor Annuity in such terms as are comparable to
the explanation required under paragraph 8.4. Qualified Pre-retirement
Survivor Annuity coverage will be automatically reinstated as of the first day
of the Plan Year in which the Participant attains age 35. Any new waiver on or
after such date shall be subject to the full requirements of this Article.
8.4 QUALIFIED ELECTION A Qualified Election is an election to either
waive a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity or a qualified pre-retirement
survivor annuity. Any such election shall not be effective unless:
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(a) the Participant's Spouse consents in writing to the election;
(b) the election designates a specific Beneficiary, including any class of
beneficiaries or any contingent beneficiaries, which may not be
changed without spousal consent (or the Spouse expressly permits
designations by the Participant without any further spousal consent);
(c) the Spouse's consent acknowledges the effect of the election; and
(d) the Spouse's consent is witnessed by a Plan representative or notary
public.
Additionally, a Participant's waiver of the Qualified Joint and Survivor
Annuity shall not be effective unless the election designates a form of benefit
payment which may not be changed without spousal consent (or the Spouse
expressly permits designations by the Participant without any further spousal
consent). If it is established to the satisfaction of the Plan Administrator
that there is no Spouse or that the Spouse cannot be located, a waiver will be
deemed a Qualified Election. Any consent by a Spouse obtained under this
provision (or establishment that the consent of a Spouse may not be obtained)
shall be effective only with respect to such Spouse. A consent that permits
designations by the Participant without any requirement of further consent by
such Spouse must acknowledge that the Spouse has the right to limit consent to
a specific beneficiary, and a specific form of benefit where applicable, and
that the Spouse voluntarily elects to relinquish either or both of such rights.
A revocation of a prior waiver may be made by a Participant without the consent
of the Spouse at any time before the commencement of benefits. The number of
revocations shall not be limited. No consent obtained under this provision
shall be valid unless the Participant has received notice as provided in
paragraphs 8.5 and 8.6 below.
8.5 NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALIFIED JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY The Plan
Administrator shall provide each Participant a written explanation of:
(a) the terms and conditions of a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity;
(b) the Participant's right to make and the effect of an election to waive
the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity form of benefit;
(c) the rights of a Participant's Spouse; and
(d) the right to make, and the effect of, a revocation of a previous
election to waive the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity.
Such notice shall be provided not less than 30 days and no more than 90 days
prior to the Annuity Starting date.
8.6 NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALIFIED PRE-RETIREMENT SURVIVOR ANNUITY The
Plan Administrator shall provide each Participant a written explanation of the
qualified pre-retirement survivor annuity in such terms and in such manner as
would be comparable to the explanation provided for meeting the requirements of
paragraph 8.5 applicable to a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity. Such
explanation shall be provided within whichever of the following periods ends
last:
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(a) the period beginning with the first day of the Plan Year in which the
Participant attains age 32 and ending with the close of the Plan Year
preceding the Plan Year in which the Participant attains age 35;
(b) a reasonable period ending after the individual becomes a Participant;
(c) a reasonable period ending after this Article first applies to the
Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, notice must be provided
within a reasonable period ending after separation from Service in the
case of a Participant who separates from Service before attaining age
35.
For purposes of applying the preceding paragraph, a reasonable period ending
after the events described in (b) and (c) is the end of the two-year period
beginning one-year prior to the date the applicable event occurs, and ending
one-year after that date. In the case of a Participant who separates from
Service before the Plan Year in which age 35 is attained, notice shall be
provided within the two-year period beginning one year prior to separation and
ending one year after separation. If such a Participant subsequently returns
to employment with the Employer, the applicable period for such Participant
shall be re-determined.
8.7 SPECIAL SAFE-HARBOR EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN PROFIT-SHARING PLANS
(a) This paragraph shall apply to a Participant in a profit- sharing plan,
and to any distribution made on or after the first day of the first
plan year beginning after 1988, from or under a separate account
attributable solely to Qualified Voluntary contributions, as
maintained on behalf of a Participant in a money purchase pension
plan, (including a target benefit plan) if the following conditions
are satisfied:
(1) the Participant does not or cannot elect payments in the form
of a life annuity; and
(2) on the death of a Participant, the Participant's Vested
Account Balance will be paid to the Participant's Surviving
Spouse, but if there is no Surviving Spouse, or if the
Surviving Spouse has consented in a manner conforming to a
Qualified Election, then to the Participant's Designated
Beneficiary.
The Surviving Spouse may elect to have distribution of the Vested
Account Balance commence within the 90-day period following the date
of the Participant's death. The account balance shall be adjusted for
gains or losses occurring after the Participant's death in accordance
with the provisions of the Plan governing the adjustment of account
balances for other types of distributions. These safe-harbor rules
shall not be operative with respect to a Participant in a
profit-sharing plan if that plan is a direct or indirect transferee of
a Defined Benefit Plan, money purchase pension plan, a target benefit
plan, stock bonus plan, or profit-sharing plan which is subject to the
survivor annuity requirements of Code Section 401(a)(11) and Code
Section 417, and would therefore have a Qualified Joint and Survivor
Annuity as its normal form of benefit.
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(b) The Participant may waive the spousal death benefit described in this
paragraph at any time provided that no such waiver shall be effective
unless it satisfies the conditions (described in paragraph 8.4) that
would apply to the Participant's waiver of the qualified
pre-retirement survivor annuity.
(c) If this paragraph 8.7 is operative, then all other provisions of this
Article other than paragraph 8.8 are inoperative.
8.8 TRANSITIONAL JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY RULES Special transition
rules apply to Participants who are not receiving benefits on August 23, 1984.
(a) Any living Participant not receiving benefits on August 23, 1984, who
would otherwise not receive the benefits prescribed by the previous
paragraphs of this Article, must be given the opportunity to elect to
have the prior paragraphs of this Article apply if such Participant is
credited with at least one Hour of Service under this Plan or a
predecessor Plan in a Plan Year beginning on or after January 1, 1976
and such Participant had at least 10 Years of Service for vesting
purposes when he or she separated from Service.
(b) Any living Participant not receiving benefits on August 23, 1984, who
was credited with at least one Hour of Service under this Plan or a
predecessor Plan on or after September 2,1974, and who is not
otherwise credited with any Service in a Plan Year beginning on or
after January 1, 1976, must be given the opportunity to have his or
her benefits paid in accordance with paragraph 8.9.
(c) The respective opportunities to elect [as described in (a) and (b)
above] must be afforded to the appropriate Participants during the
period commencing on August 23, 1984 and ending on the date benefits
would otherwise commence to said Participants.
8.9 AUTOMATIC JOINT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITY AND EARLY SURVIVOR ANNUITY Any
Participant who has elected pursuant to paragraph 8.8(b) and any Participant
who does not elect under paragraph 8.8(a) or who meets the requirements of
paragraph 8.8(a), except that such Participant does not have at least 10 years
of vesting Service when he or she separates from Service, shall have his or her
benefits distributed in accordance with all of the following requirements if
benefits would have been payable in the form of a life annuity.
(a) Automatic Joint and Survivor Annuity. If benefits in the form of a
life annuity become payable to a married Participant who:
(1) begins to receive payments under the Plan on or after Normal
Retirement Age, or
(2) dies on or after Normal Retirement Age while still working for
the Employer, or
(3) begins to receive payments on or after the Qualified Early
Retirement Age, or
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(4) separates from Service on or after attaining Normal Retirement
(or the Qualified Early Retirement Age) and after satisfying
the eligibility requirements for the payment of benefits under
the Plan and thereafter dies before beginning to receive such
benefits, then such benefits will be received under this Plan
in the form of a Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity, unless
the Participant has elected otherwise during the Election
Period. The Election Period must begin at least 6 months
before the Participant attains Qualified Early Retirement Age
and end not more than 90 days before the commencement of
benefits. Any election hereunder will be in writing and may
be changed by the Participant at any time.
(b) Election of Early Survivor Annuity. A Participant who is employed
after attaining the Qualified Early Retirement Age will be given the
opportunity to elect, during the Election Period, to have a survivor
annuity payable on death. If the Participant elects the survivor
annuity, payments under such annuity must not be less than the
payments which would have been made to the Spouse under the Qualified
Joint and Survivor Annuity if the Participant had retired on the day
before his or her death. Any election under this provision will be in
writing and may be changed by the Participant at any time. The
Election Period begins on the later of:
(1) the 90th day before the Participant attains the Qualified Early
Retirement Age, or
(2) the date on which participation begins, and ends on the date
the Participant terminates employment.
8.10 ANNUITY CONTRACTS Any annuity contract distributed herefrom must be
nontransferable. The terms of any annuity contract purchased and distributed
by the Plan to a Participant or Spouse shall comply with the requirements of
this Plan.
ARTICLE IX
VESTING
9.1 EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS A Participant shall always have a 100% vested
and nonforfeitable interest in his or her Mandatory Contributions, Voluntary
Contributions, Qualified Voluntary Contributions, Rollover Contributions, and
Transfer Contributions plus the earnings thereon. No forfeiture of Employer
related contributions (including any minimum contributions made under paragraph
14.2 hereof) will occur solely as a result of an Employee's withdrawal of any
Employee contributions.
9.2 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS A Participant shall acquire a vested and
nonforfeitable interest in his or her account attributable to Employer
contributions in accordance with the table selected in the Adoption Agreement,
provided that if a Participant is not already fully vested, he or she shall
become so upon attaining Normal Retirement Age, Early Retirement Age, on death
prior to normal retirement, on retirement due to Disability, or on termination
of the Plan.
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9.3 COMPUTATION PERIOD The computation period for purposes of determining
Years of Service and Breaks in Service for purposes of computing a
Participant's nonforfeitable right to his or her account balance derived from
Employer contributions shall be determined by the Employer in the Adoption
Agreement. If the Employer provides for other than full and immediate vesting
and does not designate otherwise, the computation period shall be the Plan
Year. In the event a former Participant with no vested interest in his or her
Employer contribution account requalifies for participation in the Plan after
incurring a Break in Service, such Participant shall be credited for vesting
with all pre-break and post-break Service.
9.4 REQUALIFICATION PRIOR TO FIVE CONSECUTIVE ONE-YEAR BREAKS IN SERVICE
The account balance of such Participant shall consist of any undistributed
amount in his or her account as of the date of re-employment plus any future
contributions added to such account plus the investment earnings on the
account. The vested account balance of such Participant shall be determined by
multiplying the Participant's account balance (adjusted to include any
distribution or redeposit made under paragraph 6.3 hereof) by such
Participant's vested percentage.
All Service of the Participant, both prior to and following the break, shall be
counted when computing the Participant's vested percentage.
9.5 REQUALIFICATION AFTER FIVE CONSECUTIVE ONE-YEAR BREAKS IN SERVICE If
such Participant is not fully vested upon re-employment, a new account shall be
established for such Participant to separate his or her deferred vested and
nonforfeitable account, if any, from the account to which new allocations will
be made. The Participant's deferred account to the extent remaining shall be
fully vested and shall continue to share in earnings and losses of the Fund.
When computing the Participant's vested portion of the new account, all
pre-break and post-break Service shall be counted. However, notwithstanding
this provision, no such former Participant who has had five consecutive
one-year Breaks in Service shall acquire a larger vested and nonforfeitable
interest in his or her prior account balance as a result of requalification
hereunder.
9.6 CALCULATING VESTED INTEREST A Participant's vested and nonforfeitable
interest shall be calculated by multiplying the fair market value of his or her
account attributable to Employer contributions on the Valuation Date preceding
distribution by the decimal equivalent of the vested percentage as of his or
her termination date. The amount attributable to Employer contributions for
purposes of the calculation includes amounts previously paid out pursuant to
paragraph 6.3 and not repaid. The Participant's vested and nonforfeitable
interest, once calculated above, shall be reduced to reflect those amounts
previously paid out and not repaid. The Participant's vested and
nonforfeitable interest so determined shall continue to share in the investment
earnings and any increase or decrease in the fair market value of the Fund up
to the Valuation Date preceding or coinciding with payment.
9.7 FORFEITURES Any balance in the account of a Participant who has
separated from Service to which he or she is not entitled under the foregoing
provisions, shall be forfeited and applied as provided in the Adoption
Agreement. If not specified otherwise in the Adoption Agreement,
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forfeitures will be allocated to Participants in the same manner as the
Employer's contribution. A forfeiture may only occur if the Participant has
received a distribution from the Plan or if the Participant has incurred five
consecutive l-year Breaks in Service. Forfeitures shall inure only to the
accounts of Participants of the adopting Employer's plan. If not specified
otherwise in the Adoption Agreement, forfeitures shall be allocated at the end
of the Plan Year during which the former Participant incurs five consecutive
one-year Breaks in Service.
9.8 AMENDMENT OF VESTING SCHEDULE No amendment to the Plan shall have the
effect of decreasing a Participant's vested interest determined without regard
to such amendment as of the later of the date such amendment is adopted or the
date it becomes effective. Further, if the vesting schedule of the Plan is
amended, or the Plan is amended in any way that directly or indirectly affects
the computation of any Participant's nonforfeitable percentage, or if the Plan
is deemed amended by an automatic change to or from a Top-Heavy vesting
schedule, each Participant with at least three Years of Service with the
Employer may elect, within a reasonable period after the adoption of the
amendment or change, to have his or her nonforfeitable percentage computed
under the Plan without regard to such amendment or change. For Participants
who do not have at least one hour of service in any Plan Year beginning after
1988, the preceding sentence shall be applied by substituting "Five Years of
Service" for "Three Years of Service" where such language appears. The period
during which the election may be made shall commence with the date the
amendment is adopted or deemed to be made and shall end on the later of:
(a) 60 days after the amendment is adopted;
(b) 60 days after the amendment becomes effective; or
(c) 60 days after the Participant is issued written notice of the
amendment by the Employer or the Trustee/Custodian. If the
Trustee/Custodian is asked to so notify, the Fund will be charged for
the costs thereof.
No amendment to the Plan shall be effective to the extent that it has the
effect of decreasing a Participant's accrued benefit. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, a Participant's account balance may be reduced to the
extent permitted under section 412(c)(8) of the Code (relating to financial
hardships). For purposes of this paragraph, a Plan amendment which has the
effect of decreasing a Participant's account balance or eliminating an optional
form of benefit, with respect to benefits attributable to service before the
amendment shall be treated as reducing an accrued benefit.
9.9 SERVICE WITH CONTROLLED GROUPS All Years of Service with other
members of a controlled group of corporations [as defined in Code Section
414(b)], trades or businesses under common control [as defined in Code Section
414(c)], or members of an affiliated service group [as defined in Code Section
414(m)] shall be considered for purposes of determining a Participant's
nonforfeitable percentage.
ARTICLE X
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LIMITATIONS ON ALLOCATIONS
10.1 PARTICIPATION IN THIS PLAN ONLY If the Participant does not
participate in, and has never participated in another qualified plan, a Welfare
Benefit Fund (as defined in paragraph 1.72) or an individual medical account,
as defined in Code Section 415(1)(2), maintained by the adopting Employer,
which provides an Annual Addition as defined in paragraph 1.2, the amount of
Annual Additions which may be credited to the Participant's account for any
Limitation Year will not exceed the lesser of the Maximum Permissible Amount or
any other limitation contained in this Plan. If the Employer contribution that
would otherwise be contributed or allocated to the Participant's account would
cause the Annual Additions for the Limitation Year to exceed the Maximum
Permissible Amount, the amount contributed or allocated will be reduced so that
the Annual Additions for the Limitation Year will equal the Maximum Permissible
Amount. Prior to determining the Participant's actual Compensation for the
Limitation Year, the Employer may determine the Maximum Permissible Amount for
a Participant on the basis of a reasonable estimation of the Participant's
Compensation for the Limitation Year, uniformly determined for all Participants
similarly situated. As soon as is administratively feasible after the end of
the Limitation Year, the Maximum Permissible Amount for the Limitation Year
will be determined on the basis of the Participant's actual Compensation for
the Limitation Year.
10.2 DISPOSITION OF EXCESS ANNUAL ADDITIONS If pursuant to paragraph 10.1
or as a result of the allocation of forfeitures. there is an Excess Amount,
the excess will be disposed of under one of the following methods as determined
in the Adoption Agreement. If no election is made in the Adoption Agreement
then method "(a)" below shall apply.
(a) Suspense Account Method
(1) Any nondeductible Employee Voluntary Contributions, to the
extent they would reduce the Excess Amount, will be returned
to the Participant;
(2) If after the application of paragraph (1) an Excess Amount
still exists, and the Participant is covered by the Plan at
the end of the Limitation Year, the Excess Amount in the
Participant's account will be used to reduce Employer
contributions (including any allocation of forfeitures) for
such Participant in the next Limitation Year, and each
succeeding Limitation Year if necessary;
(3) If after the application of paragraph (1) an Excess Amount
still exists, and the Participant is not covered by the Plan
at the end of the Limitation Year, the Excess Amount will be
held unallocated in a suspense account. The suspense account
will be applied to reduce future Employer contributions
(including allocation of any forfeitures) for all remaining
Participants in the next Limitation Year, and each succeeding
Limitation Year if necessary;
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(4) If a suspense account is in existence at any time during the
Limitation Year pursuant to this paragraph, it will not
participate in the allocation of investment gains and losses.
If a suspense account is in existence at any time during a
particular Limitation Year, all amounts in the suspense
account must be allocated and reallocated to Participants'
accounts before any Employer contributions or any Voluntary
contributions may be made to the Plan for that Limitation
Year. Excess amounts may not be distributed to Participants
or former Participants.
(b) Spillover Method
(1) Any Excess Amount which would be allocated to the account of
an individual Participant under the Plan's allocation formula
will be reallocated to other Participants in the same manner
as other Employer contributions. No such reallocation shall
be made to the extent that it will result in an Excess Amount
being created in such Participant's own account.
(2) To the extent that amounts cannot be reallocated under (1)
above, the suspense account provisions of (a) above will
apply.
10.3 PARTICIPATION IN THIS PLAN AND ANOTHER MASTER AND PROTOTYPE DEFINED
CONTRIBUTION PLAN, WELFARE BENEFIT FUND OR INDIVIDUAL MEDICAL ACCOUNT
MAINTAINED BY THE EMPLOYER The Annual Additions which may be credited to a
Participant's account under this Plan for any Limitation Year will not exceed
the Maximum Permissible Amount reduced by the Annual Additions credited to a
Participant's account under the other Master or Prototype Defined Contribution
Plans, Welfare Benefit Funds, and individual medical accounts as defined in
Code Section 415(1)(2), maintained by the Employer, which provide an Annual
Addition as defined in paragraph 1.2, for the same Limitation Year. If the
Annual Additions, with respect to the Participant under other Defined
Contribution Plans and Welfare Benefit Funds maintained by the Employer, are
less than the Maximum Permissible Amount and the Employer contribution that
would otherwise be contributed or allocated to the Participant's account under
this Plan would cause the Annual Additions for the Limitation Year to exceed
this limitation, the amount contributed or allocated will be reduced so that
the Annual Additions under all such plans and funds for the Limitation Year
will equal the Maximum Permissible Amount. If the Annual Additions with
respect to the Participant under such other Defined Contribution Plans and
Welfare Benefit Funds in the aggregate are equal to or greater than the Maximum
Permissible Amount, no amount will be contributed or allocated to the
Participant's account under this Plan for the Limitation Year. Prior to
determining the Participant's actual Compensation for the Limitation Year, the
Employer may determine the Maximum Permissible Amount for a Participant in the
manner described in paragraph 10.1. As soon as administratively feasible after
the end of the Limitation Year, the Maximum Permissible Amount for the
Limitation Year will be determined on the basis of the Participant's actual
Compensation for the Limitation Year.
10.4 DISPOSITION OF EXCESS ANNUAL ADDITIONS UNDER TWO PLANS If, pursuant
to paragraph 10.3 or as a result of forfeitures a Participant's Annual
Additions under this Plan and such other plans would result in an Excess
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Amount for a Limitation Year, the Excess Amount will be deemed to consist of
the Annual Additions last allocated except that Annual Additions attributable
to a Welfare Benefit Fund or individual medical account as defined in Code
Section 415(1)(2) will be deemed to have been allocated first regardless of the
actual allocation date. If an Excess Amount was allocated to a Participant on
an allocation date of this Plan which coincides with an allocation date of
another plan, the Excess Amount attributed to this Plan will be the product of:
(a) the total Excess Amount allocated as of such date, times
(b) the ratio of:
(1) the Annual Additions allocated to the Participant for the
Limitation Year as of such date under the Plan, to
(2) the total Annual Additions allocated to the Participant for
the Limitation Year as of such date under this and all the
other qualified Master or Prototype Defined Contribution
Plans.
Any Excess Amount attributed to this Plan will be disposed of in the manner
described in paragraph 10.2.
10.5 PARTICIPATION IN THIS PLAN AND ANOTHER DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN WHICH
IS NOT A MASTER OR PROTOTYPE PLAN If the Participant is covered under another
qualified Defined Contribution Plan maintained by the Employer which is not a
Master or Prototype Plan, Annual Additions which may be credited to the
Participant's account under this Plan for any Limitation Year will be limited
in accordance with paragraphs 10.3 and 10.4 as though the other plan was a
Master or Prototype Plan, unless the Employer provides other limitations in the
Adoption Agreement.
10.6 PARTICIPATION IN THIS PLAN AND A DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN If the Employer
maintains, or at any time maintained, a qualified Defined Benefit Plan (other
than Paired Plan #02001, #02002, #02003 or #02004) covering any Participant in
this Plan, the sum of the Participant 's Defined Benefit Plan Fraction and
Defined Contribution Plan Fraction will not exceed 1.0 in any Limitation Year.
For any Plan Year during which the Plan is Top-Heavy, the Defined Benefit and
Defined Contribution Plan Fractions shall be calculated in accordance with Code
Section 416(h). The Annual Additions which may be credited to the
Participant's account under this Plan for any Limitation Year will be limited
in accordance with the Adoption Agreement.
ARTICLE XI
ADMINISTRATION
11.1 PLAN ADMINISTRATOR The Employer shall be the named fiduciary and Plan
Administrator. These duties shall include:
(a) appointing the Plan's attorney, accountant, actuary, or any other
party needed to administer the Plan,
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(b) directing the Trustee/Custodian with respect to payments from the
Fund,
(c) communicating with Employees regarding their participation and
benefits under the Plan, including the administration of all claims
procedures,
(d) filing any returns and reports with the Internal Revenue Service,
Department of Labor, or any other governmental agency,
(e) reviewing and approving any financial reports, investment reviews, or
other reports prepared by any party appointed by the Employer under
paragraph (a),
(f) establishing a funding policy and investment objectives consistent
with the purposes of the Plan and the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, and
(g) construing and resolving any question of Plan interpretation. The
Plan Administrator's interpretation of Plan provisions including
eligibility and benefits under the Plan is final, and unless it can be
shown to be arbitrary and capricious will not be subject to "de novo"
review.
11.2 TRUSTEE/CUSTODIAN The Trustee/Custodian shall be responsible for the
administration of investments held in the Fund. These duties shall include:
(a) receiving contributions under the terms of the Plan,
(b) making distributions from the Fund in accordance with written
instructions received from an authorized representative of the
Employer, and
(c) keeping accurate records reflecting its administration of the Fund and
making such records available to the Employer for review and audit.
Within 90 days after each Plan Year, and within 90 days after its
removal or resignation, the Trustee/Custodian shall file with the
Employer an accounting of its administration of the Fund during such
year or from the end of the preceding Plan Year to the date of removal
or resignation. Such accounting shall include a statement of cash
receipts and disbursements since the date of its last accounting and
shall contain an asset list showing the fair market value of
investments held in the Fund as of the end of the Plan Year. The
value of marketable investments shall be determined using the most
recent price quoted on a national securities exchange or over the
counter market. The value of non-marketable investments shall be
determined in the sole judgement of the Trustee/Custodian which
determination shall be binding and conclusive. The value of
investments in securities or obligations of the Employer in which
there is no market shall be determined in the sole judgement of the
Employer, and the Trustee/Custodian shall have no responsibility with
respect to the valuation of such assets. The Employer shall review
the Trustee/Custodian's accounting and notify the Trustee/Custodian in
the event of its disapproval of the report within 90 days,
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providing the Trustee/Custodian with a written description of the
items in question. The Trustee/Custodian shall have 60 days to
provide the Employer with a written explanation of the items in
question. If the Employer again disapproves, the Trustee/Custodian
may file its accounting in a court of competent jurisdiction for audit
and adjudication.
(d) employing such agents, including but not limited to an investment
advisor which may or may not be a subsidiary or an affiliate of the
Trustee, attorneys or other professionals as the Trustee may deem
necessary or advisable in the performance of its duties.
The Trustee's/Custodian's duties shall be limited to those described above.
The Employer shall be responsible for any other administrative duties required
under the Plan or by applicable law.
11.3 ADMINISTRATIVE FEES AND EXPENSES All reasonable costs, charges and
expenses incurred by the Trustee/Custodian in connection with the
administration of the Fund and all reasonable costs, charges and expenses
incurred by the Plan Administrator in connection with the administration of the
Plan (including fees for legal services rendered to the Trustee/Custodian or
Plan Administrator) may be paid by the Employer, but if not paid by the
Employer when due, shall be paid from the Fund. Such reasonable compensation
to the Trustee/Custodian as may be agreed upon from time to time between the
Employer and the Trustee/Custodian and such reasonable compensation to the Plan
Administrator as may be agreed upon from time to time between the Employer and
Plan Administrator may be paid by the Employer, but if not paid by the Employer
when due shall be paid by the Fund. The Trustee/Custodian shall have the right
to liquidate trust assets to cover its fees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
compensation other than reimbursement for expenses shall be paid to a Plan
Administrator or a Trustee/Custodian who is the Employer or a full-time
Employee of the Employer. In the event any part of the Trust/Custodial Account
becomes subject to tax, all taxes incurred will be paid from the Fund unless
the Plan Administrator advises the Trustee/Custodian not to pay such tax.
11.4 DIVISION OF DUNES AND INDEMNIFICATION
(a) The Trustee/Custodian shall have the authority and discretion to
manage and govern the Fund to the extent provided in this instrument,
but does not guarantee the Fund in any manner against investment loss
or depreciation in asset value, or guarantee the adequacy of the Fund
to meet and discharge all or any liabilities of the Plan.
(b) The Trustee/Custodian shall not be liable for the making, retention or
sale of any investment or reinvestment made by it, as herein provided,
or for any loss to, or diminution of the Fund, or for any other loss
or damage which may result from the discharge of its duties hereunder
except to the extent it is judicially determined that the
Trustee/Custodian has failed to exercise the care, skill, prudence and
diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent
person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would
use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and like aims.
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(c) The Employer warrants that all directions issued to the
Trustee/Custodian by it, the Plan Administrator, an investment manager
appointed pursuant to Section 13.7, or any other authorized person,
will be in accordance with the terms of the Plan and not contrary to
the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
and regulations issued thereunder.
(d) The Trustee/Custodian shall not be answerable for any action taken
pursuant to any direction, consent, certificate, or other paper or
document on the belief that the same is genuine and signed by the
proper person. All directions by the Employer, Participant or the
Plan Administrator shall be in writing. The Employer shall deliver to
the Trustee/Custodian certificates evidencing the individual or
individuals authorized to act as set forth in the Adoption Agreement
or as the Employer may subsequently inform the Trustee/Custodian in
writing and shall deliver to the Trustee/Custodian specimens of their
signatures.
(e) The duties and obligations of the Trustee/Custodian shall be limited
to those expressly imposed upon it by this instrument or subsequently
agreed upon by the parties. Responsibility for administrative duties
required under the Plan or applicable law not expressly imposed upon
or agreed to by the Trustee/Custodian, shall rest solely with the
Employer.
(f) The Trustee/Custodian shall be indemnified and saved harmless by the
Employer from and against any and all liability to which the
Trustee/Custodian may be subjected, including all expenses reasonably
incurred in its defense, for any action or failure to act resulting
from compliance with the instructions of the Employer, the employees
or agents of the Employer, the Plan Administrator, or any other
fiduciary to the Plan, and for any liability arising from the actions
or non-actions of any predecessor Trustee/Custodian or fiduciary or
other fiduciaries of the Plan.
(g) The Trustee/Custodian shall not be responsible in any way for the
application of any payments it is directed to make or for the adequacy
of the Fund to meet and discharge any and all liabilities under the
Plan.
ARTICLE XII
TRUST FUND/CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT
12.1 THE FUND The Fund shall consist of all contributions made under
Article III and Article IV of the Plan and the investment thereof and earnings
thereon. All contributions and the earnings thereon less payments made under
the terms of the Plan, shall constitute the Fund. The Fund shall be
administered as provided herein.
12.2 CONTROL OF PLAN ASSETS The assets of the Fund or evidence of ownership
shall be held by the Trustee/Custodian under the terms of the Plan and
Trust/Custodial Account. If the assets represent amounts transferred from
another trustee/custodian under a former Plan, the
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Trustee/Custodian named hereunder shall not be responsible for any actions of
the prior fiduciary including the review of the propriety of any investment
under the former plan, said review to be the responsibility of the Employer.
12.3 EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT RULES No part of the Fund shall be used for, or
divened to, purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of Participants,
former Participants with a vested interest, and the Beneficiary or
Beneficiaries of deceased Participants having a vested interest in the Fund at
death.
12.4 ASSIGNMENT AND ALIENATION OF BENEFITS No right or claim to, or
interest in, any part of the Fund, or any payment therefrom, shall be
assignable, transferable, or subject to sale, mortgage, pledge, hypothecation,
commutation, anticipation, garnishment, attachment, execution, or levy of any
kind, and the Trustee/Custodian shall not recognize any attempt to assign,
transfer, sell, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, commute, or anticipate the same,
except to the extent required by law. The preceding sentence shall also apply
to the creation, assignment, or recognition of a right to any benefit payable
with respect to a Participant pursuant to a domestic relations order, unless
such order is determined to be a Qualified Domestic Relations Order, as defined
in Code Section 414(p), or any domestic relations order entered before January
1, 1985 which the Plan attorney and Plan Administrator deem to be qualified.
19.5 DETERMINATION OF QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER (QDRO) A
Qualified Domestic Relations Order shall specifically state all of the
following in order to be deemed a QDRO:
(a) The name and last known mailing address (if any) of the Participant
and of each alternate payee covered by the Order. However, if the
QDRO does not specify the current mailing address of the alternate
payee, but the Plan Administrator has independent knowledge of that
address, the QDRO will still be valid.
(b) The dollar amount or percentage of the Participant's benefit to be
paid by the Plan to each alternate payee, or the manner in which the
amount or percentage will be determined.
(c) The number of payments or period for which the order applies.
(d) The specific plan (by name) to which the Order applies.
The Order shall not be deemed a QDRO if it requires the Plan to provide:
(e) any type or form of benefit, or any option not already provided for in
the Plan;
(f) increased benefits, or benefits in excess of the Participant's vested
rights;
(g) payment of a benefit earlier than allowed by the Plan's earliest
retirement provisions or in the case of a profit- sharing plan, prior
to the allowability of in-service withdrawals, or
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(h) payment of benefits to an alternate payee which are required to be
paid to another alternate payee under another QDRO.
Promptly, upon receipt of a Domestic Relations Order which may or may not be
"Qualified" the Plan Administrator shall notify the Participant and any
alternate payee(s) named in the Order of such receipt, and include a copy of
this paragraph 12.5. The Plan Administrator shall then forward the Order to
the Plan's legal counsel for an opinion as to whether or not the Order is in
fact "Qualified" as defined in Code Section 414(p). Within a reasonable time
after receipt of the Order, not to exceed 60 days, the Plan's legal counsel
shall make a determination as to its "Qualified" status and the Participant and
any alternate payee(s) shall be promptly notified in writing of the
determination.
If the "Qualified" status of the Order is in question, there will be a delay in
any payout to any payee including the Participant, until the status is
resolved. In such event, the Plan Administrator shall segregate the amount
that would have been payable to the alternate payee(s) if the Order had been
deemed a QDRO. If the Order is not Qualified, or the status is not resolved
(for example, it has been sent back to the Court for clarification or
modification) within 18 months beginning with the date the first payment would
have to be made under the Order, the Plan Administrator shall pay the
segregated amounts plus interest to the person(s) who would have been entitled
to the benefits had there been no Order. If a determination as to the
Qualified status of the Order is made after the 18-month period described
above, then the Order shall only be applied on a prospective basis. If the
Order is determined to be a QDRO, the Participant and alternate payee(s) shall
again be notified promptly after such determination. Once an Order is deemed a
QDRO, the Plan Administrator shall pay to the alternate payee(s) all the
amounts due under the QDRO, including segregated amounts plus interest which
may have accrued during a dispute as to the Order's qualification.
Unless specified otherwise in the Adoption Agreement, the earliest retirement
age with regard to the Participant against whom the order is entered shall be
the date the order is determined to be qualified. This will only allow payouts
to alternate payee(s) and not the Participant.
ARTICLE XIII
INVESTMENTS
13.1 FIDUCIARY STANDARDS The Trustee shall invest and reinvest income in
the same Fund in accordance with the investment objectives established by the
Employer, provided that:
(a) such investments are prudent under the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 and the regulations promulgated thereunder,
(b) such investments are sufficiently diversified or otherwise insured or
guaranteed to minimize the risk of large losses, and
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(c) such investments are similar to those which would be purchased by
another professional money manager for a like plan with similar
investment objectives.
13.2 FUNDING ARRANGEMENT The Employer shall, in the Adoption Agreement,
appoint a Trustee to administer the Fund and/or a Custodian to have custody of
the Fund. The Trustee shall invest the Fund in any of the alternatives
available under paragraph 13.3. If a Custodian is appointed, the Fund shall be
invested as provided in paragraph 13.4.
13.3 INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES OF THE TRUSTEE The Trustee shall implement an
investment program based on the Employer's investment objectives and the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In addition to powers given
by law, the Trustee may:
(a) invest the Fund in any form of property, including common and
preferred stocks, exchange traded put and call options, bonds, money
market instruments, mutual funds (including funds for which the
Trustee/Custodian or its subsidiaries or its affiliates serve as
investment advisor), savings accounts, certificates of deposit,
Treasury bills, insurance policies and contracts, or in any other
property, real or personal, having a ready market including securities
issued by the Trustee and/or affiliates of the Trustee. The Trustee
may also make loans to Plan Participants in accordance with paragraph
13.5 hereof. The Trustee may invest in its own deposits, and if
applicable those of affiliates, which bear a reasonable interest rate.
No portion of any Qualified Voluntary Contribution, or the earnings
thereon, may be invested in life insurance contracts or, as with any
Participant-directed investment, in tangible personal property
characterized by the IRS as a collectible,
(b) invest any assets of the Fund in a group or collective trust
established to permit the pooling of funds of separate pension and
profit-sharing trusts, provided such group or collective trust is
qualified under Code Section 401(a) and exempt under Code Section
501(a) (or the applicable corresponding provision of any other Revenue
Act) or to any other common, collective, or commingled trust fund
which has been or may hereafter be established and maintained by the
Trustee/Custodian and/or affiliates of the Trustee/Custodian. Such
commingling of assets of the Fund with assets of other qualified
trusts is specifically authorized, and to the extent of the investment
of the Fund in such a group or collective trust, the terms of the
instrument establishing the group or collective trust shall be a part
hereof as though set forth herein. The terms of said instrument(s)
may authorize the Trustee of the group or collective trust to engage
in securities lending transactions where fees may be deducted from the
group or collective trust's loan income,
(c) invest the Fund in the common stock, debt obligations, or any other
security issued by the Employer or by an affiliate of the Employer
within the limitations provided under Sections 406, 407, and 408 of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and further
provided that such investment does not constitute a prohibited
transaction under Code Section 4975. Any such investment in Employer
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securities shall only be made upon written direction of the Employer
who shall be solely responsible for propriety of such investment,
(d) hold cash uninvested and deposit same with any banking or savings
institution, including iis own banking department or the banking
department of an affiliate,
(e) join in or oppose the reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation,
sale or merger of corporations or properties, including those in which
it is interested as Trustee, upon such terms as it deems wise,
(f) hold investments in nominee or bearer form,
(g) vote proxies and if appropriate pass them on to any investment manager
which may have directed the investment in the equity giving rise to
the proxy,
(h) exercise all ownership rights with respect to assets held in the Fund.
13.4 INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES OF THE CUSTODIAN The Custodian shall be
depository of all or part of the Fund and shall, at the written direction of
the Trustee hold any assets received from the Trustee or its agents. The
Custodian may rely upon any order, certificate, notice, direction or other
written directive issued by the Trustee or its agents. The Custodian shall
receive and deliver assets as instructed by the Trustee or its agents, or an
investment manager appointed pursuant to Section 13.7 through written
direction. To the extent that the Custodian holds title to Plan assets and
such ownership requires action on the part of the registered owner, such action
will be taken by the Custodian only upon receipt of specific written
instructions from the Trustee or its agents or an investment manager. Proxies
shall be voted by or pursuant to the express direction of the Trustee or
authorized agent of the Trustee. The Custodian shall not give any investment
advice, including any opinion on the prudence of directed investments. The
Employer and Trustee and the agents thereof assume all responsibility for
adherence to fiduciary standards under the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974 (ERISA) and all amendments thereof, and regulations thereunder.
13.5 PARTICIPANT LOANS If agreed upon by the Trustee and permitted by the
Employer in the Adoption Agreement, a Plan Participant may make application to
the Employer requesting a loan from the Fund. The Employer shall have the sole
right to approve or disapprove a Participant's application provided that loans
shall be made available to all Participants on a reasonably equivalent basis.
Loans shall not be made available to highly compensated employees [as defined
in Code Section 414(q)] in an amount greater than the amount made available to
other Employees. Any loan granted hereunder shall be made subject to the
following rules:
(a) No loan granted hereunder shall exceed the lesser of (i) $50,000
reduced by the excess, if any, of the highest outstanding balance of
loans during the one year period ending on the day before the loan is
made, over the outstanding balance of loans from the Plan on the date
the loan is made or (ii) one-half of the fair market value of a
Participant's vested account balance built up from Employer
Contributions, Voluntary Contributions, and Rollover Contributions.
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If the Participant's vested account balance is $20,000 or less, the
maximum loan shall not exceed the lesser of $10,000 or 100% of the
Participant's vested account balance. For the purpose of the above
limitation, all loans from all plans of the Employer and other members
of a group of employers described in Code Sections 414(b), 414(c), and
414(m) are aggregated. An assignment or pledge of any portion of the
Participant's interest in the Plan and a loan, pledge, or assignment
with respect to any insurance contract purchased under the Plan, will
be treated as a loan under this paragraph.
(b) All applications must be made on forms provided by the Employer and
must be signed by the Participant.
(c) Any loan granted hereunder shall bear interest at a rate reasonable at
the time of application, considering the purpose of the loan and the
rate being charged by representative commercial banks in the local
area for a similar loan unless the Employer sets forth a different
method for determining loan interest rates in its loan procedures.
The loan agreement shall also provide that the payment of principal
and interest be amortized in level payments not less frequently than
quarterly.
(d) The term of such loan shall not exceed five years except in the case
of a loan for the purpose of acquiring any house, apartment,
condominium, or mobile home (not used on a transient basis) which is
used or is to be used within a reasonable time as the principal
residence of the Participant. The term of such loan shall be
determined by the Employer considering the maturity dates quoted by
representative commercial banks in the local area for a similar loan.
(e) The principal and interest paid by a Participant on his or her loan
shall be credited to the Fund in the same manner as for any other Plan
investment. If elected in the Adoption Agreement, loans may be
treated as segregated investments of the individual Participants.
This provision is not available if its election will result in
discrimination in operation of the Plan.
(f) If a Participant's loan application is approved by the Employer, such
Participant shall be required to sign a note, loan agreement, and
assignment of one-half of his or her interest in the Fund as
collateral for the loan. The Participant, except in the case of a
profit-sharing plan satisfying the requirements of paragraph 8.7, must
obtain the consent of his or her Spouse, if any, within the 90 day
period before the time his or her account balance is used as security
for the loan. A new consent is required if the account balance is
used for any renegotiation, extension, renewal or other revision of
the loan, including an increase in the amount thereof. The consent
must be written, must acknowledge the effect of the loan, and must be
witnessed by a plan representative or notary public. Such consent
shall thereafter be binding with respect to the consenting Spouse or
any subsequent Spouse.
(g) If a valid Spousal consent has been obtained, then, notwithstanding
any other provision of this Plan, the portion of the Participant's
vested account balance used as a security interest held by the Plan
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by reason of a loan outstanding to the Participant shall be taken into
account for purposes of determining the amount of the account balance
payable at the time of death or distribution, but only if the
reduction is used as repayment of the loan. If less than 100% of the
Participant's vested account balance (determined without regard to the
preceding sentence) is payable to the surviving Spouse, then the
account balance shall be adjusted by first reducing the vested account
balance by the amount of the security used as repayment of the loan,
and then determining the benefit payable to the Surviving Spouse.
(h) The Employer may also require additional collateral in order to
adequately secure the loan.
(i) A Participant's loan shall immediately become due and payable if such
Participant terminates employment for any reason or fails to make a
principal and/or interest payment as provided in the loan agreement.
If such Participant terminates employment, the Employer shall
immediately request payment of principal and interest on the loan. If
the Participant refuses payment following termination, the Employer
shall reduce the Participant's vested account balance by the remaining
principal and interest on his or her loan. If the Participant's
vested account balance is less than the amount due, the Employer shall
take whatever steps are necessary to collect the balance due directly
from the Participant. However, no foreclosure on the Participant's
note or attachment of the Participant's account balance will occur
until a distributable event occurs in the Plan.
(j) No loans will be made to Owner-Employees (as defined in paragraph
1.38) or Shareholder-Employees (as defined in paragraph 1.58), unless
an exemption from the prohibited transactions rules is first obtained
from the Department of Labor.
13.6 INSURANCE POLICIES If agreed upon by the Trustee and approved by the
Employer in the Adoption Agreement, Employees may elect the purchase of life
insurance policies under the Plan. If elected, the maximum annual premium for
a whole life policy shall not exceed 50% of the aggregate Employer
contributions allocated to the account of a Participant. For profit-sharing
plans the 50% test need only be applied against Employer contributions
allocated in the last two years. Whole life policies are policies with both
nondecreasing death benefits and nonincreasing premiums. The maximum annual
premium for term contracts or universal life policies and all other policies
which are not whole life shall not exceed 25% of aggregate Employer
contributions allocated to the account of a Participant. The two year rule for
profit-sharing plans again applies. The maximum annual premiums for a
Participant with both a whole life and a term contract or universal life
policies shall be limited to one-half of the whole life premiums plus the term
premium but shall not exceed 25 % of the aggregate Employer contributions
allocated to the account of a Participant, subject to the two year rule for
profit-sharing plans. Any policies purchased under this Plan shall be held
subject to the following rules:
(a) The Trustee shall be applicant and owner of any policies issued.
(b) All policies or contracts purchased shall be endorsed as
nontransferable, and must provide that proceeds will be payable to the
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Trustee; however, the Trustee shall be required to pay over all
proceeds of the contracts to the Participant's Designated Beneficiary
in accordance with the distribution provisions of this Plan. Under no
circumstances shall the Trust retain any part of the proceeds.
(c) Each Participant shall be entitled to designate a beneficiary under
the terms of any contract issued; however, such designation will be
given to the Trustee which must be the named beneficiary on any
policy. Such designation shall remain in force, until revoked by the
Participant, by filing a new beneficiary form with the Trustee. A
Participant's Spouse will be the Designated Beneficiary of the
proceeds in all circumstances unless a Qualified Election has been
made in accordance with paragraph 8.4. The beneficiary of a deceased
Participant shall receive, in addition to the proceeds of the
Participant's policy or policies, the amount credited to such
Participant's investment account.
(d) A Participant who is uninsurable or insurable at substandard rates,
may elect to receive a reduced amount of insurance, if available, or
may waive the purchase of any insurance.
(e) All dividends or other returns received on any policy purchased shall
be applied to reduce the next premium due on such policy, or if no
further premium is due, such amount shall be credited to the Fund as
part of the account of the Participant for whom the policy is held.
(f) If Employer contributions are inadequate to pay all premiums on all
insurance policies, the Trustee may, at the option of the Employer,
utilize other amounts remaining in each Participant's account to pay
the premiums on-his or her respective policy or policies, allow the
policies to lapse, reduce the policies to a level at which they may be
maintained, or borrow against the policies on a prorated basis,
provided that the borrowing does not discriminate in favor of the
policies on the lives of Officers, Shareholders, and highly
compensated Employees.
(g) On retirement or termination of employment of a Participant, the
Employer shall direct the Trustee to cash surrender the Participant's
policy and credit the proceeds to his or her account for distribution
under the terms of the Plan. However, before so doing, the Trustee
may first offer to transfer ownership of the policy to the Participant
in exchange for payment by the Participant of the cash value of the
policy at the time of transfer. Such payment shall be credited to the
Participant's account for distribution under the terms of the Plan.
All distributions resulting from the application of this paragraph
shall be subject to the Joint and Survivor Annuity Rules of Article
VIII, if applicable.
(h) The Employer shall be solely responsible to see that these insurance
provisions are administered properly and that if there is any conflict
between the provisions of this Plan and any insurance contracts issued
that the terms of this Plan will control.
13.7 EMPLOYER INVESTMENT DIRECTION If agreed upon by the Trustee and
approved by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement, the Employer shall have
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the right to direct the Trustee with respect to investments of the Fund, may
appoint an investment manager (registered as an investment advisor under the
Investment Advisors Act of 1940) to direct investments, or may give the Trustee
investment management responsibility. The Employer may purchase and sell
interests in a registered investment company (i.e., mutual funds) for which the
Sponsor, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, or successors may serve as
investment advisor and receive compensation from the registered investment
company for its services as investment advisor. The Employer shall advise the
Trustee in writing regarding the retention of investment powers, the
appointment of an investment manager, or the delegation of investment powers to
the Trustee. The Trustee may rely upon any order, certificate, notice,
direction or other written directive issued by the Employer, investment manager
or any other authorized party which the Trustee believes to be genuine. In the
absence of such written directive, the Trustee may invest the available cash in
its discretion in an appropriate interim investment until specific investment
directions are received and shall not be responsible for a resulting loss.
Such instructions regarding the delegation of investment responsibility shall
remain in force until revoked or amended in writing. The Employer must provide
the Trustee with written notice of the termination of the appointment of an
investment manager. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the propriety of
any directed investment made and shall not be required to consult with or
advise the Employer regarding the investment quality of any directed investment
held hereunder. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any loss resulting to
the Fund by reason of any sale or investment made pursuant to the direction of
the Employer or an investment manager. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan
to the contrary, the Trustee shall be indemnified and saved harmless by the
Employer from any and all personal liability to which the Trustee may be
subjected by carrying out any directions of the Employer or an investment
manager, including all expenses reasonably incurred in its defense in the event
the Employer fails to provide such; provided, however, the Trustee shall not be
so indemnified if it participates knowingly in, or knowingly undertakes to
conceal, an act or omission of an investment manager, having actual knowledge
that such is a breach of a fiduciary duty. The Trustee shall not be deemed to
have knowingly participated in or knowingly undertaken to conceal an act or
omission of an investment manager with knowledge that such act or omission was
a breach of fiduciary duty by merely complying with directions of an investment
manager, or for failure to act in the absence of directions of an investment
manager, or by reason of maintaining accounting records. If the Employer fails
to designate an investment manager, the Trustee shall have full investment
authority. If the Employer does not issue investment directions, the Trustee
shall have authority to invest the Fund in its sole discretion. While the
Employer may direct the Trustee with respect to Plan investments, the Employer
may not:
(a) borrow from the Fund or pledge any of the assets of the Fund as
security for a loan,
(b) buy property or assets from or sell property or assets to the Fund,
(c) charge any fee for services rendered to the Fund, or
(d) receive any services from the Fund on a preferential basis.
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13.8 EMPLOYEE INVESTMENT DIRECTION If agreed to by the Trustee and
approved by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement, Participants shall be given
the option to direct the investment of their personal contributions and their
share of the Employer's contribution among alternative investment funds
established as part of the overall Fund. Unless otherwise specified by the
Employer in the Adoption Agreement, such investment funds shall be restricted
to funds offered by the Trustee/Custodian. If investments outside the
Trustee/Custodian's control are allowed, Participants may not direct that
investments be made in collectibles, other than U.S. Government or State
issued gold and silver coins. In this connection, a Participant's right to
direct the investment of any contribution shall apply only to selection of the
desired fund. The following rules shall apply to the administration of such
funds.
(a) At the time an Employee becomes eligible for the Plan, he or she shall
complete an investment designation form stating the percentage of his
or her contributions to be invested in the available funds.
(b) A Participant may change his or her election with respect to future
contributions by filing a new investment designation form with the
Employer in accordance with the procedures established by the Plan
Administrator.
(c) A Participant may elect to transfer all or part of his or her balance
from one investment fund to another by filing an investment
designation form with the Employer in accordance with the procedures
established by the Plan Administrator.
(d) The Employer shall be responsible when transmitting Employee and
Employer contributions to show the dollar amount to be credited to
each investment fund for each Employee.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, neither the Trustee, nor the
Custodian, nor the Employer, nor any fiduciary of the Plan shall be
liable to the Participant or any of his or her beneficiaries for any
loss resulting from action taken at the direction of the Participant
and shall be indemnified and held harmless.
ARTICLE XIV
TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS
14.1 APPLICABILITY OF RULES If the Plan is or becomes Top- Heavy in any
Plan Year beginning after 1983, the provisions of this Article will supersede
any conflicting provisions in the Plan or Adoption Agreement.
14.2 MINIMUM CONTRIBUTION Notwithstanding any other provision in the
Employer's Plan, for any Plan Year in which the Plan is Top-Heavy, the
aggregate Employer contributions and forfeitures allocated on behalf of any
Participant (without regard to any Social Security contribution) under this
Plan and any other Defined Contribution Plan of the Employer shall be
determined as follows:
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(a) When the Employer maintains one Plan or a combination of Paired or
non-paired Defined Contribution Plans and no Defined Benefit Plans
which are Top-Heavy or Super Top- Heavy, the Employer will contribute
the lesser of 3% of such Participant's Compensation or the largest
percentage of Employer contributions and forfeitures, as a percentage
of the first $200,000 of the Key Employee's Compensation, allocated on
behalf of any Key Employee for that year.
(b) Minimum Top-Heavy Contributions for Paired Defined Contribution and
Defined Benefit Plans where the Plans are not Super Top-Heavy:
(1) If an Employee participates in Paired Defined Contribution
Plan #04001 or #04002 and also participates in Paired Defined
Benefit Plan #02001, #02002, #02003 or #02004, the Employer
shall provide a minimum non- integrated benefit of 3% of the
highest 5-consecutive year average Compensation for each
non-Key Employee who participates in such Defined Benefit
Plan, not to exceed a cumulative accrued benefit of 30%.
(2) If an Employee participates in Paired Defined Contribution
Plan #04001 or #04002, but does not participate in Paired
Defined Benefit Plan #02001, #02002, #02003 or #02004, the
Employer shall make a minimum non-integrated allocation of
Employer contributions and forfeitures (in the aggregate under
all Defined Contribution Plans) of 4% of each eligible
Participant's Top-Heavy Compensation.
(c) Minimum Top-Heavy Contributions for Paired Defined Contribution and
Defined Benefit Plans where the Plans are Super Top-Heavy:
(1) If an Employee participates in Defined Contribution Plan
#04001 or #04002 and in Paired Defined Benefit Plan #02001,
#02002, #02003 or #02004, the Employer shall provide a minimum
non-integrated benefit of 2% of the highest 5-consecutive year
average Compensation for each non-Key Employee who
participates in such Defined Benefit Plan, not to exceed a
cumulative accrued benefit of 20%.
(2) If an Employee participates in Defined Contribution Plan
#04001 or #04002, but does not participate in Paired Defined
Benefit Plan #02001, #02002, #02003 or #02004, the minimum
contribution requirements at paragraph 14.2(b)(2) shall apply
except that the minimum non- integrated allocation percentage
shall be 3% instead of 4%.
(d) If the Employer maintains or maintained a Defined Benefit Plan which is
not paired, the provisions of the "Limitations on Allocations" section
of the Adoption Agreement shall apply.
Each Participant who is employed by the Employer on the last day of the Plan
Year shall be entitled to receive an allocation of the Employer's minimum
contribution for such Plan Year. The minimum allocation applies even though
under other Plan provisions the Participant would not otherwise be entitled to
receive an allocation, or would have received a lesser allocation for the year
because the Participant fails to make Mandatory
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Contributions to the Plan, the Participant's Compensation is less than a stated
amount, or the Participant fails to complete 1,000 Hours of Service (or such
lesser number designated by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement during the
Plan Year.) A Paired profit-sharing plan designated to provide the minimum
Top-Heavy contribution must do so regardless of profits. Unless the Employer
specifies otherwise in the Adoption Agreement, the minimum Top-Heavy
contribution will be allocated to the accounts of all eligible Participants,
even if they are Key Employees.
For purposes of computing the minimum allocation, Compensation shall mean
Compensation as defined in the second paragraph of paragraph 1.8 of the Plan.
The Top-Heavy minimum contribution does not apply to any Participant to the
extent the Participant is covered under any other plan(s) of the Employer and
the Employer has provided in the Adoption Agreement that the minimum allocation
or benefit requirements applicable to Top-Heavy Plans will be met in the other
plan(s).
14.3 MINIMUM VESTING For any Plan Year in which this Plan is Top-Heavy,
the minimum vesting schedule elected by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement
will automatically apply to the Plan. If the vesting schedule selected by the
Employer in the Adoption Agreement is less liberal than the allowable schedule,
the schedule will automatically be modified. If the vesting schedule under the
Employer's Plan shifts in or out of the Top-Heavy schedule for any Plan Year,
such shift is an amendment to the vesting schedule and the election in
paragraph 9.8 of the Plan applies. The minimum vesting schedule applies to all
benefits within the meaning of Section 411(a)(7) of the Code except those
attributable to Employee contributions, including benefits accrued before the
effective date of Section 416 of the Code and benefits accrued before the Plan
became Top-Heavy. Further, no reduction in vested benefits may occur in the
event the Plan's status as Top-Heavy changes for any Plan Year. However, this
paragraph does not apply to the account balances of any Employee who does not
have an Hour of Service after the Plan initially becomes Top-Heavy and such
Employee's account balance attributable to Employer contributions and
forfeitures will be determined without regard to this paragraph.
14.4 LIMITATIONS ON ALLOCATIONS In any Plan Year in which the Top-Heavy
Ratio exceeds 90% (i.e., the Plan becomes Super Top-Heavy), the denominators of
the Defined Benefit Fraction (as defined in paragraph 1.11) and Defined
Contribution Fraction (as defined in paragraph 1.14) shall be computed using
100% of the dollar limitation instead of 125%.
ARTICLE XV
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
15.1 AMENDMENT BY SPONSOR The Sponsor may amend any or all provisions of
this Plan and Trust/Custodial Account at any time without obtaining the
approval or consent of any Employer which has adopted this Plan and
Trust/Custodial Account provided that no amendment shall authorize or permit
any part of the corpus or income of the Fund to be used for or
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diverted to purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of Participants and
their beneficiaries, or eliminate an optional form of distribution. In the
case of a mass-submitted plan, the mass- submitter shall amend the Plan on
behalf of the Sponsor.
15.2 AMENDMENT BY EMPLOYER The Employer may amend any option in the
Adoption Agreement, and may include language as permitted in the Adoption
Agreement,
(a) to satisfy Code Section 415, or
(b) to avoid duplication of minimums under Section 416 of the Code,
because of the required aggregation of multiple plans.
The Employer may add certain model amendments published by the Internal Revenue
Service which specifically provide that their adoption will not cause the Plan
to be treated as individually designed.
If the Employer amends the Plan and Trust/Custodial Account other than as
provided above, including providing for a waiver of minimum funding under Code
Section 412(d), the Employer's Plan shall no longer participate in this
Prototype Plan and will be considered an individually designed plan for which
the Employer must obtain a separate determination letter.
15.3 TERMINATION The Employer shall have the right to terminate the Plan
upon 60 days notice in writing to the Trustee/Custodian. If the Plan is
terminated, partially terminated, or if there is a complete discontinuance of
contributions under a profit-sharing plan maintained by the Employer, all
amounts credited to the accounts of Participants shall vest and become
nonforfeitable. In the event of a partial termination, only those who separate
from Service shall be fully vested. In the event of termination, the Employer
shall direct the Trustee/Custodian with respect to the distribution of accounts
to or for the exclusive benefit of Participants or their beneficiaries. The
Trustee/Custodian shall dispose of the Fund in accordance with the written
directions of the Plan Administrator, provided that no liquidation of assets
and payment of benefits, (or provision therefor), shall actually be made by the
Trustee/Custodian until after it is established by the Employer in a manner
satisfactory to the Trustee/Custodian, that the applicable requirements, if
any, of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal
Revenue Code governing the termination of employee benefit plans, have been or
are being, complied with, or that appropriate authorizations, waivers,
exemptions, or variances have been, or are being obtained. The
Trustee/Custodian shall not be obliged to distribute the Fund until it receives
notice of a favorable ruling from the Internal Revenue Service upon the
Employer's application for determination as to the effect of termination.
15.4 QUALIFICATION OF EMPLOYER'S PLAN If the adopting Employer fails to
attain or retain Internal Revenue Service qualification, such Employer's Plan
shall no longer participate in this Prototype Plan and will be considered an
individually designed plan.
15.5 MERGERS AND CONSOLIDATIONS
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(a) In the case of any merger or consolidation of the Employer's Plan
with, or transfer of assets or liabilities of the Employer's Plan to,
any other plan, Participants in the Employer's Plan shall be entitled
to receive benefits immediately after the merger, consolidation, or
transfer which are equal to or greater than the benefits they would
have been entitled to receive immediately before the merger,
consolidation, or transfer if the Plan had then terminated.
(b) Any corporation into which the Trustee/Custodian or any successor
trustee/custodian may be merged or with which it may be consolidated,
or any corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to which
the Trustee/Custodian or any successor trustee/custodian may be a
party, or any corporation to which all or substantially all the trust
business of the Trustee/Custodian or any successor trustee/custodian
may be transferred, shall be the successor of such Trustee/Custodian
without the filing of any instrument or performance of any further
act, before any court.
15.6 RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL The Trustee/Custodian may resign by written
notice to the Employer which shall be effective 60 days after delivery. The
Employer may discontinue its participation in this Prototype Plan and
Trust/Custodial Account effective upon 60 days written notice to the Sponsor.
In such event the Employer shall, prior to the effective date thereof, amend
the Plan to eliminate any reference to this Prototype Plan and Trust/Custodial
Account and appoint a successor trustee or custodian or arrange for another
funding agent. The Trustee/Custodian shall deliver the Fund to its successor
on the effective date of the resignation or removal, or as soon thereafter as
practicable, provided that this shall not waive any lien the Trustee/Custodian
may have upon the Fund for its compensation or expenses. If the Employer fails
to amend the Plan and appoint a successor trustee, custodian, or other funding
agent within the said 60 days, or such longer period as the Trustee/Custodian
may specify in writing, the Plan shall be deemed individually designed and the
Employer deemed the successor trustee/custodian. The Employer must then obtain
its own determination letter.
15.7 QUALIFICATION OF PROTOTYPE The Sponsor intends that this Prototype
Plan will meet the requirements of the Code as a qualified Prototype Retirement
Plan and Trust/Custodial Account. Should the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
or any delegate of the Commissioner at any time determine that the Plan and
Trust/Custodial Account fails to meet the requirements of the Code, the Sponsor
will amend the Plan and Trust/Custodial Account to maintain its qualified
status.
ARTICLE XVI
GOVERNING LAW
Construction, validity and administration of the Prototype Plan and
Trust/Custodial Account, and any Employer Plan and Trust/Custodial Account as
embodied in the Prototype document and accompanying Adoption Agreement, shall
be governed by Federal law to the extent applicable and to the extent not
applicable by the laws of the State/Commonwealth in which the principal
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office of the Sponsor or its affiliate which is designated as Trustee or
Custodian in the Adoption Agreement, is located.
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MODEL PLAN AMENDMENT
REVENUE PROCEDURE 93-47
(This model amendment allows Participants receiving distributions from
safe-harbored profit sharing plans to waive the 30-day period required under
the Unemployment Compensation Act of 1992. Non-safe harbored plans must still
provide notice not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days prior to the
distribution.)
If a distribution is one to which Sections 401(a)(11) and 417 of the Internal
Revenue Code do not apply, such distribution may commence less than 30 days
after the notice required under Section 1.411(a)-11(c) of the Income Tax
Regulations is given, provided that:
(1) the plan administrator clearly informs the Participant that
the Participant has a right to a period of at least 30 days
after receiving the notice to consider the decision of whether
or not to elect a distribution (and, if applicable, a
particular distribution option), and
(2) the Participant, after receiving the notice, affirmatively
elects a distribution.
MODEL PLAN AMENDMENT
CODE SECTION 401(a)(17) LIMITATION
In addition to other applicable limitations set forth in the Plan, and
notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, for Plan Years
beginning on or after January 1, 1994, the annual Compensation of each Employee
taken into account under the Plan shall not exceed the OBRA'93 annual
compensation limit. The OBRA '93 annual compensation limit is $150,000, as
adjusted by the Commissioner for increases in the cost of living in accordance
with Section 401(a)(17)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code. The cost-of- living
in effect for a calendar year applies to any period, not exceeding 12 months,
over which Compensation is determined (determination period) beginning in such
calendar year. If a determination period consists of fewer than 12 months, the
OBRA '93 annual compensation limit will be multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of months in the determination period, and the
denominator of which is 12.
For Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 1994, any reference in this
Plan to the limitation under Section 401(a)(17) of the Code shall mean the OBRA
'93 annual compensation limit set forth in this provision.
If Compensation for any prior determination period is taken into account in
determining an Employee's benefits accruing in the current Plan Year, the
Compensation for that prior determination period is subject to the OBRA '93
annual compensation limit in effect for that prior determination period. For
this purpose, for determination periods beginning before the first day of the
first Plan Year beginning on or after January 1, 1994, the OBRA '93 annual
compensation limit is $150,000.