RADIOSHACK 401(K) PLAN SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT July 1, 2008
RADIOSHACK
401(K) PLAN
SIXTH
AMENDED AND RESTATED
July
1, 2008
Table
of Contents
Page
ARTICLE
I
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DEFINITIONS
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1
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1.1
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Account
or Accounts
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1
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1.2
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Affiliated
Business
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1
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1.3
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Beneficiary
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2
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1.4
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Code
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2
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1.5
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Committee
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2
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1.6
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Company
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2
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1.7
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Company
Stock
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2
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1.8
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Compensation
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3
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1.9
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Computation
Period
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4
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1.10
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Disabled
Participant
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4
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1.11
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Effective
Date
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4
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1.12
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Eligible
Employee
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4
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1.13
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Employee
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5
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1.14
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Employer
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5
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1.15
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Employer
Contribution
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5
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1.16
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Employment
Date
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5
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1.17
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ERISA
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5
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1.18
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ESOP
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5
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1.19
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Exempt
Loan
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5
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1.20
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Highly
Compensated Employee
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6
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1.21
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Hour
of Service
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6
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1.22
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Inactive
Participant
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7
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1.23
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Investment
Fund
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7
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1.24
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Leased
Employee
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7
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1.25
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Normal
Retirement Date
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7
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1.26
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One
Year Break in Service
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7
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1.27
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Participant
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9
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1.28
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Plan
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9
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1.29
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Plan
Year
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9
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1.30
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Qualified
Election.
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9
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1.31
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Retired
Participant
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10
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1.32
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Spouse
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10
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1.33
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Suspense
Account
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10
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1.34
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Totally
and Permanently Disabled
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10
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1.35
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Trust
and Trust Fund
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10
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1.36
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Valuation
Date
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10
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1.37
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Year
of Service.
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10
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ARTICLE
II
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ADMINISTRATION
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11
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2.1
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Appointment
of Administrative Committee
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11
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2.2
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Term
of Office of Committee Members
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11
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2.3
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Powers
and Duties
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11
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2.4
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Organization
and Operation of the Committee
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12
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2.5
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Records
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13
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2.6
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Immunity
from Liability
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13
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ARTICLE
III
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ELIGIBILITY
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13
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3.1
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Conditions
of Eligibility
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13
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3.2
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Resumption
of Service with the Employer
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14
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3.3
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Change
in Employment Status
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16
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3.4
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Employment
by Employer; Service with Newly Acquired Entities; Records of
Employer.
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16
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3.5
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Application
for Participation
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16
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ARTICLE
IV
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CONTRIBUTIONS
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17
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4.1
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Salary
Reductions.
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17
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4.2
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Matching
Contributions
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17
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4.3
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Payment
of Contributions.
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18
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4.4
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Transfers
From Qualified Plans.
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18
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4.5
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Limitations
on Annual Additions
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20
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4.6
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Discrimination
Test Allocation Limit.
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21
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4.7
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Disposition
of Excess Deferrals and Contributions.
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25
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4.8
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Distribution
of Excess Aggregate Contributions
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27
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4.9
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Forfeiture
or Distribution of Contributions When Excess Deferral or Excess
Contribution Occurs
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28
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4.10
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Conclusiveness
of Determination of Contributions
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28
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4.11
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Reversion
and Diversion.
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28
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4.12
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Employee
Stock Ownership Plan
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29
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4.13
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ESOP
Nondiscrimination Requirement Provision
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29
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4.14
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ESOP
Nondiscrimination Requirement Provision
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30
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ARTICLE
V
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ACCOUNTS
AND VALUATION
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30
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5.1
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Participant’s
Accounts
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30
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5.2
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Valuation
of Accounts
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30
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5.3
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Accounts
and Investments.
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31
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5.4
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Valuation
of the Trust Fund and Reports.
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32
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5.5
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Election
and Allocation of Cash Dividends on Company Stock.
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33
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5.6
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Diversification
of Investments
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33
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ARTICLE
VI
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VESTING
AND DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS
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34
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6.1
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General
Provisions
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34
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6.2
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Vested
Percentage in Accounts
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34
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6.3
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[Intentionally
left blank].
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34
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6.4
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Retirement
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35
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6.5
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Timing
of Valuation of Participant’s Account
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35
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6.6
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Distribution Upon Withdrawal From the Plan During Employment |
35
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6.7
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Withdrawal
From The Plan Because of Termination of Employment
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38
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6.8
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Date
of Payment
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40
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6.9
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Limitations
on Timing
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40
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6.10
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Loans
to Participants
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45
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6.11
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Distribution
Limitations Applicable to Deferred Salary
Contributions
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45
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6.12
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Right
to Have Accounts Transferred.
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46
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6.13
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Forfeitures.
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47
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6.14
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Duty
to Provide Forms and Proofs
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48
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6.15
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Duty
to Provide Mailing Address
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49
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6.16
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Benefit
Payments in the Event of Incapacity
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49
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6.17
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Unclaimed
Amounts
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49
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ARTICLE
VII
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TRUST
AND TRUSTEE
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49
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7.1
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Establishment
and Acceptance of Trust
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49
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7.2
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Powers
of the Trustee
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49
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7.3
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Investment
of the Trust Fund
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52
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7.4
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Payments
from the Fund
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52
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7.5
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Fees
and Expenses of the Trustee
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53
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7.6
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Accounting
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53
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7.7
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Direction
by RadioShack or the Committee and Authorization to Protect the
Trustee
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54
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7.8
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Removal
and Resignation; Successor Trustee
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55
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7.9
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Voting
and Exercise of Other Rights.
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55
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7.10
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Appointment
of Investment Managers
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59
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7.11
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Insurance
Contracts
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60
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7.12
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Payment
of Taxes
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61
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7.13
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Indemnification
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61
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7.14
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Notice
of Agreement
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62
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ARTICLE
VIII
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AMENDMENT
AND TERMINATION
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62
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8.1
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Amendment
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62
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8.2
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Termination
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63
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ARTICLE
IX
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MISCELLANEOUS
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64
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9.1
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Notices
and Forms
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64
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9.2
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Plan
Not an Employment Contract
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64
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9.3
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Non
Assignability
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64
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9.4
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Qualified
Domestic Relations Order
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64
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9.5
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Immunity
from Liability
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65
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9.6
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Multiple
Copies
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65
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9.7
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Gender
and Number
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65
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9.8
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Construction
of Agreement
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65
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9.9
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Claims
Procedures
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65
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9.10
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Exempt
Loans.
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65
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ARTICLE
X
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ADOPTION
OF THE PLAN BY AFFILIATED AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES
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67
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10.1
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Method
of Adoption
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67
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10.2
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Transfer
of Employees to Other Savings Plans
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68
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10.3
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Transfer
of Funds to Acquired Company’s Plans
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68
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10.4
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Receipt
of Funds from Acquired Company’s Plans
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68
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10.5
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Merger
or Consolidation
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69
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ARTICLE
XI
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TOP
HEAVY PLAN PROVISIONS
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69
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11.1
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Top
Heavy Test
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69
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11.2
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Key
Employees
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69
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11.3
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Top
Heaviness Determination
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70
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11.4
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Aggregation
of Plans
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70
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11.5
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Employer
Contributions
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71
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11.6
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Multiple
Plan Fractions
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71
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11.7
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Vesting
if Plan is Top-Heavy
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71
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ARTICLE
XII
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CHANGE
IN CONTROL
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72
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12.1
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Termination
or Amendment
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72
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12.2
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Change
in Control
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72
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12.3
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Article
XII Amendment
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75
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12.4
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Successors
and Assigns
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75
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12.5
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Severability
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75
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12.6
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Contrary
Provisions
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75
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iv
RadioShack
401(k) Plan
AGREEMENT
made as of January 1, 1996, March 31, 1997, August 1, 1999, May 18, 2000, August
28, 2001, February 21, 2002; December 31, 2003, May 1, 2004, July 1, 2006, and
July 1, 2008 between RADIOSHACK CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with its principal place of
business at Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, hereinafter called “RadioShack”,
and Wachovia Bank, N.A. or any successor, hereinafter called
“Trustee”;
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
RadioShack has established a fund to be managed as a trust for the purpose of
paying certain benefits, as set out hereinafter, to its eligible employees who
become participating members of a contributory profit sharing plan as described
in Section 401(a)(27) of the Code (as defined below), hereinafter the
“RadioShack 401(k) Plan” or the “Plan”; and
WHEREAS,
RadioShack desires to amend and restate the Plan to comply with the final
section 415 regulations and currently effective provisions of the Pension
Protection Act of 2008 and to make certain other administrative
changes.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the promises and covenants
hereinafter contained and for the purposes herein stated, the parties hereto do
hereby agree as follows:
The
words “Section” and “Article” are used interchangeably in this
Agreement.
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
For
purposes of this Plan, unless the context requires otherwise, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings indicated:
1.1
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Account
or Accounts. “Account” or “Accounts” shall mean the
Deferred Salary Account, Company Account, Voluntary Account, Matching
Account, Rollover Account, the TIP Company Account, the TIP Employee
Account (the immediately two preceding accounts also being collectively
the “TIP Accounts”), the USERRA Matching Account or the USERRA Deferred
Salary Account or the combination thereof, as the context
requires.
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1.2
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Affiliated
Business. “Affiliated Business” shall mean any entity
(other than RadioShack) which, considered with RadioShack, constitutes
either (a) a controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of
Section 414(b) of the Code), (b) a group of trades or businesses under
common control (within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code), or (c)
an affiliated service group (within the meaning of Section 414(m) of the
Code), or (d) any other entity required to be aggregated under Section
414(o) of the Code. For purposes of applying Sections 414(b)
and 414(c) of the Code to Section 4.5, the phrase “more than 50 percent”
shall be substituted for the phrase “at least 80 percent” each place it
appears in Section 1563(a)(1) of the
Code.
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1.3
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Beneficiary. “Beneficiary”
shall mean the person or entity described in Sections 1.3(a) through
(d).
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(a)
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Person or Entity Designated by
the Participant. If a Participant is unmarried, or if a
Participant is married and there is a Qualified Election with respect to a
Participant, then “Beneficiary” shall mean any person or entity designated
by the Participant, in the form and manner as the Committee may
prescribe.
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(b)
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Spouse. If a
Participant is married and there is not a Qualified Election with respect
to the Participant, then “Beneficiary” shall mean the Participant’s
Spouse. Except as provided otherwise in a qualified domestic
relations order (as defined in Section 414(p) of the Code), a Participant
shall be treated as unmarried (as provided in Question and Answer 25(b)(2)
of Treasury Regulations Section 1.401(a) 20) if, at the time of his death,
such Participant has not been married to his Spouse throughout the one
year period ending on the earlier of (i) the date of the Participant’s
death or (ii) the date on which any distribution is made to the
Participant pursuant to Article VI (other than pursuant to Section
6.6).
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(c)
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Contingent
Beneficiary. If the Beneficiary described in Section
1.3(a) or (b) does not survive the member, then “Beneficiary” shall
mean:
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(i)
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Any
person or entity designated by the Participant, in the form and manner as
the Committee may prescribe; or
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(ii)
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In
the absence of an effective designation under Paragraph (i), the
Participant’s estate.
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(d)
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Lack
of Designation. If an unmarried Participant, or a
Participant treated as unmarried under Section 1.3(b), fails to designate
a Beneficiary pursuant to Section 1.3(a), then “Beneficiary” shall mean
the Participant’s estate.
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1.4
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Code. “Code”
shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and any successor
act, law, or statute subsequently enacted to supersede said
Code.
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1.5
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Committee. “Committee”
shall mean the administrative committee appointed pursuant to Section 2.1
to act as plan administrator.
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1.6
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Company. “Company”
shall mean RadioShack and all Affiliated
Businesses.
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1.7
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Company
Stock. “Company Stock” shall mean any qualifying
employer security as defined in Section 407(d)(5) of ERISA, provided;
however, for purposes of the ESOP, Company Stock shall only mean shares of
common stock issued by RadioShack (or a corporation which is a member of
the same controlled group) which are readily tradeable on an established
securities market.
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1.8
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Compensation. “Compensation,”
for purposes other than Section 1.20, Section 4.5, and Section 4.6, shall
mean base pay, bonuses, and commissions paid in cash, and subject to
income tax withholding and those items set forth in Section 415(c)(3)(D)
of the Code; provided, however, that Compensation shall not exceed
$200,000, as adjusted for cost-of-living increases in accordance with
Section 401(a)(17)(B) of the Code ($230,000 for 2008 and $245,000 for
2009). The cost-of-living adjustment in effect for a calendar
year applies to the Plan Year that begins with or within such calendar
year. Compensation specifically does not include any Company
contributions made under the RadioShack Stock Plan and/or the RadioShack
Employees Supplemental Stock Program which are used to purchase stock for
a Participant and are subject to income tax
withholding. Compensation specifically does not include (either
at the time of deferral or at the time of distribution) (a) any
compensation deferred under the RadioShack Corporation Executive Deferred
Compensation Plan, the RadioShack Corporation Executive Deferred Stock
Plan, or any nonqualified agreements between the Company or any Employee
which provides for the deferral of compensation (collectively, the
“Deferred Compensation Plans”) and (b) any Company contributions made
under the Deferred Compensation
Plans.
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For
purposes of Section 1.20, Section 4.5, and Section 4.6, Compensation shall mean
compensation as defined in Section 415(c)(3) including all items or remuneration
set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.415(c)-2(b) and shall exclude those
items set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.415(c)-2(c). To be
taken into account for a Plan Year, Compensation under Section 1.20, Section
4.5, and Section 4.6 must actually be paid or made available to the Participant
(or, if earlier, includible in the gross income of the Participant) within the
Plan Year and prior to the Participant’s severance from
employment. Payment for services during the Employee’s regular
working hours (such as overtime or shift differential), commissions, bonuses, or
other similar payments will not fail to qualify as Compensation under Section
1.20, Section 4.5, and Section 4.6 merely because they are paid after the
Participant’s severance from employment, provided that such amounts are paid by
the later of two and one-half months after the severance from employment or the
end of the Plan Year that includes the date of the severance from employment and
the amounts would have been included in compensation if they were paid prior to
the Employee’s severance from employment. Compensation for purposes
of Section 1.20, Section 4.5, and Section 4.6 will also exclude severance pay as
provided pursuant to regulations promulgated under Section 415 of the Code, and
effective for Plan Years beginning on and after July 1, 2007 will exclude
severance pay or parachute payments within the meaning of section 280G(b)(2) of
the Code if paid after severance from employment and post-severance payments
made under a nonqualified unfunded deferred compensation plan unless the
payments would have been paid at that time without regard to the severance from
employment. For purposes of Section 4.6, Compensation shall not
include any compensation an individual earns prior to becoming a Participant in
the Plan.
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1.9
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Computation
Period. The initial Computation Period for determining
when an Employee may become a Participant is the 12 consecutive month
period beginning on the Employee’s Employment Date. Subsequent
Computation Periods begin on the first day of each month following the
Employee's Employment Date. However, if the Employee incurs a
One Year Break in Service (he fails to perform 500 Hours of Service)
following a Computation Period during which the Employee did not perform
enough Hours of Service to become a Participant but did not incur a One
Year Break in Service (he performs 500 or more Hours of Service but less
than 1,000 Hours of Service), then subsequent Computation Periods begin on
the first day the Employee performs an Hour of Service after the One Year
Break in Service. Purely for exemplary purposes, assume an
Employee is hired on January 1, 2006. The Employee performs 750
Hours of Service during his first year and hence does not become eligible
to participate in the Plan, but does not incur a One Year Break in
Service. If in 2007 he performs 250 Hours of Service, he has
now incurred a One Year Break in Service. If the Employee does
not work during the period running from January 1, 2008 to February 29,
2008, but performs an Hour of Service on March 1, 2008, his new
Computation Period begins on March 1, 2008. Under the rule as
previously stated at the beginning of this Section 1.9, his new
Computation Period would have begun on January 1, 2008, absent the
exception provided in this Section 1.9. For purposes of Section
11.7, the Computation Period shall begin on the Employee's Employment Date
and each anniversary thereof.
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1.10
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Disabled
Participant. “Disabled Participant” shall mean any
Participant who is Totally and Permanently
Disabled.
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1.11
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Effective
Date. “Effective Date” of the Plan as originally enacted
shall mean January 1, 1996 and the “Effective Date” of this amendment of
the Plan shall mean July 1, 2008 except as provided
herein.
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1.12
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Eligible
Employee. “Eligible Employee” shall mean any Employee
except the following individuals: (a) any Employee who is
included in a unit of employees covered by an agreement that the Secretary
of Labor finds to be a collective bargaining agreement between employee
representatives (within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(46) of the Code)
and one or more Employers if retirement benefits were the subject of good
faith bargaining between such parties, unless the collective bargaining
agreement expressly provided for the inclusion of such employees as
Eligible Employees under this Plan, (b) a nonresident alien who receives
no earned income within the meaning of Section 911(d)(2) of the Code, (c)
any Employee who is a Leased Employee, and (d) any person who is not a
United States citizen and who is employed outside the United States or (e)
any person who (i) is a nonresident alien and (ii) receives no earned
income (within the meaning of Section 911(d)(2) of the Code) from an
Employer which constitutes income from sources within the United States
(within the meaning of Section 861(a)(3) of the
Code).
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1.13
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Employee. “Employee”
shall mean any individual 18 years of age or older who is employed by an
Employer, is on an Employer’s payroll, and whose wages are subject to FICA
withholding. The term “Employee” shall also include any Leased
Employee 18 years of age or older and any person 18 years of age or older
who, with respect to an Employer, is treated as an employee of such
Employer pursuant to Section 406 of the Code. The term
“Employee” excludes any person who serves only as a
director. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the
contrary, the term “Employee” shall not include any individual who is
retained by the Company to perform services for the Company (for either a
definite or indefinite duration) and who is characterized by the Company
as a fee-for-service worker or independent contractor or in a similar
capacity (rather than in the capacity of an employee), regardless of such
individual’s status under common law. The exclusion in the
preceding sentence shall apply, without limitation, to any individual who
is or who has been determined by a third party, including, without
limitation, a governmental agency or board or court or arbitrator, to be
an employee of the Company for any purpose, including, without limitation,
for purpose of any employee benefit plan of the Company (including this
Plan) or for purpose of federal, state or local tax withholding,
employment tax or employment law.
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1.14
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Employer. “Employer”
shall mean RadioShack and any Affiliated Business adopting the Plan in
accordance with the Plan’s
requirements.
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1.15
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Employer
Contribution. “Employer Contribution” shall mean
payments to the Trustee by the Employer pursuant to Plan Sections 4.2,
4.6, and Article XI.
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1.16
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Employment
Date. “Employment Date” shall mean the date an Employee
first performs an Hour of Service.
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1.17
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ERISA. “ERISA”
shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
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1.18
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ESOP. “ESOP”
shall mean the employee stock ownership plan portion of this Plan which
shall consist of the Company Stock ESOP Fund, as described in Section 4.12
below, for each Participant and
Beneficiary.
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1.19
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Exempt
Loan. “Exempt Loan” shall
mean:
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(a)
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A
loan to the Plan by a disqualified person (as defined in Code Section
4975); or
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(b)
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A
loan to the Plan that is guaranteed by a disqualified person (as defined
in Code Section 4975), which loan is primarily for the benefit of
Participants and Beneficiaries of the Plan, is at a reasonable rate of
interest, and any collateral which is given to a disqualified person
consists only of Company Stock.
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1.20
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Highly
Compensated Employee. “Highly Compensated Employee”
shall mean:
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(a)
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an
Employee who is a 5% owner, as defined in Section 416(i)(1)(A)(iii) of the
Code, at any time during the determination year or the look-back year;
or
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(b)
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an
Employee who receives compensation in excess of $80,000 (as adjusted in
accordance with Section 414(q)(1) of the Code) ($105,000 for 2008 and
$110,000 for 2009) during the look-back
year.
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For
purposes of this Section, "determination year" shall mean the Plan Year for
which the determination of who is highly compensated is made and "look-back
year" shall mean the Plan Year immediately preceding the determination year; and
"compensation" shall mean compensation within the meaning of Code Section
415(c)(3), including elective or salary reduction contributions to a cafeteria
plan, cash or deferral arrangement, or tax-sheltered annuity.
1.21
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Hour
of Service. “Hour of Service” shall
mean:
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(a)
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Each
hour for which an Employee is directly or indirectly paid or entitled to
payment of compensation by the Company for the performance of
duties. These hours shall be credited to the Employee for the
Plan Year(s) or Computation Period(s) in which the duties are
performed;
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(b)
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Each
hour for which an Employee is directly or indirectly paid or entitled to
payment of compensation by the Company on account of a period of time
during which no duties are performed (irrespective of whether the
employment relationship has terminated) due to vacation, holiday, illness,
incapacity (including disability), layoff, jury duty or other similar
reason. These hours shall be calculated and credited pursuant
to Section 2530.200b-2 of the Department of Labor Regulations which are
incorporated herein by reference;
and
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(c)
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Each
hour for which back pay, irrespective of mitigation of damages, has been
either awarded or agreed to by the Company. The same hours
shall not be credited under both Section 1.20(a) or Section 1.20(b), as
the case may be, and under this Section 1.20(c). These hours
shall be credited to the Employee for the Plan Year(s) to which the award
or agreement pertains rather than the Plan Year or Computation Period in
which the award, agreement or payment is
made.
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(d)
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For
Employees paid on other than an hourly basis, Hours of Service shall be
credited for each payroll period of the Employee for which the Employee
receives or is entitled to receive compensation according to the
provisions of Section 2530.200b-3 of the Department of Labor
Regulations.
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1.22
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Inactive
Participant. “Inactive Participant” shall mean a
Participant who ceases to be an Eligible Employee but remains in the
service of the Company. An Inactive Participant has all the
rights of an active Participant (including the right to take a loan
pursuant to Section 6.10), except that an Inactive Participant shall not
have the right to defer compensation, pursuant to the Plan, or receive
future Employer Contributions, pursuant to the
Plan.
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1.23
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Investment
Fund. “Investment Fund” shall mean the portion of the
Trust Fund designated from time to time by the Committee pursuant to
Section 7.3 hereof, that is invested in such assets of the Trust Fund
(including, but not limited to, interests in common trust funds, qualified
pooled trusts or mutual funds) as the Committee selects from time to
time.
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1.24
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Leased
Employee. A “Leased Employee” means each person who is
not an employee of the Employer, but who performs services for the
Employer pursuant to an agreement (oral or written) between the Employer
and any leasing organization, provided that (a) such person has performed
such services for the Employer or for related persons (within the meaning
of Section 144(a)(3) of the Code) on a substantial full time basis for a
period of at least one year and (b) such services are performed under the
primary direction or control of the
Employer.
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1.25
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Normal
Retirement Date. “Normal Retirement Date” shall mean the
date on which a Participant reaches age
65.
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1.26
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One
Year Break in Service. “One Year Break in Service” shall
mean the period described in Section 1.25(a), subject to the terms of
Sections 1.25(b) and (c).
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(a)
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General
Definition. “One Year Break in Service” shall mean any
Computation Period during which an Employee does not complete more than
500 Hours of Service.
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(b)
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Maternity or Paternity
Absences.
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(i)
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In
the case of an Employee who is absent from work for any
period
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(A)
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Because
of the Employee’s pregnancy,
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(B)
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Because
of the birth of the Employee’s
child,
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(C)
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Because
of the placement of a child with the Employee in connection with the
adoption of the child by the
Employee,
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(D)
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To
care for such a child for a period beginning immediately following birth
or placement, then Hours of Service described in Paragraph (ii) shall be
counted as Hours of Service solely for the purpose of determining whether
a One Year Break in Service has occurred. No more than 501
Hours of Service shall be credited to an Employee under the terms of this
Paragraph (i).
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(ii)
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The
Hours of Service described in this Paragraph
are:
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(A)
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The
Hours of Service which otherwise would normally have been credited to the
Employee but for the absence described in Paragraph (i),
or
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(B)
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If
the Hours of Service described in Subparagraph (A) cannot be determined,
eight Hours of Service for each normal workday of
absence.
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(iii)
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The
Hours of Service described in Paragraph (ii) shall be treated as Hours of
Service under this Section 1.25(b):
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(A)
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Only
in the Plan Year or Computation Period in which the absence begins, if an
Employee would be prevented from incurring a One Year Break in Service in
that 12 month period solely because the absence is treated as Hours of
Service under Paragraph (i); or
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(B)
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In
any other case, in the immediately following Plan Year or Computation
Period.
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(iv)
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No
Hours of Service will be counted as Hours of Service under this Section
1.25(b)(iv) unless the Employee furnishes to the Committee such timely
information as the Committee may reasonably require to
establish:
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(A)
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That
the absence is for the reasons described in Paragraph (i),
and
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(B)
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The
number of days for which there was such an
absence.
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(c)
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Certain Other
Absences. The Employee’s service shall not be deemed to
be broken during such period as the Employee shall
be:
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(i)
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On
military leave; or
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(ii)
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On
other leave of absence authorized by the Company for sickness, disability,
or other circumstances, granted in accordance with an established and
uniformly applied Company policy;
or
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(iii)
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Laid
off in order to effect a temporary reduction in personnel, provided such
Employee shall be re employed within three hundred sixty five (365) days
after such layoff.
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1.27
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Participant. “Participant”
shall mean each Eligible Employee who satisfies the requirements for
participation in the Plan as described in Article
III.
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1.28
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Plan. “Plan”
shall mean the contributory profit sharing plan and trust known as the
RadioShack 401(k) Plan, as it may be amended from time to
time.
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1.29
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Plan
Year. Each Plan Year shall commence on July 1 and end on
the immediately subsequent June 30.
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1.30
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Qualified
Election.
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(a)
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General
Rule. “Qualified Election” shall mean an election by a
married Participant to have the balance of his Accounts paid, in the event
of his death, to a Beneficiary other than his
Spouse.
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(b)
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Consent of
Spouse. The election described in Section 1.30(a) will
not constitute a Qualified Election unless the Participant’s Spouse
consents to the election in the manner described in this Section
1.30(b):
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(i)
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The
Spouse must consent to the election in
writing;
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(ii)
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The
election must designate a Beneficiary which may not be changed without the
Spouse’s consent (unless the Spouse’s consent expressly permits
designations by the Participant without any requirement of further consent
by the Spouse); and
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(iii)
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The
Spouse’s consent acknowledges the effect of the election and is witnessed
by a Plan representative or a notary
public.
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(c)
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Special
Rule Where There is No Spouse or the Spouse Cannot be
Located. The consent requirements of Section 1.30(b) shall not
apply if it is established to the satisfaction of a Plan representative
that the consent may not be obtained because (i) there is no Spouse, (ii)
the Spouse cannot be located, or (iii) of the fulfillment of such other
circumstances that the Secretary of the Treasury or his designate may
prescribe by regulations.
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(d)
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Validity of
Consent.
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(i)
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Consent is
Irrevocable. If a Spouse consents to a waiver in the
manner described in Section 1.29(b), then the Spouse may not subsequently
revoke that consent.
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(ii)
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Application. Any
consent by a Spouse (or establishment that the consent of the Spouse need
not be obtained) is effective only with respect to that
Spouse.
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(iii)
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Revocation of a
waiver. A Participant may revoke his election without
obtaining another consent from his Spouse at any time before the beginning
of Plan benefit payments. The number of revocations shall not
be limited.
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1.31
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Retired
Participant. “Retired Participant” shall mean any
Participant who has qualified for retirement and the receipt of benefits
under the Plan and who has separated from service with the
Company.
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1.32
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Spouse. Subject
to Section 1.3(b), “Spouse” shall mean a Participant’s spouse (or
surviving spouse) and a Participant’s former spouse to the extent provided
by a qualified domestic relations order (as defined in Section 414(p) of
the Code).
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1.33
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Suspense
Account. “Suspense Account” shall mean the Account which
contains the unallocated shares of Company Stock acquired with the
proceeds of an Exempt Loan.
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1.34
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Totally
and Permanently Disabled. “Totally and Permanently
Disabled” shall mean a disability which would entitle the Participant to
long term disability benefits under the guidelines and regulations
promulgated by the United States of America Social Security
Administration.
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1.35
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Trust
and Trust Fund. “Trust” shall mean the trust created
under the Plan. “Trust Fund” shall mean the cash, securities,
life insurance contracts, annuity contracts, real estate, shares of common
trust funds and any other property held by the Trustee pursuant to the
Plan, together with income
therefrom.
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1.36
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Valuation
Date. “Valuation Date” shall mean every NYSE market
trading day and any other dates the Committee may designate in writing
from time to time. If a Valuation Date would otherwise occur on
a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, then “Valuation Date” shall mean the
preceding NYSE market trading day.
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1.37
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Year
of Service.
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(a)
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For
purposes of determining eligibility to participate in the Plan, a “Year of
Service” shall mean a Computation Period during which the Employee has not
less than one thousand (1,000) Hours of Service. In determining
whether an Employee earned one (1) Year of Service for purposes of
eligibility to participate in the Plan, there shall also be credited to an
Employee or other individual employed by the Employer as identified in
Section 3.4, service rendered by the Employee or individuals while
employed by an Affiliated Business. Years of Service shall
include years of service required to be included under Section 3.2 with
respect to qualified military
service.
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(b)
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, prior to May 19, 2004, an Employee’s years of service for
vesting purposes shall be determined in accordance with this paragraph
(b). Vesting service shall be credited beginning with the
Employee’s Employment Date and ending on the date as of which vesting
service is being determined, excluding any Period of
Severance. A “Period of Severance” begins upon the Employee’s
Severance from Service and ends upon his or her reemployment by the
Employer (if any). Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Employee
will receive credit for a Period of Severance which is less than 12
consecutive months. For purposes of this Section 1.35, the
Employee’s “Severance from Service” is the earliest of the date on which
an Employee ceases to be an Employee by reason of a quit, retirement,
discharge or death.
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ARTICLE
II
ADMINISTRATION
2.1
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Appointment
of Administrative Committee. The Board of Directors of
RadioShack shall appoint an Administrative Committee (the “Committee”) to
administer the Plan. This Committee shall consist of three or
more members who shall not necessarily be employees of the Company.
RadioShack shall advise the Trustee of the names of the members of the
Committee, and the Trustee shall be entitled to rely thereon until
similarly advised of a change in the membership of the
Committee. The Committee shall be the “plan administrator” of
the Plan, as defined in Section 3(16)(A) of ERISA, and a “named fiduciary”
within the meaning of Section 402(a) of
ERISA.
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2.2
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Term
of Office of Committee Members. Each member of the
Committee shall hold office until his death, disability, resignation,
removal from office, or, if the member is an employee of the Company, upon
his termination of employment. Any member of the Committee may
be removed by the Board of Directors of RadioShack at its
discretion. Any Committee member may resign by delivering his
written resignation to RadioShack and to the Committee. Any
vacancies in the Committee arising from any cause whatsoever shall be
filled by the Board of Directors of RadioShack. Until such
vacancy is filled, the other members of the Committee may continue to
act.
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2.3
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Powers
and Duties. The Committee, in its sole and absolute
discretion, shall administer the Plan in accordance with its terms and
shall have all powers necessary to carry out the provisions of the
Plan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Committee shall have the following
powers:
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(a)
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To
make and publish such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary, in
its sole and absolute discretion, to carry out the provisions of the
Plan;
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(b)
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To
determine, in its sole and absolute discretion, all questions arising in
the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan, including
questions of eligibility of employees and of the status and rights of
Participants, Beneficiaries and any other person
hereunder;
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(c)
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To
direct the investment and reinvestment of the Trust Fund and the income
therefrom, as more particularly specified
hereinafter;
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(d)
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To
authorize all disbursements by the Trustee from the Trust Fund for fees
and expenses incurred in the administration of the
Plan;
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(e)
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To
decide, in its sole and absolute discretion, any dispute arising
hereunder;
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(f)
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To
construe, in its sole and absolute discretion, the provisions of the Plan
and to correct any defects therein;
and
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(g)
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To
provide, in its sole and absolute discretion, procedures for determination
of claims for benefits.
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The
determination of the Committee as to any question arising hereunder shall be
conclusive and binding on all persons.
2.4
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Organization
and Operation of the Committee. The Committee shall act
by a majority of its members at the time in office, and such action may be
taken either by a vote at a meeting or by vote or action in writing
without a meeting; however, a Committee member shall not vote on any
question relating specifically to himself, but any necessary action
regarding such Committee member shall be decided by the remaining members
of the Committee. In the event the remaining members of the
Committee are unable to agree upon the disposition of any such question,
the Board of Directors of RadioShack shall appoint another person eligible
for membership on the Committee to serve as a temporary member for the
purpose of reaching a decision on the matter in issue. Such
matters shall then be determined by a majority of the Committee, including
said temporary member. The Committee may delegate from time to
time the performance of its duties to such person or persons as the
Committee deems fit.
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The
Committee may authorize any one or more of its members to execute any document
or documents on behalf of the Committee, in which event the Committee shall
notify the Trustee in writing of such action and the name and names of its
members so designated with specimen signatures of Committee
members. The Trustee thereafter shall accept and rely upon any
document executed by such member or members as representing action by the
Committee until the Committee shall file with the Trustee a written revocation
of such designation.
The
Committee may adopt such bylaws and regulations as it deems desirable for the
conduct of its affairs, and may appoint such accountants, counsel, specialists,
and other persons as it deems necessary or desirable in connection with the
administration of the Plan. Such accountants and counsel may, but
need not, be accountants and counsel for RadioShack. The Committee
shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon, and shall be fully protected in,
any action taken by it in good faith in relying upon any opinions or reports
which shall be furnished to it by any such accountant, counsel, specialist, or
other such person.
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RadioShack
may furnish the Committee with such clerical assistance on a full or part time
basis as shall from time to time be reasonable or desirable to assist in the
administration of the Plan, and may, in its discretion, pay such of the
Trustee’s fees and expenses incurred in the administration of the Plan,
including but not limited to all transfer taxes of any and all kinds whatsoever
that may be levied or assessed under existing or future laws upon, or in respect
of, the Trust Fund, save and except: (a) those specified in Section
7.5; (b) fees for origination and annual administration of Participant loans;
(c) fees for distributions from a Participant’s account(s); (d) taxes charged
upon the income of the Trust or upon a Participant’s distribution; (e) fees and
expenses ordinarily paid directly by the mutual fund or charged to shares; (f)
those costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, which are charged to the
accounts of Participants by a court of competent jurisdiction in any litigation
in which the Plan or any of its fiduciaries is a party; (g) commissions incurred
for the trading of securities held in the Trust Fund; and (h) costs associated
with issuing any security certificates.
2.5
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Records. The
Committee shall keep a record of its actions, and shall keep all such
books of account, records, and other data as may be necessary for the
proper administration of the Plan. The Committee shall notify
the Trustee of any action taken by the Committee and, when required, shall
notify any other interested person or
persons.
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2.6
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Immunity
from Liability. Subject to applicable law, no present or
former member of the Committee shall incur any liability for any action or
failure to act, excepting liability for his own gross negligence or
willful misconduct. RadioShack shall indemnify each present or former
member of the Committee against any and all claims, losses, damages,
expenses and liabilities, including any amounts paid in settlement with
the Committee’s approval, arising from any action or failure to act,
except when the same is judicially determined to be due to the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such member. The Committee
may, at its discretion, require the written approval or disapproval of
RadioShack prior to taking action in any particular matter made the
subject of its responsibility
hereunder.
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ARTICLE
III
ELIGIBILITY
3.1
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Conditions
of Eligibility. Each person who is a Participant in the
Plan immediately prior to the Effective Date of this amendment to the Plan
shall remain a Participant in the Plan in accordance with its
terms. On and after the Effective Date of this amendment to the
Plan, a person who is an Eligible Employee may participate in the Plan (i)
on, or at any time after, the date he completes the one year anniversary
of his Employment Date if during such period he completed a Year of
Service or (ii) if the Eligible Employee has not completed a Year of
Service as of the one year anniversary of his Employment Date, then the
Eligible Employee may participate in the Plan on or at any time after he
completes a Year of Service.
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3.2
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Resumption
of Service with the Employer. Notwithstanding anything
in this Section 3.2 to the contrary, a rehired Eligible Employee shall not
become a Participant earlier than he would have if he did not have
termination of service.
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(a)
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Former
Participant. A rehired Eligible Employee who was a
Participant before his termination of service and is rehired shall be
subject to the eligibility requirements of Section 3.1 upon his return to
employment unless such Participant did not incur a One Year Break in
Service in which case such Participant shall immediately become a
Participant in the Plan.
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(b)
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Other Eligible
Employees. A rehired Eligible Employee shall immediately
become a Participant in the Plan after he has met the requirements of
Section 3.1.
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(c)
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Qualified Military
Service. The following shall apply with respect to
military service if applicable:
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(i)
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If
an Eligible Employee whose employment rights are protected by the
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, as
amended (“USERRA”), was a Participant before his or her termination in
service and is thereafter rehired, such Eligible Employee may elect to
make Deferred Salary Contributions in accordance with Section 4.1 for the
period during which the Eligible Employee was in “qualified military
service” (as defined under USERRA). In addition, the Eligible
Employee’s Years of Service shall include the period of his or her
qualified military service. The Eligible Employee shall
designate the Plan Year(s) to which the Deferred Salary Contributions
relate. Such Deferred Salary Contributions may be made during the period
beginning on the date of rehire of such Eligible Employee, and must be
completed by the end of the period that is the lesser of (A) the product
of 3 and the period of qualified military service, or (B) five years
following the date of such reemployment. For purposes of this
Section 3.2(c) these Deferred Salary Contributions shall be referred to in
this Section 3.2(c) as “Makeup Deferred Salary
Contributions.” The Makeup Deferred Salary Contributions shall
be credited to the Participant’s USERRA Deferred Salary
Account. If such Eligible Employee has a termination of
employment during the period the Eligible Employee is entitled to make
Makeup Deferred Salary Contributions, then such Eligible Employee may make
Makeup After-Tax Contributions which shall be allocated to the Eligible
Employee's Voluntary Account in such amounts and during such period as the
Eligible Employee could have made Makeup Deferred Salary Contributions had
such Eligible Employee not terminated employment and such Makeup After-Tax
Contributions shall be allocated Employer matching contributions as if
they were Makeup Deferred Salary
Contributions.
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(ii)
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If
an Eligible Employee is rehired following a period of qualified military
service and pays Makeup Deferred Salary Contributions and Makeup After-Tax
Contributions then the Company shall contribute on behalf of such Eligible
Employee an amount equal to the Employer Contributions the Company would
have made if the Makeup Salary Contributions and Makeup After-Tax
Contributions had been contributed by the Eligible Employee during the
period of his or her qualified military service. These
contributions by the Company shall be credited to the Participant’s USERRA
Matching Account which for all purposes hereunder shall be treated the
same as a Matching Account.
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(iii)
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In
the event any contributions are made by the Participant and the Company
pursuant to Section 3.2(c)(i) and (ii) above, the Eligible Employee shall
not be entitled to any earnings on such contributions or be eligible to
receive or be paid any amounts based on or due to forfeitures attributable
to Employer Contributions that may have occurred or been payable during
the period of his or her qualified military
service.
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(iv)
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Any
Eligible Employee who is rehired following a period of qualified military
service shall, for purposes of this Section 3.2(c) be treated as receiving
Compensation equal to the Compensation the Eligible Employee would have
received during such period if the Eligible Employee were not in qualified
military service, determined based on the rate of pay the Eligible
Employee would have received but for the absence; provided, however, if
the Compensation the Eligible Employee would have received during such
period is not reasonably certain, Compensation for this purpose shall
equal the Eligible Employee’s average Compensation during the 12 months
immediately preceding the qualified military service (or, if shorter, the
period of employment immediately preceding the qualified military
service).
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(v)
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Any
contributions made pursuant to Section 3.2(c)(i) and (ii) above are not
subject to the limits under Sections 402(g) and 415 of the Code in the
Plan Year(s) in which made; rather, such contributions are subject to such
limits in the Plan Year(s) to which the contributions
relate. Such contributions will not be subject to testing for
purposes of Section 401(k) of the Code for any Plan
Year.
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3.3
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Change
in Employment Status. If a Participant ceases to be an
Eligible Employee due to a change in employment status while remaining
employed by the Employer or any Affiliated Business, he shall become an
Inactive Participant until he again becomes an Employee who satisfies the
employment status required to become an Eligible Employee. If
an individual (who is employed by the Employer and who is not a
Participant because he is not an Eligible Employee) becomes an Eligible
Employee due to a change in employment status, he will become a
Participant as of the first day of the calendar quarter coincident with or
next following the date his employment status changed, provided he would
have been eligible to become a Participant had he met the definition of an
Eligible Employee on his Employment
Date.
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3.4
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Employment
by Employer; Service with Newly Acquired Entities; Records of
Employer.
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(a)
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In
the event the Employer has or shall acquire the control of any
organization by the purchase of assets or stock, merger, amalgamation,
consolidation or any other similar event, the Board of Directors of
RadioShack may direct to what extent, if any, employment by such
organization shall be deemed to be employment by the Employer and, in
connection therewith, may specify a special entry date for
participation.
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(b)
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The
personnel records of the Employer or any Affiliated Business shall be
conclusive evidence for the purpose of determining the period of
employment of any and all
Employees.
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3.5
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Application
for Participation. In order to contribute to the Plan,
each Eligible Employee shall make an election as is acceptable to the
Committee, wherein he shall
evidence:
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(a)
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his
intent to participate in the Plan;
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(b)
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his
election to defer a portion of his Compensation and have the Employer make
contributions to the Trust Fund in accordance with Article IV;
and
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(c)
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his
consent that such deferred salary reductions be withheld by the Employer
from his Compensation at each pay
period.
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An
Eligible Employee may file an application for participation in the Plan at any
time on or after his Employment Date; provided, however, that the Eligible
Employee’s participation in the Plan shall be effective no earlier than the time
prescribed by Section 3.1. If an Eligible Employee files an
application for participation in the Plan following the time the Eligible
Employee satisfies the participation requirements prescribed by Section 3.1, his
participation in the Plan shall begin the latter of his eligibility date or as
soon as administratively feasible.
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ARTICLE
IV
CONTRIBUTIONS
4.1
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Salary
Reductions.
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(a)
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Deferred Salary
Contributions. Each Participant may elect in accordance
in Section 3.5 to defer an amount equal to 1% to 75% in whole percentages
of his compensation and have the Employer contribute the amount to the
Trust Fund. The contributions under this paragraph are
hereinafter called “deferred salary contributions.” A
Participant’s annual deferred salary contribution is limited to the amount
permitted under Section 402(g) of the Code, as adjusted by the Secretary
of the Treasury or his delegate at the same time and in the same manner as
under Section 415(d) of the Code, as of the beginning of the Participant’s
taxable year; provided, however, that any Participant eligible for the
increased limitations applicable to Deferred Salary Contributions provided
in Section 414(v) of the Code shall be limited to the maximum Deferred
Salary Contribution allowed pursuant to Section 414(v) of the
Code.
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(b)
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The
election of the Participant to defer a portion of his Compensation in lieu
of receiving cash is intended to meet the requirements of Section 401(k)
of the Code as amended and the regulations
thereunder.
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(c)
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The
election of the Participant to defer or not to defer a portion of his
Compensation in lieu of receiving cash shall remain in effect until the
Participant files a change of
election.
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(d)
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All
contributions of the Participant are nonforfeitable being held in trust
for the account of the Participant or his
Beneficiary.
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(e)
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Notwithstanding
anything in this Section 4.1 to the contrary the Committee shall have the
discretion to limit the deferred salary contributions and related matching
contributions made by or for any Highly Compensated Employee for any Plan
Year as the Committee deems necessary in order for the Plan to comply with
the limitations of Section 4.6 regardless of whether the limit of such
deferred salary contributions and related matching contributions, in whole
or in part, is found at the end of the relevant Plan Year to be necessary
in order for the Plan to comply with Section
4.6.
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4.2
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Matching
Contributions. Each payroll period, the Employer shall
contribute a matching amount, which may be reduced by forfeitures used as
Matching Contributions, to the Trust Fund on behalf on Participants that
make a Deferred Salary Contribution during the applicable payroll period
subject to the limitations described in this Section
4.2. Matching contributions for each applicable Participant
shall equal 100% of the Participant Deferred Salary Contribution up to
four percent of the Participant's Compensation for the payroll
period. The matching amount shall be contributed to the Plan
and allocated to each Participant’s Matching Account on each payroll
period. The contribution by the Employer may be in the form of
either Company Stock or cash. Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this Section 4.2, if the rate of a Participant's Deferred
Salary Contribution prevents the Participant from receiving a Matching
Contribution equal to the lesser of four percent of his Compensation for
the Plan Year or the amount of his Deferred Salary Contributions for the
Plan Year, as soon as administratively feasible following the end of the
Plan Year the Employer shall contribute make an additional matching amount
equal to (a) the lesser of (i) four percent of the Participant's
Compensation or (ii) the Participant's Deferred Salary Contributions for
the Plan Year, minus (b) the matching amount previously contributed on
behalf of the Participant for the Plan
Year.
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4.3
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Payment
of Contributions.
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(a)
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The
Employer’s total contribution for each Plan Year shall be made, in one or
more installments, not later than the due date (including extensions
thereof) for filing the federal income tax return of the Employer for its
fiscal year and the Plan Year for which the contribution is
made.
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(b)
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The
Employer shall withhold and deduct on each regular pay day from each
Participant’s Compensation that percentage of same which each Participant
shall have elected and designated as his “deferred salary contribution” to
the Trust Fund. The Employer shall pay over to the Trustee all
such contributions of Participants as soon as practicable following each
payroll period in which such contributions shall have been deducted and
withheld.
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4.4
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Transfers
From Qualified Plans.
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(a)
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With
the consent of the Committee, amounts may be transferred from other
qualified plans by Employees, provided that the trust from which such
funds are transferred permits the transfer to be made and the transfer
will not jeopardize the tax exempt status of the Plan or Trust or create
adverse tax consequences for the Company. The amounts
transferred shall be set up in a separate account herein referred to as a
“Rollover Account.” Any amounts in such Rollover Account shall
be fully vested at all times and not subject to
forfeiture.
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(b)
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Amounts
in a Rollover Account shall be held by the Trustee pursuant to the
provisions of this Plan and may not be withdrawn by, or distributed to the
Participant, in whole or in part, except as provided in paragraphs (c) or
(d) of this Section.
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(c)
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Except
as allowed by Treasury Regulations (including Regulation 1.411(d)-4),
amounts attributable to elective contributions (as defined in Regulation
1.401(k)-1(g)(3)), including amounts treated as elective contributions,
which are transferred from another qualified plan in a plan-to-plan
transfer shall be subject to the distribution limitations provided in
Regulation 1.401(k)-1(d).
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(d)
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At
the date specified in the Plan when a Participant or Beneficiary shall be
entitled to receive benefits, the fair market value of the Rollover
Account shall be used to provide additional benefits to the Participant or
Beneficiary. Any distributions of amounts held in a Rollover
Account shall be made in a manner which is consistent with and satisfies
the provisions of Article VI, including, but not limited to, all notice
and consent requirements under Section 411(a)(11) of the Code and the
Regulations thereunder.
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(e)
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At
the time the Plan accepts a Participant rollover, the Participant shall
have specified the investment selection(s) in which his Rollover Account
should be invested, and these investment selections shall be effectuated
as soon as practicable.
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(f)
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For
purposes of this Section, the term “qualified plan” shall mean any tax
qualified plan under Section 401(a) of the Code. The term
“amounts transferred from other qualified plans” shall mean: (i) amounts
transferred to this Plan directly from another qualified plan; (ii)
distributions from another qualified plan which are eligible rollover
distributions and which are either transferred by the Employee to this
Plan within 60 days following his receipt thereof or are transferred
pursuant to a direct rollover; (iii) amounts transferred to this Plan from
a conduit individual retirement account provided that the conduit
individual retirement account has no assets other than assets which (A)
were previously distributed to the Employee by another qualified plan as a
lump-sum distribution; (B) were eligible for tax-free rollover to a
qualified plan; and (C) were deposited in such conduit individual
retirement account within 60 days of receipt thereof and other than
earnings on said assets; or (iv) amounts distributed to the Employee from
a conduit individual retirement account meeting the requirements of clause
(iii) above, and transferred by the Employee to this Plan within 60 days
of his receipt thereof from such conduit individual retirement
account. In no case shall amounts transferred from another
qualified plan include hardship distributions as described in Section
401(k)(2)(B)(i)(IV) of the Code.
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(g)
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Prior
to accepting any transfers to which this Section applies, the Committee
may require the Employee to provide documentation to establish that the
amounts to be transferred to this Plan meet the requirements of this
Section or, if such documentation is not available, may require the
Employee to provide an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Committee
that the amounts to be transferred meet the requirements of this
Section.
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(h)
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Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, a transfer directly to this Plan from
another qualified plan (or a transaction having the effect of such a
transfer) shall only be permitted if it will not result in the elimination
or reduction of any rights or benefits protected pursuant to Section
411(d)(6) of the Code.
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4.5
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Limitations
on Annual Additions. Except to the extent permitted
under Section 414(v) of the Code, if applicable, the Annual Addition that
may be contributed or allocated to a Participant’s Account under the Plan
for any Plan Year shall not exceed the lesser of: (x) forty
thousand dollars ($40,000), as adjusted pursuant to Code Section 415(d)
and Treasury Regulation Section 1.415(d)-1(b) or (y) 100 percent of the
Participant’s Compensation (as defined by Treasury Regulation Section
1.415(c)-2) for the Plan Year; provided, however, that the special
increased limitation of Section 415(c)(6) of the Code shall apply to the
ESOP. The Compensation limit referred to in clause (y) above
shall not apply to an individual medical benefit account (as defined in
Code Section 415(l)) or a post-retirement medical benefits account for a
key employee (as defined in Code Section 419A(d)(1)),which is otherwise
treated as an Annual Addition.
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If,
in addition to this Plan, a Participant participates in one or more other
qualified defined contribution plans maintained by the Company during any Plan
Year, the Annual Additions to be applied to the Participant’s Account under this
Plan, together with the Annual Additions to be applied to such Participant’s
account under such other plan or plans for such Plan Year, shall not exceed the
lesser of (x) or (y) in the immediately preceding paragraph.
The
term “Annual Additions” means the sum credited to a Participant’s Account for
any Plan Year of:
(a)
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Employer
Contributions, if any;
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(b)
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Deferred
salary contributions (including any Excess Contributions under Section
4.7(b), and any amount characterized as an Excess Deferral Amount, if such
Excess Deferral Amount is not distributed as provided for in Section
4.7(a) hereof);
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(c)
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Voluntary
after-tax Employee contributions and Excess Aggregate Contributions (as
defined in Section 4.8 hereof);
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(d)
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forfeitures;
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(e)
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Makeup
Deferred Salary Contributions and Makeup After-Tax Contributions made
pursuant to Section 3.2 for the Plan Year to which such contributions
relate rather than the Plan Year in which such contributions are
made;
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(f)
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any
amount allocated to an “individual medical account,” as defined in Section
415(1)(2) of the Code, which is part of a defined benefit plan maintained
by an Employer; and
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(g)
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any
amounts derived from contributions attributable to post-retirement medical
benefits allocated to the separate account of a key employee (as defined
in Section 419A(d)(3) of the Code).
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Solely
for purposes of this Section 4.5, the determination of a Participant’s deferred
salary contributions and other employee contributions, if any, for a Plan Year
shall exclude the items set forth in Treasury Regulation Section
1.415(c)-1(b)(3)(i)-(v), and the determination of a Participant’s allocable
share of Employer Contributions and forfeitures, if any, for a Plan Year shall
exclude any Employer Contributions, deferred salary contributions, if any, and
forfeitures, if any, allocated to such Participant for any of the reasons set
forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.415(c)-1(b)(2)(ii) (except as otherwise
provided in such Section).
If
the Annual Additions for a Participant exceed the above limitation because of
contributions based on estimated annual compensation or the allocation of
forfeitures, then, the Plan may only correct such excess in accordance with the
Employee Plans Compliance Resolutions System (“EPCRS”) as set forth in Revenue
Procedure 2008-50 or any superseding guidance, including, but not limited to,
the preamble of the final Code Section 415 regulations.
4.6
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Discrimination
Test Allocation Limit.
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(a)
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Safe Harbor
Method. Effective for Plan Years beginning on and after
July 1, 2006, the Plan shall utilize the safe harbor method of satisfying
(i) the “actual deferral percentage” test, set forth in Section 401(k)(3)
of the Code pursuant to Section 401(k)(12) of the Code and Internal
Revenue Service Notice 98-52, and (ii) the “actual contribution
percentage” test set forth in Section 401(m)(2) of the Code pursuant to
Section 401(m)(11) of the Code and Internal Revenue Service guidance
issued thereunder. Such testing shall meet the contribution
requirements of Section 401(k)(12)(B) of the Code and shall utilize the
current year testing method as such term is defined in Internal Revenue
Service Notice 98-1. Prior to any Plan Year in which the Plan
will utilize the safe harbor method, the Employer will give each Eligible
Employee written notice that is:
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(i)
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sufficiently
accurate and comprehensive to inform the Eligible Employee of his rights
and obligations under the Plan; and
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(ii)
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written
in a manner calculated to be understood by the average Eligible
Employee.
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Such
notice will accurately describe (A) the safe harbor matching or nonelective
contribution formula used under the Plan (including a description of the levels
of matching contributions, if any, available under the Plan); (B) any other
contributions under the Plan (including the potential for discretionary matching
contributions) and the conditions under which such contributions are made (if
different than the Plan); (C) the type and amount of compensation that may be
deferred under the Plan; (D) how to make cash or deferred elections, including
any administrative requirements that apply to such elections; (E) the periods
available under the Plan for making cash or deferred elections; and (F)
withdrawal and vesting provisions applicable to contributions under the
Plan. The notice described in this Section 4.6(a) will be delivered
to Eligible Employees at least 30 days (and no more than 90 days) before the
beginning of each Plan Year or, in the year an Employee first becomes eligible
to participate in the Plan, no more than 90 days before the employee becomes
eligible (and no later than the date the employee becomes
eligible).
(b)
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ADP and ACP
Tests. For each Plan Year, the Employer shall ensure
that either the test set forth in paragraph (i) or (ii) below is satisfied
with respect to deferred salary contributions and either the test set
forth in paragraph (iii) or (iv) is satisfied with respect to Employer
Contributions and Employee
contributions.
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(i)
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the
Actual Deferral Percentage for all Participants who are Highly Compensated
Employees for the Plan Year does not exceed the Actual Deferral Percentage
for all Participants who are non-Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan
Year multiplied by 1.25; or
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(ii)
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the
Actual Deferral Percentage for all Participants who are Highly Compensated
Employees for the Plan Year does not exceed the Actual Deferral Percentage
for all Participants who are non-Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan
Year multiplied by 2, provided that the Actual Deferral Percentage for all
Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year does
not exceed the Actual Deferral Percentage for all Participants who are
non-Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year by more than two (2)
percentage points; and
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(iii)
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the
Actual Contribution Percentage for all Participants who are Highly
Compensated Employees for the Plan Year does not exceed the Actual
Contribution Percentage for all Participants who are non-Highly
Compensated Employees for the Plan Year multiplied by 1.25;
or
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(iv)
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the
Actual Contribution Percentage for all Participants who are Highly
Compensated Employees for the Plan Year does not exceed the Actual
Contribution Percentage for all Participants who are non-Highly
Compensated Employees for the Plan Year multiplied by 2, provided that the
Actual Contribution Percentage for all Participants who are Highly
Compensated Employees for the Plan Year does not exceed the Actual
Contribution Percentage for all Participants who are non-Highly
Compensated Employees for the Plan Year by more than (2) percentage
points.
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The
tests set forth in paragraphs (i) through (iv) may at the Company’s discretion
be made by separating the Plan into two plans, one for otherwise excludable
Employees, and one for any other Employees.
(c)
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Actual Deferral
Percentage.
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(i)
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The
term “Actual Deferral Percentage” (“ADP”) shall mean the average of the
ratios (expressed as a percentage), calculated separately for each
Participant, of the amount contributed as deferred salary contributions
(excluding any deferred salary contributions made pursuant to Section 3.2
or Section 414(v) of the Code and Excess Deferral Amounts for non-Highly
Compensated Employees made under this Plan or any plan of the Company) to
the Trust on behalf of each such Participant for a Plan Year to the
Participant’s Compensation.
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(ii)
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For
purposes hereof, “Participant” is hereby defined to include a person who
for any part of the Plan Year is directly or indirectly eligible to make a
cash or deferred election under the Plan for all or a portion of a Plan
Year and includes: an Employee whose eligibility to make deferred salary
contributions has been suspended because of an election (other than
certain one-time elections) not to participate, a distribution, or a loan;
and, an Employee who cannot defer because of the Section 415 of the Code
limits on Annual Additions (as such term is defined in Section 4.5 of this
Plan). In the case of an eligible Employee who makes no deferred salary
contributions the ADP that is to be included in determining the ADP test
is zero.
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(d)
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Actual Contribution
Percentage.
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(i)
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The
term “Actual Contribution Percentage” (“ACP”) shall mean the average of
the ratios (expressed as a percentage), calculated separately for each
Participant, of the amount contributed as Employer matching contributions
to the Trust on behalf of each such Participant for a Plan Year plus
Employee contributions made by such Participant for a Plan Year to the
Participant’s Compensation but excluding Employer matching contributions
that are forfeited either to correct Excess Aggregated Contributions or
because the contributions to which they relate are Excess Deferrals,
Excess Contributions, or Excess Aggregated Contributions and excluding any
Employee contributions made pursuant to Section
3.2.
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(ii)
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For
purposes hereof, “Participant” is any Employee who is directly or
indirectly eligible to receive an allocation of Employer matching
contributions or to make Employee contributions and includes: an Employee
who would be a Participant but for the failure to make required
contributions; an Employee whose right to make Employee contributions or
receive matching contributions has been suspended because of an
election (other than certain one-time elections) not to participate; and
an Employee who cannot make an Employee contribution or receive a matching
contribution because Sections 415(c)(1) or 415(e) of the Code prevent the
Employee from receiving additional Annual Additions. In the
case of an eligible Employee who makes no Employee contributions and who
receives no matching contributions, the contribution ratio that is to be
included in determining the ACP test is
zero.
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(iii)
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In
calculating the ADP or ACP test of Section 401(a) of the Code for a Plan
Year, contributions will be taken into account as follows: An
Employee contribution is to be taken into account if it is paid to the
Trust during the Plan Year or paid to an agent of the Plan and transmitted
to the Trust within a reasonable period after the end of the Plan Year; an
excess contribution to a cash or deferred arrangement that is
recharacterized is to be taken into account in the Plan Year in which the
contribution would have been received in cash by the Employee had the
Employee not elected to defer the amounts; and a matching contribution is
to be taken into account for a Plan Year only if it is (A) made on account
of the Employee’s deferred salary contributions or Employee contributions
for the Plan Year, (B) allocated to the Employee’s account as of a date
within the Plan Year, and (C) paid to the Trust by the end of the 12th
month following the end of that Plan
Year.
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(iv)
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For
purposes of determining whether the Plan satisfies the ADP or ACP test,
all contributions that are made under two or more plans that are
aggregated for purposes of Sections 401(a)(4) and 410(b) of the Code
(other than Section 410(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Code) are to be treated as a
single contribution made under a single plan and if two (2) or more plans
are permissively aggregated for purposes of ADP or ACP test, the
aggregated plans must also satisfy Sections 401(a)(4) and 410(b) of the
Code as though they were a single plan; provided, however, that for Plan
Years beginning before January 1, 2006, the portion of the Plan designated
as an ESOP shall be treated as a separate plan when compared to the
portion of the Plan not treated as an
ESOP.
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(v)
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In
calculating the ADP or ACP for purposes of Section 401(m) of the Code, the
ADP or ACP of a Highly Compensated Employee will be determined by treating
all plans of the Company under which the Highly Compensated Employee is
eligible (other than those that may not be permissively aggregated) as a
single plan. For Plan Years beginning before January 1, 2006,
if a Highly Compensated Employee participates in two or more plans with
different plan years, all such plans ending with or within the same
calendar year shall be treated as a single arrangement. For
Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 2006, if a Highly Compensated
Employee participates in two or more plans with different plan years, all
salary deferred contributions made during the Plan Year under all such
arrangements shall be aggregated. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, certain plans shall be treated as separate if mandatorily
disaggregated under the regulations under Section 401(k) of the
Code.
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(vi)
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Satisfaction of
Nondiscrimination Rules. If the nondiscrimination rules
of Sections 401(k)(3) and 401(m) of the Code, which are summarized in this
Section, would otherwise not be satisfied for a Plan Year, the Committee,
at its option, shall either (A) reduce deferred salary contributions,
Employer Contributions, or Employee contributions, whichever is
applicable, of Highly Compensated Employees and return such excess
deferred salary contributions, Employer Contributions or Employee
contributions to the affected Participants in accordance with Sections 4.7
and 4.8, respectively, to the extent necessary to satisfy the limitations
of this Section, (B) make additional Employer Contributions on behalf of
non Highly Compensated Employees (which will meet the requirements of
Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(k)-1(b)(5) (or any successor thereto)
and shall not be included in the calculations under Section 4.6(a)(iii) or
(iv) hereof) to the extent necessary to insure that the limitations of
Section 4.6(a)(i) or (ii) are met or (C) make additional Employer
Contributions on behalf of non-Highly Compensated Employees (which shall
meet he requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(m)-1(b)(5) [or
any successor thereto] and shall not be included in the calculations under
Section 4.6(a)(i) or (ii) hereof) to the extent necessary to insure that
the limitations of Section 4.6(a)(iii) or (iv) are met. Any
such additional contributions shall be allocated as determined by the
Committee. Such additional contributions shall be treated as
deferred salary contributions, shall be allocated to such Participant’s
Deferred Salary Account and shall be immediately fully vested and subject
to the distribution restrictions of Section 6.11 applicable to deferred
salary contributions.
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4.7
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Disposition
of Excess Deferrals and
Contributions.
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(a)
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Excess Deferral
Amounts. Notwithstanding any other provision of the
Plan, Excess Deferral Amounts and income or loss allocable thereto shall
be distributed no later than April 15th to Participants who claim such
Excess Deferral Amounts for the preceding calendar
year.
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“Excess
Deferral Amount” means the amount of deferred salary contributions for a
calendar year in excess of the limitation set forth in Section 402(g) of the
Code (including if applicable the limitation under Section 414(v) of the Code)
for such calendar year that the Participant elects to have distributed from the
Plan pursuant to the claims procedure set forth in the following
paragraph. In the event the Participant’s deferred salary
contributions to the Plan for a calendar year, when added to amounts deferred
under other plans, contracts or arrangements, described in Sections 401(k),
408(k), 408(p), 501(c)(18) or 403(b) of the Code (including, for Plan Years
beginning on or after January 1, 2006, Xxxx elective deferrals) for such
calendar year, of the Company constitute Excess Deferral Amounts, such
Participant shall be deemed to have filed a claim in accordance with the
following paragraph, and the appropriate Employer or Affiliated Business shall
notify RadioShack on behalf of the Participant under those
circumstances.
The
Participant’s claim shall be in writing; shall be submitted to RadioShack no
later than March 1 following the calendar year in question; shall specify the
Participant’s Excess Deferral Amount for the preceding calendar year; and shall
be accompanied by the Participant’s written statement that if such amounts are
not distributed, such Excess Deferral Amount, when added to amounts deferred
under other plans, contracts or arrangements described in Sections 401(k),
408(k), 408(p), 501(c)(18) or 403(b) of the Code (including, for Plan Years
beginning on or after January 1, 2006, Xxxx elective deferrals) for such
calendar year, exceeds the limit imposed on the Participant by Section 402(g) of
the Code (including if applicable the limitation under Section 414(v) of the
Code) for the Plan Year in which the deferral occurred.
The
Excess Deferral Amount distributed to a Participant with respect to a calendar
year shall be adjusted for any income or loss allocable to the Excess Deferral
Amount.
(b)
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Distribution of Excess
Contributions. Notwithstanding any other provision of
the Plan and to the extent RadioShack elects not to utilize Employer
Contributions or make additional contributions to satisfy the ADP test,
Excess Contributions and income allocable thereto shall be distributed to
Participants on whose behalf such Excess Contributions were made no later
than the last day of the Plan Year following the Plan Year in which the
Excess Contributions were made. Any Employer matching
contributions and income allocable thereto allocated on account of such
Excess Contribution shall be forfeited. In the event such Excess
Contributions are not distributed within two and one-half (2½) months
after the last day of the Plan Year in which such Excess Contributions
arose, Section 4979 of the Code may impose a 10 percent excise tax on the
Company with respect to such Excess
Contributions.
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Excess
Contributions are allocated to the Highly Compensated Employees with the largest
amounts of employer contributions taken into account in calculating the ADP test
for the year in which the excess arose, beginning with the Highly Compensated
Employee with the largest amount of such employer contributions and continuing
in descending order until all of the Excess Contributions have been
allocated. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the “largest
amount” is determined after distribution of any Excess
Contributions. “Excess Contributions” shall mean, with respect to any
Plan Year, the excess of: (a) the aggregate amount of contributions
described in Section 401(k)(8)(B) of the Code actually taken into account in
computing the ADP of Highly Compensated Employees for such Plan Year, over (b)
the maximum amount of such contributions permitted by the test set forth in
Section 4.6(a)(i) or (ii) (determined by reducing contributions made on behalf
of Highly Compensated Employees in order of the ADPs, beginning with the highest
of such percentages).
Income
and loss for the gap period (the period from the end of the taxable year to the
date of distribution) shall not be allocated to Excess Contributions for Plan
Years beginning prior to January 1, 2006 or on or after January 1,
2008. For Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2006, and
before January 1, 2008, the income and loss attributable to the gap period will
be determined by multiplying the income and loss determined for the Plan Year
(as described in the preceding sentence) by ten percent (10%) and the number of
whole calendar months between the end of the Plan Year and the date of
distribution, counting the month of distribution if distribution occurs after
the fifteenth (15th) of such month.
4.8
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Distribution
of Excess Aggregate Contributions. Notwithstanding any
other provisions of the Plan and to the extent additional Employer
Contributions are not made to satisfy the ACP Test, Excess Aggregate
Contributions and income allocable thereto shall be distributed to
Participants on whose behalf such Excess Aggregate Contributions were made
no later than the last day of each Plan Year following the Plan Year in
which the Excess Aggregate Contributions were made. In the
event such Excess Aggregate Contributions are not distributed within two
and one-half (2½) months after the last day of the Plan Year in
which such Excess Contributions arose, Section 4979 of the Code may impose
a 10 percent excise tax on the Company with respect to such Excess
Aggregate Contributions.
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Excess
Aggregate Contributions are allocated to the Highly Compensated Employees with
the largest amounts of contributions taken into account in calculating the test
set forth in Section 4.6(a)(iii) or (iv) for the year in which the excess arose,
beginning with the Highly Compensated Employee with the largest amount of such
contributions and continuing in descending order until all the Excess Aggregate
Contributions have been allocated. For purposes of the preceding
sentence, the “largest amount” is determined after distribution of any Excess
Aggregate Contributions. “Excess Aggregate Contributions” shall mean,
with respect to any Plan Year, the excess of: (a) the aggregate of
contributions described in Section 401(m)(6)(B) of the Code taken into account
in computing the ACP actually made on behalf of Highly Compensated Employees for
such Plan Year, over (b) the maximum amount of such contributions permitted by
the test under Section 4.6(a)(iii) or (iv) (determined by reducing contributions
made on behalf of Highly Compensated Employees in order of their ACPs beginning
with the highest of such percentages).
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Income
and loss for the gap period (the period from the end of the taxable year to the
date of distribution) shall not be allocated to Excess Aggregate Contributions
for Plan Years beginning prior to January 1, 2006 or on or after January 1,
2008. For Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2006, and
before January 1, 2008, the income and loss attributable to the gap period will
be determined by multiplying the income and loss determined for the Plan Year
(as described in the preceding sentence) by ten percent (10%) and the number of
whole calendar months between the end of the Plan Year and the date of
distribution, counting the month of distribution if distribution occurs after
the fifteenth (15th) of such month.
4.9
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Forfeiture
or Distribution of Contributions When Excess Deferral or Excess
Contribution Occurs. In the event the deferred salary
contribution to which an Employer Contribution relates is distributed
pursuant to Section 4.8, the related Employer Contribution, at the option
of RadioShack, will be either (a) forfeited and allocated as provided in
Section 6.13(e) or (b) if the Employer Contributions are vested and
constitute Excess Aggregate Contributions, distributed in the manner set
forth in Section 4.8.
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4.10
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Conclusiveness
of Determination of Contributions. Neither the Trustee
nor the Committee shall be under any duty to inquire into the correctness
of the amounts contributed and paid over to the Trustee by Employer in
accordance with the Plan nor shall the Trustee or the Committee or any
other person be under any duty to enforce the payment of the contributions
to be made under the Plan; and the determination by RadioShack of
contributions hereunder shall be final and conclusive upon all
persons.
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4.11
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Reversion
and Diversion.
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(a)
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Reversion. Contributions
made under this Plan by the Employer and deferred salary contributions
made on behalf of Participants by the Employer are conditioned hereby upon
the deductibility thereof under Section 404 of the Code and that they have
properly been contributed. To the extent that part or all of
the deduction for any contribution is disallowed or that such contribution
has been contributed on account of a mistake of fact, then the
contribution or portion of the contribution may be returned to the
Employer within one year after the date of disallowance of the deduction
or the date the mistaken contribution was made, if applicable; provided,
however, that any deferred salary contributions for which a deduction is
disallowed shall be returned to the respective
Participant. Except as otherwise specified in this Section and
Section 4.5, the Employer may not recover any part of the contributions
made to this Plan. The provisions of Section 4.11(b) shall not
prevent the application and implementation of this Section
4.11(a).
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(b)
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Diversion. No
part of the Trust Fund created by this Plan, except as required to pay
taxes and administrative expenses or that has been contributed on account
of a mistake of fact, shall be used or diverted to purposes other than for
the exclusive benefit of the Participants or their beneficiaries or
estates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the vested portions of
a Participant’s or Beneficiary’s Accounts may be reduced to cover the
costs associated with commissions attributable to the trade of a security
held in any Account or the costs associated with the certification of any
security distributable in kind to a Participant or
Beneficiary.
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4.12
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Employee
Stock Ownership Plan. A portion of the Plan, described
more fully below, shall constitute an “employee stock ownership plan”
under Section 4975(e) of the Code and shall be construed
accordingly. The employee stock ownership plan portion of the
Plan shall consist of the Company Stock ESOP Fund (as hereinafter
described), which shall be invested primarily in Company Stock which meets
the qualification requirements of Section 409(1) of the
Code. All amounts in the Matching Account and, for Plan Years
beginning on or after January 1, 2006, any other Accounts which are
invested in Company Stock shall be held in the Company Stock ESOP
Fund. Furthermore, as of each December 1, prior to
January 1, 2006, assets of any other Account that are invested in Company
Stock shall be transferred to the Company Stock ESOP
Fund. Finally, all dividends, interest, and other earnings of
the Company Stock ESOP Fund shall be held in that Fund. Amounts
held in the Company Stock ESOP Fund shall remain in that Fund until
distributed or transferred to another investment option as directed by the
Participant in accordance with Section 5.3. For Plan Years
beginning before January 1, 2006, in no event will Deferred Salary
Contributions be contributed directly to the Company Stock ESOP
Fund.
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4.13
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ESOP
Nondiscrimination Requirement Provision. The employee
stock ownership plan is subject to the limits of Sections 401(k) and (m)
of the Code, as more fully described in Section 4.6 above. The
Plan that is intended to be an employee stock ownership plan under Section
4975(e) of the Code shall be considered separately from the portion of the
Plan that is not intended to be an employee stock ownership plan under
Section 4975(e) of the Code for purposes of applying the Plan’s
nondiscrimination testing requirements. However, for Plan Years
beginning before January 1, 2006, it is expected that the provisions of
Section 401(k) of the Code will be inapplicable to the portion of the Plan
that is intended to be an employee stock ownership plan under Section
4975(e) of the Code, because no deferred salary contributions will be
initially “paid” to the Company Stock ESOP Fund, within the meaning of
Section 401(k)(3) of the Code.
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4.14
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ESOP
Nondiscrimination Requirement Provision. The employee
stock ownership plan is subject to the limits of Sections 401(k) and (m)
of the Code, as more fully described in Section 4.6 above. To
the extent required by the Code and regulations thereunder, the portion of
the Plan that is intended to be an employee stock ownership plan under
Section 4975(e) of the Code shall be considered separately from the
portion of the Plan that is not intended to be an employee stock ownership
plan under Section 4975(e) of the Code for purposes of applying the Plan’s
nondiscrimination testing requirements. However, it is expected
that the provisions of Section 401(k) of the Code will be inapplicable to
the portion of the Plan that is intended to be an employee stock ownership
plan under Section 4975(e) of the Code, because no deferred salary
contributions will be initially “paid” to the Company Stock ESOP Fund,
within the meaning of Section 401(k)(3) of the
Code.
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ARTICLE
V
ACCOUNTS
AND VALUATION
5.1
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Participant’s
Accounts. The Trustee shall establish and maintain the
Trust Fund. The Company has appointed a record keeper to
establish and maintain Accounts in the name of each Participant. All
contributions shall be allocated to each such Participant pursuant to the
provisions of Section 5.3 hereof.
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5.2
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Valuation
of Accounts. An Account’s value is based on the fair
market value of all investments less liabilities in the Account which are
held in the Trust Fund. The value of any securities
constituting Company Stock as of any date shall be equal
to:
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(a)
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In
the case of securities listed on a national exchange: (i) for statement
purposes, the closing price of such securities; (ii) for purchase and sale
on the open market purposes, the price at which the securities may be
purchased or sold; or (iii) for purposes of the initial valuation of
Company common stock received from the Company in exchange for securities
not listed on a national securities exchange, the average of the high and
low prices of such securities for the Valuation Date on the New York Stock
Exchange (or such national exchange as shall be designated by the
Committee in the event a security is not traded on the New York Stock
Exchange; for purposes of this Section 5.2(a), a system sponsored by a
national securities association registered under Section 15A(b) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”) shall be
deemed to be a national exchange).
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(b)
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In
the case of securities not listed on a national exchange, the fair market
value as determined in good faith and in accordance with regulations
prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Such fair market
value shall be determined by an independent appraiser, pursuant to Section
401(a)(28)(C) of the Code.
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Notwithstanding
any other provision of the Plan, to the extent that Participants’ Accounts are
invested in mutual funds or other assets for which daily pricing is available
(“Daily Pricing Media”), the balance of each Account shall reflect the results
of such daily pricing from the time of actual receipt until the time of
distribution. Investment elections and changes pursuant to Section
5.3 shall be effective upon receipt of the funds by the Daily Pricing
Media. References elsewhere in the Plan to the investment of
contributions “as of” a date other than that described in this Section shall
apply only to the extent, if any, that assets of the Trust Fund are not invested
in Daily Pricing Media.
5.3
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Accounts
and Investments.
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(a)
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Deferred Salary
Account. The Trustee as of each payroll period (or Plan
Year in the case of Makeup Deferred Salary Contributions, as defined in
Section 3.2(c) hereof) for which the Participant shall make deferred
salary contributions, shall allocate to the Deferred Salary Account or
USERRA Deferred Salary Account, as applicable, of such Participant, the
contributions of that Participant for such payroll period (or Plan Year in
the case of Makeup Deferred Salary Contributions). Deferred
Salary Accounts (including any USERRA Deferred Salary Accounts) will be
invested in increments of 1% in Company Stock and/or any of the Investment
Funds made available to Participants by the Committee, as the Participant
may direct.
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(b)
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Company
Account. The Employer will maintain the Company Account
for Employer Contributions made prior to October 1, 1990. Company Accounts
will be invested as directed by the Participant, in increments of 1% in
Company Stock, any of the Investment Funds made available to the
Participants by the Committee, and/or if vested a Participant
Loan.
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(c)
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Voluntary
Account. Voluntary contributions will be held in the
Voluntary Account. Voluntary Accounts will be invested as
directed by the Participant, in increments of 1% in Company Stock, any of
the Investment Funds made available to the Participants by the Committee,
and/or if vested a Participant Loan. Voluntary contributions
shall mean any after-tax employee contributions permitted under the Plan
prior to July 1, 1987, any Excess Aggregate Contributions (as defined in
Section 4.8 hereof), and any Makeup After-Tax Contributions made by an
Eligible Employee returning from “qualified military service” (as
described in Section 3.2(c)
hereof).
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(d)
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Matching
Account. Matching contributions (including any matching
contributions made pursuant to Section 3.2(c)(ii)) shall be held in the
Matching Account or USERRA Matching Account as applicable. The
Matching Account and USERRA Matching Account will be invested in Company
Stock or as directed by the Participant in increments of 1% in Company
Stock, any of the investment funds made available to the Participants by
the Committee, and/or if vested a Participant
Loan.
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(e)
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Rollover
Account. Rollover contributions from another retirement
plan maintained pursuant to Section 401(a) of the Code shall be held in
the Rollover Account. Rollover Accounts will be invested in
increments of 1% in Company Stock, any Investment Funds made available to
Participants by the Committee and/or a Participant Loan as the Participant
may direct.
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(f)
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TIP
Account. Accounts established under the TIP shall be
known as TIP Accounts. Participants’ TIP Accounts (TIP Company
Account or TIP Employee Account) will be invested in increments of 1% in
Company Stock, any Investment Funds made available to Participants by the
Committee and/or a Participant Loan as the Participant may
direct.
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(g)
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Default
Investment. Except as provided elsewhere in this Section
5.3, if a Participant fails to direct the investment of assets in his
Account, the undirected assets will be invested in the Plan’s default
investment fund in accordance with Section 404(c)(5) of ERISA and the
regulations promulgated thereunder. In accordance with final
Department of Labor regulations, the Committee will provide each
Participant with a notice, at least thirty days prior to the beginning of
each Plan Year, which explains the Participant’s right under the Plan to
designate how contributions and earnings will be invested and explaining
how, in the absence of any investment election by the Participant, such
contributions and earnings will be invested in a default investment
fund.
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5.4
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Valuation
of the Trust Fund and
Reports.
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(a)
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The
Trustee as of each Valuation Date shall determine the net worth of the
assets of the Trust Fund and report such value to the Committee in
writing. In determining such net worth, the Trustee shall
evaluate the assets of the Trust Fund at their fair market value as of
such Valuation Date and shall deduct all expenses properly chargeable
against the Trust Fund under the terms of this Plan. The record
keeper will specifically maintain separate records as to the total value
of each Participant’s Accounts.
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(b)
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The
Committee will distribute to each Participant, in written or electronic
form, and at least once every calendar quarter, a benefit statement
setting forth the following information with respect to the Participant’s
Accounts:
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(i)
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The
value of the assets credited to such Accounts as of the most recent
Valuation Date;
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(ii)
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An
explanation of any restrictions on investment
decisions;
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(iii)
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An
explanation of the importance of a well-balanced and diversified
portfolio, including a statement about the risk of holding more than
twenty percent of such Accounts in the security of a single
entity;
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(iv)
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An
indication of the Participant’s vesting status (updated annually);
and
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(v)
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A
notice directing the Participant to the Department of Labor’s website for
information on investing and
diversification.
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5.5
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Election
and Allocation of Cash Dividends on Company
Stock.
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(a)
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Each
Participant in the Company Stock ESOP Fund shall have a reasonable
opportunity before a cash dividend is paid or distributed on shares of
Company Stock to elect to have the dividend distributed to such
Participant in cash or have the dividend invested in Company Stock and
allocated to the applicable Account(s) as earnings pursuant to Section
5.3. Should an individual fail to make an election, such dividends shall
be invested in Company Stock and allocated to the applicable Account as
earnings under Section 5.3. An individual shall also be given a
reasonable opportunity each Plan Year to change his or her dividend
election.
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In
the event more than one class of Company Stock is held by the Trust Fund, the
distribution or allocation of cash dividends on Company Stock, pursuant to this
Section, with respect to each class of Company Stock shall be carried out
separately.
(b)
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Stock
dividends shall be allocated to the Company Stock ESOP Fund or distributed
in cash in the manner described in this Section
5.5.
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5.6
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Diversification
of Investments. In the event the Committee restricts the
investment diversification rights of Participants in the Plan, each
Participant will retain the right to diversify the portion of his Account
invested in employer securities on at least a quarterly basis and must be
allowed to direct the reinvestment of an equivalent amount in other
investment options. The Plan will, at all times, offer at least
three (3) investment options to each Participant making an election under
this Section 5.6 each of which will be diversified and have materially
different risk and return
characteristics.
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ARTICLE
VI
VESTING
AND DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS
6.1
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General
Provisions. Except as provided in Article VIII hereof,
relating to termination of this Trust Fund, a Participant’s Accounts in
the Trust Fund shall vest and shall be distributed as provided
herein.
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6.2
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Vested
Percentage in Accounts. Effective July 1, 2006, a
Participant is always 100% vested in his Accounts. Prior to
July 1, 2006, a Participant was always 100% vested in his Deferred Salary
Account (including the USERRA Deferred Salary Account), Company Account,
Voluntary Account, Rollover Account, the TIP Accounts and the portion of
the Company Stock ESOP Fund relating the contributions other than Matching
Contributions. A Participant was also always 100% in any
dividends declared on shares of Company Stock in his Company Stock ESOP
Fund. An Eligible Employee who was in the service of an
Employer on September 30, 1990 and who elected to become a Participant in
the Plan, has a fully vested interest in his Matching Account at all
times. In the case of any other Participant, such Participant’s
interest in his Matching Account (including his USERRA Matching Account)
and the portion of the Company Stock ESOP Fund relating to Matching
Contributions, prior to July 1, 2006, was fully forfeitable until the
earliest date occurring on or after the three year anniversary of the
Participant’s Employment Date on which date the Participant is an
Employee; provided, however, that in the case of a Participant who
incurred a “period of severance” (as such term is defined in Department of
Labor regulation Section 2530.200b-9) for a period of five or more years,
service credited after the return to service could be disregarded in
determining the forfeitable percentage of the Participant’s Account
balance accumulated before the Period of
Severance.
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Notwithstanding
anything in this Section 6.2 to the contrary, prior to July 1, 2006, a
Participant’s interest in his Matching Account became fully vested on the
earlier of:
(a)
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His
Normal Retirement Date, if he reached his Normal Retirement Date while in
the service of the Company,
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(b)
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His
Total and Permanent Disability, if he becomes Totally and Permanently
Disabled while in the service of the Company,
or
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(c)
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His
death, if he dies while in the service of the
Company.
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Notwithstanding
any other provision herein, prior to July 1, 2006, all Participants became fully
vested in their Accounts hereunder upon the occurrence of a Change in Control
(as defined in Section 12.2).
6.3
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[Intentionally
left blank].
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6.4
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Retirement. Any
Participant who while actively employed by the Company, shall attain the
age of sixty five (65), shall become eligible to retire on his 65th
birthday (“Normal Retirement Date”). However, such Participant
may postpone his retirement date, in which event such Participant shall
continue to participate in the Plan in accordance with all terms and
conditions specified herein; provided, however, that distributions under
this Plan shall commence April 1 of the calendar year following the later
of (a) the calendar year in which the Participant attains age 70½; or (b)
the calendar year in which the Participant retires. The
Committee in accordance with the provisions of this Article VI shall
direct the Trustee to distribute to such Participant the value of his
vested Accounts as determined under the provisions of this Article
VI. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Section
6.4, for a Participant who is a five percent (5%) owner within the meaning
of Section 416(i) of the Code in the Plan Year period ending in the
calendar year in which such individual attains age seventy and one-half
(70½), distributions shall commence no later than April 1 of the calendar
year following the calendar year in which the Participant attains age
seventy and one-half (70½).
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6.5
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Timing
of Valuation of Participant’s Account. In the event of
retirement, Total and Permanent Disability, termination of employment, or
withdrawal from the Plan, the value of a Participant’s Accounts shall be
the value determined under Section 5.2 of all investments in the
Participant’s Accounts as of the Valuation Date coincident with the date
of liquidation of the underlying securities in a Participant’s
Accounts.
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6.6
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Distribution
Upon Withdrawal From the Plan During
Employment.
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(a)
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Inservice
Withdrawals.
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(i)
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Voluntary
Account. A Participant may withdraw all of the value of
his Voluntary Account by filing a written notice with the
Trustee. In this event, however, he shall be deemed to have
suspended participation in the Plan for a period of 6 months, and all
deferred salary contributions shall be suspended. The effective
date of such written notice shall be the date the notice is received by
the Trustee or a date subsequent thereto if the Participant so states in
the written notice.
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(ii)
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Company
Account. A Participant may withdraw all of the value of
his Company Account by filing a written notice with the Trustee; provided,
however, that a Participant may not withdraw any Employer Contributions
(or earnings thereon) which are treated as deferred salary contributions
for purposes of satisfying the Actual Deferral Percentage
test. In this event, however, he shall be deemed to have
suspended participation in the Plan for a period of 6 months, and all
deferred salary contributions shall be suspended. The effective
date of such written notice shall be the date the notice is received by
the Trustee or a date subsequent thereto if the Participant so states in
the written notice.
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(iii)
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Matching
Account. After five (5) years of participation in the
Plan (including participation in the DIP and the TESOP), a Participant may
withdraw all of the vested balance of his Matching Account by filing a
written notice with the Trustee. Effective July 1, 2006,
amounts contributed to a Participant’s Matching Account on and after July
1, 2006 shall not be distributed to the Participant as an inservice
withdrawal under this Section 6.6(a). A Participant must file
written notice with the Trustee in order to withdraw amounts from his
Matching Account. In this event, however, he shall be deemed to
have suspended participation in the Plan for a period of six months, and
all deferred salary contributions shall be suspended. The
effective date of such written notice shall be the date the notice is
received by the Trustee or a date subsequent thereto if the Participant so
states in the written notice.
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(iv)
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Rollover
Account. A Participant may withdraw all of the value of
his Rollover Account by filing written notice with the
Trustee. In this event, however, he shall be deemed to have
suspended participation in the Plan for a period of 6 months and all
deferred salary contributions shall be suspended. The effective
date of such written notice shall be the date the notice is received by
the Trustee or a date subsequent thereto if the Participant so states in
the written notice.
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(v)
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TIP Company and Employee
Accounts. A Participant may withdraw all or a portion of
his TIP Accounts by filing written notice with the Trustee. The
effective date of such notice shall be the date the notice is received by
the Trustee or a date subsequent thereto if the Participant so states in
the written notice.
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(b)
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Hardship
Withdrawals.
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(i)
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Distribution Upon Hardship
Withdrawals. A Participant may withdraw (A) all or such
portion of the value of his Deferred Salary Account and (B) all or such
portion of the value of his Matching Account attributable to contributions
made before July 1, 2006, as may be required to satisfy a Financial
Hardship (as defined below) for which other sources of payment are not
reasonably available by filing a written notice with the
Trustee. The effective date of such written notice shall be the
date the notice is received by the Trustee or a date subsequent thereto if
the Participant so states in the written
notice.
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A
distribution on account of Financial Hardship can only be made if the
distribution is made to satisfy an immediate and heavy financial need of the
employee and is necessary to meet such financial need. As used herein
the term “Financial Hardship” shall mean: (A) expenses for “medical
care” (as described in Section 213(d) of the Code) which are either previously
incurred by the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, children or any
dependents (as defined in Section 152 of the Code and, for taxable years
beginning on or after January 1, 2005, without regard to Sections 152(b)(1),
(b)(2) and (d)(1)(B) of the Code) of the Participant or necessary for the
foregoing persons to obtain medical care; (B) the need for funds for the
purchase of a principal residence of the Participant (excluding mortgage
payments); (C) payment of tuition and related educational fees for the next 12
months of post secondary education for the Participant or the Participant’s
spouse, children or dependents (as defined above); (D) the need for funds to
prevent the eviction of the Participant from his principal residence or to
prevent foreclosure on the mortgage of the Participant’s principal residence;
(E) effective January 1, 2006, payment for burial or funeral expenses for the
Participant’s deceased parents, spouse, child, or dependant (as defined above);
or (F) effective January 1, 2006, expenses to repair damage to the Participant’s
principal residence that would qualify for the casualty loss deduction under
Section 165 of the Code (determined without regard to whether the loss exceeds
10% of adjusted gross income).
A
distribution will be deemed to be necessary as a Financial Hardship withdrawal
if all of the following requirements are met: (A) the distribution is not in
excess of the amount needed to satisfy the Financial Hardship plus any amounts
necessary to pay any federal, state or local taxes or penalties reasonably
anticipated to result from such payment; (B) the Participant has obtained all
loans and distributions, other than hardship distributions, under all plans of
the Company; and (C) in the case of a Participant who requests a distribution
under this Section 6.6 within 30 days of a cash dividend distribution pursuant
to Section 5.5, the Participant has elected to receive such cash dividend in
cash. In the event of a withdrawal from his Deferred Salary Account
or the eligible portion of his Matching Account for purposes of satisfying a
Financial Hardship, the Participant may not renew participation in this Plan for
a period of six (6) months from the date of distribution of the
withdrawal.
In
no event shall any earnings on deferred salary contributions made after December
31, 1988, or any additional Employer Contributions made to ensure the
limitations of Section 4.6 are met, be withdrawn under this
Section.
(ii)
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Form of
Distribution. The Trustee shall distribute any proceeds
due under Section 6.6(a) above by single sum payment in
cash. Each Participant’s account shall be valued in accordance
with the provisions of Section 6.5.
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6.7
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Withdrawal
From The Plan Because of Termination of
Employment. Unless otherwise provided in the Plan, in
the case of benefits payable to any Participant whose service ends prior
to his Normal Retirement Date, benefit payments will be made or begin as
soon as practicable after the Valuation Date coincident with or
immediately following the Participant’s Normal Retirement
Date. A Participant or Beneficiary shall receive a distribution
from the Plan, as provided for herein, as soon as practicable after the
earlier of:
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(a)
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the
date the Participant’s participation in the Plan terminates, provided the
Participant’s Account balance is under $5,000 (or equal to or less than
$1,000 effective January 1, 2005) determined, prior to January 1, 2005,
without regard to that portion of the Account balance that is attributable
to rollover contributions (and earnings allocable thereto) within the
meaning of Sections 402(c), 403(a)(4), 403(b)(8), 408(d)(3)(A)(ii), and
457(e)(16) of the Code; or
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(b)
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the
date the Participant’s withdrawal election form is received by the
Trustee, unless another date is indicated in the withdrawal form;
or
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(c)
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unless
the Participant elects otherwise, the latest of (i) the last day of the
Plan Year in which the Participant attains age 65; (ii) the last day of
the Plan Year in which occurs the 10th anniversary of the year in which
the Participant commenced participation in the Plan; or (iii) the last day
of the Plan Year in which the Participant incurs a termination of
employment;
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and
provided, however, that the Participant has not been employed or reemployed by a
Participating Company prior to the date of payment of the distribution; and,
provided further, however, that in applying Section 6.7(c), “as soon as
practicable” shall not refer to a date later than 60 days after the close of the
applicable Plan Year. For purposes of this Section 6.7 the trust will
be valued on the date provided in Section 6.7(a), (b) or (c).
(i)
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Participation Ceases To Be
Effective: Upon a Participant’s retirement, Total and
Permanent Disability, termination of employment or date of death, a
Participant’s participation in the Plan shall cease to be effective as of
his payroll termination date; in the event of death of the Participant,
participation shall cease to be effective as of the first payroll date
following the end of the quarter in which the trust is notified that death
has occurred. For purposes of this Section 6.7, a Participant
will not be deemed to have terminated employment in the event of a change
in such Participant’s employment status from a common law employee to a
Leased Employee.
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(ii)
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Election: The
Participant or Beneficiary may elect, if applicable, one of the three
following methods of payment to be used in distribution of such
Participant’s Account. An election consenting to an immediate
distribution and specifying one of the methods of distribution, stated
below, is required if a Participant’s vested Account exceeds $5,000
($1,000, effective January 1, 2005) determined, prior to January 1, 2005,
without regard to that portion of the Account balance that is attributable
to rollover contributions (and earnings allocable thereto) within the
meaning of Sections 402(c), 403(a)(4), 403(b)(8), 408(d)(3)(A)(ii), and
457(e)(16) of the Code, and he wishes to withdraw at any time before the
later of age 70½ or his retirement as provided in Section
6.4.
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The
Trustee shall distribute to such Participant or his Beneficiary, as may be
appropriate, the value of his vested Accounts; provided, however, in the event
there are conflicting claims to a Participant’s Accounts or in the event the
Committee, for any reason, shall be in doubt as to its right to direct payment
of any amount to any Participant, Beneficiary or Beneficiaries, the Committee
may direct the Trustee to hold the Participant’s Accounts, without liability for
any interest thereon, until the rights thereto shall have been judicially
determined or the Committee may direct the Trustee to pay such Account into a
court of competent jurisdiction, such Accounts to be distributed by such court
after a judicial determination of the rights thereto.
The
alternative methods which may be used in payment of a Participant’s Accounts
are:
(A)
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Single
sum payment in cash;
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(B)
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If
a Participant’s vested Account exceeds $5,000, payment in monthly
installments over any designated period of years, not to exceed ten (10)
years (or the Participant’s actuarial life expectancy, if
lesser), with any unpaid balance at the date of Participant’s death to be
payable in a single sum to the surviving Beneficiary or, if none, to his
estate. The amount of the installments shall be as determined
under Section 6.5 so that the Participant’s Accounts in the Plan shall be
reduced by the dollar value of any payments made. The balance
of Participant’s account shall remain as a part of the Trust Fund until
full distribution is made; or
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(C)
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Distributions in Company
Stock:
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(1)
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ESOP. With
respect to the Participant’s Company Stock ESOP Fund, a combination of a
single sum payment in cash and shares of Company Stock. The maximum number
of shares of Company Stock shall be the number of shares of Company Stock
(as defined under Section 1.7) represented by the value of the vested
balance of the Participant’s Company Stock ESOP Fund reduced by any
amounts diversified pursuant to Section 5.6; provided that the value of
any fractional shares shall be paid in
cash.
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(2)
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Non-ESOP. With
respect to the Participant’s Accounts (excluding the portion of such
Accounts constituting the Company Stock ESOP Fund), a combination of a
single sum payment in cash and shares of Company Stock. The maximum number
of shares of Company Stock to be received by the Participant shall be the
number of shares allocated to such Participant’s vested Accounts
(excluding the portion of such Accounts constituting the Company Stock
ESOP Fund), if any.
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(3)
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Protections and
Rights. No Company Stock acquired with the proceeds of
an Exempt Loan may be subject to a put, call (other than a call described
in Section 409(1)(3) of the Code) or other option, or buy sell or similar
arrangement while held by and when distributed from the
Plan. The protections in this Section 6.7(b)(ii)(C)(3) shall
continue to apply with respect to Company Stock purchased with the
proceeds of an Exempt Loan notwithstanding the distribution of such
Company Stock from the Plan or the cessation of the status of the Plan as
an “employee stock ownership plan” within the meaning of Section
4975(e)(7) of the Code, provided that the provisions of this Section
6.7(b)(ii)(C)(3) shall not apply with respect to such Company Stock during
any period of time during which such Company Stock is readily tradeable on
an established securities market.
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6.8
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Date
of Payment. The payments due a Participant or
Beneficiary under this Article VI shall be paid as soon as reasonably
possible following the applicable Valuation
Date.
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6.9
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Limitations
on Timing. Notwithstanding any other provision of the
Plan to the contrary, distributions must occur at least as rapidly as
required under this Section.
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(a)
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A
Participant’s interest in the Plan shall be distributed or commence to be
distributed to him no later than the Required Beginning Date based on the
vested balance in his Accounts as of the Valuation Date coinciding with or
immediately preceding the Required Beginning
Date.
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(b)
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All
distributions required under this Article VI shall be determined and made
in accordance with the Treasury Regulations promulgated pursuant to
Section 401(a)(9) of the Code including the minimum distribution
incidental benefit requirement of Treasury Regulation Section
1.401(a)(9)-2.
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(c)
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Except
as provided in Section 6.9(f), 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:
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(i)
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a
period certain not extending beyond the life expectancy of the
Participant, or
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(ii)
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a
period certain not extending beyond the joint and last survivor expectancy
of the Participant and a designated
Beneficiary.
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(d)
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If
the Participant’s interest is to be distributed in other than a single
sum, the following minimum distribution rules shall apply on or after the
Required Beginning Date:
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(i)
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Effective
only for calendar years commencing prior to January 1, 2003, if a
Participant’s interest is to be distributed over (A) 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 (B) 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 Benefit by the Applicable Life
Expectancy.
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(ii)
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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 (A) the
Applicable Life Expectancy or (B) effective only for calendar years
commencing prior to January 1. 2003, 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 Proposed
Regulations. Effective only for calendar years commencing prior
to January 1, 2003, distributions after the death of the Participant shall
be distributed using the Applicable Life Expectancy in Section 6-9(d)(i)
above as the relevant divisor without regard to Proposed Regulations
Section 1.401(a)(9)-2.
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(iii)
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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 Employee’s Required Beginning Date occurs, must be made
on or before December 31 of that Distribution Calendar
Year.
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(e)
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If
a Participant dies after distribution of his or her benefit under the Plan
has commenced, the remaining portion of such benefit will continue to be
distributed at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution being
used prior to the Participant’s
death.
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(f)
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If
the Participant dies before distribution of his or her benefit commences,
the Participant’s entire interest will be distributed no later than the
December 31 of the calendar year which contains the fifth anniversary of
the date of the Participant’s death except to the extent that an election
is made to receive the distribution in accordance with Paragraph (i) or
(ii) below:
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(i)
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if
any portion of the Participant’s interest is payable to a designated
Beneficiary (effective January 1, 2003, the determination of who is the
designated Beneficiary shall be made as of September 30 of the year
following the year of the Participant’s death), distributions may be made
in substantially equal installments over a period certain not greater than
the Applicable Life Expectancy of the designated Beneficiary commencing no
later than the December 31 of the calendar year following the calendar
year of the Participant’s death;
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(ii)
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if
the designated Beneficiary (effective January 1, 2003, the determination
of who is the designated Beneficiary shall be made not later than
September 30 of the year following the year of the Participant’s death) is
the Participant’s surviving spouse, the date distributions are required to
begin shall not be earlier than the December 31 of the calendar year in
which the Participant would have attained age 70½, or, if later, the
December 31 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the
Participant dies, and, if the spouse dies before payments begin,
subsequent distributions shall be made as if the spouse had been the
Participant.
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If
the Participant’s designated Beneficiary does not elect a method of distribution
by the earlier of (A) the December 31 of the calendar year in which
distributions would be required to begin under (i) or (ii) of this Section
6.9(f), or (B) December 31 of the calendar year which contains the fifth
anniversary of the date of death of the Participant, the Participant’s entire
interest will be distributed no later than the December 31 of the calendar year
which contains the fifth anniversary of the Participant’s death.
For
purposes of this Section 6.9(f), any amount paid to a child of the Participant
will be treated as if it had been payable to the surviving spouse if such amount
will become payable to the surviving spouse when the child reaches the age of
majority.
(g)
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Effective
only for calendar years commencing prior to January 1, 2003, for purposes
of this Section 6.9, payments will be calculated by use of the return
multiples specified in Treasury Regulation Section 1.72-9. Life
expectancy of a Participant, or his surviving spouse, or both, may be
recalculated annually; provided, however, that if such Participant or his
surviving spouse do not elect to have his or her life expectancy
recalculated, it shall not be recalculated; provided further, in the case
of any other designated Beneficiary, such life expectancy shall be
calculated at the time payment first commences without further
recalculation.
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(h)
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For
purposes of this Section 6.9, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
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(i)
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“Applicable
Life Expectancy” means the life expectancy (or joint and last survivor
expectancy if applicable) 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 applicable calendar year shall be the
first Distribution Calendar Year, and if life expectancy is being
recalculated such succeeding calendar year. Effective January
1, 2003, life expectancy calculated after the death of the Participant
shall be determined by reference to the Single Life Table set forth in
Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(a)(9)-9. Effective January 1,
2003, life expectancy (or joint and last survivor expectancy if
applicable) during the Participant’s lifetime shall be equal to the
distribution period set forth in the Uniform Lifetime Table set forth in
Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(a)(9)-9; provided, however, that if the
Participant’s spouse is his sole designated Beneficiary and is more than
10 years younger than the Participant, joint and last survivor life
expectancy shall be determined by reference to the Joint and Last Survivor
Table set forth in Treasury Regulation Section
1.401(a)(9)-9.
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(ii)
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“Distribution
Calendar Year” shall mean a calendar year for which a minimum distribution
is required. 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 Section 6.9(f) above.
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(iii)
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“Participant’s
Benefit” shall mean the Participant’s Accounts 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 Accounts as of dates in the
Valuation Calendar Year after the Valuation Date and decreased by
distributions made in the Valuation Calendar Year after the Valuation
Date; provided, however, that, effective only for calendar years
commencing prior to January 1, 2003, 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.
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(iv)
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“Required
Beginning Date” shall mean for Plan Years beginning after December 31,
1998, April 1 of the calendar year following the later of: (A) the
calendar year in which the Participant attains age 70½ years; or (B) the
calendar year in which the Participant retires. For Plan Years
beginning prior to January 1, 1999 “Required Beginning Date” shall mean
for Plan Years beginning after December 31, 1988, April 1 of the calendar
year following the calendar year in which the Participant attains age
seventy and one-half (70½). For Plan Years beginning prior to
January 1, 1989, “Required Beginning Date” shall mean April 1 of the
calendar year following the later of: (1) the calendar year in which the
Participant attains age seventy and one-half (70½), or (2) the calendar
year in which the Participant retires. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, for a Participant who is a five percent (5%) owner
within the meaning of Section 416(i) of the Code in the Plan Year ending
in the calendar year in which such individual attains age seventy and
one-half (70½), “Required Beginning Date” shall mean April 1 of the
calendar year following the calendar year in which the Participant attains
age seventy and one-half (70½).
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(v)
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Any
Participant who attained age 70½ prior to January 1, 1999 who is a current
Eligible Employee and is receiving payments under the Plan may elect to
either continue to receive the amounts being provided under this Section
or elect to cease receiving the amounts that would otherwise continue to
be provided under this Section. If a Participant shall fail to
make an election then the payments being provided under this Section shall
continue.
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(i)
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Suspension
of Required Minimum Distributions.
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(i)
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Calendar
Year 2009. For calendar year 2009, required minimum
distributions will not be made under the Plan as set forth in this section
6.9 unless otherwise elected by the Participant. If a
Participant elects to receive his or her required minimum distribution for
calendar year 2009, the Participant has the option of exercising his or
her Direct Rollover right to an Eligible Retirement Plan as discussed
under Section 6.12.
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(ii)
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Calendar
Year 2008. This suspension does not apply to any required
minimum distribution for calendar year 2008. Any required
minimum distribution required for calendar year 2008 that is due by April
1, 2009 must be paid.
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(iii)
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Subsequent
Years. For purposes of applying these rules to calendar years
after 2009, a Participant’s required beginning date will be determined
without regard to the calendar year 2009 waiver provisions addressed in
this Section 6.9(i).
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6.10
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Loans
to Participants. The Committee shall establish a
nondiscriminatory loan policy that must be observed in making loans to
Participants. The loan policy must be a written document and
must include: (i) the identity of the persons or positions
authorized to administer the Participant loan program; (ii) a procedure
for applying for a loan; (iii) the criteria used in approving or denying a
loan; (iv) the limitations, if any, on the types and amounts of loans
available; (v) the procedures used in determining a reasonable fixed rate
of interest; (vi) the types of collateral that may secure the loan; and
(vii) the events constituting default and the steps the Plan will take to
preserve Plan assets in the event of default. The Committee has
discretion to amend the loan policy as
needed.
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6.11
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Distribution
Limitations Applicable to Deferred Salary
Contributions. Notwithstanding any provisions to the
contrary herein, no distribution shall be made of any deferred salary
contributions or the earnings thereon prior to the earliest of the
following:
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(a)
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The
Employee’s retirement, death, Disability or separation from
employment;
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(b)
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Termination
of the Plan without establishment or maintenance of another defined
contribution plan (other than an employee stock ownership plan or
simplified employee pension);
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(c)
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The
Employee’s financial hardship withdrawal under Section
6.6;
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(d)
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The
sale or other disposition by a corporation to an unrelated corporation of
substantially all of the assets used in a trade or business, but only with
respect to Employees who continue employment with the acquiring
corporation and the acquiring corporation does not maintain the Plan after
the disposition; or
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(e)
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The
sale or other disposition by a corporation of its interest in a subsidiary
to an unrelated entity, but only with respect to Employees who continue
employment with the subsidiary and the acquiring entity does not maintain
the Plan after the disposition.
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Items
(b), (d) and (e), above, apply only if the distribution is in the form of a
single sum. Items (d) and (e) above, apply only if the transferor
corporation continues to maintain the Plan.
6.12
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Right
to Have Accounts
Transferred.
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(a)
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Direct Rollover
Right. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the
contrary that would otherwise limit an Eligible Distributee’s, as defined
in Section 6.12(b)(iii), election under this Section, an Eligible
Distributee may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the
Committee, to have any part of an Eligible Rollover Distribution, as
defined in Section 6.12(b)(i), paid directly to an Eligible Retirement
Plan, as defined in Section 6.12(b)(ii) specified by the Eligible
Distributee in a Direct Rollover, as defined by Section
6.12(b)(iv).
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(b)
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Definitions.
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(i)
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Eligible
Rollover Distribution. Eligible Rollover Distribution means any
distribution of all or any part of the Account balances of the Eligible
Distributee. However, an Eligible Rollover Distribution shall
not include: any installment payments from the Plan if paid for
ten years or more; any distribution required to be distributed because of
a Participant’s required beginning date; any hardship distribution as
described in Section 401(k)(2)(B)(i)(IV) of the Code; and the part of any
distribution that is not includible in gross income (determined without
respect to the exclusion for net unrealized appreciation with respect to
employer securities). A portion of a distribution shall not
fail to be an Eligible Rollover Distribution solely because the portion
consists of after-tax employee contributions which are not includible in
gross income. However, such after-tax portion may be
transferable only to an individual retirement account or annuity described
in Section 408(a) or 408(b) of the Code, or to a qualified deferred
contribution plan described in Sections 401(a) or 403(a) of the Code that
separately account for amounts so transferred, including separately
accounting for the portion of such distribution which is includible in
gross income and the portion of such distribution which is not so
includible.
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(ii)
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Eligible
Retirement Plan. Eligible Retirement Plan means (a) an
individual retirement account described in Section 408(a) of the Code, (b)
an individual retirement annuity described in Section 408(b) of the Code,
(c) a qualified trust described in Section 401(a) of the Code, (d) an
annuity plan described in Section 403(a) of the Code, (e) an annuity
contract described in Section 403(b) of the Code, (f) an eligible plan
under Section 457(b) of the Code which is maintained by a state, political
subdivision of a state, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or
political subdivision of a state and which agrees to separately account
for amounts transferred into such plan from this Plan, (g) an individual
retirement account described in Section 408A of the Code (for taxable
years beginning before January 1, 2010, rollover to an individual
retirement annuity as described in Section 408A is not allowed where an
individual has modified adjusted gross income exceeding $100,000 or is
married and files a separate return), and (h) in the case of a nonspouse
beneficiary, an inherited XXX as provided under Section 829 of the Pension
Protection Act of 2006.
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(iii)
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Eligible
Distributee. Eligible Distributee means an Employee, former
Employee, the Employee’s or former Employee’s surviving spouse, the
Employee’s or former Employee’s spouse who is the alternate payee under a
qualified domestic relations order, and a nonspouse
beneficiary.
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(iv)
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Direct
Rollover. Direct Rollover means a payment by the Plan to an
Eligible Retirement Plan specified by the Eligible
Distributee.
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6.13
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Forfeitures.
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(a)
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Five Year Period of
Severance. If a former Participant incurs a “period of
severance” (as such term is described in Department of Labor regulation
Section 2530.200b-9) for a period of five or more years, then the
Participant’s unvested Accounts shall be forfeited and allocated to all
current Participants’ Accounts in the manner described in Section 6.13(e)
as of the last day of the Plan Year in which the Participant incurred the
five year period of severance.
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(b)
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Upon Termination of
Service. If a Participant is not entitled to a fully
vested interest in his Accounts then the unvested portion of the
Participant’s Accounts shall be forfeited and allocated in the manner
described in Section 6.13(e) as of the last day of the Plan Year in which
occurs the earlier of the distribution of the Participant’s vested
Accounts or the day the Participant incurs a five year period of
severance.
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(c)
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Reinstatement of
Forfeitures. If a Participant described in Section
6.13(b) returns to the service of an Employer and again becomes a
Participant, and has not taken a distribution or restores any distribution
previously taken, then the forfeited amount of the Participant’s Accounts
will be restored if the Participant returns to the service of the Employer
before he incurs a five year period of severance, provided that, if the
Participant received a distribution from the Plan, the restoration of the
distribution occurs no later than the date a five year period of severance
would have occurred had the Participant not returned to
service.
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(d)
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Restoration of Forfeited
Amounts. If any portion of a Participant’s benefit that
was forfeited and reallocated must be subsequently restored, then to the
extent possible, the amount to be restored shall be allocated to the
Participant’s Accounts from current forfeitures. If current
forfeitures are insufficient, the Employer shall contribute in cash an
amount sufficient enough when added to the current forfeitures to equal
the required restored benefits. Any amounts restored shall be
invested according to Section 5.3(d), including the default investment
provisions thereof.
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(e)
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Allocation of
Forfeitures. Forfeitures pursuant to Section 4.9 and
this Section shall be calculated for each Plan Year. All
forfeitures for such Plan Year shall first be used to restore forfeited
amounts under Section 6.13(d). If any forfeitures remain, they
shall be allocated as of the last day of each Plan Year, as Company
matching contributions or effective for Plan Years beginning on or after
January 1, 2005, they shall first be used to reduce Employer
Contributions.
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(f)
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Method of
Forfeiture. If a portion of a Participant’s Accounts is
forfeited, Company Stock in the Company Stock ESOP Fund must be forfeited
only after other assets. If interests in more than one class of
Company Stock have been allocated to the Participant’s Company Stock ESOP
Fund, then the Participant must be treated as forfeiting the same
proportion of each such class.
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6.14
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Duty
to Provide Forms and Proofs. Each Participant, Retired
Participant, Disabled Participant and Inactive Participant, and the
Beneficiary of any such Participant shall be required to complete such
administrative forms and furnish such proofs in such form as shall be
deemed necessary or appropriate by the Committee for the purposes of
administering this Plan.
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6.15
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Duty
to Provide Mailing Address. It shall be the duty of each
Participant Retired Participant, Disabled Participant and Inactive
Participant and the Beneficiary of any such Participant to keep on file
with the Plan a correct mailing
address.
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6.16
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Benefit
Payments in the Event of Incapacity. If the Committee
finds that any Retired Participant or Disabled Participant, any
Participant whose service with the Company terminates or any Beneficiary
of any such Participant is unable to care for his affairs because of
illness or injury or is a minor, any payment due may be made to the
Spouse, child, brother, sister or parent of such Participant or
Beneficiary, for his benefit, unless a prior claim shall have been made by
a duly appointed guardian or other legal
representative.
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6.17
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Unclaimed
Amounts. Unclaimed amounts shall consist of benefits to
be paid to Participants or Beneficiaries but that cannot be distributed
because of inability to locate the distributee after making a reasonable
due diligence effort to do so. Unclaimed amounts shall become
Forfeitures and shall be applied in accordance with Section 6.13(e) of the
Plan after the expiration of one year from the date as of which they were
originally directed to be
distributed.
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In
accordance with the foregoing, any such Forfeiture shall be and remain assets of
the Plan, until paid or distributed in accordance with the provisions of the
Plan, and in no event shall any such Forfeiture escheat to, or otherwise be paid
to, any governmental unit under any escheat or unclaimed property
law. If the intended distributee of an unclaimed amount or his or her
Beneficiary subsequently appears and files a claim for the forfeited benefit, it
shall be restored, without adjustment for gains or losses after the date of
forfeiture, in accordance with Section 6.13(d) of the Plan.
ARTICLE
VII
TRUST
AND TRUSTEE
7.1
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Establishment
and Acceptance of Trust. The Trustee shall receive any
contributions paid to it in cash, or such other property as shall be
acceptable to the said Trustee. All contributions so received,
together with the income therefrom, which shall be known for purposes of
this Agreement as the “Trust Fund”, shall be held, managed and
administered in trust pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement. The Trustee hereby accepts the Trust created
hereunder and agrees to perform the duties under this Agreement on its
part to be performed.
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7.2
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Powers
of the Trustee. Except as otherwise provided in Section
7.9 and 7.10, the Trustee shall have all the powers granted by the terms
of the Texas Trust Code as it now exists, or as it may be amended, and in
addition thereto and not in modification or limitation thereof, the
Trustee shall have the following
powers:
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(a)
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To
keep such portion of the Trust Fund in cash, to meet contemplated
requisitions, as the Participant shall specify in written requests, and,
in the Trustee’s discretion, to retain cash temporarily awaiting
investment, without liability for interest
thereon;
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(i)
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To
hold or register securities or other property which may at any time be
purchased for or held as investments of the Trust Fund in the name of the
Trustee or in the name of its nominee (including any custodian employed by
the Trustee, any nominee of such a custodian and any depository, clearing
corporation or other similar system) or in such form that title will pass
by delivery;
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(ii)
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To
employ such agents, consultants, custodians, depositories, advisors, and
legal counsel as may be reasonably necessary or desirable in the Trustee’s
judgment in managing and protecting the Trust Fund and subject to the
provisions of Section 7.5, to pay them reasonable compensation out of the
Trust Fund;
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(iii)
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To
transfer any assets of the Trust to a custodian or sub-custodian employed
by the Trustee;
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(b)
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To
sell, redeem, exchange, convey, transfer, pledge, invest and reinvest or
otherwise dispose of any securities, investments or other property held by
it, when directed by the Participants, Participant’s beneficiary or by the
Committee, by private contract or at public auction, and for such purposes
the Trustee may execute such instruments and writings and so such things
as it shall deem proper;
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(c)
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With
respect to securities (other than Company Stock which is described in
Section 7.9) and to the extent that the Plan provides or the Trustee
receives direction from the Committee, a Participant, a Beneficiary or an
Investment Manager who may be appointed pursuant to Section 7.10, to vote
upon any stocks, bonds, or other securities of any corporation,
association or trust at any time, or otherwise consent to or request any
action on the part of such corporation, association or trust; to give
general or special proxies or powers of attorney with or without power of
substitution; to exercise any conversion privileges, subscription rights
or other options; to make any payments incidental thereto; to oppose or
consent to or otherwise participate in, corporate reorganization,
recapitalization, consolidation, merger or similar transactions with
respect to such corporate securities, or other change affecting corporate
securities; to deposit such securities or stock in any voting trust, or
with any protective or like committee or with a trustee, or with
depositories designated thereby; to pay any assessments or charges in
connection therewith; and generally to exercise any of the powers of an
owner with respect to stocks, bonds, securities or other properties held
as a part of the Trust Fund; provided, however, unless otherwise directed,
the Trustee will not vote such securities or stock as to which it receives
no written directions;
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(d)
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When
directed by the Committee, to borrow money from any lender, including
itself, and to mortgage or pledge assets of the Trust Fund as security for
the repayment thereof;
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(e)
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When
directed by the Committee, to settle, compromise or submit to arbitration
any claims, debts or damages due or owing to or from the Trust Fund, or to
commence or defend suits or legal or administrative proceedings; provided,
however, the Trustee shall have no obligation to take any legal action for
the benefit of the Trust Fund unless it shall have been first indemnified
for all expenses in connection therewith, including reasonable attorney’s
fees;
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(f)
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To
enter into any contracts with responsible insurance companies to provide
for the payment of all or any part of the benefits provided under the
Plan, and to disburse under any such contracts any funds held by
it;
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(g)
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To
make payments from the Trust in accordance with the written instructions
of Participants. All payments made to Participants will be to
the last address recorded in the Plan’s records as maintained by the
record keeper;
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(h)
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To
make execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all instruments that it
deems necessary or appropriate to carry out the powers granted
herein;
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(i)
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Upon
express direction by the Committee, to transfer assets of the Trust to
itself as Trustee or to any other trustee of any trust which has been
qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and is exempt from tax under
Section 501(a) of the Code, and which is maintained by it or such other
trustee as a medium for the collective investment of funds of pension,
profit-sharing or other employee benefit trusts, in which event such trust
shall be deemed to be a part of the Plan, and to withdraw any assets of
the Trust so transferred;
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(j)
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To
lend to Plan Participants amounts of money upon such terms and conditions,
as the Plan may direct, in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, the
Participant Loan Policy Statement and the Loan Program, as
applicable;
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(k)
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To
delegate to RadioShack and/or the Committee by agreement in writing, such
ministerial and limited discretionary duties as may be agreed upon,
including but not limited to the maintenance of records of Accounts of
Participants and the quarterly determination of value of each
Participant’s Account; and
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(l)
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To
do all other acts in its judgment which are legal, necessary and desirable
for the proper administration of the Trust, in accordance with the
provisions of the Plan, although the power to do such acts is not
specifically set forth herein.
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The
powers granted to the Trustee under this Section 7.2 shall be exercised by the
Trustee; however, the Committee may at any time and from time to time, by
written direction to the Trustee, require the Trustee to obtain the written
approval of the Committee before exercising any such powers. Any such
direction may be of a continuing nature or otherwise, and may be revoked in
writing by the Committee at any time. Neither the Trustee nor any
other person shall be under any duty to question any such direction of the
Committee, and the Trustee shall as promptly as possible comply with any
directions given by the Committee hereunder. The Trustee shall not be
responsible for any loss which may result from the failure or refusal of the
Committee to give any such required approval.
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Investment
of the Trust Fund. The Plan and Trust are intended to
invest in qualifying employer securities as defined in Section 407(d)(5)
of the ERISA, and shall be construed to permit investment of up to 100% of
the Trust Fund in such securities. Therefore to the extent
directed by the Committee or the Participants (whichever is applicable),
the Trustee may invest all or substantially all of the assets of the Trust
Fund in Company Stock; provided, however, that the Committee may, by
written instructions to the Trustee, direct it to invest any cash held by
the Trust for the purposes and needs of this Plan and Trust in short-term
securities issued by the United States of America or any agency or
instrumentality thereof or in any other short-term or money market funds,
as are approved by the Committee.
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The
Committee from time to time may direct the Trustee to establish one or more
separate investment accounts within the Trust, each separate account being
hereinafter referred to as an “Investment Fund”. The Trustee shall
transfer to each such Investment Fund such portion of the assets of the Trust as
each Participant directs in accordance with the specific provisions of the Plan
and in the manner provided in the Administrative Services Agreement between
RadioShack and the recordkeeper. The Trustee shall invest and
reinvest the assets which have been allocated to an Investment Fund in
accordance with the Participants’ instructions, unless such Investment Fund is
otherwise restricted by RadioShack or the Committee to be invested solely in
Company Stock; provided, however that neither RadioShack nor the Committee may
restrict the investment election of a Participant in any manner that is contrary
to the provisions of Section 5.6 of this Plan. The Trustee is under
no duty to review the investment decisions of the Participants as regards to any
Investment Fund.
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Payments
from the Fund. The Trustee may from time to time, on the
written direction of a Participant, Alternate Payee or a Participant’s
beneficiary, make payments out of the Trust Fund, in such manner, in such
amounts, and for such purposes as may be specified in the written
directions of the Participant, Alternate Payee or a Participant’s
beneficiary, and upon any such payment being made, the amount thereof
shall no longer constitute a part of the Trust
Fund. Payments by the Trustee may be made by its check to
the order of the Participant, the Participant’s designated rollover
institution or Beneficiary and mailed to the Participant, the
Participant’s designated rollover institution or Beneficiary at the
address last furnished to the Trustee. The Trustee shall have
no responsibility to ascertain that the direction to make payments from
the Trust Fund complies with the terms of the Plan or of any applicable
law or the direction’s effect for tax purposes or otherwise; nor shall the
Trustee have any responsibility to see to the application of any
disbursement. The Trustee shall not be required to make any
disbursement in excess of the net realizable value of the assets of the
Trust Fund in the Participant or Beneficiary’s Account at the time of the
disbursement. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any way
for the application of such payments or for the adequacy of the Trust Fund
to meet and discharge any and all liabilities under the
Plan.
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7.5
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Fees
and Expenses of the Trustee. The Trustee shall be paid
such reasonable compensation as shall from time to time be agreed upon in
writing by RadioShack and the Trustee. All fees and expenses of
the Trust shall be paid as provided in writing between RadioShack and the
Trustee.
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7.6
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Accounting. The
Trustee shall keep accurate and detailed accounts of all investments,
receipts, disbursements and other transactions
hereunder.
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Within
a reasonable time after the close of the Plan Year and within one hundred twenty
(120) days following the resignation or removal of the Trustee or termination of
the Plan, the Trustee shall render a complete accounting for the Plan Year
preceding or then ended, as the case may be, to a firm of independent public
accountants to be selected by RadioShack. Such accountants shall have
full authority to examine the Trustee’s records and accounts relating to the
Plan and to submit written reports thereon to RadioShack.
Within
a reasonable time after the close of the taxable year of the Trust, which is
hereby established to end on December 31 each year, and within one hundred
twenty (120) days following the resignation or removal of the Trustee or
termination of the Trust, the Trustee shall render a complete accounting for the
Taxable Year preceding or then ended, as the case may be, to RadioShack or to a
firm of independent public accountants to be selected by
RadioShack. Such accountants shall have full authority to examine the
Trustee’s records and accounts relating to the Trust and to submit written
reports thereon to RadioShack.
Within
a reasonable time after the close of the Plan Year, the Trustee shall cause to
be transmitted to each Participant, in such form as the Trustee shall determine
subject to the Committee’s approval, a statement setting forth the interest of
each such Participant in the Plan. Such statement shall be deemed
correct unless written notice to the contrary shall be delivered to the Trustee
by a Participant within thirty (30) days following the mailing or delivery of
such statement to the Participant.
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Reports
relating to the Trustee’s accounts prepared by independent accountants selected
by RadioShack shall be maintained at the principal office of RadioShack and
shall be available for inspection by interested persons
hereunder. Subject to applicable law and to the right of a
Participant to challenge the correctness of an annual statement submitted to him
by the Trustee, the approval by the independent accountants of the Trustee’s
account shall constitute a complete release and discharge of the Trustee from
any liability in respect to any act or transaction reflected in the Trustee’s
accounts. In the absence of the filing in writing with the Trustee by
the Committee or a Participant of exceptions or objections to any such account
within one year after the receipt thereof, the Committee shall be deemed to have
approved such account; and in such case, or upon the written approval of the
Committee of any such account, the Trustee, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, shall be released, relieved and discharged with respect to all
matters and things set forth in such account. The foregoing
provisions notwithstanding, no person other than RadioShack or the Committee may
require an accounting or the furnishing of a statement or bring an action
against the Trustee with respect to the trust created hereby or its actions as
Trustee.
The
Committee shall arrange for each Investment Manager who may be appointed
pursuant to Section 7.10 and each insurance company issuing contracts held by
the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.11 to furnish the Trustee with such valuations
and reports as are necessary to enable the Trustee to fulfill its obligations
under this Section 7.6 and the Trustee shall be fully protected in relying on
such valuations and reports.
Notwithstanding
any of the foregoing provisions, the Trustee shall not be liable for any failure
to submit an account or statement in timely fashion where its failure to act is
based on the omission of RadioShack to name a firm of independent accountants to
whom such accounting is to be rendered or is based on the failure of either
RadioShack or the Committee to supply information to the Trustee necessary to
the completion of the accounting or of the statement. In any
proceeding instituted by the Trustee, RadioShack or the Committee or all of them
with respect to any account of the Trustee, only RadioShack, the Committee and
the Trustee shall be necessary parties.
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Direction
by RadioShack or the Committee and Authorization to Protect the
Trustee. Any action by RadioShack pursuant to any of the
provisions of this Agreement shall be evidenced by a resolution of its
Board of Directors certified to the Trustee over the signature of any
person authorized by the said Board of Directors to take such written
instrument or resolution so certified to it. All orders,
requests and instructions of the Committee shall be in writing, signed by
at least two members of the Committee, unless the Committee has directed
otherwise in accordance with Section 2.4, and the Trustee may act and
shall be fully protected in so acting in accordance with such orders,
requests and instructions. Whenever the Trustee is required or
authorized to take any action hereunder pursuant to any written direction
or determination of RadioShack or the Committee, such direction or
determination shall be sufficient protection to the Trustee if contained
in writing and signed by the persons authorized to execute such documents
on behalf of RadioShack or the Committee, as the case may be, pursuant to
the Plan. Subject to applicable law, the Trustee shall not be
liable for any loss to or diminution of the Trust Fund except when the
same may be due to its negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith, and
the Trustee shall in no event have any responsibility for the properties
except those actually received by
it.
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7.8
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Removal
and Resignation; Successor Trustee. The Trustee may be
removed by RadioShack at any time upon ninety (90) days’ notice in writing
to the Trustee and Committee. The Trustee may resign at any
time upon ninety (90) days’ notice in writing to RadioShack and to the
Committee. Upon such removal or resignation of the Trustee,
RadioShack shall appoint a successor trustee, which shall be a bank or
trust company having combined capital and surplus of not less than Twenty
Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000.00), which shall have the same powers
and duties as those conferred upon the Trustee hereunder. Upon
acceptance of such appointment by the successor trustee, the Trustee shall
assign, transfer and pay over to such successor trustee the funds and
properties then constituting the Trust Fund. The Trustee is
authorized, however, to reserve such sum of money, as it may deem
advisable, for payment of its fees and expenses in connection with the
settlement of its account or otherwise, and any balance of
such reserve remaining after the payment of such fees and
expenses shall be paid over to the successor
trustee.
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7.9
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Voting
and Exercise of Other
Rights.
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(a)
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Tender
Offer.
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(i)
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Notwithstanding
any provision contained in the Plan to the contrary, the provisions of
this Section shall apply in the event any “Person” (as the term person is
used for purposes of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the 0000 Xxx) either alone
or in conjunction with others, makes a tender offer, or exchange offer, or
otherwise offers to purchase, or solicits an offer to sell to such Person,
one percent or more of the outstanding Company Stock (hereinafter referred
to as a “Tender Offer”).
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(ii)
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The
Trustee may not take any action in response to a Tender Offer except as
otherwise provided in this Section. Upon commencement of a
Tender Offer, RadioShack shall notify the Trustee, and the Trustee, unless
otherwise agreed to in writing by RadioShack, shall notify each
Participant or Beneficiary holding Company Stock in an Account of such
Tender Offer and use its best efforts to timely distribute or cause to be
distributed to each Participant or Beneficiary all information, documents,
and other materials, provided by RadioShack at its expense, which are
distributed to shareholders of RadioShack with respect to the Tender
Offer. Each Participant or Beneficiary shall be entitled to
direct the Trustee to sell, offer to sell, exchange or otherwise dispose
of the Company Stock allocated to such Participant’s or Beneficiary’s
Accounts in accordance with the provisions, conditions and terms of such
Tender Offer and the provisions of this Section. Such a
Participant or Beneficiary shall, as a named fiduciary described in
Section 403(a)(1) of ERISA, direct the Trustee with respect to the tender
of such shares of Company Stock which are allocated to the Accounts of the
Participant or Beneficiary. Reasonable means shall be employed
by the Trustee to provide confidentiality with respect to the tendering
directions by each Participant or Beneficiary, and the Trustee shall hold
such directions in confidence and shall not divulge or release such
directions to any person, including the Company or any director, officer,
employee or agent of the Company, it being the intent to provide that the
Company and its directors, officers, employees and agents cannot determine
the tendering directions given by any Participant or
Beneficiary. Such instructions shall be in such form and shall
be filed in such manner and at such time as the Trustee may
prescribe.
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(iii)
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A
Participant or Beneficiary who has directed the Trustee to tender or
exchange Company Stock may, at any time prior to the tender or exchange
offer withdrawal date, or such earlier date as established by the Trustee
(the “Withdrawal Date”), instruct the Trustee to withdraw, and the Trustee
shall withdraw, such Company Stock from the tender or exchange offer prior
to the Withdrawal Date. A Participant or Beneficiary shall not
be limited, except as to the terms of the offer, as to the number of
instructions to tender or exchange or withdraw which a Participant or
Beneficiary may give to the
Trustee.
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(iv)
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The
Trustee shall sell, offer to sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of the
shares of Company Stock allocated to a Participant’s or Beneficiary’s
Accounts with respect to which it has received directions from the
Participant or Beneficiary to do so under this Section and which have not
been withdrawn. The proceeds of a disposition directed by a
Participant or Beneficiary shall be allocated to such Participant’s or
Beneficiary’s Accounts in proportion to the number of shares of Company
Stock from such Accounts which the Participant or Beneficiary instructed
the Trustee to sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of. Section
5.3 of the Plan provides for additional investment
requirements. Provided that the Plan provides no direction, and
pending receipt of directions from a Participant, Alternate Payee or
Beneficiary as to the investment of the proceeds of the tendered shares,
the Trustee shall invest the proceeds as the Committee shall
direct.
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(v)
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To
the extent to which Participants or Beneficiaries do not instruct the
Trustee, or do not issue valid directions to the Trustee, to sell, offer
to sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of the Company Stock allocated to
their Accounts, such Participants or Beneficiaries shall be deemed to have
directed the Trustee that their respective Accounts remain invested in
Company Stock subject to all provisions of the
Plan.
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(vi)
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Unless
otherwise authorized by the Code or the rules, opinions or regulations
thereunder, following the completion of a Tender Offer, the Committee
shall direct the substitution of new Company Stock for Company Stock or
for the proceeds of any disposition of Company Stock to the extent
provided in the Plan; provided, however, that any such substitute Company
Stock must be publicly traded
securities.
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(b)
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Voting of Stock by Participants
or Beneficiaries. Notwithstanding any provision
contained in the Plan to the
contrary:
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(i)
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Each
Participant or Beneficiary who timely provides instructions to the Trustee
shall be entitled to direct the Trustee how to vote shares of Company
Stock or other securities allocated to such Participant’s or Beneficiary’s
Accounts in accordance with this Section. In order to implement these
voting directions, RadioShack or the Trustee shall provide or cause to be
provided each Participant or Beneficiary with proxy solicitation materials
or other notices or information statements which are distributed to
RadioShack shareholders, together with a form requesting confidential
instructions as to the manner in which shares of Company Stock allocated
to the Participant’s or Beneficiary’s Accounts are to be voted. Each
Participant or Beneficiary shall, as a named fiduciary described in
Section 403(a)(1) of ERISA, direct the Trustee with respect to the vote of
such shares of Company Stock which are allocated to the Accounts of the
Participant or Beneficiary. Reasonable means shall be employed
by the Trustee to provide confidentiality with respect to the voting by
such Participant or Beneficiary, and the Trustee shall hold such
directions in confidence and shall not divulge or release such directions
to any person, including the Company or any director, officer, employee or
agent of the Company, it being the intent to provide that the Company (and
its directors, officers, employees and agents) cannot determine the
direction given by any Participant or Beneficiary. Such
instructions shall be in such form and shall be filed in such manner and
at such time as the Trustee may
prescribe.
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(ii)
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The
Trustee shall vote all shares of Company Stock, as defined in Section 1.7,
which are allocated to Participants’ or Beneficiaries’ Company Stock ESOP
Fund for which it does not receive timely or valid voting instructions, in
the same proportion as shares of Company Stock, as defined in Section 1.7
which are allocated to Participant’s and Beneficiaries’ Company Stock ESOP
Fund under the Plan for which it does receive timely and valid voting
instructions.
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(c)
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Participants,
Etc. For purposes of this Section, the term
“Participant” shall include any Participant, Inactive Participant, former
Participant or Retired Participant.
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(d)
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Purchases and Sales of Company
Stock. To implement transactions regarding investments
in Company Stock, including purchases, redemptions and exchanges, the
Trustee shall purchase or sell Company Stock on the open market, as the
case may be, as soon as practicable following the date and time of receipt
by the Trustee of all funds, documents and/or information necessary from
RadioShack, a third party, Alternate Payee, Participant or Beneficiary, as
applicable, to effect such purchase or sale. The Trustee shall
purchase and sell Company Stock on the open market consistent with its
fiduciary responsibilities but in accordance with written procedures
established between the Trustee and the Company. The Trustee
may accumulate all like purchases into one or more batches and may
accumulate all like sales as a result of receiving instructions for
distributions, redemptions and exchanges out of Company Stock into one or
more batches, but shall not be required to do
so.
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The
Trustee may purchase or sell Company Stock from or to RadioShack if the purchase
or sale is for no more than adequate consideration (within the meaning of
Section 3(18) of ERISA) and no commission is charged. To the extent
that Company contributions under the Plan are to be invested in Company Stock,
RadioShack may transfer Company Stock to the Trustee in lieu of
cash. The number of shares to be transferred shall be determined by
dividing the amount of the contribution by the closing price of Company Stock on
the New York Stock Exchange on the trading day as of which the contribution is
made.
The
Trustee and RadioShack may, in separate written procedures, agree upon such
prescribed dates for purchases of Company Stock by RadioShack, and sales of
Company Stock to RadioShack, and upon such rules and conventions in connection
with the purchase and sales of Company Stock as they may find mutually
acceptable.
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(e)
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Securities Law
Reports. RadioShack shall be responsible for filing all
reports required under federal or state securities laws with respect to
the Trust’s ownership of Company Stock, including without limitation, any
reports required under Sections 13 or 16 of the 1934 Act, and shall
immediately notify the Trustee in writing of any requirement to stop
purchases or sales of Company Stock pending the filing of any
report. The Trustee shall provide to RadioShack such
information on the Trust’s ownership of Company Stock as RadioShack may
reasonably request in order to comply with federal or state securities
laws.
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7.10
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Appointment
of Investment Managers. The Committee from time to time
may appoint one or more Investment Managers (as that term is defined in
Section 3(38) of ERISA) to manage (including the power to acquire and
dispose of) all or any portion or portions of the Trust. The
Committee may enter into such agreements setting forth the terms and
conditions of any such appointment as it determines to be
appropriate. The Committee shall retain the right to remove and
discharge any Investment Manager. The compensation of such
Investment Managers shall be an expense payable by
RadioShack. The Committee shall notify the Trustee of the
appointment of any Investment Manager by delivering to the Trustee an
executed copy of the agreement under which such Investment Manager was
appointed together with a written acknowledgment by such Investment
Manager that it is:
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(a)
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a
fiduciary with respect to the Plan,
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(b)
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bonded
as required by ERISA, and
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(c)
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either
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(i)
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registered
as an investment advisor under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940,
or
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(ii)
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a
bank as defined in said Act, or
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(iii)
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an
insurance company qualified to perform investment management services
under the laws of more than one state of the United
States.
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The
Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon such notice until such time as the
Committee shall notify and direct the Trustee in writing that another Investment
Manager has been appointed, or in the alternative, that the Investment Manager
has been removed. In each case where an Investment Manager is
appointed, the Committee shall determine the assets of the Trust to be allocated
to the Investment Manager from time to time and shall issue appropriate
instructions to the Trustee with respect thereto. The Trustee shall
carry out the written instructions of any Investment Manager with respect to the
management and investment of the assets then under control of such Investment
Manager and shall not incur any liability on account of its compliance with such
instructions. Purchase and sale orders may be placed without the
intervention of the Trustee and, in such event, the Trustee’s sole obligation
shall be to make payment for purchased securities and deliver those that have
been sold when advised of the transaction. The Trustee shall not
incur any liability on account of its failure to exercise any of the powers
delegated to any Investment Manager because of the failure of such Investment
Manager to give instructions for the management of the assets under the control
of such Investment Manager. The Trustee shall be under no duty to
question any Investment Manager, nor to review any securities or other property
acquired or retained at the direction of any Investment Manager, nor to make any
suggestions to any Investment Manager in connection therewith. The
Trustee shall have no obligation to vote upon any securities over which the
Investment Manager has investment management control unless the Trustee is
instructed in writing by the Investment Manager as to the voting of such
securities within a reasonable time before the time for voting thereof
expires.
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Each
Investment Manager shall have the authority to exercise all the powers of the
Trustee hereunder with respect to assets under its control but only to the
extent that such powers relate to the investment of such assets.
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Insurance
Contracts. If provided in the Administrative Services
Agreement, the Committee may direct the Trustee to receive and hold or
apply assets of the Trust to the purchase of individual or group insurance
or annuity contracts (“policies” or “contracts”) issued by an insurance
company and in a form approved by the Committee (including contracts under
which the contract holder is granted options to purchase insurance or
annuity benefits), or financial agreements which are backed by group
insurance or annuity contracts (“Financial Agreements”). If
such investments are to be made, the Committee shall direct the Trustee to
execute and deliver such applications and other documents as are necessary
to establish record ownership, to value such policies, contracts or
Financial Agreements under the method of valuation selected by the
Committee, and to record or report such values to the Committee or any
investment manager selected by the Committee, in the form and manner
agreed to by the Committee.
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The
Committee may direct the Trustee to exercise or may exercise directly the powers
of contract holder under any policy, contract or Financial Agreement, and the
Trustee shall exercise such powers only upon direction of the
Committee. The Trustee shall have no authority to act in its own
discretion, with respect to the terms, acquisition, valuation, continued holding
and/or disposition of any such policy, contract or Financial Agreement or any
asset held thereunder. The Trustee shall be under no duty to question
any direction of the Committee or to review the form of any such policy,
contract or Financial Agreement or the selection of the issuer thereof, or to
make recommendations to the Committee or to any issuer with respect to the form
of any policy, contract or Financial Agreement.
The
Trustee shall be fully protected in acting in accordance with written directions
of the Committee, and shall be under no liability for any loss of any kind which
may result by reason of any action taken or omitted by it in accordance with any
direction of the Committee, or by reason of inaction in the absence of written
directions from the Committee. In the event that the Committee
directs that any monies or property be paid or delivered to the contract holder
other than for the benefit of specific individual beneficiaries, the Trustee
agrees to accept such monies or property as assets of the Trust subject to all
the terms hereof.
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7.12
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Payment
of Taxes. The Trustee may pay out of the Trust Fund (or
the appropriate Investment Fund or Funds) any and all taxes of any and all
kinds, including without limitation property taxes and income taxes levied
or assessed under existing or future laws upon or in respect of the Trust
Fund or any monies, securities or other property forming a part thereof or
the income therefrom subject to the terms of any agreements or contracts
made with respect to trust investments which make other provision for such
tax payments. The Trustee may assume that any taxes assessed on
or in respect of the Trust Fund or its income are lawfully assessed
unless, after giving the Committee 30 days written notice of such
assessment, the Committee shall in writing advise the Trustee that it
believes such taxes may be unlawfully assessed. In the event
that the Committee shall so advise the Trustee, the Trustee will, if so
requested in writing by the Committee, contest the validity of such taxes
in any manner deemed appropriate by RadioShack but at the expense of the
Trust Fund; or RadioShack may contest the validity of any such taxes at
the expense of the Trust Fund and in the name and on behalf of the
Trustee; and the Trustee agrees to execute all documents, instruments,
claims and petitions necessary or advisable in the opinion of RadioShack
for the refund, abatement, reduction or elimination of any such
taxes. At the direction of the Committee, the Trustee shall
collect all income tax to be withheld from Participant distributions and
shall report and pay over such taxes to the Internal Revenue Service
and/or any state or local equivalent, except for payments made directly by
an insurer to a Participant or Participant’s beneficiary under an annuity
or insurance contract, if
applicable.
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7.13
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Indemnification. RadioShack
agrees to indemnify and hold the Trustee harmless from any loss, damage,
liability, claim, cost and expense (including reasonable and necessary
legal fees) which the Trustee may incur due to RadioShack’s breach of this
Agreement or the negligent act or omission or willful misconduct by
RadioShack including without limitation, any violation by RadioShack of
the terms of the Plan, ERISA or any applicable federal and state laws, the
Trustee’s reliance in good faith on any information or directions provided
by RadioShack, the Committee, an Investment Manager appointed by
RadioShack pursuant to Section 7.10, or any other trustee, record-keeper
or third party designated by RadioShack to represent the Plan, or any
Participant or Beneficiary, or the Trustee’s making benefit payments based
on fraudulent or unauthorized instructions received from a person from
whom the Trustee is authorized to take direction, except to the extent any
such loss, damage, liability, claim, cost or expense arises from the
Trustee’s breach of this Agreement or the Trustee’s negligent act or
omission, willful misconduct or bad faith. Any waiver by the
Trustee of a signature guarantee requirement relating to the assets of the
Trust will not be construed as a breach of this Agreement, negligence,
willful misconduct or bad faith by the
Trustee.
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The
Trustee will indemnify and hold RadioShack harmless from and against any and all
loss, damage, liability, claim, cost and expense (including reasonable and
necessary legal fees) which RadioShack may incur due to the Trustee’s breach of
this Agreement, or the negligent act or omission or willful misconduct or acts
done in bad faith by the Trustee including, without limitation, any violation by
the Trustee of the terms of the Plan, ERISA, or any applicable federal law or
the Texas Trust Code except to the extent that the Trustee has acted in good
faith, without willful misconduct and without negligence, on the direction of
RadioShack, the Committee, an Investment Manager appointed by RadioShack under
Section 7.10, or any other trustee, record-keeper or third party designated by
RadioShack to represent the Plan, or any Participant or Beneficiary or
RadioShack’s reliance on inaccurate information the Trustee (or any agent which
the Trustee has appointed to represent the Plan) has provided to RadioShack, and
except to the extent any such loss, damage, liability, claim, cost or expense is
due to RadioShack’s breach of this Agreement, negligent act or omission, willful
misconduct or bad faith.
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Notice
of Agreement. No person dealing with the Trustee shall
be required to take any notice of this Agreement, but all persons so
dealing shall be protected in treating the Trustee as the absolute owner
with full power of disposition of all the monies, securities and other
property of the Trust, and all persons dealing with the Trustee are
released from inquiry into the decision or authority of the Trustee and
from seeing to the application of monies, securities or other property
paid or delivered to the Trustee.
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ARTICLE
VIII
AMENDMENT
AND TERMINATION
8.1
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Amendment. RadioShack
shall have the right at any time, and from time to time: (a) to
amend this Agreement in such manner as it may deem necessary or advisable
in order to qualify this Agreement and the Trust created hereby under the
applicable provisions of the Code, and any such amendment by its terms may
be retroactive; and (b) to amend this Agreement in any other
manner. However, except as otherwise permitted or required by
law, no such amendment shall authorize or permit any part of the Trust
Fund (other than such part as is required to pay taxes and administration
expenses) to be used for or diverted to purposes other than for the
exclusive benefit of the Participants or their Beneficiaries or estates,
no such amendment shall cause or permit any portion of the Trust Fund to
revert to or become the property of the Company, no such amendment which
affects the rights, duties or responsibilities of the Trustee may be made
without the Trustee’s written consent, and no such amendment shall reduce
benefits accrued to Participant’s Accounts or reduce a Participant’s
vested percentage in his accounts. Any such amendment shall
become effective upon delivery of a written instrument, executed by order
of RadioShack’s Board of Directors, to the Trustee and the endorsement of
the Trustee of its written consent
thereto.
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No
amendment to the Plan shall be effective to eliminate or restrict an optional
form of benefit. The preceding sentence shall not apply to a Plan
amendment that eliminates or restricts the ability of a Participant to receive
payment of his or her Account balance under a particular optional form of
benefit if the amendment provides a single-sum distribution form that is
otherwise identical to the optional form of benefit being eliminated or
restricted. For this purpose, a single-sum distribution form is
otherwise identical in all respects to the eliminated or restricted optional
form benefit (or would be identical except that it provides greater rights to
the Participant) except with respect to the timing of payment after
commencement.
8.2
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Termination. RadioShack
has established the Plan in the expectation and with the confidence that
it will continue in effect indefinitely. However, due to the
vicissitudes of general economic and business conditions which may affect
RadioShack’s ability so to continue the Plan, it must, and does hereby,
reserve the right to terminate the Plan in whole or in part at any
time. Such termination shall be effected by delivery to the
Trustee and the Committee of written notice of such action by
RadioShack.
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Upon
termination or partial termination of the Plan, or upon complete discontinuance
of employer contributions, the Accounts of the Participant shall be non
forfeitable. Upon termination of the Plan and Trust without the
establishment or maintenance of another defined contribution plan (other than an
employee stock ownership plan or simplified employee pension) and the merger or
consolidation of this Plan’s assets therewith as provided in Section 10.5, the
Committee shall direct the Trustee to distribute all assets remaining in the
Trust Fund, after payment of any expenses properly chargeable against the said
Trust Fund, to the Participants in accordance with the amount credited to the
Accounts of such Participants as of the date of such termination, in cash or in
kind and in such manner as the Committee shall determine. In the event the
Trustee makes a distribution in kind, pursuant to instructions of the Committee,
the assets so distributed shall be valued for the purposes of such distribution
at their fair market value at the date of such distribution. The
Committee’s determination shall be conclusive upon all persons.
Upon
the happening of any event, the enactment of any law, and issuance of any rule,
regulation, direction, command, demand, or order of any court, administrative,
regulative or other agency, or of any group, or organization, or any individual
on behalf of same, which in any way or manner, or to any extent whatsoever,
impairs or prevents the free exercise of the uncontrolled discretion of the
Board of Directors of RadioShack in connection with terminating this Agreement
and the Trust hereby created, then and in any such event, such Agreement and
Trust shall thereupon, ipso facto, be terminated.
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ARTICLE
IX
MISCELLANEOUS
9.1
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Notices
and Forms. All notices, applications, designations,
forms and other communications required or provided for hereunder shall,
unless otherwise directed by the Committee, be in writing and shall be
executed at the time, in the manner and form prescribed by the Committee,
and if directed to RadioShack or the Committee shall be mailed by first
class mail to the Employee Benefits office and shall be deemed given when
received, and if directed to the Trustee, shall be mailed by first class
mail and delivered to the Trustee and shall be deemed to have been given
when received by the Trustee.
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9.2
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Plan
Not an Employment Contract. The adoption and maintenance
of the Plan shall not be deemed to constitute a contract between the
Company and any employee or Participant or to be a consideration for or an
inducement to or condition of employment of any person. Nothing
herein contained shall be construed to give any employee or Participant
the right to be retained in the employment of the Company or to interfere
with the right of the Company to terminate the employment of an employee
or Participant at any time.
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9.3
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Non
Assignability. It is a condition of this Plan, and the
rights of each Participant shall be subject thereto, that, except as may
be required by (a) a court of competent jurisdiction or the Department of
Labor if a Participant who is a fiduciary of the Plan has violated certain
fiduciary duties mandated by ERISA or (b) Section 401(a)(13) of the Code
or Section 206(d) of ERISA, no right or interest of any Participant in and
to the Trust Fund shall be voluntarily assigned, pledged or hypothecated
in whole or in part, and neither the Company, the Committee, nor the
Trustee need give any effect to any purported assignment filed with them
or of which they have notice.
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9.4
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Qualified
Domestic Relations Order. The Committee shall establish
qualified domestic relations order procedures that must be observed in
reviewing domestic relations orders received by the Plan. The
Committee has discretion to amend the qualified domestic relations order
procedures as needed. In the event a domestic relations order
(“Order”), as defined in Section 414(p)(1)(B) of the Code, is received by
the Plan assigning all or a portion of a Participant’s account to an
alternate payee and the Committee determines the Order complies with
Section 414(p) of the Code, the Account of the Participant will be divided
among the Participant and the Alternate Payee(s) in accordance with the
provisions of the Order. The Alternate Payee(s) Account(s) will
be distributed in accordance with the provisions of Article VI of the
Plan. For purpose of distribution, the Alternate Payee(s)
designated by the Order (if not employed by the Company) will be
considered terminated from employment effective the date the Order is
determined by the Committee to be a qualified domestic relations order
pursuant to said Section 414(p) of the
Code.
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9.5
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Immunity
from Liability. No director, officer, or employee of the
Company shall be personally liable for any act or omission to act in
connection with the operation or administration of the Plan, except for
his personal willful misconduct or gross
negligence.
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RadioShack
intends, as a matter of accommodation, to assist both the Trustee and the
Participants in the delivery of forms, statements, applications, records,
notices, remittances, and other documents required or provided for under this
Agreement, and in so doing will endeavor in good faith to exercise ordinary
diligence, but in no event shall the Company be liable for any failure on its
part or the part of its officers, directors or employees for any failure so to
act.
9.6
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Multiple
Copies. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed the
original.
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9.7
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Gender
and Number. Wherever any words are used herein in the
masculine gender, they shall be construed as though they were also used in
the feminine gender, in all cases where they would so apply, and wherever
any words are used herein in the singular form, they shall be construed as
though they were also used in the plural form, in all cases where they
would so apply.
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9.8
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Construction
of Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed
according to the laws of the State of
Texas.
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9.9
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Claims
Procedures. Claims for benefits under the Plan shall be
governed by the claims procedures maintained by the Company in compliance
with Section 503 of ERISA and made available to
Participants.
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9.10
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Exempt
Loans.
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(a)
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Trust
May Incur Loan. The Committee may direct the Trustee to
incur a loan on behalf of the Trust Fund in a manner and under conditions
which will cause the loan to be an Exempt Loan. The proceeds of
each Exempt Loan shall be used, within a reasonable time after the loan is
obtained, to purchase Company Stock or to repay the Exempt Loan or any
prior Exempt Loan. Any Exempt Loan shall provide for a
reasonable rate of interest, an ascertainable period of maturity and shall
be without recourse against the Trust Fund. Any Exempt Loan
shall be secured solely by shares of Company Stock acquired with the
proceeds of the Exempt Loan and shares of Company Stock used as collateral
for a prior Exempt Loan. Company Stock acquired with the
proceeds of an Exempt Loan (whether or not pledged as collateral) shall be
placed in a Suspense Account and released from the Suspense Account in the
manner specified in Subsection (b) as the Exempt Loan is
repaid. Company Stock released from the Suspense Account shall
be allocated to the Company Stock ESOP Fund (as described in Section 4.12)
for each Participant and Beneficiary. No person entitled
to payment under an Exempt Loan shall have recourse against any assets of
the Trust Fund other than the Company Stock used as collateral for the
Exempt Loan, Employer Contributions of cash that are available to meet the
obligations of the Exempt Loan, and earnings attributable to the Company
Stock used as collateral. Employer Contributions made with
respect to any Plan Year during which an Exempt Loan remains unpaid, and
earnings on such contributions, shall be deemed available to meet
obligations under the Exempt Loan, unless otherwise provided by the
Committee at the time the Employer Contributions are made. In
the event of default upon an Exempt Loan, the value of Plan assets
transferred in satisfaction of the loan must not exceed the amount of the
default. If the lender is a disqualified person (as defined in
Section 4975 of the Code, a loan must provide for the transfer of Plan
assets upon default only up to and to the extent of the failure of the
Plan to meet the payment schedule of the
loan.
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(b)
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Release
of Company Stock. Any pledge of Company Stock under this
Section shall provide for the release of shares pledged as collateral for
an Exempt Loan upon the payment of any portion of the principal and/or
interest on the Exempt Loan. Each Plan Year, the number of
shares of Company Stock released shall equal the number of encumbered
shares held immediately before release for such Plan Year, multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of principal paid on the
Exempt Loan for the Plan Year, and the denominator of which is the sum of
the numerator and the principal to be paid on the Exempt Loan for all
future Plan Years, determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations
section 54.4975 7. At the option of RadioShack, interest paid
and to be paid on the Exempt Loan may be included in the numerator and
denominator of the fraction. In the event shares of more than
one class of Company Stock are pledged as collateral for an Exempt Loan,
the fraction described in this Subsection shall be applied uniformly to
each such class of Company Stock, and shares and fractional shares of each
such class of Company Stock shall be allocated in the same proportion to
the Company Stock ESOP Fund on behalf of each Participant receiving an
allocation. If the release of shares is determined with
reference to principal payments only, the following additional rules shall
apply: (1) the loan must provide for annual payments of principal and
interest at a cumulative rate that is not less rapid at any time than
level annual payments of such amount for 10 years; (2) the interest
included in any payment is disregarded only to the extent that it would be
determined to be interest under standard loan amortization tables; and (3)
the release may no longer be determined by reference to only principal
payments from the time that, by reason of a renewal, extension or
refinancing, the sum of the expired duration of the Exempt Loan, the
renewal period, the extension period, and the duration of the new Exempt
Loan exceeds 10 years.
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(c)
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Payments
on Exempt Loan. Payment of principal and interest on any
Exempt Loan shall be made by the Trustee at the direction of the Committee
solely from (i) Employer Contributions available to meet obligations under
the Exempt Loan, (ii) earnings from the investment of such contributions,
(iii) earnings attributable to Company Stock pledged as collateral for the
Exempt Loan, (iv) dividends attributable to Company Stock held in the
Company Stock ESOP Fund on behalf of a Participant, and (v) the proceeds
of a loan used to repay the Exempt Loan. Employer Contributions
and earnings available to repay an Exempt Loan must be accounted for
separately by the Committee until the Exempt Loan is
repaid.
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ARTICLE
X
ADOPTION
OF THE PLAN BY AFFILIATED AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES
10.1
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Method
of Adoption. Any Affiliated Business by resolution of
its board of directors may adopt the Plan hereby created, provided that in
so doing it adopts and accepts all of the provisions of this Agreement as
it exists at the time of such adoption. Both the written
consent of RadioShack and the resolution of the Affiliated Business
adopting the Plan shall be delivered to the Trustee and the effective date
of adoption shall be that specified in such written consent and
resolution. From and after the effective date when such
Affiliated Business shall have become a party to this Agreement, it shall
be known as an “Employer.”
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(a)
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The
right and authority to select the Trustee and any successor trustee and to
appoint the Committee shall be vested in and exercisable solely by
RadioShack.
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(b)
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Separate
Accounts shall be maintained by the Trustee for Participants from each
Employer, and such Accounts shall receive and be funded from contributions
of those Participants and from contributions from the particular Employer
employing such Participants.
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(c)
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Separate
records shall be maintained for the Accounts of Participants of each
Employer, but such Accounts shall be administered by the Trustee and the
Committee on the same basis as those of the Participants of
RadioShack.
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(d)
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An
Employer (other than RadioShack) shall have the right at any time to
discontinue its participation hereunder and to terminate, as to itself,
this Agreement and the Trust created hereunder, by delivering to the
Trustee written notice of such termination, accompanied by a certified
resolution of the board of directors of such Employer authorizing
termination, and such termination shall become effective when notice is
received by the Trustee. Upon discontinuance of contributions
or termination of the Trust, as to itself, by an Employer, the Trustee
shall segregate from the Trust Fund the interests of such Employer,
represented by the value of the Accounts of the Participants who are
employees of such Employer, as such Accounts are constituted at the time
of termination by such Employer, as determined and directed by the
Committee. The Accounts of such Participants shall become
wholly non forfeitable as of the date of such segregation by the
Trustee. The Committee shall direct the Trustee to distribute
to such Participants the total value of their respective Accounts in cash
and/or in kind, provided that in the event the Trustee is directed to make
a distribution of all or a portion of each Participant’s accounts in kind,
the assets so distributed shall be valued for the purposes of such
distribution at their fair market value at the time of such
distribution. The Committee’s determination shall be conclusive
on all persons.
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(e)
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Whenever
an employee transfers from one Employer to another, he shall be permitted
to continue in this Plan to the extent that such subsequent Employer
participates in the Plan. Upon transfer, his Account shall be
transferred to the new Employer.
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10.2
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Transfer
of Employees to Other Savings Plans. RadioShack
maintains for its employees other employees’ savings or investment plans
operated under the same general terms and conditions as this
Plan. Whenever a Participant in this Plan transfers his
employment to an Employer participating in such other similar qualified
plans, RadioShack will, when requested by the Participant, transfer the
Participant’s Accounts to the Trustee of the Plan of the Participant’s new
Employer. This transfer will be accomplished quarterly by the
Committee directing that cash or other assets, equal in value to the value
of the Participant’s Accounts in the Trust Fund at the next succeeding
quarterly Valuation Date, be transferred to the Trustee of the other
plan.
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10.3
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Transfer
of Funds to Acquired Company’s Plans. Whenever a
Participant in this Plan transfers his employment to “an acquired company,
firm, partnership or such other legal entity” (as defined below) that has
a plan qualified under the applicable provisions of the Code, the Trustee
will, when requested by the Participant, transfer the Participant’s
Accounts to the Trustee of the plan of the Participant’s new
employer. This transfer will be accomplished by the Committee
directing the Trustee that cash or other assets, equal in value to the
value of the Participant’s Accounts in the Trust Fund at the next
succeeding Valuation Date, be transferred to the trustee of the other
plan. An acquired company, firm, partnership or such other
legal entity is one that has been heretofore or hereafter acquired by
RadioShack or any of its
subsidiaries.
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10.4
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Receipt
of Funds from Acquired Company’s Plans. RadioShack
agrees to permit the Trustee of this Plan to accept transfers of
Participants’ accounts from plans of companies heretofore or hereafter
acquired by RadioShack, or any of its subsidiaries, provided the plan from
which the transfer is made is qualified under the applicable provisions of
the Code. Any accounts so transferred from an acquired company
will be placed in the Participant’s rollover
account.
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10.5
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Merger
or Consolidation. In the case of a merger or
consolidation with, or transfer of assets or liabilities to, any other
plan, each Participant in the Plan must (if the Plan is then terminated)
receive a benefit immediately after the merger, consolidation or transfer
which is equal to or greater than the benefit he would have been entitled
to receive immediately before the merger, consolidation or transfer (if
the Plan was terminated). Further, no transfer of assets or
liabilities will be made from this Plan to another Plan unless such other
plan will impose the same distribution restrictions on Deferred Salary
Contributions and any qualified nonelective contributions or qualified
matching contributions as the Plan.
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ARTICLE
XI
TOP
HEAVY PLAN PROVISIONS
11.1
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Top
Heavy Test. This Article XI shall apply in the event it
is determined, in accordance with this Article XI and Section
416(g) of the Code, that this Plan is top heavy (hereafter referred to as
a “Top Heavy Plan”) because the present value of the aggregate Participant
Accounts of Key Employees (as hereinafter defined) exceeds sixty percent
(60%) of the present value of the aggregate of all Participant
Accounts. Except as otherwise provided, the provisions set
forth in this Article shall cease to apply when the Plan is no longer a
Top Heavy Plan.
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11.2
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Key
Employees. “Key Employee” means any Employee or former
Employee (including any deceased Employee) who at any time during the Plan
Year that includes the Determination Date was an officer of the Employer
having annual compensation greater than $130,000 (as adjusted under
Section 416(i)(1) of the Code) ($150,000 for 2008 and $160,000 for 2009),
a 5-percent owner of the Employer, or a 1-percent owner of the Employer
having annual compensation of more than $150,000. For this
purpose, annual compensation means compensation within the meaning of
Section 415(c)(3) of the Code. The determination of who is a
Key Employee will be made in accordance with Section 416(i)(1) of the Code
and the applicable regulations and other guidance of general applicability
issued thereunder.
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11.3
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Top
Heaviness Determination. The determination of whether
the Plan qualifies as a Top-Heavy Plan shall be made as of the last day of
the preceding Plan Year (hereinafter referred to as the “Determination
Date”). The Participant Accounts of a Key Employee and of any
other Employee, for purposes of testing for Top-Heaviness, shall be
determined as of the Determination Date and shall include the amount of
any contributions that would be allocable to Participant Accounts as of
the Determination Date, even if such amounts have not yet been
contributed. The present values of accrued benefits and the
amounts of Participant Account balances as of the Determination Date shall
be increased by the distributions made with respect to the Participant
under the Plan and any Plan aggregated with the Plan under Section
416(g)(2) of the Code during the 1-year period ending on the Determination
Date. The preceding sentence shall also apply to distributions
under a terminated plan which, had it not been terminated, would have been
aggregated with the Plan under Section 416(g)(2)(A)(i) of the
Code. In the case of a distribution made for a reason other
than separation from service, death, or disability, this provision shall
be applied by substituting “5-year period” for “1-year
period.” For purposes of testing for Top-Heaviness, (a) if any
individual is a “Non-Key Employee” with respect to any Plan Year, his
Accounts shall not be taken into account if he was a Key Employee for an
earlier Plan Year and (b) an individual’s Accounts shall not be taken into
account if he has not had any service with the Employer (other than
benefits under the Plan) at any time during the 1-year period ending on
the Determination Date. “Non-Key Employee” shall mean any
Employee who is not a Key Employee and includes Employees who are former
Key Employees.
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11.4
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Aggregation
of Plans. For purposes of determining whether the Plan
is a Top Heavy Plan for any Plan Year, all Employers required to be
aggregated and treated as one Employer under Sections 414(b), (c) and (m)
of the Code shall be so treated under this Section. In
addition, any pension or profit sharing plan qualified under the
provisions of Section 401 of the Code, which is then maintained by the
Employer (except those plans applicable exclusively to employees described
in Section 410(b)(3) of the Code) in which a Key Employee participates or
which enables a plan in which a Key Employee participates to
meet the requirements of Sections 401(a) or 410 of the Code
shall be aggregated and the determination of whether any such plan is a
Top Heavy Plan shall be made as if all such plans were a single plan for
purposes of this Article.
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11.5
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Employer
Contributions. In the event the Plan is determined to be
a Top-Heavy Plan for any Plan Year, Employer Contributions (including
forfeitures) with respect to any Participant who is a Non-Key Employee (as
defined in Section 11.3 above) shall not be less than the lesser of (a) 3
percent of such Participant’s compensation within the meaning of Section
415 of the Code or (b) that percentage of such Participant’s gross salary
and wages which is equivalent to the highest percentage of gross salary
and wages for which Employer Contributions (including amounts contributed
as a result of an elective salary reduction agreement and forfeitures, if
applicable) were allocated to a Key Employee, subject to such regulations
as shall be prescribed pursuant to Section 416(f) of the Code including
regulations to prevent inappropriate omissions or require duplication of
minimum benefits or contributions. In any year in which the
Plan is determined to be a Top Heavy Plan, each non-Key Employee
participating in the Plan will receive the minimum contribution if the
Participant has not separated from service at the end of the Plan Year,
regardless of whether the non-Key Employee has more or less than 1,000
hours of service (or the equivalent). A Non-Key Employee
Participant’s Account balance(s) attributable to the minimum contributions
required pursuant to this Section 11.5 are not subject to forfeiture even
if said Participant withdraws mandatory Employee
contributions. For purposes of this Section 11.5, Employer
Contributions attributable to a cash or deferred salary reduction
agreement are not included as Employer Contributions. For
purposes of this Section 11.5, (i) any employer matching contributions
under the Plan or any other defined contribution plan of any Affiliated
Business used to satisfy the nondiscrimination tests of Sections 401(k)
and 401(m) of the Code and (ii) any employer contributions attributable to
a cash or deferred salary reduction agreement are included in determining
employer contributions made on behalf of Key Employees, but are not
included as employer contributions to satisfy the minimum required
contribution for non-Key Employees.
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11.6
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Multiple
Plan Fractions. In the event the Plan is determined to
be a Top Heavy Plan for any Plan Year, if the Employer maintains both a
defined contribution plan and a defined benefit plan qualifying under
Section 401(a) or 403(a) of the Code, the defined benefit and defined
contribution fractions, which limit contributions and benefits payable to
a Participant of both plans, shall be applied by substituting “1.0” for
“1.25”, provided, however, that this Section shall not apply
if:
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(a)
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the
condition set forth in Section 11.5 is met if “4 percent” is substituted
for “3 percent” in such Section;
and
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(b)
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the
Plan would not be a Top Heavy Plan if “ninety percent (90%)” is
substituted for “sixty percent (60%)” in Section
11.1.
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11.7
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Vesting
if Plan is Top-Heavy. If the Plan fails the Top Heavy
Test in any given Plan Year then each Participant who has completed three
Years of Service with the Employer, or an Affiliated Business, maintaining
the Plan is deemed to be fully vested in his Accounts for all Employer
Contributions made.
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ARTICLE
XII
CHANGE
IN CONTROL
12.1
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Termination
or Amendment. Notwithstanding any provision contained in
the Plan to the contrary, for a period of one (1) year following a Change
in Control (as hereinafter defined), the Plan may not be terminated or
amended in any way that would adversely affect the computation or amount
of, or entitlement to, benefits hereunder, including, but not limited to,
(a) any reduction in the right to make deferred salary contributions by
any individual who was an Employee on the date immediately prior to a
Change in Control, (b) a reduction in the level of Employer Contributions
with respect to such individuals immediately prior to a Change in Control
or (c) any change in the distribution or withdrawal provisions; provided,
however, that the Plan may be amended to the extent necessary to preserve
its qualification under the Code. Any amendment or termination
of the Plan that (i) was at the request of a third party who has indicated
an intention or taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in
Control or (ii) unless such amendment confers additional benefits on the
Participants or Beneficiaries, otherwise arose in connection with, or in
anticipation of, a Change in Control shall be null and void, and shall
have no effect whatsoever. Notwithstanding any provision
contained in the Plan to the contrary, following a Change in Control, the
Plan may not be terminated or amended in any way if the effect of such
termination or amendment would be to eliminate or adversely affect for any
Participant or Beneficiary the tax treatment relating to “net unrealized
appreciation” with respect to Company Stock as provided for in Sections
402(a) and 402(e) of the Code.
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12.2
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Change
in Control. For purposes of the Plan, a “Change in
Control” shall mean any of the following
events:
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(a)
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An
acquisition (other than directly from RadioShack (for purposes of this
Section 12.2 “the Company”) of any voting securities of the Company (the
“Voting Securities”) by any “Person” (as the term person is used for
purposes of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the “1934 Act”)) immediately after which such Person has
“Beneficial Ownership” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under
the 0000 Xxx) of fifteen percent (15%) or more of the combined voting
power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities; provided,
however, in determining whether a Change in Control has occurred, Voting
Securities which are acquired in a Non-Control Acquisition (as hereinafter
defined) shall not constitute an acquisition which would cause a Change in
Control.
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A
“Non-Control Acquisition” shall mean an acquisition by (i) an employee benefit
plan (or a trust forming a part thereof) maintained by (A) the Company or (B)
any corporation or other Person of which a majority of its voting power or its
voting equity securities or equity interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by
the Company (for purposes of this definition, a “Subsidiary”), (ii) the Company
or its Subsidiaries, or (iii) any Person in connection with a Non-Control
Transaction (as hereinafter defined);
(b)
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The
individuals who, as of April 30, 2004 are members of the Board (the
“Incumbent Board”), cease for any reason to constitute at least two-thirds
of the Board; provided, however, that if the election, or nomination for
election by the Company’s stockholders, of any new director was approved
by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Board, such new director
shall, for purposes of this Plan, be considered as a member of the
Incumbent Board; provided further, however, that no individual shall be
considered a member of the Incumbent Board if such individual initially
assumed office as a result of either an actual or threatened “Election
Contest” (as described in Rule 14a-11 promulgated under the 0000 Xxx) or
other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on
behalf of a Person other than the Board (a “Proxy Contest”) including by
reason of any agreement intended to avoid or settle any Election Contest
or Proxy Contest; or
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(c)
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The
consummation of:
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(i)
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A
merger, consolidation, reorganization or other business combination with
or into the Company or in which securities of the Company are issued,
unless
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(A)
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the
stockholders of the Company, immediately before such merger,
consolidation, reorganization or other business combination, own directly
or indirectly immediately following such merger, consolidation,
reorganization or other business combination, at least sixty percent (60%)
of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the
corporation resulting from such merger or consolidation, reorganization or
other business combination (the “Surviving Corporation”) in substantially
the same proportion as their ownership of the Voting Securities
immediately before such merger, consolidation, reorganization or other
business combination,
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(B)
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the
individuals who were members of the Incumbent Board immediately prior to
the execution of the agreement providing for such merger, consolidation,
reorganization or other business combination constitute at least
two-thirds of the members of the board of directors of the Surviving
Corporation, or a corporation beneficially directly or indirectly owning a
majority of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities
of the Surviving Corporation, or
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(C)
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no
Person other than (i) the Company, (ii) any Subsidiary, (iii) any employee
benefit plan (or any trust forming a part thereof) that, immediately prior
to such merger, consolidation, reorganization or other business
combination was maintained by the Company, the Surviving Corporation, or
any Subsidiary, or (iv) any Person who, immediately prior to such merger,
consolidation, reorganization or other business combination had Beneficial
Ownership of fifteen percent (15%) or more of the then outstanding Voting
Securities, has Beneficial Ownership of fifteen percent (15%) or more of
the combined voting power of the Surviving Corporation’s then outstanding
voting securities, and
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A
transaction described in clauses (A) through (C) shall herein be referred to as
a “Non-Control Transaction.”
(ii)
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A
complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company;
or
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(iii)
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The
sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company to any Person (other than (i) any such sale or disposition that
results in at least fifty percent (50%) of the Company’s assets being
owned by one or more subsidiaries or (ii) a distribution to the Company’s
stockholders of the stock of a subsidiary or any other
assets).
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to occur solely because
any Person (the “Subject Person”) acquired Beneficial Ownership of more than the
permitted amount of the then outstanding Voting Securities (X) as a result of
the acquisition of Voting Securities by the Company which, by reducing the
number of Voting Securities outstanding, increases the proportional number of
shares Beneficially Owned by the Subject Person, provided that if a Change in
Control would occur (but for the operation of this subsection (X)) as a result
of the acquisition of Voting Securities by the Company, and after such share
acquisition by the Company, the Subject Person becomes the Beneficial Owner of
any additional Voting Securities which increases the percentage of the then
outstanding Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by the Subject Person, then a
Change in Control shall occur, or (Y) and such Subject Person (1) within
fourteen (14) Business Days (or such greater period of time as may be determined
by action of the Board) after such Subject Person would otherwise have caused a
Change in Control (but for the operation of this clause (Y)), such Subject
Person notifies the Board that such Subject Person did so inadvertently, and (2)
within seven (7) Business Days after such notification (or such greater period
of time as may be determined by action of the Board), such Subject Person
divests itself of a sufficient number of Voting Securities so that such Subject
Person is no longer the Beneficial Owner of more than the permitted amount of
the outstanding Voting Securities.
12.3
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Article
XII Amendment. Notwithstanding any provision contained
in the Plan to the contrary, no provision of this Article XII may be
amended at any time in any manner that would adversely affect the right to
or amount of any benefits upon a Change in
Control.
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12.4
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Successors
and Assigns. Notwithstanding any provision contained in
the Plan to the contrary, the provisions of this Article XII shall be
binding upon the Company and its successors and
assigns.
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12.5
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Severability. Notwithstanding
any provision contained in the Plan to the contrary, the provisions of
this Article XII shall be deemed severable and the validity or
unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of the other provisions
hereof.
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12.6
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Contrary
Provisions. The provisions of this Article XII shall
govern notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan to the
contrary.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the COMPANY and the TRUSTEE have executed this instrument at
Fort Worth, Texas, as of the date first set forth above.
ATTEST: RADIOSHACK CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxx
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxx Name: Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Assistant
Corporate
Secretary Title: Vice
President – Human Resources
ATTEST:
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WACHOVIA
BANK, N.A., in its capacity
as
directed Trustee with respect to the
provisions
of the Trust
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By: /s/ Xxx
Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Client Services Leader
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By: /s/ Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
VP
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