Examples of RSSERP Benefit in a sentence
If the Committee, in its discretion, decides to offer a 2008 Special Election, then the “2008 Special Election” shall mean a Participant’s valid election, made prior to December 31, 2008 in accordance with rules and procedures established by the Committee, to receive his or her RSSERP Benefit and/or Pension SERP Benefit at a time and in a form specified in Subparagraphs 4.4(a)(iii) and 4.4(b)(iv), respectively.
If the Participant made a valid 2006 Special Election and does not make an election described in Subparagraph (B), his or her RSSERP Benefit shall be paid in accordance with such 2006 Special Election commencing as soon as administratively practicable following the Participant’s Default Payment Date.
If the Participant dies before complete payment of his or her vested RSSERP Benefit under Subparagraph 4.4(a), payment of his or her remaining RSSERP Benefit shall be made to his or her RSSERP Beneficiary in a lump sum as soon as practicable following the date of the Participant’s death (but in no event later than the end of the calendar year following the calendar year of his or her death).
Subject to Subparagraph (B) below, the Participant’s RSSERP Benefit shall be paid in a lump sum on or as soon as practicable after the Default Payment Date, but in no event later than the end of the calendar year after the calendar year of the Participant’s Determination Date.
For purposes of the RSSERP Benefit, “Determination Date” means the date on which the Committee or its delegate receives notification of a Participant’s Separation from Service.
A Participant’s RSSERP Benefit shall become nonforfeitable on the same basis and at the same time as his or her employer contributions become nonforfeitable under the Retirement Savings Plan provided, however, that an individual who had a Matching Credit balance under the Sara Lee SERP on December 31, 2002 shall be fully vested in his or her RSSERP Benefit on and after January 1, 2003.
If the value of the Participant’s vested RSSERP Benefit (determined without regard to any Residual Credit) is $50,000 or more on the Participant’s Separation from Service, the Participant’s vested RSSERP Benefit shall be paid in a lump sum in the seventh month following the Participant’s Separation from Service, unless the Participant made a valid election under Subparagraph (iii) or (iv) below, in which case the Participant’s RSSERP Benefit shall be paid in accordance with the applicable election.
If the value of the Participant’s vested RSSERP Benefit (determined without regard to any Residual Credit) is less than $50,000 as of the Participant’s Separation from Service, then any election made by the Participant under Subparagraph (iii) or (iv) below shall be void, and the Participant’s vested RSSERP Benefit shall be paid in a lump sum in the seventh month following the Participant’s Separation from Service.
For this purpose, a Participant’s RSSERP Benefit as of December 31, 2008 shall include his or her RSSERP Credits for the 2008 Plan Year; the lump sum paid in 2009 shall include gains/losses credited to the Participant’s RSSERP Account through February 28, 2009; and the lump sum paid in 2010 shall include gains/losses credited to the Participant’s RSSERP Account through December 31, 2009.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an active Participant may elect to receive distribution of his or her RSSERP Benefit determined as of December 31, 2008, with such amount paid to the Participant in a lump sum in 2009 or 2010, as elected by the Participant.