Transition Participant definition
Examples of Transition Participant in a sentence
A Transition Participant who continues as an Eligible Employee after the Transition End Date will begin accruing benefits under the cash benefit formula in Section 8.01 immediately following the Transition End Date.
If a Georgia Participant or a Transition Participant elects to receive his or her Georgia Benefit at or after attaining age 62, the amount of the benefit will not be reduced for early retirement.
A Georgia Participant or Transition Participant is not eligible to receive his or her Georgia Benefit prior to attaining age 55.
A Georgia Participant other than a Transition Participant will begin accruing benefits under the cash benefit formula in Section 8.01 of the Plan as of the Plan Merger Date.
A Georgia Participant or a Transition Participant who accrues a benefit under the cash benefit formula in Section 8.01 of the Plan attributable to service performed on or after the Plan Merger Date will make separate elections as to his or her Accrued Benefit and Georgia Benefit, provided, however, that payment may be made in one check if the same form is elected for both benefits.
A Transition Participant will continue accruing benefits under the Georgia Benefit Formula described in Section 1.05 of this Appendix through the Transition End Date.
Hours of Service completed by a Georgia Participant or a Transition Participant in the period beginning January 1, 2001 and ending May 31, 2001 will be taken into account for purposes of determining whether such individual will accrue a benefit under Section 8.01(a) of the Plan for the 2001 Plan Year (or hypothetical benefit in the case of a Transition Participant), but the amount of any such benefit will be based only on Compensation accrued by such individual while a Participant in the Plan.
The Georgia Benefit of a Georgia Participant or a Transition Participant will be payable upon such individual's attaining age 55, provided the participant has separated from service with all Affiliated Companies, and in any of the forms described in Section 9.02 of the Plan.
Alternatively, the surviving spouse of a Georgia Participant or a Transition Participant may elect a reduced benefit determined under Section 1.06, provided that benefit payments commence as of a date the participant would have attained one of the specified ages.
If a Georgia Participant or Transition Participant elects to receive his or her Georgia Benefit prior to attaining age 62, the following reduction factors will apply: 62 100 % 61 97 % 60 94 % 59 91 % 58 88 % 57 85 % 56 82 % 55 79 % The applicable percentage of the Georgia Retirement Program benefit shown above will be interpolated to the nearest month for ages between the ages shown.