AMENDED AND RESTATED
AMSURG CORP.
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN, AS
AMENDED
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Article I
TITLE AND DEFINITIONS
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Definitions
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Article II
PARTICIPATION
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Requirements
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Article III DEFERRAL ELECTIONS
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Elections to
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Investment
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Article IV
DEFERRAL ACCOUNTS
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Deferral
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Company
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Article V
VESTING
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Article VI
DISTRIBUTIONS
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Distribution of
Deferred Compensation and Discretionary Company
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Unforeseeable
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Inability to
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Delay of
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Permitted
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Article VII ADMINISTRATION
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Committee
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Committee
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Powers and
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Construction
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Information
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Compensation,
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Quarterly
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Disputes
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Article VIII MISCELLANEOUS
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Unsecured
General Creditor
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Insurance
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Restriction
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Withholding
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Amendment,
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Governing
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Section
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Receipt or
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Payments on
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Limitation of
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Headings
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
AMSURG CORP.
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN, AS
AMENDED
ARTICLE I
TITLE AND DEFINITIONS
Whenever the
following words and phrases are used in this Plan, with the first
letter capitalized, they shall have the meanings specified
below.
(a) “Account”
or “Accounts” shall mean all of such accounts as are
specifically authorized for inclusion in this Plan.
(b) “Affiliate”
shall mean any corporation which is a member of a controlled group
of corporations of which the Company is a member, or any
unincorporated trade or business which is under the common control
of or with the Company, or any affiliated service group of which
the Company is a member, which are required to be aggregated with
the Company under section 414(b) or 414(c) of the Code, without
substitution of a lower percentage for 80% in applying section
1563(a)(1), (2) and (3) of the Code as permitted in
section 1.409A-1(h)(3) of the Regulations.
(c) “Base
Salary” shall mean a Participant’s annual base salary,
excluding bonus, commissions, incentive and all other remuneration
for services rendered to Company and prior to reduction for any
salary contributions to a plan established pursuant to section 125
of the Code or qualified pursuant to section 401(k) of the
Code.
(d) “Beneficiary”
or “Beneficiaries” shall mean the person or persons,
including a trustee, personal representative or other fiduciary,
last designated in writing by a Participant in accordance with
procedures established by the Committee to receive the benefits
specified hereunder in the event of the Participant’s death.
No Beneficiary designation shall become effective until it is filed
with the Committee. Any designation shall be revocable at any time
through a written instrument filed by the Participant with the
Committee with or without the consent of the previous Beneficiary.
No designation of a Beneficiary other than the Participant’s
spouse shall be valid unless consented to in writing by such
spouse. If there is no such designation or if there is no surviving
designated Beneficiary, then the Participant’s surviving
spouse shall be the Beneficiary. If there is no surviving spouse to
receive any benefits payable in accordance with the preceding
sentence, the duly appointed and currently acting personal
representative of the Participant’s estate (which shall
include either the Participant’s probate estate or living
trust) shall be the Beneficiary. In any case where there is no such
personal representative of the Participant’s estate duly
appointed and acting in that capacity within 90 days after the
Participant’s death (or such extended period as the Committee
determines is reasonably necessary to allow such personal
representative to be appointed, but not to exceed 180 days
after the Participant’s death), then Beneficiary shall mean
the person or persons who can verify by affidavit or court order to
the satisfaction of the Committee that they are legally entitled to
receive the benefits specified hereunder. In the event any amount
is payable under the
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Plan to a
minor, payment shall not be made to the minor, but instead be paid
(a) to that person’s living parent(s) to act as
custodian, (b) if that person’s parents are then
divorced, and one parent is the sole custodial parent, to such
custodial parent, or (c) if no parent of that person is then
living, to a custodian selected by the Committee to hold the funds
for the minor under the Uniform Transfers or Gifts to Minors Act in
effect in the jurisdiction in which the minor resides. If no parent
is living and the Committee decides not to select another custodian
to hold the funds for the minor, then payment shall be made to the
duly appointed and currently acting guardian of the estate for the
minor or, if no guardian of the estate for the minor is duly
appointed and currently acting within 60 days after the date
the amount becomes payable, payment shall be deposited with the
court having jurisdiction over the estate of the minor. Payment by
Company pursuant to any unrevoked Beneficiary designation, or to
the Participant’s estate if no such designation exists, of
all benefits owed hereunder shall terminate any and all liability
of Company.
(e) “Board
of Directors” or “Board” shall mean the Board of
Directors of Company.
(f) “Bonuses”
shall mean the bonuses earned as of the last day of the Plan Year,
provided a Participant is in the employ of the Company on the last
day of the Plan Year.
(g) “Change
in Control” shall mean the first to occur of any of the
following events:
(1) Any
one person or group (as described in Regulations promulgated under
Section 409A) acquires ownership of stock of the Company that,
together with stock held by such person or group, constitutes more
than fifty percent (50%) of the total fair market value or total
voting power of the stock of the Company; or
(2) Notwithstanding
that the Company has not undergone a Change in Control as described
in Section 1.1(g)(1), a Change in Control of the Company
occurs on the date that either:
(A)
Any one person or more than one person acting as a group (as
described in Regulations promulgated under Section 409A),
acquires or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the
date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons,
ownership of stock of the Company possessing thirty percent (30%)
or more of the total voting power of the stock of such corporation;
or
(B)
A majority of members of the Company’s Board is replaced
during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or
election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the
Company’s Board prior to the date of the appointment or
election; or
(3) Any
one person or group (as described in Regulations promulgated under
Section 409A) acquires or has acquired during the 12-month
period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such
person or persons assets from the Company that have a
total
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gross fair
market value equal to or more than forty percent (40%) of all the
assets of the Company immediately prior to such acquisition or
acquisitions. For this purpose, gross fair market value means the
value of the assets of the Company, or the value of the assets
being disposed of, determined without regard to any liabilities
associated with such assets.
In determining
whether a Change in Control has occurred, the following rules shall
be applicable:
(I)
For purposes of a change in ownership described in
Section 1.1(g)(1) above, if any one person or more than one
person acting as a proxy is considered to own more than fifty
percent (50%) of the total fair market value or total voting power
of the stock of a corporation, the acquisition of additional stock
by the same person or persons is not considered to cause a change
in the ownership of the corporation (or to cause a change in the
effective control of the corporation as described in
Section 1.1(g)(2)). An increase in the percentage of stock
owned by any one person, or persons acting as a group, as a result
of a transaction in which the corporation acquires its stock in
exchange for property will be treated as an acquisition of stock.
Section 1.1(g)(1) applies only when there is a transfer of
stock of a corporation (or issuance of stock of a corporation) and
stock in such corporation remains outstanding after the
transaction. For purposes of Section 1.1(g)(1), persons will not be
considered to be acting as a group solely because they purchase or
own stock of the same corporation at the same time or as a result
of a public offering. Persons will, however, be considered to be
acting as a group if they are owners of a corporation that enters
into a merger, consolidation, purchase or acquisition of stock, or
similar business transaction with the corporation. If a person,
including an entity, owns stock in both corporations that enter
into a merger, consolidation, purchase or acquisition of stock, or
similar transaction, such shareholder is considered to be acting as
a group with other shareholders only with respect to the ownership
in that corporation prior to the transaction giving rise to the
change and not with respect to the ownership interest in the other
corporation.
(II)
For purposes of a change in effective control of a corporation
described in Section 1.1(g)(2) above, if one person, or more
than one person acting as a group, is considered to effectively
control a corporation within the meaning of Section 1.1(g)(2),
the acquisition of additional control of the corporation by the
same person or persons is not considered to cause a change in the
effective control of the corporation within the meaning of
Section 1.1(g)(2) or to cause a change in the ownership of the
corporation within the meaning of Section 1.1(g)(1). Persons
will or will not be considered to be acting as a group in
accordance with rules similar to those set forth in clause
(I) above and as specifically provided in section
1.409A-3(i)(5)(vi)(D) of the Regulations under
Section 409A.
(III)
For purposes of a change in the ownership of a substantial portion
of a corporation’s assets described in Section 1.1(g)(3)
above, there is not
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a Change in
Control event when there is a transfer to an entity that is
controlled by the shareholders of the transferring corporation
immediately after the transfer. A transfer of assets by a
corporation is not treated as a change in ownership of such assets
if the assets are transferred to (i) a shareholder of the
corporation (immediately before the asset transfer) in exchange for
or with respect to its stock, (ii) an entity, fifty percent
(50%) or more of the total value or voting power of which is owned,
directly or indirectly, by the corporation, (iii) a person, or
more than one person acting as a group, that owns, directly or
indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the total value or
voting power of all the outstanding stock of the corporation, or
(iv) an entity, at least fifty (50%) of the total value or
voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by a person
described in immediately preceding sub-clause (iii) of this
clause (III). For purposes of the foregoing, and except as
otherwise provided, a person’s status is determined
immediately after the transfer of assets. Persons will or will not
be considered to be acting as a group in accordance with rules
similar to those set forth in clause (I) above, and as
specifically provided in section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vii)(C) of the
Regulations under Section 409A.
(IV)
Code Section 318(a) applies for purposes of determining stock
ownership. Stock underlying a vested option is considered owned by
the individual who owns the vested option (and the stock underlying
an unvested option is not considered owned by the individual who
holds the unvested option). If, however, a vested option is
exercisable for stock that is not substantially vested (as defined
by Regulation section 1.83-3(b) and (j)) the stock underlying the
option is not treated as owned by the individual who holds the
option.
(V)
Whether a Change in Control has occurred will be determined by the
Company in accordance with the rules and definitions set forth in
this Section 1.1(g). This determination shall be made in a
manner consistent with Section 409A and the Regulations
thereunder.
(h) “Code”
shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Whenever
a reference is made herein to a specific Code section, such
reference shall be deemed to include any successor Code section
having the same or a substantially similar purpose.
(i) “Committee”
shall mean the committee appointed by the Board to administer the
Plan in accordance with Article VII; provided that, if no
committee has been appointed by the Board in accordance with
Article VII, the Committee shall be the Compensation Committee
of the Board.
(j) “Company”
shall mean AmSurg Corp.
(k) “Company
Contribution Account” shall mean the bookkeeping account
maintained by the Company for each Participant that is credited
with an amount equal to the Company Discretionary Contribution
Amount, if any, and earnings and losses on such amounts pursuant to
Section 4.2.
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(l) “Company
Discretionary Contribution Amount” with respect to a
Participant shall mean such amount, if any, contributed by the
Company, on a purely discretionary basis, under the Plan for the
benefit of Participant for a Plan Year. Such amount may differ from
Participant to Participant both in amount, if any, and as a
percentage of Compensation.
(m) “Compensation”
shall be base salary, bonus, and commissions.
(n) “Deferral
Account” shall mean the bookkeeping account maintained by the
Committee for each Participant that is credited with amounts equal
to (1) the portion of the Participant’s Compensation
that he or she elects to defer, and (2) earnings and losses
pursuant to Section 4.1.
(o) “Deferral
Election Form” shall mean a form provided by the Committee
pursuant to which an Eligible Employee may (i) elect to defer
Compensation for a particular Plan Year in accordance with the Plan
and (ii) elect an Elected Withdrawal Schedule and/or an
Elected Termination Schedule with respect to the Compensation
deferred for a particular Plan Year in accordance with the Plan.
The form and content of the Deferral Election Form may be revised
from time to time consistent with the Plan, by or at the direction
of the Company’s chief executive officer, chief financial
officer or chief legal officer.
(p) “Distributable
Amount” at any time shall mean the vested balance in the
Participant’s Deferral Account and Company Contribution
Account at such time.
(q) “Domestic
Relations Order” shall mean a judgment, decree or order
(including approval of a property settlement agreement) which is
made pursuant to a state domestic relations law, which relates to
the provision of child support, alimony payments or marital
property rights to a spouse, child or other dependent of a
Participant (“Alternate Payee”), and which creates or
recognizes the existence of an Alternate Payee’s right to, or
assigns to an Alternate Payee the right to, receive all or a
portion of the benefits payable to a Participant.
(r) “Early
Retirement” shall mean a Participant’s Separation from
Service from the Company at a time that the Participant’s age
plus years of employment with the Company as of the date of the
Separation from Service is equal to or greater than 70.
(s) “Effective
Date” for this Amended and Restated Plan shall mean
February 7, 2008.
(t) “Elected
Termination Schedule” shall mean a distribution schedule
elected by a Participant, as set forth on the Deferral Election
Form for a Plan Year or as otherwise elected by the Participant
pursuant to the Plan, which shall govern certain withdrawals in
accordance with Section 6.1(a) in the case of a Participant
who Retires or Separates from Service due to Long Term Disability.
Each Elected Termination Schedule shall satisfy the requirements of
Section 6.1(a).
(u) “Elected
Withdrawal Schedule” shall mean a distribution schedule
elected by a Participant as set forth on the Deferral Election Form
for a Plan Year or as otherwise elected by the Participant pursuant
to the Plan, which shall govern certain in-service withdrawals
in
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accordance with
Section 6.1(b). Each Elected Withdrawal Schedule shall satisfy
the requirements of Sections 6.1(c) and 6.1(d).
(v) “Eligible
Employee” shall be a select group of management and/or highly
compensated employees (within the meaning of ERISA
Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1)) of AmSurg Corp. or
any of its Affiliates, designated by the Committee as eligible to
participate under the Plan. The Company shall have the authority to
take any and all actions necessary or desirable in order for the
Plan to satisfy the requirements set forth in ERISA and the
regulations thereunder applicable to plans maintained for employees
who are members of a select group of management or highly
compensated employees.
(w) “Fund”
or “Funds” shall mean one or more of the deemed
investment funds selected by the Committee pursuant to
Section 3.2(b).
(x) “Identification
Date” shall mean the date determined by the Committee in
accordance with section 1.409A-1(i)(3) of the Regulations which is
the last day of the 12-month period for determination of Key
Employees. Unless otherwise designated, the Identification Date
shall be December 31.
(y) “Initial
Election Period” shall mean the 30-day period following the
time the Company designates an employee as an Eligible Employee;
provided, however, if a designated Eligible Employee participates
in any other nonqualified deferred compensation plan maintained by
the Company that must be aggregated with this Plan under
Section 409A, then the Eligible Employee must wait until the
next Plan Year to begin to participate in this Plan.
(z) “Interest
Rate” shall mean, for each Fund, an amount equal to the net
gain or loss on the assets of such Fund during each business day or
other period, expressed as a percentage of the balance of the Fund
at the beginning of each business day or other period.
(aa) “Key
Employee” shall mean a “key employee” of the
Company as described in section 416(i)(1)(A)(i), (ii) or
(iii) of the Code (without regard to section 416(i)(5) of the
Code) (generally, an officer having annual compensation of more
than $150,000 (in 2008), as adjusted; a 5% owner; or a 1% owner
having annual compensation of more than $150,000), determined at
any time during the 12-month period ending on the Identification
Date. A Participant who is a Key Employee on an Identification Date
shall be treated as a Key Employee for the twelve month period
beginning on January 1 (or such other date designated in accordance
with Section 6.4) immediately following such Identification
Date. For purposes hereof, the term “officer” shall be
determined on the basis of all facts, including the source of his
authority, the term for which elected or appointed, and the nature
and extent of his duties. Generally, the term “officer”
means an administrative executive who is in regular and continued
service. An employee who merely has the title of an officer, but
not the authority of an officer, is not to be considered an officer
hereunder. Similarly, an employee who does not have the title of an
officer but has the authority of an officer is an officer for this
purpose. Furthermore, for purposes hereof, during any 12-month
period following an Identification Date, no more than fifty
(50) employees of all members of the controlled group
consisting of the Company and all Affiliates, or if less, the
greater of three (3) individuals or ten percent (10%) of such
employees of all members of such controlled group, shall be treated
as officers hereunder.
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(bb) “Long
Term Disability” shall mean a physical or mental condition of
a Participant resulting in:
(1) evidence
that the Participant is deemed by the Social Security
Administration to be eligible to receive a disability benefit,
or
(2) evidence
that the Participant is (i) unable to engage in any
substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to
result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period
of not less than 12 months or (ii) by reason of any
medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be
expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a
continuous period of not less than 12 months, receiving income
replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months
under an accident and health plan covering the Company’s
employees.
(cc) “Normal
Retirement” shall mean a Participant’s Separation from
Service from the Company or any of its Affiliates on or after such
Participant’s 65 th birthday.
(dd) “Open
Enrollment Period” shall mean the December 1 through
December 31 immediately preceding each Plan Year.
(ee) “Participant”
shall mean any Eligible Employee who becomes a Participant in this
Plan in accordance with Article II.
(ff) “Payment
Date” shall mean (i) with respect to distributions
pursuant to an Elected Withdrawal Schedule previously elected by a
Participant for a particular Plan Year, the last regularly
scheduled pay day during February of the calendar year previously
elected by the Participant in the relevant Deferral Election Form
regarding such Plan Year, and (ii) with respect to
distributions upon a Separation from Service or Retirement of a
Participant, the last regularly scheduled pay day during February
of the calendar year beginning after the Participant’s
Separation from Service or Retirement. All initial first year
installments, or Distributable Amounts, paid as a result of an
Elected Withdrawal Schedule, Separation from Service, and/or
Retirement, will be determined based upon the prior year’s
December 31st vested Account balances. Subsequent year’s
installments will be fixed at this same amount with only the final
installment changing to equal the value of the vested Account
balance on the preceding December 31st.
(gg) “Plan”
shall mean this Amended and Restated AmSurg Corp. Supplemental
Executive Retirement Savings Plan.
(hh) “Plan
Year” shall mean January 1 to December 31.
(ii) “Regulations”
shall mean the regulations promulgated by the Treasury Department
under the Code.
(jj) “Retirement”
or “Retires” shall mean a Participant’s
Separation from Service upon Normal Retirement or Early
Retirement.
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(kk) “Section 409A”
shall mean section 409A of the Code, related Regulations and
guidance thereunder, including such Regulations and guidance
promulgated after the Effective Date of the Plan.
(ll) “Separation
from Service” or “Separates from Service” shall
mean for any Participant the occurrence of any one of the following
events:
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Participant is discharged by the Company;
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Participant voluntarily terminates employment with the Company;
or
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Participant dies while employed with the Company.
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For
purposes of determining whether a Separation from Service has
occurred, the term “Company” shall include any
“Affiliate”, and no Separation from Service shall be
deemed to have occurred if the Participant remains employed by any
Affiliate.
A
Separation from Service does not occur if the Participant is on
military leave, sick leave or other bona fide leave of absence if
the period of leave does not exceed six months or such longer
period during which the Participant’s right to reemployment
is provided by statute or contract. If the period of leave exceeds
six months and the Participant’s right to reemployment is not
provided either by statute or contract, a Separation from Service
will be deemed to have occurred on the first day following the
six-month period. If the period of leave is due to any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to
result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period
of not less than six months, where the impairment causes the
Participant to be unable to perform the duties of his or her
position of employment or any substantially similar position of
employment, a 29 month period of absence may be substituted
for the six month period.
Whether
a termination of employment has occurred is based on whether the
facts and circumstances indicate that the Company and the
Participant reasonably anticipated that no further services would
be performed after a certain date or that the level of bona fide
services the Participant would perform after such date (whether as
an employee or as an independent contractor) would permanently
decrease to no more than 20 percent of the average level of
bona fide services performed (whether as an employee or an
independent contractor) over the immediately preceding 36 month
period (or the full period of services to the Company if the
employee has been providing services to the Company for less than
36 months).
If
a Participant provides services both as an employee and as a member
of the Board, the services provided as a director are not taken
into account in determining whether the Participant has incurred a
Separation from Service as an employee for purposes of this Plan,
unless this Plan is aggregated under Section 409A with any
plan in which the Participant participates as a
director.
All
determinations of whether a Separation from Service has occurred
will be made in a manner consistent with Section 409A and the
Regulations thereunder.
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(mm) “Unforeseeable
Emergency Distribution” shall mean a distribution due to a
severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from an
illness or accident of the Participant or of his or her spouse, his
or her Beneficiary, or his or her dependent (as defined in
Section 152 of the Code without regard to
Sections 152(b)(1), (b)(2) and (d)(1)(B)), loss of a
Participant’s property due to casualty (including the need to
rebuild a home following damage to a home not otherwise covered by
insurance), or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable
circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of
the Participant. The circumstances that would constitute an
unforeseeable emergency will depend upon the relevant facts and
circumstances of each case, but, in any case, an Unforeseeable
Emergency Distribution may not be made to the extent that such
unforeseeable emergency is or may be relieved (i) through
reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise,
(ii) by liquidation of the Participant’s assets, to the
extent the liquidation of assets would not itself cause severe
financial hardship, or (iii) by cessation of deferrals under
this Plan.
2.1 Requirements for Participation . An Eligible Employee
shall become a Participant in the Plan by (i) timely
completing and submitting a Deferral Election Form for a Plan Year
in accordance with Section 3.1(a), and all other relevant and
appropriate forms as required by the Committee, and
(ii) completing any medical questionnaire required pursuant to
Section 8.2.
ARTICLE III
DEFERRAL ELECTIONS
3.1 Elections to Defer Compensation .
(a)
Initial Election Period . Subject to the provisions of
Article II, each Eligible Employee may elect to defer a
percentage of Compensation by filing with the Committee a signed
and completed election that conforms to the requirements of this
Section 3.1, on a Deferral Election Form, no later than the
last day of the Open Enrollment Period prior to each Plan Year, or
in the case of a newly designated Eligible Employee, on the last
day of his or her Initial Election Period subject to the
limita
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