NASH-FINCH COMPANY
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
As Amended and Restated Effective July 14, 2008
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4.4 Effect of Delay or Failure to Ascertain
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ARTICLE 5 Source of Payments; Nature of
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ARTICLE 6 Adoption, Amendment,
Termination
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ARTICLE 7 Definitions, Construction and
Interpretation
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7.12 Deferred Compensation Plan
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7.26 Termination of Employment
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7.29 Year of Participation
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8.6 Benefit Claim Procedure
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8.8 Claims Procedures for Disability
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9.1 Withholding and Offsets
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9.3 No Warranties Regarding Tax
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NASH - FINCH COMPANY
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
As Amended and Restated on
July 14, 2008
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Plan Name
. The name of the Plan
is the “Nash-Finch Company Supplemental Executive Retirement
Plan.”
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Plan Purpose
. The purpose of the
Plan is to provide retirement income to Participants to supplement
amounts available from other sources.
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Plan Type
. The Plan is an
unfunded plan maintained primarily for the purpose of providing
deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly
compensated employees and, as such, is intended to be exempt from
the provisions of Parts 2, 3 and 4 of Subtitle B of Title I of
ERISA by operation of ERISA Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and
401(a)(4), respectively. The Plan is also intended to be unfunded
for tax purposes. The Plan will be construed and administered in a
manner that is consistent with and gives effect to the
foregoing.
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The
Plan is intended to comply with all applicable law, including, to
the extent applicable, the requirements of Section 409A (as
defined below) and will be operated and construed in accordance
with this intention. The Plan has been operated in reasonable, good
faith compliance with Section 409A of the Code (within the
meaning of Internal Revenue Service Notices 2005-1, 2006-79 and
2007-86) during the period beginning on January 1, 2005 and
ending on the effective date of this amendment and
restatement.
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(A)
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To
be eligible to have credits made to his or her Account pursuant to
Section 3.2 for a Plan Year, an individual must
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(1)
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be
a member of a “select group of management or highly
compensated employees” within the meaning of ERISA
Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1), as determined by the
Administrator and
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(2)
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be
selected by the Administrator for the Plan Year as evidenced by a
written notice from the Administrator to the individual.
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(B)
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The
fact that an individual has been eligible to have credits made to
his or her Account pursuant to Section 3.2 with respect to any
particular Plan Year does not
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give the
individual any right to have any credits made to his or her Account
with respect to any other Plan Year.
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2.2
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Condition of
Participation . As a condition of participation,
each Participant is bound by all the terms and conditions of the
Plan and the Plan Rules, and must furnish to the Administrator such
pertinent information, and execute such forms and other
instruments, as the Administrator or Plan Rules may require by such
dates as the Administrator or Plan Rules may establish.
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2.3
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Termination of
Participation . A Participant will cease to be a
Participant as of the later of the date on which (a) he or she
ceases to be an Active Participant or (b) his or her entire Account
balance has been distributed or forfeited.
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3.1
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Participant Accounts
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(A)
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The
Administrator will establish and maintain an Account for each
Participant to evidence amounts credited with respect to the
Participant pursuant to Section 3.2 and related earnings
credits pursuant to Section 3.4.
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(B)
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For
each Participant for whom a credit is made pursuant to
Section 3.3, the Administrator will establish and maintain a
separate Account to evidence the amount credited pursuant to
Section 3.3 and related earnings credits pursuant to
Section 3.4.
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3.2
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Compensation Credits
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(A)
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As
of the close of the last day of each Plan Year, after receiving the
earnings credit for the calendar quarter then ending pursuant to
Section 3.4, the Account of an Active Participant who
satisfies the conditions described in Subsection (B) for the
Plan Year will be credited with an amount equal to 20 percent
of his or her Base Salary for the Plan Year.
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(B)
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To
be eligible to have a credit made on his or her behalf for a Plan
Year, an Active Participant must be actively employed by, or on an
approved leave of absence from, an Affiliate on the last day of the
Plan Year. For this purpose, an Active Participant’s status
as an employee of an Affiliate on the last day of the Plan Year
will be based on the Affiliate’s classification on that day
without regard to any subsequent retroactive
reclassification.
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Executive Incentive Bonus and
Deferred Compensation Plan Interest .
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(A)
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An
Active Participant on January 1, 2000 may elect to have the
total share equivalents contingently credited to the Active
Participant as of December 31, 1999 under the Nash-Finch
Company Executive Incentive Bonus and Deferred Compensation Plan
(the “ Deferred Compensation Plan ”) converted
to a cash
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equivalent and
credited to his or her Account as of January 1, 2000. The
amount credited to the Active Participant’s Account pursuant
to this section will be the greater of (1) the amount at which
the Participant’s total share equivalents as of
December 31, 1999 were contingently credited to the
Participant under the Deferred Compensation Plan and (2) an amount
equal to the product of (a) the total share equivalents
contingently credited to the Participant under the Deferred
Compensation Plan as of December 31, 1999 multiplied by
(b) the average, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of a cent
($.001), of the closing sales price per share of common stock of
the Company that was reported by the NASDAQ National Market System,
for the calendar quarter ending on December 31, 1999. For
purposes of applying clause (b) of the prior sentence, the
closing sales price for any trading day for which there are no
reported sales of common stock of the Company will be deemed to be
the last previously reported closing sales price.
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(B)
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An
Active Participant’s election pursuant to Subsection
(A) must be (1) in writing on a form provided by the
Administrator and (2) received by the Administrator not later
than a due date specified by the Administrator. The election may be
revoked on or before the due date specified by the Administrator
but may not be revoked or modified after such due date.
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(C)
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An
Active Participant whose Account is credited pursuant to this
section will cease to have any interest arising under or in
connection with the Deferred Compensation Plan effective as of
January 1, 2000 and the Participant’s rights with
respect to his or her Account will, on and after January 1,
2000, be determined solely in accordance with the terms of this
Plan.
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Earnings Credits
. As of the last day of
each calendar quarter, the Administrator will, in accordance with
Plan Rules, credit a Participant’s Account, including the
undistributed portion of an Account from which distributions are
being made in the form of installment payments, with earnings in an
amount equal to the “applicable percentage” of the
average daily balance of the Account for the quarter. The
applicable percentage for a given calendar quarter is the quarterly
equivalent of the average of the annual yield set forth for each
month during the quarter in the Moody’s Bond Record ,
published by Moody’s Investor’s Service, Inc. (or any
successor thereto) under the heading of “Moody’s
Corporate Bond Yield Averages -Av. Corp.” or, if such yield
is no longer available, a substantially similar average selected by
the Administrator.
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3.5
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Vesting .
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(A)
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Subject to Section 4.1(D)(3),
(1) a Participant will acquire a fully vested, nonforfeitable
interest in his or her Account established and maintained pursuant
to Section 3.1(A) upon attaining age 65 while he or she is an
employee of an Affiliate or upon becoming an Active Participant
after he or she attains age 65 and (2) a Participant will
acquire a fully vested, nonforfeitable interest in his or her
Account established and maintained pursuant to Section 3.1(B)
upon attaining age 60 while he or she is an employee of an
Affiliate.
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Participant will acquire a fully vested, nonforfeitable interest in
his or her Account if he or she dies or becomes Disabled while he
or she is an employee of an Affiliate.
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Subject to Section 4.1(D)(3), a
Participant whose employment terminates prior to his or her
attainment of age 65 in the case of the Account established and
maintained pursuant to Section 3.1(A), or prior to his or her
attainment of age 60 in the case of the Account established and
maintained pursuant to Section 3.1(B), other than by reason of
his or her death or becoming Disabled will acquire a vested,
nonforfeitable interest in his or her Account to the extent
provided in the following schedule:
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Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this subsection, but subject to Section 4.1(D)(3), in
no case will a Participant’s vested, nonforfeitable interest
in his or her Account established and maintained pursuant to
Section 3.1(B) be less than 50 percent.
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A
Participant will acquire a fully vested nonforfeitable interest in
his or her Account upon the occurrence of a Change in
Control.
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The
Administrator may at any time accelerate the vesting of all or any
part of the nonvested portion of a Participant’s
Account.
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The
nonvested portion of a Participant’s Account will be
permanently forfeited as of the beginning of the day on which he or
she terminates employment.
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For
purposes of this section, a Participant’s status as an
employee of an Affiliate on a given date will be based on the
Affiliate’s classification on that date without regard to any
subsequent retroactive reclassification.
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4.1
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Distribution to
Participant .
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(A)
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Form . Distribution to a Participant will
be made in the form of 120 monthly payments.
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Time . Subject to Subsection (D) and
Section 6.3, distribution to a Participant will begin during
the first month of the Plan Year next following the Plan Year
during which occurs the Participant Termination of Employment
(other than a Termination of Employment due to such
Participant’s death).
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(C)
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Amount . The amount of each monthly
installment payment will be determined by dividing the
Participant’s vested Account balance as of the last day of
the calendar quarter immediately preceding the payment date,
reduced by the amount of any subsequent installment payments, by
the total number of remaining payments (including the payment in
question).
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Special Rules
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subsection apply notwithstanding Subsection (A), (B) or
(C) to the contrary.
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Acceleration. If at any time prior
to the date a Participant’s distribution commences in
accordance with Subsection (B), the Plan fails to meet the
requirements of Section 409A, or regulations issued
thereunder, the Administrator shall cause to be distributed a
portion of the Account balance of any Participant who is required
to include in income an amount as a result of such failure. The
amount of such accelerated distribution shall not exceed the lesser
of (a) the amount required to be included in such
Participant’s gross income as a result of such failure and
(b) the unpaid vested Account balance.
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Divestitures
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(a)
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If
a Change in Control occurs due to some or all of the assets of a
Participating Employer being sold or otherwise disposed of to an
acquirer that is not an Affiliate, the Administrator shall cause to
be distributed the vested Account balance of any Participant whose
employment with all Affiliates is terminated in connection with the
sale or disposition unless the acquirer adopts a successor plan
which is substantially similar to the Plan in all material respects
and expressly assumes the Participating Employer’s obligation
to provide benefits to the Participant, in which case the
Participating Employer will cease to have any obligation to provide
benefits to the Participant pursuant to the Plan as of the
effective date of the assumption. Any such distribution will be
made in the form of a lump sum payment as soon as administratively
practicable after the date of the Change in Control, and, in any
event, within 60 days of the occurrence of such Change in
Control The amount of the payment will be equal to the
Participant’s vested Account balance as of the last day of
the calendar quarter immediately preceding the payment.
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(b)
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If
a Participating Employer ceases to be an Affiliate, unless
otherwise provided in an agreement between an Affiliate and
the
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Participating
Employer or an Affiliate and an acquirer that is not an
Affiliate,
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Participant who is employed with the Participating Employer,
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Participant who is not employed with the Participating Employer but
has an Account balance attributable to the Participating
Employer
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will not become entitled to his or
her Account balance attributable to the Participating Employer
solely as a result of the cessation and the Participating Employer
will, after the date on which it ceases to be an Affiliated
Organization, continue to be solely responsible to provide benefits
to the Participant at least equal to the balance of the Account as
of the effective date of the cessation and as thereafter increased
by credits pursuant to Section 3.2 relating to the period
before the effective date and earnings credits pursuant to
Section 3.4.
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Certain Forfeitures
. The entire balance of
a Participant’s Account will be permanently forfeited if,
without the prior written consent of the Company, the Participant,
at any time prior to his or her termination of employment or during
the period during which he or she is receiving distributions
pursuant to the Plan, actively participates or engages in any
business in competition with any Affiliate or fails to make himself
or herself available for consultation, or if the
Participant’s employment is terminated at any time prior to
age 65 because of evidence of dishonesty or mistrust in his or her
employment or because of his or her involvement in a crime or
misdemeanor against any Affiliate or any employee of an Affiliate
for which the Participant is convicted or which the Participant has
confessed in writing to the Company or any law enforcement
agency.
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Reduction of Account
Balance .
The balance of the Account from which a distribution is made will
be reduced by the amount of the distribution as of the beginning of
the date of the distribution.
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Distribution to
Beneficiary .
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(A)
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Form . In the event of a
Participant’s Termination of Employment due to his or her
death, the balance of the Participant’s Account will be
distributed to the Participant’s Beneficiary in a lump sum
payment whether or not payments had commenced to the Participant in
the form of installments prior to his or her Termination of
Employment due to his or her death.
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Time . Subject to Subsection 4.1(D) and
Section 6.3, distribution to a Beneficiary will be made within
60 days after the end of the calendar quarter in which the
Participant’s Termination of Employment due to his or her
death occurs.
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(C)
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Amount . The amount of the payment will be
equal to the Participant’s vested Account balance as of the
last day of the calendar quarter immediately preceding the
payment.
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Reduction of Account
Balance .
The balance of the Account from which a distribution is made will
be reduced by the amount of the distribution as of the beginning of
the date of the distribution.
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Beneficiary
Designation .
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A
Participant may designate, on a form furnished by the
Administrator, one or more primary Beneficiaries or alternative
Beneficiaries to receive all or a specified part of his or her
Account after his or her death, and the Participant may change or
revoke any such designation from time to time. No such designation,
change or revocation is effective unless executed by the
Participant and received by the Administrator during the
Participant’s lifetime. No designation of a Beneficiary other
than the Participant’s spouse is effective unless the spouse
consents to the designation or the Administrator determines that
spousal consent cannot be obtained because the spouse cannot
reasonably be located or is legally incapable of consenting. The
consent must be in writing, must acknowledge the effect of the
election and must be witnessed by a notary public. The consent is
effective only with respect to the Beneficiary or class of
Beneficiaries so designated and only with respect to the spouse who
so consented.
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If
a Participant
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or
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revokes a Beneficiary designation
without naming another Beneficiary, or
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designates one or more Beneficiaries
none of whom survives the Participant or exists at the time in
question, for all or any portion of his or her Account,
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such Account or portion will be paid
to the Participant’s surviving spouse or, if the Participant
is not survived by a spouse, to the representative of the
Participant’s estate.
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The
automatic Beneficiaries specified above and, unless the designation
otherwise specifies, the Beneficiaries designated by the
Participant, become fixed as of the Participant’s death so
that, if a Beneficiary survives the Participant but dies before the
receipt of the payment due such Beneficiary, the payment will be
made to the representative of such Beneficiary’s estate. Any
designation of a Beneficiary by name that is accompanied by a
description of relationship or only by statement of relationship to
the Participant is effective only to designate the
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person or
persons standing in such relationship to the Participant at the
Participant’s death.
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Payment in Event of
Incapacity . If any individual entitled to
receive any payment under the Plan is, in the judgment of the
Administrator, physically, mentally or legally incapable of
receiving or acknowledging receipt of the payment, and no legal
representative has been appointed for the individual, the
Administrator may (but is not required to) cause the payment to be
made to any one or more of the following as may be chosen by the
Administrator: the Beneficiary (in the case of the incapacity of a
Participant); the institution maintaining the individual; a
custodian for the individual under the Uniform Transfers to Minors
Act of any state; or the individual’s spouse, children,
parents, or other relatives by blood or marriage. The Administrator
is not required to see to the proper application of any such
payment and the payment completely discharges all claims under the
Plan against the Participating Employer, the Plan and Trust to the
extent of the payment.
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4.4
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Effect of Delay or Failure to
Ascertain Amount Distributable or to Locate
Distributee .
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(A)
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If
an amount payable under Article 4 or Article 6 cannot be
ascertained or the person to whom it is payable has not been
ascertained or located within the stated time limits and reasonable
efforts to do so have been made, then distribution shall be made
not later than 30 days after such amount is determined or such
person is ascertained or located, or as prescribed in Subsection
(B).
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(B)
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If,
by fifteenth day of the third month following the calendar year in
which a Participant’s Termination of Employment occurs, the
Administrator, in the exercise of due diligence, has failed to
locate him (or if after a termination of employment by reason of
death, has failed to locate the person entitled to his vested
Account balance under Section 4.2), the Participant’s
entire distributable interest in the Plan shall be forfeited;
provided, however, that if the Participant (or in the case of his
death, the person entitled thereto under Section 4.2) makes
proper claim therefor pursuant to the Plan Rules, the amount so
forfeited shall be paid to such Participant or such person in a
lump sum not later than 30 days after such claim is
made.
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ARTICLE 5
Source of Payments; Nature of Interest
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5.1
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Establishment of
Trust .
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(A)
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Participating Employer may establish a Trust, or may be covered by
a Trust established by another Participating Employer, with an
independent corporate trustee. The Trust must (1) be a grantor
trust with respect to which the Participating Employer is treated
as the grantor for purposes of Code Section 677, (2) not
cause the Plan to be funded for purposes of Title I of ERISA and
(3) provide that the Trust assets will, upon the insolvency of
a Participating
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Employer, be used to satisfy claims
of the Participating Employer’s general creditors. The
Participating Employers may from time to time transfer to the Trust
cash, marketable securities or other property acceptable to the
Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Trust.
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