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Exhibit 10.25
AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
AS AMENDED AND RESTATED
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2005
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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PURPOSES
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1
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1.01
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Purposes
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1
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ARTICLE II
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DEFINITIONS
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1
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2.01
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Affiliated Company
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1
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2.02
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After-Tax Contributions
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2
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2.03
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Annual Salary
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2
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2.04
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Before-Tax Contributions
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3
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2.05
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Beneficiary or Beneficiaries
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3
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2.06
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Board
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3
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2.07
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Business Day
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3
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2.08
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Catch-up Contributions
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4
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2.09
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Claims Committee
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4
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2.10
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Code
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4
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2.11
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Investment Committee
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4
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2.12
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Company
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4
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2.13
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Company Core Contributions
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4
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2.14
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Company Matching Contributions
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4
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2.15
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Core Contribution Participant
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4
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2.16
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Credited Service
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4
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2.17
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Company Stock
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4
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2.18
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Deemed Election
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5
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2.19
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Deferral Election
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5
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2.20
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Defined Benefit Plan
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5
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2.21
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Defined Contribution Plan
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5
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2.22
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Distribution Event
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5
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2.23
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Electing Employee
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5
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2.24
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Employee
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2.25
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Employer
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2.26
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Employment Commencement Date
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6
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2.27
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ERISA
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6
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2.28
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Fair Market Value
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6
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TABLE OF
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(continued)
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2.29
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Hourly Pension Plan
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7
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2.30
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Hour of Service
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7
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2.31
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IGS Savings Plan
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8
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2.32
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Investment Vehicle
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9
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2.33
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Matched Contributions
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9
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2.34
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Matured Company Matching Contributions
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9
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2.35
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Normal Retirement Age
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9
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2.36
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Participant
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9
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2.37
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Participant Contributions
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9
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2.38
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Participant Investment Funds
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9
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2.29
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Participating Employer
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9
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2.40
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Party In Interest
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10
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2.41
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Period of Severance
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10
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2.42
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Plan
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10
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2.43
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Plan Administrator
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10
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2.44
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Plan Year
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10
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2.45
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Qualified Domestic Relations Order
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11
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2.46
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Reemployment Commencement Date
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11
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2.47
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Retirement Plan
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11
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2.48
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Retirement Program Change Effective
Date
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11
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2.49
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Salaried Pension Plan
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11
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2.50
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Severance from Service Date
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11
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2.51
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Trust Agreement
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12
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2.52
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Trust Fund
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12
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2.53
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Trustee
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12
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2.54
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Unmatched Contributions
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12
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2.55
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Unmatured Company Matching
Contributions
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12
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2.56
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Vice President – Human Resources
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13
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2.56
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Year of Service
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13
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2.58
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Years of Vesting Service
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13
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
(continued)
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ARTICLE III
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ELIGIBILITY, CONTRIBUTIONS, WITHDRAWALS,
DISTRIBUTIONS, ROLLOVERS, AND
PLAN-TO-PLAN TRANSFERS
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15
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3.01
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Eligibility and Commencement of
Participation
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15
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3.02
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Before-Tax, After-Tax, and Catch-up
Contributions
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17
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3.03
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Company Matching Contributions
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20
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3.04
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Company Core Contribution
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22
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3.05
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Company Core Contribution Vesting
Rules
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23
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3.06
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Timing of Contributions
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24
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3.07
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Nondiscrimination Limitations and Corrective
Measures
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24
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3.08
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Withdrawals by Participants of After-Tax
Contributions, Company Matching Contributions, Before-Tax and
Catch-up Contributions
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38
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3.09
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Loans to Participants
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41
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3.10
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Distributions Following Distribution
Events
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44
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3.11
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Distributions Pursuant to a Qualified Domestic
Relations Order
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46
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3.12
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Rollovers into the Plan
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46
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3.13
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Plan-to-Plan Transfers; Plan Mergers
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47
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3.14
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Limitation on Annual Additions to
Participants’ Accounts
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48
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3.15
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Application of Top-Heavy Provisions
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50
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ARTICLE IV
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TRUST FUND AND PARTICIPANT INVESTMENT
FUNDS
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54
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4.01
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Trust Agreement
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54
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4.02
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Investment of Contributions in the Participant
Investment Funds
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55
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4.03
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Redirection of Investments of Participant
Contributions
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58
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4.04
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Investment of Company Matching
Contributions
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59
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4.05
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Participants’ Accounts
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59
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4.06
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Account Statements; Investment
Information
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61
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4.07
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Voting, Tendering, and Similar Rights as to
Company Stock
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62
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TABLE OF
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ARTICLE IV-A
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ESTABLISHMENT OF AN EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP
PLAN
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63
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ARTICLE V
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MANNER OF DISTRIBUTION OF PARTICIPANT
ACCOUNTS
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65
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5.01
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General
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65
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5.02
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Designation of Beneficiaries; Spousal
Consents
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66
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5.03
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Direct Rollovers
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67
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5.04
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Trustee-to-Trustee Transfer
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69
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5.05
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Protected Distribution Forms for Certain
Transferred Balances
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70
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ARTICLE VI
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ADMINISTRATION
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70
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6.01
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Plan Administrator
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70
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6.02
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Expenses of Administration
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71
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6.03
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Powers and Duties of the Plan
Administrator
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71
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6.04
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73
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6.05
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Benefit Claims Procedure
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76
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6.06
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Fiduciaries
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78
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6.07
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Adequacy of Communications; Reliance on Reports
and Certificates
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79
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6.08
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Indemnification
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79
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6.09
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Member’s Own Participation
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80
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6.10
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Elections
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80
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ARTICLE VII
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AMENDMENT, CORRECTION, AND
DISCONTINUANCE
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80
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7.01
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Right to Amend or Terminate
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80
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7.02
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Corpus and Income to to be Diverted
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7.03
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Merger or Consolidation of Plan
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7.04
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Correction
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ARTICLE VIII
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
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83
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8.01
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Nonalienation of Benefits
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8.02
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Payments to Minors, Incompetents, and Related
Situations
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8.03
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Unclaimed Accounts – Trust Funds
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8.04
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No Guarantee of Employment
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8.05
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Governing Law
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TABLE OF
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8.06
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Gender, Number, and Headings
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8.07
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Severability
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85
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8.08
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Obligations of the Employer
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8.09
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Effective Date
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85
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8.10
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Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment
Rights Act
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85
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8.11
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Use of Electronic Media; Adjustment of Certain
Time Periods
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86
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EXHIBIT I
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ELIGIBLE NONUNION HOURLY LOCATIONS DESIGNED BY
VICE PRESIDENT – HUMAN
RESOURCES
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I-1
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EXHIBIT II
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FORMS OF DISTRIBUTION AVAILABLE TO PARTICIPANTS
WHO HAD AMOUNTS TRANSFERRED TO THE PLAN FROM THE IGS SAVINGS
PLAN
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II-1
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EXHIBIT III
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PLAN ELECTIONS
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III-1
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SCHEDULE I
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PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS AS OF JANUARY 1,
2005
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S-1
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AIR PRODUCTS AND
CHEMICALS, INC.
RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
ARTICLE I
PURPOSES
1.01 Purposes . This
Plan is established to facilitate the accumulation and investment
of retirement and other savings for eligible employees and to
provide such employees with an opportunity to acquire a stock
interest in Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (the "Company"), and
is intended to be a profit-sharing plan described in Code Section
401(a) with a cash or deferred arrangement described in Code
Section 401(k) and an employee stock ownership plan component as
defined in Code Section 4975(e), all in accordance with the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. Unless otherwise stated
or required by applicable law, the effective date of the current
amendment and restatement shall be January 1, 2005, including
amendments implemented through February 1, 2006, and shall not
be applicable to persons retiring or otherwise terminating
employment with the Company and its Affiliated Companies prior to
January 1, 2005, except as otherwise provided herein.
Effective January 1, 2005, the Plan as amended and restated
provides enhanced Company Matching Contributions and Company Core
Contributions to Core Contribution Participants.
ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS
As
used in this Plan, the terms listed below shall have the meanings
assigned below; provided, however, that special definitions for
purposes of Sections 3.07, 3.14, and 3.15 are contained in
Paragraphs 3.07(a), 3.14(a), and 3.15(a), respectively.
2.01 Affiliated
Company means each trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) while it, together with the Company, is treated as a
controlled group of corporations (as defined in Code
Section 414(b)), as under common control (as defined in
1
Code Section 414(c)), or as
an affiliated service group (as defined in Code
Section 414(m)), or is required to be aggregated with the
Company pursuant to the regulations under Code Section 414(o);
provided, however, that for purposes of Section 3.15 of the
Plan and where otherwise applicable, the modification provided for
in Code Section 415(h) shall be taken into account.
2.02 After-Tax
Contributions mean contributions made by a Participant
under Paragraph 3.02(b).
2.03 Annual Salary
means the total annual salary of a Participant, as determined by
the Employer based solely on its records, including elective
contributions made by an Employer on behalf of the Employee that
are not includible in federal taxable income under Code
Section 125 or Code Section 402(e)(3), excluding:
(a) Discretionary bonuses or
grants, including, without limitation, income howsoever derived
from any stock options or other stock awards, scholastic aid,
payments and awards for suggestions and patentable inventions,
other merit awards and expense allowances, and noncash compensation
(including imputed income);
(b) Payments of Company Matching
Contributions under Section 3.03 and Company Core
Contributions under Section 3.04 of this Plan, accruals or
distributions under this Plan, or payments, accruals, or
distributions under any severance, incentive, or welfare plan or
other retirement, pension, or profit-sharing plan of an
Employer;
(c) Overtime, commissions,
mileage, shift premiums, and payments in lieu of vacation; and
(d) All supplemental compensation
for domestic and overseas assignments, including without
limitation, premium pay, cost of living and relocation allowances,
mortgage interest allowances and forgiveness, tax-equalization
payments, and other emoluments of such service.
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In
the case of a Participant who is a full-time hourly or a weekly
salaried production and maintenance employee, Annual Salary shall
be determined by multiplying his base hourly pay rate by 2,080
hours. In the case of a Participant who is a part-time hourly
employee or a part time non exempt salaried employee, Annual Salary
shall be determined by multiplying his base hourly pay by his
scheduled annual hours. Notwithstanding the above, Annual Salary
means 125% of the amount determined in accordance with the
preceding two sentences for any Participant who is employed as an
over-the-road truck driver by an Employer, is paid on a mileage and
hourly basis, and whose employment is based at a liquid bulk
distribution terminal from time to time designated by the Vice
President — Human Resources and identified as a "Designated
Terminal" on Exhibit I..
Notwithstanding the above, "Annual
Salary" shall not exceed the limitation provided under Code
Section 401(a)(17) as adjusted pursuant to Code
Section 401(a)(17)(B) for any Plan Year.
2.04 Before-Tax
Contributions mean contributions made by the Employer on
behalf of a Participant pursuant to the Participant’s
Deferral Election under Paragraph 3.02(a) or Deemed Election
under Paragraph 3.02(d).
2.05 Beneficiary or
Beneficiaries mean any person(s), trust(s), or other
recipient(s) designated by the Participant as provided in
Section 5.02, or, in the absence of any such designation, as
provided in said Section 5.02, who or which shall receive all
amounts credited to the Participant’s Plan accounts following
the death of the Participant.
2.06 Board means the
board of directors of the Company or any Committee thereof acting
on behalf of the Board pursuant to its charter or other delegation
of power from the Board, or the Chairman of the Board acting
pursuant to a delegation of authority from the Board.
2.07 Business Day
means any day the Company’s headquarters in Trexlertown,
Pennsylvania is open for business.
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2.08 Catch-up
Contributions means contributions made by the Employer on
behalf of a Participant pursuant to the Participant’s
Deferral Election under Paragraph 3.02(c).
2.09 Claims
Committee means the committee appointed by the Vice
President Human Resources to review and determine appeals of claims
arising under the Plan in accordance with Section 6.05.
2.10 Code means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and
regulations thereunder.
2.11 Investment
Committee means the Pension Investment Committee of the
Company, consisting of persons appointed by the Finance Committee
of the Board and authorized, directed and empowered to supervise,
monitor and review the management, custody, control and investment
performance of the assets of the Plan.
2.12 Company means
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., or any successor in interest
thereto.
2.13 Company Core
Contributions mean contributions made by the Employer under
Section 3.04.
2.14 Company Matching
Contributions mean contributions made by the Employer under
Section 3.03.
2.15 Core Contribution
Participant shall mean an Electing Employee or a salaried
Employee whose Employment Commencement Date or Reemployment
Commencement date occurs after October 31, 2004, or who otherwise
becomes a salaried Employee after such date.
2.16 Credited
Service means credited service as defined in the Salaried
Pension Plan or Hourly Pension Plan, as applicable.
2.17 Company Stock
means common stock of the Company.
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2.18 Deemed
Election means a passive election to make Before-Tax
Contributions to the Plan pursuant to
Section 3.02(d).
2.19 Deferral
Election means the election made by a Participant in
accordance with Section 3.02.
2.20 Defined Benefit
Plan means any Retirement Plan which does not meet the
definition of a Defined Contribution Plan.
2.21 Defined Contribution
Plan means a Retirement Plan which provides for an
individual account for each participant and for benefits based
solely on the amount contributed to the participant’s account
and on any income, expenses, gains, and losses, and any forfeitures
of accounts of other participants, which may be allocated to such
participant’s account. For this purpose, any
Participant’s contributions made pursuant to a Defined
Benefit Plan maintained by the Company or an Affiliated Company
shall be treated as a separate Defined Contribution Plan.
2.22 Distribution
Event means: (a) a Participant’s severance from
employment with the Company and all Affiliated Companies, death or
disability, in each case as defined by Code Section
401(k)(s)(B)(i).
2.23 Electing
Employee means an Employee who voluntarily elects to cease
accruing years of Credited Service under the Salaried Pension Plan
as of the Retirement Program Change Effective Date in order to
receive Company Core Contributions and increased Company Matching
Contributions.
2.24 Employee means
(a) any salaried employee of an Employer or (b) any
non-union hourly paid employee who is employed by an Employer at
one of the locations from time to time designated by the Vice
President — Human Resources and listed on Exhibit I
attached hereto and made a part hereof, as said Exhibit I is
updated from time to time; provided however, that no person shall
be an Employee if such person is a leased employee (as defined
below) of an Employer, a participant in the Supplemental Employment
Program, a foreign national on a temporary assignment to an
Employer, or an employee working under a
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Summer Internship Program, a
Cooperative Education Program, or other temporary or supplemental
employment program of an Employer. An employee of an Employer who
is covered by a collective bargaining agreement shall not be an
Employee unless the terms of such collective bargaining agreement
provide for participation in the Plan. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if a leased employee becomes an Employee, his service
with the Company and Affiliated Companies prior to becoming an
Employee shall be taken into account for eligibility and vesting
purposes under the Plan. The term "employee" as used herein shall
mean any common law employee of the Company or an Affiliated
Company but shall exclude any person classified by the Company as
an independent contractor even if such individual is subsequently
reclassified as a common law employee by the Internal Revenue
Service or any other agency, entity, or person.
For purposes of the preceding
paragraph, a "leased employee" is any person (other than an
employee of the Employer) who pursuant to an agreement between the
Employer and any other person (leasing organization) has performed
services for the Employer (or for the Employer and related persons
determined in accordance with Code Section 414(n)(6)) on a
substantially full-time basis for a period of at least one year
, and such services are performed under primary direction or
control by the Employer.
2.25 Employer means
the Company and/or any Participating Employer, either collectively
or separately as the context requires.
2.26 Employment Commencement
Date means the date on which the Employee first performs an
Hour of Service under Section 2.30(a) for an Employer or an
Affiliated Company.
2.27 ERISA means the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time to time.
2.28 Fair Market
Value , as of any New York Stock Exchange business day with
respect to Company Stock, means the closing sale price for Company
Stock for such date
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on the New York Stock Exchange,
or, if no such sale occurred, the average of the closing bid and
asked prices for such date on the New York Stock
Exchange.
2.29 Hourly Pension
Plan means the Pension Plan for Hourly Rated Employees of
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., as amended from time to time.
2.30 Hour of Service
means:
(a) each hour for which an
employee (whether or not as an Employee) is directly or indirectly
paid, or entitled to payment, for the performance of duties for the
Company or an Affiliated Company during the applicable computation
period;
(b) each hour for which an
employee (whether or not as an Employee) is directly or indirectly
paid, or entitled to payment, by the Company or an Affiliated
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 short-term disability for salaried Employees), layoff,
jury duty, military duty, or leave of absence;
(c) each hour for which back pay,
irrespective of mitigation of damages, is either awarded or agreed
to by the Company or an Affiliated Company, with respect to an
employee (whether or not an Employee), provided such hours have not
previously been credited under either Paragraphs (a) or (b)
above; and
(d) In the case of an employee who
is reemployed by the Company or an Affiliated Company in accordance
with the requirements of applicable federal law following an
authorized leave of absence due to service in the Armed Forces of
the United States, each hour during which such employee (whether or
not as an Employee) is not performing duties for the Company or an
Affiliated Company due to such military leave whether or not such
employee is paid, or entitled to payment, by the Company or an
Affiliated Company.
For purposes of this Section, a
payment shall be deemed to be made by or due from the Company or an
Affiliated Company whether such payment is directly
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made by or due from the Company
or Affiliated Company, or indirectly made through, among other
sources, a trust fund or insurer to which the Company or Affiliated
Company contributes or pays premium ( e.g. , for group term
life insurance).
For purposes of Paragraphs
(b) and (c) above, the following rules shall apply:
(i)
No more than five hundred and one (501) Hours of Service shall
be credited on account of any single continuous period during which
the employee performs no duties for the Company or an Affiliated
Company (whether or not such period occurs in a single computation
period) except for short term disability salary continuation;
(ii)
No Hours of Service shall be credited for a payment made or due
under a plan maintained solely for the purpose of complying with
applicable workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation,
or disability insurance laws; and
(iii)
No Hours of Service shall be credited for a payment which solely
reimburses an employee for medical or medically related expenses
incurred by the employee.
In the case of a payment which is
made or due on account of a period during which an employee
performs no duties for the Company or an Affiliated Company, and
which results in the crediting of Hours of Service under Paragraphs
(b) or (c) above, the number of hours and the period to
which such hours are to be credited shall be determined in
accordance with the rules promulgated by the United States
Department of Labor in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of the
regulations at 29 CFR § 2530.200b-2 or any future regulations
which change, amend, or supersede such regulations, which
regulations are incorporated by reference herein.
2.31 IGS Savings
Plan means the Industrial Gas and Supply Company Retirement
Savings Plan which was merged into the Plan effective as of
March 31, 2000.
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2.32 Investment
Vehicle means any security or other investment in which the
Trustee is authorized to invest Participant Contributions
transferred to a particular Participant Investment Fund, other than
cash or interest-bearing investments of a short-term nature in
which such Participant Contributions may be temporarily invested
pending investment in such security or other investment.
2.33 Matched
Contributions mean Before-Tax Contributions and After-Tax
Contributions that are matched by the Employer in accordance with
Section 3.03.
2.34 Matured Company
Matching Contributions mean the amount, including earnings,
credited to a Participant’s Company Matching Contributions
account for at least two full Plan Years.
2.35 Normal Retirement
Age means age 65.
2.36 Participant
means: (a) any Employee who is eligible to participate in the
Plan in accordance with Section 3.01, or (b) any former
Employee by whom or for whom contributions have been made under
Sections 3.02, 3.03, 3.04, 3.12, or 3.13, and (c) any
participant in the IGS Savings Plan on March 30, 2002, until
such time as all such contributions and earnings thereon have been
withdrawn by or distributed to such Employee, former Employee or
IGS Savings Plan Participant.
2.37 Participant
Contributions mean, collectively, funds held and invested
by the Trustee under the Trust Agreement which were, when first
transferred to the Trustee, Matched Contributions, Unmatched
Contributions, rollover contributions as described in
Section 3.12, or assets received in plan-to-plan transfers or
mergers as described in Section 3.13, together with earnings
thereon.
2.38 Participant Investment
Funds mean the funds described in Section 4.02, as
amended from time to time, in which Participant Contributions and
Company Matching Contributions are held for investment.
2.39 Participating
Employer means those Affiliated Companies listed as
Participating Employers on Schedule I hereto, while such
designation is in effect, and any
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Affiliated Company which is
later designated by the Board or pursuant to authority delegated by
the Board as a Participating Employer under the Plan, whose
designation has not been revoked. An Affiliated Company’s
status as a Participating Employer shall be automatically revoked
upon its ceasing to be an Affiliated Company. A Participating
Employer or the Board or person acting pursuant to authority
delegated by the Board may revoke such designation at any time, but
until such acceptance has been revoked, all of the provisions of
the Plan and amendments thereto shall apply to the Employees and
former Employees of the Participating Employer. In the event the
designation of a Participating Employer is revoked, the Plan shall
be deemed discontinued only as to such Participating
Employer.
2.40 Party in
Interest has the meaning provided in ERISA
Section 3(14), or regulations promulgated thereunder or any
future regulations which change, amend, or supersede such
regulations.
2.41 Period of
Severance means a 12-consecutive-month period beginning on
an individual’s Severance from Service Date or any
anniversary thereof and ending on the next succeeding anniversary
of such date during which the individual is not credited with at
least one Hour of Service.
2.42 Plan means the
"Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan" as set
forth herein and as amended from time to time.
2.43 Plan
Administrator means the Company’s Director,
Compensation and Benefits, prior to February 2, 2006 and,
thereafter, shall be the Vice President – Human Resources, or
such other person or entity as the Vice President – Human
Resources shall appoint to fill such role.
2.44 Plan Year means
the annual period beginning on October 1 and ending on September 30
of the following calendar year. A Plan Year shall be designated
according to the calendar year in which such Plan Year ends. The
Plan Year shall also be the limitation year for purposes of
applying the limitation of Code Section 415.
2.45 Qualified Domestic
Relations Order means: (a) any qualified domestic
relations order as defined in Code Section 414(p) and ERISA
Section 206(d), or (b) any other
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domestic relations order
permitted to be treated as a qualified domestic relations order by
the Plan Administrator under the provisions of the Retirement
Equity Act of 1984 and which the Plan Administrator determines to
treat as a qualified domestic relations order.
2.46 Reemployment
Commencement Date means the first day on which an
individual performs an Hour of Service under Section 2.30(a)
after incurring a Period of Severance.
2.47 Retirement Plan
means: (a) any profit-sharing, pension, or stock bonus plan
described in Code Sections 401(a) and 501(a), (b) any annuity
plan or annuity contract described in Code Sections 403(a) or
403(b) of the Code, or (c) any individual retirement account
or individual retirement annuity described in Code Sections 408(a)
or 408(b).
2.48 Retirement Program
Change Effective Date means January 1, 2005, except
that (a) for Employees at the South Brunswick, New Jersey facility
who were hourly-rated instrument and electrical technicians,
warehouse technicians, laboratory technicians, maintenance
technicians, operation technicians, or production technicians as of
January 1, 2005, the Retirement Program Change Effective Date
shall be January 1, 2006, and (b) for salaried Employees
who were on military leave on January 1, 2005, the Retirement
Program Change Effective Date shall be the first of the month
following 30 days after returning from military leave.
2.49 Salaried Pension
Plan means the Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Pension
Plan for Salaried Employees, as amended from time to time.
2.50 Severance from Service
Date occurs on the earlier of (i) the date on which an
employee retires, voluntarily terminates, or is discharged from
employment with an Employer and all Affiliated Companies or dies;
or (ii) the first anniversary of the first date of a period in
which an Employee remains absent from service (with or without pay)
with the Employer and all Affiliated Companies for any reason other
than voluntary termination, retirement, discharge, or death, such
as vacation, holiday, sickness, disability, leave of absence, or
layoff; provided that, in the case of an individual who is absent
from work for maternity or paternity reasons, a Severance from
Service Date shall not occur until the second
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anniversary of the date the
individual begins such maternity or paternity leave. For purposes
of the foregoing, an Employee’s absence from work for
maternity or paternity reasons means an absence (a) by reason
of the pregnancy of the Employee, (b) by reason of the birth
of a child of the Employee, (c) by reason of the placement of
a child with the Employee in connection with the adoption of such
child by such Employee, or (d) for purposes of caring for such
child for a period beginning immediately following such birth or
placement; provided that the Employee has provided to the Plan
Administrator, in the form and manner prescribed by the Plan
Administrator, information establishing (a) that the absence
from work is for maternity or paternity reasons and (b) the
number of days for which there was such an absence. Nothing in this
Section shall be construed as expanding or amending any maternity
or paternity leave policy of the Employer. Notwithstanding the
above, an individual who is absent from work due to a leave of
absence, whether or not for maternity or paternity reasons, who
returns to work immediately following the leave of absence shall be
deemed not to have a Severance from Service date.
2.51 Trust Agreement
means the trust agreement referred to in Article IV, as the
same may be amended from time to time.
2.52 Trust Fund
means the assets held in trust for purposes of the Plan.
2.53 Trustee means
State Street Bank or such other trustee or trustees as shall be
appointed by the Investment Committee under the Trust
Agreement.
2.54 Unmatched
Contributions mean any After-Tax Contributions which are
not Matched Contributions, Before-Tax Contributions which are not
Matched Contributions or Catch-up Contributions.
2.55 Unmatured Company
Matching Contributions mean the amount, including earnings,
credited to a Participant’s Company Matching Contributions
account for less than two full Plan Years.
2.56 Vice President-Human
Resources means the Vice President-Human Resources of the
Company or his or her delegate with respect to matters
delegated.
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2.57 Years of
Service mean the service credited to a Participant for
purposes of determining the amount of Company Core Contributions
allocated to the Participant’s account under
Section 3.4. The following rules shall apply in calculating
Years of Service under this Plan:
(a) An Employee shall be credited
with a Year of Service for each 12 consecutive month period during
the period beginning on the Employee’s Employment
Commencement Date and ending on the Employee’s Severance from
Service Date.
(b) If an Employee has a Severance
from Service Date and after January 1, 2005 is rehired by the
Employer, Years of Service prior to the Employee’s Severance
from Service Date shall not be taken into account as Years of
Service. The Employee’s date of reemployment shall be the
Employee’s Employment Commencement Date for purposes of
(a) above.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing,
for periods of service prior to January 1, 2005, an Employee
who was a Core Contribution Participant as of January 1, 2005,
or an hourly employee participating in the Hourly Pension Plan as
of January 1, 2005 who becomes a salaried Employee thereafter,
will be credited with Years of Service beginning with the date he
or she first earned Credited Service under the Salaried Pension
Plan or the Hourly Pension Plan, but excluding any period when he
or she was not employed by the Company or an Affiliated Company,
and any period with respect to which service is not taken into
account in calculating his or her Accrued Benefit under such Plan
as of January 1, 2005.
2.58 Years of Vesting
Service mean the service credited to an Employee for
purposes of determining the Employee’s vested interest in the
portion of his account attributable to Company Core Contributions
and related investment earnings and losses. The following rules
shall apply in calculating Years of Vesting Service under this
Plan:
(a) An Employee shall be credited
with full and partial Years of Vesting Service for the period from
the Employee’s Employment Commencement Date to the
Employee’s Severance from Service Date and, if applicable,
from the Employee’s
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Reemployment Commencement Date
to the Employee’s subsequent Severance from Service Date;
provided that, an Employee who is absent from work due to maternity
or paternity leave as defined in subsection 2.50 shall not be
credited with Vesting Service for any period of such maternity or
paternity leave that extends beyond the one year anniversary of the
date the individual begins such maternity or paternity leave. Years
of Vesting Service shall be calculated on the basis that 12
consecutive months of employment equal one year. For this purpose,
partial Years of Vesting Service shall be aggregated.
(b) If an Employee retires,
voluntarily terminates, or is discharged from employment with the
Employer and all Affiliated Companies and is subsequently
reemployed, the period commencing on the Employee’s Severance
from Service Date and ending on the reemployment date shall be
taken into account, if such period is 12 months or less in
duration; provided that, if an Employee retires, voluntarily
terminates, or is discharged from employment with the Employer and
all Affiliated Companies during a period when the Employee was
absent for another reason and is subsequently reemployed, the
period commencing on the Employee’s Severance from Service
Date and ending on the reemployment date shall be taken into
account, but only if the reemployment date occurs within 12 months
of the first date of absence.
(c) If an Employee is reemployed
after incurring five consecutive Periods of Severance, and the
Employee had never previously earned any vested benefits under the
Plan, including Company Matching Contributions, Years of Vesting
Service after such Periods of Severance shall not be taken into
account for purposes of determining the vested interest in the
portion of his account attributable to Company Core Contributions
made before such Periods of Severance, and Years of Vesting Service
before such Periods of Severance shall not be taken into account
for the purpose of determining the vested interest in the portion
of his account attributable to Company Core Contributions made
after such Periods of Severance.
(d) Years of Vesting Service shall
include all periods described in paragraphs (a), and (b) above
(including those periods during which the Employee was
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a leased employee within the
meaning of section 414(n) or 414(o) of the Code whether or not the
Employee qualified as an Employee during those periods.
ARTICLE III
ELIGIBILITY, CONTRIBUTIONS, WITHDRAWALS,
DISTRIBUTIONS,
ROLLOVERS, AND PLAN-TO-PLAN TRANSFERS
3.01 Eligibility and
Commencement of Participation .
(a) An
Employee shall be eligible to participate in the Plan upon meeting
the requirements of (i) or (ii) as follows:
(i) An
Employee shall be eligible to participate in the Plan upon
completion of thirty (30) days of service after the date as of
which the Employee is first scheduled or expected to be credited
with one thousand (1,000) Hours of Service as an Employee during
the next twelve (12)-month period. Such Employee will begin his
participation as of the first complete pay period in the first or
any later calendar month following the completion of such thirty
(30) days of service if such Employee shall make an
affirmative election to participate in accordance with procedures
adopted by the Plan Administrator under Paragraph 3.02(a),
(b), or (c) , or a Deemed Election pursuant to
Paragraph 3.02(d). Any affirmative election must be received
no later than the last business day on or before the fifteenth
(15th) day of the month preceding the month in which such
participation is to begin to be effective. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a Core Contribution Participant shall be eligible to
participate in benefits under Section 3.04 of the Plan on the
later of the Retirement Program Change Effective Date or the
date he becomes a Core Contribution Participant, provided that he
is scheduled or expected to be credited with one thousand (1,000)
Hours of Service during the next twelve (12)-month period.
(ii) An
Employee who has not satisfied the service requirements of the
preceding paragraph shall be eligible to participate in the Plan,
upon such Employee’s completion of 1,000 Hours of Service
during an eligibility computation
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period. An eligibility
computation period is the twelve (12) month period beginning
on the Employee’s Employment Commencement Date, or, in the
event such Employee does not complete 1,000 Hours of Service in
such twelve (12) month period, all Plan Years beginning after
the first day of such twelve (12) month period. Such an
Employee may begin his participation as of the first full pay
period which includes the earlier of (i) the first day of the
Plan Year which follows his satisfaction of the eligibility
requirements in the preceding sentence, or (ii) the date which
is six months after the date on which he satisfied such eligibility
requirements, if such Employee makes an affirmative election to
participate in accordance with Paragraph 3.01(a)(i). A Core
Contribution Participant who has not satisfied the service
requirements of the preceding paragraph shall be eligible to
participate in benefits under Section 3.04 of the Plan upon
such Participant’s completion of 1,000 Hours of Service
during an eligibility computation period.
(iii) Employees
who were former participants of the IGS Savings Plan shall be
eligible to participate upon their becoming an Employee provided
they make an affirmative election to participate in accordance with
the procedures adopted by the Plan Administrator under subsection
3.02(a), (b), or (c) or a Deemed Election pursuant to
subsection 3.02(d).
(b) An
Employee eligible to participate in the Plan shall remain eligible
to participate (subject to the applicable suspension provisions of
Sections 3.02, 3.07, and 3.08) for so long as he is an
Employee. An Employee who terminates his employment with the
Company and all Affiliated Companies after becoming eligible to
participate in the Plan shall, upon reemployment by an Employer as
an Employee, be eligible to participate in the Plan and may begin
his participation as of the first pay period in the first or any
later calendar month following such reemployment so long as an
election is properly made as provided in the
Paragraph 3.01(a)(i); except that such reemployed Core
Contribution Participant shall be eligible to participate in
Company Core Contributions as of the later of the Retirement
Program Change Date or his Reemployment Commencement Date. An
Employee who becomes represented by a collective bargaining agent
will remain eligible to participate in the Plan until a
collective
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bargaining agreement is executed
by the Employer by which the Employee is employed and the
bargaining agent and, subsequent thereto, will only remain eligible
to participate in the Plan if the collective bargaining agreement
so provides. An Employee who terminates employment with the Company
and all Affiliated Companies prior to becoming eligible to
participate in the Plan shall be treated as a new Employee for
purposes of this Section 3.01 upon reemployment by an
Employer.
(c) Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Plan, the availability of Before-Tax
Contributions, After-Tax Contributions, Catch-up Contributions,
Company Core Contributions and Company Matching Contributions shall
not discriminate in favor of Highly Compensated Employees.
3.02 Before-Tax, After-Tax
and Catch-up Contributions . Each Employee shall commence
participation in the Plan by making an election to make
contributions to the Plan as described in (a), (b), (c), or
(d) below (the "Deferral Election").
(a) Before-Tax
Contributions . An Employee may make an election to reduce
periodic installments of his Annual Salary otherwise payable for
each succeeding pay period and make a contribution to the Plan on
his behalf in an amount equal to 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15, or 16 percent for pay received before
November 1, 2002, and, effective for pays received beginning
on or after November 1, 2002, in an amount equal to a whole
number from 3 to 50 percent of such periodic installment of
his Annual Salary (subject to the provisions of
Section 3.07).
(b) After-Tax
Contributions . An Employee may make an election to
contribute an amount equal to 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,
14, 15, or 16 percent of each such periodic installment of his
Annual Salary (subject to the provisions of Section 3.07) to
the Plan.
(c) Catch-up
Contributions . Effective October 1, 2002, a
Participant who attains age 50 by the end of the applicable
calendar year and who has made Before-Tax Contributions for the
calendar year or Plan Year, as applicable, up to the lesser of the
statutory limit described in Section 3.07(c)(i), the Plan
limit described in
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Section 3.02(a), or, if
such Participant is a Highly Compensated Employee, the highest
amount of Before Tax Contributions that can be retained in the Plan
with respect to such Participant without violating the Average
Deferral Percentage Test described in Section 3.07(b)(1),
shall be eligible to make additional Before-Tax Contributions to
the Plan in the following amounts.
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Thereafter, such a Participant
may make a Catch-up Contribution equal to the amounts in effect for
the calendar year pursuant to cost of living adjustments described
in Code Section 414(v)(2)(c).
(d) Deemed Election
. For Employees who become eligible to participate in the Plan
after November 30, 1998, the Employee shall be considered to
have directed the Employer to reduce his salary in order to make a
Before-Tax Contribution in an amount equal to three
(3) percent of each periodic installment of his Annual Salary
(subject to the provisions of Section 3.07) on his behalf to
the trust for the Plan established under the Trust Agreement unless
such Employee files an election directing the Employer to either
not reduce each such periodic installment of his Annual Salary, or
to reduce his salary to make either a Before-Tax Contribution under
the terms of Paragraph 3.02(a) in an amount different from
three (3) percent or an After-Tax Contribution under the terms
of Paragraph 3.02(b). Such Deemed Election shall be effective
in accordance with procedures established by the Plan Administrator
after written notice has been provided to the Employee.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, effective on or after the
Retirement Program Change Effective Date , each salaried
Employee who becomes eligible to participate in the Plan on or
after the Retirement Program Change Effective Date shall be
considered to have directed the Employer to
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reduce his salary in order to
make a Before-Tax Contribution in an amount equal to six
(6) percent of each periodic installment of his Annual Salary
(subject to the provisions of Section 3.07) on his behalf to the
trust for the Plan established under the Trust Agreement unless
such Employee files (or has filed) a Deferral Election with the
Employer.
(e) Limits on
Contributions . Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum
combined total of After-Tax Contributions and Before-Tax
Contributions being made by or on behalf of a Participant at any
time may not exceed 50 percent of the Participant’s
installments of Annual Salary payable at the time, and After-Tax
Contributions and Before-Tax Contributions may be made only to the
extent that such Contributions to a Participant’s account for
any Plan Year do not cause the limitations on Annual Additions to a
Participant’s account as set forth in Section 3.14 to be
exceeded.
(f) Election Changes
. An Employee may, by giving notice to the Plan Administrator on or
prior to the last business day beginning on or before the fifteenth
(15th) day of the calendar month and subject to the provisions of
Section 3.07, change his Deferral Election, including a Deemed
Election, and direct the Employer to reduce or contribute, as the
case may be, different permitted percentages of his periodic
installments of Annual Salary, effective as of the first pay
received in the next succeeding calendar month. In the event of a
change in Annual Salary, the Employee’s then current
contribution percentage shall automatically be applied to the new
Annual Salary, as soon as administratively practicable
thereafter.
(g) Suspension of
Elections . An Employee may, by notice to the Plan
Administrator, suspend his Deferral Election beginning with the
next calendar month. In addition, suspension shall be automatic as
of the first pay in which a Participant ceases to be an Employee.
In the event of such a suspension, the Participant may elect to
resume his Deferral Election in accordance with the provisions of
Section 3.01 as of the first full pay period in the first or
any succeeding calendar
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month following the month in
which such suspension occurred, provided that he is an Employee as
of the date when the Deferral Election resumes.
(h) Termination of
Elections . Subsequent to a Distribution Event, the
Participant shall have no right to continue making contributions to
the Plan, but shall have the right to redirect the investment of
the amounts in his accounts in accordance with Section 4.03
and to change or revoke his written designation of Beneficiary in
accordance with Section 5.02.
(i) Administrative
Rules . The Plan Administrator may from time to time
establish such rules and procedures for determining and adjusting
the percentages of Annual Salary subject to Deferral Elections as
the Plan Administrator shall in his sole discretion deem to be
necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan in
accordance with the Code and ERISA, including, without limitation,
rules and procedures establishing limitations on the frequency with
which all or certain Participants may alter the percentages of
their Annual Salary which are subject to Deferral Elections and
rules and procedures allowing for the contribution of a specified
dollar amount of Before-Tax Contributions, After-Tax Contributions
or Catch-up Contributions in lieu of a fixed whole percentage.
(j) Vesting . A
Participant shall have a fully vested, nonforfeitable right to any
benefits derived from Before-Tax Contributions, After-Tax
Contributions and Catch-up Contributions made under this
Section 3.02.
3.03 Company Matching
Contributions . The Employer shall make Company Matching
Contributions to the Plan on behalf of each Employee who
participates in the Plan in accordance with the following
provisions:
(a) Enhanced Formula
. Effective as of the later of the Retirement Program Change
Effective Date or the date he becomes a Core Contribution
Participant, each Core Contribution Participant shall receive
Company Matching Contributions as of the end of each month from the
Employer equal to the sum of (i) and (ii) below:
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(i)
75 percent of the first (4) percent of the
Participant’s Annual Salary that is deferred by the
Participant each month to the Plan as Before-Tax Contributions,
excluding Catch-up Contributions, and
(ii)
50 percent of the next two (2) percent of the
Participant’s Annual Salary that is deferred by the
Participant each month to the Plan as Before-Tax Contributions,
excluding Catch-up Contributions.
(b) Regular Formula
. Each Participant who is not eligible to receive Company Matching
Contributions in accordance with (a) above, shall receive
Company Matching Contributions as of the end of each month from the
Employer equal to the sum of (i) and (ii) below:
(i)
75 percent of the first (3) percent of the
Participant’s Annual Salary that is deferred by the
Participant each month to the Plan provided that the Participant
has elected to contribute at least 3% as Before-Tax Contributions,
excluding Catch-up Contributions, and
(ii)
25 percent of the next three (3) percent of the
Participant’s Annual Salary that is deferred by the
Participant each month to the Plan as Before-Tax Contributions ,
excluding Catch-up Contributions, or contributed to the Plan as
After-Tax Contributions.
(c) Form of Company Matching
Contribution . A Company Matching Contribution will be made
to the Trustee as of the last New York Stock Exchange business day
of each month, but (unless the Company determines otherwise) only
out of the Employer’s current or accumulated earnings and
profits, and may be made in whole or in part in cash or Company
Stock. Company Matching Contributions to be made in Company Stock
shall be valued for such purpose at the Fair Market Value on the
last New York Stock Exchange business day of the month for which
the Company Matching Contribution is made. If the Company shall not
have taken action to discontinue the Plan in accordance with the
provisions of Section 7.01 prior to the end of any month, each
Employer’s Company Matching Contribution for such month
shall
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become a fixed obligation as of
the end of such month to the extent of the Employer’s current
or accumulated earnings and profits.
(d) Limits on Company
Matching Contributions . Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
Company Matching Contribution shall be made for the account of any
Participant to the extent that such Company Matching Contribution,
after the adjustments provided for in the following sentence, would
violate the Actual Contribution Percentage Test and/or the Multiple
Use Limitation, as described in Section 3.07. Any corrective
actions taken to avoid such violations shall be performed in
accordance with Section 3.07.
(e) Vesting . A
Participant shall have a fully vested, nonforfeitable right to any
benefits derived from Company Matching Contributions, subject to
the forfeiture provisions of Section 3.07 and
Paragraph 3.14(d).
3.04 Company Core
Contributions . Effective as of the Retirement Program
Change Effective Date, each Core Contribution Participant shall
receive Company Core Contributions from the Employer in accordance
with the following provisions:
(a) Formula . The
Employer shall allocate a Company Core Contribution monthly to the
account of each eligible Participant at any time during the Plan
Year in accordance with the following schedule:
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(b) Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Annual Salary for purposes of determining the amount of
Company Core Contributions under (a), above, shall not include any
Annual Salary earned by a Participant before the Participant became
eligible to receive Company Core Contributions.
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3.05 Company Core
Contribution Vesting Rules A Participant’s Company
Core Contributions and related investment earnings and losses shall
be subject to the following vesting rules:
(a) Vesting Schedule
. A Participant shall have a fully vested, nonforfeitable right to
the portion of a Participant’s account attributable to
Company Core Contributions, including any related investment
earnings and losses, after completing at least 5 Years of Vesting
Service or after, if earlier, attaining Normal Retirement Age while
employed by the Employer or an Affiliated Company.
(b) Forfeitures
.
(i)
If a Participant is not fully vested in Company Core Contributions
as described in (a) above at the time he incurs a Severance from
Service Date, the unvested portion of the Participant’s
account attributable to Company Core Contributions and related
investment earnings and losses shall be forfeited as of the earlier
of:
(A)
the date on which he receives a distribution of his entire vested
interest in his account; or
(B)
the last day of the Plan Year in which he incurs five consecutive
Periods of Severance.
(ii)
A Participant who has no portion of his account attributable to
Company Matching Contributions or Participant Before-Tax
Contributions and whose vested interest in the portion of his
account attributable to Company Core Contributions is zero shall be
deemed to have received a distribution of his account as of his
Severance from Service Date.
(iii)
If a Participant is rehired by the Employer or an Affiliated
Company before incurring five consecutive Periods of Severance, any
amount forfeited under subsections (i) or (ii) shall be
restored to his account. Such restoration shall be
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made from currently forfeited
amounts in accordance with subsection (iv), or from additional
contributions by the Employer.
(iv)
Amounts forfeited shall be used to first restore future amounts
required to be restored in accordance with subsection
(iii) with respect to the Plan Year. After such restoration,
if any, is made, such amounts shall be used to reduce future
Company Core Contributions and Company Matching Contributions made
by the Employer by which the former Participant was employed, or to
defray administrative costs of the Plan as determined by the
Company.
3.06 Timing of
Contributions . Before-Tax, After-Tax and Catch-up
Contributions shall be transferred to the Trustee as soon as
practicable following the date on which the Participant’s pay
is reduced by the amount of the contribution. Company Matching
Contributions and, effective January 1, 2005, Company Core
Contributions shall be transferred to the Trustee no later than the
last date on which amounts so paid may be deducted for federal
income tax purposes for the taxable year of the Employer in which
the Plan Year ends.
3.07 Nondiscrimination
Limitations and Corrective Measures .
(a) For purposes of this
Section 3.07, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated below:
(i)
Actual Contribution Percentage . The Actual
Contribution Percentages for a Plan Year for the group of all
Highly Compensated Employees and for the group of all Nonhighly
Compensated Employees respectively are the averages, calculated to
the nearest one-hundredth of a percentage point (.01%), of the
ratios, calculated separately to the nearest one-hundredth of a
percentage point (.01%) for each Employee in the respective group,
of the amount of Company Matching Contributions and After-Tax
Contributions (and any Qualified Non-Elective Contribution made
under Paragraph 3.07(c)(x) for purposes of satisfying the
Actual Contribution Percentage Test) made to the Plan on behalf of
each such Employee for such Plan Year, to the Employee’s
Compensation for such Plan Year, whether or not the Employee was a
Participant for the entire Plan Year. The Actual Contribution
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Percentage calculation may
include Before-Tax Contributions, excluding Catch-up Contributions,
so long as: (A) the Actual Deferral Percentage Test is met
before such Before-Tax Contributions are used in the Actual
Contribution Percentage Test, and continues to be met following the
exclusion of those Before-Tax Contributions that are used to meet
the Actual Contribution Percentage Test and (B) the
requirements of Treasury Regulation §1.401(m)-1(b)(5) are
satisfied. For purposes of determining the Actual Contribution
Percentage, only those Employees who are eligible to elect After-
Tax Contributions or to receive Company Matching Contributions for
all or a portion of the applicable Plan Year, or who would be so
eligible absent a suspension in accordance with the terms of the
Plan, are taken into account; any such Employee who would be a
Participant if such Employee made an After-Tax Contribution or had
a Before-Tax Contribution made on his behalf shall be treated as an
eligible Employee on behalf of whom no After-Tax Contributions or
Company Matching Contributions are made.
For purposes of this Section, and
except as otherwise provided in Internal Revenue Service
regulations, if the Plan and any other plan are aggregated for
purposes of Code Section 410(b) (other than for purposes of the
average benefit percentage test), such plans (including the Plan)
shall be treated as one (1) plan for purposes of calculating
the Actual Contribution Percentage. Except as otherwise provided in
Internal Revenue Service regulations, if any Highly Compensated
Employee who is a Participant in this Plan also participates in any
other plan of the Employer to which employee or matching
contributions are made, all such plans (including the Plan) shall
be treated as one (1) plan with respect to such
Participant.
(ii)
Actual Contribution Percentage Test means the test
described in Paragraph 3.07(b)(ii).
(iii)
Actual Deferral Percentage . The Actual Deferral
Percentages for a Plan Year for the group of all Highly Compensated
Employees and for the group of all Nonhighly Compensated Employees
respectively are the averages, calculated to the nearest
one-hundredth of a percentage point (.01%), of the ratios,
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calculated separately to the
nearest one-hundredth of a percentage point (.01%) for each
Employee in the respective group, of the amount of Before-Tax
Contributions, excluding Catch-up Contributions (and Qualified
Non-Elective Contributions made under Paragraph 3.07(c)(x) for
purposes of satisfying the Actual Deferral Percentage Test), paid
under the Plan on behalf of each such Employee for such Plan Year,
including Excess Deferrals, to the Employee’s Compensation
for such Plan Year (whether or not the Employee was a Participant
for the entire Plan Year) but excluding Before-Tax Contributions
that are taken into account in the Actual Contribution Percentage
Test. Only those Employees who are eligible to elect Before-Tax
Contributions for all or a portion of the applicable Plan Year, or
who would be so eligible absent a suspension in accordance with the
terms of the Plan, are taken into account; any such Employee who
would be a Participant but for the failure to have Before-Tax
Contributions made on his behalf shall be treated as an eligible
Employee on whose behalf no Before-Tax Contributions are
made.
For purposes of this Section and
except as otherwise provided in Internal Revenue Service
regulations, if the Plan and any other plan which includes a cash
or deferred arrangement (within the meaning of Code
Section 401(k)) are aggregated for purposes of Code Section
410(b) (other than for purposes of the average benefit percentage
test), the cash or deferred arrangements in such plans (including
the Plan) shall be treated as one (1) plan for purposes of
calculating the Actual Deferral Percentage. Except as otherwise
provided in Internal Revenue Service regulations, if any Highly
Compensated Employee who is a Participant in this Plan also
participates in any other cash or deferred arrangement (within the
meaning of Code Section 401(k)) of the Company or an
Affiliated Company, all such cash or deferred arrangements
(including under the Plan) shall be treated as one (1) cash or
deferred arrangement with respect to such Participant.
(iv)
Actual Deferral Percentage Test means the test
described in Paragraph 3.07(b)(i).
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(v)
Compensation shall mean, except as otherwise provided
in the definition of "Highly Compensated Employee", a definition of
compensation which satisfies Code Section 414(s) and regulations
thereunder, and which is consistently used in any one Plan Year for
purposes of this Section 3.07.
(vi)
Excess Aggregate Contributions mean, with respect to
any Highly Compensated Employee for a Plan Year, the excess of:
(A)
The total After-Tax Contributions and Company Matching
Contributions (and, where applicable, Before-Tax Contributions,
taken into account under the Actual Contribution Percentage Test)
made on behalf of such Highly Compensated Employee taken into
account in computing the Actual Contribution Percentage for such
Plan Year, over
(B)
The maximum amount of After-Tax Contributions and Company Matching
Contributions (and, where applicable, Before-Tax Contributions,
taken into account under the Actual Contribution Percentage Test)
on behalf of such Highly Compensated Employee which are permitted
by the Actual Contribution Percentage Test.
(vii)
Excess Contributions mean, with respect to any Highly
Compensated Employee for a Plan Year, the excess of:
(A)
The total Before-Tax Contributions made on behalf of such Highly
Compensated Employee taken into account in computing the Actual
Deferral Percentage of Highly Compensated Employees for such Plan
Year, over
(B)
The maximum amount of such Before-Tax Contributions, excluding
Catch-up Contributions, on behalf of such Highly Compensated
Employee which are permitted by the Actual Deferral Percentage
Test.
(viii)
Excess Deferrals mean the Before-Tax Contributions
that are includible in a Participant’s gross income because
they have exceeded the dollar limitation contained in Code
Section 402(g).
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(ix)
Highly Compensated Employee means any Employee who
performs service for the Company or an Affiliated Company during
the determination year (as defined below) and who was: (A) a
Five-Percent Owner at any time during the current or preceding Plan
Year, or (B) for the preceding Plan Year had Compensation from
the Employer or an Affiliated Company in excess of $80,000 (as
adjusted pursuant to Code Section 414(q)). At the election of
the Plan Administrator and, as provided for in Exhibit III, in
a manner consistent with Code Section 414(q) and any regulations or
other IRS pronouncements thereunder, clause (B) in the
preceding sentence can be limited to those Employees who are in the
top twenty percent (20%) of Employees ranked on the basis of
compensation for such look-back year. At the election of the Plan
Administrator, as provided for in Exhibit III, Compensation for the
purpose of this Paragraph 3.07(a)(ix) may be determined on the
basis of a calendar year, rather than the Plan Year.
(x)
To the extent required by applicable law "Highly Compensated
Employee" shall also include a highly compensated former employee,
which is any employee who separated from service prior to the
current Plan Year and who was either a Highly Compensated Employee
in any determination year ending on or after the Employee’s
attainment of age fifty five (55).
For
purposes of this definition, Compensation is as defined in Code
Section 415(c)(3).
(xi)
Multiple Use Limitation means the limitation
described in Paragraph 3.07(b)(iii).
(xii)
Nonhighly Compensated Employee means any employee who
is not a Highly Compensated Employee.
(xiii)
Qualified Non-Elective Contributions mean
contributions made by the Company described in
Paragraph 3.07(c)(x).
(xiv)
Five Percent Owner means an Employee who shall be
considered to be a Five Percent Owner for any Plan Year if at any
time during such year
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such Employee was a five percent
owner of the Employer, determined in accordance with the rules of
Code Section 416(i)(1).
(b) Nondiscrimination
Tests .
(i)
Actual Deferral Percentage Test . Notwithstanding any
provision herein to the contrary, the Actual Deferral Percentage
for the group of all eligible Highly Compensated Employees for each
Plan Year must not exceed the greater of:
(A)
the Actual Deferral Percentage for the previous Plan Year for the
group of all eligible Nonhighly Compensated Employees multiplied by
1.25; or
(B)
the Actual Deferral Percentage for the previous Plan Year of such
group of Nonhighly Compensated Employees multiplied by 2.0, but in
no event more than two (2) percentage points greater than the
Actual Deferral Percentage for the previous Plan Year of such group
of Nonhighly Compensated Employees, subject to the Multiple Use
Limitation.
The Vice President — Human
Resources, by written notice to the Plan Administrator may elect to
entirely exclude from the Actual Deferral Percentage test those
Employees who could be excluded from participation under the
minimum age and service requirements of Code
Section 410(a)(1)(A) ("early participation employees"), other
than those early participation employees who are Highly Compensated
Employees, to the extent permitted under Code
Section 401(k)(3)(F). Any such election shall be reflected in
Exhibit III.
The Actual Deferral Percentage
test set forth in this Paragraph 3.07(b)(i) shall be performed
in accordance with Code Section 401(k), the regulations
thereunder, and any related IRS pronouncements, including IRS
Notice 98-1 to the extent applicable. The Actual Deferral
Percentage test set forth in this Paragraph 3.07(b)(i) may be
performed with current year Non-Highly Compensated Employee data,
rather
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than prior year data, if so
elected by the Employer. Any such election shall be made by the
Vice-President — Human Resources and shall be reflected in
Exhibit III.
(ii)
Actual Contribution Percentage Test . Notwithstanding
any provision herein to the contrary, the Actual Contribution
Percentage for the group of all eligible Highly Compensated
Employees for each Plan Year must not exceed the greater of:
(A)
The Actual Contribution Percentage for the previous Plan Year for
the group of all eligible Nonhighly Compensated Employees
multiplied by 1.25; or
(B)
The Actual Contribution Percentage for the previous Plan Year of
such group of Nonhighly Compensated Employees multiplied by 2.0,
but in no event more than two (2) percentage points greater
than the Actual Contribution Percentage for the previous Plan Year
of such group of Nonhighly Compensated Employees, subject to the
Multiple Use Limitation.
The Vice President — Human
Resources, by written notice to the Plan Administrator may elect to
entirely exclude from the Actual Contribution Percentage Test those
Employees who could be excluded from participation under the
minimum age and service requirements of Code
Section 410(a)(1)(A) ("early participation employees"), other
than those early participation employees who are Highly Compensated
Employees, to the extent permitted under Code
Section 401(m)(5)(C). Any such election shall be reflected in
Exhibit III.
The Actual Contribution Percentage
test set forth in this Paragraph 3.07(b)(ii) shall be
performed in accordance with Code Section 401(m), the
regulations thereunder, and any related IRS pronouncements,
including IRS Notice 98-1 to the extent applicable. The Actual
Contribution Percentage test set forth in this
Paragraph 3.07(b)(ii) may be performed with current year
Non-Highly Compensated Employee data, rather than prior year data,
if so elected by the Employer. Any such
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election shall be made by the
Vice President — Human Resources and shall be reflected in
Exhibit III.
(iii)
Multiple Use Limitation . Notwithstanding any
provision herein to the contrary, the sum of the Actual Deferral
Percentage and the Actual Contribution Percentage for the group of
all Highly Compensated Employees for each Plan Year beginning prior
to October 1, 2002 shall not exceed the Multiple Use
Limitation, which shall be the greater of:
(A)
The sum of -
(i)
1.25 times the greater of the Actual Deferral Percentage for the
previous Plan Year of the group of Nonhighly Compensated Employees
or the Actual Contribution Percentage for the previous Plan Year of
the group of Nonhighly Compensated Employees for such Plan Year,
and
(ii)
Two percentage points plus the lesser of the Actual Deferral
Percentage for the previous Plan Year of the group of Nonhighly
Compensated Employees or the Actual Contribution Percentage for the
previous Plan Year of the group of Nonhighly Compensated Employees
for such Plan Year (in no event, however, may this amount exceed
twice the lesser of the Actual Deferral Percentage or Actual
Contribution Percentage for the previous Plan Year);
or
(B)
The sum of -
(i)
1.25 times the lesser of the Actual Deferral Percentage for the
previous Plan Year of the group of Nonhighly Compensated Employees
or the Actual Contribution Percentage of the group of Nonhighly
Compensated Employees for the previous Plan Year, and
(ii)
Two percentage points plus the greater of the Actual Deferral
Percentage for the previous Plan Year of the group of Nonhighly
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Compensated Employees or the
Actual Contribution Percentage of the group of Nonhighly
Compensated Employees for the previous Plan Year (in no event,
however, may this amount exceed twice the greater of the relevant
Actual Deferral Percentage or Actual Contribution Percentage for
the Plan Year).
For this purpose, the Actual
Deferral Percentage and Actual Contribution Percentage shall be
determined after any Qualified Non-Elective Contributions and any
distributions have been made in order to satisfy the Actual
Deferral Percentage Test and the Actual Contribution Percentage
Test.
If a correction is necessary in
order to prevent the Plan from exceeding the Multiple Use
Limitation, such correction shall be made by reducing the Actual
Contribution Percentage.
The Vice President — Human
Resources, by written notice to the Plan Administrator may elect to
entirely exclude from the Multiple Use Limitation test those
Employees who could be excluded from participation under the
minimum age and service requirements of Code
Section 410(a)(1)(A) ("early participation employees"), other
than those early participation employees who are Highly Compensated
Employees, to the extent permitted under Code
Section 401(m)(5)(C). Any such election shall be reflected in
Exhibit III.
The Multiple Use Limitation test
set forth in this Paragraph 3.07(b)(iii) shall be performed in
accordance with Code Section 401(m), the regulations
thereunder, and any related IRS pronouncements, including IRS
Notice 98-1 to the extent applicable. The Multiple Use test set
forth in this Paragraph 3.07(b)(iii) may be performed with
current year Non-Highly Compensated Employee data, rather than
prior year data, if so elected by the Employer. Any such election
shall be made by the Vice President — Human Resources and
shall be reflected in Exhibit III.
(iv)
For purposes of Paragraph 3.07(b), a Participant is a Highly
Compensated Employee for a particular Plan Year if he or she
satisfies the definition of a Highly Compensated Employee in effect
for that Plan Year. Similarly, a Participant is
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a Nonhighly Compensated Employee
for a particular Plan Year if he or she does not satisfy the
definition of a Highly Compensated Employee in effect for that Plan
Year.
(c)
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary,
the percentages of Annual Salary specified by a Participant in his
Deferral Election shall be subject to adjustment or other
corrective measures by the Plan Administrator at any time and from
time to time as follows:
(i)
Before-Tax Contributions, excluding Catch-up Contributions, shall
not be accepted with respect to any Participant for a calendar year
to the extent such Before-Tax Contributions, together with any
other elective contributions of the Participant to a plan
maintained by the Company or an Affiliated Company, exceed $9,500
(as adjusted in accordance with Code Section 402(g)); accordingly,
the Plan Administrator shall adjust downward the percentage of
Annual Salary specified by a Participant in his Deferral Election
to be contributed to the Plan as Before-Tax Contributions, as may
be necessary to prevent such Excess Deferrals.
(ii)
Before-Tax Contributions, excluding Catch-up Contributions, for any
Plan Year must satisfy the Actual Deferral Percentage Test and,
prior to the Plan Year beginning October 1, 2002, the Multiple
Use Limitation; accordingly, the Plan Administrator shall adjust
downward the percentage of Annual Salary specified by a Participant
in his Deferral Election, to the extent which the Plan
Administrator in his sole discretion determines is necessary to
maintain the Plan’s compliance with the Average Deferral
Percentage Test and the Multiple Use Limitation.
(iii)
After-Tax Contributions and Company Matching Contributions for any
Plan Year must satisfy the Actual Contribution Percentage Test
(after taking into account any Before-Tax Contributions included in
such test pursuant to Paragraph 3.07(a)(i)) and, prior to the
Plan Year beginning October 1, 2002, the Multiple Use
Limitation; accordingly, the Plan Administrator shall adjust
downward the percentage of Annual Salary specified by a Participant
in his Deferral Election to be contributed under
Paragraph 3.02(b), to the extent which the Plan Administrator
in his
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sole discretion determines is
necessary to maintain the Plan’s compliance with such test
and the Multiple Use Limitation, if applicable.
(iv)
When a downward adjustment has been made pursuant to Paragraph (i),
(ii), or (iii) above, the Plan Administrator may thereafter
adjust any such percentage upward to bring it up to or closer to
the percentage specified in the Participant’s most recent
Deferral Election whenever the Plan Administrator determines that
such an upward adjustment can be made without exceeding the limits
described in Paragraph (i), (ii), or (iii). In the event of such
upward adjustment, each affected Participant shall be given the
opportunity to affirmatively elect to have such higher percentage
apply to him.
(v)
Any downward or upward adjustment in the percentage of Annual
Salary specified by a Participant in his Deferral Election to be
contributed to the Plan as Before-Tax Contributions other than
Catch-up Contributions shall, with the Participant’s consent
and unless the Plan Administrator directs otherwise, result in a
corresponding increase or decrease, respectively, in After-Tax
Contributions to be contributed to the Plan to the extent permitted
under Paragraph (iii) or, if the Participant is eligible, Catch-up
Contributions.
(vi)
If, after application of the above provisions of
Paragraph 3.07(c), Excess Deferrals are made to the Plan, such
Excess Deferrals shall be recharacterized as Catch-up Contributions
to the extent that a Participant who is eligible to make Catch-up
Contributions has not reached the applicable Catch-up Contribution
limit for the calendar year described in Section 3.02(c). Any
Excess Deferrals remaining after application of the preceding
sentence shall be returned to the Participant with earnings in
accordance with Treasury Regulation §1.402(g)-1, no later than
April 15 following the close of the calendar year in which such
contributions were made. Distributions shall first be made from
Unmatched Contributions, excluding Catch-up Contributions, then
from Catch-up Contributions if any and lastly, from Matched
Contributions. The return of any Matched Contributions shall be
accompanied by a forfeiture of the related Company Matching
Contributions and any income
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attributable thereto. Such
forfeited amounts shall be held by the Trustee in a suspense
account and applied towards subsequent Company Matching
Contributions.
(vii)
After the close of a calendar year, but no later than the last
business day before April 15 (or such earlier date required by
Internal Revenue Service regulations) following such calendar year,
a Participant who was also a participant in another plan to which
the limitation on deferrals described in Code Section 402(g)
applies may notify the Plan Administrator that the Participant has
had deferrals contributed to the Plan and such other plan in excess
of such limitation for such preceding calendar year and shall
inform the Plan Administrator of the amount of such Excess
Deferrals. Such Participant may request a distribution of such
Excess Deferrals. Such Excess Deferrals shall first be
recharacterized as Catch-up Contributions to the extent that a
Participant who is eligible to make Catch-up Contributions has not
reached the applicable Catch-up Contribution limit for the calendar
year described in Section 3.02(c). Any Excess Deferrals
remaining after application of the preceding sentence shall be
distributed with the earnings attributable thereto in accordance
with Treasury Regulation §1.402(g)-1 no later than the
April 15 following such notification. Distributions shall
first be made from Unmatched Contributions, excluding Catch-up
Contributions, and the return of any Matched Contributions shall be
accompanied by a forfeiture of the related Company Matching
Contributions and any income attributable thereto. Such forfeited
amounts shall be held by the Trustee in a suspense account and
applied towards subsequent Company Matching Contributions.
(viii)
If, after application of the above provisions of
Paragraph 3.07(c), Excess Contributions are made to the Plan,
such Excess Contributions and the earnings attributable thereto
shall be recharacterized as Catch-up Contributions to the extent
that a Participant who is eligible to make Catch-up Contributions
has not reached the applicable Catch-up Contribution limit for the
calendar year described in Section 3.02(c). Any Excess
Contributions remaining after application of the preceding sentence
shall be distributed to Highly Compensated Employees making such
Excess Contributions no later than December 15 following
the
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close of such Plan Year. The
Highly Compensated Employee with the largest amounts of Before-Tax
Contributions shall have his Before-Tax Contributions, excluding
Catch-up Contributions, reduced to the greater of: (A) the
highest dollar amount of Before-Tax Contributions, excluding
Catch-up Contributions, that can be made without violating the
limit of Paragraph 3.07(b)(i), or (B) the next highest
dollar amount of Before-Tax Contributions, excluding Catch-up
Contributions, of any other Highly Compensated Employee. Such
process is repeated until Paragraph 3.07 (b)(i) is satisfied
in accordance with Treasury Regulation §1.401(k)-1(f)(4)(ii).
Distributions shall first be made from Unmatched Contributions,
excluding Catch-up Contributions, then from Catch-up Contributions
if any and lastly from Matched Contributions. The return of any
Matched Contributions shall be accompanied by a forfeiture of the
related Company Matching Contributions and any income attributable
thereto. Such forfeited amounts shall be held by the Trustee in a
suspense account and applied towards subsequent Company Matching
Contributions.
(ix)
If, after application of the above provisions of
Paragraph 3.07(b)(ii), Excess Aggregate Contributions are made
to the Plan, such Excess Aggregate Contributions and the earnings
attributable thereto shall be recharacterized as Catch-up
Contributions to the extent that a Participant who is eligible to
make Catch-up Contributions has not reached the applicable Catch-up
Contribution limit for the calendar year described in
Section 3.02(c). Any Excess Aggregate Contributions remaining
after application of the preceding sentence shall be distributed to
Highly Compensated Employees making such Excess Aggregate
Contributions no later than December 15 following the close of
the Plan Year. The Highly Compensated Employee with the largest
amounts of contributions taken into account in computing the Actual
Contribution Percentage Test ("ACP contributions") shall have his
ACP contributions reduced to the greater of: (A) the highest
dollar amount of ACP contributions that can be made without
violating the limit of Paragraph 3.07(b)(ii), or (B) the
next highest dollar amount of ACP contributions of any other Highly
Compensated Employee. Such process is repeated until
Paragraph 3.07(b)(ii) is satisfied in accordance with Treasury
Regulation §1.401(m)-1(e)(3)(iv). To the extent
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permitted by such regulation,
After-Tax Contributions and any Company Matching Contributions
attributable thereto shall be distributed first.
(x)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3.07 or of
the Plan to the contrary, the Employer may, by action of the
Company, determine to make a special Employer contribution (a
"Qualified Non-Elective Contribution") to the Plan for the account
of certain Participants who are Nonhighly Compensated Employees in
order to maintain the Plan’s compliance with the
non-discrimination requirements of Code Sections 401(k) and 401(m)
and in lieu of (or in combination with) making the adjustment in
the percentage of Annual Salary specified by Participants in their
Deferral Elections or returning Contributions as provided in this
Section 3.07. Any such Qualified Non-Elective Contribution shall be
in such amount as is determined by the Company and will be
allocated as determined by the Company to the individual accounts
of Participants who are Nonhighly Compensated Employees and who
actively contributed to the Plan during, and are Employees at the
end of, the Plan Year for which such contribution is made. Any such
Qualified Non-Elective Contribution shall be nonforfeitable and
shall be treated for all purposes as a Before-Tax Contribution
under the Plan, including for purposes of the limitations on
distribution d
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