Exhibit 10.27
AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
AS
AMENDED AND RESTATED
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2006
Including amendments through September 30, 2007
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ARTICLE I
PURPOSES
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1.01
Purposes
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ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS
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2.01 Affiliated
Company
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2.02 After-Tax
Contributions
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2.03 Annual
Salary
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2.04 Before-Tax
Contributions
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2.05 Beneficiary
or Beneficiaries
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2.06 Board
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2.07 Business
Day
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2.08 Catch-up
Contributions
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2.09 Claims
Committee
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2.10 Code
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2.11 Company
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2.12 Company Core
Contributions
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2.13 Company
Matching Contributions
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2.14 Company
Stock
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2.15 Core
Contribution Participant
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2.16 Credited
Service
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2.17 Deemed
Election
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2.18 Deferral
Election
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2.19 Defined
Benefit Plan
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2.20 Defined
Contribution Plan
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2.21 Distribution
Event
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2.22 Electing
Employee
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2.23
Employee
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2.24
Employer
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2.25 Employment
Commencement Date
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2.26 ERISA
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2.27 Fair Market
Value
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2.28 Hour of
Service
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2.29 Hourly
Pension Plan
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2.30 IGS Savings
Plan
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2.31 Investment
Committee
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2.32 Investment
Vehicle
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2.33 Matched
Contributions
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2.34 Matured
Company Matching Contributions
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2.35 Normal
Retirement Age
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2.36
Participant
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2.37 Participant
Contributions
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2.38 Participant
Investment Funds
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2.39 Participating
Employer
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2.40 Party In
Interest
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2.41 Period of
Severance
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2.42 Plan
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2.43 Plan
Administrator
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2.44 Plan
Year
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2.45 Qualified
Domestic Relations Order
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2.46 Reemployment
Commencement Date
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2.47 Retirement
Plan
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2.48 Retirement
Program Change Effective Date
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2.49 Salaried
Pension Plan
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2.50 Severance
from Service Date
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2.51 Trust
Agreement
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2.52 Trust
Fund
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2.53 Trustee
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2.54 Unmatched
Contributions
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2.55 Unmatured
Company Matching Contributions
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2.56 Vice
President – Human Reources
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2.57 Year of
Service
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2.58 Years of
Vesting Service
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ARTICLE III
ELIBIBILITY, CONTRIBUTIONS, WITHDRAWALS, DISTRIBUTIONS, ROLLOVERS,
AND PLAN-TO-PLAN TRANSFERS
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3.01 Eligibility
and Commencement of Participation
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3.02 Before-Tax,
After-Tax, and Catch-up Contributions
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3.03 Company
Matching Contributions
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3.04 Company Core
Contributions
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3.05 Company Core
Contribution Vesting Rules
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3.06 Timing of
Contributions
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3.07
Nondiscrimination Limitations and Corrective Measures
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3.08 Withdrawals
by Participants of After-Tax Contributions, Rollover Contributions,
Company Matching Contributions, Before-Tax and Catch-up
Contributions
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3.09 Loans to
Participants
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3.10 Distributions
Following Distribution Events
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3.11 Distributions
Pursuant to a Qualified Domestic Relations Order
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3.12 Rollovers
into the Plan
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3.13 Plan-to-Plan
Transfers; Plan Mergers
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3.14 Limitation on
Annual Additions to Participants’ Accounts
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3.15 Application
of Top-Heavy Provisions
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ARTICLE IV TRUST
FUND AND PARTICIPANT INVESTMENT FUNDS
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4.01 Trust
Agreement
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4.02 Investment of
Contributions in the Participant Investment Funds
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4.03 Redirection
of Investments of Participant Contributions
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4.04 Investment of
Company Matching Contributions
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4.05
Participants’ Accounts
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4.06 Account
Statements; Investment Information
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4.07 Voting,
Tendering, and Similar Rights as to Company Stock
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ARTICLE IV-A
ESTABLISHMENT OF AN EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
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ARTICLE V MANNER
OF DISTRIBUTION OF PARTICIPANT ACCOUNTS
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5.01 General
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5.02 Designation
of Beneficiaries; Spousal Consents
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5.03 Direct
Rollovers
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5.04
Trustee-to-Trustee Transfer
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5.05 Protected
Distribution Forms for Certain Transferred Balances
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ARTICLE VI
ADMINISTRATION
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6.01 Plan
Administrator
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6.02 Expenses of
Administration
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6.03 Powers and
Duties of the Plan Administrator
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6.04 Powers and
Duties of the Investment Committee
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6.05 Benefit
Claims Procedure
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6.06
Fiduciaries
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6.07 Adequacy of
Communications; Reliance on Reports and Certificates
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6.08
Indemnification
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6.09
Member’s Own Participation
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6.10
Elections
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ARTICLE VII
AMENDMENT, CORRECTION, AND DISCONTINUANCE
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7.01 Right to
Amend or Terminate
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7.02 Corpus and
Income Not to be Diverted
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7.03 Merger or
Consolidation of Plan
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7.04
Correction
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ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
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8.01 Nonalienation
of Benefits
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8.02 Payments to
Minors, Incompetents, and Related Situations
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8.03 Unclaimed
Accounts – Trust Funds
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8.04 No Guarantee
of Employment
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8.05 Governing
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8.06 Gender,
Number, and Headings
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8.07
Severability
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8.08 Obligations
of the Employer
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8.09 Effective
Date
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8.10 Uniformed
Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
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8.11 Use of
Electronic Media; Adjustment of Certain Time Periods
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APPENDIX A
PARTICIPANT INVESTMENT FUNDS
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EXHIBIT I ELIGIBLE
NONUNION HOURLY LOCATIONS DESIGNATED BY VICE PRESIDENT –
HUMAN RESOURCES
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EXHIBIT II FORMS
OF DISTRIBUTION AVAILABLE TO PARTICIPANTS WHO HAD AMOUNTS
TRANSFERRED TO THE PLAN FROM THE IGS SAVINGS PLAN
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EXHIBIT III PLAN
ELECTIONS
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SCHEDULE I
PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2006
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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 October 1, 2006, including
amendments implemented through September 30, 2007, and shall
not be applicable to persons retiring or otherwise terminating
employment with the Company and its Affiliated Companies prior to
October 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided herein.
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 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
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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.
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
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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 the person(s), trust(s), or other
recipient(s) as determined under the provisions of
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 New York Stock Exchange is open for business.
2.08 Catch-up
Contributions mean contributions made by the Employer on
behalf of a Participant pursuant to the Participant’s
Deferral Election under Paragraph 3.02(c).
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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 Company means Air
Products and Chemicals, Inc., or any successor in interest
thereto.
2.12 Company Core
Contributions mean contributions made by the Employer under
Section 3.04.
2.13 Company Matching
Contributions mean contributions made by the Employer under
Section 3.03.
2.14 Company Stock
means common stock of the Company.
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 Deemed Election
means a passive election to make Before-Tax Contributions to the
Plan pursuant to Section 3.02(d).
2.18 Deferral Election
means the election made by a Participant in accordance with
Section 3.02.
2.19 Defined Benefit
Plan means any Retirement Plan which does not meet the
definition of a Defined Contribution Plan.
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2.20 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.
2.21 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)(2)(B)(i).
2.22 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.
2.23 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 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 or an employee of an Affiliated
Company 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.
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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.
2.24 Employer means the
Company and/or any Participating Employer, either collectively or
separately as the context requires.
2.25 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.
2.26 ERISA means the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time to time.
2.27 Fair Market Value
, as of any Business Day with respect to Company Stock, means the
closing sale price for Company Stock for such date 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.
2.28 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;
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(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 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
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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.
2.29 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 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.
2.31 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.
2.32 Investment Vehicle
means any security or other investment in which the Trustee is
authorized to invest Participant Contributions transferred to a
particular
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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 chosen by the Investment Committee and
described in Appendix A, as amended from time to time, in
which Participant Contributions, Company Matching Contributions and
Company Core 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 Affiliated Company which is later
designated by the Board or pursuant to authority
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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 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),
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or
(b) any other 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,
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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 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 such
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.
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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.
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:
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(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 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.
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(d) Years
of Vesting Service shall include all periods described in
paragraphs (a), and (b) above (including those periods during
which the Employee was 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 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). 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 period. An eligibility
computation period is the twelve (12) month period beginning
on
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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, or an Employee who otherwise ceases to be
employed as an Employee, shall, upon reemployment by an Employer as
an Employee, be eligible to participate in the Plan and may begin
his participation as soon as administratively possible so long as
an election is properly made as provided in Paragraph 3.02;
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 (or, if no Severance from Service has occurred,
the later of the Retirement Program Change Date or the date he once
again meets the definition of Employee). An Employee who becomes
represented by a
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collective bargaining agent will remain eligible to participate in
the Plan until a collective 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 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 . 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
Section 3.02(a), or, if such
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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 amount of $5,000, which amount shall be adjusted pursuant to
cost of living adjustments described in Code
Section 414(v)(2)(c).
(d)
Deemed Election . (i) Each salaried Employee who
becomes eligible to participate in the Plan on or after the
Retirement Program Change Effective Date, and (ii) each hourly
Employee who becomes eligible to participate in the Plan on and
after October 1, 2007, 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 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. Such
Deemed Election shall be effective in accordance with procedures
established by the Plan Administrator after written notice has been
provided to the Employee.
(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, 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 soon as
administratively practicable thereafter. In the event of a change
in Annual Salary, the Employee’s then
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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, initiate a suspension of his Deferral
Election beginning as soon as administratively practicable
thereafter. In addition, suspension shall be automatic as of the
first pay in which a Participant ceases to be an Employee. In the
event the participant initiates the suspension, the Participant may
elect to resume his Deferral Election in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3.01 effective as soon as
administratively practicable thereafter, 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.
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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 soon as
administratively practicable after each pay date from the Employer
equal to the sum of (i) and (ii) below:
(i) 75 percent
of the first (4) percent of the Participant’s Annual
Salary that is deferred by the Participant each pay period 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 pay period 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 pay period 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 pay period 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 pay period
to the Plan as Before-Tax Contributions , excluding Catch-up
Contributions, or contributed to the Plan as After-Tax
Contributions.
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(c)
Form of Company Matching Contribution . A Company
Matching Contribution will be made to the Trustee at least
annually, 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
Business Day of the period 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 Plan Year, the
Employer’s Company Matching Contribution for such Plan Year
shall become a fixed obligation as of the end of such Plan Year 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 , 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(c).
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 at least annually to the account of each eligible
Participant at any time during the Plan Year in accordance with the
following schedule:
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| |
|
|
|
Years of Service |
|
Amount of Company Core Contributions |
|
Less than 10 Years
of Service
|
|
4% of Annual Salary |
|
10-19 Years of
Service
|
|
5% of Annual Salary |
|
20 or more Years of
Service
|
|
6% of Annual Salary |
(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.
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 . Effective on and after
October 1, 2007, a Participant who is an Employee shall have a
vested, nonforfeitable right to the portion of a
Participant’s account attributable to Company Core
Contributions, including any related investment earnings and
losses, according to the following vesting schedule, or, if
earlier, after attaining Normal Retirement Age while employed by
the Employer or an Affiliated Company:
| |
|
|
|
|
| Years of Vesting |
|
|
Percent |
|
|
Service |
|
|
Vested |
|
|
Less than 1
|
|
|
0% |
|
|
1
|
|
|
20% |
|
|
2
|
|
|
40% |
|
|
3
|
|
|
60% |
|
|
4
|
|
|
80% |
|
|
5
|
|
|
100% |
|
Prior
to October 1, 2007, a Participant who is an Employee would
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,
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after
completing at least 5 Years of Vesting Service, or, if earlier,
after 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 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
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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 Company Core Contributions shall be transferred
to the Trustee at least annually, but in all cases 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
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
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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,
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
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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).
(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:
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(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).
(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
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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)
Nonhighly Compensated Employee means any employee who
is not a Highly Compensated Employee.
(xii)
Qualified Non-Elective Contributions mean
contributions made by the Company described in
Paragraph 3.07(c)(x).
(xiii)
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 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:
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(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.
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 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
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(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.
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 election
shall be made by the Vice President - Human Resources and
shall be reflected in Exhibit III.
(iii) 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 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:
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(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; 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.
(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)); 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 sole discretion determines is necessary
to maintain the Plan’s compliance with the Actual
Contribution Percentage Test.
(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
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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 and any earnings thereon 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 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
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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 and any earnings thereon 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 and the earnings attributable thereto 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 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
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§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 and the
earnings attributable thereto 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 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
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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 described in this Article 3, except that such
contribution shall not be applied against or counted for purposes
of determining compliance with the percent limitation on Before-Tax
Contributions in Section 3.02 the combined percent limitation
on Before-Tax Contributions and After-Tax Contributions contained
in Section 3.02, or the limitation on Before-Tax Contributions
contained in this Section 3.07. Any such Qualified
Non-Elective Contribution shall be made to the Trustee no later
than the last day of the Plan Year next succeeding the Plan Year
for which the contribution is made, and may be made in whole or in
part in cash or in shares of Company Stock. Payment of any such
Qualified Non-Elective Contribution (whether in the form of cash or
Company Stock) for a Plan Year which is made by the Employer after
the close of such Plan Year shall be treated by the Plan in the
same manner as if it were received on or before the last day of
such Plan Year.
3.08 Withdrawals by
Participants of After-Tax Contributions, Rollover Contributions,
Company Matching Contributions, Before-Tax and Catch-up
Contributions .
(a)
After-Tax Contributions . Upon application to the
Trustee at any time no sooner then twelve (12) months after
any earlier withdrawal by such Participant of After-Tax
Contributions under this Paragraph 3.08(a), Rollover
Contributions under Paragraph 3.08(b), Before-Tax
Contributions under
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Paragraph 3.08(d)(ii)(A),or Company Matching Contributions
under Paragraph 3.08(c), a Participant may withdraw all or a
portion of the amounts then credited to his After-Tax Contributions
account.
There
shall be no suspension of the withdrawing Participant’s right
to make After-Tax Contributions following a withdrawal under this
Paragraph 3.08(a).
(b)
Rollover Contributions . Upon application to the
Trustee at any time no sooner than twelve (12) months after
any earlier withdrawal by him under this Paragraph 3.08(b),
After-Tax Contributions under Paragraph 3.08(a), Company
Matching Contributions under Paragraph 3.08(c) or Before-Tax
Contributions under Paragraph 3.08(d)(ii)(A), a Par
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