Exhibit 10.31
BJ SERVICES
COMPANY
DIRECTORS’ BENEFIT
PLAN
As Amended and
Restated
Effective January 1,
2008
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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DEFINITIONS
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II
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PARTICIPATION
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III
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DEFERRED COMPENSATION
BENEFIT
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IV
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BENEFIT
FORFEITURES
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V
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DEATH BENEFIT
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VI
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DISABILITY
BENEFIT
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VII
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EMERGENCY
BENEFIT
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VIII
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CHANGE OF CONTROL
PAYMENT
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IX
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ADMINISTRATION OF THE
PLAN
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NATURE OF
PLAN
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XI
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FUNDING
OBLIGATION
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XII
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TERMINATION OF THE
PLAN
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XIII
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AMENDMENT OF THE
PLAN
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XIV
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GENERAL
PROVISIONS
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BJ SERVICES COMPANY , a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), hereby amends and restates the BJ
SERVICES COMPANY DIRECTORS’ BENEFIT PLAN , which was
established effective December 7, 2000. The Plan was
established to help attract and retain highly qualified Directors
for the Company by providing deferred compensation in recognition
of services performed for the Company.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Where the following words and
phrases appear in the Plan, they shall have the respective meanings
set forth below unless their context clearly indicates to the
contrary:
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Acting as a
Group : “Acting as
a group” within the meaning of Treasury regulation section
1.409A-3(i)(5)(v)(B), (vi)(D), or (vii)(C), as
applicable.
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1.2
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Administrator : The person or persons appointed by the Board
to administer the Plan.
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1.3
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Affiliate : Any person or entity who or which controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with the Company. For
purposes of this definition, the terms “control” and
“controlled by” as used with respect to the Company or
any person or entity shall mean possession, directly or indirectly,
of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of the Company or such person or entity, whether through
the ownership of an equity interest in the Company or such person
or entity, by contract, or otherwise.
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1.4
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Applicable
Interest Rate : The
monthly average of the annual rate of interest on 30-year Treasury
securities for each month, as published by the Federal Reserve
Board (or some other prevailing interest rate selected by the
Administrator), averaged over a period of time beginning on the
Original Effective Date and ending upon the month preceding the
Participant’s Termination Date.
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1.5
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As soon as
administratively practicable : For purposes of Benefit distributions, a date
of distribution that is as soon as administratively practicable as
determined by the Administrator following the date of payment
specified under the Plan, but in no event later than the later of
(a) the 15th day of the third calendar month following the
specified payment date or (b) December 31st of the
calendar year in which the specified payment date occurs; provided,
however, that for lump sum payments made pursuant to Article VIII,
such distribution may be made within the 30-day period preceding
the date of the Change of Control. In no event will a Participant
or his beneficiary (or surviving spouse or estate) be permitted to
designate the taxable year of the payment.
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Benefit : The benefit payable to a Participant as
specified in Article III, subject to the provisions of Article
IV.
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1.7
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Benefit
Commencement Date : The
date, determined under Article III, as of which a Participant
begins to receive payment of his Benefit under the Plan.
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1.8
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Benefit
Payment Period : The
period, determined under Article III, over which a Benefit is to be
paid under the Plan.
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1.9
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Board : The Board of Directors of the
Company.
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1.10
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Cause : A Director’s Separation from Service
that occurs due to (a) the willful commission by the
Participant of a criminal or other act that causes or is likely to
cause substantial economic damage to the Company or an Affiliate or
substantial injury to the business reputation of the Company or
Affiliate; (b) the commission by the Participant of an act of
fraud in the performance of such Participant’s duties on
behalf of the Company or an Affiliate; or (c) the continuing
willful failure of a Participant to perform the duties of such
Participant to the Company or an Affiliate (other than such failure
resulting from the Participant’s incapacity due to physical
or mental illness) after written notice thereof (specifying the
particulars thereof in reasonable detail), and a reasonable
opportunity to be heard and cure such failure are given to the
Participant by the Company or an Affiliate. For purposes of the
Plan, no act, or failure to act, on the Participant’s part
shall be considered “willful” unless done or omitted to
be done by the Participant not in good faith and without reasonable
belief that the Participant’s action or omission was in the
best interest of the Company or an Affiliate, as the case may
be.
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1.11
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Change of
Control : The occurrence
of any one of the following events:
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Any one person,
or more than one person Acting as a Group, acquires ownership of
stock of the Company that, together with stock held by such person
or group, constitutes more than 50% of the total fair market value
or total voting power of the stock of the Company; provided,
however, that if any one person, or more than one person Acting as
a Group, is considered to own more than 50% of the total fair
market value or total voting power of the stock of the Company, the
acquisition of additional stock by the same person or group does
not cause a Change of Control within the meaning of this
Section 1.11(a); and provided, further, that an increase in
the percentage of stock owned by any one person, or persons Acting
as a Group, as a result of a transaction in which the Company
acquires its stock in exchange for property will be treated as an
acquisition of stock for purposes of this Section 1.11(a); and
provided, further, that this Section 1.11(a) applies to cause
a Change of Control only when there is a transfer of stock of the
Company (or issuance of stock of the Company) and stock in the
Company remains outstanding after the transaction; and provided,
further, that, if any person, or more than one person Acting as a
Group, is considered to have met the control requirements of
Section 1.11(b) below, the acquisition of additional stock by
the same person or group will not cause a Change of Control within
the meaning of this Section 1.11(a); or
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Any one person, or more than one
person Acting as a Group, acquires (or has acquired during the
12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition
by such person or group) ownership of stock of the
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Company possessing 30% or more of
the total voting power of the stock of the Company; provided,
however, that if one person, or more than one person Acting as a
Group, is considered to own more than 50% of the total fair market
value or total voting power of the stock of the Company, the
acquisition of additional stock by the same person or group will
not cause a Change of Control within the meaning of this
Section 1.11(b); and provided, further, that, if any person,
or more than one person Acting as a Group is considered to have met
the control requirements of this Section 1.11(b), the
acquisition of additional stock by the same person or group will
not cause a Change of Control within the meaning of this
Section 1.11(b); or
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A majority of
the members of the Board is replaced during any 12-month period by
directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a
majority of the members of the Board before the date of such
appointment or election; or
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Any one person,
or more than one person Acting as a Group, acquires (or has
acquired during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most
recent acquisition by such person or group) assets from the Company
that have a total “gross fair market value” equal to
all or substantially all of the total “gross fair market
value” of all the assets of the Company immediately before
such acquisition or acquisitions; provided, however, that there is
no Change of Control under this Section 1.11(c) where there is
a Transfer to a Related Person. For purposes of this
Section 1.11(c), “gross fair market value” means
the value of the assets of the Company, or the value of the assets
being disposed of, determined without regard to any liabilities
associated with such assets.
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For purposes of this
Section 1.11, section 318(a) of the Code applies to determine
stock ownership. The definition of Change of Control under this
Section 1.11 is intended to comply with the applicable
definitions and requirements of section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the
Code and Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-3(i)(5) that correspond
to the change of control events described above and shall be
interpreted consistently therewith.
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Code :
The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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1.13
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Committee : The Compensation Committee of the Board, or
such other administrative committee that is appointed by the Board
to make determinations under Articles VI and VII.
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1.14
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Company : BJ Services Company, a Delaware
corporation.
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Competitor : A company, corporation, enterprise, firm,
limited partnership, partnership, person, sole proprietorship, or
any other business entity determined by the Board in its sole
discretion to be competitive with the business of the Company, its
Subsidiaries, or its Affiliates.
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Director : An individual, elected to the Board by the
stockholders of the Company or by the Board under applicable
corporate law, who is serving on the Board on the Original
Effective Date or is elected to the Board after the Original
Effective Date and who is not an employee of the Company or any
Subsidiary.
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Disabled or
Disability : A
Participant is considered Disabled if he is unable to engage in any
substantial gainful activity by reason of a medically determinable
physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in
death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not
less than 12 months.
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Effective
Date : The effective date
of this restatement of the Plan, which is January 1,
2008.
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1.19
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Last Annual
Retainer : The annual
retainer payable by the Company to Directors in effect on the
earlier of a Participant’s Termination Date or the date he
becomes Disabled, as applicable.
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Net Present
Value : The lump sum
amount that is equal in value to the applicable portion of a
Participant’s installment Benefit, based on an interest rate
equal to the Applicable Interest Rate.
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Original
Effective Date : The
Plan’s original effective date, which was December 7,
2000.
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Participant : A Director who has commenced, but not
terminated, participation in the Plan as provided in Article
II.
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Period of
Service : Each period of
an individual’s service as a Director commencing on the
effective date of his election or re-election to the Board
(provided such re-election occurred on or before December 31,
2007) and ending on the earlier of his Termination Date or the date
he becomes Disabled, as applicable, including periods commencing
prior to the Original Effective Date.
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Plan :
The BJ Services Company Directors’ Benefit Plan, as the same
may be amended from time to time.
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Separation
from Service : A
“separation from service” within the meaning of section
409A(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Code (and applicable administrative
guidance issued thereunder).
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Subsidiary : At any given time, any other corporation of
which an aggregate of 80% or more of its outstanding voting stock
is owned of record or beneficially, directly or indirectly, by the
Company or any other of its Subsidiaries.
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Termination
Date : The date on which
a Director ceases to serve the Company as a Director by reason of
his retirement, declination to stand for re-election, resignation,
disability, removal, death, or any other event. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, a Director shall not be considered
to have incurred a termination of service for purposes of the Plan
if his termination does not constitute a Separation from
Service.
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Transfer to
a Related Person : A
transfer of assets by the Company where the assets are transferred
to a transferee who is, determined immediately after the transfer
of assets except where otherwise specified, either:
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(a)
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A shareholder
of the Company (immediately before the asset transfer) in exchange
for or with respect to its stock;
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(b)
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An entity, 50%
or more of the total value or voting power of which is owned,
directly or indirectly, by the Company;
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(c)
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A person, or
one or more persons Acting as a Group, that owns, directly or
indirectly, 50% or more of the total value or voting power of all
the outstanding stock of the Company; or
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An entity, at
least 50% of the total value or voting power of which is owned,
directly or indirectly, by a person described in Paragraph
(c) of this Section 1.28.
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Trust : Any trust created pursuant to the provisions
of Article XI.
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1.30
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Trust
Agreement : The agreement
establishing the Trust.
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Trustee : The entity named from time to time as trustee
in the Trust Agreement and its successors.
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Trust
Fund : The assets held
under the Trust, as they may exist from time to time.
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1.33
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Unforeseeable Financial Emergency
: A severe financial hardship of the
Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the
Participant or the Participant’s spouse, beneficiary, or
dependent (within the meaning of section 152 of the Code, but
without regard to sections 152(b)(1), (b)(2), and (d)(1)(B) of the
Code); loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty
(including the need to rebuild a home following damage to a home
not otherwise covered by insurance); or other similar extraordinary
and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events
beyond the control of the Participant, each as determined by the
Committee in accordance with Treasury regulation section
1.409A-3(i)(3).
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Years of
Service : Each calendar
year included in an individual’s aggregate Periods of
Service. A Participant will receive credit for a full Year of
Service if his Period of Service includes any day within the
calendar year, provided that the Participant does not Separate from
Service for Cause during such calendar year. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, solely for purposes of Section 2.1, a Year of
Service will be measured as each full year of an individual’s
aggregate Periods of Service.
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ARTICLE II
PARTICIPATION
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2.1
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Admission as
a Participant
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A Director shall become a
Participant on the later of the date on which he completes three
full Years of Service or the Original Effective Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event a Director dies prior
to completing three full Years of Service and while a Director,
such Director shall be considered to have been a Participant on the
date of his death for all purposes under the Plan. Effective as of
January 1, 2008, no Director who is not a Participant in the
Plan as of December 31, 2007 shall become a Participant in the
Plan.
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Termination
of Participation
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A Participant shall cease
participation in the Plan upon the earlier of his death or the
payment in full of the Participant’s Benefit under the
Plan.
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Grandfathered Participation
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Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein, for any Participant whose Benefit Commencement
Date occurred prior to the Effective Date, the calculation and
distribution of such Participant’s Benefit shall be made in
accordance with the terms of the Plan as in effect immediately
prior to the Effective Date; provided, however, that to the extent
any portion of the Benefit of such Participant is subject to
section 409A of the Code, payment of such portion of the
Participant’s Benefit shall be made in compliance with
section 409A of the Code and applicable administrative guidance
issued thereunder.
ARTICLE III
DEFERRED COMPENSATION
BENEFIT
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3.1
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Benefit
Payment Period
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A Participant’s Benefit
Payment Period shall be a period of time equal to ten years and
shall commence on such Participant’s Benefit Commencement
Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant may elect in
accordance with Section 3.2 to receive his Benefit in the form
of a single lump sum cash payment, as described under
Section 3.4.
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Payment
Election Generally
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(a)
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Each
Participant may elect the form of payment of his Benefit, as
provided in Section 3.4(a), by executing and filing with the
Company, on or before December 31, 2008 and prior to his
Benefit Commencement Date, an initial election in the form
prescribed by the Administrator, provided that the Participant is a
Director on the date of such election. To the extent permitted by
section 409A of the Code, a Participant may designate a different
form of payment to apply upon the occurrence of each of the
following events:
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(1)
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The
Participant’s Separation from Service within the two-year
period following the occurrence of a Change of Control;
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(2)
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The
Participant’s Separation from Service other than within the
period described in Paragraph (1) of this Section 3.2(a);
or
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The occurrence
of a Change of Control after the earlier of a Participant’s
Termination Date or the date of his Disability.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
Participant’s form-of-payment election under this
Section 3.2(a) may apply only to amounts that would not
otherwise be payable in 2008 and may not cause an amount to be paid
in 2008 that would not otherwise be payable in 2008. If a
Director’s Benefit Commencement Date occurs prior to
January 1, 2009, his Benefit shall be paid in accordance with
this Article III and section 409A of the Code (and applicable
administrative guidance issued thereunder) but without regard to
any payment election filed under this
Section 3.2(a).
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(b)
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Further, on or
after January 1, 2009, any Participant whose Benefit
Commencement Date did not occur prior to January 1, 2008 may
revise his election (or submit a new election if
Section 3.4(c) applies) regarding the form of payment of his
Benefit payable upon the occurrence of one or more of the
circumstances enumerated in Sect
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