CENTEX CORPORATION SAVING FOR
RETIREMENT PLAN
(As Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2009)
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ARTICLE II ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
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2.1 Allocation of Responsibility Among
Fiduciaries for Plan and Trust Administration
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2.4 Other Committee Powers and Duties
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2.7 Authorization of Benefit Payments
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2.9 Application and Forms for
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2.14 Allocation and Delegation of Committee
Responsibilities
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ARTICLE III PARTICIPATION AND SERVICE
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3.1 Eligibility for Participation
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3.2 Notification of Eligible
Employees
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3.3 Applications by Employees
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3.4 Years of Service for
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3.5 Years of Vesting Service
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3.6 Transferred Participants
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3.7 Beneficiary Upon Death
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3.9 Qualified Military Service
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ARTICLE IV CONTRIBUTIONS AND
FORFEITURES
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4.1 Pre-Tax Contributions
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4.2 Employer Matching Contributions
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4.3 Employer Profit Sharing
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4.4 After-Tax Contributions
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4.5 Qualified Non-Elective
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4.6 Payment and Deductions of Pre-Tax and
After-Tax Contributions
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4.7 Employer Matching Contributions, Employer
Profit Sharing Contributions, and Pre-Tax Contributions to be Tax
Deductible
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4.8 Change of Elections and Suspension of
Allotments
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4.10 Disposition of Forfeitures
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ARTICLE V PARTICIPANT ACCOUNTS
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5.2 Account Allocations and
Adjustments
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5.3 Limitations on Contributions
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5.4 Valuation of Trust Fund
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5.5 Recognition of Different Funds
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ARTICLE VI VOLUNTARY WITHDRAWALS
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6.1 Withdrawal from After-Tax Contribution
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6.2 Withdrawal from Pre-Tax Contribution
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6.3 Withdrawal from Employer Contribution
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6.6 In-Service Withdrawal of Vested Account
Balance
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6.7 Loans to Participants
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ARTICLE VII PARTICIPANTS’
BENEFITS
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7.1 Normal Retirement Date
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7.2 Disability of Participants
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7.3 Early Retirement Date
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7.4 Death of Participants
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7.5 Other Termination of Service
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7.6 Valuation Dates Determinative of
Participant’s Rights
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7.7 In-Service Distributions
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ARTICLE VIII PAYMENT OF BENEFITS
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8.3 Deferral of Payments in the Case of
Non-Employee and Non-Eligible Employee Participants
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8.4 Cash Out or Automatic Rollover of Vested
Account Balance
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8.5 Direct Rollover Distributions
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8.6 Non-Spouse Beneficiary Rollovers
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8.7 Required Minimum Distributions
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8.8 Election to Commence Benefits
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8.10 Claims Review Procedure
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8.12 Optional Forms of Benefits
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ARTICLE IX TRUST AGREEMENT INVESTMENT FUNDS;
COMPANY STOCK FUND; INVESTMENT DIRECTIONS
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9.2 Investment Funds and Company Stock
Fund
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9.3 Investment Directions of
Participants
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9.4 Change of Investment Directions
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9.5 Benefits Paid Solely from Trust
Fund
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9.6 Committee Directions to Trustee
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9.7 Authority to Designate Investment
Manager
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9.8 Voting of Company Stock
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9.9 Voting of Investment Funds
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ARTICLE X ADOPTION OF PLAN BY OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS; SEPARATION OF THE TRUST FUND; AMENDMENT AND
TERMINATION OF THE PLAN; DISCONTINUANCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
TRUST FUND
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10.2 Separation of the Trust Fund
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10.3 Voluntary Separation
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10.4 Amendment of the Plan
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10.5 Acceptance of Amendment by
Employers
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10.6 Termination of the Plan
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10.7 Liquidation and Distribution of Trust Fund
Upon Termination
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10.8 Effect of Termination or Discontinuance of
Contributions
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10.9 Merger of Plan with Another Plan
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10.10 Consolidation or Merger with Another
Employer
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ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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11.3 Invalidity of Particular
Provisions
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11.4 Non-Alienation of Benefits
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11.5 Payments in Satisfaction of Claims of
Participants
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11.6 Payments Due Minors and
Incompetents
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11.7 Impossibility of Diversion of Trust
Fund
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11.8 Litigation Against the Trust
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11.9 Evidence Furnished Conclusive
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11.10 Copy Available to Participants
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11.12 Headings for Convenience Only
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11.13 Successors and Assigns
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ARTICLE XII TOP-HEAVY PLAN
REQUIREMENTS
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12.3 Minimum Contribution Percentage
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12.4 Limitation on Compensation
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12.5 Coordination With Other Plans
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12.6 Distributions to Certain Key
Employees
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12.7 Determination of Top-Heavy
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ARTICLE XIII TESTING OF CONTRIBUTIONS
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13.2 Actual Deferral Percentage Test
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13.4 Excess Contributions
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13.5 Actual Contribution Percentage
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13.6 Excess Aggregate Contributions
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CENTEX CORPORATION SAVING FOR
RETIREMENT PLAN
(As Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2009)
WHEREAS,
Centex Corporation (the “Company”), to aid eligible
employees accumulate capital for their future economic security,
previously established and maintains the Profit Sharing and
Retirement Plan of Centex Corporation, as amended and restated
effective as of January 1, 2001, and subsequently amended
thereafter (the “Plan”). The Plan is intended to
constitute a qualified profit sharing plan that includes a cash or
deferred arrangement, within the meaning of Sections 401(a) and
401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time (the “Code”).
WHEREAS,
the Plan was timely amended to comply with (i) the applicable
provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act
of 2001, (ii) the final regulations issued under Section
401(k) and 401(m) of the Code and (iii) other interim
amendments.
WHEREAS,
effective as of January 1, 2008, the Company authorized the
amendment and restatement of the Plan in order to
(i) incorporate all prior amendments, (ii) reflect the
final regulations under Section 415 of the Code,
(iii) add an eligible automatic contribution arrangement under
Section 414(w) of the Code; (iv) to make certain other
administrative design and law changes, and (iii) rename the
Plan the Centex Corporation Saving for Retirement Plan.
WHEREAS,
effective as of January 1, 2009, the Administrative Committee,
pursuant to its authority under the Plan, authorized the amendment
and restatement of the Plan solely in order to (i) adopt
applicable changes required under the Pension Protection Act of
2006 to maintain the Plan’s qualified status and
(ii) incorporate all prior amendments to the Plan.
WHEREAS,
the Plan and underlying trust are intended to meet the requirements
of Internal Revenue Code Sections 401(a), 401(k) and 501(a)
and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as either
may be amended from time to time, and the provisions of the Plan
shall apply to a Participant who continues his Service (as herein
defined) after January 1, 2009 and, except as otherwise
expressly set forth herein, the rights and benefits, if any, of a
Participant who terminated his Service prior to January 1,
2009, shall be determined under the provisions of the Plan in
effect on the date his Service terminated.
NOW,
THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended, restated and continued in
the form of this Plan, effective as of January 1, 2009, except
as otherwise provided herein, to read as follows:
As
used in the Plan, the following words and phrases shall have the
following meanings unless the context clearly requires a different
meaning:
Account . Any of the accounts or subaccounts
maintained for a Participant pursuant to Section 5.1, or all
such accounts and subacccounts collectively, as the context
requires.
Affiliate . A corporation or other trade or
business which is not an Employer under the Plan but which,
together with the Company, is “under common control”
within the meaning of Code Section 414(b) or (c); any
organization (whether or not incorporated) which together with the
Company, is a member of an “affiliated service group”
within the meaning of Code Section 414(m); and any other
entity required to be aggregated with the Company pursuant to
regulations under Code Section 414(o).
After-Tax Contribution . An after-tax amount
contributed to the Trust Fund by a Participant from his
Compensation pursuant to Section 4.4.
After-Tax Contribution Account . An Account
maintained for a Participant to record his After-Tax Contributions
to the Plan and adjustments relating thereto.
Beneficiary . A Participant’s surviving
spouse, or if no surviving spouse exists or if a qualified election
has been made pursuant to Section 3.8, such other natural
person or persons, or the trustee of an inter vivos trust
for the benefit of natural persons, entitled to benefits hereunder
following a Participant’s death.
Board . The board of directors of the
Company.
Break in Service . Any Plan Year during which an
Employee or Participant does not complete more than 500 Hours of
Service with all the Employers and Affiliates, determined as of the
end of the Plan Year.
Catch-Up Contribution . A Pre-Tax Contribution made pursuant
to Section 4.1 in accordance with, and subject to the
limitations of, Code Section 414(v).
Code . The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time.
Committee . The Administrative Committee as
described in Section 2.2 and, in regard to any provision of
the Plan under which an agent has been appointed by the
Administrative Committee pursuant to Article II to administer
such provision of the Plan, such agent. Where applicable,
“Committee” shall include any designee
thereof.
Company . Centex Corporation, a Nevada
corporation, and its successors.
Company Stock . The common stock of the
Company.
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Company Stock Fund . The investment fund
established to hold and invest in shares of Company
Stock.
Compensation . All salaries and wages that are
paid for personal services rendered in the course of employment
with the Employer, including, but not limited to, commissions paid
to salespeople, compensation for services on the basis of a
percentage of profits, commissions on insurance premiums, tips,
bonuses or other special pay payable in cash, and including foreign
earned income (other than foreign service premium hardship
allowance or non-incentive types of payments for foreign
employment), any amounts that would otherwise be included in
Compensation but which are deferred pursuant to a
Participant’s election under a deferred compensation plan
sponsored by an Employer, and any amounts by which his normal
remuneration is reduced pursuant to a voluntary salary reduction
plan qualified under Section 125 of the Code, by the amount of
any qualified transportation fringe benefit under
Section 132(f)(4) of the Code or cash or deferred arrangement
under Section 401(k) of the Code, but excluding amounts realized
from the exercise of a non-qualified stock option, or amounts
realized from the sale, exchange or other distribution of stock
under an incentive stock option, and other amounts that receive
special tax benefits, and awards, prizes, employer or employee
discounts, reimbursements or advances for travel, automobile
allowances, or any other expense incurred, and any form of
insurance, including, but not limited to, life, health, accident or
disability, provided by the Employer; provided, however ,
that:
(a) For purposes
of (1) Pre-Tax Contributions, (2) After-Tax
Contributions, and (3) Employer Matching Contributions, a
Participant’s Compensation shall also include any year-end
bonus, contractual bonus, bonus by formula, and discretionary bonus
or discretionary commission; and
(b) For purposes
of Employer Profit Sharing Contributions, a Participant’s
Compensation shall exclude any year-end bonus, contractual bonus,
bonus by formula, and discretionary bonus or discretionary
commission.
For purposes of
determining contributions or allocations under the Plan,
(i) Compensation shall only include those amounts paid through
the end of the payroll period immediately following termination of
employment, and (ii) Compensation attributable to periods
during a Plan Year in which the Employee was not an Eligible
Employee shall not be taken into account. Compensation taken into
account under the Plan for any Plan Year shall not exceed the
limitation amount provided in Code Section 401(a)(17), as
adjusted for cost-of-living increases pursuant to Code Section
401(a)(17)(B), but shall not be limited to the earliest payments
made to or on behalf of a Participant with respect to a Plan Year.
If an Employee is employed by more than one Employer, his
Compensation shall be the aggregate compensation received from the
Employers.
Contribution . Any amount contributed to the
Trust Fund pursuant to the provisions of the Plan by an Employer or
by a Participant in the form of an After-Tax Contribution, Pre-Tax
Contribution, Employer Matching Contribution or Employer Profit
Sharing Contribution.
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Default Investment Fund . An Investment Fund or Funds,
specified by the Committee from time to time, that satisfies the
requirements of a “qualified default investment
alternative” under the regulations and other guidance issued
by the Department of Labor under ERISA Sections 404(c) and
514(e).
Early Retirement Date . The date an Employee has
attained age 55 and completed at least 15 Years of
Service.
Effective Date . January 1, 2009, except
(i) as otherwise provided in specific provisions of the Plan
and (ii) that provisions of the Plan required to have an
earlier effective date by application of statute and/or regulation
shall be effective as of the required effective date in such
statute and/or regulation.
Eligible Employee . An Employee who is
compensated by his Employer (a) on an hourly-rated basis,
(b) in fixed amounts at regular intervals without regard to
the number of hours worked (that is, he is compensated on a basis
other than an hourly-rated basis), or (c) on the basis of
commissions.
Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the term “Eligible
Employee” excludes any person (i) who performs services
for an Employer pursuant to an arrangement wherein the person is
designated, compensated or otherwise classified or treated by the
Employer as a consultant, independent contractor or leased
employee, (ii) who is a Leased Employee, (iii) who is a
non-resident alien without U.S. source income, or (iv) whose
employment is covered by a collective bargaining
agreement.
Employee . Any person who receives remuneration
from the Company, an Employer or an Affiliate for personal services
(or would be receiving remuneration if not on a Leave of Absence),
including Leased Employees.
Employer . The Company and any organization that
has adopted the Plan pursuant to the provisions of Article X,
and the successors, if any, to such organization.
Employer Contribution Account . A
Participant’s Employer Profit Sharing Contribution Account
and/or Employer Matching Contribution Account, as
applicable.
Employer Matching Contribution . An amount
contributed to the Trust Fund by the Employer pursuant to
Section 4.2.
Employer Matching Contribution Account . An
Account maintained for a Participant to record his Employer
Matching Contributions and adjustments relating thereto.
Employer Profit Sharing Account . An Account
maintained for a Participant to record his Employer Profit Sharing
Contributions and adjustments relating thereto.
Employer Profit Sharing Contribution . An amount
contributed to the Trust Fund by the Employer pursuant to
Section 4.3.
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Employment Commencement Date . The date upon which an
Employee first performs an Hour of Service for the
Employer.
Entry Date . The first day of the month following
12 continuous months of Service for purposes of Employer Profit
Sharing Contributions.
ERISA . The Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
Fiduciary . The Committee, the Trustee, and any
other person designated as a Fiduciary with respect to the Plan or
the Trust Agreement, but only with respect to the specific
responsibilities of each as described in
Article II.
Forfeiture . The portion of a Participant’s
Employer Matching Contribution Account and/or Employer Profit
Sharing Account that is forfeited because of termination of Service
before full vesting pursuant to Article VII.
Hour of Service . Each hour for which an Employee
or Participant is either directly or indirectly paid or entitled to
payment by the Employer or an Affiliate for the performance of
duties or for reasons (such as vacation, holiday, sickness,
incapacity, temporary layoff, jury duty, military duty, or Leave of
Absence) other than for the performance of duties (irrespective of
whether the employment relationship has terminated), and each hour
for which back pay, irrespective of mitigation of damages, has been
awarded to the Employee or Participant or agreed to by the
Employer. In the case of Employees or Participants whose
compensation is determined on an hourly basis, such Employees or
Participants shall be credited with Hours of Service on the basis
of Hours of Service they actually become entitled to under this
Section. All other Employees or Participants shall be credited with
Hours of Service as follows: (1) an Employee or Participant
who is paid on a daily basis shall be credited with 10 Hours of
Service for each day he performs an Hour of Service for the
Employer or an Affiliate; (2) an Employee or Participant who
is paid on a weekly basis shall be credited with 45 Hours of
Service for each week he performs an Hour of Service for the
Employer or an Affiliate; (3) an Employee or Participant who
is paid on a semi-monthly basis shall be credited with 95 Hours of
Service for each semi-monthly period in which he performs an Hour
of Service for the Employer or an Affiliate; and (4) an
Employee or Participant who is paid on a monthly basis shall be
credited with 190 Hours of Service for each month he performs an
Hour of Service for the Employer or an Affiliate. Hour of Service
also includes any hour of service performed for an Affiliate that
would be an Hour of Service under this Section if performed for or
creditable with respect to the Employer.
The
number of Hours of Service to be credited to an Employee or
Participant who is entitled to payment for a period during which
the Employee or Participant did not perform any duties shall be
determined in accordance with Section 2530.200b-2(b) of the
Department of Labor Regulations and this Section. An Employee or
Participant shall not be credited with more than 501 Hours of
Service during any computation period for any single, continuous
period during which the Employee or Participant performs no duties.
The Committee shall credit Hours of Service with respect to any
Employee or Participant in the following manner:
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(i) Hours of
Service for which an Employee or Participant is either directly or
indirectly paid or entitled to payment by the Employer for the
performance of duties shall be credited for the Plan Year in which
the Employee performs the duties; and
(ii) Hours of
Service for which an Employee or Participant is either directly or
indirectly paid or entitled to payment by the Employer for reasons
(such as vacation, holiday, sickness, incapacity, temporary layoff,
jury duty, military duty, or Leave of Absence) other than for the
performance of duties shall be credited as follows:
A. If payment for
such Hours of Service is calculated on the basis of units of time
(such as hours, days, weeks, or months), such Hours of Service
shall be credited to the Plan Year(s) in which the period during
which no duties are performed occurs, beginning with the first unit
of time to which the payment relates; and
B. If payment for
such Hours of Service is not calculated on the basis of units of
time, such Hours of Service shall be credited to the Plan Year in
which the period during which no duties are performed occurs, or,
if the period during which no duties are performed extends beyond
one Plan Year, such Hours of Service shall be allocated between not
more than the first 2 Plan Years on any reasonable basis which is
consistently applied; and
C. An Employee or
Participant shall not be credited with Hours of Service for a
period during which the Employee does not perform any duties and is
entitled to payment solely because of compliance with applicable
workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation, or
disability insurance laws; and
(iii) Hours of
Service for which back pay has been awarded to an Employee or
Participant or agreed to by the Employer shall be credited for the
Plan Year(s) in which the award or the agreement pertains rather
than for the Plan Year in which the award, agreement, or payment is
made.
The
Committee shall credit Hours of Service under only one of the
immediately preceding paragraphs. Furthermore, if the Committee is
to credit Hours of Service to an Employee or Participant for the
initial 12 month period commencing with the Employee’s
or Participant’s Employment Commencement Date, then that
12 month period shall be substituted for the term “Plan
Year” wherever the latter term appears in this
Section.
For
purposes of determining whether an Employee or Participant has
incurred a Break in Service under the Plan with respect to a
termination of Service occurring prior to the Effective Date, a
Break in Service shall be determined in accordance with the
“break in service” provisions of the Prior
Plan.
For
purposes of determining whether an Employee or Participant has
incurred a Break in Service under the Plan with respect to a
termination of Service occurring on or after the Effective Date, an
Employee or Participant shall be credited with 8 hours for each day
(to a maximum of 40 hours per week) that the Employee or
Participant is on any unpaid Leave of Absence. In no event shall
hours credited under the preceding sentence be counted as Hours
of
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Service for
purposes of computing a Participant’s vesting percentage
under Article VII attributable to Employer contributions or
for purposes of determining whether a Participant is eligible to
share in the allocation of Employer Contributions and Forfeitures
under Article V. An Employee or Participant on “Parental
Absence” shall be treated as an Employee or Participant on an
unpaid Leave of Absence for purposes of the first sentence of this
paragraph; provided, however , that Hours of Service
credited to an Employee or Participant as a result of a Parental
Absence shall be credited only in the year in which such Parental
Absence commences if the Employee or Participant would incur a
Break in Service during such year without being credited with Hours
of Service for such Parental Absence. If the Employee or
Participant would not incur a Break in Service during such year,
then the Hours of Service shall be credited for the year
immediately following the year in which the Parental Absence
commences. For purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, the
term “year” shall mean the periods of computation used
hereunder to determine an Employee’s or Participant’s
Years of Service for purposes of eligibility and Years of Vesting
Service for purposes of vesting. For purposes of this paragraph,
the term “Parental Absence” shall mean an absence
(i) by reason of the pregnancy of the Employee or Participant,
(ii) by reason of the birth of a child of the Employee or
Participant, (iii) by reason of the placement of a child with
the Employee or Participant in connection with the adoption of such
child by such Employee or Participant or (iv) for purposes of
caring for such child for a period beginning immediately following
such birth or placement. In order for the absence of a Participant
or an Employee to qualify as a Parental Absence, the Employee or
Participant must furnish the Committee in a timely manner, with
such information and documentation as the Committee shall
reasonably require to establish that the absence from work is for
the reasons referred to above and the number of days for which
there was such absence. The Hours of Service to be credited in
connection with such Parental Absence shall be the Hours of Service
that would otherwise have been credited to the Employee or
Participant but for such absence or, in any case in which the
Committee is unable to determine the number of Hours of Service
that would otherwise have been credited to such Employee or
Participant, 8 Hours of Service per day of absence, provided that
the total number of hours so treated as Hours of Service for any
period of Parental Absence shall not exceed 501 Hours of
Service.
The
Committee shall resolve any ambiguity with respect to the crediting
of an Hour of Service in favor of the Employee.
Income of the Trust Fund . The net gain or loss
of the Trust Fund from investments, as reflected by interest
payments, dividends, realized and unrealized gains and losses on
securities and other investment transactions and expenses paid from
the Trust Fund.
Investment Fund . One or more investment
alternatives designated by the Committee pursuant to the Plan and
Trust Agreement as alternatives in which Participants may elect to
invest their Accounts, subject to the provisions and restrictions
in Article IX. The foregoing notwithstanding, the term
“Investment Fund” shall not include, or refer to, the
Company Stock Fund.
Leased Employee . Each person who is not an
employee of the Employer or an Affiliate but who performs services
for the Employer or an Affiliate pursuant to a leasing agreement
(oral or written) between the Employer or an Affiliate and any
leasing organization, provided that such person has performed such
services for the Employer or an Affiliate or for
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related persons
(within the meaning of Section 144(a)(3) of the Code) 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 or an Affiliate. The term “Leased
Employee” shall also include any individual who is deemed to
be an employee of the Employer under Section 414(o) of the Code.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentences, the term “Leased
Employee” shall not include individuals described in
Section 414(n)(5) of the Code.
Leave of Absence . Any leave of absence required
by law or granted by an Employer on account of service in military
or governmental branches described in any applicable statute
granting reemployment rights to employees who entered such
branches, or any other military or governmental branch designated
by the Employer; or any other authorized absence from active
employment with an Employer including, but not limited to,
vacations, illness, temporary layoff, temporary disability, or
other absence for good cause which is not treated by the Employer
as a termination of employment. If an Employee or Participant does
not return to work with an Employer (or an Affiliate which is not
an Employer) on or before termination of a Leave of Absence, he
will be considered to have terminated Service on the date his Leave
of Absence expires, unless he actually terminated Service before
the expiration of his Leave of Absence.
Normal Retirement Date . The date of the 65th
birthday of a Participant.
Participant . An Eligible Employee who, pursuant
to the provisions of Article III, has met the eligibility
requirements for participation in the Plan and is participating in
the Plan.
Plan . The Centex Corporation Saving for
Retirement Plan (formerly known as the Profit Sharing and
Retirement Plan of Centex Corporation), set forth herein, and as
hereafter amended from time to time.
Plan Year . The 12-month period commencing on
January 1 and ending on December 31.
Pre-Tax Contribution . An amount contributed to
the Trust Fund pursuant to the Participant’s deferral
election by the Employer in accordance with
Section 4.1.
Pre-Tax Contribution Account . An Account
maintained for a Participant to record his Pre-Tax Contributions
(including Catch-Up Contributions) to the Plan and adjustments
relating thereto.
Prior Plan . The Profit Sharing and Retirement
Plan of Centex Corporation, as amended and restated effective
January 1, 2008 and as thereafter amended and in effect on
December 31, 2008.
Required Commencement Date . The April 1st of the
calendar year following the calendar year in which the Participant
attains age 70 1 / 2
or, if later in the case of a
Participant who is not a 5% owner (as defined in Section 416(i) of
the Code) in the year in which he attains age 70
1 / 2
, the April 1 first following the
calendar year in which the Participant retires.
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Rollover Account . An Account maintained for a
Participant to record his Rollover Amount and adjustments relating
thereto.
Rollover Amount . One or more distributions to an
Employee of all or any portion of the pre-tax balance to the credit
of an Employee in a qualified defined contribution plan or
qualified defined benefit plan as described in Section 401(a) of
the Code that meet the requirements of Eligible Rollover
Distributions as defined in Section 8.5 of the Plan that is
contributed to the Trust Fund, subject to the conditions and limits
in Section 4.11 of the Plan.
Service . An Employee’s or
Participant’s period of employment, including any period the
Employee is on Leave of Absence, with an Employer or Affiliate as
determined in accordance with Article III. A “Year of
Service” shall have the meaning set forth in
Article III.
Trust Agreement . The Trust Agreement provided
for in Article IX, as amended from time to time.
Trust Fund . The Investment Funds and Company
Stock Fund held by the Trustee under the trust pursuant to the
Trust Agreement, together with all income, profits or increments
thereon.
Trustee . The trustee under the Trust
Agreement.
Valuation Date . Any date on which the United
States financial markets are open and any date on which the value
of the assets of the Trust Fund is determined by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 5.4.
Vesting Service . The period of a
Participant’s Service considered in the determination of his
vesting percentage for benefits under the Plan as determined in
accordance with Article III. A “Year of Vesting
Service” shall have the meaning set forth in
Article III.
Words
used in the Plan and in the Trust Agreement in the singular shall
include the plural and in the plural the singular, and the gender
of words used shall be construed to include whichever may be
appropriate under any particular circumstances of the masculine,
feminine or neuter genders.
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ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
2.1 Allocation
of Responsibility Among Fiduciaries for Plan and Trust
Administration . The Board, the Committee and the
Trustee (hereinafter collectively referred to as
the “Fiduciaries”) shall have only those specific
powers, duties, responsibilities and obligations as are
specifically given them under the Plan or the Trust Agreement. The
Board, in its capacity as a Fiduciary, shall have the sole
responsibility to appoint and remove the Trustee. The Committee, in
its capacity as a Fiduciary, shall have the sole responsibility
(i) to establish and carry out the investment policy and
method of the Plan insofar as such investment policy and method
involves the investment of Plan assets, to appoint and remove any
investment manager which may be provided for under the Trust
Agreement and to monitor the performance of the Trustee and any
such investment manager, which responsibilities are specifically
described in the Trust Agreement; and (ii) to administer the
Plan, which responsibilities are more specifically described in the
Plan and the Trust Agreement. The Trustee, in its capacity as a
Fiduciary, shall have the sole responsibility for the
administration of the Trust Fund and shall have exclusive authority
and discretion to manage and control the Trust Fund, except to the
extent that the authority to manage, acquire and dispose of assets
of the Trust Fund is delegated to an investment manager, all as
more specifically provided in the Trust Agreement. Neither the
Board nor any committee of the Board shall have any discretionary
authority, control or responsibility with respect to the
administration or management of the Plan or the disposition of the
Plan’s assets. Each Fiduciary warrants that any directions
given, information furnished, or action taken by it shall be in
accordance with the provisions of the Plan or the Trust Agreement,
as the case may be, authorizing or providing for such direction,
information or action. Furthermore, each Fiduciary may rely upon
any such direction, information or action of another Fiduciary as
being proper under the Plan or the Trust Agreement, and is not
required under the Plan or the Trust Agreement to inquire into the
propriety of any such direction, information or action. It is
intended under the Plan and the Trust Agreement that each Fiduciary
shall be responsible for the proper exercise of its own powers,
duties, responsibilities and obligations under the Plan and the
Trust Agreement and shall not be responsible for any act or failure
to act of another Fiduciary. No Fiduciary guarantees the Trust Fund
in any manner against investment loss or depreciation in asset
value.
2.2 The
Committee . The Plan shall be administered by the
Administrative Committee (the “Committee”), which
members shall consist of (a) the Director of Employee Services
(or, if there is no Director of Employee Services, then such person
as the Senior Vice President — Human Resources of the Company
has directed to perform such functions), who shall serve as the
Chairperson of the Committee, and (b) as designated by the
Chairperson, (i) a Senior Manager or Vice President of
Finance, (ii) a Centex Financial Services/Centex Mortgage
Title & Insurance Group representative, (iii) a Director
or Vice President of Human Resources, and (iv) one or more
Centex Homes division presidents or managers, subject in each case
to acceptance of such designation. The Committee shall serve in the
capacity of the “plan administrator” within the meaning
of Section 404 of ERISA and which shall be a “named
fiduciary” for purposes of ERISA. The members of the
Committee shall not receive compensation with respect to their
services for the Committee. All usual and reasonable expenses of
the Committee may be paid in whole or in part by the Company, and
any expenses not paid by the Company shall be
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paid by the
Trustee out of the Trust Fund. The Company shall pay the premiums
on any bond secured for the performance of the duties of the
Committee members described hereunder. The Company shall be
entitled to reimbursement by other Employers for their
proportionate shares of any such costs paid in whole or in part by
the Company.
2.3 Records and
Reports . The Committee shall exercise such
authority and responsibility as it deems appropriate in order to
comply with ERISA and any governmental regulations issued
thereunder relating to records of Participants’ Service,
Account balances, the percentage of such Account balances which are
non-forfeitable under the Plan, and notifications to Participants.
The Committee shall file or cause to be filed with the appropriate
office of the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Labor
all reports, returns, notices and other information required of
plan administrators under ERISA, including, but not limited to, the
summary plan description, annual reports and amendments thereof.
The Committee shall make available to Participants and their
Beneficiaries for examination, during business hours, such records
of the Plan as pertain to the examining person and such documents
relating to the Plan as are required by ERISA.
2.4 Other
Committee Powers and Duties . The Committee shall
have such powers as may be necessary to discharge its duties
hereunder, including, but not by way of limitation, the following
powers and duties:
(a) To construe
and interpret the Plan, decide all questions of eligibility and
determine the amount, manner and time of payment of any benefits
hereunder;
(b) To prescribe
procedures to be followed by Participants or Beneficiaries filing
applications for benefits;
(c) To receive
from the Employers and from Employees such information as shall be
necessary for the proper administration of the Plan;
(d) To prepare and
distribute, in such manner as the Committee determines to be
appropriate, information explaining the Plan;
(e) To furnish the
Employers, upon request, such annual reports with respect to the
administration of the Plan as are reasonable and
appropriate;
(f) To give
written directions to the Trustee, on behalf of Participants, as to
the investment and reinvestment of the Trust Fund;
(g) To receive and
review reports of the financial condition, and of the receipts and
disbursements, of the Trust Fund from the Trustee and any
investment manager;
(h) To appoint or
employ individuals to assist in the administration of the Plan and
any other agents it deems advisable, including legal and actuarial
counsel;
(i) To interpret
and construe all terms, provisions, conditions and limitations of
the Plan and to reconcile any inconsistency or supply any omitted
detail that may
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appear in the
Plan in such manner and to such extent, consistent with the general
terms of the Plan; and
(j) In the event
of any share split, share dividend or combination of outstanding
shares of Company Stock, to determine the appropriate allocation of
shares of Company Stock to the portion of the Accounts maintained
for Participants that are invested in the Company Stock Fund and to
determine the appropriate number of shares distributable to a
Participant under Section 6.5 hereof immediately following
such share split, share dividend or combination so as to effectuate
the intent and purpose of the Plan; provided, however , that
the Committee shall not be authorized or otherwise able to
(i) amend, modify, restrict, suspend or limit investment in,
or terminate, the Company Stock Fund or (ii) amend, modify or
terminate any provision of the Plan or Trust related to the
administration or availability for investment of the Company Stock
Fund.
Except as
otherwise provided in Article X, the Committee shall have no
power to add to, subtract from or modify any of the terms of the
Plan, nor to change or add to any benefits provided by the Plan,
nor to waive or fail to apply any requirements of eligibility for a
benefit under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing limitations
on the Committee’s powers, the Board shall nonetheless have
said powers as provided in Article X.
2.5 Rules and
Decisions . The Committee may adopt such rules for
the administration of the Plan as it deems necessary, desirable or
appropriate. All rules and decisions of the Committee shall be
uniformly and consistently applied to all Employees in similar
circumstances. The judgment of the Committee and each member
thereof on any question arising hereunder shall be binding, final
and conclusive on all parties concerned. When making a
determination or calculation, the Committee shall be entitled to
rely upon information furnished by a Participant or Beneficiary,
the Employer, the legal counsel of the Employer or the
Trustee.
2.6 Committee
Procedure . The Committee may act at a meeting or in
writing without a meeting. The Committee shall appoint a secretary,
who may or may not be a member of the Committee, and shall advise
the Trustee of such actions in writing. The secretary of the
Committee shall keep a record of all meetings and forward all
necessary communications to the Employer or the Trustee. The
Committee may adopt such bylaws and regulations as it deems
desirable for the conduct of its affairs. All decisions of the
Committee shall be made by the vote of the majority including
actions taken in writing without a meeting. A dissenting Committee
member who, within a reasonable time after he has knowledge of any
action or failure to act by the majority, registers his dissent in
writing delivered to the other Committee members, the Employer and
the Trustee shall not be responsible for any such action or failure
to act. The Committee shall designate one of its members as
agent of the Plan and of the Committee for service of legal process
at the principal office of the Company.
2.7
Authorization of Benefit Payments . Except with
respect to loans, as described in Section 6.7, the Committee
shall issue directions to the Trustee concerning all benefits which
are to be paid from the Trust Fund pursuant to the provisions of
the Plan. Alternatively, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may
authorize that in-service withdrawals, as further described in
Article VI, may be made upon request of the Participant
through a voice response system,
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internet,
intranet or such other manner and procedures prescribed by the
Committee. The Committee shall keep on file, in such manner as it
may deem convenient or proper, all reports from the
Trustee.
2.8 Payment of
Expenses . Expenses incident to the administration,
termination or protection of the Plan and Trust Fund, including,
but not limited to, legal, accounting, investment manager and
Trustee fees shall be paid by the Trust, except where required by
law or regulation to be paid by the Company or where the Company
elects to pay such expenses.
2.9 Application
and Forms for Benefits . The Committee may require
an Employee or Participant to complete and file with the Committee
an application for a benefit and all other forms approved by the
Committee, and to furnish all pertinent information requested by
the Committee. The Committee may rely on such information so
furnished it, including the Employee’s or Participant’s
current mailing address.
2.10 Committee
Liability . Except to the extent that such liability
is created by ERISA, no member of the Committee, or any designee
thereof, shall be liable for any act or omission of any other
member of the Committee, nor for any act or omission on his own
part except for his own gross negligence or willful misconduct, nor
for the exercise of any power or discretion in the performance of
any duty assumed by him hereunder. The Company shall indemnify and
hold harmless each member of the Committee, and any designee
thereof, from any and all claims, losses, damages, expenses
(including counsel fees approved by the Committee), and liabilities
(including any amounts paid in settlement with the
Committee’s approval but excluding any excise tax assessed
against any member or members of the Committee pursuant to the
provisions of Section 4975 of the Code) arising from any act
or omission of such member in connection with duties and
responsibilities under the Plan, except when the same is judicially
determined to be due to the gross negligence or willful misconduct
of such member.
2.11
Statements . No less frequently than annually,
the Committee (or its delegate) shall prepare and deliver to each
Participant a statement reflecting as of the Valuation Date
provided in the statement:
(a) Such
information applicable to contributions by and for each such
Participant and the increase or decrease thereof as a consequence
of valuation adjustments; and
(b) The balance in
his Account as of that Valuation Date.
2.12 Annual
Audit . The Committee shall engage, on behalf of all
Participants, an independent Certified Public Accountant who shall
conduct an annual examination of any financial statements of the
Plan and Trust Fund and of other books and records of the Plan and
Trust Fund as the Certified Public Accountant may deem necessary to
enable him to form and provide a written opinion as to whether the
financial statements and related schedules required to be filed
with the Department of Labor or furnished to each Participant are
presented fairly and in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with that of
the preceding Plan Year. If, however, the statements required to be
submitted as part of the reports to the Department of Labor are
prepared by a bank or similar institution or insurance
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carrier
regulated and supervised and subject to periodic examination by a
state or federal agency and if such statements are certified by the
preparer as accurate and if such statements are, in fact, made a
part of the annual report to the Department of Labor and no such
audit is required by ERISA, then the audit required by the
foregoing provisions of this Section shall be optional with the
Committee.
2.13 Investment
Policy . The Committee shall, at a meeting duly
called for such purpose, establish and maintain an investment
policy and method consistent with the objectives of the Plan. The
Committee shall meet at least annually to review such investment
policy and method. In establishing and reviewing such investment
policy and method, the Committee shall endeavor to determine the
Plan’s short-term and long-term objectives and financial
needs, taking into account the need for liquidity to pay benefits
and the need for investment growth.
2.14 Allocation
and Delegation of Committee Responsibilities . Upon
the approval of a majority of the members of the Committee, the
Committee may (i) allocate among any of the members of the
Committee any of the responsibilities of the Committee under the
Plan and Trust Agreement and/or (ii) designate any person,
firm or corporation that is not a member of the Committee to carry
out any of the responsibilities of the Committee under the Plan and
Trust Agreement. Any such allocation or designation shall be made
pursuant to a written instrument executed by a majority of the
members of the Committee.
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PARTICIPATION AND SERVICE
3.1 Eligibility
for Participation . Each Eligible Employee who was a
Participant in the Prior Plan immediately preceding the Effective
Date, shall continue as an active Participant in the Plan if he is
employed by the Employer as of the Effective Date. Each other
Employee who is an Eligible Employee shall become eligible to
participate in the Plan for purposes of Pre-Tax Contributions under
Section 4.1, Employer Matching Contributions under
Section 4.2, and After-Tax Contributions under
Section 4.4, and for purposes of allocating such contributions
pursuant to Section 5.2, on his Employment Commencement Date.
Each Eligible Employee who was not a Participant in the Plan as of
the Effective Date or who was a Participant but had not completed
one Year of Service, shall become a Participant in the Plan for
purposes of receiving Employer Profit Sharing Contributions
pursuant to Section 4.3, and for purposes of allocating such
contributions pursuant to Section 5.2, on the applicable Entry
Date coinciding with or next following the date the Employee
completes one Year of Service.
3.2
Notification of Eligible Employees . The
Committee, which shall be the sole judge of the eligibility of an
Employee to participate under the Plan, shall notify each Employee
of his initial eligibility to participate in the Plan pursuant to
its terms.
3.3
Applications by Employees . An Eligible Employee
who desires to make Pre-Tax Contributions and/or After-Tax
Contributions to the Plan shall, in the form and manner prescribed
by the Committee, (i) elect to make and designate the amount
of his Pre-Tax Contributions and/or After-Tax Contributions to the
Plan, (ii) elect the Investment Funds and/or Company Stock
Fund pursuant to Section 9.3 in which to invest the amounts in
his Accounts under the Plan, (iii) authorize payroll deductions for
his Pre-Tax Contributions and/or After-Tax Contributions, and (iv)
provide any other information the Committee considers necessary or
desirable to administer the Plan. The foregoing notwithstanding, if
an Eligible Employee fails to timely make an affirmative election
whether or not to participate in the Plan, Pre-Tax Contributions
shall automatically be contributed to the Plan from his
Compensation pursuant to the Eligible Automatic Contribution
Arrangement in Section 4.1(b).
3.4 Years of
Service for Participation . For purposes of
determining an Employee’s Service for eligibility to
participate in the Plan, an Employee shall (i) with respect to
periods of time prior to the Effective Date, be given credit for a
Year of Service for each “year of service” with which
he was credited pursuant to the Prior Plan, and (ii) with
respect to periods of time on or after the Effective Date, be given
credit for a Year of Service if he:
(a) Completes not
less than 1,000 Hours of Service within the 12 consecutive month
period beginning with his Employment Commencement Date;
and
(b) Remains
employed during that entire 12 month period.
In addition, an
Employee shall be given credit for a Year of Service for each Plan
Year, commencing with the Plan Year that includes the first
anniversary date of his Employment Commencement Date, during which
he completes not less than 1,000 Hours of Service.
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In
the case of an Employee who separates from Service and then resumes
Service, but not as a Re-Employed Employee (as defined below),
after his number of consecutive Breaks in Service equals or exceeds
the greater of 5 or his Years of Service, his Years of Service,
defined herein, prior to his resumption of employment shall be
disregarded. For purposes of this Section, in the case of such an
Employee, his Employment Commencement Date shall mean the date on
which the Employee first performs an Hour of Service for the
Employer following the close of the last Plan Year in which the
Employee incurred a Break in Service.
In
the case of an Employee who separates from Service and then resumes
Service as a Re-Employed Employee, such Re-Employed Employee shall
re-enter the Plan as a Participant on the later
of:
(x)
The day he performs his first Hour of Service as a result of his
resumption of Service; or
(y)
The date his participation would have commenced had there been no
separation from Service unless he separates from Service subsequent
to his resumption of Service, but before such date.
For purposes of
the Plan, a Re-Employed Employee shall mean an Employee who
separated from Service with the Employer or an Affiliate
(1) with a vested interest in Employer Contributions under the
Plan or employee contributions under any other defined contribution
plan maintained by the Company or an Affiliate (“Related
Plan”), or (2) without a vested interest in Employer
Contributions under the Plan or employer contributions under a
Related Plan but who resumes Service before his number of
consecutive Breaks in Service equals or exceeds the greater
of 5 or his number of Years of Service (as defined in this
Section).
Any
other Employee whose Service terminates and who is subsequently
re-employed and resumes Service shall commence participation in
accordance with the provisions of Section 3.1.
3.5 Years of
Vesting Service . For purposes of determining an
Employee’s vesting under Section 7.5, an Employee shall
(i) with respect to periods of time prior to the Effective
Date, be credited with a Year of Vesting Service for each
“year of service” with which he was credited for
vesting purposes pursuant to the Prior Plan, and (ii) with
respect to periods of time on and after the Effective Date, be
given credit for a Year of Vesting Service for any Plan Year during
which he is continuously employed by the Employer or during which
the Employee completes not less than 1,000 Hours of
Service.
In
the case of an Employee who separates from Service and who then
resumes Service with the Employer, but is not a Re-Employed
Employee (as defined in Section 3.4), except that the
reference to Years of Service shall mean Years of Vesting Service
as defined in this Section, Years of Vesting Service prior to his
resumption of Service shall be disregarded. If a Participant incurs
5 consecutive Breaks in Service, Vesting Service after such Breaks
in Service shall not increase the Participant’s vested
percentage in his Account balance attributable to Employer
contributions that were made prior to such 5 consecutive Breaks in
Service.
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3.6 Transferred
Participants . If a Participant is transferred to an
Affiliate, or to an employment classification with an Employer
which is not covered by the Plan, his participation shall be
suspended until he is subsequently re-employed by an Employer in an
employment classification covered by the Plan; provided,
however , that during such suspension period (i) such
Participant shall be credited with Service in accordance with
Section 3.4 and 3.5, (ii) he shall not be entitled or
required to make contributions under Section 4.1 or 4.4,
(iii) his Employer Matching Contribution Account and Employer
Profit Sharing Account shall receive no Employer Contribution
allocations except to the extent provided in Sections 4.2, 4.3
and 5.2 and (iv) his Account shall continue to share
proportionately in Income of the Trust Fund as provided in Article
V. If an Employee is transferred from an employment classification
with an Employer that is not covered by the Plan to an employment
classification that is so covered, or from an Affiliate to an
employment classification with an Employer that is so covered, his
period of Service prior to the date of transfer shall be considered
for purposes of determining his eligibility to become a Participant
under Section 3.1 and for purposes of vesting under
Section 7.5.
In
the event an employee of a domestic Affiliate is transferred to
employment with an Employer in an employment classification covered
by the Plan and such Affiliate provides a thrift, savings or
profit-sharing plan of like nature and intent as the Plan in which
the Employee was a participant immediately preceding his transfer,
such employee’s account balance in a domestic
Affiliate’s defined contribution plan qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code, determined on the Valuation Date
coincident with or next following the date of the employee’s
transfer, may, subject to the approval and in the sole discretion
of the Committee, be transferred to the Trust Fund held under the
Plan and allocated among the Investment Funds and the Company Stock
Fund, as applicable, in accordance with the provisions of
Section 9.3; provided, however , that such plan
otherwise permits and approves of such transfer. In the event a
Participant under the Plan is transferred to employment with an
Affiliate and such Affiliate provides a thrift, savings or
profit-sharing plan of like nature and intent as the Plan in which
the Participant will be eligible to participate as an employee of
such Affiliate, such Participant’s account balances in the
Plan, determined as of the Valuation Date coincident with or next
following the date of the Participant’s transfer, may,
subject to the approval of the plan administrator of the
Affiliate’s plan and the Committee, in its sole discretion,
be transferred to such plan and allocated between the investment
funds held thereunder in accordance with the provisions thereof.
For purposes of this paragraph, all references to
“Affiliate” shall include employment classifications
with an Employer.
3.7 Beneficiary
Upon Death . Upon the death of a Participant, his
Account shall be distributed to the Participant’s surviving
spouse, but if there is no surviving spouse, or if the surviving
spouse has already consented by a qualified election pursuant to
Section 3.8, to the Beneficiary or Beneficiaries designated by
the Participant in a written designation filed with his Employer,
or if no such designation shall have been so filed, to his estate.
No designation of any Beneficiary other than the
Participant’s surviving spouse shall be effective unless in
writing and received by the Participant’s Employer, and in no
event shall it be effective as of a date prior to such receipt. The
former spouse of a Participant shall be treated as a surviving
spouse to the extent provided under a qualified domestic relations
order as described in Section 414(p) of the Code. As soon as
possible after an Employee has become a Participant he shall file
with the Committee a designation, in the form prescribed by the
Committee, of the Beneficiary to receive benefits payable hereunder
upon his death. The Participant may at any time change or
cancel
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any such
designation on a form prescribed by the Committee. The last such
designation received by the Committee shall be controlling over any
testamentary or other disposition; provided, however , that
no designation or change or cancellation thereof shall be effective
prior to the Participant’s death, and in no event shall it be
effective as of a date prior to such receipt. If the Committee
shall be in doubt as to the right of any Beneficiary designated by
a deceased Participant to take the interest of such decedent, the
Committee may direct the Trustee to take any action it deems
appropriate under the circumstances, including, but not limited to,
filing an interpleader action or paying the amount in question to
the estate of such Participant, in which event the Trustee, the
Employer, the Committee and any other person in any manner
connected with the Plan shall have no further liability in respect
of the amount so paid.
3.8 Qualified
Election . The Participant’s spouse may waive
the right to receive the Participant’s full vested Account
balance. The election to waive the Participant’s full vested
Account balance must designate a Beneficiary which may not be
changed without spousal consent (or the consent of the spouse must
expressly permit designation by the Participant without any
requirement of further consent of the spouse). A consent that
permits designations by the Participant without any requirement of
further consent by the spouse must acknowledge that the spouse has
the right to limit consent to a specific beneficiary and that the
spouse voluntarily elects to relinquish such right. The waiver must
be in writing and the Participant’s spouse must acknowledge
the effect of the waiver. The spouse’s consent to a waiver
must be witnessed by a Plan representative or a notary public. The
Participant may file a waiver without the spouse’s consent if
it is established to the satisfaction of the Committee that such
written consent may not be obtained because there is no spouse or
the spouse cannot be located. Any consent under this Section will
be valid only with respect to the spouse who signs the consent.
Additionally, a revocation of a prior waiver may be made by a
Participant without the consent of the spouse at any time before
the distribution of the Account. The number of revocations shall
not be limited.
3.9 Qualified
Military Service . Notwithstanding any provision of
the Plan to the contrary, contributions, benefits and service
credit with respect to Qualified Military Service will be provided
in accordance with Section 414(u) of the Code. Qualified Military
Service shall mean any service in the uniformed services, as
defined in Chapter 43 of Title 38 of the United States Code,
by any individual who is entitled to re-employment rights under
such chapter with respect to such service.
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CONTRIBUTIONS AND FORFEITURES
4.1 Pre-Tax
Contributions .
(a) Deferral
Elections . Each Eligible Employee who elects to make Pre-Tax
Contributions for a Plan Year may defer each payroll period a
portion of his Compensation in whole percentages of between
(a) 1% and (b) 100% or such lesser percentage designated
by the Committee of his Compensation and, unless otherwise provided
by the Committee, an additional deferral from the last pay check of
any calendar quarter; provided, however , that his total
Pre-Tax Contributions under this Section for any Plan Year shall
not exceed (i) 100% or such lesser percentage designated by
the Committee of a Participant’s Compensation for the Plan
Year or (ii) the annual limit under Code Section 402(g) for
the Plan Year (as adjusted by the Secretary of the Treasury to
reflect increases in the cost of living), except, to the extent
permitted under this Section with respect to Catch-Up
Contributions.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing paragraph of this Section, each Eligible Employee who
may elect to make Pre-Tax Contributions under this Section and who
has attained age 50 before the close of the Plan Year shall be
eligible to elect to make Catch-Up Contributions, in the form and
manner prescribed by the Committee. Catch-Up Contributions shall
not be taken into account for purposes of the provisions of the
Plan implementing the required limitations of Code Sections 402(g)
and 415. The Plan shall not be treated as failing to satisfy the
provisions of the Plan implementing the requirements of Code
Sections 401(k)(3), 410(b) or 416, as applicable, by reason of
the making of such Catch-Up Contributions.
Each
Participant’s Pre-Tax Contribution shall be contributed to
the Trust Fund by the Employer. Each such election shall be made
pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.3 and shall continue
in effect during subsequent Plan Years unless the Participant shall
notify the Committee in the manner hereinafter provided of his
election to change or discontinue his Pre-Tax Contribution rate as
provided in Section 4.8. Each Participant’s Pre-Tax
Contribution Account shall be fully vested and non-forfeitable at
all times.
In the event a
Participant’s Pre-Tax Contributions exceed the applicable
limit described in the first paragraph of this Section, or in the
event the Participant submits a written claim to the Committee, at
the time and in the manner prescribed by the Committee, specifying
an amount of Pre-Tax Contributions that will exceed the applicable
limit of Section 402(g) of the Code when added to amounts
deferred by the Participant in other plans or arrangements, such
excess (the “Excess Deferrals”), plus any income
and minus any loss attributable thereto for the Plan Year in which
the Excess Deferral occurred, shall be returned to the Participant
no later than required under the Code and applicable regulations
thereunder during the following year. The amount of any Excess
Deferrals to be distributed to a Participant for a taxable year
shall be reduced by excess Pre-Tax Contributions previously
recharacterized or distributed pursuant to Article XIII for
the Plan Year beginning in such taxable year. The income or
loss
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attributable to
the Participant’s Excess Deferral for the Plan Year shall be
determined by multiplying the income or loss attributable to the
Participant’s Pre-Tax Contribution Account balance for the
Plan Year (or relevant portion thereof) by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the Excess Deferral and the denominator of
which is the Participant’s total Pre-Tax Contribution Account
balance as of the Valuation Date next preceding the date of return
of the Excess Deferral. For these purposes, distribution of an
Excess Deferral on or before the 15th day of a calendar month shall
be treated as having been made on the last day of the preceding
month, and a distribution made thereafter shall be treated as
having been made on the first day of the next month. Excess
Deferrals shall be treated as Annual Additions under Article V
of the Plan.
(b) Eligible
Automatic Contribution Arrangement . Notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 4.1(a), an Eligible Employee who is
initially employed (or is reemployed) by an Employer on or after
the Effective Date (an “Automatic Enrollment Employee”)
shall automatically be enrolled in the Plan to make Pre-Tax
Contributions effective as soon as administratively practicable
beginning 30 days (or such other period (not less than
30 days) prescribed by the Committee) after the Automatic
Enrollment Employee has been provided an Automatic Contribution
Notice of such enrollment by the Committee, in the form and manner
prescribed by the Committee (such period, the “Automatic
Contribution Notice Period”). The “Automatic
Contribution Notice” is intended to comply with the notice
requirements under Code Section 414(w)(4) and any regulations
or guidance issued thereunder and the automatic contributions made
pursuant to this Section 4.1(b) are intended to meet the
requirements of an “Eligible Automatic Contribution
Arrangement” under Code Section 414(w).
Automatic
Contribution Percentage . An Automatic Enrollment Employee who
is automatically enrolled in the Plan pursuant to this
Section 4.1(b) shall be deemed to have elected to defer, as
Pre-Tax Contributions to the Trust Fund (“Automatic
Contributions”), in an amount equal to the following
percentages of his Compensation on a payroll period
basis:
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during the period beginning on the date the Automatic Enrollment
Employee commences making Automatic Contributions and ending on the
first May 31st (or such other date designated by the
Committee) occurring not less than 12 months after such
commencement date (“Initial Automatic Contribution
Period”);
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(ii)
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4%
during the 12-month period (or such other period designated by the
Committee) beginning on the date immediately following the end of
the Initial Automatic Contribution Period;
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(iii)
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5%
during the 12-month period (or such other period designated by the
Committee) beginning on the date immediately following the end of
the period in clause (ii) above; and
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6%
thereafter beginning on the date immediately following the end of
the period in clause (iii) above.
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If the Automatic
Enrollment Employee has not provided any investment direction
pursuant to Section 9.3 of the Plan with respect to his
Automatic Contributions, such contributions (and any Employer
Matching Contributions made thereon) shall automatically be
invested in the Default Investment Fund.
Election Out
of Automatic Enrollment . The foregoing notwithstanding, if an
Automatic Enrollment Employee affirmatively elects, in the form and
manner prescribed by the Committee, during the Automatic
Contribution Notice Period:
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to make any Pre-Tax Contributions to the Plan; or
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(ii)
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to
make Pre-Tax Contributions in any alternative percentage under
Section 4.1(a) and/or After-Tax Contributions in any
percentage under Section 4.4;
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then no
Automatic Contributions shall be made by such Automatic Enrollment
Employee. An Automatic Enrollment Employee who elects not to make
Automatic Contributions or elects to cease such contributions to
the Plan may elect at any time thereafter to defer a percentage of
his Compensation as Pre-Tax Contributions or After-Tax
Contributions in accordance with Sections 4.1(a) or 4.4,
respectively, in the form and manner prescribed by the Committee
for such contributions, provided he is eligible to participate in
the Plan pursuant to Section 3.1. Once an Automatic Enrollment
Employee’s Automatic Contributions commence, such
contributions shall continue in effect until the Automatic
Enrollment Employee gives timely notice of his election to cease
making the contribution or to make Pre-Tax Contributions at a
different percentage of his Compensation as provided in the
foregoing paragraph.
Permissible
Withdrawal . An Automatic Enrollment Employee who has Automatic
Contributions made under Section 4.1(b) may elect to make a
withdrawal of such Automatic Contributions (“Permissible
Withdrawal”), provided that such election must be made no
later than 90 days after the date that the Automatic
Enrollment Employee’s first Automatic Contribution would
otherwise have been included in his gross income. The effective
date of an Automatic Enrollment Employee’s Permissible
Withdrawal election will not be later than the earlier of
(i) the pay date for the second payroll period that begins
after the date the election is made and (ii) the first pay
date that occurs at least 30 days after the election is made.
The amount distributed under this paragraph shall be equal to the
amount of the Automatic Enrollment Employee’s Automatic
Contributions through the effective date of the election, adjusted
for allocable gains and losses to the date of distribution, and
reduced by any generally applicable fees, if any, provided that any
fee charged under this paragraph shall not be higher than a fee
that would apply to any other distribution of cash from the
Plan.
The amount of a
Permissible Withdrawal (as adjusted under the preceding sentence)
shall be included in the Employee’s gross income for the
taxable year in which such distribution is made, but shall not be
subject to the 10% early withdrawal tax under Code
Section 72(t). Any Employer Matching Contributions (adjusted
for allocable gains
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and losses)
made with respect to the Automatic Contributions subject to the
Permissible Withdrawal election shall be forfeited.
4.2 Employer
Matching Contributions . During a Plan Year, an
Employer shall make an Employer Matching Contribution (subject to
adjustment for limitations provided elsewhere in the Plan) to the
Trust Fund on behalf of Participants employed by such Employer in
cash in an amount equal to 50% of the first 6% of each such
Participant’s Pre-Tax Contributions (including Pre-Tax
Contributions made as Automatic Contributions under
Section 4.1(b)) on a payroll period basis. The foregoing
notwithstanding, with respect to a Participant who defers his
Compensation for one or more payroll periods during a Plan Year at
a rate in excess of that percentage of his Compensation eligible
for Employer Matching Contributions for such Plan Year, if any, and
who ceases or reduces the rate of his Pre-Tax Contributions for any
reason (including suspension due to a withdrawal) that prevents him
from receiving the maximum available Employer Matching Contribution
for such Plan Year but for such cessation or reduction based on his
Compensation deferred on an annualized basis, Employer Matching
Contributions to his Employer Matching Contribution Account may be
made by his Employer not later than the time prescribed by law for
filing the federal income tax return of the Employer, including any
extensions granted for the filing of such tax return after the
close of such Plan Year in question for such Plan Year in such an
amount that the aggregate of such contributions for such Plan Year
is equal to 50% of the first 6% of such Participant’s Pre-Tax
Contributions; provided, however, that such Participant is
in the active Service of the Employer (or, to the extent required
by applicable law, on Leave of Absence) as of the last day of the
applicable Plan Year, subject to adjustment for non-discrimination
testing and limitations under the Plan.
4.3 Employer
Profit Sharing Contributions . Each Employer may, in
its sole discretion, elect to make an Employer Profit Sharing
Contribution to the Trust Fund for any Plan Year in cash in such
amount as the Board, in its sole discretion, may authorize and
direct from time to time as it deems appropriate or advisable, on
behalf of Participants (a) who are Eligible Employees with
respect to Employer Profit Sharing Contributions during a Plan Year
for which the Employer elects to make such a contribution and
(b) who (i) are in the Service of an Employer as of the
last day of such Plan Year or (ii) terminated Service during
such Plan Year due to death, retirement (within the meaning of
Sections 7.1, 7.3 and 7.4) or disability (within the meaning
of Section 7.2) and have not received a lump sum distribution
of their benefit under the Plan. Such contribution, if any, shall
be deemed made on account of a Plan Year if the Board determines
and approves the amount of such Employer Profit Sharing
Contribution by appropriate action and designates such amount in
writing to the Trustee as payment on account of such Plan Year. All
Employer Profit Sharing Contributions of the Employer shall be paid
to the Trustee not later than the time prescribed by law for filing
the federal income tax return of the Employer, including any
extension which has been granted for the filing of such tax return.
The Committee shall be immediately advised in writing of the amount
of such contribution.
4.4 After-Tax
Contributions . Each Eligible Employee may elect to
make After-Tax Contributions to the Trust Fund from his
Compensation to contribute in whole percentages of between
(a) 1% and (b) 10% of his Compensation each payroll
period and, unless otherwise provided by the Committee, an
additional contribution from the last pay check of any calendar
quarter; provided, however , that the total After-Tax
Contributions under this Section for any Plan Year shall not exceed
10% of his Compensation for the Plan Year (subject to adjustment
for
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limitations
provided elsewhere in the Plan). None of the After-Tax
Contributions will be deemed deductible for federal income tax
purposes.
4.5 Qualified
Non-Elective Contributions . The Employer may, in
its sole discretion, make qualified non-elective contributions, as
defined in Treasury Regulation Sections 1.401(k) and
1.401(m) (“QNECs”), for a Plan Year in any amount
necessary to satisfy or help to satisfy the Actual Deferral
Percentage limit in Section 13.2 of the Plan or the
Contribution Percentage limit in Section 13.5 of the Plan.
QNECs may be used in lieu of, or in conjunction with, the
reductions described in Sections 13.4 and 13.6 of the Plan.
QNECs shall be allocated in a manner determined by the Employer
among the Accounts of non-Highly Compensated Employees who were
eligible to make Pre-Tax Contributions during the Plan Year for
which the QNECs are made. QNECs may be made at any time during the
Plan Year or no later than 12 months after the end of the Plan
Year. QNECs shall be considered Pre-Tax Contributions and shall be
subject to the same limitations as to withdrawal and distribution
as Pre-Tax Contributions. QNECs shall be nonforfeitable and 100%
vested at all times. For any portion of a QNEC taken into account
for purposes of the Actual Contribution Percentage limit, such
portion may not be taken into account for purposes of the Actual
Deferral Percentage limit.
4.6 Payment and
Deductions of Pre-Tax and After-Tax Contributions
. A Participant’s deferrals and contributions
under Section 4.1 and Section 4.4 shall be deducted by
his Employer on each pay period from the Compensation paid to such
Participant for that period and paid to the Trustee as soon as
administratively feasible after the end of the pay period for which
the deferral or contribution relates.
4.7 Employer
Matching Contributions, Employer Profit Sharing Contributions, and
Pre-Tax Contributions to be Tax Deductible
. Employer Matching Contributions, Employer Profit
Sharing Contributions and Pre-Tax Contributions shall not be made
in excess of the amount deductible under applicable federal law now
or hereafter in effect limiting the allowable deduction for
contributions to profit-sharing plans. The Employer Matching
Contributions, Employer Profit Sharing Contributions, and Pre-Tax
Contributions to the Plan when taken together with all other
contributions made by the Employer to other qualified retirement
plans shall not exceed the maximum amount deductible under
Section 404 of the Code.
4.8 Change of
Elections and Suspension of Allotments . Any
Participant may increase or decrease the percentage of his
Compensation designated as Pre-Tax Contributions or After-Tax
Contributions, or suspend his Pre-Tax Contributions and/or
After-Tax Contributions entirely, with any such change to be
effective as soon as reasonably practicable following receipt of
the change of elections, in the manner prescribed by the Committee
in its sole discretion. In the case of total suspension of Pre-Tax
Contributions and/or After-Tax Contributions, if applicable, the
Employer Matching Contribution will automatically cease. Pre-Tax
Contributions and/or After-Tax Contributions which are not made
during a period of suspension shall not be made
retroactively.
4.9 Application
of Funds . The Trustee shall hold or apply the
Contributions so received by it subject to the provisions of the
Plan; and no part thereof (except as otherwise provided in the
Trust Agreement) shall be used for any purpose other than the
exclusive benefit of the Participants or their
Beneficiaries.
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4.10
Disposition of Forfeitures . In any case in which
a Participant is not entitled to the full amount in his Employer
Profit Sharing Account or Employer Matching Contribution Account,
the amount to which he is not entitled shall be forfeited, and
shall be allocated in the following order:
(a) First, such
Forfeitures shall be allocated to reinstate any Employer Matching
Contribution Accounts and Employer Profit Sharing Accounts of
Participants who return to Service and are entitled to account
reinstatement in accordance with Section 7.5.
(b) Second, such
Forfeitures shall be applied to restore any amounts forfeited under
the unclaimed benefits provisions of Section 11.11.
(c) Third, such
Forfeitures shall be applied against the next succeeding Employer
Matching Contribution and/or Employee Profit Sharing Contributions
and/or pay expenses of the Plan.
4.11 Rollover
Accounts . An Eligible Employee may file with the
Committee a written request that the Trustee accept a Rollover
Amount from such Employee. The acceptance of a Rollover Amount
under this Section shall be subject to the following
conditions:
(a) The Rollover
Amount shall be in cash only.
(b) No Rollover
Amount may be transferred to the Plan without the prior procedural
approval of the Committee or its delegate. The Committee or its
delegate shall develop such procedures and may require such
information from an Employee desiring to make such a transfer as it
deems necessary or desirable. The Committee or its delegate may act
in its sole discretion in determining whether to accept the
transfer, and shall act in a uniform, non-discriminatory manner in
this regard.
(c) Upon approval
by the Committee or its delegate, a Rollover Amount shall be paid
to the Trustee to be held in the Trust Fund.
(d) A separate
Rollover Account shall be established and maintained for each
Employee’s Rollover Amount. A Rollover Account shall be
invested in the Investment Funds and/or the Company Stock Fund as
elected by the Employee (or the Default Investment Fund if such
Employee fails to make a proper investment election).
(e) The
Employee’s interest in his Rollover Account shall be fully
vested and non-forfeitable. If an Eligible Employee who has not
begun making Pre-Tax Contributions and/or After-Tax Contributions
under Sections 4.1 and 4.4 of the Plan, respectively, or
receiving Employer Matching Contributions and/or Employer Profit
Sharing Contributions under Sections 4.2 and 4.3 of the Plan,
respectively, makes a Rollover Amount to the Plan, his Rollover
Account shall represent his sole interest in the Plan.
(f) The Committee
or its delegate shall be entitled to rely on the representation of
the Employee that the Rollover Amount is an “eligible
rollover
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distribution” within the meaning of Code
Section 402(c)(4). If, however, it is determined that a
transfer received from or on behalf of an Employee failed to
qualify as an eligible rollover distribution, then the balance in
the Employee’s Rollover Account attributable to the
ineligible transfer shall, along with any earnings thereon, as soon
as is administratively practicable, be:
(1) segregated
from all other Plan assets;
(2) treated as a
non-qualified trust established by and for the benefit of the
Participant; and
(3) distributed to
the Employee.
Such an
ineligible transfer shall be deemed never to have been a part of
the Plan or Trust.
(g) A rollover of
after-tax contributions or Roth contributions pursuant to Code
Section 402A, and the earnings thereon, is not
permitted.
The
Rollover Account shall not share in Employer Matching Contribution
or Employer Profit Sharing Contribution allocations. Upon
termination of employment, the Rollover Account shall be
distributed in accordance with Article VIII. Notwithstanding
anything in the Plan to the contrary, no such transfer of a
Rollover Amount shall include a transfer of benefits from a defined
benefit plan or from a defined contribution plan subject to Code
Section 412.
4.12 Refunds to
Employer . Once Contributions are made to the Plan
by the Employer on behalf of the Participants, they are not
refundable to the Employer unless a Contribution:
(a) was made by
mistake of fact; or
(b) was made
conditioned upon the contribution being allowed as a deduction and
such deduction was disallowed.
Any
Contribution made by the Employer during any Plan Year in excess of
the amount deductible or any Contribution attributable to a good
faith mistake of fact shall be refunded to the Employer. The amount
which will be returned to the Employer is the excess of the amount
contributed over the amount that would have been contributed had
there not occurred a mistake of fact or the excess of the amount
contributed over the amount deductible, as applicable. A
Contribution made by reason of a mistake of fact may be refunded
only within one year following the date of payment. Any
Contribution to be refunded because it was not deductible under
Section 404 of the Code may be refunded only within one year
following the date the deduction was disallowed. Earnings
attributable to any such excess Contribution may not be withdrawn,
but losses attributable thereto must reduce the amount to be
returned. In no event may a refund be due which would cause the
Account balance of any Participant to be reduced to less than the
Participant’s Account balance would have been had the
mistaken amount, or the amount determined to be non-deductible, not
been contributed.
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5.1 Individual
Accounts . The Committee shall create and maintain
adequate records to disclose the interest in the Trust Fund and in
its component Investment Funds and the Company Stock Fund of each
Participant, former Participant and Beneficiary. Such records shall
be in the form of individual Accounts and credits and charges shall
be made to such Accounts in the manner herein described. A
Participant may have up to 5 separate categories of Accounts, as
follows: (i) Pre-Tax Contribution Account, (ii) After-Tax
Contribution Account, (iii) Employer Profit Sharing Account,
(iv) Employer Matching Contribution Account, and
(v) Rollover Account. The maintenance of individual Accounts
is only for accounting purposes, and a segregation of the assets of
the Trust Fund to each Account shall not be required. Distribution
and withdrawals made from an Account shall be charged to the
Account as of the date paid.
If
a Participant incurs 5 consecutive Breaks in Service and
subsequently reenters the Plan as a Re-Employed Employee (as
defined in Section 3.4) prior to the time that he has received
a distribution or been deemed to have received a distribution
hereunder equal to 100% of his vested Account balance, determined
as of the last day of the Plan Year in which he incurred the last
of such 5 consecutive Breaks in Service, the Committee may, in its
discretion, maintain, or cause to be maintained, separate Employer
Contribution Accounts for the Participant’s pre-Breaks in
Service Account balances attributable to Employer Contributions and
Forfeitures, and separate Employer Contribution Accounts for his
post-Breaks in Service Account balances attributable to the
Employer Contributions and Forfeitures unless the
Participant’s entire Account balance under the Plan is 100%
vested at the time he incurs the last of such 5 consecutive Breaks
in Service.
5.2 Account
Allocations and Adjustments .
(a) Pre-Tax
Contributions and After-Tax Contributions . Pre-Tax
Contributions and After-Tax Contributions received in the Trust
Fund since the preceding Valuation Date shall be credited to the
respective Pre-Tax Contribution Accounts and After-Tax Contribution
Accounts of the Participants, and invested in the Investment Funds
and Company Stock Fund in accordance with their instructions
pursuant to Section 9.3.
(b) Employer
Matching Contributions . Employer Matching Contributions
received in the Trust Fund since the preceding Valuation Date shall
be allocated to an eligible Participant’s Employer Matching
Accounts based on the percentage of each such Participant’s
eligible Pre-Tax Contributions as determined pursuant to
Section 4.2, and invested in the Investment Funds and Company
Stock Fund in accordance with the Participant’s instructions
pursuant to Section 9.3.
(c) Employer
Profit Sharing Contributions . Employer Profit Sharing
Contributions received in the Trust Fund for a Plan Year shall be
allocated and credited to the Employer Profit Sharing Account of
the eligible Participant for such Plan Year, as defined in
Section 4.3, as of the last day of such Plan Year in the ratio
that the sum of
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each eligible
Participant’s total Compensation for the Plan Year bears to
the total Compensation of all eligible Participants for such Plan
Year ( provided, however , that (i) Compensation shall not
include any Compensation earned prior to the Participant’s
Entry Date and (ii) in the case of reemployment during such
Plan Year, for that Plan Year, Compensation shall include only
Compensation earned during the period of employment commencing with
his reemployment and ending with the last day of such Plan
Year).
(d)
Forfeitures . Forfeitures which have become available for
reallocation or restoration shall be applied pursuant to
Section 4.10.
(e)
Adjustments . As of each Valuation Date, all payments and
distributions made under the Plan since the immediately preceding
Valuation Date to or for the benefit of a Participant or his
Beneficiary and any withdrawals by a Participant pursuant to
Article VIII will be charged to the proper Account of such
Participant unless previously charged.
5.3 Limitations
on Contributions .
(a) Maximum
Permissible Amount and Incorporation of Code Section 415 by
Reference . Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the
contrary, except as otherwise provided in this Section, total
Annual Additions made to the Account of a Participant for a
Limitation Year shall not exceed the “Maximum Permissible
Amount,” which is the lesser of:
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$40,000, as adjusted pursuant to
Code Section 415(d) and Treasury
Regulation Section 1.415(d)-1(b); or
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(2)
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100
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