EXHIBIT 4.1
SUN HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
- PLAN DOCUMENT -
SECTION 1
INTRODUCTION
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1.1
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Adoption of
Plan and Purpose
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This Plan is an unfunded, nonqualified deferred
compensation plan. With the consent of the Employer (as
defined in subsection 2.16) the plan may be adopted by executing
the Adoption Agreement (as defined in subsection 2.3) in the form
attached hereto. The Plan contains certain variable
features which the Employer has specified in the Adoption
Agreement. Only those variable features specified by the
Employer in the Adoption Agreement will be applicable to the
Employer.
The purpose of the Plan is to provide certain
supplemental benefits under the Plan to a select group of
management or highly compensated Employees of the Employer (in
accordance with Sections 201, 301 and 401 of ERISA), Members of the
Board(s) of the Employer, or Other Service Providers to the
Employer (as defined below), and to allow such Employees, Board
Members or Other Service Providers the opportunity to defer a
portion of their salaries, bonuses and other compensation, subject
to the terms of the Plan. Participants (and their
Beneficiaries) shall have only those rights to payments as set
forth in the Plan and shall be considered general, unsecured
creditors of the Employer with respect to any such
rights. The Plan is designed to comply with the American
Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (the “Jobs Act”) and Code
Section 409A. It is intended that the Plan be
interpreted according to a good faith interpretation of the Jobs
Act and Code Section 409A, and consistent with published IRS
guidance, including proposed and final IRS regulations under Code
Section 409A. Treatment of amounts in the Plan under any transition
rules provided under all IRS and other guidance in connection with
the Jobs Act or Code Section 409A shall be expressly authorized
hereunder in accordance with procedures developed by the
Administrator. In the event of any inconsistency between
the terms of the Plan and the Jobs Act or Code Section 409A (and
regulations thereunder), the terms of the Jobs Act and Code Section
409A (and the regulations thereunder) shall control. The
Plan is intended to constitute an account balance plan (as defined
in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(c)).
By becoming a Participant and making deferrals
under this Plan, each Participant agrees to be bound by the
provisions of the Plan and the determinations of the Employer and
the Administrator hereunder.
The Employer may adopt the Plan by completing
and signing the Adoption Agreement in the form attached
hereto.
The Plan is administered on the basis of a Plan
Year, as defined in subsection 2.27.
The plan shall be administered by a plan
administrator (the “Administrator,” as that term
is defined in Section 3(16)(A) of ERISA) designated by the Employer
in the Adoption Agreement. The Administrator has full
discretionary authority to construe and interpret the
provisions of the Plan and make factual
determinations thereunder, including the power to determine
the rights or eligibility of employees or participants and any
other persons, and the amounts of their benefits under the plan,
and to remedy ambiguities, inconsistencies or omissions, and such
determinations shall be binding on all parties. The
Administrator from time to time may adopt such rules and
regulations as may be necessary or desirable for the proper and
efficient administration of the Plan and as are consistent with the
terms of the Plan. The administrator may delegate
all or any part of its powers, rights, and duties under the Plan to
such person or persons as it may deem advisable, and may engage
agents to provide certain administrative services with respect
to the Plan. Any notice or document relating to the Plan
which is to be filed with the Administrator may be delivered, or
mailed by registered or certified mail, postage pre-paid, to the
Administrator, or to any designated representative of the
Administrator, in care of the Employer, at its principal
office.
SECTION 2
DEFINITIONS
“Account” means all notional
accounts and subaccounts maintained for a Participant in order to
reflect his interest under the Plan, as described in Section
6.
“Administrator” means the individual
or individuals (if any) delegated authority by the Employer to
administer the Plan, as defined in subsection 1.4.
“Adoption Agreement” shall mean the
form executed by the Employer and attached hereto, which Agreement
shall constitute a part of the Plan.
“Beneficiary” means the person or
persons to whom a deceased Participant’s benefits are payable
under subsection 9.5.
“Board” means the Board of Directors
of the Employer (if applicable), as from time to time
constituted.
“Board Member” means a member of the
Board.
“Bonus” (also referred to herein as
a “Non-Performance-Based Bonus) means an award of cash that
is not a Performance-Based Bonus (as defined in subsection 2.25)
that is payable to
an Employee (or Board Member or Other Service
Provider, as applicable) in a given year, with respect to the
immediately preceding Bonus performance period, which may or may
not be contingent upon the achievement of specified performance
goals.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended. Reference to a specific
section of the Code shall include such section, any valid
regulation promulgated thereunder, and any comparable provision of
any future legislation amending, supplementing, or superseding such
section.
“Compensation” shall mean the amount
of a Participant’s remuneration from the Employer designated
in the Adoption Agreement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Compensation of an Other Service Provider (as
defined in subsection 2.22) shall mean his remuneration from the
Employer pursuant to an agreement to provide services to the
Employer. With respect to any Participant who is a
Member of the Board (if applicable), “Compensation”
means all cash remuneration which, absent a deferral election under
the Plan, would have otherwise been received by the Board Member in
the taxable year, payable to the Board Member for service on the
Board and on Board committees, including any cash payable for
attendance at Board meetings and Board committee meetings, but not
including any amounts constituting reimbursements of expenses to
Board Members. To the extent the Employer has
designated “401(k) Refunds” in the Adoption Agreement
(and to the extent elected by the Participant), an amount equal to
the Participant’s “401(k) Refund” shall be
deferred from the Participant’s Compensation otherwise
payable to the Participant in the next subsequent Compensation pay
period (or such later pay period in the same calendar year as the
Administrator determines shall be administratively feasible), and
shall be credited to the Participant’s Compensation Deferral
Account in accordance with subsection 4.1. For purposes
of this subsection, “401(k) Refund” means any amount
distributed to the applicable Participant from the Employer’s
qualified retirement plan intended to comply with Section 401(k) of
the Code that is in excess of the maximum deferral for the prior
calendar year allowable under such qualified retirement
plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
definition of compensation for purposes of determining key
employees under subsection 9.3 of the Plan shall be determined
solely in accordance with subsection 9.3. To the extent
not otherwise designated by the Employer in a separate document
forming part of the Plan, Compensation payable after December 31 of
a given year solely for services performed during the
Employer’s final payroll period containing December 31, is
treated as Compensation payable for services performed in the
subsequent year in which the non-deferred portion of the payroll
payment is actually made.
“Compensation Deferrals” means the
amounts credited to a Participant’s Compensation Deferral
Account pursuant to the Participant’s election made in
accordance with subsection 4.1.
“Deferral Election” means an
election by a Participant to make Compensation Deferrals or
Performance-Based Bonus Deferrals in accordance with Section
4.
“Disability” for purposes of this
Plan shall mean the occurrence of an event as a result of which the
Participant is considered disabled, as designated by the Employer
in the Adoption Agreement.
“Effective Date” means the Effective
Date of the Plan, as indicated in the Adoption
Agreement.
“Eligible Individual” means each
Board Member, Other Service Provider, or Employee of an Employer
who satisfies the eligibility requirements set forth in the
Adoption Agreement, for the period during which he is determined by
the Employer to satisfy such requirements.
“Employee” means a person who is
employed by an Employer and is treated and/or classified by the
Employer as a common law employee for purposes of wage withholding
for Federal income taxes. If a person is not considered
to be an Employee of the Employer in accordance with the preceding
sentence, a subsequent determination by the Employer, any
governmental agency, or a court that the person is a common law
employee of the Employer, even if such determination is applicable
to prior years, will not have a retroactive effect for purposes of
eligibility to participate in the Plan.
“Employer” means the business entity
designated in the Adoption Agreement, and its successors and
assigns unless otherwise herein provided, or any other corporation
or business organization which, with the consent of the Employer,
or its successors or assigns, assumes the Employer’s
obligations hereunder, and any affiliate or subsidiary of the
Employer, as defined in Subsections 414(b) and (c) of the Code and
Section 1.409A-1(h) of the Treasury Regulations.
“Employer Contributions” means the
amounts other than Matching Contributions that are credited to a
Participant’s Employer Contributions Account under the Plan
by the Employer in accordance with subsection 4.4.
“ERISA” means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended. Reference to a specific section of ERISA shall
include such section, any valid regulation promulgated thereunder,
and any comparable provision of any future legislation amending,
supplementing, or superseding such section.
“Fiscal Year Compensation” means
Compensation relating to a period of service coextensive with one
or more consecutive non-calendar-year fiscal years of the Employer,
where no amount of such Compensation is paid or payable during the
service period. For example, a Bonus based upon a
service period of two consecutive fiscal years payable after the
completion of the second fiscal year would be “Fiscal Year
Compensation,” but periodic salary payments or Bonuses based
on service periods other than the Employer’s fiscal year
would not be Fiscal Year Compensation.
“Investment Funds” means the
notional funds or other investment vehicles designated pursuant to
subsection 5.1.
“Matching Contributions” means the
amounts credited to a Participant’s Employer Contribution
Account under the Plan by the Employer that are based on the amount
of Participant Deferrals made by the Participant under the Plan, or
that are based upon such other formula as designated by the
Employer in the Adoption Agreement, in accordance with subsection
4.3.
“Other Service Providers” shall mean
independent contractors, consultants, or other similar providers of
services to the Employer, other than Employees and Board
Members. To the extent that an Other Service Provider is
unrelated to the Employer and satisfies the other requirements
under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(f)(2)(i), as described
therein and in Code Section 409A and other applicable regulations,
guidance, etc. thereunder, the provisions of such guidance shall
not apply. To the extent that an Other Service Provider
uses an accrual method of accounting for a given taxable year,
amounts deferred under the Plan in such taxable year shall not be
subject to Code Section 409A and other applicable guidance
thereunder, notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the
contrary.
“Participant” means an Eligible
Individual who meets the requirements of Section 3 and elects to
make Compensation Deferrals pursuant to Section 4, or who receives
Employer Contributions or Matching Contributions pursuant to
subsection 4.3 or 4.4. A Participant shall cease being a
Participant in accordance with subsection 3.2 herein.
“Participant Deferrals” means all
amounts deferred by a Participant under this Plan, including
Participant Compensation Deferrals and Participant
Performance-Based Bonus Deferrals.
“Performance-Based Bonus” generally
means Compensation where the amount of, or entitlement to, the
compensation is contingent on the satisfaction of previously
established organizational or individual performance criteria
relating to a performance period of at least 12 consecutive months
in which the Eligible Individual performs services, pursuant to
rules described in Treasury Regulation Section
1.409A-1(e).
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2.26
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Performance-Based Bonus Deferrals
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“Performance-Based Bonus Deferrals”
means the amounts credited to a Participant’s
Compensation Deferral Account from the
Participant’s Performance-Based Bonus
pursuant to the Participant’s election made in accordance
with subsection 4.2.
“Plan Year” means each 12-month
period specified in the Adoption Agreement, on the basis of which
the Plan is administered.
“Retirement” for purposes of this
Plan means the Participant’s Termination Date, as defined in
subsection 2.30, after attaining any age and/or service minimums
with respect to Retirement or Early Retirement as designated by the
Employer in the Adoption Agreement.
“Spouse” means the person to whom a
Participant is legally married under applicable state law at the
earlier of the date of the Participant’s death or the date
payment of the Participant’s benefits commenced and who is
living on the date of the Participant’s death.
“Termination Date” means (i) with
respect to an Employee Participant, the Participant’s
separation from service (within the meaning of Section 409A of the
Code and the regulations, notices and other guidance thereunder,
including death or separation following Disability) with the
Employer, and any subsidiary or affiliate of the Employer as
defined in Sections 414(b) and (c) of the Code and Section
1.409A-1(h) of the Treasury Regulations; (ii) with respect to a
Board Member Participant, the Participant’s resignation or
removal from the Board (for any reason, including death or
following Disability); and (iii) with respect to any Other Service
Provider, the expiration of all agreements to provide services to
the Employer (for any reason, including death or following
Disability). The date that an Employee’s
performance of services for all the
Employers is reduced to a level less than 20% of
the average level of services performed in the preceding 36-month
period, shall be considered a Termination Date, and the performance
of services at a level of 50% or more of the average level of
services performed in the preceding 36-month period shall not be
considered a Termination Date, based on the parties’
reasonable expectations as of the applicable date. A
Participant’s Termination Date shall not be deemed to have
occurred if the Employee’s average level of service performed
in the preceding 36-month period drops below 50% but not less than
20%, unless the Employer: (i) has designated in a writing forming
part of the Plan that a level between 20% and 50% will be deemed to
trigger a Termination Date, and (ii) such writing was in place at
or prior to the time of the Participant’s Deferral Election
. If such designation is subsequently changed, the
change must comply with the rules regarding subsequent deferrals
and the acceleration of payments described in Code Section 409A and
the regulations, notices, rulings and other guidance
thereunder. If a Participant is both a Board Member
Participant and an Employee Participant, “Termination
Date” means the date the Participant satisfies both criteria
(i) and (ii) above.
“Valuation Date” means the last day
of each Plan Year and any other date that the Employer, in its sole
discretion, designates as a Valuation Date, as of which the value
of an Investment Fund is adjusted for notional deferrals,
contributions, distributions, gains, losses, or
expenses.
Other defined terms used in the Plan shall have
the meanings given such terms elsewhere in the Plan.
SECTION 3
ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
Each Eligible Individual on the Effective Date
of the Plan shall be eligible to become a Participant by properly
making a Deferral Election on a timely basis as described in
Section 4, or, if applicable and eligible as designated by the
Employer in the Adoption Agreement, by receiving a Matching
Contribution or other Employer Contribution under the
Plan. Each other Eligible Individual may become a
Participant by making a Deferral Election on a timely basis as
described in Section 4 or, if applicable and eligible as designated
by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement, by receiving a Matching
Contribution or other Employer Contribution under the
Plan. Each Eligible Individual’s decision to
become a Participant by making a Deferral Election shall be
entirely voluntary. The Employer may require the
Participant to complete any necessary forms or other information as
it deems necessary or advisable prior to permitting the Eligible
Individual to commence participation in the Plan.
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3.2
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Cessation of
Participation
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If a Termination Date occurs with respect to a
Participant, or if a Participant otherwise ceases to be an Eligible
Individual, no further Compensation Deferrals, Performance-Based
Bonus Deferrals, Matching Contributions or other Employer
Contributions shall be credited to
the Participant’s Accounts after the end
of the then-current Plan Year or performance period applicable to
Performance-Based Bonuses , unless he is again determined to be an
Eligible Individual, but the balance credited to his Accounts shall
continue to be adjusted for notional investment gains and losses
under the terms of the Plan and shall be distributed to him at the
time and manner set forth in Section 9. An Employee,
Board Member or Other Service Provider shall cease to be a
Participant after his Termination Date or other loss of eligibility
as soon as his entire Account balance has been
distributed.
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3.3
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Eligibility
for Matching or Employer Contributions
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An Employee Participant who has satisfied the
requirements necessary to become an Eligible Individual with
respect to Matching Contributions as specified in the Adoption
Agreement, and who has made a Compensation Deferral election
pursuant to subsection 4.1 herein or who has satisfied such other
criteria as specified in the Adoption Agreement, shall be eligible
to receive Matching Contributions described in subsection
4.3. An Employee Participant who has satisfied the
requirements necessary to become an Eligible Individual with
respect to Employer Contributions other than Matching Contributions
as specified in the Adoption Agreement, shall be eligible to
receive Employer Contributions described in subsection
4.4.
SECTION 4
DEFERRALS AND CONTRIBUTIONS
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4.1
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Compensation
Deferrals Other Than Performance-Based Bonus
Deferrals
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Each Plan Year, an Eligible Individual may elect
to defer receipt of no less than the minimum and no greater than
the maximum percentage or amount selected by the Employer in the
Adoption Agreement with respect to each type of Compensation (other
than Performance-Based Bonuses) earned with respect to pay periods
beginning on and after the effective date of the election;
provided, however, that Compensation earned prior to the date the
Participant satisfies the eligibility requirements of
Section 3 shall not be eligible for deferral under this Plan.
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a
Participant’s Deferral Election for a Plan Year under this
subsection must be made not later than December 31 of the preceding
Plan Year (or such earlier date as determined by the Administrator)
with respect to Compensation (other than Performance-Based Bonuses)
earned in pay periods beginning on or after the following January 1
in accordance with rules established by the
Administrator.
An Employee, Board Member or Other Service
Provider who first becomes an Eligible Individual during a Plan
Year (by virtue of a promotion, Compensation increase, commencement
of employment with the Employer, commencement of Board service,
execution of an agreement to provide services to an Employer, or
any other reason) shall be provided enrollment documents (including
Deferral Election forms) as soon as administratively feasible
following such initial notification of eligibility.
Such Eligible Individual must make his Deferral Elections within 30
days after first becoming an Eligible Individual, with respect to
his Compensation (other than Performance-Based Bonuses) earned on
or after the effective date of the Deferral Election (provided,
however, that if such Eligible Individual is participating in any
other account balance plan maintained by the Employer or any member
of the Employer’s “controlled group” (as defined
in subsections 414(b) and (c) of the Code), such Eligible
Individual must make his Compensation Deferral Election no later
than December 31 of the preceding Plan Year (or such
earlier date as determined by the
Administrator), or he may not elect to make Compensation Deferrals
for that initial Plan Year). If an Eligible Individual
does not elect to make Compensation Deferrals during that initial
30-day period, he may not later elect to make Compensation
Deferrals for that year under this subsection. In the
event that an Eligible Individual first becomes eligible during a
Plan Year with respect to which Fiscal Year Compensation is
payable, such Eligible Individual must make his Fiscal Year
Compensation Deferral Election on or before the end of the fiscal
year of the Employer immediately preceding the first fiscal year in
which any services are performed for which the Fiscal Year
Compensation is payable.
In the case of an Employee, Board Member or
Other Service Provider who is rehired (or who recommences Board
Service or recommences providing services to an Employer as an
Other Service Provider) after having previously been an Eligible
Individual, the phrase “first becomes an Eligible
Individual” in the first sentence of the preceding paragraph
shall be interpreted to apply only where the Eligible Individual
either (i) previously received payment of his total Account
balances under the Plan, or (ii) did not previously receive payment
of his total Account balances under the Plan, but is rehired (or
recommences Board Service or recommences providing services to an
Employer as an Other Service Provider) at least 24 months after his
last day as a previously Eligible Individual prior to again
becoming such an Eligible Individual. In all other cases
such rehired Employee, Board Member or Other Service Provider may
not elect to make Compensation Deferrals until the next date
determined by the Administrator with respect to Compensation earned
after the following January 1. Similarly, in the case of
an Employee who recommences status as an Eligible Individual for
any other reason after having previously lost his status as an
Eligible Individual (due to Compensation fluctuations, transfer
from an ineligible location or job classification, or otherwise),
the phrase “first becomes an Eligible Individual” shall
be interpreted to apply only where the Eligible Individual
either: (i) previously received payment of his total
Account balances under the Plan, or (ii) did not previously receive
payment of his total Account balances under the Plan, but regains
his status as an Eligible Individual at least 24 months after his
last day as a previously Eligible Individual prior to again
becoming such an Eligible Individual. In all other cases
such Re-Eligible Participant may not elect to make Compensation
Deferrals until the next date determined by the Administrator with
respect to Compensation earned after the following January
1.
An election to make Compensation Deferrals under
this subsection 4.1 shall remain in effect through the last pay
period commencing in the calendar year to which the election
applies (except as provided in Section 2.9 or subsection 4.5),
shall apply with respect to the applicable type of Compensation
(other than Performance-Based Bonuses) to which the Deferral
Election relates earned for pay periods commencing in the
applicable calendar year to which the election applies, and shall
be irrevocable (provided, however, that a Participant making a
Deferral Election under this subsection may change his election at
any time prior to December 31 of the year preceding the year for
which the Deferral Election is applicable, subject to rules
established by the Administrator). If a
Participant fails to make a Compensation Deferral election for a
given Plan Year, such Participant’s Compensation Deferral
Election for that Plan Year shall be deemed to be zero; provided,
however, that if the Employer has elected in the Adoption Agreement
that a Participant’s Compensation Deferral Election shall be
“evergreen”, then such Participant’s Compensation
Deferral Election shall be deemed to be identical to the most
recent
applicable Deferral Election on file with the
Administrator with respect to the applicable type of
Compensation.
Compensation Deferrals shall be credited to the
Participant’s Compensation Deferral Account as soon as
administratively feasible after such amounts would have been
payable to the Participant.
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4.2
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Performance-Based Bonus Deferrals
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Each Plan Year, an Eligible Individual may elect
to defer receipt of no less than the minimum and no greater than
the maximum percentage or amount selected by the Employer in the
Adoption Agreement with respect to Performance-Based Bonuses earned
with respect to the performance period for which the
Performance-Based Bonus is earned; provided, however,
that the Eligible Individual performed services continuously from a
date no later than the date upon which the performance criteria are
established through a date no earlier than the date upon which the
Eligible Individual makes a Performance-Based Bonus Deferral
Election; and further provided that in no event may an election to
defer Performance-Based Bonuses be made after such Bonuses have
become readily ascertainable. Except as otherwise
provided in this subsection, a Participant’s
Performance-Based Bonus Deferral Election under this subsection
must be made not later than six months (or such earlier date as
determined by the Administrator) prior to the end of the
performance period.
An Employee, Board Member or Other Service
Provider who first becomes an Eligible Individual during a Plan
Year (by virtue of a promotion, Compensation increase, commencement
of employment with the Employer, commencement of Board service,
execution of an agreement to provide services to an Employer, or
any other reason) shall be provided enrollment documents (including
Deferral Election forms) as soon as administratively feasible
following such initial notification of eligibility.
Such Eligible Individual must make his Performance-Based Bonus
Deferral Election within 30 days after first becoming an Eligible
Individual (provided, however, that if such Eligible Individual is
participating in any other account balance plan maintained by the
Employer or any member of the Employer’s “controlled
group” (as defined in subsections 414(b) and (c) of the
Code), such Eligible Individual must perform services continuously
from a date no later than the date upon which the performance
criteria are established, and must make his Performance-Based Bonus
Deferral Election no later than six months (or such earlier date as
determined by the Administrator) prior to the end of the
performance period and at a time when the Performance-Based Bonus
is not readily ascertainable, or he may not elect to make
Performance-Based Bonus Deferrals for such initial Plan
Year). In the case of a Deferral Election in the first
year of eligibility that is made after the beginning of the
Performance-Based Bonus performance period, the Deferral Election
will apply to the portion of the Performance-Based Bonus equal to
the total amount of the Performance-Based Bonus for the performance
period multiplied by the ratio of the number of days remaining in
the performance period after the effective date of the Deferral
Election over the total number of days in the Performance
Period. If such an Eligible Individual does not elect to
make a Performance-Based Bonus Deferral during that initial 30-day
period, he may not later elect to make a Performance-Based Bonus
Deferral for that performance period under this
subsection. Rules relating to the timing of elections to
make a Performance-Based Bonus Deferral with respect to an
Employee, Board Member or Other Service Provider who becomes an
Eligible Individual (due to rehire or other
similar event) after having previously been an
Eligible Individual shall be applied in a manner similar to rules
described applicable to rehired and other Re-Eligible Participants
in subsection 4.1 above.
An election to make Performance-Based Bonus
Deferrals under this subsection 4.2 shall remain in effect through
the end of the performance period to which the election applies
(except as provided in subsection 4.5), and shall be irrevocable
(provided, however, that as long as the Performance-Based Bonus is
not readily ascertainable, a Participant making a Performance-Based
Bonus Deferral Election under this subsection (other than a
Participant who first becomes an Eligible Individual and who makes
his Deferral Election after the beginning of the performance period
and within 30 days after first becoming an Eligible Individual) may
change his election at any time prior to the first day of the
six-month period ending on the last day of the performance period
for which the Performance-Based Bonus Deferral Election is
applicable, subject to rules established by the
Administrator). If a Participant fails to make a
Performance-Based Bonus Deferral Election for a given performance
period, such Participant’s Performance-Based Bonus Deferral
Election for that performance period shall be deemed to be zero;
provided, however, that if the Employer has elected in the Adoption
Agreement that a Participant’s Performance-Based Deferral
Election shall be “evergreen”, then such
Participant’s Performance-Based Bonus Deferral Election shall
be deemed to be identical to the most recent applicable
Performance-Based Bonus Deferral Election on file with the
Administrator.
Performance-Based Bonus Deferrals shall be
credited to the Participant’s
Compensation Deferral Account as soon as
administratively feasible after such amounts would have been
payable to the Participant.
Matching Contributions shall be discretionary
from year to year, shall be determined in accordance with the
formula specified in the Adoption Agreement, and shall be credited
to the Employer Contribution Accounts of Participants who have
satisfied the eligibility requirements for Matching Contributions
specified in the Adoption Agreement. Matching
Contributions under this Plan shall be credited to such
Participants’ Employer Contribution Accounts as soon as
administratively feasible after the Applicable Period selected in
the Adoption Agreement, but only with respect to Participants
eligible to receive such Matching Contributions as described in the
Adoption Agreement.
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4.4
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Other
Employer Contributions
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Employer Contributions other than Matching
Contributions shall be discretionary from year to year, and shall
be credited to the Employer Contribution Accounts of Participants
who have satisfied the eligibility requirements for Employer
Contributions, all as determined by the Employer and documented in
writing, and such writings will form part of the Plan, as specified
in the Adoption Agreement. Employer Contributions under
this Plan shall be credited to such Participants’ Employer
Contributions Accounts as soon as administratively
feasible.
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4.5
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No Election
Changes During Plan Year
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A Participant shall not be permitted to change
or revoke his Deferral Elections (except as otherwise described in
subsections 4.1 and 4.2), except that, if a Participant’s
status changes such that he becomes ineligible for the Plan, the
Participant’s Deferrals under the Plan shall cease as
described in subsection 3.2 . Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event the Employer maintains a qualified plan
designed to comply with the requirements of Code Section 401(k)
that requires the cessation of all deferrals in the event of a
hardship withdrawal under such plan, the Participant’s
Deferrals under this Plan shall cease and be cancelled as soon as
administratively feasible upon notification to the Administrator
that the participant has taken such a hardship
withdrawal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
Employer has elected in the Adoption Agreement to permit
Unforeseeable Emergency Withdrawals pursuant to subsection 9.8, the
Participant’s Deferrals under this Plan shall cease and be
cancelled as soon as administratively feasible upon approval by the
Administrator of a Participant’s properly submitted request
for an Unforeseeable Emergency Withdrawal under subsection
9.8.
The amount of deferrals pursuant to subsections
4.1 and 4.2 shall be credited to the Participant’s Accounts
as of a date determined to be administratively feasible by the
Administrator.
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4.7
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Reduction of
Deferrals or Contributions
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Any Participant Deferrals or Employer
Contributions to be credited to a Participant’s Account under
this Section may be reduced by an amount equal to the Federal,
state, local or foreign income, payroll, or other taxes required to
be withheld on such deferrals or contributions . A
Participant shall be entitled only to the net amount of such
deferral or contribution (as adjusted from time to time pursuant to
the terms of the Plan).
SECTION 5
NOTIONAL INVESTMENTS
The Employer may designate, in its discretion,
one or more Investment Funds for the notional investment of
Participants’ Accounts. The Employer, in its
discretion, may from time to time establish new Investment Funds or
eliminate existing Investment Funds. The Investment
Funds are for recordkeeping purposes only and do not allow
Participants to direct any Employer assets (including, if
applicable, the assets of any trust related to the
Plan). Each Participant’s Accounts shall be
adjusted pursuant to the Participant’s notional investment
elections made in accordance with this Section 5, except as
otherwise determined by the Employer or Administrator in their sole
discretion.
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5.2
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Investment
Fund Elections
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The Employer shall have full discretion in the
direction of notional investments of Participants’ Accounts
under the Plan; provided, however, that if the Employer so elects
in the Adoption Agreement, each Participant may elect from among
the Investment Funds for the
notional investment of such of his Accounts as
are permitted under the Adoption Agreement from time to time in
accordance with procedures established by the
Employer. The Administrator, in its discretion, may
adopt (and may modify from time to time) such rules and procedures
as it deems necessary or appropriate to implement the notional
investment of the Participant’s Accounts. Such
procedures may differ among Participants or classes of
Participants, as determined by the Employer or the Administrator in
its discretion. The Employer or Administrator may limit,
delay or restrict the notional investment of certain
Participants’ Accounts, or restrict allocation or
reallocation into specified notional investment options, in
accordance with rules established in order to comply with Employer
policy and applicable law, to minimize regulated filings
and disclosures, or under any other circumstances in the discretion
of the Employer. Any deferred amounts subject to a
Participant’s investment election that must be so limited,
delayed or restricted under such circumstances may be notionally
invested in an Investment Fund designated by the Administrator, or
may be credited with earnings at a rate determined by the
Administrator, which rate may be zero. A
Participant’s notional investment election shall remain in
effect until later changed in accordance with the rules of the
Administrator. If a Participant does not make a notional
investment election, all deferrals by the Participant and
contributions on his behalf will be deemed to be notionally
invested in the Investment Fund designated by the Employer for such
purpose, or, at the Employer’s election, may remain
uninvested until such time as the Administrator receives proper
direction, or may be credited with earnings at a rate determined by
the Administrator or Employer, which rate may be zero.
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5.3
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Investment
Fund Transfers
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A Participant may elect that all or a part of
his notional interest in an Investment Fund shall be transferred to
one or more of the other Investment Funds. A Participant
may make such notional Investment Fund transfers in accordance with
rules established from time to time by the Employer or the
Administrator, and in accordance with subsection 5.2.
SECTION 6
ACCOUNTING
Bookkeeping Accounts shall be maintained under
the Plan in the name of each Participant, as applicable, along with
any subaccounts under such Accounts deemed necessary or advisable
from time to time, including a subaccount for each Plan Year that a
Participant’s Deferral Election is in effect. Each
such subaccount shall reflect (i) the amount of the
Participant’s Deferral during that year, any Matching
Contributions or Employer Contributions credited during that year,
and the notional gains, losses, expenses, appreciation and
depreciation attributable thereto.
Rules and procedures may be
established relating to the maintenance, adjustment, and
liquidation of Participants’ Accounts, the crediting of
deferrals and contributions and the notional gains, losses,
expenses, appreciation, and depreciation attributable thereto, as
are considered necessary or advisable.
Pursuant to rules established by the
Employer, Participants’ Accounts will be adjusted
on each Valuation Date, except as provided in Section 9, to reflect
the notional value of the various Investment Funds as of such date,
including adjustments to reflect any deferrals and contributions,
notional transfers between Investment Funds, and notional gains,
losses, expenses, appreciation, or depreciation with respect to
such Accounts since the previous Valuation Date. The
“value” of an Investment Fund at any Valuation Date may
be based on the fair market value of the Investment Fund, as
determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion.
The accounting methods or formulae to be used
under the Plan for purposes of monitoring Participants’
Accounts, including the calculation and crediting of notional
gains, losses, expenses, appreciation, or depreciation, shall be
determined by the Administrator in its sole
discretion. The accounting methods or formulae selected
by the Administrator may be revised from time to time.
At such times and in such manner as determined
by the Administrator, but at least annually, each Participant will
be furnished with a statement reflecting the condition of his
Accounts.
SECTION 7
VESTING
A Participant shall be fully vested at all times
in his Compensation Deferral Account (if applicable). A
Participant shall be vested in his Matching Contributions and/or
Employer Contributions (if applicable), in accordance with the
vesting schedule elected by the Employer under the Adoption
Agreement. Vesting Years of Service shall be determined
in accordance with the election made by the Employer in the
Adoption Agreement. Amounts in a Participant’s
Accounts that are not vested upon the Participant’s
Termination Date shall be forfeited.
If a Participant has a Termination Date with the
Employer as a result of the Participant’s Misconduct (as
defined by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement), or if the
Participant engages in Competition with the Employer (as defined by
the Employer in the Adoption Agreement), and the Employer has so
elected in the Adoption Agreement, the Participant shall forfeit
all amounts allocated to his or her Matching Contribution Account
and/or Employer Contribution Accounts (if applicable).
Neither the Administrator nor the Employer in
any way guarantee the Participant’s Account balance from loss
or depreciation. Notwithstanding any provision of the
Plan to the contrary, the Participant’s Account balance is
subject to Section 8.
Vesting Years of Service in the event of the
rehire of a Participant shall be reinstated.
SECTION 8
FUNDING
No Participant or other person shall acquire by
reason of the Plan any right in or title to any assets, funds, or
property of the Employer whatsoever, including, without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, any specific funds, assets, or
other property of the Employer. Benefits under the Plan
are unfunded and unsecured. A Participant shall have
only an unfunded, unsecured right to the amounts, if any, payable
hereunder to that Participant. The Employer’s
obligations under this Plan are not secured or funded in any
manner, even if the Employer elects to establish a trust with
respect to the Plan. Even though benefits provided under
the Plan are not funded, the Employer may establish a trust to
assist in the payment of benefits. All investments under
this Plan are notional and do not obligate the Employer (or its
delegates) to invest the assets of the Employer or of any such
trust in a similar manner.
SECTION 9
DISTRIBUTION OF ACCOUNTS
A Participant’s vested Account balances
shall be distributed to the Participant upon the first to occur of
the Participant’s Termination Date, Disability or a Change in
Control of the Employer, to the extent that each such event is
designated as a payment event by the Employer in the Adoption
Agreement. To the extent designated by the Employer in the Adoption
Agreement, a Participant may elect one time and form of payment
that will apply if the Participant’s Termination Date occurs
as a result of Retirement or Early Retirement, and another time and
form of payment that will apply if the Participant’s
Termination Date occurs for any other reason, however the time and
form of payment for Retirement and Early Retirement must be the
same. In addition, to the extent designated by the
Employer in the Adoption Agreement, if distribution of the
Participant’s vested Account balances is triggered by the
Participant’s Termination Date or Disability, the Participant
may elect to have any unpaid amounts become payable in a single
lump sum payment upon an intervening Change in Control of the
Employer that occurs before the Participant’s entire vested
Account balances is paid.
The Participant’s vested Account
balances shall be distributed to the Participant (or, in the case
of the Participant’s death, to the Participant’s
Beneficiary), in the form of a single lump sum payment, or, if
subsection 9.2 applies, in the form of installment payments as
designated by the Employer in the Adoption
Agreement. Subject to subsection 9.3 hereof,
distribution of a Participant’s Accounts shall be made within
the 90-day period following the occurrence of a distribution
event (provided, however, that if calculation of the
amount of the payment is not administratively practicable due to
events beyond the control of the Participant, the payment will be
made as soon as administratively practicable for the Administrator
to make such payment). Notwithstanding any
provision of the Plan to the contrary, for purposes of this
subsection, a Participant’s Accounts shall be valued as of a
Valuation Date as soon as administratively feasible preceding the
date such distribution is made, in accordance with rules
established by the Administrator. A Participant’s
Accounts may be offset by any amounts owed by the Participant to
the Employer, but such offset shall not occur in excess of or prior
to the date distribution of the amount would otherwise be made to
the Participant.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent
designated by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement, a Participant
may elect, in accordance with this subsection, a distribution date
for his Compensation Deferral Accounts that is prior to either his
Termination Date, Disability or a Change in Control (an
“In-Service Distribution”). A
Participant’s election of an In-Service Distribution date
must: (i) be made at the time of his Deferral Election for a Plan
Year; and (ii) apply only to amounts deferred pursuant to that
election, and any earnings, gains, losses, appreciation, and
depreciation credited thereto or debited therefrom with respect to
such amounts. The Employer may limit the number of
In-Service Distribution dates permitted for Participants to elect
under the Plan. Payments made pursuant to an In-Service
Distribution election shall be made in a lump sum or installments,
to the extent elected by the Employer in the Adoption
Agreement. Each such payment pursuant to an In-Service
Distribution election shall be made as soon as administratively
feasible following January 1 of the calendar year in which the
payment was elected to be made, but in no event later than the end
of the calendar year in which the payment was elected to be made
(provided, however, that if calculation of the amount of the
payment is not administratively practicable due to events beyond
the control of the Participant, the payment will be made as soon as
administratively practicable for the Administrator to make such
payment). For purposes of such payment, the value of the
Participant’s Accounts for the applicable Plan Year shall be
determined as of a Valuation Date preceding the date that such
distribution is made, in accordance with rules established by the
Administrator. In the event a Participant’s
Termination Date occurs (or, if elected by the Employer in the
Adoption Agreement, in the event Disability or a Change in Control
of the Employer occurs) prior to the date the Participant had
previously elected to have an In-Service Distribution payment made
to him, such amount shall be paid to the Participant under the
rules applicable for payment on Termination of Employment (or, if
elected by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement, for payment on
Disability or a Change in Control) in accordance with this
subsection 9.1 and subsection 9.2. In addition, to the
extent designated by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement, if
distribution of the Participant’s vested Account balances is
triggered by an In-Service Distribution Election, the Participant
may elect to have any unpaid amounts become payable in a single
lump sum payment upon an intervening Change in Control of the
Employer that occurs before the Participant’s entire vested
Account balances attributable to the In-Service Distribution
election is paid.
To the extent elected by the Employer in the
Adoption Agreement, Participants whose Termination Date has not yet
occurred may elect to defer payment of any In-Service Distribution
(whether paid in a lump sum or installments), provided that such
election is made in accordance with procedures established by the
Administrator, and further provided that any such election must be
made no later than 12 calendar months prior to the first originally
elected In-Service Distribution Date (which for these purposes
shall be January 1 of the calendar year in which the payment was
elected to be made). Participants may elect any deferred
payment date, but such date must be no fewer than five years from
the first original In-Service Distribution Date (which for these
purposes shall be January 1 of the calendar year in which the
payment was elected to be made).
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9.2
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Installment
Distributions
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To the extent elected by the Employer in the
Adoption Agreement, upon a Termination Date or Disability, a
Parti