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Title: HANESBRANDS INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
Date: 2/11/2009
Industry: Apparel/Accessories     Sector: Consumer Cyclical

HANESBRANDS INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN, Parties: hanesbrands inc.
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Exhibit 10.6

HANESBRANDS INC.

RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN

Conformed through December 31, 2008


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

PAGE

SECTION 1

 

1

1.01 Background; Purpose of Plan

 

1

1.02 Effective Date; Plan Year

 

2

1.03 Plan Administration

 

2

1.04 Plan Supplements

 

2

1.05 Trustee; Trust

 

2

 

 

 

SECTION 2

 

3

Definitions

 

3

2.01 Account

 

3

2.02 Accounting Date

 

3

2.03 Actual Deferral Percentage

 

3

2.04 Adjusted Net Worth

 

3

2.05 After-Tax Account

 

3

2.06 Alternate Payee

 

3

2.07 Annual Addition

 

4

2.08 Annual Company Contribution

 

4

2.09 Annual Company Contribution Account

 

4

2.10 Appeal Committee

 

4

2.11 Before-Tax Contribution

 

4

2.12 Before-Tax Contribution Account

 

4

2.13 Beneficiary

 

4

2.14 Catch-Up Contribution

 

4

2.15 Code

 

5

2.16 Committee

 

5

2.17 Company

 

5

2.18 Compensation

 

5

2.19 Contribution Percentage

 

6

2.20 Controlled Group Member

 

6

2.21 Covered Group

 

6

2.22 Direct Rollover

 

6

2.23 Distributee

 

6

2.24 Effective Date

 

6

2.25 Elective Deferral

 

7

2.26 Eligible Employee

 

7

2.27 Eligible Retirement Plan

 

7

2.28 Eligible Rollover Distribution

 

7

2.29 Employee

 

8

2.30 Employer

 

8

2.31 Employer Contributions

 

8

2.32 ERISA

 

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2.33 Excess Contribution

 

9

2.34 Excess Deferral

 

9

2.35 Excess Matching Contribution

 

9

2.36 Fair Market Value

 

9

2.37 Forfeiture

 

9

2.38 Hanesbrands Stock

 

9

2.39 Highly Compensated Employee

 

10

2.40 Hour of Service

 

10

2.41 Investment Committee

 

10

2.42 Leased Employee

 

10

2.43 Leave of Absence

 

10

2.44 Limitation Year

 

11

2.45 Matching Contributions

 

11

2.46 Matching Contribution Account

 

11

2.47 Maternity or Paternity Absence

 

11

2.48 Normal Retirement Age

 

11

2.49 One-Year Break in Service

 

11

2.50 Participant

 

12

2.51 Period of Service

 

12

2.52 Plan

 

12

2.53 Plan Year

 

13

2.54 Predecessor Company

 

13

2.55 Predecessor Company Account

 

13

2.56 Predecessor Plan

 

13

2.57 Required Commencement Date

 

13

2.58 Rollover Contribution

 

13

2.59 Rollover Contribution Account

 

13

2.60 Sara Lee Plan

 

14

2.61 Sara Lee Stock

 

14

2.62 Separation Date

 

14

2.63 Service

 

14

2.64 Spin-Off, Spin-Off Date

 

14

2.65 Totally Disabled or Total Disability

 

14

2.66 Transferred Participants

 

14

2.67 Trust Agreement

 

15

2.68 Trust Fund

 

15

2.69 Trustees

 

15

2.70 Year of Service

 

15

 

 

 

SECTION 3

 

17

Participation

 

17

3.01 Eligibility to Participate

 

17

3.02 Covered Group

 

18

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3.03 Leave of Absence

 

18

3.04 Leased Employees

 

18

 

 

 

SECTION 4

 

20

Before-Tax Contributions

 

20

4.01 Before-Tax Contributions

 

20

4.02 Catch-Up Contributions

 

21

4.03 Change in Election

 

21

4.04 Direct Transfers and Rollovers

 

21

 

 

 

SECTION 5

 

23

Employer Contributions

 

23

5.01 Before-Tax Contributions

 

23

5.02 Annual Company Contribution

 

23

5.03 Matching Contributions

 

24

5.04 Transition Contribution

 

24

5.05 Allocation of Annual Company Contribution

 

25

5.06 Payment of Matching Contributions

 

25

5.07 Allocation of Matching Contributions

 

25

5.08 Payment of Employer Contributions

 

25

5.09 Limitations on Employer Contributions

 

25

5.10 Verification of Employer Contributions

 

25

 

 

 

SECTION 6

 

27

Contribution Limits

 

27

6.01 Actual Deferral Percentage Limitations

 

27

6.02 Limitation on Matching Contributions

 

27

6.03 Dollar Limitation

 

28

6.04 Allocation of Earnings to Distributions of Excess Deferrals, Excess Contributions and Excess Matching Contributions

 

29

6.05 Contribution Limitations

 

29

 

 

 

SECTION 7

 

31

Period of Participation

 

31

7.01 Separation Date

 

31

7.02 Restricted Participation

 

31

 

 

 

SECTION 8

 

33

Accounting

 

33

8.01 Separate Accounts

 

33

8.02 Adjustment of Participants’ Accounts

 

33

8.03 Crediting of 401(k) Contributions

 

34

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8.04 Charging Distributions

 

35

8.05 Statement of Account

 

35

 

 

 

SECTION 9

 

36

The Trust Fund and Investment of Trust Assets

 

36

9.01 The Trust Fund

 

36

9.02 The Investment Funds

 

36

9.03 Investment of Contributions

 

36

9.04 Change in Investment of Contributions

 

36

9.05 Elections to Transfer Balances Between Accounts; Diversification

 

37

9.06 Voting of Stock; Tender Offers

 

37

9.07 Confidentiality of Participant Instructions

 

38

 

 

 

SECTION 10

 

39

Payment of Account Balances

 

39

10.01 Payments to Participants

 

39

10.02 Distributions in Shares

 

42

10.03 Beneficiary

 

42

10.04 Missing Participants and Beneficiaries

 

44

10.05 Rollovers

 

44

10.06 Forfeitures

 

45

10.07 Recovery of Benefits

 

45

10.08 Dividend Pass-Through Election

 

46

10.09 Minimum Distributions

 

46

 

 

 

SECTION 11

 

50

11.01 Loans to Participants

 

50

11.02 After-Tax Withdrawals

 

52

11.03 Hardship Withdrawals

 

52

11.04 Age 59- 1 / 2 Withdrawals

 

54

11.05 Additional Rules for Withdrawals

 

54

 

 

 

SECTION 12

 

56

Reemployment

 

56

12.01 Reemployed Participants

 

56

12.02 Calculation of Service Upon Reemployment

 

56

 

 

 

SECTION 13

 

59

Special Rules for Top-Heavy Plans

 

59

13.01 Purpose and Effect

 

59

13.02 Top Heavy Plan

 

59

13.03 Key Employee

 

59

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13.04 Minimum Employer Contribution

 

60

13.05 Aggregation of Plans

 

60

13.06 No Duplication of Benefits

 

60

13.07 Compensation

 

60

 

 

 

SECTION 14

 

61

General Provisions

 

61

14.01 Committee’s Records

 

61

14.02 Information Furnished by Participants

 

61

14.03 Interests Not Transferable

 

61

14.04 Domestic Relations Orders

 

61

14.05 Facility of Payment

 

62

14.06 No Guaranty of Interests

 

62

14.07 Rights Not Conferred by the Plan

 

62

14.08 Gender and Number

 

62

14.09 Committee’s Decisions Final

 

63

14.10 Litigation by Participants

 

63

14.11 Evidence

 

63

14.12 Uniform Rules

 

63

14.13 Law That Applies

 

63

14.14 Waiver of Notice

 

63

14.15 Successor to Employer

 

63

14.16 Application for Benefits

 

63

14.17 Claims Procedure

 

64

14.18 Action by Employers

 

64

 

 

 

SECTION 15

 

65

No Interest in Employers

 

65

 

 

 

SECTION 16

 

66

Amendment or Termination

 

66

16.01 Amendment

 

66

16.02 Termination

 

66

16.03 Effect of Termination

 

66

16.04 Notice of Amendment or Termination

 

66

16.05 Plan Merger, Consolidation, Etc.

 

67

 

 

 

SECTION 17

 

68

Relating to the Plan Administrator and Committees

 

68

17.01 The Employee Benefits Administrative Committee

 

68

17.02 The ERISA Appeal Committee

 

69

17.03 Secretary of the Committee

 

70

17.04 Manner of Action

 

70

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17.05 Interested Party

 

71

17.06 Reliance on Data

 

71

17.07 Committee Decisions

 

71

 

 

 

SECTION 18

 

72

Adoption of Plan by Controlled Group Members

 

72

 

 

 

SECTION 19

 

73

Supplements to the Plan

 

73

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

74

Accounts Transferred from the Sara Lee Plan

 

74

 

 

 

SUPPLEMENT A

 

 

Provisions Relating to the Merger of the National Textiles, L.L.C. 401(k) Plan into the Hanesbrands Inc. Retirement Savings Plan

 

 

 

 

 

SUPPLEMENT B

 

 

Special Participation Provisions

 

 

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HANESBRANDS INC.
RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN

(Effective as of July 24, 2006)

SECTION 1

1.01 Background; Purpose of Plan

     The purpose of the Plan is to permit Eligible Employees of Hanesbrands Inc. (the “Company”) and the other Employers to accumulate their retirement savings on a tax-favored basis. A portion of the Plan (that portion of the Plan invested in the Sara Lee Corporation Common Stock Fund prior to the Spin-Off date and that portion of the Plan invested in the Hanesbrands Inc. Common Stock Fund thereafter) is designed to invest primarily in qualifying employer securities and is intended to satisfy the requirements of an employee stock ownership plan (as defined in Section 4975(e)(7) of the Code) (the ESOP component); up to 100% of Plan assets may be invested in qualifying employer securities. The remaining portion of the Plan is a profit sharing plan intended to satisfy all requirements of Section 401(a) of the Code and includes a cash or deferred arrangement intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 401(k) of the Code (the 401(k) component). For each Plan Year, the 401(k) component shall include all of a Participant’s Before-Tax Contributions, the Employers’ Matching Contributions, the Additional Company Contribution and, for the 2006 Plan Year, the Transition Contribution allocable to the Participant with respect to that Plan Year, for all purposes of the Plan.

     As of the Effective Date, the benefits of each Transferred Participant shall be transferred from the Sara Lee Plan, and continued in the form of, the Plan. As soon as administratively practicable on or after the Effective Date, (i) liabilities equal to the aggregate Account balances, as adjusted through the Effective Date, of each Transferred Participant shall be transferred from the Sara Lee Plan to the Plan and credited to the appropriate Plan accounts of each Transferred Participant and subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, and (ii) the assets of the trust funding the Sara Lee Plan attributable to Transfer Participants’ benefits shall be transferred (in kind) to the Trustee of the Trust. The transfer of the Transferred Participants’ benefits from the Sara Lee Plan into the Plan and the transfer of assets to the Trust shall comply with Sections 401(a)(12), 411(d)(6), and 414(l) of the Code and the regulations thereunder.

     After the Effective Date, if a Transferred Participant becomes entitled to an additional allocation under the Sara Lee Plan, then assets and liabilities equal to the additional amount so allocable shall be transferred from the Sara Lee Plan to the Plan as soon as administratively practicable after the allocable amount has been determined and shall be invested pursuant to the Transferred Participant’s current investment elections. In addition, if a Transferred Participant transfers to employment with an Employer after the Effective Date but before the Spin-Off Date, then assets and liabilities equal to the Transferred Participant’s account balance in the Sara Lee Plan shall be transferred to the Plan and invested in accordance with the Transferred Participant’s current investment elections. The transfers described in this paragraph shall comply with Sections 401(a)(12), 411(d)(6) and 414(l) of the Code and the regulations thereunder.

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1.02 Effective Date; Plan Year

     Except as otherwise required to comply with applicable law or as specifically provided herein, the Plan is effective July 24, 2006 (the “Effective Date”). The first “Plan Year” is a short plan year beginning as of July 24, 2006 and ending December 31, 2006. Thereafter, the “Plan Year” shall be the twelve month period from each January 1 through December 31.

1.03 Plan Administration

     As described in Subsection 17.01, the Committee shall be the administrator (as that term is defined in Section 3(16)(A) of ERISA) of the Plan and shall be responsible for the administration of the Plan; provided, however, that the Committee 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.

1.04 Plan Supplements

     The provisions of the Plan may be modified by Supplements to the Plan. The terms and provisions of each Supplement are a part of the Plan and supersede the other provisions of the Plan to the extent necessary to eliminate inconsistencies between such other Plan provisions and such Supplement.

1.05 Trustee; Trust

     Amounts contributed under the Plan are held and invested, until distributed, by the Trustee. The Trustee acts in accordance with the terms of the Trust, which implements and forms a part of the Plan. The provisions of and benefits under the Plan are subject to the terms and provisions of the Trust.

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SECTION 2

Definitions

     The following terms, when used herein, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the following respective meanings:

2.01 Account

     Except as may be stated elsewhere in the Plan, “Account” and “Accounts” mean all accounts and subaccounts maintained for a Participant (or for a Beneficiary after a Participant’s death or for an Alternate Payee).

2.02 Accounting Date

     “Accounting Date” means each day the value of an Investment Fund is adjusted for contributions, withdrawals, distributions, earnings, gains, losses or expenses, any date designated by the Committee as an Accounting Date, and an Accounting Date occurring under SECTION 8. It is anticipated that each Investment Fund will be valued as of each day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading and the Trustee is open for business.

2.03 Actual Deferral Percentage

     “Actual Deferral Percentage” for a group of Eligible Employees for a Plan Year means the average of the deferral ratios (determined separately for each Eligible Employee in such group) of: (a) the Eligible Employee’s Before-Tax Contributions for the Plan Year; to (b) the Eligible Employee’s compensation (determined in accordance with Code Section 414(s)) for such Plan Year.

2.04 Adjusted Net Worth

     “Adjusted Net Worth” of an Investment Fund as of any Accounting Date means the then net worth of that Investment Fund as determined by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement.

2.05 After-Tax Account

     “After-Tax Account” means an Account maintained pursuant to Subparagraph 8.01(d).

2.06 Alternate Payee

     “Alternate Payee” means a spouse, former spouse, child or other dependent of a Participant entitled to receive payment of a portion of the Participant’s vested Plan benefits under a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in Section 414(p) of the Code.

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2.07 Annual Addition

     “Annual Addition” for any Limitation Year means the sum of annual additions to a Participant’s Account for the Limitation Year. Notwithstanding any Plan provision to the contrary, a Participant’s Annual Addition shall be determined in accordance with Code Section 415 and applicable Treasury regulations issued thereunder.

2.08 Annual Company Contribution

     “Annual Company Contribution” means a contribution made by an Employer on behalf of each Annual Company Contribution Participant pursuant to Subsection 5.02.

2.09 Annual Company Contribution Account

     “Annual Company Contribution Account” means an Account maintained pursuant to Subparagraph 8.01(c).

2.10 Appeal Committee

     “Appeal Committee” means an ERISA Appeal Committee as described in Subsection 17.02 of the Plan.

2.11 Before-Tax Contribution

     “Before-Tax Contribution” means the compensation deferrals under Code Section 401(k) a Participant elects to make pursuant to Subsection 4.01. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of implementing the required limitations of Code Sections 401(k), 402(g), and 415 contained in Subsections 6.01, 6.03 and 6.05, Before-Tax Contributions shall not include Catch-Up Contributions or deferrals made pursuant to Code Section 414(u) by reason of an Eligible Employee’s qualified military service.

2.12 Before-Tax Contribution Account

     “Before-Tax Contribution Account” means the Account maintained by the Committee pursuant to Subparagraph 8.01(a).

2.13 Beneficiary

     “Beneficiary” means any person or persons (who may be designated contingently, concurrently or successively) to whom a Participant’s Account balances are to be paid if the Participant dies before he or she receives his or her entire vested Account.

2.14 Catch-Up Contribution

     “Catch-Up Contribution” means the deferrals of Compensation under Code Section 414(v) an eligible Participant elects to make pursuant to Subsection 4.02.

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2.15 Code

     “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

2.16 Committee

     “Committee” means the Committee appointed by the Company to administer the Plan as described in SECTION 17 of the Plan.

2.17 Company

     “Company” means Hanesbrands Inc. or any successor organization or entity that assumes the Plan.

2.18 Compensation

     “Compensation” for a Plan Year means the total wages (as defined in Section 3401(a) of the Code) paid to an individual by an Employer for the period in question for services rendered as an Employee of an Employer, which are subject to income tax withholding at the source, determined without regard to any exceptions to the withholding rules that limit the remuneration included in such wages and that are based on the nature or location of the employment or the services performed, determined in accordance with the following:

 

(a)

 

Including (i) elective contributions made on behalf of the Employee pursuant to the Employee’s salary reduction agreement under Sections 125, 401(k), and 132(f)(4) of the Code; and (ii) any differential wage payment (as defined in Section 3401(h)(2) of the Code).

 

 

(b)

 

Excluding the following:

 

(i)

 

Nonqualified stock option exercise income;

 

 

(ii)

 

Stock awards;

 

 

(iii)

 

Gains attributable to the sale of stock within the two (2) year period beginning on the date of grant under an employee stock purchase plan as described in Section 423 of the Code;

 

 

(iv)

 

Reimbursements or other expense allowances;

 

 

(v)

 

Fringe benefits (cash and non-cash);

 

 

(vi)

 

Moving expenses;

 

 

(vii)

 

Deferred compensation when earned or paid;

 

 

(viii)

 

Welfare benefits; and

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(ix)

 

Severance pay.

For purposes of (A) determining and allocating contributions under Subsections 4.02, 5.02, 5.03 and 5.04, (B) applying the maximum percentage limitation specified in Subsection 4.01, and (C) applying the limitations of Subsections 6.01 and 6.02, the annual Compensation taken into account under the Plan for any Participant for a Plan Year shall not exceed $220,000 (as adjusted by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to Code Section 401(a)(17)(B)).

2.19 Contribution Percentage

     “Contribution Percentage” of a group of Eligible Employees for a Plan Year means the average of the ratios (determined separately for each Eligible Employee in such group) of: (a) the Matching Contributions made on behalf of such Eligible Employee for such Plan Year; to (b) the Eligible Employee’s compensation (determined in accordance with Code Section 414(s)) for such Plan Year.

2.20 Controlled Group Member

     “Controlled Group Member” means the Company and any affiliated or related corporation that is a member of a controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 1563(a) of the Code) that includes the Company or any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is under the common control of the Company (within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c) or (m) of the Code).

2.21 Covered Group

     “Covered Group” means a group or class of Employees to which the Plan has been and continues to be extended by an Employer pursuant to Subsection 3.02. A listing of the Covered Groups under the Plan is included in Exhibit A to the Plan.

2.22 Direct Rollover

     “Direct Rollover” means a payment by the Plan to an Eligible Retirement Plan specified by the Distributee.

2.23 Distributee

     “Distributee” means a Participant (including a Participant described in Subsection 7.02 of the Plan) or Beneficiary. In addition, the Participant’s surviving spouse and the Participant’s spouse or former spouse who is an Alternate Payee are Distributees with regard to the interest of the spouse or former spouse.

2.24 Effective Date

     “Effective Date” of the Plan means July 24, 2006 as defined in Subsection 1.02.

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2.25 Elective Deferral

     “Elective Deferral” means, with respect to any calendar year, each elective deferral as defined in Code Section 402(g).

2.26 Eligible Employee

     “Eligible Employee” means an Employee who is a member of a Covered Group and is otherwise eligible to participate in the Plan pursuant to either Subsection 3.01 or Subsection 12.01.

2.27 Eligible Retirement Plan

     “Eligible Retirement Plan” means the following:

 

(a)

 

An individual retirement account described in Section 408(a) of the Code;

 

 

(b)

 

An annuity contract described in Section 403(b) of the Code;

 

 

(c)

 

An eligible plan under Section 457(b) of the Code which is maintained by a state, political subdivision of a state or an agency or instrumentality of a state or political subdivision of a state and which agrees to separately account for amounts transferred to such plan from this Plan;

 

 

(d)

 

An individual retirement annuity described in Section 408(b) of the Code;

 

 

(e)

 

An annuity plan described in Section 403(a) of the Code; or

 

 

(f)

 

A qualified trust described in Section 401(a) of the Code that accepts the Distributee’s Eligible Rollover Distribution.

2.28 Eligible Rollover Distribution

     “Eligible Rollover Distribution” means any distribution of all or any portion of the balance to the credit of the Distributee, except that an Eligible Rollover Distribution does not include the following:

 

(a)

 

Any distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal periodic payments (not less frequently than annually) made for the life (or life expectancy) of the Distributee or the joint lives (or life expectancies) of the Distributee and the Distributee’s designated beneficiary, or for a specified period of ten (10) years or more;

 

 

(b)

 

Any distribution to the extent such distribution is required under Section 401(a)(9) of the Code;

 

 

(c)

 

Hardship withdrawals; and

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(d)

 

Any distribution excluded from the definition of “Eligible Rollover Distribution” under the Code or applicable Treasury Regulations.

A portion of a distribution shall not fail to be an Eligible Rollover Distribution merely because the portion includes After-Tax Contributions that are not includible in gross income; provided, however, such portion may be transferred only to an individual retirement account or annuity described in Code Section 408(a) or (b), a qualified retirement plan (either a defined contribution plan or a defined benefit plan) described in Code Section 401(a) or 403(a), or an annuity contract described in Code Section 403(b) that agrees to separately account for amounts so transferred.

2.29 Employee

     “Employee” means any person employed by one or more of the Employers who is on the regular payroll of an Employer and whose wages from the Employer are reported for Federal income tax purposes on Internal Revenue Service Form W-2 (or successor or equivalent form). Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, an individual who performs services for a Controlled Group Member but who is paid by an Employer under a common paymaster arrangement with such Controlled Group Member shall not be considered an Employee for purposes of the Plan. An Employer’s classification as to whether an individual constitutes an Employee shall be determinative for purposes of an individual’s eligibility under the Plan. An individual who is classified as an independent contractor (or other non-employee classification) shall not be considered an Employee and shall not be eligible for participation in the Plan, regardless of any subsequent reclassification of such individual as an Employee or employee of an Employer by an Employer, any government agency, court, or other third-party. Any such reclassification shall not have a retroactive effect for purposes of the Plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, nonresident alien individuals receiving no U.S.-source income from any Employer are not considered Employees under the Plan.

2.30 Employer

     “Employer” means the Company and each Controlled Group Member that adopts the Plan in accordance with SECTION 18.

2.31 Employer Contributions

     “Employer Contributions” means the following contributions made by an Employer on behalf of a Participant:

 

(a)

 

Annual Company Contributions;

 

 

(b)

 

Matching Contributions;

 

 

(c)

 

Transition Contributions; and

 

 

(d)

 

Any contributions that are made by an Employer in lieu of the contributions described in Subparagraphs (a), (b) or (c) above.

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2.32 ERISA

     “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

2.33 Excess Contribution

     “Excess Contribution” means the amount by which Before-Tax Contributions (determined without regard to the Participant’s Catch-Up Contributions) for a Plan Year made by Highly Compensated Employees exceed the limitations of Subsection 6.01, as determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(k)-2(b).

2.34 Excess Deferral

     “Excess Deferral” means the amount by which a Participant’s Before-Tax Contributions (determined without regard to the Participant’s Catch-Up Contributions) exceed the limitations of Code Section 402(g)(4), as provided in Subsection 6.03.

2.35 Excess Matching Contribution

     “Excess Matching Contribution” means the amount by which Matching Contributions for a Plan Year made by or on behalf of Highly Compensated Employees exceed the limitations of Subsection 6.02, as determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(m)-2(b).

2.36 Fair Market Value

     “Fair Market Value” means (a) with respect to Sara Lee Stock or Hanesbrands Stock held in the Plan, the closing price per share on the New York Stock Exchange as of any date or (b) in the case of any other stock for which there is no generally recognized market, the value determined as of a particular date in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 54.4975-11(d)(5) and based upon an evaluation by an independent appraiser meeting the requirements of the regulations prescribed under Section 401(a)(28)(C) of the Code or, in the absence of such regulations, requirements similar to the requirements of the regulations prescribed under Section 170(a)(1) of the Code and having expertise in rendering such evaluations.

2.37 Forfeiture

     “Forfeiture” means the amount by which a Participant’s Annual Company Contribution Account, Transition Contribution Account, Matching Contribution Account and Predecessor Company Account (or other Employer Contribution Account under any applicable Supplement to the Plan) is reduced under Subsections 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 10.01 or any applicable Supplement.

2.38 Hanesbrands Stock

     “Hanesbrands Stock” means shares of common stock of Hanesbrands Inc.; provided, however, that, after the Spin-Off Date, such term shall include only such shares as constitute both “employer securities” as defined in Section 409(l) of the Code and “qualifying employer securities” as defined in Section 407(d)(5) of ERISA.

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2.39 Highly Compensated Employee

     “Highly Compensated Employee” means a highly compensated employee as defined in Code Section 414(q) and the regulations thereunder. Generally, a Highly Compensated Employee means any Employee who: (a) during the immediately preceding Plan Year received annual compensation from the Employers (determined in accordance with Subsection 6.05 of the Plan) of more than $95,000 (or such greater amount as may be determined by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue) and, at the Company’s discretion for such preceding year, was in the top-paid twenty percent (20%) of the Employees for that year; or (b) was a five percent (5%) owner of an Employer during the current Plan Year or the immediately preceding Plan Year.

     A former Participant shall be treated as a Highly Compensated Employee if such Participant was a Highly Compensated Employee when such Participant separated from service from a Controlled Group Member or such Participant was a Highly Compensated Employee at any time after attaining age fifty-five (55) years.

2.40 Hour of Service

     “Hour of Service” means any hour for which an Employee is compensated by an Employer, directly or indirectly, or is entitled to compensation from an Employer for the performance of duties and for reasons other than the performance of duties, and each previously uncredited hour for which back pay has been awarded or agreed to by an Employer, irrespective of mitigation of damages. Hours of Service shall be credited to the period for which duties are performed (or for which payment is made if no duties were performed), except that Hours of Service for which back pay is awarded or agreed to by an Employer shall be credited to the period to which the back pay award or agreement pertains. The rules for crediting Hours of Service set forth in Section 2530.200b-2 of Department of Labor regulations are incorporated by reference. References in this Subsection to an Employer shall include any Controlled Group Member.

2.41 Investment Committee

     “Investment Committee” means the committee appointed by the Company to manage the assets of the Plan and Trust.

2.42 Leased Employee

     “Leased Employee” means any person who is not an Employee of an Employer, but who has provided services to an Employer under the primary direction or control of the Employer, on a substantially full-time basis for a period of at least one year, pursuant to an agreement between the Employer and a leasing organization.

2.43 Leave of Absence

     “Leave of Absence” for Plan purposes means an absence from work which is not treated by the Participant’s Employer as a termination of employment or which is required by law to be

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treated as a Leave of Absence. A Totally Disabled Employee shall not be considered to be on a Leave of Absence for purposes of the Plan.

2.44 Limitation Year

     “Limitation Year” means the Plan Year.

2.45 Matching Contributions

     “Matching Contribution” means the amount of a Participant’s Before-Tax Contributions for which a Matching Contribution is payable pursuant to Subsection 5.03. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of implementing the required limitations of Code Sections 401(m) and 415 contained in Subsections 6.02 and 6.05, Matching Contributions shall not include employer contributions made pursuant to Code Section 414(u) by reason of an Eligible Employee’s qualified military service.

2.46 Matching Contribution Account

     “Matching Contribution Account” means an Account maintained pursuant to Subparagraph 8.01(b).

2.47 Maternity or Paternity Absence

     “Maternity or Paternity Absence” means an Employee’s absence from work because of the pregnancy of the Employee or birth of a child of the Employee, the placement of a child with the Employee, or for purposes of caring for the child immediately following such birth or placement. The Committee may require the Employee to furnish such information as the Committee considers necessary to establish that the Employee’s absence was for one of the reasons specified above.

2.48 Normal Retirement Age

     “Normal Retirement Age” means the date upon which a Participant attains age sixty-five (65) years.

2.49 One-Year Break in Service

     “One-Year Break in Service” means each twelve (12) consecutive month period commencing on an Employee’s or Participant’s Separation Date and on each anniversary of such date during which the Employee or Participant does not perform an Hour of Service. In the case of a Maternity or Paternity Absence, the twelve (12) consecutive month periods beginning on the first day of such absence and the first anniversary thereof shall not constitute a One-Year Break in Service.

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2.50 Participant

     “Participant” means each Eligible Employee who satisfies the requirements of Subsection 3.01 or 12.01, as applicable.

2.51 Period of Service

     “Period of Service” means a period beginning on the date an Employee enters Service (or reenters Service) and ending on his or her Separation Date with respect to such period, subject to the following special rules:

 

(a)

 

An Employee shall be deemed to enter Service on the date he or she first completes an Hour of Service.

 

(b)

 

An Employee shall be deemed to reenter Service on the date following a Separation Date when he or she again completes an Hour of Service.

 

 

(c)

 

An Employee shall be deemed to have continued in Service (and thus not to have incurred a Separation Date) for the following periods:

 

 

(i)

 

Any period for which he or she is required to be given credit for Service under any laws of the United States; and

 

 

(ii)

 

The period (referred to herein as “Medical Leave”) prior to his or her Separation Date during which he or she is unable, by reason of physical or mental infirmity, or both, to perform satisfactorily the duties then assigned to him or her or which an Employer or Controlled Group Member is willing to assign to him or her, as determined by the Committee pursuant to a medical examination by a medical doctor selected or approved by the Committee. Such period shall end with the earlier of his or her Separation Date, or the date of cessation of such inability.

 

(d)

 

Subject to the rehire rules of Subsection 12.02, all periods of Service of an Employee shall be aggregated in determining his or her Service.

 

 

(e)

 

If an Employee is absent from work because he or she quits, is discharged or retires, and he or she reenters Service before the first anniversary of the date of such absence, such date shall not constitute a Separation Date and the period of such absence shall be included as Service.

2.52 Plan

     “Plan” means the Hanesbrands Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, as amended from time to time.

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2.53 Plan Year

     The first “Plan Year” is a short plan year beginning as of July 24, 2006 and ending December 31, 2006. Thereafter, the “Plan Year” shall be the twelve (12) month period beginning each January 1 and ending on the next following December 31 as defined in Subsection 1.02.

2.54 Predecessor Company

     “Predecessor Company” means any corporation or other entity (other than Sara Lee Corporation), the stock, assets or business of which was acquired by an Employer or another Controlled Group Member prior to the Effective Date, or is acquired by an Employer or another Controlled Group Member on or after the Effective Date, whether by merger, consolidation, purchase of assets or otherwise, and any predecessor thereto designated by the Plan or by the Committee.

2.55 Predecessor Company Account

     “Predecessor Company Account” means an Account maintained pursuant to Subparagraph 8.01(f).

2.56 Predecessor Plan

     “Predecessor Plan” means a plan formerly maintained by a Controlled Group Member or a Predecessor Company (other than the Sara Lee Plan) that has been merged into and continued in the form of this Plan.

2.57 Required Commencement Date

     “Required Commencement Date” means the April 1 of the calendar year next following the later of the calendar year in which the Participant attains age seventy and one-half (70- 1 / 2 ) or the calendar year in which his or her Separation Date occurs; provided, however, that the Required Commencement Date of a Participant who is a five percent (5%) owner (as defined in Code Section 416) of an Employer or a Controlled Group Member with respect to the Plan Year ending in the calendar year in which he or she attains age seventy and one-half (70- 1 / 2 ) shall be April 1 of the next following calendar year.

2.58 Rollover Contribution

     “Rollover Contribution” means a Participant’s contribution pursuant to Subsection 4.04.

2.59 Rollover Contribution Account

     “Rollover Contribution Account” means the Account maintained pursuant to Subparagraph 8.01(e).

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2.60 Sara Lee Plan

     “Sara Lee Plan” means the Sara Lee Corporation 401(k) Plan.

2.61 Sara Lee Stock

     “Sara Lee Stock” means shares of common stock of Sara Lee Corporation.

2.62 Separation Date

     “Separation Date” means the earlier of (a) the date on which an Employee or Participant is no longer employed by an Employer or a Controlled Group Member because he or she quits, retires, is discharged or dies; or (b) the first anniversary of the first day of any period during which an Employee or Participant remains absent from service with all Controlled Group Members for any reason other than quit, retirement, discharge or death.

2.63 Service

     “Service” means the number of completed calendar years and months during a Participant’s Periods of Service.

2.64 Spin-Off, Spin-Off Date

     “Spin-Off” means Sara Lee Corporation’s distribution of all of its interest in Hanesbrands Inc. The actual date of the Spin-Off shall be known as the “Spin-Off Date.”

2.65 Totally Disabled or Total Disability

     “Totally Disabled” or “Totally Disabled” when used in reference to a Participant means that condition of the Participant resulting from injury or illness which:

 

(a)

 

Results in such Participant’s entitlement to and receipt of monthly disability insurance benefits under the Federal Social Security Act; or

 

 

(b)

 

Results in such Participant’s entitlement to and receipt of (or would result in receipt of but for any applicable benefit waiting period) long-term disability benefits under a long-term disability income plan maintained or adopted by such Participant’s Employer.

2.66 Transferred Participants

     “Transferred Participant” means:

 

(a)

 

any participant who has an account in the Sara Lee Plan and is employed by Hanesbrands Inc. or a Sara Lee Corporation division listed on Exhibit A on the Effective Date;

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(b)

 

any participant who (i) has an account in the Sara Lee Plan on the Effective Date, and (ii) after the Effective Date but before the Spin-Off Date is transferred from employment with Sara Lee Corporation (or a subsidiary) to employment as an Eligible Employee of Hanesbrands Inc. or of a Sara Lee Corporation division listed on Exhibit A; and

 

 

(c)

 

any participant in the Sara Lee Plan who was not employed by any controlled group member of Sara Lee Corporation on the Effective Date but who was last employed by Hanesbrands Inc., the Sara Lee Branded Apparel division of Sara Lee Corporation, or a Sara Lee Corporation division listed in Exhibit A.”

2.67 Trust Agreement

     “Trust Agreement” means the Hanesbrands Inc. Retirement Savings Plan Trust, which implements and forms a part of the Plan.

2.68 Trust Fund

     “Trust Fund” means all assets held or acquired by the Trustee in accordance with the Plan and the Trust.

2.69 Trustees

     “Trustees” mean the person or persons appointed to act as Trustees under the Trust Agreement.

2.70 Year of Service

     “Year of Service” means an Employee’s continuous employment by one or more of the Employers or other Controlled Group Members for the twelve (12) month period beginning on the Employee’s date of hire or on any anniversary of that date, subject to the provisions of Subsection 12.01 and the following:

 

(a)

 

A period of concurrent Service with two (2) or more of the Employers and the other Controlled Group Members will be considered as employment with only one of them during that period.

 

 

(b)

 

If an Employee is on a Leave of Absence authorized by his or her Employer, his or her period of continuous employment shall include such Leave of Absence, except for any portion thereof for which he or she is not granted rights as to reemployment by an Employer or a Controlled Group Member under any applicable statute.

 

 

(c)

 

If and to the extent the Committee so provides, part or all of the last continuous period of employment of an Employee with an Employer or any Predecessor

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Company prior to the date of coverage hereunder shall be included in determining Years of Service; except that:

 

(i)

 

All service of a Transferred Participant that was recognized under the Sara Lee Plan as of the Effective Date shall be recognized and taken into account under the Plan to the same extent as if such service had been completed under the Plan, subject to any applicable break in service rules under the Sara Lee Plan and the Plan.

 

 

(ii)

 

If an individual (A) was previously employed by the Sara Lee Corporation (referred to as the “prior employers” for purposes of this Subparagraph), and (B) subsequently becomes an Employee of an Employer or a Controlled Group Member; all of the individual’s service with the prior employers shall be recognized and taken into account under the Plan to the same extent as if such service had been completed under the Plan, subject to any applicable break in service rules under the applicable prior employer’s plans and the Plan.

 

 

(d)

 

The foregoing provisions of this Subsection shall not be applied so as to allow an Employee to become a Participant in the Plan prior to the Employee’s actual employment by an Employer and his or her becoming a member of a Covered Group of Employees.

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SECTION 3

Participation

3.01 Eligibility to Participate

 

(a)

 

Eligible Participants .

 

(i)

 

Each Transferred Participant shall become a Participant on the Effective Date or, if later, on the date of a transfer of employment described in Subparagraph 2.66(b), subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan. Each other Eligible Employee hired prior to January 1, 2008 shall become a Participant on the first date of the first payroll period following the date he or she attains age twenty-one (21) or on January 1, 2008, if earlier; except that Eligible Employees hired prior to January 1, 2008 and described in Supplement B to the Plan shall become Participants on their dates of hire without regard to their then attained age. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Eligible Employee hired prior to January 1, 2008 must have attained age twenty-one (21) before becoming eligible for Annual Company Contributions provided under Subsection 5.02. An Eligible Employee may become a Participant only if he or she is a member of a Covered Group.

 

 

(ii)

 

Each Eligible Employee hired on or after January 1, 2008 shall become a Participant as follows:

 

 

(A)

 

With respect to Before-Tax Contributions, Catch-Up Contributions, and Matching Contributions, immediately following the date the Eligible Employee has completed at least 30 days of Service; and

 

 

(B)

 

With respect to Annual Company Contributions, upon his or her date of hire as an Eligible Employee or the date he or she attains age twenty-one (21), if later;

 

 

 

in each case, provided the Eligible Employee is then a member of a Covered Group.”

 

 

(b)

 

Special Participation Rules . Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, the following special participation rules shall apply:

 

(i)

 

“Participants” only for purposes of Subsection 4.04. For purposes of transferred amounts or Rollover Contributions made pursuant to Subsection 4.04, the term “Participant” shall include an Employee of an Employer who is not yet a Participant in the Plan, but such “Participant”

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may not make Before-Tax Contributions or receive any Employer Contributions before satisfying the requirements of this Section.

 

 

(ii)

 

Transfer Between Covered Groups . In the event an Employee or Participant transfers employment from one Covered Group to a different Covered Group that is not eligible for the same contributions and benefits under the Plan, such individual shall be treated as terminating employment and simultaneously being reemployed under Subsection 12.01 solely for purposes of determining his or her eligibility for contributions and benefits under the Plan during his or her employment with the new Covered Group.

 

 

(iii)

 

Inactive Transferred Participants . Transferred Participants who are not actively employed by an Employer in a Covered Group shall be treated as terminated or restricted participants under Subsection 7.02 of the Plan.

3.02 Covered Group

     Designation of a Covered Group when made by the Company shall be effected by action of the Committee or by a person or persons authorized by said Committee. Designation of a Covered Group when made by any other Employer shall be effected by action of that Employer’s Board of Directors or a person or persons so authorized by that Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employees who are or who become members of a group or class of Employees included in a collective bargaining unit covered by a collective bargaining agreement between an Employer and the collective bargaining representative of such Employees and who, as a consequence of good faith bargaining between the Employer and such representative, are excluded from participation in the Plan shall not be considered as belonging to a Covered Group.

3.03 Leave of Absence

     A Leave of Absence will not interrupt continuity of participation in the Plan. Leaves of Absence will be granted under an Employer’s rules applied uniformly to all Participants similarly situated. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, (i) contributions, benefits, and service credit with respect to qualified military service will be provided in accordance with Section 414(u) of the Code, and (ii) in the case of a Participant who dies while performing qualified military service (as defined in Section 414(u) of the Code) on or after January 1, 2007, the survivors of the Participant will be entitled to any benefits (other than benefit accruals relating to the period of qualified military service) provided under the plan had the Participant resumed and then terminated employment on account of death. In any case where a Participant is on a Leave of Absence or is a Totally Disabled Participant and his or her employment with an Employer and its Subsidiaries is terminated for any other reason, then his or her employment with the Employers for purposes of the Plan will be considered terminated on the same date and for the same reason.

3.04 Leased Employees

     A Leased Employee shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan. The period during which a Leased Employee performs services for an Employer shall be taken into account for purposes of Subsection 10.01 of the Plan, unless (a) such Leased Employee is a participant in a money purchase pension plan maintained by the leasing organization which provides a non-integrated employer contribution rate of at least 10 percent (10%) of compensation, immediate

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participation for all employees and full and immediate vesting, and (b) Leased Employees do not constitute more than 20 percent (20%) of the Employers’ nonhighly compensated workforce.

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SECTION 4

Before-Tax Contributions

4.01 Before-Tax Contributions

 

(a)

 

Before-Tax Contribution Election . Each full-time and part-time, exempt and non-exempt salaried or hourly Participant may elect to defer a portion of his or her Compensation for any Plan Year by electing to have a percentage (in multiples of one percent (1%) not to exceed fifty percent (50%)) of his or her Compensation contributed to the Plan on his or her behalf by his or her Employer as Before-Tax Contributions. A Participant may elect to make such Before-Tax Contributions beginning as soon as administratively possible following the date he or she becomes a Participant, subject to Subparagraph (b) below. Notwithstanding any Plan provision to the contrary, a Participant may make a Before-Tax Contribution election only with respect to amounts that are compensation within the meaning of Code Section 415 and Treasury Regulations Section 1.415(c)-2.

 

 

(b)

 

Automatic Deferral Election . Notwithstanding Subparagraph (a) above, each Participant as of January 1, 2008 who has not previously made an affirmative election under the Plan and each individual who becomes an Eligible Employee on or after January 1, 2008 will be deemed to have automatically elected to have four percent (4%) of his or her Compensation contributed to the Plan as Before-Tax Contributions beginning on January 1, 2008 or as soon as administratively possible after the Eligible Employee becomes a Participant under Subparagraph 3.01(a), if later. Each such Participant’s deferral percentage shall increase automatically by one percent (1%) each Plan Year thereafter, up to six percent (6%) of Compensation; provided, however, that the automatic deferral percentage for an Eligible Employee who becomes a Participant during the last three months of a Plan Year shall not increase until the beginning of the second Plan Year following his or her participation date; and further provided that automatic increases under this Subparagraph shall not apply once a Participant has made an affirmative election to change his or her deferral percentage, including an affirmative election to cease all deferrals. Prior to the date an automatic deferral election is effective, the Committee shall provide the Eligible Employee with a notice that explains the automatic deferral feature, the Eligible Employee’s right to elect not to have his or her Compensation automatically reduced and contributed to the Plan or to have another percentage contributed, and the procedure for making an alternate election. An automatic deferral election shall be treated for all purposes of the Plan as a voluntary deferral election.

 

 

(c)

 

Reduction of Compensation . Before-Tax Contributions shall be made by a reduction of such items of the Participant’s Compensation as each Employer shall determine (on a uniform basis) for each payroll period by the applicable percentage (not to exceed the maximum percentage determined by the Committee for any payroll period). The amount deferred by a Participant will be withheld

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from the Participant’s Compensation and contributed to the Plan on the Participant’s behalf by the Participant’s Employer in accordance with Subsection 5.01.

4.02 Catch-Up Contributions

     A Participant who has attained age fifty (50) years (or will attain age fifty (50) years by the end of the Plan Year) may elect to defer an additional amount of Compensation as Before-Tax Contributions for such Plan Year in accordance with and subject to the limitations of Section 414(v) of the Code (“Catch-Up Contributions”). Before-Tax Contributions shall not include Catch-Up Contributions for purposes of implementing the required limitations of Code Sections 401(k), 402(g), and 415 contained in Subsections 6.01, 6.03, and 6.05, respectively.

4.03 Change in Election

     Each Participant who has made an election for any Plan Year pursuant to Subsection 4.01 or 4.02 (if applicable) may subsequently make an election to discontinue the deferral of his or her Compensation (but not retroactively) as of the beginning of any payroll period. If a Participant discontinues his or her deferrals, he or she may subsequently elect under Subsection 4.01 or 4.02 (if applicable) to have a deferral resumed as of any subsequent payroll period. A Participant also may elect to change (but not retroactively) the rate of his or her Tax-Deferred Contributions and the amount of his or her Catch-Up Contributions (if applicable) as of the beginning of any payroll period, within the limits specified in Subsection 4.01 and 4.02 (if applicable). Elections under this Subsection shall be made in such manner and in accordance with such rules as the Committee determines. If the Committee in its discretion determines that elections under this Subsection shall be made in a manner other than in writing, any Participant who makes an election pursuant to such method may receive written confirmation of such election; further, any such election and confirmation will be the equivalent of a writing for all purposes.

4.04 Direct Transfers and Rollovers

     The Committee in its discretion may direct the Trustee to accept:

 

(a)

 

From a trustee or insurance company a direct transfer (or an Eligible Rollover Distribution) of a Participant’s benefit (or portion thereof) under any other Eligible Retirement Plan;

 

 

(b)

 

From a Participant as a Rollover Contribution an amount (or portion thereof) received by the Participant as an Eligible Rollover Distribution from another Eligible Retirement Plan; or

 

 

(c)

 

From a Participant as a Rollover Contribution the entire amount received by the Participant as a distribution from an individual retirement account or an individual retirement annuity where such amount is attributable to a rollover contribution of a qualified total distribution pursuant to Section 408(d)(3)(A) of the Code;

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provided, however, that any such Rollover Contribution made by a Participant shall be in cash only and comply with the provisions of the Code and the rules and regulations thereunder applicable to tax-free rollovers and shall be exclusive of after-tax employee contributions. If after a Rollover Contribution has been made the Committee learns that such contribution did not meet those provisions, the Committee may direct the Trustee to make a distribution to the Participant of the entire amount of the Rollover Contribution received. Any amount so transferred or contributed to the Trustee will be credited to the Account of the Participant as determined by the Committee. If any portion of a Participant’s benefits under the Plan is attributable to amounts which were transferred to the Plan, directly or indirectly (but not in a direct rollover as defined in Section 401(a)(31) of the Code), from a Plan which is subject to the requirements of Section 401(a)(11) of the Code, then the provisions of said Section 401(a)(11) shall apply to the benefits of such Participant. The Committee in its discretion may direct the Trustee to transfer Account balances of a group or class of Participants, by means of a trust-to-trust transfer, to the trustee (or insurance company) of any other individual account, profit sharing or stock bonus plan intended to meet the requirements of Section 401(a) of the Code.

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SECTION 5

Employer Contributions

5.01 Before-Tax Contributions

     Subject to the limitations of this SECTION 5, the Employers will contribute to the Trustee on behalf of each Participant the amount of such Participant’s Before-Tax Contributions under Subsection 4.01. Such Before-Tax Contributions shall be paid to the Trustee as soon as practicable after being withheld, but no later than the fifteenth (15th) business day of the next following month, and allocated to Participants’ Current Year Before-Tax Contribution Subaccounts.

5.02 Annual Company Contribution

     For that portion of the first Plan Year that follows the Spin-Off Date and for each Plan Year thereafter, the Employers shall contribute to the Plan as follows:

 

(a)

 

For Participants who are exempt and non-exempt salaried employees, an amount determined by the Company each year in its discretion, which amount shall not be in excess of four percent (4%) of such Participants’ Compensation for that portion of the Plan Year during which he or she was a salaried employee and a Participant in the Plan.

 

 

(b)

 

For Participants who are hourly, non-union employees or are New York-based sample department union Employees, an amount determined by the Company each year in its discretion, which amount shall not be in excess of two percent (2%) of such Participants’ Compensation for that portion of the Plan Year during which he or she was an hourly employee and a Participant in the Plan.

     For 2006, the Employers shall make an additional contribution on behalf of each Participant who is an exempt or non-exempt salaried employee. Such contribution shall equal two percent (2%) of the Participant’s Compensation for that portion of the period beginning on January 1, 2006 (or the date the Participant was transferred to employment with Hanesbrands Inc. or a Sara Lee Corporation division listed on Exhibit A, if later) and ending on the Spin-Off Date during which the Participant was a salaried employee; provided that no contribution shall be made with respect to any period during which the employee was not a participant in the Plan or the Sara Lee Plan. For purposes of determining the amount of a Participant’s contributions under this Subsection 5.02 for 2006, the Code Section 401(a)(17)(B) limit shall be applied to the sum of the Participant’s Compensation paid from the Company and the Sara Lee Corporation during that year.

     Annual Company Contributions under this Subsection 5.02 to be made for Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 2008 shall be funded in either cash or shares of Hanesbrands Stock (which may be shares purchased in the open market or authorized-but-unissued shares), as determined by the Committee. If shares of Hanesbrands Stock are contributed, they shall be valued for allocation purposes at their Fair Market Value as of the date of allocation. The Annual Company Contributions under this Subsection 5.02 shall be immediately invested in accordance with the Participant’s current investment election. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Participants shall be eligible to receive a contribution under this Subsection only if they are employed with the Employer on the last day of the Plan Year (and for this purpose, any Participant who is employed on the last business day of the Plan Year shall be considered to be

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employed on the last day of the Plan Year), or if their employment ended during the Plan Year as a result of retirement (Separation Date after age fifty-five (55) with ten (10) Years of Service, or after age sixty-five (65)), death or Total Disability.

5.03 Matching Contributions

 

(a)

 

As of the end of each quarter (or on a more frequent basis as determined by the Employers), the Employers will make a Matching Contribution on behalf of each Participant equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Participant’s Before-Tax Contributions (including Catch-Up Contributions) made since the last Employer Matching Contribution that do not exceed four percent (4%) of the Participant’s Compensation.

 

 

(b)

 

As of the end of each Plan Year, a ‘true up’ Matching Contribution for each Participant who did not receive the full Matching Contribution under Subparagraph (a) for the Plan Year based on the amount of his or her Before-Tax Contributions (including Catch-Up Contributions) for such Plan Year. Such true up Matching Contribution will be equal to the difference between the Matching Contribution actually made on behalf of such Participant for the Plan Year under Subparagraph (a), and the full Matching Contribution that the Participant would have been entitled to receive under Subparagraph (a) for the Plan Year if such Matching Contributions were determined as of the end of the Plan Year instead of on a quarterly (or more frequent) basis.

 

 

(c)

 

Matching Contributions for Plan Years beginning in 2009 shall be made in either cash or shares of Hanesbrands Stock (which may be shares purchased in the open market or authorized-but-unissued shares), as determined by the Committee. If shares of Hanesbrands Stock are contributed, they shall be valued for allocation purposes at their Fair Market Value as of the date of allocation. The Matching Contributions under this Subsection 5.03 shall be immediately invested in accordance with the Participant’s current investment election.

5.04 Transition Contribution

     Subject to the conditions and limitations of the Plan, solely for the Plan Year ending on December 31, 2006, for any Participant who, on January 1, 2006:

 

(a)

 

Was an exempt or non-exempt salaried employee of Sara Lee Corporation’s Branded Apparel division; and

 

 

(b)

 

Had attained age fifty (50) and completed ten (10) Years of Service; and

who is not eligible for a transition credit allocation under the Hanesbrands Inc. Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan (the “SERP”) (other than the salaried employee transition credit set forth in Subsection 2.32 of the SERP); the Employers shall contribute, in cash, to the Annual Company Contribution Account of such Participant an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of such eligible Participant’s Compensation for calendar year 2006 (including Compensation paid prior to the Effective Date); provided, however, that Participants shall be eligible to receive a contribution under this Subsection only if they are employed on the last business day of the Plan Year(and for this purpose, any Participant who is employed on the last business day of the Plan Year shall be considered to be employed on the last day of the Plan Year), or if their employment ended during the Plan Year as a result of retirement (Separation Date after age fifty-five (55) with ten (10) Years of Service, or after age sixty-five (65)), death or Total Disability.

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5.05 Allocation of Annual Company Contribution

     The amount of the contribution made by the Employers for each Plan Year pursuant to Subsection 5.02 for each eligible Participant in the amounts specified in Subparagraph 5.02(a) or 5.02(b) as the case may be, shall be allocated to each such Participant’s Annual Company Contribution Account as of the last day of the Plan Year.

5.06 Payment of Matching Contributions

     Matching Contributions under Subparagraph 5.03(a) of the Plan for any Plan Year shall be made each calendar quarter (or on a more frequent basis as determined by the Employers) based on the matchable Before-Tax Contributions that have been posted to the Participant’s Accounts for such period. Matching Contributions under Subparagraph 5.03(b) of the Plan for any Plan Year shall be made as soon as practicable after the end of the Plan Year.

5.07 Allocation of Matching Contributions

     Subject to Subsections 6.02 and 6.05, the Matching Contribution under Subparagraph 5.03(a) shall be allocated and credited to the Current Year Matching Contribution Subaccounts of those Participants entitled to share in such Matching Contributions, pro rata, according to the matchable Before-Tax Contributions made by them, respectively, during that period and posted to the Participants’ Current Year Before-Tax Contribution Subaccount as of such Accounting Date. Matching Contributions under Subparagraph 5.03(b) of the Plan for any Plan Year shall be similarly allocated and credited as soon as practicable after the end of the Plan Year.

5.08 Payment of Employer Contributions

     In no event shall any Employer Contribution required to be made to the Plan for any Plan Year under this SECTION 5 be contributed later than the time prescribed by law for filing the Employer’s federal income tax return for such year, including extensions thereof.

5.09 Limitations on Employer Contributions

     The Employers’ total contribution for a Plan Year is conditioned on its deductibility under Section 404 of the Code in that year, and shall comply with the contribution limitations set forth in Subsection 6.05 and the allocation limitations contained in Subsections 6.01 and 5.04 of the Plan, and shall not exceed an amount equal to the maximum amount deductible on account thereof by the Employers for that year for purposes of federal taxes on income.

5.10 Verification of Employer Contributions

     If for any reason the Employer decides to verify the correctness of any amount or calculation relating to its contribution for any Plan Year, the certificate of an independent

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accountant selected by the Employer as to the correctness of any such amount or calculation shall be conclusive on all persons.

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SECTION 6

Contribution Limits

6.01 Actual Deferral Percentage Limitations

     In no event shall the Actual Deferral Percentage of the Highly Compensated Employees for any Plan Year exceed the greater of the:

 

(a)

 

Actual Deferral Percentage of all other Eligible Employees for the Plan Year multiplied by 1.25; or

 

 

(b)

 

Actual Deferral Percentage of all other Eligible Employees for the Plan Year multiplied by 2.0; provided that the Actual Deferral Percentage of the Highly Compensated Employees does not exceed that of all other Eligible Employees by more than two (2) percentage points.

     From time to time during the Plan Year, the Committee shall determine whether the limitation of this Subsection will be satisfied and, to the extent necessary to ensure compliance with such limitation, may limit the Before-Tax Contributions to be withheld on behalf of Highly Compensated Employees or may refund Before-Tax Contributions previously withheld. If, at the end of the Plan Year, the limitation of this Subsection is not satisfied, the Committee shall refund Before-Tax Contributions previously withheld on behalf of Highly Compensated Employees. If Before-Tax Contributions made on behalf of Highly Compensated Employees must be refunded to satisfy the limitation of this Subsection, the Committee shall determine the amount of Excess Contributions and shall refund such amount on the basis of the Highly Compensated Employees’ contribution amounts, beginning with the highest such contribution amounts. Excess Contributions previously withheld (and any income allocable thereto determined in accordance with Subsection 6.04) may be distributed within two and one-half (2- 1 / 2 ) months after the close of the Plan Year to which such Excess Contributions relate, but in any event no later than the end of the Plan Year following the Plan Year in which such Excess Contributions were made. Matching Contributions attributable to Excess Contributions shall be treated as Forfeitures under Subsection 10.06. For Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2008, the Plan shall satisfy the nondiscrimination requirements of Code Section 401(k) in accordance with the safe harbor method based on Matching Contributions, as described in Code Section 401(k)(13)(D), and the foregoing provisions of this Subsection shall be inapplicable.

6.02 Limitation on Matching Contributions

     In no event shall the Contribution Percentage of the Highly Compensated Employees for any Plan Year exceed the greater of the:

 

(a)

 

Contribution Percentage of all other Eligible Employees for the Plan Year multiplied by 1.25; or

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(b)

 

Contribution Percentage of all other Eligible Employees for the Plan Year multiplied by two (2.0); provided that the Contribution Percentage of such Highly Compensated Employees does not exceed that of all other Participants by more than two (2) percentage points.

     From time to time during the Plan Year, the Committee shall determine whether the limitation of this Subsection will be satisfied and, to the extent necessary to ensure compliance with such limitation, shall refund a portion of the Matching Contributions previously credited to Highly Compensated Employees. If Matching Contributions made on behalf of Highly Compensated Employees must be refunded to satisfy the limitation of this Subsection, the Committee shall determine the amount of Excess Matching Contributions and shall refund such amount on the basis of the Highly Compensated Employees’ contribution amounts, beginning with the highest such contribution amounts. At the Committee’s discretion, if the Excess Matching Contributions are attributable to non-vested Matching Contributions, such Excess Matching Contributions may be forfeited in accordance with Subsection 10.06 and applied in the same manner as any other Forfeiture under the Plan. Excess Matching Contributions previously credited (and any income allocable thereto determined in accordance with Subsection 6.04) may be distributed or forfeited within twelve (12) months after the close of the Plan Year to which such Excess Matching Contributions relate, but in any event no later than the end of the Plan Year following the Plan Year in which such Excess Matching Contributions were made. For Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2008, the Plan shall satisfy the nondiscrimination requirements of Code Section 401(m) in accordance with the safe harbor method based on Matching Contributions, as described in Code Section 401(m)(12), and the foregoing provisions of this Subsection shall be inapplicable.

6.03 Dollar Limitation

     Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection 6.01, no Participant shall make a Before-Tax Contribution election which will result in his or her Elective Deferrals for any calendar year exceeding $15,000 (or such greater amount as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Treasury to take into account cost-of-living increases pursuant to Code Section 402(g)), except to the extent permitted with respect to Catch-Up Contributions, if applicable. If a Participant’s total Elective Deferrals under this Plan and any other plan of another employer for any calendar year exceed the annual dollar limit prescribed above, the Participant may notify the Committee, in writing on or before March 1 of the next following calendar year, of his or her election to have all or a portion of such Excess Deferrals (and the income allocable thereto determined in accordance with Subsection 6.04) allocated under this Plan and distributed in accordance with this Subsection. In such event, or in the event that the Committee otherwise becomes aware of any Excess Deferrals, the Committee shall, without regard to any other provision of the Plan, direct the Trustee to distribute to the Participant by the following April 15 the Participant’s Excess Deferrals (and any income attributable thereto determined in accordance with Subsection 6.04) so allocated under the Plan. Distributions to be made in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be made as soon as is practicable following receipt by the Committee of written notification of Excess Deferrals, and the Committee shall make every effort to meet the April 15 distribution deadline for all written notifications received by the preceding March 1.

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     The amount of such Excess Deferrals distributed to a Participant in accordance with this Subsection shall be treated as a contribution for purposes of the limitations referred to under Subsection 6.05, and shall continue to be treated as Before-Tax Contributions for purposes of the Actual Deferral Percentage test described in Subsection 6.01; however, Excess Deferrals by non-Highly Compensated Employees shall not be taken into account under Subsection 6.01 to the extent such Excess Deferrals are made under this Plan or any other plan maintained by an Employer or Controlled Group Member. In addition, any Matching Contributions attributable to amounts distributed under this Subsection (and any income allocable thereto determined in accordance with Subsection 6.04) shall be forfeited in accordance with Subsection 10.06.

6.04

 

Allocation of Earnings to Distributions of Excess Deferrals, Excess Contributions and Excess Matching Contributions

     The earnings allocable to distributions of Excess Deferrals under Subsection 6.03, Excess Contributions under Subsection 6.01, and Excess Matching Contributions under Subsection 6.02 shall be determined by multiplying the earnings attributable to the applicable excess amounts (for the calendar and/or Plan Year, whichever is applicable) by a fraction, the numerator of which is the applicable excess amount, and the denominator of which is the balance attributable to such contributions in the Participant’s Account or Accounts, as of the beginning of such year, plus the contributions allocated to the applicable account for such year. Gap period income ( i.e., income allocable to Excess Contributions and Excess Matching Contributions for the period after the close of the Plan Year and prior to the distribution) shall be allocated as described in Treasury Regulation Sections 1.401(k)-2(b)(2)(iv) and 1.401(m)-2(b)(iv). Gap period income ( i.e., income allocable to Excess Deferrals, Excess Contributions and Excess Matching Contributions for the period after the close of the Plan Year and prior to the distribution) shall be allocated as described in Treasury Regulation Sections 1.402(g)-1(e)(5), 1.401(k)-2(b)(2)(iv) and 1.401(m)-2(b)(2)(iv), respectively.

6.05 Contribution Limitations

     For each Limitation Year, the Annual Addition to a Participant’s Accounts under the Plan and under any other defined contribution plan maintained by any Employer shall not exceed the lesser of $45,000 (as adjusted for cost-of-living increases under Code Section 415(d)) or 100% of the Participant’s compensation for the Limitation Year. For purposes of this Subsection 6.05, “compensation” for a Limitation Year means a Participant’s compensation within the meaning of Code Section 415(c)(3) and Treasury Regulations Section 1.415(c)-2(b) and (c) that is actually paid or made available during the Limitation Year, subject to the following:

 

(a)

 

Compensation shall include elective amounts that are not includible in the gross income of the Participant by reason of Code Sections 125, 132(f) and 402(g)(3).

 

 

(b)

 

Compensation for a Limitation Year shall include compensation paid by the later of 2-1/2 months after a Participant’s severance from employment with the Employers or the end of the Limitation Year that includes the date of the Participant’s severance from employment with the Employers, if:

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(i)

 

The payment is regular compensation for services during the Participant’s regular working hours, or compensation for services outside the Participant’s regular working hours (such as overtime or shift differential), commissions, bonuses, or other similar payments, and absent a severance from employment, the payments would have been paid to the Participant while the Participant continued in employment with the Employers; or

 

 

(ii)

 

The payment is for unused accrued bona fide sick, vacation or other leave that the Participant would have been able to use if employment had continued.

Any payment not described above shall not be considered compensation if paid


 
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