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EXHIBIT 10.9
LSI INDUSTRIES INC. RETIREMENT PLAN
(Restated as of July 1,
2011)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
1 INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE
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1-1
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1.1
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Amendment and
Restatement.
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1-1
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1.2
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Purpose of the
Plan.
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1-1
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ARTICLE
2 DEFINITIONS
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2-1
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2.1
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“Account”
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2-1
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2.2
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“Accounting Date”
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2-1
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2.3
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“Actual
Deferral Percentage”
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2-1
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2.4
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“Adjusted
Compensation”
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2-1
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2.5
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“Administrator”
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2-1
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2.6
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“Adoption
Agreement”
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2-2
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2.7
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“Affiliate”
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2-2
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2.8
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“Annual
Earnings”
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2-2
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2.9
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“Annual
Employer Contribution Account”
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2-3
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2.10
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“Beneficiary”
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2-3
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2.11
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“Board” or “Board of
Directors”
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2-3
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2.12
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“Code”
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2-3
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2.13
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“Committee”
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2-3
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2.14
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“Company”
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2-3
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2.15
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“Dependent”
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2-3
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2.16
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“Determination Date”
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2-4
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2.17
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“Determination Period”
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2-4
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2.18
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“Disability”
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2-4
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2.19
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“Effective Date”
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2-4
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2.20
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“Employee”
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2-4
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2.21
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“Employer”.
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2-5
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2.22
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“Employer-Approved Leave of
Absence”
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2-5
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2.23
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“Entry
Date”.
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2-5
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2.24
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“ERISA”
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2-5
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2.25
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“Excess
Earnings”
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2-5
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2.26
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“Five-Percent Owner”
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2-5
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2.27
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“Highly
Compensated Employee”
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2-5
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2.28
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“Hour of
Service”
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2-6
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2.29
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“Key
Employee”
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2-7
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2.30
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“Leased
Employee”
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2-7
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2.31
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“Non-Highly Compensated
Employee”
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2-7
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2.32
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“Normal
Retirement Age”
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2-7
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2.33
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“Participant”
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2-7
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2.34
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“Plan”
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2-7
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2.35
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“Plan
Assets”
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2-7
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2.36
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“Plan
Year”
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2-7
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2.37
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“Present
Value”
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2-7
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2.38
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“Prior
Plan”.
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2-7
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2.39
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“Profit
Sharing Contribution Account”
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2-7
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2.40
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“Rollover
Account”
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2-7
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2.41
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“Section
401(k) Contribution Account”
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2-7
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2.42
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“Severance”
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2-8
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2.43
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“Six
Consecutive Months”
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2-8
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2.44
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“Surviving Spouse”.
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2-8
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2.45
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“Top-Heavy Plan”
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2-8
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2.46
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“Top-Heavy Ratio”
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2-8
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2.47
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“Trust”.
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2-9
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2.48
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“Trustee”
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2-9
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2.49
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“Valuation Date”
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2-9
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2.50
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“Vesting
Years”.
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2-9
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ARTICLE
3 ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
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3-1
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3.1
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Eligibility and
Participation.
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3-1
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3.2
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Participants in
the Prior Plan.
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3-1
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3.3
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Absences and
Severances of Less Than 12 Months.
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3-1
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3.4
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Reemployment of
Former Participant.
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3-1
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ARTICLE
4 CONTRIBUTIONS AND ALLOCATION
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4-1
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4.1
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Section 401(k)
Contributions.
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4-1
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4.2
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Profit Sharing
Contributions.
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4-4
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4.3
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Annual Employer
Contributions.
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4-5
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4.4
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Minimum
Contribution for Top-Heavy Years.
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4-6
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4.5
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Return of
Contributions by the Employer.
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4-6
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4.6
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Catch-up
Contributions.
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4-7
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4.7
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Participant
After-Tax Contributions.
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4-7
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4.8
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Rollover
Contributions.
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4-7
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4.9
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Reemployment of
Veterans.
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4-8
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ARTICLE
5 LIMITATIONS ON ANNUAL ADDITIONS
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5-1
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5.1
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Definitions.
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5-1
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5.2
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Limitation on
Annual Additions.
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5-4
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5.3
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Limitation in
Case of Defined Benefit Plan and Defined Contribution Plan for the
Same Employee.
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5-6
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ARTICLE
6 VESTING AND FORFEITURES
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6-1
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6.1
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Vesting
Provisions.
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6-1
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6.2
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Allocation of
Forfeitures.
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6-3
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6.3
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Vesting Upon
Termination or Partial Termination of the Plan or Discontinuance of
Contributions.
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6-3
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6.4
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Unclaimed
Account Procedure.
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6-3
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ARTICLE
7 INVESTMENT OF ACCOUNTS
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7-1
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7.1
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Funding Policy
and Method.
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7-1
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7.2
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Funding
Policy.
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7-1
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7.3
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Investment
Elections.
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7-1
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7.4
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Investment
Adjustment.
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7-1
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7.5
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Insurance.
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7-1
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7.6
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Loans.
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7-1
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ARTICLE
8 WITHDRAWALS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
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8-1
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8.1
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Withdrawals
from Section 401(k) Contribution Account, Annual Employer
Contribution Account and Profit Sharing Contribution
Account.
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8-1
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8.2
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Withdrawals
from Rollover Account.
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8-1
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8.3
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Events of
Distribution to Participants.
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8-1
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8.4
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Amount of
Payment.
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8-1
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8.5
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Time of Payment
to a Participant.
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8-2
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8.6
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New Minimum
Distribution Requirements.
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8-3
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8.7
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Restrictions on
Section 401(k) Withdrawals and Distributions.
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8-6
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ARTICLE
9 FORM OF PAYMENT TO PARTICIPANTS
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9-1
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9.1
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General.
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9-1
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9.2
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Qualified Joint
and Survivor Annuity.
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9-1
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9.3
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Incidental
Benefits.
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9-3
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9.4
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Distribution
Periods.
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9-4
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9.5
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Minimum
Distribution.
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9-6
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9.6
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Life
Expectancy.
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9-7
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9.7
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Transitional
Rule.
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9-7
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9.8
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Direct
Rollover.
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9-8
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ARTICLE
10 DEATH BENEFITS
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10-1
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10.1
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Preretirement
Survivor Annuity.
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10-1
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10.2
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Balance of
Death Benefit.
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10-3
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ARTICLE
11 THE COMMITTEE
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11-1
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11.1
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Committee.
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11-1
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11.2
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Membership.
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11-1
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11.3
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Rules and
Regulations.
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11-1
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11.4
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Powers.
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11-1
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11.5
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Action of the
Committee.
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11-2
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11.6
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Miscellaneous
Administration Provisions.
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11-2
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11.7
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Initial Claims
Procedure.
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11-3
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11.8
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Claim Review
Procedure.
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11-4
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ARTICLE
12 AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
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12-1
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12.1
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Amendment and
Termination.
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12-1
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12.2
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Distribution of
Plan Assets Upon Termination of the Plan.
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12-2
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ARTICLE
13 EXTENSION OF PLAN
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13-1
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13.1
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Adoption by
Affiliate.
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13-1
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ARTICLE
14 TOP-HEAVY RULES
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14-1
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14.1
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Definitions.
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14-1
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14.2
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Limitation on
Earnings.
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14-3
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14.3
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Minimum
Contribution.
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14-3
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14.4
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Limitations on
Benefits.
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14-3
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14.5
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Modification of
Top-Heavy Rules.
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14-4
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ARTICLE
15 MISCELLANEOUS
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15-1
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15.1
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Construction.
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15-1
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15.2
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Assignment or
Alienation of Benefits.
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15-1
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15.3
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Data.
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15-1
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15.4
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Employment
Relationship.
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15-1
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15.5
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Merger or
Transfer of Plan Assets.
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15-2
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15.6
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Incompetency or
Disability.
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15-2
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15.7
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Nontransferability of Annuities.
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15-2
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15.8
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Governing
Law.
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15-2
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15.9
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Severability.
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15-2
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15.10
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Death Benefits
Under USERRA-Qualified Active Military Service.
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15-2
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ARTICLE 1
INTRODUCTION AND
PURPOSE
1.1
Amendment and Restatement . LSI Industries, Inc. hereby
restates the LSI Industries Inc. Retirement Plan in its entirety,
effective as of July 1, 2011, in this document as the Plan and in
the accompanying LSI Industries Inc. Retirement Trust; provided,
however, such other effective dates as are specified in the Plan
for particular provisions shall be applicable. This
restatement incorporates all amendments made to the Plan prior to
the date of the restatement.
1.2
Purpose of the Plan . The purpose of the Plan is to provide
retirement and other benefits for Participants and their respective
beneficiaries. Except as otherwise provided by Section
5.2 and by law, the assets of the Plan shall be held for the
exclusive purpose of providing benefits to Participants and their
beneficiaries and defraying reasonable expenses of administering
the Plan, and it shall be impossible for any part of the assets or
income of the Plan to be used for, or diverted to, purposes other
than such exclusive purposes. In accordance with section
401(a)(27) of the Code, the Plan is hereby designated
as a profit sharing plan.
ARTICLE 2
DEFINITIONS
As used in the Plan, the following terms, when
capitalized, shall have the following meanings, except when
otherwise indicated by the context:
2.1 “Account”
means a Participant’s allocable share of the Plan
Assets. A Participant’s Account may include one or
more of the following subaccounts: Annual Employer Contribution
Account; Profit Sharing Contribution Account; Section 401(k)
Contribution Account; and Rollover Account.
2.2 “Accounting
Date” means each day that the New York Stock Exchange is
open.
2.3
(a) “Actual
Deferral Percentage” for a group of Participants for a Plan
Year is the average of the ratios, calculated separately for each
such Employee in such group, of:
(1) the
amounts contributed on behalf of each such Employee to the Plan for
such Plan Year under Section 4.1 to
(2) the
Employee’s Adjusted Compensation for such Plan
Year.
(b) If
the Plan satisfies the requirements of sections 401(k), 401(a)(4)
or 410(b) of the Code only if aggregated with one or more other
plans, or if one or more other plans satisfy such requirements only
if aggregated with this Plan, then such other plans shall be
aggregated with this Plan for purposes of computing the Actual
Deferral Percentages and for determining whether the
nondiscrimination rules of Section 4.1(b) currently
are satisfied. Plans may be aggregated hereunder only if
they have the same plan year. If such aggregation
applies, the other plans must use a testing method consistent with
this Plan.
(c) For
purposes of computing the separate ratio under (a) above for any
Highly Compensated Employee, all cash or deferred arrangements
under section 401(k) of the Code of the Employer (and other
employers taken into account under section 414 of the Code) in
which such Highly Compensated Employee is a participant, shall be
treated as one cash or deferred arrangement under section 401(k) of
the Code. If such arrangements have different plan
years, this provision shall be applied by treating all such
arrangements ending with or within the same calendar year as a
single arrangement.
2.4 “Adjusted
Compensation” means Section 415 Compensation (as defined in
Section 5.1(g)) plus elective or salary reduction amounts which are
excludable from gross income under sections 125, 402(a)(8), 402(h),
403(b) or 132(f) of the Code.
2.5 “Administrator”
or “Plan Administrator” means the individual, committee
or entity appointed as such by the Board, provided that if none is
so appointed, then it means the Employer.
2.6 “Adoption
Agreement” means the written instrument evidencing the
adoption of the Plan by an Affiliate, pursuant to Article 13 of the
Plan. The instrument shall be executed by the adopting
Employer and the Company. The Adoption Agreement may
specify provisions applicable to Employees of the adopting Employer
which vary from the other provisions of the Plan. The
Adoption Agreement shall be considered part of the Plan
document.
2.7 “Affiliate”
means each of the following for such period of time as is
applicable under section 414 of the Code:
(a) a
corporation which, together with the Employer, is a member of a
controlled group of corporations within the meaning of section
414(b) of the Code (as modified by section 415(h) thereof for the
purposes of Article 5) and the applicable regulations
thereunder;
(b) a
trade or business (whether or not incorporated) with which the
Employer is under common control within the meaning of section
414(c) of the Code (as modified by section 415(h) thereof for the
purposes of Article 5) and the applicable regulations
thereunder;
(c) an
organization which, together with the Employer, is a member of an
affiliated service group (as defined in section 414(m) of the
Code); and
(d) any
other entity required to be aggregated with the Employer under
section 414(o) of the Code.
2.8 “Annual
Earnings” mean wages, salaries, other amounts received for
personal services actually rendered (including, but not limited to,
commissions paid salesmen, compensation for services on the basis
of a percentage of profits and bonuses), and earned income (within
the meaning of section 401(c)(2) of the Code) from the Employer and
all Affiliates. The term includes income from sources
outside the United States (as defined in section 911(b) of the
Code) and is determined without regard to the exclusions from gross
income in sections 931 and 933 of the Code. Annual
Earnings shall not include reimbursements or other expense
allowances, fringe benefits (cash and noncash), moving expenses,
deferred compensation, welfare benefits, automobile allowances,
stock option gains and severance pay. Annual Earnings
shall be taken into account in the Plan Year in which they are
actually paid. Annual Earnings shall be
taken into account only while an Employee is a
Participant.
Annual Earnings shall include amounts that are
contributed by an Employer pursuant to the provisions of a salary
reduction agreement and that are not included in the gross income
of the Participant but for section 402(e)(3) of the Code (relating
to a salary reduction election under section 401(k) of the Code),
section 125 of the Code (relating to the cafeteria or flexible
benefit plans), section 402(h) of the Code (relating to SEPs),
section 403(b) of the Code (relating to certain tax deferred
annuities), section 457(b) of the Code (relating to deferred
compensation plans of state and local governments and tax-exempt
organizations), section 414(h)(2) of the Code (relating to certain
picked-up employee contributions) or Section 132(f) of the Code
(relating to qualified transportation fringes).
Solely for purposes of determining the Actual
Deferral Percentage, the Administrator, in lieu of the definition
of “Annual Earnings” set forth above, may use any
definition that satisfies section 414(s) of the Code.
For any Plan Year beginning before June 30,
2002, only the first $170,000 (as adjusted by the Secretary of
Treasury in accordance with section 401(a)(17) of the Code) of a
Participant’s Annual Earnings shall be taken into
account.
The Annual Earnings of each Participant taken
into account in determining allocations for any Plan Year beginning
after June 30, 2002 shall not exceed $200,000, as adjusted for
cost-of-living increases in accordance with Section 401(a)(17)(B)
of the Code. The cost-of-living adjustment in effect for
a calendar year applies to Annual Earnings for the determination
period that begins with or within such calendar year.
2.9 “Annual
Employer Contribution Account” means the separate portion of
each Participant’s Account which reflects the Annual Employer
Contributions under Section 4.3 and forfeitures allocated thereto
as adjusted in accordance with Article 7.
2.10 “Beneficiary”
means the person or persons who, under the provisions of Article 9
and Article 10, shall be entitled to receive a distribution, if
any, payable under the Plan in the event such
Participant or former Participant dies before his
interest has been distributed to him in full.
2.11 “Board”
or “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of
the Company.
2.12 “Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended at the
particular time applicable. A reference to a section of
the Code shall include said section and any comparable section or
sections of any future legislation that amends, supplements or
supersedes said section.
2.13 “Committee”
means the committee established in accordance with the provisions
of Article 11, at the time designated, qualified, and acting
hereunder.
2.14 “Company”
means LSI Industries Inc., its successors and any entity into which
it is merged or consolidated.
2.15 “Dependent”
means any unmarried:
(a) natural
child of the Employee, provided the child is principally dependent
upon the Employee for support and/or resides with the Employee;
or
(b) stepchild
or legally adopted child (or legally placed child pending adoption)
of the Employee, provided the child is principally dependent upon
the Employee for support and resides with the Employee;
or
(c) foster
child provided that such child meets the dependency ruling by the
IRS and has been a member of the Employee’s household for the
entire prior calendar year; or
(d) child
for whom the Employee is the legal guardian, provided the child is
principally dependent upon the Employee for support and resides
with the Employee.
The dependent must also be one of the
following:
(b) age
19 to 23, if the child is a full-time student; or
(c) a
disabled dependent older than age 19.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an adult who
lives with the Employee at least 8 hours a day and who is
physically or mentally unable to care for himself is also a
dependent.
2.16 “Determination
Date” with respect to any Plan Year for the Plan, means the
last day of the preceding Plan Year.
2.17 “Determination
Period” means, with respect to any Plan Year, the five Plan
Years ending on the Determination Date with respect to such Plan
Year.
2.18 “Disability”
means, with respect to a Participant, a Participant who has been
determined by the Plan Administrator to be receiving total and
permanent disability benefits under the Social Security Act in
effect at the date of disability.
2.19 “Effective
Date” means, for purposes of any provisions of this Plan that
are required to comply with the Uniformed Services Employment and
Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, the Effective Date shall mean
December 12, 1994. For purposes of any provisions of
this Plan that are required to comply with the Small Business Job
Protection Act of 1996 and the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, the
Effective Date shall mean the dates as specified in the Plan for
various provisions. For purposes of the Internal Revenue
Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 and the Community
Renewal Relief Act of 2000, the Effective Date shall mean the dates
specified in the applicable law. For purposes of the
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001
(“EGTRRA”), the Effective Date shall mean July 1, 2002,
unless otherwise specified. For purposes of the merger
of the Pension Plan of LSI Industries Inc. (originally effective
July 1, 1980 and amended and restated July 1, 1984) into the Profit
Sharing Plan of LSI Industries Inc. (originally effective July 1,
1977 and amended and restated July 1, 1984), the Effective Date
shall mean June 30, 1995. For all other purposes, the
Effective Date of this amendment and restatement shall mean July 1,
2001.
2.20 “Employee”
means an individual who performs services for the Employer and who
is considered by the Employer in its sole and absolute discretion
to be an Employee for purposes of the Plan. The term
shall include for all Plan purposes except participating in the
Plan and sharing in contributions by the Employer, any
“Leased Employee” as defined below. The term
shall not include an individual who performs services for the
Employer solely as a director or an independent contractor or any
individual covered by a collective bargaining agreement, unless
such agreement specifically provides for coverage under the
Plan. A determination that an individual is an employee
of the Employer for other purposes such as employment tax purposes,
shall have no bearing whatsoever on the determination of whether
the individual is an Employee under the Plan if the Employer does
not consider the individual to be its Employee for purposes of the
Plan.
2.21 “Employer”
means the Company and any Affiliate which adopts the Plan, or any
successor or assign of any of them. With respect to
particular Employees and Participants, the term
“Employer” means the entity by which they are or were
employed.
2.22 “Employer-Approved
Leave of Absence” means a temporary absence from work not
exceeding 12 months resulting from illness, layoff or other cause
if authorized in advance by an Employer or Affiliate pursuant to
its uniform leave policy, if the individual’s employment
shall not otherwise be terminated during the period of such
absence.
2.23 “Entry
Date” means each January 1 and July 1.
2.24 “ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended, at the particular time applicable. A reference
to a section of ERISA shall include said section and any comparable
section or sections of any future legislation that amends,
supplements or supersedes said section.
2.25 “Excess
Earnings” means a Participant’s Annual Earnings for a
particular Plan Year in excess of the “Taxable Wage
Base.” “Taxable Wage Base” means for
any Plan Year, the maximum amount of earnings for the calendar year
which includes the beginning of such Plan Year which may be
considered wages for such calendar year under section 3121(a)(1) of
the Code (which pertains to FICA wages).
2.26 “Five-Percent
Owner” means any person who owns (or is considered as owning
within the meaning of sections 318 and 416 of the Code) more than 5
percent of the capital or profits interest in the
Employer.
2.27 “Highly
Compensated Employee” means as determined under section
414(q) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, an
individual who, at any time during the Plan Year is an Employee,
and who:
(a) during
the Plan Year or the preceding twelve month period was at any time
a Five-Percent Owner; or
(b) received
Adjusted Compensation from the Employer in excess of $80,000 (as
adjusted pursuant to section 415(d) of the Code) during the 12
month period preceding the Plan Year and, if elected by the
Employer, was in the group consisting of the top 20 percent of the
Employees when ranked on the basis of Adjusted Compensation paid
during such preceding 12 month period.
2.28 (a) “Hour
of Service” means each of the following, determined from
records of hours worked and hours for which payment is made or due,
provided that the same hour shall not be counted more than
once:
(1) each
hour for which an individual is paid, or entitled to payment for
work for the Employer, which hours shall be credited to such
individual for the computation period or periods in which the
duties are performed;
(2) each
hour for which an individual is paid, or entitled to payment, by
the Employer on account of a period of time during which no work is
performed (irrespective of whether his employment relationship has
terminated) due to vacation, holiday, illness, incapacity
(including short-term disability, but excluding long-term
disability), layoff, jury duty, military duty or leave of absence,
but excluding any payments which solely reimburse him for medical
or medically related expenses and excluding any payments made or
due under a plan maintained solely for the purposes of complying
with applicable workers’ compensation or unemployment
compensation or disability insurance laws; provided, however, no
more than 501 Hours of Service shall be credited under this
paragraph for any single continuous period (whether or not such
period occurs in a single computation period); and provided further
that Hours of Service under this paragraph shall be calculated and
credited pursuant to section 2530.200b-2 of the Department of Labor
Regulations which are incorporated herein by this
reference;
(3) each
hour for which back pay, irrespective of mitigation of damages, is
either awarded or agreed to by the Employer; provided, however,
that the same Hours of Service shall not be credited both under
paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), as the case may be, and under this
paragraph (3); and provided further, that Hours of Service for back
pay awarded or agreed to with respect to periods described in
paragraph (2) shall be subject to the limitations set forth therein
and shall be calculated pursuant to the regulations referred to
therein; and provided further, that these Hours of Service shall be
credited to such individual for the computation period or periods
to which the award or agreement pertains rather than the
computation period in which the award, agreement or payment is
made; and
(4) each
regularly scheduled hour of work for which an Employee would have
been compensated during military service if his employment status
immediately prior thereto had continued.
(b) For
purposes of determining service under (a)(1), (2), (3), and (4)
above, service (including service as a self-employed individual)
for the following shall be treated as if it were service for the
Employer:
(2) each
predecessor employer within the meaning of, and to the extent
required under, section 414(a) of the Code.
(c) Anything
in the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, in determining an
Employee’s service, he shall be entitled to such credit, if
any, as is required by federal law.
2.29 “Key
Employee” means any Participant who, at any time during the
Plan Year, is described in section 416(i)(1) of the
Code.
2.30 “Leased
Employee” means any person (other than an Employee of the
Employer) who pursuant to an agreement between the Employer and any
other person (“leasing organization”) has performed
services for the Employer (or for the Employer and related persons
determined in accordance with section 414(n)(6) of the Code) on a
substantially full-time basis for a period of at least one year,
and such services are performed under the primary direction or
control of the Employer.
2.31 “Non-Highly
Compensated Employee” means an individual who is not a Highly
Compensated Employee and who, at any time during the Plan Year, is
an Employee.
2.32 “Normal
Retirement Age” means age 60.
2.33 “Participant”
means an Employee who satisfies the eligibility requirements of
Article 3 and also means a former Employee who has an
Account under the Plan.
2.34 “Plan”
means the LSI Industries Inc. Retirement Plan as set forth in this
document and, if amended at any time, then as so
amended.
2.35 “Plan
Assets” means the assets of the Plan at the particular time
applicable.
2.36 “Plan
Year” means the 12 month period beginning on July 1 and
ending on the following June 30.
2.37 “Present
Value” means, with respect to a defined benefit plan, the
present value based on the interest and mortality rates specified
under the applicable defined benefit plan for purposes of computing
the Top-Heavy Ratio. The actuarial assumptions used for
all plans within the same aggregation group must be the
same.
2.38 “Prior
Plan” means the LSI Industries Inc. Retirement Plan and Trust
as it existed prior to the Effective Date.
2.39 “Profit
Sharing Contribution Account” means the separate portion of
each Participant’s Account which reflects the
Employer’s contributions under Section 4.2 and forfeitures
allocated thereto as adjusted in accordance with Article
7.
2.40 “Rollover
Account” means the separate portion of each
Participant’s Account which reflects the Participant’s
rollover contributions, if any, made pursuant to Section 4.8 as
adjusted in accordance with Article 7.
2.41 “Section
401(k) Contribution Account” means the separate portion of
each Participant’s Account which reflects contributions on
behalf of such Participant under Section 4.1, if any, as adjusted
in accordance with Article 7.
2.42 “Severance”
means an absence from the employment of the Employer and all
Affiliates beginning on the earliest of death, termination,
discharge, retirement or the first anniversary of any other absence
(with or without pay).
2.43 “Six
Consecutive Months” means a 6 consecutive month period
beginning on the Employee’s first day of employment during
which the Employee has at least one Hour of Service during each
month.
2.44 “Surviving
Spouse” means a Participant’s surviving spouse (who, in
the case of the Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity, is the spouse
to whom the Participant was married on the date on which his
benefit payments commenced) except to the extent that a former
spouse is treated as such, for purposes of the Plan, under a
qualified domestic relations order as described in section 414(p)
of the Code.
2.45 “Top-Heavy
Plan” means the Plan, with respect to any Plan Year, if the
Top-Heavy Ratio exceeds 60 percent.
2.46 “Top-Heavy
Ratio” means, for the Plan or an Aggregation Group of which
the Plan is a part, a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum
of defined contribution account balances and the Present Values of
defined benefit accrued benefits for all Key Employees and the
denominator of which is the sum of defined contribution account
balances and the Present Values of defined benefit accrued benefits
for all participants. The Top-Heavy Ratio shall be
determined in accordance with section 416 of the Code and the
applicable regulations thereunder, including, without limitation,
the provisions relating to rollovers and the following
provisions:
(a) The
value of account balances under the Plan will be determined as of
the Determination Date with respect to the applicable Plan
Year.
(b) The
value of account balances and accrued benefits under plans
aggregated with the Plan shall be calculated with reference to the
determination dates under such plans that fall within the same
calendar year as the applicable Determination Date under the
Plan.
(c) The
value of account balances and the present value of accrued benefits
will be determined as of the most recent Valuation Date that falls
within or ends with the 12 month period ending on the applicable
determination date, except as provided in section 416 of the Code
and the regulations thereunder for the first and second plan years
of a defined benefit plan.
(d) A
simplified employee pension shall be treated as a defined
contribution plan; provided, however, at the election of the
Employer, the Top-Heavy Ratio shall be computed by taking into
account aggregate employer contributions in lieu of the aggregate
of the accounts of employees.
(e) Distributions
(including distributions under a terminated plan which had it not
been terminated would have been included in the Aggregation Group)
within the 5-year period ending on a determination date shall be
taken into account.
(f) Defined
contribution account balances shall be adjusted to reflect any
contribution not actually made as of a determination date but
required to be taken into account on that date under section 416 of
the Code and the regulations thereunder.
(g) Deductible
voluntary contributions shall not be included.
(h) There
shall be disregarded the account balances and accrued benefits of a
Participant:
(1) who
is not a Key Employee but who was a Key Employee in a prior Plan
Year, or
(2) with
respect to a Plan Year beginning after 1984, who has not performed
services for the Employer maintaining the Plan at any time during
the 5-year period ending on the determination date.
(i) The
accrued benefit of a Participant other than a Key Employee shall be
determined (1) under the method, if any, which uniformly applies
for accrual purposes under all defined benefit plans of the
Employer, or (2) if there is no such method, as if such benefit
accrued not more rapidly than the slowest accrual rate permitted
under the fractional rule of section 411(b)(1)(C) of the
Code.
2.47 “Trust”
means the LSI Industries Inc. Retirement Trust as established
pursuant to agreement between the Employer and Trustee, under which
the Plan Assets are held, and, if amended at any time, then as so
amended.
2.48 “Trustee”
means the trustee under the Trust.
2.49 “Valuation
Date” with respect to a Determination Date under the Plan,
means the Accounting Date coinciding with such Determination
Date.
2.50 “Vesting
Years” mean the sum of the Plan Years (including Plan Years
prior to the Effective Date) during which an individual completes
1,000 or more Hours of Service. If a Participant
terminates employment and is reemployed by an Employer as an
Employee, he shall receive credit for all years of service prior to
his termination of employment, regardless of the years between his
termination of employment and reemployment.
ARTICLE 3
ELIGIBILITY AND
PARTICIPATION
3.1
Eligibility and Participation . Each Employee who is not
already a Participant shall become a Participant as of the Entry
Date (either January 1 or July 1) coinciding with or next following
the date on which he meets the following requirements:
(a) he
is at least 21 years old, and
(b) he
has been an Employee for Six Consecutive Months.
3.2
Participants in the Prior Plan . Anything in Section 3.1 to
the contrary notwithstanding, a person who was a participant in the
Prior Plan on the day immediately prior to the Effective Date shall
continue to be a Participant in the Plan on the Effective
Date.
3.3
Absences and Severances of Less Than 12 Months .
(a)
Absences . If, on the Entry Date determined under
Section 3.1 (either January 1 or July 1), an Employee is absent
from employment for reasons other than termination, discharge, or
retirement, and if the individual returns to employment within 12
months, then, upon the termination of such absence, and provided
the individual is an Employee, he shall become a Participant
retroactive to such Entry Date.
(b)
Severances . If an Employee’s Entry Date
determined under Section 3.1, falls within a period of Severance of
12 months or less taken into account as Service under Section 2.28,
then, provided the individual is an Employee, the individual shall
become a Participant on the date on which such period of Severance
ends.
3.4
Reemployment of Former Participant . If a former Participant
is reemployed as an Employee, then, provided that he meets the
requirements of Section 3.1, he shall become a Participant again as
of the date of such reemployment.
ARTICLE 4
CONTRIBUTIONS AND
ALLOCATION
4.1
Section 401(k) Contributions .
(a)
Salary Deferral Contributions .
(1)
Salary Reduction . Each Participant who is an
Employee may enter into a salary reduction agreement with the
Employer whereby he authorizes the Employer to reduce his Annual
Earnings, or any part thereof, by such percentage as he shall
specify. Effective prior to February 1, 2002, the
Participant may elect to defer not less than 1% of his Annual
Earnings nor more than 15% of his Annual Earnings for any Plan
Year. Such deferral percentage must be in whole
percentage increments. Effective as of February 1, 2002,
the Participant may elect to defer not less than 1% of his Annual
Earnings nor more than 25% of his Annual Earnings for any Plan
Year.
(2)
Maximum Deferral Amount . In no event shall a
Participant’s Annual Earnings in any calendar year be reduced
by a salary reduction agreement under (1) above (and under all
other plans, contracts or arrangements of the Employer which allow
elective deferrals within the meaning of section 402(g)(3) of the
Code) in an amount greater than the maximum amount that may be
contributed as an elective deferral for any calendar year under
section 402(g) of the Code. This amount may be adjusted
by the Secretary of Treasury under section 402(g)(5) of the Code
for cost of living adjustments. The maximum amount that
may be deferred for the calendar year beginning January 1, 2002 is
$11,000.
(3)
Contribution to the Plan . Subject to the
limitations under Article 5, paragraph (2) above and paragraph (b)
below, the Employer shall so reduce the Participant’s Annual
Earnings and shall contribute to the Plan on behalf of each such
Participant an amount equal to the reduction in the
Participant’s Annual Earnings. Such contribution
shall be credited to the Participant’s Section 401(k)
Contribution Account.
Such contributions shall be made as soon as the
Employer can reasonably segregate such amounts, but not later than
the 15th business day of the month following the month in which
such amounts would have otherwise been payable to the
Participant. Such contributions for a Plan Year which
are made before the end of such Plan Year shall be credited as of
the Accounting Date coinciding with or next following the
Trustee’s receipt thereof, and such contributions for a Plan
Year which are received after the end of such Plan Year shall be
credited as of the last Accounting Date of such Plan
Year. Such contributions for a Plan Year which are
received after the end of such Plan Year, although credited for
such Plan Year, shall be posted to Participants’ Accounts as
of the Accounting Date coinciding with or next following the
Trustee’s receipt of the
contributions. Accordingly, such contributions will not
be invested and begin receiving earnings or losses until the date
they are posted to the Accounts.
(4)
Procedural Matters . A Participant may enter or
change a salary reduction agreement under (1) above at any time by
giving the Committee advance notice in a manner prescribed by the
Committee. In no event may a salary reduction agreement
be entered into retroactively. In addition, the Employer
may require or allow a Highly Compensated Employee to reduce the
percentage or amount specified in his salary reduction agreement to
the extent that the Employer reasonably anticipates that without
the reduction, the limits set forth in Sections 4.1(a)(2), 4.1(b),
or Article 5 would be exceeded for the Plan Year.
A Participant may elect, in a manner specified
by the Committee, to terminate a salary reduction agreement at any
time once notice has been given. Any such election shall
be effective as soon as administratively feasible. Such
elections shall be effective only with respect to Annual Earnings
not yet earned as of the effective date of such
election.
(b)
Limitation on Section 401(k) Contributions . The
Actual Deferral Percentage for any Plan Year for Participants who
are Highly Compensated Employees shall not exceed the greater
of:
(1) 1.25
times the Actual Deferral Percentage for all the Participants who
are Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year,
or
(A) Two
times the Actual Deferral Percentage for all the Participants who
are Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the preceding Plan Year,
provided that the Actual Deferral Percentage for the Participants
who are Highly Compensated Employees shall not exceed the Actual
Deferral Percentage for Participants who are Non-Highly Compensated
Employees for the Plan Year by more than 2 percentage points;
or
(B) such
amount as the Secretary of Treasury may prescribe to prevent
multiple use of this alternative limitation with respect to any
Highly Compensated Employee. Effective for Plan Years
beginning after June 30, 2002, the multiple use shall not be
applied.
(c)
Return of Excess Elective Deferrals .
(1)
Participant Election . If amounts are includable
in a Participant’s gross income under section 402(g) of the
Code for a taxable year of the Participant, the Participant may
elect to receive a distribution from his Section 401(k)
Contribution Account in an amount up to the sum (or difference)
of:
(i) the
amount includable in his gross income under section 402(g) of the
Code for the taxable year; or
(ii) the
amount of his salary deferrals under Section 4.1(a) for the taxable
year; plus (or minus)
(B) the
income (or loss) allocable to the amount determined under (A) above
determined by the Administrator in accordance with Treasury
Regulations.
(2)
Procedure . An election under (1) above shall be
made in such manner as the Administrator shall direct and shall be
effective only if received by the Administrator no later than the
first March 1st following the close of the Participant’s
taxable year to which the election relates. A
Participant who has exceeded the limits of Section 4.1(a)(2) shall
be deemed to have made an election hereunder to the extent of such
excess.
(3)
Distribution . Any other provisions of the Plan
to the contrary notwithstanding, the amount determined under (1) if
properly elected under (2) shall be paid to the Participant as a
lump sum no later than the first April 15th following the close of
the Participant’s taxable year to which the election
relates.
(4)
Effect on Other Provisions . Except to the extent
provided by the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate,
distributions hereunder shall be taken into account under Section
4.1(b).
(d)
Excess Section 401(k) Contributions .
(1)
Excess Actual Deferral Percentage . If the Actual
Deferral Percentage for a Plan Year for the Participants who are
Highly Compensated Employees exceeds the maximum amount allowable
under Section 4.1(b), then the Administrator shall determine the
amount to be distributed and the Highly Compensated Employees
subject to receiving a distribution in accordance with the Code and
applicable Treasury Regulations.
(2)
Distribution . Any other provisions of the Plan
to the contrary notwithstanding, the Administrator shall distribute
the amount determined under (1) above to each Highly Compensated
Employee determined under (1) above as a lump sum no later than the
last day of the following Plan Year; provided however, the Employer
shall be subject to a 10% excise tax under section 4979 of the Code
if the distributions are not made before the close of the first
2½ months of such following Plan Year.
(3)
Effect on Other Provisions . If distributions are
made in accordance with this Section 4.1(d) with respect to a Plan
Year, then the limitations of Section 4.1(b) shall be deemed
satisfied for the Plan Year. Except to the extent
provided by the Secretary of Treasury, distributions hereunder
shall be taken into account under Article 5.
With respect to excess contributions made in
taxable year 2007, the Plan Administrator must calculate allocable
income for the taxable year and also for the gap period (
i.e ., the period after the close of the taxable year in
which the excess contribution occurred and prior to the
distribution); provided that the Plan Administrator will calculate
and distribute the gap period allocable income only if the Plan
Administrator in accordance with the Plan terms otherwise would
allocate the gap period allocable income to the Participant’s
Account. With respect to excess contributions made in
taxable years after 2007, gap period income may not be
distributed.
4.2
Profit Sharing Contributions .
(a)
General . Except as provided in an Adoption
Agreement, for each Plan Year, each Employer shall contribute to
the Plan such amount (if any) as the Board shall determine in its
sole discretion by action specifying the amount of such
contribution (such amount being hereinafter referred to as the
Employer’s “Profit Sharing Contribution”),
subject to Article 5. The Company may establish separate
discretionary “Contribution Pools” for separate
business locations. Profit Sharing Contributions to each
of the “Contribution Pools” are discretionary and
determined separately each year by the Board.
(b)
Participants Entitled to Receive an Allocation of Profit Sharing
Contribution . A Participant shall be entitled to
receive an allocation of the Profit Sharing Contribution under (a)
above to the Plan for a Plan Year if he is:
(1) a
Participant who is credited with 1,000 or more Hours of Service
during such Plan Year, provided that he is in the employment of the
Employer as an Employee on the last day of such Plan
Year;
(2) a
Participant who died during such Plan Year and prior to the
termination of his employment as an Employee;
(3) a
Participant who retired from his employment as an Employee on or
after his reaching Normal Retirement Age during such Plan
Year;
(4) a
Participant who incurred a Disability and retired from his
employment as an Employee as a result thereof during such Plan
Year; or
(5) a
Participant who is on an Employer-Approved Leave of Absence from
his employment as an Employee at the close of such Plan
Year, if he received compensation from the Employer during such
Plan Year.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Participants
excluded from receiving a Profit Sharing Contribution pursuant to
an Adoption Agreement shall not be included in an allocation
pursuant to this Section 4.2.
(c)
Allocation Formula . Subject to the limitations
of Article 5, as of the last Accounting Date for a Plan Year, there
shall be allocated to the Profit Sharing Contribution Account of
each Participant qualified, under (b) above, to receive such an
allocation, that portion of the Profit Sharing Contribution under
(a) above for such Plan Year that bears the same ratio to the total
amount of such Contribution as the Annual Earnings of such
Participant for such Plan Year bears to the total amount of the
Annual Earnings of all such Participants eligible to share in such
allocation in the Contribution Pool for such Plan
Year. Such contribution shall not be posted to
Participants’ Accounts until the Accounting Date coinciding
with or next following the date it is actually received by the
Trustee. Accordingly, such contributions will not be
invested and begin receiving earnings or losses until the date they
are posted to the Accounts.
4.3
Annual Employer Contributions .
(a)
General . Except as provided in an Adoption
Agreement, each Employer shall contribute for each Plan Year
beginning on or after July 1, 1994, an amount equal to the sum of
4% of Annual Earnings plus 4% of Excess Earnings (hereinafter the
“Annual Employer Contribution”) for such Plan Year paid
by such Employer to each Participant who satisfies the requirements
of Section 4.3(b). Except as provided in an Adoption
Agreement, each Employer shall contribute for each Plan Year
beginning on or after July 1, 2009, an amount equal to the sum of
2% of Annual Earnings plus 2% of Excess Earnings (hereinafter the
“Annual Employer Contribution”) for such Plan Year paid
by such Employer to each Participant who satisfies the requirements
of Section 4.3(b).
(b)
Participants Entitled to Receive an Allocation of Annual
Employer Contribution . A Participant shall be
entitled to receive an allocation of the Annual Employer
Contribution under (a) above to the Plan for a Plan Year if he
is:
(1) a
Participant who is credited with 1,000 or more Hours of Service
during such Plan Year, provided that he is in the employment of the
Employer as an Employee on the last day of such Plan
Year;
(2) a
Participant who died during such Plan Year and prior to the
termination of his employment as an Employee;
(3) a
Participant who retired from his employment as an Employee on or
after his reaching Normal Retirement Age during such Plan
Year;
(4) a
Participant who incurred a Disability and retired from his
employment as an Employee as a result thereof during such Plan
Year; or
(5) a
Participant who is on an Employer-Approved Leave of Absence from
his employment as an Employee at the close of such Plan Year, if he
received compensation from the Employer during such Plan
Year.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Participants
excluded from receiving an Annual Employer Contribution pursuant to
an Adoption Agreement shall not be included in an allocation
pursuant to this Section 4.3.
(c)
Allocation Formula . Subject to the limitation of
Article 5, as of the last Accounting Date for a Plan Year, there
shall be allocated to the Annual Employer Contribution Account of
each Participant qualified under (b) above to receive such an
allocation, an amount determined as follows:
(1) an
amount equal to 4% multiplied by each Participant’s Annual
Earnings for that Plan Year shall be allocated to the Annual
Employer Contribution Account of each Participant, plus
(2) an
amount equal to 4% multiplied by each Participant’s Excess
Earnings for that Plan Year shall be allocated to the Annual
Employer Contribution Account of each Participant with Excess
Earnings.
Such contribution shall not be posted to
Participants’ Accounts until the Accounting Date coinciding
with or next following the date it is actually received by the
Trustee. Accordingly, such contributions will not be
invested and begin receiving earnings or losses until the date they
are posted to the Accounts. The allocation formula
described above shall be amended by replacing “4%” each
place it appears with “2%” effective for Plan Years
ending on or after June 30, 2010.
4.4
Minimum Contribution for Top-Heavy Years .
(a)
General . Anything in Sections 4.1, 4.2 or 4.3 to
the contrary notwithstanding, for any Plan Year for which the Plan
is a Top-Heavy Plan, the amount of Employer contributions and
forfeitures (excluding contributions under Section 4.1(a))
allocated on behalf of any Participant who is not a Key Employee
and who is an Employee on the last day of the Plan Year shall not
be less than such Participant’s Section 415 Compensation
times the lesser of (1) 3% or (2) the largest percentage of such
contributions and forfeitures (including contributions under
Section 4.1(a)),expressed as a percentage of Section 415
Compensation, allocated on behalf of any Key Employee for that Plan
Year. For these purposes, “Section 415
Compensation” shall mean the first $170,000 (as adjusted by
the Secretary of Treasury at the same time and in the same manner
as under section 415(d) of the Code) of a Participant’s
Section 415 Compensation (as defined in Section 5.1(g)) for Plan
Years beginning before July 1, 2002. For Plan Years
beginning after June 30, 2002, “Section 415
Compensation” shall mean the first $200,000 as adjusted for
cost-of-living increases in accordance with section 401(a)(17)(B)
of the Code. The minimum allocation is determined
without regard to any Social Security contribution.
This minimum allocation shall be made even
though, under other Plan provisions, the Participant would not
otherwise be entitled to receive an allocation, or would have
received a lesser allocation for the year because of the
Participant’s failure to complete 1,000 Hours of
Service.
(b)
Participants Also Covered Under Defined Benefit Plan
. If a Participant who is not a Key Employee and who is
an Employee on the last day of the Plan Year also participates in
one or more defined benefit plans which are part of the same
Aggregation Group as the Plan, and if such defined benefit plan or
plans do not satisfy the minimum benefit requirements of section
416 of the Code with respect to such Participant, then, with
respect to such Participant, “5%” shall be substituted
for “the lesser of (1) 3% or (2) the largest percentage of
such contributions and forfeitures (including contributions under
Section 4.1(a)), expressed as a percentage of Section 415
Compensation) allocated on behalf of any Key Employee for that Plan
Year” in (a) above.
4.5
Return of Contributions by the Employer .
(a)
Mistake of Fact . If a contribution by the
Employer to the Plan is made by reason of a mistake of fact, then,
subject to (d) below, such contribution may be returned to the
Employer within 1 year after the payment of such
contribution.
(b)
Qualification . Contributions by the Employer to
the Plan are conditioned upon the initial qualification of the Plan
under section 401 of the Code. If the Plan receives an
adverse determination with respect to its initial qualification
under the Code, then the entire assets attributable to the
Employer’s contributions may be returned to the Employer
within 1 year after such determination.
(c)
Deductibility . Contributions by the Employer to
the Plan are conditioned upon the deductibility of such
contributions under section 404 of the Code, and, subject to (d)
below, such contributions (to the extent disallowed) may be
returned to the Employer within 1 year after the disallowance of
the deduction.
(d)
Limitation on Return . The amount of the
contribution which may be returned to the Employer under paragraph
(a) or (c) above shall be limited to the excess of the amount
contributed over the amount that would have been contributed had
there not occurred a mistake of fact or a mistake in determining
the deduction. Earnings attributable to such excess may
not be returned to the Employer, but losses attributable thereto
must reduce the amount to be so returned. Furthermore,
the amount of the contribution which may be returned shall be
limited so as not to cause the balance to the credit of a
Participant’s Account to be reduced to less than the balance
which would have been credited to his Account had such contribution
not been made.
4.6
Catch-up Contributions . Effective as soon as
administratively possible after February 1, 2006, all Participants
who enter into a salary reduction agreement under this Plan and who
will attain age 50 or more before the close of the Plan Year shall
be eligible to make catch-up contributions in accordance with, and
subject to the limitations of Section 414(v) of the Code, as
determined by the Administrator. Such catch-up
contributions shall not be taken into account for purposes of the
provisions of the Plan implementing the required limitation of
Sections 402(g) and 415 of the Code. The Plan shall not
be treated as failing to satisfy the provisions of the Plan
implementing the requirements of Sections 401(k)(3), 401(k)(11),
401(k)(12), 410(b), or 416 of the Code, as applicable, by reason of
the making of such catch-up contributions.
4.7
Participant After-Tax Contributions . After-tax
contributions by Participants shall neither be required nor
permitted.
4.8
Rollover Contributions . A Participant while an Employee may
contribute to the Plan money that qualifies for such a rollover
under the provisions of sections 402(c)(5) or 403(a)(4) or (5) of
the Code or that qualifies as a rollover contribution under section
408(d)(3) of the Code; provided however, no amounts constituting
accumulated deductible employee contributions, as defined in
section 72(o)(5) of the Code, may be so
contributed. Effective May 1, 2004, the Plan will accept
rollovers in any amount. Any rollover contribution shall
be credited to such Participant’s Rollover Account as of the
Accounting Date coinciding with or next following the
Trustee’s receipt thereof.
The Plan will accept Participant rollover
contributions and/or direct rollovers of distributions made after
June 30, 2002, from (a) a qualified plan described in sections
401(a) or 403(a) of the Code, excluding after-tax employee
contributions; (b) an annuity contract described in section 403(b)
of the Code, excluding after-tax employee contributions; and (c) an
eligible plan under section 457(b) of the Code which is maintained
by a state, political subdivision of a state, or any agency or
instrumentality of a state or political subdivision of a state. The
Plan will not accept a Participant rollover contribution of the
portion of a distribution from an individual retirement account or
annuity described in sections 408(a) or 408(b) of the Code that is
eligible to be rolled over and would otherwise be includible in
gross income (including an after-tax contribution).
If any amount received as a rollover
contribution is determined not to qualify for a rollover, then such
amount (adjusted for any gain or loss) shall be returned to the
Participant as soon as practical.
4.9
Reemployment of Veterans . Notwithstanding any provision of
this Plan to the contrary, contributions, benefits and service
credit with respect to qualified military service will be provided
in accordance with section 414(u) of the Code.
ARTICLE 5
LIMITATIONS ON ANNUAL
ADDITIONS
5.1
Definitions . For purposes of this Article 5, the following
terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) “Annual
Addition” means, with respect to the Plan, any other Defined
Contribution Plan in which a Participant participates or has
participated, and any account described in (4) or (5) below, the
sum, for the Limitation Year, of:
(1) all
employer contributions (other than amounts restored in accordance
with section 411(a)(3)(D) or 411(a)(7)(C) of the Code) allocated to
his Account (excluding restorative payments resulting from a
fiduciary’s actions for which there is a reasonable risk of
liability);
(2) all
forfeitures allocated to his Account;
(3) (A) for
Limitation Years beginning before January 1, 1987, the lesser
of:
(i) one-half
of his own contributions (other than rollover contributions,
repayments of loans or of amounts described in section 411(a)(7)(B)
of the Code in accordance with the provisions of section
411(a)(7)(C) of the Code, repayments of amounts described in
section 411(a)(3)(D) of the Code, direct transfers between
qualified plans, and, for Limitation Years after December 31, 1981,
deductible employee contributions within the meaning of section
72(o)(5) of the Code), or
(ii) the
amount of his own such contributions in excess of 6% of his Section
415 Compensation for the Limitation Year; and
(B) for
Limitation Years beginning after December 31, 1986, 100% of his own
such contributions for the Limitation Year.
(4) amounts
allocated, in years beginning after March 31, 1984, to an
individual medical benefit account, as defined in section 415(l)(2)
of the Code, which is part of a pension or annuity plan maintained
by the Employer or an Affiliate; and
(5) amounts
derived from contributions paid or accrued after December 31, 1985,
in taxable years ending after such date, which are attributable to
post-retirement medical benefits allocated to the separate account
of a key employee, as defined in section 419A(d)(3) of the Code,
under a welfare benefits fund, as defined in section 419(e) of the
Code, maintained by the Employer or an Affiliate.
A Participant’s Annual Addition shall
include such other amounts as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
properly determines. An Annual Addition shall be deemed
credited to a Participant’s Account with respect to an
applicable Limitation Year if it is allocated to his Account under
the terms of such plan as of any date within such applicable
Limitation Year; provided however, such amount must be actually
contributed within the time limit prescribed by applicable Treasury
Regulations.
(b) “Defined
Benefit Plan” means a plan (whether or not terminated) of the
Employer or an Affiliate that is not a Defined Contribution Plan
and that either qualifies under section 401 of the Code or meets
the requirements of section 404(a)(2) of the Code.
(c) “Defined
Benefit Plan Fraction,” with respect to a Participant, means,
subject to section 2004(d)(2) of ERISA, a fraction:
(1) the
numerator of which is the sum, for all Defined Benefit Plans in
which he participates or has participated, of the annual benefit
(as determined under section 415(b)(2) of the Code as of the close
of the Limitation Year), provided by the Employer and all
Affiliates, to which the Participant would be entitled if he
continued employment until reaching normal retirement age (or
current age, if later) and if his compensation for the Limitation
Year and all other relevant factors used to determine such benefit
remained constant until normal retirement age (or current age, if
later), and
(2) the
denominator of which is the lesser of:
(A) 1.25
times the dollar limitation, under section 415(b)(1)(A) of the
Code, in effect for the Limitation Year, or
(B) 1.4
times the Participant’s average Section 415 Compensation for
his highest 3 consecutive Limitation Years.
Notwithstanding the above, if the Participant
was a participant as of the first day of the first Limitation Year
beginning after December 31, 1986 in 1 or more Defined Benefit
Plans which were in existence on May 6, 1986, the denominator of
this fraction will not be less than 125 percent of the sum of the
annual benefits under such plans which the Participant had accrued
as of the end of the last Limitation Year beginning before January
1, 1987, disregarding any changes in the terms and conditions of
the plan after May 5, 1986. The preceding sentence
applies only if the Defined Benefit Plans individually and in the
aggregate satisfied the requirements of section 415 of the Code for
all Limitation Years beginning before
January 1, 1987.
(d) (1) “Defined
Contribution Plan” means each of the following (whether or
not terminated) maintained by the Employer or an
Affiliate:
(A) a
plan that is qualified under section 401 of the Code and that
provides for an individual account for each participant and for
benefits based solely on the amount contributed to the
participant’s account, and any income, expenses, gains and
losses, and any forfeitures of accounts of other participants which
may be allocated to such participant’s account;
(B) a
Participant’s contributions to a Defined Benefit Plan;
and
(C) contributions
by the Employer or an Affiliate to a simplified employee pension
(as defined in section 408(k) of the Code).
(2) With
respect to any Participant who is in control of the Employer within
the meaning of section 414(b) or (c) of the Code, as modified by
section 415(h) of the Code, the term “Defined Contribution
Plan” includes an annuity contract described in section
403(b) of the Code and, with respect to Limitation Years before
January 1, 1982, an individual retirement plan (as described in
section 7701(a)(37) of the Code).
(e) “Defined
Contribution Plan Fraction,” with respect to a Participant,
means, subject to the transition rules under section 415(e) of the
Code and subject to the special rules provided by Treasury
regulations for special situations (including situations in which
past records are not available), a fraction:
(1) the
numerator of which is the sum of the Annual Additions to the
Participant’s account for the current Limitation Year and all
prior Limitation Years, and
(2) the
denominator of which is the sum of the lesser of the following
amounts determined for the current Limitation Year and each prior
Limitation Year of the Participant’s service:
(A) 1.25
times the dollar limitation in effect under section 415(c)(1)(A)
(without regard to paragraph (6) thereof) of the Code for such
Limitation Year, or
(B) 1.4
times the amount which may be taken into account for such
Limitation Year under section 415(c)(1)(B) of the Code.
If the Participant was a participant as of the
end of the first day of the first Limitation Year beginning after
December 31, 1986, in one or more Defined Contribution Plans which
were in existence on May 6, 1986, the numerator of this fraction
will be adjusted if the sum of this fraction and the Defined
Benefit Plan Fraction would otherwise exceed 1.0 under the terms of
this Plan. Under the adjustment, an amount equal to the
product of the excess of the sum of the fractions over 1.0 times
the denominator of this fraction, will be permanently subtracted
from the numerator of this fraction. The adjustment is
calculated using the fractions as they would be computed as of the
end of the last Limitation Year beginning before January 1, 1987
and disregarding any changes in the terms and conditions of the
plan made after May 5, 1986, but using the section 415 limitation
applicable to the first Limitation Year beginning on or after
January 1, 1987. The Annual Addition for any Limitation
Year shall not be recomputed to treat all nondeductible employee
contributions as Annual Additions.
(f) “Limitation
Year” means the calendar year or any other
12-consecutive-month period adopted pursuant to written
resolution.
(g) “Section
415 Compensation” means wages, salaries, other amounts
received for personal services actually rendered (including, but
not limited to, commissions paid salesmen, compensation for
services on the basis of a percentage of profits, commissions on
insurance premiums, tips, bonuses, fringe benefits and
reimbursements or other expense allowances under a nonaccountable
plan), and earned income (within the meaning of section 401(c)(2)
of the Code) from the Employer and all Affiliates and (to the
extent provided by applicable Treasury Regulations) from an
employer purchasing a section 403(b) annuity. The term
includes income from sources outside the United States (as defined
in section 911(b) of the Code); but, to the extent provided by
applicable Treasury Regulations, the term excludes amounts which
receive special tax benefit. The term also includes
differential wage payments (as defined in section 3401(h)(2) of the
Code). Section 415 Compensation is determined without
regard to the exclusions from gross income in sections 931 and 933
of the Code. Deferred compensation is included only with
respect to amounts received pursuant to an unfunded non-qualified
plan and only in the Limitation Year such amounts are included in
the Employee’s gross income. Section 415
Compensation actually paid or made available to a Participant
within a Limitation Year (including, at the election of the
Employer, amounts earned but not paid in a Limitation Year because
of the timing of pay periods and pay days if these amounts are paid
during the first few weeks of the next Limitation Year, the amounts
are included on a uniform and consistent basis with respect to all
similarly situated Employees and no amount is included in more than
one Limitation Year) shall be used unless, for Limitation Years
beginning before December 31, 1991 (or such later date as may be
prescribed by Treasury Regulations), the Employer and each
Affiliate maintaining a qualified plan elect, by the adoption of a
written resolution, to use the Section 415 Compensation accrued for
an entire Limitation Year. The term includes amounts
that are includible in gross income of an Employee under the rules
of section 409A or 457(f)(1)(A) of the Code or because the amounts
are constructively received by the Employee. Except as
follows, in order to be taken into account for a Limitation Year,
Section 415 Compensation must be paid or treated as paid to an
Employee prior to the Employee’s severance from employment
with the Employer. Section 415 Compensation described
below does not fail to constitute Section 415 Compensation merely
because it is paid after the Employee’s severance from
employment with the Employer provided it is paid by the later of
2½ months after the severance or the end of the Limitation
Year that includes the date of the severance. Section
415 Compensation is subject to this rule if (A) it is regular
compensation for services during the Employee’s regular work
hours or for services outside the Employee’s regular working
hours (such as overtime or shift differential), commissions,
bonuses, or other similar payments, and (B) the payment would have
been paid to the Employee prior to a severance from employment if
the Employee had continued in employment with the
Employer.
5.2
Limitation on Annual Additions .
(a)
Limitation Before July 1, 2002 . Effective for
Limitation Years beginning before July 1, 2002, subject to Section
5.3, and subject to Treasury Regulations covering the aggregation
during a Limitation Year of previously unaggregated plans, the
Annual Addition with respect to a Participant for any Limitation
Year to which section 415 of the Code applies shall not exceed the
lesser of:
(1) $30,000
(or, if greater, one-fourth of the Defined Benefit Plan dollar
limitation set forth in section 415(b)(1)(A) of the Code (as
adjusted under section 415(d) of the Code), determined as of the
last day of the applicable Limitation Year), or
(2) 25%
of such Participant’s Section 415 Compensation for such
Limitation Year.
The limitation in (2) above shall not apply with
respect to any contributions for medical benefits (within the
meaning of section 401(h) or 419A(f)(2) of the Code) which are
otherwise treated as an Annual Addition under section 415(l) or
419A(d)(2) of the Code.
(b)
Limitations after June 30, 2002 .
(1)
Effective Date . This Section shall be effective for
Limitation Years beginning after June 30, 2002.
(2)
Maximum Annual Addition . Except to the extent permitted
under any provision that permits catch-up contributions under
EGTRRA section 631 and section 414(v) of the Code, if applicable,
the Annual Addition that may be contributed or allocated to a
Participant’s Account under the Plan for any Limitation Year
shall not exceed the lesser of:
(A) $40,000,
as adjusted for increases in the cost-of-living under section
415(d) of the Code, or
(B) 100%
of the Participant’s Section 415 Compensation for the
Limitation Year. The compensation limit shall not apply to any
contribution for medical benefits after severance from employment
(within the meaning of section 401(h) or section 419A(f)(2) of the
Code) which is otherwise treated as an Annual Addition.
(c)
Treatment of Excess Annual Additions .
(1)
General . If, as a result of the allocation of
forfeitures, a reasonable error in estimating a Participant’s
Section 415 Compensation, a reasonable error in determining the
amount of elective deferrals (within the meaning of section
402(g)(3) of the Code) that may be made within the limits of
section 415 of the Code, or under other facts and circumstances
which the Commissioner of Internal Revenue finds justify the
availability of the rules set forth herein, the Annual Addition
under the Plan for a particular Participant would cause the
limitations of (a) or (b) above applicable to that Participant for
the Limitation Year to be exceeded, then:
(A) a
Participant’s or former Participant’s 401(k) deferrals
together with any gains allocated thereto shall be returned to the
extent that the return would reduce the excess amount (and in such
a case the contributions shall be disregarded under the
Plan’s provisions relative to sections 402(g), 401(k)(3) and
401(m)(2) of the Code);
(B) any
excess amount remaining after the application of (A) above shall be
deemed a forfeiture for such Plan Year and shall be used to reduce
Employer contributions for the next Limitation Year (and succeeding
Limitation Years, as necessary) for all of the Participants in the
Plan, and shall be allocated and reallocated among
Participants’ accounts, pursuant to the Plan’s formula
for allocating Employer contributions, in the next Limitation Year
(and succeeding Limitation Years, as necessary); and
(C) if
there is any excess amount remaining after the application
of (B) above, a Participant or former
Participant’s 401(k) deferrals to be made on behalf of
a Participant or former Participant together with any
gains allocated thereto shall be returned to the extent the return
would reduce the excess amount (and in such a case the
contributions shall be disregarded under the Plan’s
provisions relative to sections 402(g), 401(k)(3) and 401(m)(2) of
the Code);
(2)
Allocation of Excess Among Plans . If amounts are
allocated to a Participant’s account under more than one
Defined Contribution Plan, then any excess shall be deemed to
consist of the amounts last allocated, except that Annual Additions
attributable to a welfare benefits fund as defined in section
419(e) of the Code will be deemed to have been allocated first
regardless of the actual allocation date. If amounts are
allocated under more than one Defined Contribution Plan as of the
same date, then the excess attributed to each such plan shall be
the same proportion of the total excess as the ratio of the amount
allocated to the Participant as of such date under such plan
divided by the total amount allocated as of such date (determined
without regard to the limitations under section 415 of the Code);
provided however, no excess shall be attributed to an employee
stock ownership plan within the meaning of section 4975(e)(7) of
the Code, until the Annual Additions under all other Defined
Contribution Plans (other than a tax credit employee stock
ownership plan, or “TCESOP,” within the meaning of
section 409 of the Code) have been reduced to zero, and no excess
shall be attributed to a TCESOP until the Annual Additions under
all other Defined Contribution Plans have been reduced to
zero.
(3)
Excess Annual Additions Corrections . Effective
as of the first Limitation Year commencing on or after July 1,
2007, the correction methods for handling excess Annual Additions
specified above no longer apply. However, similar
correction methods may be available under the IRS Employee Plans
Compliance Resolution System.
5.3
Limitation in Case of Defined Benefit Plan and Defined
Contribution Plan for the Same Employee .
(a)
General . In any case in which a Participant has
at any time participated in one or more Defined Benefit Plans, the
sum of the Defined Benefit Plan Fraction and the Defined
Contribution Plan Fraction, for any Limitation Year to which
section 415 of the Code applies, may not exceed 1.0, subject to
Treasury Regulations covering the aggregation during a Limitation
Year of previously unaggregated plans. If such sum would
exceed 1.0, then the Annual Additions to the Plan shall be reduced
only to the extent that such excess is not eliminated by reductions
in the accrual of Defined Benefit Plan
benefits. Effective for Plan Years beginning after June
30, 2000, this combined limit shall no longer apply.
(b)
Top-Heavy Rule . If a Limitation Year contains
any portion of a Plan Year for which the Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan,
then “1.0” shall be substituted for “1.25”
in Sections 5.1(c)(2)(A) and 5.1(e)(2)(A); provided however, any
limitation which results from the application of this sentence may
be exceeded so long as there are no Defined Benefit Plan accruals
for the individual and no employer contributions, forfeitures, or
voluntary nondeductible contributions allocated to the individual;
and provided further, this sentence shall not apply if the sum, for
any Aggregation Group of which the Plan is a part, of the Key
Employees’ benefits from all Defined Benefit Plans and
Defined Contribution Plans does not exceed 90% of the total of all
Participants’ benefits and if the Employer contribution would
satisfy the requirements of Section 0 if “4%” were
substituted for “3%” and “7½%” were
substituted for “5%.” Effective for Plan
Years beginning on or after July 1, 2009, this provision shall be
applied on the basis of the Annual Employer Contribution being 2%
of Annual Earnings plus 2% of Excess Earnings.
ARTICLE 6
VESTING AND
FORFEITURES
(a)
Rollover Account . A Participant’s rights
to his Rollover Account shall be nonforfeitable at all
times.
(b)
Section 401(k) Contribution Account . A
Participant’s rights to his Section 401(k) Contribution
Account shall be nonforfeitable at all times.
(c)
Annual Employer Contribution Account and Profit Sharing
Contribution Account .
(1)
At Normal Retirement Age . Upon and after a
Participant’s attainment of Normal Retirement Age, if he is
then in the service of the Employer or an Affiliate, he shall have
a nonforfeitable right to his Annual Employer Contribution Account
and Profit Sharing Contribution Account.
(2)
Prior to Normal Retirement Age .
(A)
Vesting Schedule . A Participant shall have a
nonforfeitable right to a percentage of his Annual Employer
Contribution Account and his Profit Sharing Contribution Account on
the basis of the number of Vesting Years with which he is credited,
pursuant to the following vesting schedule:
|
Vesting Years
|
|
Nonforfeitable
Percentage
|
|
Less than 2
|
|
0%
|
|
2
|
|
20%
|
|
3
|
|
40%
|
|
4
|
|
60%
|
|
5
|
|
80%
|
|
6 or more
|
|
100%
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