Exhibit 10.46
MOODY’S
CORPORATION
CAFETERIA PLAN
Effective January 1,
2008
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
INTRODUCTION
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1
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1.1
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Adoption and
Purpose of the Plan
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1
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1.2
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Cafeteria Plan
Status
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1
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ARTICLE II DEFINITIONS
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2.1
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“Administrator”
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2.2
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“COBRA”
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2.3
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“Code”
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2.4
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“Company”
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2.5
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“Compensation”
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1
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2.6
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“Continuation
Participant”
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2.7
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“Contributions”
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1
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2.8
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“Default
Benefits”
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2
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2.9
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“Dependent”
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2
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2.10
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“Dependent Care Reimbursement
Account”
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2
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2.11
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“Dependent Care Benefits”
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2
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2.12
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“Dependent Care Expenses”
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2
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2.13
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“Eligible
Employee”
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2
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2.14
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“Employee”
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2
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2.15
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“Employer”
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2
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2.16
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“Enrollment Period”
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3
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2.17
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“ERISA”
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3
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2.18
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“Explanation of Benefits”
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3
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2.19
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“Health
Care Reimbursement Account”
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3
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2.20
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“Health
Care Benefits”
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2.21
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“Health
Care Expenses”
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3
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2.22
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“Medical
Plan”
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3
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2.23
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“Participant”
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3
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2.24
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“Plan”
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3
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2.25
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“Plan
Year”
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4
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2.26
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“Qualifying Event”
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4
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2.27
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“Salary
Reduction Agreement”
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4
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ARTICLE III PARTICIPATION
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4
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3.1
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Commencement of
Participation
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4
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3.2
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Cessation of
Participation
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4
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3.3
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Continuation of
Participation
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4
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3.4
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Reinstatement
of Former Participant
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4
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ARTICLE IV BENEFIT OPTIONS AND SALARY
REDUCTION
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4.1
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Benefit
Options
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4
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4.2
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Election
Procedure and Salary Reduction Agreements
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5
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4.3
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Failure To
Elect
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6
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4.4
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Changes by
Administrator
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6
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4.5
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Irrevocability
of Election by Participant during Plan Year
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4.6
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Automatic
Termination of Election
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4.7
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Unused
Contributions or Benefits
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ARTICLE V
HEALTH CARE REIMBURSEMENT ACCOUNTS
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5.1
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Establishment
of Accounts
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8
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5.2
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Crediting
Accounts
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8
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5.3
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Account
Limits
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8
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5.4
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Health Care
Benefits
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5.5
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Maximum
Benefits
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5.6
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Account
Adjustments
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5.7
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Terminations
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5.8
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Forfeitures
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ARTICLE VI DEPENDENT CARE REIMBURSEMENT
ACCOUNTS
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6.1
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Establishment
of Accounts
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6.2
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Crediting
Accounts
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10
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6.3
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Account
Limits
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10
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6.4
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Dependent Care
Benefits
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10
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6.5
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Maximum
Benefits
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10
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6.6
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Account
Adjustments
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6.7
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Terminations
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6.8
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Forfeitures
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6.9
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Principal
Shareholder or Owners Exception
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6.10
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Notice to
Members
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ARTICLE VII CONTINUATION
PARTICIPATION
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7.1
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Election of
Continuation Participation
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7.2
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Benefits
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7.3
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Payment of
Contributions
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12
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7.4
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Cessation of
Continuation Participation
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ARTICLE VIII ADMINISTRATION
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8.1
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Administrator
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8.2
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Powers and
Authority; Action Conclusive
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8.3
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Indemnification
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8.4
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Counsel and
Assents
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13
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8.5
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Genuineness of
Documents
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13
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8.6
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Proper
Proof
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8.7
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Claims
Procedure
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8.8
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Expenses of
Administration
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8.9
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Nondiscriminatory Acts
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ARTICLE IX AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION
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9.1
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Right
Reserved
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ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS
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10.1
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Payment to an
Incompetent
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10.2
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Designation of
Beneficiary
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10.3
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Missing
Payee
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10.4
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Rights of
Participants
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10.5
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Estoppel of
Participants
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10.6
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Right of
Discharge Reserved
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10.7
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Separability
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10.8
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Governing
Law
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10.9
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Fiduciaries
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10.10
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Captions
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10.11
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Nonassignability
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10.12
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No
Representations
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ARTICLE I
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Adoption and Purpose of the
Plan . The Plan is hereby amended and restated effective as of
January 1, 2008 (the “Effective Date”). The
purpose of the Plan is to provide Employees with the opportunity to
pay health insurance premiums, certain accident or health expenses
and certain dependent care expenses on a before-tax basis by means
of salary reduction.
1.2 Cafeteria Plan Status .
The Plan is intended to qualify as a “Cafeteria Plan”
under Code Section 125, including a dependent care assistance
program under Code Section 129 and a medical reimbursement
plan under Code Section 105(b). The Plan is to be interpreted
in a manner consistent with the requirements of Code Sections 105,
106, 125, and 129.
ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS
The following terms when used in the
Plan shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning
is clearly required by the context.
2.1 “Administrator”
means the person appointed from time to time by the Company to
administer the Plan, as provided in Article VIII.
2.2 “COBRA” means the
health care continuation coverage provisions of Code
Section 4980B.
2.3 “Code” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Reference to any specific provision of the Code shall include such
provision and any valid regulations promulgated thereunder, and any
comparable provision of future legislation that amends,
supplements, or supersedes such provision.
2.4 “Company” means
Moody’s Corporation.
2.5 “Compensation” means
an Employee’s total cash earnings received from the Employer
during a Plan Year, prior to any salary reductions under this Plan,
any other Code Section 125 plan, or any Code
Section 401(k) plan.
2.6 “Continuation
Participant” means any former Participant and any current or
former spouse or Dependent of a Participant who participates in the
Plan in accordance with Article VII.
2.7 “Contributions”
means amounts paid under the Plan and allocated (i) to pay
insurance or other premiums on behalf of a Participant,
(ii) to the Health Care Reimbursement Account of a Participant
or Continuation Participant, or (iii) to the Dependent Care
Reimbursement Account of a Participant, for the purpose of
providing benefits under the Plan.
2.8 “Default Benefits”
means benefits which will be assigned to an Eligible Employee who
fails to affirmatively elect benefits for a Plan Year during the
applicable Enrollment Period, pursuant to Article IV
hereunder.
2.9 “Dependent” means,
with respect to any Participant, an individual defined in Code
Section 152.
2.10 “Dependent Care
Reimbursement Account” means an account established pursuant
to Article VI and setting forth a Participant’s interest in
the Plan used to reimburse Dependent Care Expenses.
2.11 “Dependent Care
Benefits” means the reimbursement of Dependent Care Expenses
as provided under the Plan.
2.12 “Dependent Care
Expenses” means expenses that are incurred by a Participant
(i) for the care of a qualified individual, or for related
household services, and (ii) to enable the Participant to be
gainfully employed for any period for which there are one or more
such qualified individuals with respect to such
Participant.
If such expenses are incurred for
services provided outside the Participant’s household by a
dependent care center (as defined in Code
Section 21(b)(2)(D)), they shall be Dependent Care Expenses
only if such center meets all applicable laws and regulations of
the applicable state or unit of local government. Dependent Care
Expenses shall not include any amount paid for services outside the
Participant’s household at a camp where the qualified
individual stays overnight, or any amount paid to an individual
with respect to whom, for the Plan year, a deduction is allowable
under Code Section 151(c) to such Participant or the spouse of
such Participant, or who is a child of such Participant (within the
meaning of Code Section 151(c)(3)) under the age of 19 at the
close of the Plan Year.
For purposes of this definition, a
qualified individual is (i) a Participant’s Dependent
who is under age 13 and with respect to whom the Participant is the
custodial parent (in the event that the Participant is divorced or
separated), and is entitled to a deduction under Code
Section 151(c), or (ii) a Participant’s spouse or
Dependent who is physically or mentally incapable of caring for
himself and who regularly spends at least 8 hours each day in the
Participant’s household.
2.13 “Eligible Employee”
means any full-time or part-time Employee who is regularly
scheduled to work at least 20 hours a week for the Employer, and is
eligible to participate in the Plan in accordance with
Section 3.1.
2.14 “Employee” means
any individual employed by the Employer and classified as a
common-law employee of the Employer in the Employer’s payroll
records. An individual who is classified as a “leased
employee” (as described in Code section 414(n)) shall not be
an Employee for purposes of the Plan.
2.15 “Employer” means
Moody’s Corporation or any successor company, and such of its
partially or wholly-owned subsidiary companies as may from time to
time, be authorized by the Board or the Administrator to
participate in the Plan with respect to all or some of its Eligible
Employees and which have adopted the Plan.
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2.16 “Enrollment Period”
means the period prior to the beginning of each Plan Year during
which Eligible Employees may elect benefit hereunder. The
Enrollment Period shall be established annually by the
Administrator, and shall be a period no less than 30 days prior to
the beginning of the Plan Year. In addition, the Administrator may
establish special Enrollment Periods for newly eligible
Employees.
2.17 “ERISA” means the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time to time. Reference to any specific provision of ERISA shall
include such provision and any valid regulations promulgated
thereunder, and any comparable provision of future legislation that
amends, supplements, or supersedes such provision.
2.18 “Explanation of
Benefits” means a statement from a medical or dental plan or
health maintenance organization concerning benefits provided to an
individual.
2.19 “Health Care
Reimbursement Account” means an account established pursuant
to Article V and setting forth the interest of a Participant or
Continuation Participant in the Plan used to reimburse Health Care
Expenses.
2.20 “Health Care
Benefits” means the reimbursement of Health Care Expenses as
provided under the Plan.
2.21 “Health Care
Expenses” means, with respect to a Participant, expenses
incurred by the Participant, his spouse, Dependent for
“medical care” as defined in Code Section 213(d),
but only to the extent that the Participant or other person
incurring such expenses is not reimbursed for, and is not eligible
for reimbursement of, such expenses through insurance or otherwise
under any accident or health plan other than this Plan and cannot
deduct such expenses under Code Section 213. The term
“Health Care Expenses” does not include any premium
paid for medical and/or dental coverage.
2.22 “Medical Plan”
means the programs for medical, prescription drug, vision and/or
dental coverage provided to Employees of the Employer, as evidenced
by the documents, contracts and descriptive materials governing
such coverage (hereinafter referred to as the “Policy.”
The term “Medical Plan” includes the benefit
descriptions, types, amounts, options and coverage levels under the
Policy, the participation requirements under the Policy, and such
other terms and conditions as are set forth in and are applicable
to such Policy, as the same may be amended from time to
time.
2.23 “Participant” means
any Employee who participates in the Plan in accordance with
Article III.
2.24 “Plan” means the
Moody’s Corporation Cafeteria Plan as set forth herein
together with any and all amendments and supplements thereto. The
Plan is hereby amended and restated effective as of January 1,
2008.
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2.25 “Plan Year” means
the period beginning on the Effective Date and ending on the
following December 31, and the twelve-month period ending on
each December 31 thereafter.
2.26 “Qualifying Event”
means the termination of a Participant’s employment for any
reason other than his gross misconduct, a loss of eligibility due
to a reduction in the hours of a Participant’s customary
employment, the death of a Participant, the divorce or legal
separation of a Participant and his spouse, or a
Participant’s dependent child ceasing to be covered as a
Dependent, if such event occurs during a Plan Year for which the
Participant has chosen to receive Health Care Benefits.
2.27 “Salary Reduction
Agreement” means an agreement between a Participant and the
Employer that the Participant shall receive an allocation of
Contributions for a Plan Year instead of his full Compensation in
cash.
A pronoun or adjective in the
masculine gender includes the feminine gender, and the singular
includes the plural, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise.
ARTICLE III
PARTICIPATION
3.1 Commencement of
Participation . Each Eligible Employee shall be eligible to
participate in the Plan as of his or her date of hire or rehire.
Such Eligible Employee may become a Participant by executing a
Salary Reduction Agreement, as provided in
Section 4.1.
3.2 Cessation of
Participation . A Participant will cease to be a Participant as
of the date on which he ceases to be an Eligible
Employee.
3.3 Continuation of
Participation . A Participant who would otherwise cease to be a
Participant under Section 3.2 because of a Qualifying Event,
or a Participant’s spouse or dependent child who would
otherwise cease to receive benefits under the Plan because of a
Qualifying Event, may elect to become a Continuation Participant in
accordance with Article VII for the purpose of continuing to
receive health care coverage as required by COBRA. If the
Qualifying Event is the divorce or legal separation of the
Participant and his spouse, or the dependent child’s ceasing
to be a covered Dependent, the preceding sentence shall not apply
to any individual unless the Participant, or the
Participant’s spouse or dependent child, provides notice to
the Administrator of the Qualifying Event within 60 days after the
date the individual would otherwise cease to be eligible to receive
benefits under the Plan.
3.4 Reinstatement of Former
Participant . A former Participant will become a Participant
again as of the date on which he again becomes an Eligible Employee
and may participate in accordance with Section 3.1.
ARTICLE IV
BENEFIT OPTIONS AND SALARY
REDUCTION
4.1 Benefit Options . A
Participant may choose under the Plan to receive his full
Compensation for any Plan Year in cash, or to receive benefits
under the Plan for any Plan Year pursuant to a Salary Reduction
Agreement. As of the Effective Date, the benefits available for
each Plan Year are:
(a) Payment of premiums under the
Medical Plan;
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(b) The reimbursement of Health Care
Expenses up to the maximum amount determined by the Administrator,
provided in accordance with Article V; and
(c) The reimbursement of Dependent
Care Expenses up to $5,000 ($2,500 in the case of a married
Participant filing his federal tax return separately from his
spouse), provided in accordance with Article VI.
4.2 Election Procedure and Salary
Reduction Agreements .
(a) Each Eligible Employee
immediately prior to the Effective Date who desires to become a
Participant for the Plan Year commencing with the Effective Date
shall file an election with the Administrator at such time as
designated by the Administrator. By filing such an election, the
Eligible Employee shall become a Participant and his election shall
become effective as of the Effective Date. An Eligible Employee who
first becomes an Eligible Employee on or after the Effective Date
(or an Eligible Employee who returns to employment status as an
Eligible Employee on or after the Effective Date) shall become a
Participant by filing an election with the Administrator prior to
the thirty-first (31st) day beginning with the date when he
became an Eligible Employee (or) returned to Eligible Employee
status); provided, however, that an election filed hereunder at a
time other tha