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EXHIBIT 10.2
PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP COMPANY
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS AND STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS AND STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
As
Amended and Restated
Effective January 1, 2007
Effective January 1, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
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1.1 Account
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1.2 Adjustment
Date
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1.3
Administrator
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1.4 Adopting
Company
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1.5 Basic
Contributions
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1.6
Beneficiary
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1.7 Board
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1.8 Code
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1.9
Committee
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1.10 Company
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1.11 Company
Stock
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1.12
Compensation
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1.13 Disability
Retirement Date
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1.14 Effective
Date
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1.15
Employee
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1.16
Employer
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1.17 Employment
Commencement Date
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1.18 ERISA
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1.19 ESOP
Contributions
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1.20
Fiduciary
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1.21 5%
Owner
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1.22
Forfeiture
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1.23 Highly
Compensated Employees
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1.24 Hour of
Service
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1.25 Inactive
Participant
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1.26 Ineligible
Employee
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1.27 Investment
Manager
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1.28 Key
Employee
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1.29 Matching
Contributions
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1.30 Normal
Retirement Date
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1.31
Participant
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1.32 Period of
Severance
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1.33 Permanent
Disability
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1.34 Plan
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1.35 Plan
Year
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1.36 Prior
Plans
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1.37 Qualified
Non-Elective Contributions
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1.38 Reemployment
Commencement Date
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1.39 Related
Company
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1.40 Salary
Reduction Contributions
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1.41
Section 415 Compensation
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1.42 Service
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1.43 Severance
from Service Date
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1.44 Suspense
Account
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1.45 Top
Heavy
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1.46 Trust, Trust
Fund or Fund
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1.47 Trustee
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1.48 Gender and
Number
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ARTICLE II
PARTICIPATION
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2.1 Eligibility
Requirements
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2.2
Reemployment
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2.3 Loss of
Eligibility with Continued Employment
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ARTICLE III
CONTRIBUTIONS
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3.1 ESOP
Contributions
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3.2 Savings Plan
Contributions
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3.3 Limitation on
Contributions
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3.4 No Right or
Duty of Inquiry
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3.5
Non-Reversion
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3.6 Time and
Manner of Payment of Contributions
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3.7 Catch-up
Contributions
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ARTICLE IV
ACCOUNTS AND ALLOCATIONS
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4.1 Accounts
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4.2 Allocation of
Contributions and Forfeitures
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4.3 Ineligibility
to Receive Allocations of Company Stock
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4.4 Allocation of
Earnings
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4.5 Segregated
Accounts
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4.6 Annual
Additions
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4.7
Anti-Discrimination Test for Salary Reduction Contributions
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4.8
Anti-Discrimination Test for Matching Contributions
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4.9 Distribution
of Excess Contributions
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4.10 Correction of
Error
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4.11 Trust as
Single Fund
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ARTICLE V
VESTING
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5.1 Vesting
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5.2 Service
Rules
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5.3 Vested
Benefits and Forfeitures
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ARTICLE VI
BENEFITS
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6.1 Normal
Retirement
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6.2 Disability
Retirement
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6.3 Termination of
Employment
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6.4 Death
Benefits
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6.5 Designation of
Beneficiary
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6.6 Commencement
of Distribution
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6.7 Form of
Benefit
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6.8 Location of
Former Participants
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6.9 Benefits to
Minors and Incompetents
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6.10
Withdrawals
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6.11 Loans
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6.12 Installment
Payment and Annuity Options
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ARTICLE VII
DISTRIBUTION IN COMPANY STOCK
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7.1 Legends
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7.2 Basis of
Company Stock
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ARTICLE VIII
ADMINISTRATION BY THE COMMITTEE
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8.1 Appointment of
the Committee
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8.2 Powers of the
Committee
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8.3
Operation
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8.4 Meetings and
Quorum
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8.5
Compensation
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8.6 Payment of
Expenses
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8.7 Qualified
Domestic Relations Orders
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8.8 Rollovers and
Trustee-to-Trustee Transfers to and from the Plan
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ARTICLE IX DUTIES
AND POWERS OF THE TRUSTEE
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9.1 General
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9.2 Trust
Agreement
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9.3 Limitation of
Liability
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9.4 Power of
Trustee to Carry Out the Plan
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9.5 Life
Insurance
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9.6 Directed
Investments
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9.7 Investment
Diversification of ESOP Accounts Applicable to Periods Prior to
January 1, 2007
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ARTICLE X
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
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10.1
Amendment
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10.2
Termination
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10.3 Merger
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ARTICLE XI CLAIMS
PROCEDURE
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11.1 Right to File
Claim
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11.2 Denial of
Claim
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11.3 Claims Review
Procedure
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ARTICLE XII
ADOPTION OF PLAN BY RELATED COMPANIES AND TRANSFERRED ASSETS
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12.1 Adoption of
the Plan
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12.2
Withdrawal
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12.3 Sale of
Employer’s Assets
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ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
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13.1
Indemnification
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13.2 Exclusive
Benefit Rule
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13.3 No Right to
the Fund
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13.4 Rights of
Employer
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13.5
Non-Alienation of Benefits
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13.6 Construction
and Severability
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13.7 Delegation of
Authority
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13.8 Request for
Tax Ruling
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13.9 Qualified
Military Service
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PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP COMPANY
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS AND STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
EMPLOYEE SAVINGS AND STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
BACKGROUND
Pocahontas Foods, USA, Inc., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Pocahontas Food Group, Inc. (formerly
Pocahontas Food Companies of America, Inc.), established the
Pocahontas Foods, USA, Inc. Profit Sharing Retirement Plan (the
“Pocahontas Plan”) effective as of August 1, 1987.
The Pocahontas Plan was originally designed to be a qualified
profit sharing plan under Section 401(a) of the Code and included a
qualified cash or deferred arrangement (“CODA”) under
Section 401(k) of the Code.
Effective as of June 1, 1988,
the Pocahontas Plan was amended and restated to permit the plan to
borrow funds for the purpose of acquiring qualified employer
securities and to satisfy the requirements necessary for the plan
to qualify as an employee stock ownership plan under Sections 409
and 4975(e)(7) of the Code. As amended and restated, the Pocahontas
Plan retained and continued the CODA portion of the Plan, and was
designated the Pocahontas Food Group, Inc. Employee Savings and
Stock Ownership Plan (as amended and restated in 1988, the
“1988 Plan”).
On June 2, 1988, Caro Produce
& Institutional Foods, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
Pocahontas Food Group, Inc., (and its wholly owned subsidiaries)
adopted the 1988 Plan and on July 1, 1988 the assets of the Caro
Produce & Institutional Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan (the
“Caro Produce Plan”) were transferred to the 1988
Plan.
On July 5, 1988, Kenneth O.
Lester Co., Inc. became a subsidiary of Pocahontas Food Group,
Inc., adopted the 1988 Plan on July 5, 1988 and on
July 6, 1988 the assets of the Kenneth O. Lester Co., Inc.
Profit Sharing Plan (the “Lester Company Plan”) were
transferred to the 1988 Plan.
Each participant in the Caro Produce
Plan, the Lester Company Plan and the 1988 Plan is entitled to a
benefit under the 1988 Plan immediately after the transfer of
assets from the Caro Produce Plan and the Lester Company Plan into
the 1988 Plan, equal to or greater than his account balance
determined under the Caro Produce Plan, the Lester Company Plan, or
the 1988 Plan, as the case maybe, immediately before the
transfer.
The 1988 Plan has been amended by
various amendments, including an amendment in 1993 to change the
name of the Plan to the Performance Food Group Company Employee
Savings and Stock Ownership Plan, in order to reflect the change in
the name of the Company from Pocahontas Food Group, Inc. to
Performance Food Group Company.
On December 31, 1994, effective
January 1, 1989, the 1988 Plan was amended and restated in its
entirety in order to bring the Plan into compliance with the Tax
Reform Act of 1986 and subsequent legislation (as amended and
restated in 1994, the “1994 Plan”).
On January 3, 1995,
Milton’s Food Service, Inc. became a subsidiary of the
Company and adopted the 1994 Plan effective February 1, 1995.
Effective January 1, 1996, the Milton’s Institutional
Foods, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan (the “Milton’s
Plan”) was merged into the 1994 Plan.
On October 31, 1997, AFI Food
Service Distributors, Inc. became a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company and adopted the 1994 Plan effective October 31, 1997.
Effective August 4, 1999, the AFI Food Service Distributors,
Inc. Profit Sharing and Savings Plan (the “AFI Plan”)
was merged into the 1994 Plan.
On February 28, 1999, NCF
Acquisition, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, merged
into NorthCenter Foodservice Corporation, which adopted the 1994
Plan effective March 21, 1999. Effective as of such date, the
NorthCenter Foodservice Corporation Profit Sharing Plan (the
“NorthCenter Plan”) was merged into the 1994
Plan.
Each participant in the
Milton’s Plan, the NorthCenter Plan, the AFI Plan and the
1994 Plan is entitled to a benefit under the 1994 Plan immediately
after the transfer of assets from the Milton’s Plan, the
NorthCenter Plan, and the AFI Plan into the 1994 Plan, equal to or
greater than his account balance determined under the
Milton’s Plan, the NorthCenter Plan, the AFI Plan, or the
1994 Plan, as the case may be, immediately before the
transfer.
The 1994 Plan has been amended by
various amendments, including amendments to increase the percentage
of Compensation that a Participant may defer under the Plan to
15 percent, to increase the Employer Matching Contribution, to
modify the participant loan provisions, to provide for daily
valuation of certain Accounts, and to eliminate the minimum
participation age.
Effective January 1, 2000, the
1994 Plan was amended and restated in its entirety in order to
bring the Plan into compliance with the Taxpayer Relief Act of
1997, the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996, the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act (“GATT”), the Uniformed Services
Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 and various
regulatory and other statutory provisions now effective (as amended
and restated in 2000, the “2000 Plan”). The Plan was
also amended to increase the Employer Matching Contribution and to
reduce the eligibility service requirement.
In October 2000, the Company
decided to eliminate the installment payment option available to
Participants under the Plan and the annuity options available to
certain Participants who were formerly participants in the Lester
Company Plan, the Caro Produce Plan and the Milton’s Plan in
accordance with Section 1.411(d)-4(e) of the Treasury
Regulations. Notice was provided Participants effective
February 1, 2001, as required by such regulations.
The 2000 Plan was amended and
restated in its entirety in order to bring the Plan into compliance
with the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of
1998, the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000, and certain
provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act
of 2001 (including the provision of the Act that permits deductible
dividends on Company stock to be reinvested in such stock), to
eliminate the
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installment payment and annuity options formerly available under
the Plan, to change to the “elapsed time” method for
computing service for purposes of the Plan, to eliminate the
cash-out limit “lookback rule” in accordance with
Sections 1.411(a)-11(c)(3) and 1.417(e)-1(b)(2)(i) of the
Treasury Regulations, to make the Employer Matching Contribution a
discretionary contribution, to permit in-service withdrawals from
the Plan of all or part of a Participant’s Rollover Account
upon attaining age 59 1 / 2 or in the event such Participant incurs a
financial hardship, to permit a Participant to direct the
investment of his ESOP Contributions Account and Prior Plan ESOP
Contributions Account from Company Stock to the investment funds
authorized by the Committee, to permit a Participant to elect not
to have Salary Reduction Contributions made from bonuses, and to
permit a Participant to designate that Salary Reduction
Contributions be made as a flat dollar amount rather than as a
whole percentage of Compensation.
The Plan is again amended and
restated effective January 1, 2007, to incorporate all
amendments adopted since the last restatement in 2002. Except as
otherwise provided herein, the Effective Date of the Plan, as
amended and restated, shall be January 1, 2007.
It is intended that the amended and
restated Plan (hereafter, the “Plan”) shall continue to
be a qualified plan under Code Section 401(a) and to qualify as a
qualified employee stock ownership plan under Code
Sections 409 and 4975(e)(7) that includes a qualified CODA as
described in Code Section 401(k).
In addition to providing retirement
benefits for employees of the Employer (which includes the Company
and each Related Company that adopts the Plan) and their
Beneficiaries, a primary purpose of the Plan is to enable employees
to share in the growth and prosperity of the Company and to
accumulate capital for their future economic security by acquiring
a proprietary interest in the Company. In furtherance of that goal,
the employee stock ownership portion of the Plan is designed to
invest its assets primarily in Company Stock.
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS
Where indicated by initial capital
letters, the following terms shall have the following meanings,
unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
1.1 Account . An account (or
accounts) maintained for the benefit of a Participant pursuant to
Section 4.1.
1.2 Adjustment Date . The last
day of each calendar quarter. The Committee may establish more
frequent Adjustment Dates in such circumstances and for such
purposes as the Committee deems it appropriate, including the
adoption of a daily valuation system for amounts held in Basic
Contributions Accounts, Salary Reduction Contributions Accounts,
Matching Contributions Accounts, Prior Plan Employee Contributions
Accounts, Prior Plan Employer Contributions Accounts and Rollover
Accounts.
1.3 Administrator . The
Committee.
1.4 Adopting Company . The
Company and any Related Company that adopts the Plan as provided in
Article XII.
1.5 Basic Contributions . The
Employer’s contributions made pursuant to
Section 3.2(a).
1.6 Beneficiary . Any person
or entity who is to receive any benefits payable from the Plan on
account of the death of a Participant in accordance with the
provisions of Section 6.4 and Section 6.5 of the
Plan.
1.7 Board . Except where the
context clearly indicates otherwise, the duly constituted Board of
Directors of the Company.
1.8 Code . The Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any subsequently enacted
federal revenue law. A reference to a particular Section of the
Code shall be deemed to include a reference to any regulations
issued under the Section and to the corresponding section of any
subsequently enacted federal revenue law.
1.9 Committee . The committee
established pursuant to Article VIII of the Plan to be
responsible for the general administration and interpretation of
the Plan and supervision of the Trust Fund in accordance with the
provisions of Article VIII.
1.10 Company . Performance
Food Group Company (formerly known as Pocahontas Food Group, Inc.)
and any successor (by merger, consolidation or otherwise).
1.11 Company Stock . Common
stock issued by the Company (or by a Related Company) that is
readily tradable on an established securities market or, if no such
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tradable
common stock exists, common stock issued by the Company (or a
Related Company) that has a combination of voting power and
dividend rights equal to or in excess of:
(a) that class of common stock of the
Company (or Related Company) having the greatest voting power,
and
(b) that class of common stock of the
Company (or Related Company) having the greatest dividend
rights.
Non-callable preferred stock shall be treated as Company Stock if
(i) such stock is convertible at any time into stock which
meets the requirements of the preceding sentence and (ii) such
conversion is at a conversion price that, as of the date of the
acquisition of such preferred stock by the Plan, is reasonable. For
purposes of the next preceding sentence, callable preferred stock
shall be treated as non-callable if, after the call, there will be
a reasonable opportunity for a conversion that satisfies the
requirements of the last preceding sentence. Company Stock shall
meet the requirements of a “qualifying employer
security” under ERISA Section 407(d)(5) and
“employer securities” under Code
Section 409(1).
1.12 Compensation .
(a) The earnings paid to an Employee
by the Employer during a Plan Year for personal services, prior to
withholding as reported on Form W-2, including bonuses, overtime
pay, and commissions, but excluding contributions or benefits under
this Plan or any other plan of deferred compensation maintained by
the Employer and excluding special allowances (such as amounts paid
to an Employee during an authorized leave of absence, moving
expenses, car expenses, tuition reimbursement, meal allowances, the
cost of excess group life insurance income includible in taxable
income, and similar items). Compensation shall include all Salary
Reduction Contributions by a Participant pursuant to
Section 4.2(a) and any salary reduction contributions to a
cafeteria plan under Code Section 125. Effective
January 1, 2001, Compensation shall also include any elective
amounts that are not includible in the gross income of the
Participant under Code Section 132(f)(4). Notwithstanding the
above, Compensation shall not include a retention bonus paid by the
Company to any Participant who becomes a Companies Covered
Employee, as defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement dated
February 22, 2005, between the Company and Chiquita Brands
International, Inc.
(b) For purposes of the
nondiscrimination tests of Sections 4.7 and 4.8,
“Compensation” means Compensation for services
performed for the Company that is currently includible in gross
income, increased by the Employee’s Salary Reduction
Contributions, elective contributions under a cafeteria plan and
elective contributions under other arrangements permitted to be
included under Code Section 414(s). Effective January 1,
2001, “Compensation” for purposes of these
nondiscrimination tests shall be increased by any elective amounts
that are not includible in gross income under Code
Section 132(f)(4).
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(c) For convenience of
administration, Compensation may be rounded to the nearest
$100.
(d) Notwithstanding
Section 1.12(a) and (b), Compensation taken into account under
the Plan shall be limited as follows:
(i) The amount of an Employee’s
annual Compensation that may be taken into account under the Plan
shall not exceed $225,000 (for 2007, to be adjusted for future
years pursuant to Code Sections 401(a)(17)(B) and
415(d)).
(ii) If a Plan Year (or any other
period, not exceeding 12 months, over which Compensation is
determined under the Plan) consists of fewer than 12 months,
the relevant statutory Compensation limit (as described in
(i) above) in effect for such Plan Year (or other
determination period) shall be multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of months in the Plan Year (or
other determination period), and the denominator of which is
12.
1.13 Disability Retirement
Date . The date upon which the Committee determines that a
Participant has incurred a Permanent Disability.
1.14 Effective Date . For the
amended and restated Plan, January 1, 2007, except as
otherwise provided herein. The original effective date of the
salary reduction portion of the Plan, as part of the Pocahontas
Plan (as defined in Section 1.36), was August 1, 1987,
and the original effective date of the employee stock ownership
portion of the Plan, as part of the 1988 Prior Plan (as defined in
Section 1.36), was June 1, 1988. The original effective
date of the Pocahontas Plan was August 1, 1987; the original
effective date of the Caro Produce Plan (as defined in
Section 1.36) was January 1, 1973; the original effective
date of the Lester Company Plan (as defined in Section 1.36)
was September 1, 1981; the original effective date of the
Milton’s Plan (as defined in Section 1.36) was
May 1, 1987; the original effective date of the NorthCenter
Plan (as defined in Section 1.36) was December 28, 1972;
the original effective date of the AFI Plan (as defined in
Section 1.36) was January 1, 1980; the original effective
date of the TPC Spinoff Plan (as defined in Section 1.36) was
September 15, 1989; and the original effective date of the
Plee-Zing Plan (as defined in Section 1.36) was
January 1, 1989.
1.15 Employee . Any person
employed by the Employer, other than a person classified in the
records of the Employer as an independent contractor (regardless of
whether he is later determined by the Internal Revenue Service or a
federal or state court to be a common law employee) or a leased
employee.
1.16 Employer . The Company
and each other Adopting Company.
1.17 Employment Commencement
Date . The date on which an Employee first completes an Hour of
Service.
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1.18 ERISA . The Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. A reference to
a particular Section of ERISA shall be deemed to include a
reference to any regulations issued under the Section.
1.19 ESOP Contributions . The
Employer’s contributions made pursuant to
Section 3.1.
1.20 Fiduciary . Any person
who (a) exercises any discretionary authority or discretionary
control respecting management of the Plan or exercises any
authority or control respecting management or disposition of its
assets, (b) renders investment advice for a fee or other
compensation, direct or indirect, with respect to any monies or
other property of the Plan or has any authority or responsibility
to do so, or (c) has any discretionary authority or
discretionary responsibility in the administration of the Plan. The
Committee and the Trustee each shall be a named Fiduciary for
purposes of the Plan and ERISA.
1.21 5% Owner . If the
Employer is a corporation, any person who owns (or is considered to
own within the meaning of Code Section 318) more than 5% of
the outstanding stock of the corporation or stock possessing more
than 5% of the total combined voting power of all stock of the
corporation. If the Employer is not a corporation, a 5% Owner is
any person who owns more than 5% of the capital or profits interest
in the Employer. In determining percentage ownership hereunder,
employers that would otherwise be aggregated under Code
Section 414 shall be treated as separate employers.
1.22 Forfeiture . That portion
of a Participant’s Account that is not vested (as provided in
Section 5.1). A Forfeiture occurs upon the earlier of:
(a) the distribution of the entire
vested portion of the Participant’s Account in a
“cash-out” distribution described in
Section 5.3(c), or
(b) the last day of the Plan Year in
which the Participant incurs a five-year Period of Severance.
For
purposes of subparagraph (a), in the case of a Participant who has
terminated employment other than by reason of death, Permanent
Disability, or retirement on or after the Participant’s
Normal Retirement Date, and whose vested Account balance is zero,
such terminated Participant shall be deemed to have received a
cash-out distribution of the Participant’s vested Account
balance upon his termination of employment. Restoration of
forfeited amounts shall occur pursuant to Section 5.3(c). The term
Forfeiture shall also include amounts deemed to be Forfeitures
pursuant to any other provision of the Plan.
1.23 Highly Compensated
Employees . Any Employee or former Employee who:
(a) was a 5% Owner (as defined in
Section 1.21) at any time during the Plan Year or the
preceding Plan Year; or
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(b) received 415 Compensation from
the Employer in excess of $100,000 (for 2007, to be adjusted for
future years pursuant to Code Sections 414(q) and 415(d)) for the
preceding Plan Year.
A former Employee shall be treated as
a Highly Compensated Employee if:
(a) such Employee was a Highly
Compensated Employee at the time such Employee terminated
employment; or
(b) such Employee was a Highly
Compensated Employee at any time after attaining age 55.
1.24 Hour of Service .
(a) Each hour:
(i) For which the Employee is
directly or indirectly paid, or entitled to payment, by the
Employer or a Related Company for the performance of duties. These
hours shall be credited to the Employee for the computation period
in which the duties are performed;
(ii) For which the Employee is paid
or entitled to payment by the Employer or a Related Company for a
period of time during which no duties are performed (irrespective
of whether the employment relationship has terminated) because of
vacation, holiday, illness, incapacity (including disability),
layoff, jury duty, military duty or leave of absence, up to a
maximum of 501 hours during a single continuous period). These
hours shall be credited to the Employee for the computation period
in which the duties would have been performed;
(iii) For which back pay,
irrespective of mitigation of damages, has been either awarded or
agreed to by the Employer or a Related Company. These hours shall
be credited to the Employee for the computation period to which the
award or agreement pertains, rather than the computation period in
which the award, agreement or payment is made. The same Hours of
Service shall not be credited both under subparagraph (i),
(ii) or (iv), as the case may be, and under this subparagraph
(iii); and
(iv) For purposes of determining
whether an Employee has a one-year Period of Severance, each hour
(up to a maximum of 501 hours in a single continuous period) for
which the Employee is absent because of (A) the pregnancy of
the Employee, (B) the birth of a child of the Employee,
(C) the placement of a child with the Employee in connection
with the Employee’s adoption of the child, (D) the
Employee’s caring for a child described in clause (B) or
(C) immediately after the birth or placement of the child, or
(E) an authorized leave of absence under the Family and
Medical Leave Act of 1993. These hours shall be credited to the
Employee for the computation period in
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which the
absence begins only if the Employee would otherwise incur a
one-year Period of Severance in that computation period. In all
other cases, these hours shall be credited to the next following
computation period.
Notwithstanding
the above, an hour for which an Employee is directly or indirectly
paid, or entitled to payment, on account of a period during which
no duties are performed is not required to be credited to the
Employee if such payment is made or due under a plan maintained
solely for the purpose of complying with applicable worker’s
compensation, unemployment compensation, or disability insurance
laws; nor are Hours of Service required to be credited for a
payment which solely reimburses an Employee for medical or
medically related expenses incurred by the Employee.
(b) If a leased employee later
becomes an Employee, Hours of Service with the Employer and Related
Companies as a leased employee shall be credited for such leased
employee if he or she is required to be treated as an employee for
purposes of the Plan under Code Section 414(n) (including any Hours
of Service during a period for which such leased employee would
have been treated as an employee but for the requirement that he or
she perform services on a substantially full-time basis for at
least a year).
(c) Hours of Service under this
Section 1.24 shall be calculated and credited pursuant to
Section 2530.200b-2 of the Department of Labor Regulations,
which are incorporated in the Plan by this reference.
1.25 Inactive Participant . An
Employee or former Employee who was a Participant in this Plan and
has vested benefits under the Plan that have not been paid in full
but who, either pursuant to Section 2.3 or because he has
terminated employment with the Employer, as the case may be, is no
longer entitled to accrue benefits under the Plan.
1.26 Ineligible Employee . An
Employee whose terms and conditions of employment (including
retirement benefits) are the subject of good faith bargaining
between the Employer and employee representatives, unless the
Employer and employee representatives have negotiated for coverage
of the Employee hereunder and agreed to such coverage in
writing.
1.27 Investment Manager . A
person other than the Trustee, the Company, or the Committee:
(a) who (i) is registered as an
investment advisor under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940,
(ii) is registered as an investment advisor under the laws of
a state which meets the requirements of ERISA
Section 3(38)(B), (iii) is a bank as defined in that Act,
or (iv) is an insurance company qualified to perform services
relating to the management, acquisition or disposition of assets of
a plan under the laws of more than one state; and
(b) who has acknowledged in writing
that it is a fiduciary with respect to the Plan.
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1.28 Key Employee .
(a) An Employee or former Employee,
or a Beneficiary thereof, who, at any time during the Plan Year is
or was:
(i) An officer of the Employer or a
Related Company whose annual Section 415 Compensation from the
Employer and Related Companies exceeds $130,000 (as adjusted
pursuant to Code Section 416(i)(1)) for such Plan Year;
(ii) A 5% Owner (as defined in
Section 1.21) of the Employer that employs (or employed) the
Employee (or former Employee); or
(iii) A 1% owner (defined as any
person who would be a 5% Owner under subparagraph (c) above if
“1%” were substituted for “5%” each place
it appears in Section 1.21) whose annual Section 415
Compensation from the Employer and Related Companies exceeds
$150,000.
“Key
Employee” shall also include the Beneficiary of a deceased
Key Employee, as described above.
(b) For purposes of this
Section 1.28, Section 415 Compensation shall have the
meaning provided in Section 1.40.
(c) The determination of Key Employee
status shall be made in accordance with Code Section 416(i),
and the number of persons who are considered Key Employees shall be
limited as provided under that Section.
(d) A “non-Key Employee”
is any Employee who is not a Key Employee.
1.29 Matching Contributions .
The Employer’s contributions made pursuant to
Section 3.2(c).
1.30 Normal Retirement Date .
The date that a Participant attains age 65.
1.31 Participant . An Employee
who meets the requirements of Article 11 of the Plan.
1.32 Period of Severance . The
period of time commencing on the Employee’s Severance from
Service Date and ending on his Reemployment Commencement Date,
except that, for an Employee or former Employee absent for a
maternity or paternity leave, as defined in the Hour of Service
definition at Section 1.24, a Period of Severance shall
commence on the second anniversary of the date such absence
begins.
1.33 Permanent Disability .
Any medically determinable physical or mental infirmity of a
Participant which may be expected to result in death, or to be of
long continued and indefinite duration, and which renders him
incapable to perform the customary duties of his
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employment with the Employer. The Committee shall determine whether
a Participant has incurred a Permanent Disability on the basis of a
medical report of a physician acceptable to the Committee.
1.34 Plan . The Performance
Food Group Company Employee Savings and Stock Ownership Plan
(formerly known as the Pocahontas Food Group, Inc. Employee Savings
and Stock Ownership Plan), as set forth herein and as amended from
time to time.
1.35 Plan Year . The 12
consecutive month period beginning on January 1 and ending on
December 31.
1.36 Prior Plans . The
Performance Food Group Company Employee Savings and Stock Ownership
Plan (formerly known as the Pocahontas Food Group, Inc. Employee
Savings and Stock Ownership Plan), as in effect immediately before
the Effective Date of this Plan (the “1988 Prior
Plan”); the Pocahontas Foods, USA, Inc. Profit Sharing
Retirement Plan, as in effect immediately before June 1, 1988
(the “Pocahontas Plan”); the Caro Produce &
Institutional Foods, Inc. Retirement Plan, as in effect immediately
before June 2, 1988 (the “Caro Produce Plan”); the
Kenneth O. Lester Company, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan, as in effect
immediately before July 6, 1988 (the “Lester Company
Plan”); the Hale Brothers, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan (the
“Hale Brothers Plan”) as in effect immediately before
the merger of the Hale Brothers Plan into the Plan; the
Milton’s Institutional Foods, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan as in
effect immediately before February 1, 1995 (the
“Milton’s Plan”); the NorthCenter Foodservice
Corporation Profit Sharing Plan as in effect immediately before
March 21, 1999 (the “NorthCenter Plan”); the AFI
Food Service Distributors, Inc. Profit Sharing and Savings Plan
(the “AFI Plan”) as in effect immediately before
August 4, 1999; the portion of the Thomas-Proestler Company
Retirement Savings Plan attributable to its non-union employees
(the “TPC Spin-off Plan”) as in effect immediately
before January 1, 2003; and the Plee-Zing, Inc. 401(k) Profit
Sharing Plan (the “Plee-Zing Plan”) as in effect
immediately before August 15, 2005.
1.37 Qualified Non-Elective
Contributions . The Employer’s contributions made
pursuant to Sections 3.2(e), 4.7(a)(iii) and 4.8(a)(ii).
1.38 Reemployment Commencement
Date . The date on which an Employee completes an Hour of
Service following a termination or Period of Severance.
1.39 Related Company . Any
corporation or business organization that is under common control
with the Company (as determined under Code Section 414(b) or
414(c)), any organization that is a member of an affiliated service
group that includes the Company (as determined under Code
Section 414(m)), and any other entity required to be
aggregated with the Company pursuant to Treasury Regulations under
Code Section 414(o). For the purpose of applying the
limitations set forth in Section 4.6, Code
Sections 414(b), 414(c) and 414(m) shall be applied as
modified by Code Section 415(h).
1.40 Salary Reduction
Contributions . The Employer’s contributions made in
accordance with a Participant’s salary reduction agreement
made pursuant to Section 3.2(b).
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1.41 Section 415
Compensation .
(a) An Employee’s total annual
compensation from the Employer and Related Companies, as defined in
the Treasury Regulations issued under Code Section 415. Under
this definition, “Section 415 Compensation”
includes an Employee’s wages, salaries, fees for professional
services and other amounts received for personal services actually
rendered in the course of employment with the Employer and Related
Companies (including, but not limited to, commissions paid to
salesmen, compensation for services on the basis of a percentage of
profits, commissions on insurance premiums, tips, bonuses, fringe
benefits, and reimbursement or other expense allowances under a
nonaccountable plan (as described in Section 1.62-2(c) of the
Treasury Regulations). “Section 415 Compensation”
does not include items such as:
(i) Contributions made by the
Employer or a Related Company to a plan of deferred compensation to
the extent that, before application of the Section 415
limitations to that plan, the contributions are not includible in
the Employee’s gross income for the taxable year in which
they are contributed;
(ii) Any distributions from a plan of
deferred compensation, regardless of whether such amounts are
includible in the gross income of the Employee when distributed;
provided, however, that any amounts received by an Employee
pursuant to an unfunded nonqualified plan shall be included in
Section 415 Compensation in the year such amounts are
includible in the gross income of the Employee.
(iii) Amounts realized from the
exercise of a non-qualified stock option or from restricted
property;
(iv) Amounts realized from the sale,
exchange or other disposition of stock acquired under a statutory
stock option; or
(v) Other amounts that receive
special tax benefits, such as premiums for group term life
insurance (but only to the extent that the premiums are not
includible in the gross income of the Employee).
(b) The amount of an Employee’s
annual Section 415 Compensation that may be taken into account
under the Plan shall not exceed $225,000 (for 2007, to be adjusted
for future years pursuant to Code Sections 401(a)(17)(B) and
415(d)). In applying these limitations, the short Plan Year rules
described in Section 1.13(d)(ii) shall apply. Section 415
Compensation shall include Salary Reduction Contributions by a
Participant pursuant to Section 4.2(a), any salary reduction
contributions to a cafeteria plan under Code Section 125, and any
elective amounts that are not includible in the gross income of the
Participant under Code Section 132(f)(4).
1.42 Service . Effective
January 1, 2002, for a Participant who completes an Hour of
Service on or after such date, the period of service from the
Employee’s Date of Employment or
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Date of
Reemployment until his Severance from Service Date, subject to the
following qualifications:
(a) All periods of Service shall be
aggregated on the basis that 12 months of Service shall equal
one year of Service, and 30 days of Service shall equal a
month of Service in the aggregation of fractional months. Separate
periods of Service shall be aggregated on the same basis.
(b) Except as provided in subsection
(c) below, if an Employee terminates employment because of
voluntary termination, discharge or retirement and then performs an
Hour of Service within twelve months from his Severance from
Service Date, the period from such termination of employment until
the performance of an Hour of Service will be counted as
Service.
(c) If an Employee terminates
employment because of voluntary termination, discharge or
retirement during an absence from Service of 12 months or less
for any reason other than termination, retirement or death and then
performs an Hour of Service within 12 months of the original
date on which the Employee was first absent from Service, the
period from the original date from which the Employee was first
absent from Service until the performance of an Hour of Service
will be counted as Service.
(d) Service with the Employer shall
include Service recognized under any Prior Plan.
(e) Effective as of December 28,
1991, Service shall include service credited to an Employee under
the terms of the Taylor & Sledd, Incorporated Profit Sharing
Retirement Plan, the Treasure Isle, Inc. Employees’ Thrift
and Savings Plan, and any of the Prior Plans.
(f) Effective as of December 22,
1992, Service shall include service with Loubat-L. Frank, Inc.
d/b/a American Beauty for employees of Loubat-L. Frank, Inc. on
December 21, 1992, who became Employees of Performance Food
Group Company effective December 22, 1992, subject to the
service rules of Section 5.2.
(g) Effective as of May 24,
1993, Service shall include service with Summit Distributors, Inc.
for employees of Summit Distributors, Inc. on May 24, 1993,
who became Employees of Performance Food Group Company effective
May 24, 1993, subject to the service rules of
Section 5.2.
(h) Effective as of June 15,
1995, Service shall include service with the Cannon Foodservice
Division of Asheville Packing Company
(“Cannon’s”) for employees of Cannon’s on
June 15, 1995, who became employees of Milton’s
Foodservice, Inc. effective June 15, 1995, subject to the
service rules of Section 5.2.
(i) Effective as of January 1,
1997, Service shall include credited service with McLane
Foodservice-Temple, Inc. and McLane Company, Inc. for employees of
such
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companies who
became employees of Performance Food Group of Texas, L.P. effective
on the effective date of the acquisition of the McLane food service
business pursuant to an asset purchase agreement with the Company
dated October, 1996, subject to the service rules of
Section 5.2.
(j) Effective as of July 1,
1997, Service shall include credited service with Central Florida
Finer Foods, Inc. for employees of such company who became
employees of Performance Food Group Company on June 30, 1997,
subject to the service rules of Section 5.2.
(k) Effective as of July 1,
1997, Service shall include credited service with
W. J. Powell Company, Inc. for employees who were
employed with W. J. Powell Company, Inc. on June 30, 1997,
subject to the service rules of Section 5.2.
(l) Effective as of July 1,
1997, Service shall include credited service with Tenneva
Foodservice, Inc. for employees of such company who became
employees of Hale Brothers/Summit, Inc. on May 18, 1997,
subject to the service rules of Section 5.2.
(m) Effective as of October 31,
1997, Service shall include credited service with AFI Food Service
Distributors, Inc. for employees of AFI Food Service Distributors,
Inc. on October 31, 1997, subject to the service rules of
Section 5.2.
(n) Effective as of July 1,
1998, Service shall include credited service with Affiliated Paper
Companies, Inc. (prior to its sale of certain assets of such
company to a Related Company) for employees of such company who
became employees of Affiliated Paper Companies, Inc. (formerly, APC
Acquisition, Inc.) on July 1, 1998, subject to the service
rules of Section 5.2.
(o) Effective as of July 27,
1998, Service shall include credited service with Taylor &
Sledd, Inc. (prior to its sale of certain assets of such company to
a Related Company) for employees of such company who became
employees of T & S Acquisition, Inc. (whose name was changed to
Virginia Foodservice Group, Inc.) on July 27, 1998, subject to
the service rules of Section 5.2.
(p) Effective as of March 21,
1999, Service shall include credited service with NorthCenter
Foodservice Corporation for employees of such company on the date
of the merger of NCF Acquisition, Inc. into NorthCenter Foodservice
Corporation, subject to the service rules of
Section 5.2.
(q) Effective as of August 28,
1999, Service shall include credited service with Dixon Tom-A-Toe
Companies, Inc. for employees of such company on the date of the
merger of Dixon Tom-A-Toe Companies, Inc. into Performance
Acquisition, Inc., subject to the service rules of
Section 5.2.
(r) Effective as of December 13,
1999, Service shall include credited service with RAGONE, L.L.C.
and DNGONE, L.L.C. for employees of such companies who
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became
employees of Virginia Foodservice Group, Inc. on December 13,
1999, subject to the service rules of Section 5.2.
(s) Effective as of August 4,
2000, Service shall include credited service with Carroll County
Foods, Inc. for employees of Carroll County Foods, Inc. on
August 4, 2000, subject to the service rules of
Section 5.2.
(t) Effective as of December 13,
2000, Service shall include credited service with Redi-Cut Foods,
Inc., Kansas City Salad Holdings, Inc. and Kansas City Salad,
L.L.C. for employees of Redi-Cut Foods, Inc., Kansas City Salad
Holdings, Inc. or Kansas City Salad, L.L.C. on December 13,
2000, subject to the service rules of Section 5.2.
(u) Effective as of April 2,
2001, Service shall include credited service with Empire Seafood,
Inc. for employees of Empire Seafood, Inc. on April 2, 2001,
subject to the service rules of Section 5.2.
(v) Effective as of August 31,
2001, Service shall include credited service with Springfield
Foodservice Corporation for employees of Springfield Foodservice
Corporation on August 31, 2001, subject to the service rules
of Section 5.2.
(w) Effective as of January 1,
2002, Service shall include credited service with Fresh Express,
Inc., Fresh International Corporation, Fresh Cuts, Inc., Bruce
Church, LLC, Transfresh Corporation, Fresh Express Chicago, Inc.
and Fresh Express Mid-Atlantic, Inc. (the “Fresh
Companies”) for employees of the Fresh Companies on
October 16, 2001, subject to the service rules of
Section 5.2.
(x) Effective as of July 26,
2002, Service shall include credited service with Thoms-Proestler
Company for employees of Thoms-Proestler Company on July 26,
2002, subject to the service rules of Section 5.2.
(y) Effective as of July 7,
2004, Service shall include credited service with Plee-Zing, Inc.
for Donald Donakowski, subject to the service rules of
Section 5.2.
(z) Service shall include service
with an Adopting Company to the extent determined by the Adopting
Company and the Company pursuant to Section 12.1 to include
such service as Service under this Plan.
(aa) Service credited to an Employee
prior to January 1, 2002 shall be determined in accordance
with the hours of service computation method used under the
previous Plan document, effective January 1, 2000.
1.43 Severance from Service
Date . The earlier of the date on which an Employee quits, is
discharged, retires or dies, or the first anniversary of the first
date of a period in which an Employee remains absent from Service
with the Employer or Related Employer maintaining the Plan for any
reason other than a quit, discharge, retirement or death.
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For purposes of determining Service,
the Severance from Service Date for an Employee or former Employee
who is absent from work for maternity or paternity leave shall be
the second anniversary of the date such absence begins. For
purposes of this Section, an absence from work for maternity or
paternity leave means an absence (a) by reason of the
pregnancy of the Employee or former Employee, (b) by reason of
the birth of a child of the Employee or former Employee,
(c) by reason of the placement of a child with the Employee or
former Employee in connection with the adoption of such child by
such Employee or former Employee, or (d) for purposes of
caring for such child for a period beginning immediately following
such birth or placement. Notwithstanding the above, no credit shall
be given for Service pursuant to this paragraph unless the Employee
or former Employee furnishes sufficient information to the
Committee to establish that the absence is due to maternity or
paternity leave, as well as the number of days of such
absence.
1.44 Suspense Account . The
account, as described in Section 4.1(b), established to hold
Company Stock that has been pledged as security for a loan that
satisfies the requirements of Code Section 4975(d)(3) and
ERISA Section 408(b)(3) and Regulations promulgated thereunder
(an “exempt loan”).
1.45 Top Heavy . One or more
plans that are qualified under Code Section 401(a) and under which
the sum of the present value of the accrued benefits of Key
Employees under defined benefit plans and the account balances of
Key Employees under defined contribution plans exceeds 60% of the
sum of the present value of accrued benefits and account balances
of all employees, former employees and beneficiaries in such plans,
subject to the following:
(a) The determination of whether this
Plan is Top Heavy for a Plan Year shall be made as of the last day
of the immediately preceding Plan Year or, in the case of the first
Plan Year, the last day of such Plan Year (the “determination
date”), based upon values as of that date, and shall be made
in accordance with Code Section 416(g).
(b) If the Employer and Related
Companies maintain more than one plan qualified under Code
Section 401, then (i) each such plan in which a Key
Employee is a participant and (ii) each such plan that must be
taken into account in order for a plan described in clause (i) to
meet the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(4) or 410 shall
be aggregated with this Plan (collectively, the “required
aggregation group”) to determine whether the plans, as a
group, are Top Heavy. For the purpose of making such determination,
the Employer and Related Companies may, in their discretion,
aggregate any other qualified plan with this Plan to the extent
that such aggregation is permitted by Code Section 416(g) (such
additional plans, together with the required aggregation group, the
“permissive aggregation group”).
(c) For purposes of making a Top
Heavy determination under this Section 1.45, the following
rules shall apply in determining the benefits in a defined benefit
plan and the account balances in a defined contribution plan:
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(i) there shall be included the
present value of distributions from such plans made during the
one-year period ending on the determination date and in-service
distributions from such plans made during the five-year period
ending on the determination date, including distributions under a
terminated plan which, if it had not been terminated, would have
been required to be included in the required aggregation
group;
(ii) except to the extent provided in
Treasury Regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, any rollover
contributions (or similar transfers) made to the plan shall not be
taken into account;
(iii) the accrued benefits and
account balances of the following persons shall not be taken into
account:
(A) any individual who is a non-Key
Employee for the Plan Year but was a Key Employee for any prior
Plan Year; or
(B) any individual who has not
performed services for the Employer or a Related Company
maintaining the plan at any time during the five-year period ending
on the determination date; and
(iv) the accrued benefit of a non-Key
Employee shall be determined under the method, if any, that
uniformly applies for accrual purposes under all plans maintained
by the Employer and Related Companies or, if there is no such
method, as if such benefit accrued not more rapidly than the
slowest accrual rate permitted under the fractional accrual rate of
Code Section 411(b)(1)(C).
1.46 Trust, Trust Fund or Fund
. The trust implementing the Plan and the Plan assets held in the
trust.
1.47 Trustee . The individual
or individuals or the corporate entity (and any successor thereto)
that is appointed by the Company and that agrees to administer the
Trust.
1.48 Gender and Number .
Except where otherwise indicated by the context, any masculine
terminology shall also include the feminine and neuter, and the
definition of any tern in the singular may also include the
plural.
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ARTICLE II
PARTICIPATION
PARTICIPATION
2.1 Eligibility Requirements
.
(a) Each Employee who was
participating in the Plan on January 1, 2006 and who is not an
Ineligible Employee shall continue to be a Participant in this
Plan.
(b) Effective January 1, 2006,
each other Employee who is not already a Participant pursuant to
subparagraph (a) and who is not an Ineligible Employee may
become a Participant on the first day of the month next following
the date the Employee has completed at least 60 days of
Service.
(c) Effective January 1, 2006,
each Employee whose Employment Commencement Date is on or after
January 1, 2006, who has not elected to participate in the
Plan in accordance with subsection 2.1(b) above, and who is not an
Ineligible Employee shall become a Participant on the first day of
the month next following the date the Employee has completed at
least 60 days of Service in accordance with the automatic
enrollment provisions described in Plan section 3.2(b)(i)(A).
(d) Notwithstanding subparagraphs
(a) and (b), employees of B&R Foods, Inc., on
December 27, 1991, who became employees of Pocahontas Foods
USA, Inc. effective December 28, 1991, and who are Employees
and are not Ineligible Employees, shall be eligible to participate
in this Plan effective December 28, 1991.
(e) Notwithstanding subparagraphs
(a) and (b), employees of Loubat-L. Frank, Inc. d/b/a American
Beauty on December 21, 1992, who became employees of
Performance Food Group Company effective December 22, 1992,
and who are Employees and are not Ineligible Employees, shall be
eligible to participate in this Plan effective December 22,
1992.
(f) Notwithstanding subparagraphs
(a) and (b), employees of Summit Distributors, Inc. on
May 24, 1993, who became employees of Performance Food Group
Company effective May 24, 1993, and who are Employees and are
not Ineligible Employees, shall be eligible to participate in this
Plan effective May 24, 1993.
(g) Notwithstanding subparagraphs
(a) and (b), individuals who, as of January 3, 1995, were
employees of Milton’s Institutional Foods, Inc., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and who, on
February 1, 1995, have satisfied the age and service
eligibility requirements of subparagraph (b) as in effect on
that date, are Employees and are not Ineligible Employees shall
become Participants in this Plan effective February 1,
1995.
(h) Notwithstanding subparagraphs
(a) and (b), employees of McLane Foodservice-Temple, Inc. or
McLane Company, Inc. on December 27, 1996, who
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became
Employees of Performance Food Group of Texas, L.P. on the effective
date of the acquisition of the McLane food service business
pursuant to an asset purchase agreement with the Company dated
October, 1996 who have satisfied the service eligibility
requirement of subparagraph (b), and are Employees and are not
Ineligible Employees shall become Participants in the Plan
effective January 1, 1997.
(i) Notwithstanding subparagraphs
(a) and (b), employees of Central Florida Finer Foods, Inc.
who became Employees of the B&R Foods Division of Performance
Food Group Company on June 30, 1997, have satisfied the
service eligibility requirement of subparagraph (b) on
July 1, 1997, and are Employees and are not Ineligible
Employees shall become Participants in the Plan effective
July 1, 1997.
(j) Notwithstanding subparagraphs
(a) and (b), individuals who, as of June 30, 1997, were
employees of W. J. Powell Company, Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary
of the Company, and who, on July 1, 1997, have satisfied the
age and service eligibility requirements of subparagraph (b), are
Employees and are not Ineligible Employees shall become
Participants in the Plan effective July 1, 1997.
(k) Notwithstanding subparagraphs
(a) and (b), employees of Tenneva Foodservice, Inc. who
became Employees of Hale Brothers/Summit, Inc. on May 18,
1997, have satisfied the service eligibility requirement of
subparagraph (b) on July 1, 1997, and are Employees and
are not Ineligible Employees shall become Participants in the Plan
effective July 1, 1997.
(l) Notwithstanding subparagraphs
(a) and (b), individuals who, as of October 31, 1997,
were employees of AFI Food Service Distributors, Inc., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and who, on
October 31, 1997, have satisfied the service eligibility
requirements of subparagraph (b), are Employees and are not
Ineligible Employees shall become Participants in the Plan
effective October 31, 1997.
(m) Notwithstanding subparagraphs
(a) and (b), individuals who, as of July 1, 1998, were
employees of Affiliated Paper Companies, Inc. (formerly APC
Acquisition, Inc.), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and
who, on July 1, 1998, have satisfied the service eligibility
requirements of subparagraph (b), are Employees and are not
Ineligible Employees shall become Participants in the Plan
effective July 1, 1998.
(n) Notwithstanding subparagraphs
(a) and (b), individuals who, as of July 27, 1998, were
employees of T&S Acquisition, Inc. (whose name was changed to
Virginia Foodservice Group, Inc.), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Company, and who, on July 27, 1998, have satisfied the service
eligibility requirements of subparagraph (b), are Employees and are
not Ineligible Employees shall become Participants in the Plan
effective July 27, 1998.
(o) Notwithstanding subparagraphs
(a) and (b), individuals who, as of the date of the merger of
NCF Acquisition, Inc. into NorthCenter Foodservice Corporation were
employees of NorthCenter Foodservice Corporation, and who, as of
March 21, 1999,
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have satisfied
the service eligibility requirements of subparagraph (b), are
Employees and are not Ineligible Employees shall become
Participants in the Plan effective as of March 21, 1999 or as
soon thereafter as is administratively practicable.
(p) Notwithstanding subparagraphs
(a) and (b), employees of RAGONE, L.L.C. and DNGONE, L.L.C.
who became employees of Virginia Foodservice Group, Inc. on
December 13, 1999, and who as of December 13, 1999, have
satisfied the service eligibility requirements of subparagraph (b),
are Employees and are not Ineligible Employees shall become
Participants in the Plan effective as of December 13, 1999 or
as soon thereafter as is administratively practicable.
(q) Notwithstanding subparagraphs
(a) and (b), individuals who, as of August 4, 2000, were
employees of Carroll County Foods, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary
of the Company, and who, on August 4, 2000, have satisfied the
service eligibility requirements of subparagraph (b), are Employees
and are not Ineligible Employees shall become Participants in the
Plan effective August 4, 2000.
(r) Notwithstanding subparagraphs
(a) and (b), individuals who, as of April 2, 2001, were
employees of Empire Seafood, Inc. and who, on April 2, 2001,
have satisfied the service eligibility requirements of subparagraph
(b), are Employees and are not Ineligible Employees shall become
Participants in the Plan as of April 2, 2001.
(s) Notwithstanding subparagraphs
(a) and (b), individuals who, as of August 31, 2001, were
employees of Springfield Foodservice Corporation and who on
October 1, 2001 satisfied the service eligibility requirements
of subparagraph (b), are Employees and are not Ineligible Employees
shall become Participants in the Plan effective October 1,
2001.
(t) Notwithstanding subparagraphs
(a) and (b), individuals who, on July 26, 2002, were
employees of Thoms-Proestler Company, and who, on November 1,
2002, have satisfied the service eligibility requirements of
subparagraph (b), are Employees and are not Ineligible Employees
shall become Participants in the Plan on November 1, 2002 or
as soon thereafter as is administratively practicable.
(u) Notwithstanding subparagraphs
(a) and (b), Donald Donakowski who, on July 7, 2004, was
an employee of Plee-Zing, Inc., who, after July 7, 2004,
remained an employee of Plee-Zing, Inc. and who, on July 7,
2004, had satisfied the service eligibility requirements of
subparagraph (b), is an Employee and is not an Ineligible Employee
shall become a Participant in the Plan on July 7, 2004, or as
soon thereafter as is administratively practicable.
(v) An Employee who becomes a
Participant shall remain a Participant until such Participant
retires, dies, or otherwise terminates employment with the
Employer, at which time he shall become an Inactive Participant
until he no longer maintains a vested Account balance in the Plan.
Any Inactive Participant hereunder may again become a
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Participant
upon reemployment with the Employer and satisfaction of the






