Penn
Millers Holding Corporation
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE
RETIREMENT PLAN
AS AMENDED AND
RESTATED
Effective January 1,
2006
Penn Millers
Holding Corporation
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan
Plan Document
PENN MILLERS HOLDING
CORPORATION
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
As Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2006
The purpose of
this Plan is to provide specified benefits to a select group of
management and highly compensated employees of Penn Millers Holding
Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation, and its subsidiaries, if
any, that sponsor this Plan. The Plan was originally effective
July 1, 2002. The Plan was amended and restated effective
January 1, 2006 (except as otherwise specifically provided
herein) to bring it into compliance with Code Section 409A and
make certain other substantive changes. This Plan shall be unfunded
for tax purposes and for purposes of Title I of ER1SA. This Plan is
intended to result in the deferral of federal income taxation under
Code Section 409A and the proposed regulations thereunder. If
the final regulations under Code Section 409A differ from the
proposed regulations, the Plan shall be retroactively amended to
comply with such final regulations.
For purposes
hereof, unless otherwise clearly apparent from the context, the
following phrases or terms shall have the following indicated
meanings:
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“ Actuarial Equivalent
” shall mean a benefit or benefits, or a payment or payments,
which are of equal value to the benefits for which they are to be
substituted. Equivalence of value is determined from actuarial
calculations based on certain actuarial assumptions as to mortality
and interest, which assumptions are set forth in the definition of
“Actuarial Equivalence” in the Pension Plan.
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“ Average Compensation
” shall mean the average of a Participant’s
Compensation for the five (5) full calendar years of
employment, out of the last ten (10) full calendar years of
employment prior to the Determination Date that yields the highest
average.
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1.3
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“ Beneficiary ”
shall mean the individual designated in accordance with Article 10
that is entitled to receive benefits under this Plan upon the death
of a Participant.
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“ Beneficiary Designation
Form ” shall mean the form established from time to time
by the Committee that a Participant completes, signs and returns to
the Committee to designate one or more Beneficiaries.
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1.5
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“ Board ” shall
mean the board of directors of the Company.
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1.6
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“ Cause ” shall
mean any event or circumstance which would entitle the Company to
terminate a Participant’s employment for Cause as such term
is defined in the Participant’s Executive Agreement, if
any.
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“ Change in Control
” shall have the meaning set forth in the applicable
Executive Agreement, to the extent permissible under
Section 409A of the Code.
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1.8
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“ Claimant ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.
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1.9
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“ Code ” shall
mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
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1.10
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“ Committee ”
shall mean the Committee described in Article 8.
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1.11
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“ Company ” shall
mean Penn Millers Holding Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation,
and any successor to all or substantially all of the
Company’s assets or business.
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1.12
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“ Compensation ”
shall mean, with respect to any calendar year, the base salary paid
by the Employer to the Employee for services actually rendered
while an Employee that constitute “wages” as defined in
Section 3401(a) of the Code, without regard to any rules under
Section 3401(a) of the Code that limit the remuneration included in
wages based on the nature or location of the employment or services
performed, but excluding an bonuses, incentive compensation,
vacation or paid time off payouts, stipends, expense
reimbursements, fringe benefits, perquisites and other irregular
payments. Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary,
Compensation shall include elective contributions of wages and
salary made by an Employer on behalf of an Employee that are not
includable in income under Section 125,
Section 132(f)(4), Section 401(k),
Section 402(g)(3), Section 402(h), Section 457(b),
or Section 403(b) of the Code, and shall exclude fringe benefits
that are not included in gross income. Compensation shall be
computed without regard to any limit imposed by Code
Section 401(a)(17), and shall recognize any wages and salary
deferred under any voluntary nonqualified deferred compensation
plan and shall treat such wages and salary as if they were not
deferred.
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1.13
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“ Death Benefit ”
shall mean the benefits due, if any, to the Participant’s
Beneficiary pursuant to Article 3 upon the Participant’s
death.
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“ Deferred Retirement
Benefit ” shall mean the benefit set forth in
Section 3.2.
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1.15
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“ Determination Date
” shall mean, for purposes of calculating the SERP Benefit,
the date on which the Participant dies or experiences a Disability,
Early Retirement or Normal Retirement, as the case may
be.
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“ Disability ”
shall mean Separation from Service with all Employers on or after
the date on which the Vested Participant is awarded disability
benefits by the Social Security Administration.
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“ Early Retirement
” shall mean Separation from Service with all Employers on or
after the date on which the Participant has both become Vested and
attained age sixty (60), but prior to the date on which the
Participant attains Normal Retirement Age, for any reason other
than death or Disability.
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“ Early Retirement
Benefit ” shall mean the Participant’s Early
Retirement Benefit set forth in Section 3.3.
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1.19
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“ Early Retirement
Reduction Factor ” shall mean one hundred percent (100%)
minus the sum of five ninths (5/9) of one percentage point (1%) for
each of the first sixty (60) months by which the benefit
commencement date precedes the first day of the month coincident
with or next following the Participant’s sixty-fifth
(65) birthday, and (ii) five eighteenths (5/18) of one
percentage point (1%) for each additional month by which the
benefit commencement date precedes the first day of the month
coincident with or next following the Participant’s
sixty-fifth (65) birthday.
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1.20
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“ Election Form ”
shall mean the form established from time to time by the Committee
that a Participant completes, signs and returns to the Committee to
make an election under the Plan.
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1.21
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“ Employee ”
shall mean any individual employed by an Employer.
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1.22
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“ Employer(s) ”
shall mean the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries (now in
existence or hereafter formed or acquired) that have been selected
by the Board to participate in the Plan and have adopted the Plan
as a sponsor.
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1.23
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“ ERISA ” shall
mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as it may
be amended from time to time.
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1.24
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“ Estimated Social Security
Benefit ” shall mean the maximum benefit available as of
the Participant’s Social Security Normal Retirement Age under
the Federal Social Security Act, based on all assumptions selected
by the Committee, in its sole discretion. In the event the
Participant’s Determination Date is a date other than his or
her Social Security Normal Retirement Age, the Committee shall
adjust the above-described calculation in the manner it deems
appropriate, in its sole discretion, whether or not a monthly
benefit is payable to the Participant by the Social Security
Administration on such Determination Date. The Committee shall, in
all events, apply all assumptions made pursuant to this
Section 1.24 consistently to similarly situated Participants
in the Plan.
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1.25
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“ Executive Agreement
” shall mean the Executive Employment Agreement by and
between the Participant and the Employer, as amended from time to
time.
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1.26
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“ 401(k) Employer
Contributions ” shall mean that portion of the
Participant’s balance in the 401(k) Plan which consists of
the “company match contributions” and “profit
sharing contributions” thereunder plus any investment gains
or losses attributable to such contributions, valued as of the
Determination Date.
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1.27
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“ 401(k) Plan ”
shall mean the Penn Millers Insurance Company 401(k) Plan, as
amended from time to time, or any successor plan
thereto.
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1.28
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“ Good Reason ”
shall have the meaning set forth in the applicable Executive
Agreement.
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1.29
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“ Normal Retirement
” shall mean Separation from Service with all Employers on or
after the attainment of age sixty-five (65), for any reason other
than death or Disability.
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“ Normal Retirement Age
” shall mean the Participant’s attainment of age
sixty-five (65).
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1.31
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“ Normal Retirement
Benefit ” shall mean the benefit set forth in
Section 3.1.
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1.32
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“ Participant ”
shall mean any Employee (i) who is selected to participate in
the Plan, (ii) who elects to participate in the Plan,
(iii) who signs a Plan Agreement and a Beneficiary Designation
Form, (iv) whose signed Plan Agreement Form and Beneficiary
Designation Form are accepted by the Committee, (v) who
commences participation in the Plan, and (vi) whose Plan
Agreement has not terminated.
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1.33
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“ Pension Plan ”
shall mean the Penn Millers Holding Corporation Pension Plan, as
amended and restated effective January 1, 1999, and as amended
from time to time.
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1.34
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“ Pension Plan Benefit
” shall mean the Participant’s “accrued
benefit” under the Pension Plan, valued as of the
Determination Date.
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1.35
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“ Plan ” shall
mean the Company’s Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan,
which shall be evidenced by this instrument and by each Plan
Agreement, as amended from time to time.
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1.36
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“ Plan Agreement
” shall mean a written agreement, as may be amended from time
to time, which is entered into by and between an Employer and a
Participant. Each Plan Agreement executed by a Participant shall
provide for the entire benefit to which such Participant is
entitled under the Plan; should there be more than one Plan
Agreement, the Plan Agreement bearing the latest date of acceptance
by the Employer shall supersede all previous Plan Agreements in
their entirety and shall govern such entitlement. The terms of any
Plan Agreement may be different for any Participant, and any Plan
Agreement may provide additional benefits not set forth in the Plan
or limit the benefits otherwise provided under the Plan; provided,
however, that any such additional benefits or benefit limitations
must be agreed to by both the Employer and the
Participant.
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1.37
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“ Plan Year ”
shall, for the first Plan Year, begin on July 1, 2002, and end
on December 31, 2002. For each Plan Year thereafter, the Plan
Year shall begin on January 1 of each year and continue through
December 31.
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1.38
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“ Reduced SERP Benefit
” shall mean an amount, expressed as a single life annuity,
that is computed based on the following:
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(a)
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The
Participant’s Average Compensation multiplied by sixty-five
percent (65%), and multiplied by the Early Retirement Reduction
Factor; les s
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(b)
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The
single life annuity benefit which is the Actuarial Equivalent of
the Participant’s 401(k) Employer Contributions;
less
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(c)
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The
single life annuity benefit that would be payable immediately to
the Participant under the Pension Plan; less
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(d)
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The
Participant’s Estimated Social Security Benefit.
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1.39
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“ Retirement ” or
“ Retires ” shall mean Separation from Service
with all Employers on or after the date on which the Participant
attains age sixty-five (65), for any reason other than death or
Disability.
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“ Separation from
Service ” means a Participant’s termination of
employment with all Employers that meets the requirements of a
“separation from service” as defined in section 409A of
the Code and guidance thereunder. For these purposes, service with
an Employer does not include any period of required notice under
applicable law prior to Separation from Service, or during which a
Participant is receiving severance pay or “pay in lieu of
notice.” A transfer of employment between Employers shall not
be deemed a Separation from Service.
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“ SERP Benefit ”
shall mean an amount, expressed as a single life annuity, that is
computed based on the following:
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(a)
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The
Participant’s Average Compensation multiplied by sixty-five
percent (65%); less
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(b)
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The
single life annuity benefit which is the Actuarial Equivalent of
the Participant’s 401(k) Employer Contributions;
less
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(c)
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The
single life annuity benefit that would be payable to the
Participant under the Pension Plan; less
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(d)
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The
Participant’s Estimated Social Security Benefit.
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1.42
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“ Service ”
shall, for purposes of this Plan, have the same meaning as such
term is defined in the Pension Plan, and shall be computed as of
the Determination Date.
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1.43
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“ Social Security Normal
Retirement Age ” shall have the same meaning as such term
is defined in the Federal Social Security Act, as
amended.
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1.44
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“ Termination of
Employment ” shall mean Separation from Service with all
Employers, voluntarily or involuntarily, for any reason other than
Early Retirement, Retirement, Disability, or death.
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1.45
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“ Trust ” shall
mean the trust, if any, established by the Company as set forth in
Article 11.
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“ Vested ” with
regard to a Participant, shall mean such Participant has completed
ten (10) years of Service for an Employer.
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2.1
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Participant Selection
. Participation in the
Plan shall be limited to a select group of management and highly
compensated Employees of the Employers, as recommended by the
Committee and as approved by the Board in its sole discretion. From
that group, the Committee shall select, in its sole discretion,
Employees to participate in the Plan.
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2.2
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Enrollment
Requirements . As a condition to participation,
each selected Employee shall complete, execute and return to the
Committee a Plan Agreement and a Beneficiary Designation Form, all
within the time period specified by the Committee. In addition, the
Committee shall establish from time to time such other enrollment
requirements as it determines in its sole discretion are
necessary.
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2.3
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Commencement of
Participation . Provided an Employee selected to
participate in the Plan has met all enrollment requirements set
forth in this Plan and required by the Committee, including
returning all required documents to the Committee within the
specified time period, that Employee shall commence participation
in the Plan on the date specified by the Committee. If a selected
Employee fails to meet all such requirements within the period
required, in accordance with Section 2.2, that Employee shall
not be eligible to participate in the Plan until the completion of
those requirements.
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3.1
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Normal Retirement
Benefit .
A Vested Participant who Retires at Normal Retirement Age shall
receive, as his or her Normal Retirement Benefit, a SERP Benefit
which shall commence on the first day of the month coincident with
or next following the date he or she Retires.
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3.2
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Deferred Retirement
Benefit .
A Vested Participant who Retires after he or she attains Normal
Retirement Age shall receive, as his or her Deferred Retirement
Benefit, a SERP Benefit which shall commence on the first day of
the month coincident with or next following the date he or she
Retires.
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3.3
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Early Retirement
Benefit .
A Participant who experiences an Early Retirement shall receive, as
his or her Early Retirement Benefit under this Section 3.3, a
Reduced SERP Benefit which shall commence on the first day of the
month coincident with or next following the date of the
Participant’s Early Retirement.
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Disability Retirement
Benefit .
A Vested Participant who experiences a Disability shall receive, as
his or her Disability Retirement Benefit, a lump sum Reduced SERP
Benefit
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(accrued as of the date of such
Disability) which shall be payable as of the first day of the month
coincident with or next following the date the Participant
experiences the Disability.
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Death Prior to the Commencement of
Benefits . If a Vested Participant dies
prior to the commencement of benefits, then his or her Beneficiary
shall receive, as a Death Benefit, a lump sum Reduced SERP Benefit,
accrued as of the date of death. The lump sum payment shall be made
to the Participant’s Beneficiary on the first day of the
month coincident with or next following the date of the
Participant’s death.
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Death After the Commencement of
Benefits . Upon the death of a Participant
after his or her benefits commence under Sections 3.1 through
3.4, as applicable, the remainder of the Participant’s
benefits shall be paid in a lump sum to such Participant’s
Beneficiary.
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3.7
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Separation from Service following
Change in Control . If a Vested Participant who has
attained age sixty (60) Separates from Service due to
(i) involuntary termination without Cause by the Company
following a Change in Control, or (ii) termination by the
Participant for Good Reason following a Change in Control, then the
Participant shall receive a lump sum Reduced SERP Benefit, accrued
as of the date of such Participant’s Separation from Service,
which shall be payable as of the first day of the month coincident
with or next following the date of such Participant’s
Separation from Service.
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3.8
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Limitation on
Benefits . Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this Article 3, in no event shall a Participant
or his or her Beneficiary receive more than one form of benefit
under this Article 3.
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3.9
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Withholding and Payroll
Taxes .
The Participant’s Employer shall withhold from any and all
benefits paid under this Article 3, all federal, state and
local income, employment and other taxes required to be withheld by
such Participant’s Employer in connection with the benefits
hereunder, in amounts to be determined in the sole discretion of
the Employer.
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3.10
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No Payments Due to Separation from
Service Prior to Age 60 . Notwithstanding anything in the
Plan to the contrary, except in the case of death or Disability
(but only to the extent specifically provided in the Plan) prior to
age 60, in no e
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