Exhibit 10.1
The CORPORATE plan for Retirement
SM
EXECUTIVE
P LAN
BASIC PLAN
DOCUMENT
IMPORTANT NOTE
This document has not been
approved by the Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service
or any other governmental entity. The Employer must determine
whether the plan is subject to the Federal securities laws and the
securities laws of the various states. The Employer may not rely on
this document to ensure any particular tax consequences or to
ensure that the Plan is “unfunded and maintained primarily
for the purpose of providing deferred compensation to a select
group of management or highly compensated employees” under
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act with respect to the
Employer’s particular situation. Fidelity Management Trust
Company, its affiliates and employees cannot and do not provide
legal or tax advice or opinions in connection with this document.
This document does not constitute legal or tax advice or opinions
and is not intended or written to be used, and it cannot be used by
any taxpayer, for the purposes of avoiding penalties that may be
imposed on the taxpayer. This document must be reviewed by
the Employer’s attorney prior to adoption.
CORPORATEplan for Retirement
EXECUTIVE
BASIC PLAN
DOCUMENT
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ARTICLE 1
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ADOPTION AGREEMENT
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ARTICLE 2
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DEFINITIONS
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2.01 - Definitions
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ARTICLE 3
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PARTICIPATION
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3.01 - Date of Participation
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3.02 - Participation Following a Change in
Status
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ARTICLE 4
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CONTRIBUTIONS
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4.01 - Deferral Contributions
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4.02 - Matching Contributions
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4.03 - Employer Contributions
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4.04 - Election Forms
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ARTICLE 5
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PARTICIPANTS’ ACCOUNTS
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ARTICLE 6
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INVESTMENT OF ACCOUNTS
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6.01 - Manner of Investment
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6.02 - Investment Decisions, Earnings and
Expenses
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ARTICLE 7
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RIGHT TO BENEFITS
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7.01 - Retirement
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7.02 - Death
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7.03 - Separation from Service
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7.04 - Vesting after Partial
Distribution
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7.05 - Forfeitures
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7.06 - Change in Control
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7.07 - Disability
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7.08 - Directors
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ARTICLE
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DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS
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8.01 – Events Triggering and Form of
Distributions
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8.02 - Notice to Trustee
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8.03 – Unforeseeable Emergency
Withdrawals
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ARTICLE
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AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
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9.01 - Amendment by Employer
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9.02 - Termination
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ARTICLE
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MISCELLANEOUS
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10.01 - Communication to
Participants
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10.02 - Limitation of Rights
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10.03 - Nonalienability of Benefits
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10.04 - Facility of Payment
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10.05 – Plan Records
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10.06 - USERRA
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10.07 - Governing Law
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ARTICLE
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PLAN ADMINISTRATION
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11.01 - Powers and Responsibilities of the
Administrator
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11.02 - Claims and Review Procedures
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PREAMBLE
It is the intention of the
Employer to establish herein an unfunded plan maintained solely for
the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group
of management or highly compensated employees as provided in ERISA.
The Employer further intends that this Plan comply with Code
section 409A, and the Plan is to be construed
accordingly.
If the Employer has previously
maintained the Plan described herein pursuant to a previously
existing plan document or description, the Employer’s
adoption of this Plan document is an amendment and complete
restatement of, and supersedes, such previously existing document
or description with respect to benefits accrued or to be paid on or
after the effective date of this document (except to the extent
expressly provided otherwise herein).
Article 1. Adoption
Agreement .
Article 2. Definitions
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2.01. Definitions
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(a) Wherever used herein, the
following terms have the meanings set forth below, unless a
different meaning is clearly required by the context:
(1) “Account” means an
account established on the books of the Employer for the purpose of
recording amounts credited to a Participant and any income,
expenses, gains, or losses attributable thereto.
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(2)
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“Active
Participant” means a Participant who is eligible to accrue
benefits under a plan (other than earnings on amounts previously
deferred) within the 24-month period ending on the date the
Participant becomes a Participant under Section 3.01.
Notwithstanding the above, however, a Participant is not an Active
Participant if he has been paid all amounts deferred under the
plan, provided that he was, on and before the date of the last
payment, ineligible to continue or to elect to continue to
participate in the plan for periods after such last payment (other
than through an election of a different time and form of payment
with respect to the amounts paid).
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(A)
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For purposes of
Section 4.01(d), as used in the first paragraph of the
definition of “Active Participant” above,
“plan” means an account balance plan (or portion
thereof) of the Employer or a Related Employer subject to Code
section 409A pursuant to which the Participant is eligible to
accrue benefits only if the Participant elects to defer
compensation thereunder, and the “date the Participant
becomes a Participant under Section 3.01” refers only to
the date the Participant becomes a Participant with respect to
Deferral Contributions.
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(B)
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For purposes of
Section 8.01(a)(2), as used in the first paragraph of the
definition of “Active Participant” above,
“plan” means an account balance plan (or portion
thereof) of the Employer or a Related Employer subject to Code
section 409A pursuant to which the Participant is eligible to
accrue benefits without any election by the Participant to defer
compensation thereunder, and the “date the Participant
becomes a Participant under Section 3.01” refers only to
the date the Participant becomes a Participant with respect to
Matching or Employer Contributions.
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“Administrator” means the Employer
adopting this Plan (but excluding Related Employers) or other
person designated by the Employer in
Section 1.01(c).
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“Adoption
Agreement” means Article 1, under which the Employer
establishes and adopts or amends the Plan and selects certain
provisions of the Plan. The provisions of the Adoption Agreement
are an integral part of the Plan.
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(5)
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“Beneficiary” means the person or
persons entitled under Section 7.02 to receive benefits under
the Plan upon the death of a Participant.
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(6)
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“Bonus” means any Performance-based
Bonus or any Non-performance-based Bonus as listed and identified
in the table in Section 1.05(a)(2) hereof.
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“Change
in Control” means a change in control with respect to the
applicable corporation, as defined in 26 CFR section
1.409A-3(i)(5). For purposes of this definition “applicable
corporation” means:
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(A)
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The corporation
for which the Participant is performing services at the time of the
change in control event;
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(B)
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The
corporation(s) liable for payment hereunder (but only if either the
accrued benefit hereunder is attributable to the performance of
service by the Participant for such corporation(s) or there is a
bona fide business purpose for such corporation(s) to be liable for
such payment and, in either case, no significant purpose of making
such corporation(s) liable for such benefit is the avoidance of
Federal income tax); or
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(C)
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A corporate
majority shareholder of one of the corporations described in
(A) or (B) above or any corporation in a chain of
corporations in which each corporation is a majority shareholder of
another corporation in the chain, ending in a corporation
identified in (A) or (B) above.
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“Code” means the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
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(9)
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“Compensation” means for purposes of
Article 4:
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(A)
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If the Employer
elects Section 1.04(a), such term as defined in such
Section 1.04(a).
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If the Employer
elects Section 1.04(b), wages as defined in Code section
3401(a) and all other payments of compensation to an Employee by
the Employer (in the course of the Employer’s trade or
business) for which the Employer is required to furnish the
Employee a written statement under Code sections 6041(d) and
6051(a)(3), excluding any items elected by the Employer in
Section 1.04(b), reimbursements or other expense allowances,
fringe benefits (cash and non-cash), moving expenses, deferred
compensation and welfare benefits, but including amounts that are
not includable in the gross income of the Employee under a salary
reduction agreement by reason of the application of Code section
125, 132(f)(4), 402(e)(3), 402(h) or 403(b). Compensation shall be
determined without regard to any rules under Code section 3401(a)
that limit the remuneration included in wages based on the nature
or location of the employment or the services performed (such as
the exception for agricultural labor in Code section
3401(a)(2)).
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If the Employer
elects Section 1.04(c), any and all monetary remuneration paid
to the Director by the Employer, including, but not limited to,
meeting fees and annual retainers, and excluding items listed in
Section 1.04(c).
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For purposes of this
Section 2.01(a)(9), Compensation shall also include amounts
deferred pursuant to an election under
Section 4.01.
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“Deferral
Contribution” means a hypothetical contribution credited to a
Participant’s Account as the result of the
Participant’s election to reduce his Compensation in exchange
for such credit, as described in Section 4.01.
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“Director” means a person, other
than an Employee, who is elected or appointed as a member of the
board of directors of the Employer, with respect to a corporation,
or to an analogous position with respect to an entity that is not a
corporation.
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“Disability” is described in
Section 1.07(a)(2).
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“Employee” means any employee of the
Employer.
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“Employer” means the employer named
in Section 1.02(a) and any Related Employers listed in
Section 1.02(b).
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“Employer
Contribution” means a hypothetical contribution credited to a
Participant’s Account under the Plan as a result of the
Employer’s crediting of such amount, as described in
Section 4.03.
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“Employment Commencement Date” means
the date on which the Employee commences employment with the
Employer.
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“ERISA” means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as from time to time
amended.
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“Inactive
Participant” means a Participant who is not an Employee or
Director.
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“Matching
Contribution” means a hypothetical contribution credited to a
Participant’s Account under the Plan as a result of the
Employer’s crediting of such amount, as described in
Section 4.02.
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“Non-performance-based Bonus” means
any Bonus listed under the column entitled “non-performance
based” in Section 1.05(a)(2).
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“Participant” means any Employee or
Director who participates in the Plan in accordance with Article 3
(or formerly participated in the Plan and has an amount credited to
his Account).
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“Performance-based Bonus” means any
Bonus listed under the column entitled “performance
based” in Section 1.05(a)(2), which constitutes
compensation, the amount of, or entitlement to, which is contingent
on the satisfaction of pre-established organizational or individual
performance criteria relating to a performance period of at least
12 consecutive months and which is further defined in 26 CFR
section 1.409A-1(e).
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“Permissible Investment” means the
investments specified by the Employer as available for hypothetical
investment of Accounts. The Permissible Investments under the Plan
are listed in the Service Agreement, and the provisions of the
Service Agreement listing the Permissible Investments are hereby
incorporated herein.
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“Plan” means the plan established by
the Employer as set forth herein as a new plan or as an amendment
to an existing plan, such establishment to be evidenced by the
Employer’s execution of the Adoption Agreement, together with
any and all amendments hereto.
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“Related
Employer” means any employer other than the Employer named in
Section 1.02(a), if the Employer and such other employer are
members of a controlled group of corporations (as defined in Code
section 414(b)) or trades or businesses (whether or not
incorporated) under common control (as defined in Code section
414(c)).
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“Separation from Service” means the
date the Participant retires or otherwise has a termination of
employment (or a termination of the contract pursuant to which the
Participant has provided services as a Director, for a Director
Participant) with the Employer and all Related Employers, as
further defined in 26 CFR section 1.409A-1(h); provided, however,
that
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(A)
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For purposes of
this paragraph (26), the definition of “Related
Employer” shall be modified as follows:
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In applying
Code section 1563(a)(1), (2) and (3) for purposes of
determining a controlled group of corporations under Code section
414(b), the phrase “at least 50%” shall be used instead
of “at least 80 percent” each place “at least 80
percent” appears in Code section 1563(a)(1), (2) and
(3); and
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In applying 26
CFR section 1.414(c)-2 for purposes of determining trades or
business (whether or not incorporated) under common control for
purposes of Code section 414(c), the phrase “at least
50%” shall be used instead of “at least 80
percent” each place “at least 80 percent” appears
in 26 CFR section 1.414(c)-2.
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(B)
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In the event a
Participant provides services to the Employer or a Related Employer
as an Employee and a Director,
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(i)
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The Employee
Participant’s services as a Director are not taken into
account in determining whether the Participant has a Separation
from Service as an Employee; and
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The Director
Participant’s services as an Employee are not taken into
account in determining whether the Participant has a Separation
from Service as a Director
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provided that this Plan is not
aggregated with a plan subject to Code section 409A in which the
Director Participant participates as an employee of the Employer or
a Related Employer or in which the Employee Participant
participates as a director (or a similar position with respect to a
non-corporate entity) of the Employer or a Related Employer, as
applicable, pursuant to 26 CFR section
1.409A-1(c)(2)(ii).
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“Service
Agreement” means the agreement between the Employer and
Trustee regarding the arrangement between the parties for
recordkeeping services with respect to the Plan.
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“Specified Employee,” (unless
defined by the Employer in a separate writing, in which case such
writing is hereby incorporated herein) means a Participant who
meets the requirements in 26 CFR section 1.409A-1(i) applying the
default definition components provided in such regulation (those
that would apply absent elections, as described in 26 CFR section
1.409A-1(i)(8)), including an identification date of
December 31. In the event that such default definition
components are applicable, the Employer has elected
Section 1.01(b)(2) and, immediately prior to the date in
Section 1.01(b)(2), the Plan applied an identification date
(the “prior date”) other than the December 31, the
prior date shall continue to apply, and December 31 shall not
apply, until the date that is 12 months after the date in
Section 1.01(b)(2).
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“Trust” means the trust created by
the Employer, pursuant to the Trust agreement between the Employer
and the Trustee, under which assets are held, administered, and
managed, subject to the claims of the Employer’s creditors in
the event of the Employer’s insolvency, until paid to
Participants and their Beneficiaries as specified in the
Plan.
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“Trust
Fund” means the property held in the Trust by the
Trustee.
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“Trustee” means the individual(s) or
entity appointed by the Employer under the Trust
agreement.
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“Unforeseeable Emergency” is as
defined in 26 CFR section 1.409A-3(i)(3)(i).
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“Year of
Service” is as defined in Section 7.03(b) for purposes
of the elapsed time method and in Section 7.03(c) for purposes
of the class year method.
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(b) Pronouns used in the Plan are in
the masculine gender but include the feminine gender unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise.
Article 3. Participation
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3.01. Date of
Participation . An
Employee or Director becomes a Participant on the date such
Employee’s or Director’s participation becomes
effective (as described in Section 1.03).
3.02. Participation following
a Change in Status .
(a) If a Participant ceases to be an
Employee or Director and thereafter resumes the same status he had
as a Participant during his immediately previous participation in
the Plan (as an Employee if previously a Participant as an Employee
and as a Director if previously a Participant as a Director), he
will again become a Participant immediately upon resumption of such
status, provided, however, that if such Participant is a Director,
he is an eligible Director upon resumption of such status (as
defined in Section 1.03(b)), and provided, further, that if
such Participant is an Employee, he is an eligible Employee upon
resumption of such status (as defined in Section 1.03(a)).
Deferral Contributions to such Participant’s Account
thereafter, if any, shall be subject to (1) or
(2) below.
(1) If the Participant resumes such
status during a period for which such Participant had previously
made a valid deferral election pursuant to Section 4.01, he
shall immediately resume such Deferral Contributions. Deferral
Contributions applicable to periods thereafter shall be made
pursuant to the election and other rules described in
Section 4.01.
(2) If the Participant resumes such
status after the period described in the first sentence of
paragraph (1) of this Section 3.02, any Deferral
Contributions with respect to such Participant shall be made
pursuant to the election and other rules described in
Section 4.01.
(b) When an individual who is a
Participant due to his status as an eligible Employee (as defined
in Section 1.03(a)) continues in the employ of the Employer or
Related Employer but ceases to be an eligible Employee, the
individual shall not receive an allocation of Matching or Employer
Contributions for the period during which he is not an eligible
Employee. Such Participant shall continue to make Deferral
Contributions throughout the remainder of the applicable period (as
described in Section 4.01) in which such change in status
occurs, if, and as, applicable.
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(c) When an individual who is a
Participant due to his status as an eligible Director (as defined
in Section 1.03(b)) continues his directorship with the
Employer or a Related Employer but ceases to be an eligible
Director, the individual shall not receive an allocation of
Matching or Employer Contributions for the period during which he
is not an eligible Director. Such Participant shall continue to
make Deferral Contributions throughout the remainder of the
applicable period (as described in Section 4.01) in which such
change in status occurs, if, and as, applicable.
Article 4. Contributions
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4.01
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Deferral
Contributions . If
elected by the Employer pursuant to Section 1.05(a) and/or
1.06(a), a Participant described in such applicable Section may
elect to reduce his Compensation by a specified percentage or
dollar amount. The Employer shall credit an amount to the
Participant’s Account equal to the amount of such reduction.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4.01, such
election shall be effective to defer Compensation relating to all
services performed in the calendar year beginning after the
calendar year in which the Participant executes the election. Under
no circumstances may a salary reduction agreement be adopted
retroactively. If the Employer has elected to apply
Section 1.05(a)(2), no amount will be deducted from Bonuses
unless the Participant has made a separate deferral election
applicable to such Bonuses. A Participant’s election to defer
Compensation may be changed at any time before the last permissible
date for making such election, at which time such election becomes
irrevocable. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the
conditions under which a Participant may make a deferral election
as provided in the applicable salary reduction agreement are hereby
incorporated herein and supersede any otherwise inconsistent Plan
provision.
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(a)
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Performance Based Bonus
. With respect to a Performance-based Bonus, a
separate election made pursuant to Section 1.05(a)(2) will be
effective to defer such Bonus if made no later than 6 months before
the end of the period during which the services on which such
Performance-based Bonus is based are performed.
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