The
CORPORATEplan
for Retirement SM
Fidelity Basic Plan
Document No. 02
The
CORPORATEplan for Retirement SM Basic Plan Document 02
10/9/2003
Ó 2003 FMR Corp.
All rights reserved.
The
CORPORATEplan
for Retirement SM
Preamble
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Article 1.
Adoption Agreement .
Article 2.
Definitions .
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2.03. Special Effective
Dates.
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Article 3.
Service .
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3.01. Crediting of Eligibility
Service
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3.02. Re-Crediting of Eligibility
Service Following Termination of Employment.
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3.03. Crediting of Vesting
Service.
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3.04. Application of Vesting Service
to a Participant's Account Following a Break in Vesting
Service.
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3.05. Service with Predecessor
Employer.
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3.06. Change in Service
Crediting.
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Article 4.
Participation .
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4.01. Date of
Participation.
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4.02. Transfers Out of Covered
Employment.
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4.03. Transfers Into Covered
Employment.
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4.04. Resumption of Participation
Following Reemployment.
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Article 5.
Contributions .
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5.01. Contributions Subject to
Limitations.
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5.02. Compensation Taken into Account
in Determining Contributions.
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5.03. Deferral
Contributions.
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5.04. Employee
Contributions.
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5.05. No Deductible Employee
Contributions.
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5.06. Rollover
Contributions.
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5.07. Qualified Nonelective Employer
Contributions.
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5.08. Matching Employer
Contributions.
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5.09. Qualified Matching Employer
Contributions.
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5.10. Nonelective Employer
Contributions.
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5.11. Vested Interest in
Contributions.
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5.12. Time for Making
Contributions.
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5.13. Return of Employer
Contributions.
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Article 6.
Limitations on Contributions .
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6.01. Special
Definitions.
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6.02. Code Section 402(g) Limit on
Deferral Contributions.
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6.03. Additional Limit on Deferral
Contributions
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6.04. Allocation and Distribution of
"Excess Contributions"
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6.05. Reductions in Deferral
Contributions to Meet Code Requirements.
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6.06. Limit on Matching Employer
Contributions and Employee Contributions
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6.07. Allocation, Distribution, and
Forfeiture of "Excess Aggregate Contributions"
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6.08. Aggregate Limit on
"Contribution Percentage Amounts" and "Includable
Contributions"
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6.09. Income or Loss on Distributable
Contributions.
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6.10. Deemed Satisfaction of "ADP"
Test
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6.11. Deemed Satisfaction of "ACP"
Test With Respect to Matching Employer
Contributions
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6.12. Code Section 415
Limitations.
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Article 7.
Participants' Accounts .
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7.01. Individual
Accounts.
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7.02. Valuation of
Accounts.
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Article 8.
Investment of Contributions .
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8.01. Manner of
Investment.
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8.02. Investment
Decisions.
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8.03. Participant Directions to
Trustee.
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Article 9.
Participant Loans .
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9.01. Special
Definitions.
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9.03. Separate Loan
Procedures
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9.04. Availability of
Loans.
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9.05. Limitation on Loan
Amount.
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9.07. Level
Amortization.
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9.09. Transfer and Distribution of
Loan Amounts from Permissible Investments.
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9.11. Effect of Termination Where
Participant has Outstanding Loan Balance.
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9.12. Deemed Distributions Under Code
Section 72(p).
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9.13. Determination of Account Value
Upon Distribution Where Plan Loan is
Outstanding.
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Article 10.
In-Service Withdrawals .
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10.01. Availability of In-Service
Withdrawals.
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10.02. Withdrawal of Employee
Contributions.
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10.03. Withdrawal of Rollover
Contributions.
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10.04. Age 59
1/2
Withdrawals.
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10.05. Hardship
Withdrawals.
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10.06. Preservation of Prior Plan
In-Service Withdrawal Rules.
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10.07. Restrictions on In-Service
Withdrawals.
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10.08. Distribution of Withdrawal
Amounts.
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Article 11. Right
to Benefits .
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11.01. Normal or Early
Retirement.
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11.03. Disability
Retirement.
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11.05. Other Termination of
Employment.
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11.06. Application for
Distribution.
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11.07. Application of Vesting
Schedule Following Partial Distribution.
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11.09. Application of
Forfeitures.
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11.10. Reinstatement of
Forfeitures.
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11.11. Adjustment for Investment
Experience
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Article 12.
Distributions .
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12.01. Restrictions on
Distributions.
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12.02. Timing of Distribution
Following Retirement or Termination of
Employment.
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12.03. Participant Consent to
Distribution.
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12.04. Required Commencement of
Distribution to Participants.
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12.05. Required Commencement of
Distribution to Beneficiaries.
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12.06. Whereabouts of Participants
and Beneficiaries.
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Article 13. Form
of Distribution .
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13.01. Normal Form of Distribution
Under Profit Sharing Plan.
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13.02. Cash Out Of Small
Accounts.
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13.03. Minimum
Distributions.
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13.05. Notice Regarding Timing and
Form of Distribution.
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13.06. Determination of Method of
Distribution.
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13.07. Notice to
Trustee.
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Article 14.
Superseding Annuity Distribution Provisions .
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14.01. Special
Definitions.
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14.03. Annuity Form of
Payment.
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14.04. "Qualified Joint and Survivor
Annuity" and "Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity
Requirements".
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14.05. Waiver of the "Qualified Joint
and Survivor Annuity" and/or "Qualified Preretirement Survivor
Annuity Rights".
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14.06. Spouse's Consent to
Waiver.
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14.07. Notice Regarding "Qualified
Joint and Survivor Annuity"
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14.08. Notice Regarding "Qualified
Preretirement Survivor Annuity"
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Article 15.
Top-Heavy Provisions .
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15.03. Minimum
Contribution.
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15.04. Modification of Allocation
Provisions to Meet Minimum Contribution
Requirements.
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15.05. Adjustment to the Limitation
on Contributions and Benefits.
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15.06. Accelerated
Vesting.
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15.07. Exclusion of
Collectively-Bargained Employees.
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Article 16.
Amendment and Termination .
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16.01. Amendments by the Employer
that do Not Affect Prototype Status.
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16.02. Amendments by the Employer
that Affect Prototype Status.
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16.03. Amendment by the Mass
Submitter Sponsor and the Prototype Sponsor..
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16.04. Amendments Affecting Vested
and/or Accrued Benefits.
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16.05. Retroactive
Amendments.
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16.07. Distribution upon Termination
of the Plan.
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16.08. Merger or Consolidation of
Plan; Transfer of Plan Assets.
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Article 17.
Amendment and Continuation of Prior Plan; Transfer of Funds to
or from Other Qualified Plans .
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17.01. Amendment and Continuation of
Prior Plan.
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17.02. Transfer of Funds from an
Existing Plan.
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17.03. Acceptance of Assets by
Trustee.
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17.04. Transfer of Assets from
Trust.
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Article 18.
Miscellaneous .
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18.01. Communication to
Participants.
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18.02. Limitation of
Rights.
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18.03. Nonalienability of
Benefits.
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18.04. Qualified Domestic Relations
Orders Procedures.
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18.05. Additional Rules for Paired
Plans.
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18.06. Application of Plan Provisions
in Multiple Employer Plans.
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18.07. Veterans Reemployment
Rights.
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18.08. Facility of
Payment.
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18.09. Information between Employer
and Trustee.
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18.10. Effect of Failure to Qualify
Under Code.
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18.11. Directions, Notices and
Disclosure.
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Article 19. Plan
Administration .
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19.01. Powers and Responsibilities of
the Administrator.
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19.02. Nondiscriminatory Exercise of
Authority.
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19.03. Claims and Review
Procedures.
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19.05. Costs of
Administration.
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Article 20. Trust
Agreement .
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20.01. Acceptance of Trust
Responsibilities.
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20.02. Establishment of Trust
Fund.
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20.03. Exclusive
Benefit.
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20.04. Powers of
Trustee.
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20.06. Approval of
Accounts.
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20.07. Distribution from Trust
Fund.
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20.08. Transfer of Amounts from
Qualified Plan.
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20.09. Transfer of Assets from
Trust.
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20.10. Separate Trust or Fund for
Existing Plan Assets.
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20.11. Self-Directed Brokerage
Option.
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20.12. Employer Stock Investment
Option.
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20.13. Voting; Delivery of
Information.
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20.14. Compensation and Expenses of
Trustee.
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20.15. Reliance by Trustee on Other
Persons.
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20.16. Indemnification by
Employer.
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20.17. Consultation by Trustee with
Counsel.
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20.18. Persons Dealing with the
Trustee.
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20.19. Resignation or Removal of
Trustee.
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20.20. Fiscal Year of the
Trust.
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20.21. Discharge of Duties by
Fiduciaries.
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20.24. Permitted Reversion of Funds
to Employer.
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This prototype
plan consists of three parts: (1) an Adoption Agreement
that is a separate document incorporated by reference into this
Basic Plan Document; (2) this Basic Plan Document; and (3) a Trust
Agreement that is a part of this Basic Plan Document and is found
in Article 20. Each part of the prototype plan contains substantive
provisions that are integral to the operation of the plan. The
Adoption Agreement is the means by which an adopting Employer
elects the optional provisions that shall apply under its plan. The
Basic Plan Document describes the standard provisions elected in
the Adoption Agreement. The Trust Agreement describes the powers
and duties of the Trustee with respect to plan assets.
The prototype
plan is intended to qualify under Code Section 401(a). Depending
upon the Adoption Agreement completed by an adopting Employer, the
prototype plan may be used to implement a money purchase pension
plan, a profit sharing plan, or a profit sharing plan with a cash
or deferred arrangement intended to qualify under Code Section
401(k).
Article 1.
Adoption Agreement .
2.01.
Definitions . Wherever used herein, the following
terms have the meanings set forth below, unless a different meaning
is clearly required by the context:
(a) " Account " means an
account established for the purpose of recording any contributions
made on behalf of a Participant and any income, expenses, gains, or
losses incurred thereon. The Administrator shall establish and
maintain sub-accounts within a Participant's Account as necessary
to depict accurately a Participant's interest under the
Plan.
(b) " Active Participant "
means any Eligible Employee who has met the requirements of Article
4 to participate in the Plan and who may be entitled to receive
allocations under the Plan.
(c) " Administrator " means
the Employer adopting this Plan, as listed in Subsection 1.02(a) of
the Adoption Agreement, or any other person designated by the
Employer in Subsection 1.01(c) of the Adoption
Agreement.
(d) " Adoption Agreement "
means Article 1, under which the Employer establishes and adopts,
or amends the Plan and Trust and designates the optional provisions
selected by the Employer, and the Trustee accepts its
responsibilities under Article 20. The provisions of the Adoption
Agreement shall be an integral part of the Plan.
(e) " Annuity Starting Date "
means the first day of the first period for which an amount is
payable as an annuity or in any other form permitted under the
Plan.
(f) " Basic Plan Document "
means this Fidelity prototype plan document, qualified with the
National Office of the Internal Revenue Service as Basic Plan
Document No. 02.
(g) " Beneficiary " means the
person or persons (including a trust) entitled under Section 11.04
or 14.04 to receive benefits under the Plan upon the death of a
Participant; provided, however, that for purposes of Section 13.03
such term shall be applied in accordance with Code Section
401(a)(9) and the regulations thereunder.
(h) " Break in Vesting Service
" means a 12-consecutive-month period beginning on an Employee's
Severance Date or any anniversary thereof in which the Employee is
not credited with an Hour of Service.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following
special rules apply in determining whether an Employee who is on
leave has incurred a Break in Vesting Service:
(1) If an individual is absent from
work because of "maternity/ paternity leave" beyond the first
anniversary of his Severance Date, the 12-consecutive-month period
beginning on the individual's Severance Date shall not constitute a
Break in Vesting Service. For purposes of this paragraph,
"maternity/paternity leave" means a leave of absence (A) by reason
of the pregnancy of the individual, (B) by reason of the birth of a
child of the individual, (C) by reason of the placement of a child
with the individual in connection with the adoption of such child
by the individual, or (D) for purposes of caring for a child for
the period beginning immediately following such birth or
placement.
(2) If an individual is absent from
work because of "FMLA leave" and returns to employment with the
Employer or a Related Employer following such "FMLA leave", he
shall not incur a Break in Vesting Service during any
12-consecutive-month period beginning on his Severance Date or
anniversaries thereof in which he is absent because of such "FMLA
leave". For purposes of this paragraph, "FMLA leave" means an
approved leave of absence pursuant to the Family and Medical Leave
Act of 1993.
(i) " Code " means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
(j) " Compensation " means
wages as defined in Code Section 3401(a) and all other payments of
compensation to an Eligible Employee by the Employer (in the course
of the Employer's trade or business) for services to the Employer
while employed as an Eligible Employee for which the Employer is
required to furnish the Eligible Employee a written statement under
Code Sections 6041(d) and 6051(a)(3). Compensation must 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)).
For any Self-Employed Individual, Compensation
means Earned Income; provided, however, that if the Employer elects
to exclude specified items from Compensation, such Earned Income
shall be adjusted in a similar manner so that it is equivalent
under regulations issued under Code Section 414(s) to Compensation
for Participants who are not Self-Employed Individuals.
Compensation shall generally be based on the
amount actually paid to the Eligible Employee during the Plan Year
or, for purposes of Articles 5 (and, for Plan Years beginning prior
to January 1, 2003, Article 15) so elected by the Employer in
Subsection 1.05(c) of the Adoption Agreement, during that portion
of the Plan Year during which the Eligible Employee is an Active
Participant. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, Compensation
for purposes of Section 6.12 (Code Section 415 Limitations) shall
be based on the amount actually paid or made available to the
Participant during the Limitation Year.
If the initial Plan Year of a new plan consists
of fewer than 12 months, calculated from the Effective Date listed
in Subsection 1.01(g)(1) of the Adoption Agreement through the end
of such initial Plan Year, Compensation for such initial Plan Year
shall be determined as follows:
(1) If the Plan
is a profit sharing plan, for purposes of allocating Nonelective
Employer Contributions under Section 1.11 of the Adoption Agreement
(other than Nonelective Employer Contributions made in accordance
with the Safe Harbor Nonelective Employer Contributions Addendum to
the Adoption Agreement) and determining Highly Compensated
Employees under Subsection 2.01(z), the initial Plan Year shall be
the 12-month period ending on the last day of the Plan
Year.
(2) For purposes of Section 6.12
(Code Section 415 Limitations) where the Limitation Year is based
on the Plan Year, the Limitation Year shall be the 12-month period
ending on the last day of the Plan Year.
(3) For all other purposes, the
initial Plan Year shall be the period from the Effective Date
listed in Subsection 1.01(g)(1) of the Adoption Agreement through
the end of the initial Plan Year.
The annual Compensation of each Active
Participant taken into account for determining benefits provided
under the Plan for any determination period shall not exceed the
annual Compensation limit under Code Section 401(a)(17) as in
effect on the first day of the determination period. This limit
shall be adjusted by the Secretary to reflect increases in the cost
of living, as provided in Code Section 401(a)(17)(B); provided,
however, that the dollar increase in effect on January 1 of any
calendar year is effective for determination periods beginning in
such calendar year. If a Plan determines Compensation over a
determination period that contains fewer than 12 calendar months (a
"short determination period"), then the Compensation limit for such
"short determination period" is equal to the Compensation limit for
the calendar year in which the "short determination period" begins
multiplied by the ratio obtained by dividing the number of full
months in the "short determination period" by 12; provided,
however, that such proration shall not apply if there is a "short
determination period" because (i) the Employer elected in
Subsection 1.05(c) of the Adoption Agreement to determine
contributions based only on Compensation paid during the portion of
the Plan Year during which an individual was an Active Participant,
(ii) an Employee is covered under the Plan less than a full Plan
Year, or (iii) Deferral Contributions and/or Matching Employer
Contributions are contributed for each pay period during the Plan
Year and are based on Compensation for that pay period.
(k) " Contribution Period "
means the period for which Matching Employer and Nonelective
Employer Contributions are made and calculated. The Contribution
Period for additional Matching Employer Contributions, as described
in Subsection 1.10(b) of the Adoption Agreement and Nonelective
Employer Contributions is the Plan Year. The Contribution Period
for basic Matching Employer Contributions, as described in
Subsection 1.10(a)of the Adoption Agreement, is the period
specified by the Employer in Subsection 1.10(c) of the Adoption
Agreement.
(l) " Deferral Contribution "
means any contribution made to the Plan by the Employer in
accordance with the provisions of Section 5.03.
(m) " Early Retirement Age "
means the early retirement age specified in Subsection 1.13(b) of
the Adoption Agreement, if any.
(n) " Earned Income " means
the net earnings of a Self-Employed Individual derived from the
trade or business with respect to which the Plan is established and
for which the personal services of such individual are a material
income-providing factor, excluding any items not included in gross
income and the deductions allocated to such items, except that net
earnings shall be determined with regard to the deduction allowed
under Code Section 164(f), to the extent applicable to the
Employer. Net earnings shall be reduced by contributions of the
Employer to any qualified plan, to the extent a deduction is
allowed to the Employer for such contributions under Code Section
404.
(o) " Effective Date " means
the effective date specified by the Employer in Subsection
1.01(g)(1) or (2) of the Adoption Agreement with respect to the
Plan, if this is a new plan, or with respect to the amendment and
restatement, if this is an amendment and restatement of the Plan.
The Employer may select special Effective Dates with respect to
specified Plan provisions, as set forth in Section (a) of the
Special Effective Dates Addendum to the Adoption Agreement. In the
event that another plan is merged into and made a part of the Plan,
the effective date of the merger shall be reflected in Section (b)
of the Special Effective Dates Addendum to the Adoption
Agreement.
If this is an
amendment and restatement of the Plan, and the Plan was not amended
prior to the effective date specified by the Employer in Subsection
1.01(g)(2) of the Adoption Agreement to comply with the
requirements of the Acts specified in the Snap Off Addendum to the
Adoption Agreement, the effective dates specified in such Snap Off
Addendum shall apply with respect to those provisions specified
therein. Such effective dates may be earlier than the date
specified in Subsection 1.01(g)(2) of the Adoption
Agreement.
(p) " Eligibility Computation
Period " means each 12-consecutive-month period beginning with
an Employee's Employment Commencement Date and each anniversary
thereof.
(q) " Eligibility Service "
means an Employee's service that is taken into account in
determining his eligibility to participate in the Plan as may be
required under Subsection 1.04(b) of the Adoption Agreement.
Eligibility Service shall be credited in accordance with Article
3.
(r) " Eligible Employee "
means any Employee of the Employer who is in the class of Employees
eligible to participate in the Plan. The Employer must specify in
Subsection 1.04(c) of the Adoption Agreement any Employee or class
of Employees not eligible to participate in the Plan. If Article 1
of the Employer's Plan is a Non-Standardized Adoption Agreement,
regardless of the Employer's selection in
Subsection 1.04(c) of the Adoption
Agreement, the following Employees are automatically
excluded from eligibility to participate in the Plan:
(1) any individual who is a signatory
to a contract, letter of agreement, or other document that
acknowledges his status as an independent contractor not entitled
to benefits under the Plan or who is not otherwise classified by
the Employer as a common law employee and with respect to whom the
Employer does not withhold income taxes and file Form W-2 (or any
replacement Form), with the Internal Revenue Service and does not
remit Social Security payments to the Federal government, even if
such individual is later adjudicated to be a common law employee;
and
(2) any Employee who is a resident of
Puerto Rico.
If the Employer elects to exclude collective
bargaining employees from the eligible class, the exclusion applies
to any Employee of the Employer included in a unit of Employees
covered by an agreement which the Secretary of Labor finds to be a
collective bargaining agreement between employee representatives
and one or more employers, unless the collective bargaining
agreement requires the Employee to be covered under the Plan. The
term "employee representatives" does not include any organization
more than half the members of which are owners, officers, or
executives of the Employer.
If the Employer does not elect to exclude Leased
Employees from the eligible class, contributions or benefits
provided by the leasing organization which are attributable to
services performed for the Employer shall be treated as provided by
the Employer and there shall be no duplication of benefits under
this Plan.
(s) " Employee " means any
common law employee of the Employer or a Related Employer, any
Self-Employed Individual, and any Leased Employee. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a Leased Employee shall not be considered an
Employee if Leased Employees do not constitute more than 20 percent
of the Employer's non-highly compensated work-force (taking into
account all Related Employers) and the Leased Employee is covered
by a money purchase pension plan maintained by the leasing
organization and providing (1) a nonintegrated employer
contribution rate of at least 10 percent of compensation, as
defined for purposes of Code Section 415(c)(3), but including
amounts contributed pursuant to a salary reduction agreement which
are excludable from gross income under Code Section 125, 132(f)(4),
402(e)(3), 402(h) or 403(b), (2) full and immediate vesting, and
(3) immediate participation by each employee of the leasing
organization.
(t) " Employee Contribution "
means any after-tax contribution made by an Active Participant to
the Plan.
(u) " Employer " means the
employer named in Subsection 1.02(a) of the Adoption Agreement and
any Related Employer included as an Employer under this Subsection
2.01(u). If Article 1 of the Employer's Plan is a Standardized
Adoption Agreement, the term "Employer" includes all Related
Employers; provided, however, that if an employer becomes a Related
Employer as a result of an asset or stock acquisition, merger or
other similar transaction, the term "Employer" shall not include
such employer for periods prior to the earlier of (1) the date as
of which Subsection 1.02(b) of the Adoption Agreement is amended to
name such employer or (2) the first day of the second Plan Year
beginning after the date of such transaction. If Article 1 of the
Employer's Plan is a Non-Standardized Adoption Agreement, the term
"Employer" includes only those Related Employers designated in
Subsection 1.02(b) of the Adoption Agreement.
If the organization or other entity named in the
Adoption Agreement is a sole proprietor or a professional
corporation and the sole proprietor of such proprietorship or the
sole shareholder of the professional corporation dies, then the
legal representative of such sole proprietor or shareholder shall
be deemed to be the Employer until such time as, through the
disposition of such sole proprietor's or sole shareholder's estate
or otherwise, any organization or other entity succeeds to the
interests of the sole proprietor in the proprietorship or the sole
shareholder in the professional corporation. The legal
representative of a sole proprietor or shareholder shall be (1) the
person appointed as such by the sole proprietor or shareholder
prior to his death under a legally enforceable power of attorney,
or, if none, (2) the executor or administrator of the sole
proprietor's or shareholder's estate.
If one of the Employers designated in Subsection
1.02(b) of the Adoption Agreement is not a Related Employer, the
term "Employer" includes such un-Related Employer and the
provisions of Section 18.06 shall apply.
(v) " Employment Commencement
Date " means the date on which an Employee first performs an
Hour of Service.
(w) " Entry Date " means the
date specified by the Employer in Subsection 1.04(d) or (e) of the
Adoption Agreement as of which an Eligible Employee who has met the
applicable eligibility requirements begins to participate in the
Plan. The Employer may specify different Entry Dates for purposes
of eligibility to participate in the Plan by (1) making Deferral
Contributions and (2) receiving allocations of Matching and/or
Nonelective Employer Contributions.
(x) " ERISA " means the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as from time to
time amended.
(y) " Fund Share " means the
share, unit, or other evidence of ownership in a Permissible
Investment.
(z) " Highly Compensated
Employee " means both highly compensated active Employees and
highly compensated former Employees.
A highly compensated active Employee includes
any Employee who performs service for the Employer during the
"determination year" and who (1) at any time during the
"determination year" or the "look-back year" was a five percent
owner or (2) received Compensation from the Employer during the
"look-back year" in excess of $80,000 (as adjusted pursuant to Code
Section 415(d)) and, if elected by the Employer in Section 1.06 of
the Adoption Agreement, was a member of the top-paid group for such
year.
For this purpose, the "determination year" shall
be the Plan Year. The "look-back year" shall be the twelve-month
period immediately preceding the "determination year", unless the
Employer has elected in Section 1.06 of the Adoption Agreement to
make the "look-back year" the calendar year beginning within the
preceding Plan Year.
A highly compensated former Employee includes
any Employee who separated from service (or was deemed to have
separated) prior to the "determination year", performs no service
for the Employer during the "determination year", and was a highly
compensated active Employee for either the separation year or any
"determination year" ending on or after the Employee's 55th
birthday, as determined under the rules in effect for determining
Highly Compensated Employees for such separation year or
"determination year".
The determination of who is a Highly Compensated
Employee, including the determinations of the number and identity
of Employees in the top-paid group, shall be made in accordance
with Code Section 414(q) and the Treasury Regulations issued
thereunder.
For purposes of this Subsection 2.01(z),
Compensation shall include amounts that are not includable in the
gross income of an 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).
(aa) " Hour of Service ", with
respect to any individual, means:
(1) Each hour for which the
individual is directly or indirectly paid, or entitled to payment,
for the performance of duties for the Employer or a Related
Employer, each such hour to be credited to the individual for the
Eligibility Computation Period in which the duties were
performed;
(2) Each hour for which the
individual is directly or indirectly paid, or entitled to payment,
by the Employer or a Related Employer (including payments made or
due from a trust fund or insurer to which the Employer contributes
or pays premiums) on account of a period of time during which no
duties are performed (irrespective of whether the employment
relationship has terminated) due to vacation, holiday, illness,
incapacity, disability, layoff, jury duty, military duty, or leave
of absence, each such hour to be credited to the individual for the
Eligibility Computation Period in which such period of time occurs,
subject to the following rules:
(A) No more than 501 Hours of Service
shall be credited under this paragraph (2) on account of any single
continuous period during which the individual performs no duties,
unless the individual performs no duties because of military duty,
the individual's employment rights are protected by law, and the
individual returns to employment with the Employer or a Related
Employer during the period that his employment rights are protected
under Federal law;
(B) Hours of Service shall not be
credited under this paragraph (2) for a payment which solely
reimburses the individual for medically-related expenses, or which
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; and
(C) If the period during which the
individual performs no duties falls within two or more Eligibility
Computation Periods and if the payment made on account of such
period is not calculated on the basis of units of time, the Hours
of Service credited with respect to such period shall be allocated
between not more than the first two such Eligibility Computation
Periods on any reasonable basis consistently applied with respect
to similarly situated individuals;
(3) Each hour not counted under
paragraph (1) or (2) for which he would have been scheduled to work
for the Employer or a Related Employer during the period that he is
absent from work because of military duty, provided the
individual's employment rights are protected under Federal law and
the individual returns to work with the Employer or a Related
Company during the period that his employment rights are protected,
each such hour to be credited to the individual for the Eligibility
Computation Period for which he would have been scheduled to work;
and
(4) Each hour not counted under
paragraph (1), (2), or (3) for which back pay, irrespective of
mitigation of damages, has been either awarded or agreed to be paid
by the Employer or a Related Employer, shall be credited to the
individual for the Eligibility Computation Period to which the
award or agreement pertains rather than the Eligibility Computation
Period in which the award, agreement, or payment is
made.
For purposes of paragraphs (2) and (4) above,
Hours of Service shall be calculated in accordance with the
provisions of Section 2530.200b-2(b) of the Department of Labor
regulations, which are incorporated herein by reference.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Subsection to the contrary, the Employer may elect to credit Hours
of Service in accordance with any of the equivalencies set forth in
paragraphs (d), (e), or (f) of Department of Labor Regulations
Section 2530.200b-3.
(bb) " Inactive Participant "
means any individual who was an Active Participant, but is no
longer an Eligible Employee and who has an Account under the
Plan.
(cc) " Leased Employee " means
any individual who provides services to the Employer or a Related
Employer (the "recipient") but is not otherwise an employee of the
recipient if (1) such services are provided pursuant to an
agreement between the recipient and any other person (the
"leasing organization"), (2) such individual has
performed services for the recipient (or for the recipient and any
related persons within the meaning of Code Section 414(n)(6)) on a
substantially full-time basis for at least one year, and (3) such
services are performed under primary direction of or control by the
recipient. The determination of who is a Leased Employee shall be
made in accordance with any rules and regulations issued by the
Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate.
(dd) " Limitation Year " means
the 12-consecutive-month period designated by the Employer in
Subsection 1.01(f) of the Adoption Agreement. If no other
Limitation Year is designated by the Employer, the Limitation Year
shall be the calendar year. All qualified plans of the Employer and
any Related Employer must use the same Limitation Year. If the
Limitation Year is amended to a different 12-consecutive-month
period, the new Limitation Year must begin on a date within the
Limitation Year in which the amendment is made.
(ee) " Matching Employer
Contribution " means any contribution made by the Employer to
the Plan in accordance with Section 5.08 or 5.09 on account of an
Active Participant's Deferral Contributions.
(ff) " Mass Submitter Sponsor
" means Fidelity Management & Research Company or its
successor.
(gg) " Nonelective Employer
Contribution " means any contribution made by the Employer to
the Plan in accordance with Section 5.10.
(hh) " Non-Highly Compensated
Employee " means any Employee who is not a Highly Compensated
Employee.
(ii) " Normal Retirement Age "
means the normal retirement age specified in Subsection 1.13(a) of
the Adoption Agreement. If the Employer enforces a mandatory
retirement age in accordance with Federal law, the Normal
Retirement Age is the lesser of that mandatory age or the age
specified in Subsection 1.13(a) of the Adoption
Agreement.
(jj) " Participant " means any
individual who is either an Active Participant or an Inactive
Participant.
(kk) " Permissible Investment
" means the investments specified by the Employer as available for
investment of assets of the Trust and agreed to by the Trustee and
the Prototype Sponsor. The Permissible Investments under the Plan
shall be listed in the Service Agreement.
(ll) " Plan " means the plan
established by the Employer in the form of the prototype plan, as
set forth herein as a new plan or as an amendment to an existing
plan, by executing the Adoption Agreement, together with any and
all amendments hereto.
(mm) " Plan Year " means the
12-consecutive-month period ending on the date designated by the
Employer in Subsection 1.01(d) of the Adoption Agreement, except
that the initial Plan Year of a new Plan may consist of fewer than
12 months, calculated from the Effective Date listed in Subsection
1.01(g)(1) of the Adoption Agreement through the end of such
initial Plan Year, in which event Compensation for such initial
Plan Year shall be treated as provided in Subsection
2.01(j).
(nn) " Prototype Sponsor "
means Fidelity Management & Research Company or its
successor.
(oo) " Qualified Matching Employer
Contribution " means any contribution made by the Employer to
the Plan on account of Deferral Contributions or Employee
Contributions made by or on behalf of Active Participants in
accordance with Section 5.09, that may be included in determining
whether the Plan meets the "ADP" test described in Section
6.03.
(pp) " Qualified Nonelective
Employer Contribution " means any contribution made by the
Employer to the Plan on behalf of Non-Highly Compensated Employees
in accordance with Section 5.07, that may be included in
determining whether the Plan meets the "ADP" test described in
Section 6.03 or the "ACP" test described in Section
6.06.
(qq) " Reemployment Commencement
Date " means the date on which an Employee who terminates
employment with the Employer and all Related Employers first
performs an Hour of Service following such termination of
employment.
(rr) " Related Employer "
means any employer other than the Employer named in Subsection
1.02(a) of the Adoption Agreement if the Employer and such other
employer are members of a controlled group of corporations (as
defined in Code Section 414(b)) or an affiliated service group (as
defined in Code Section 414(m)), or are trades or businesses
(whether or not incorporated) which are under common control (as
defined in Code Section 414(c)), or such other employer is required
to be aggregated with the Employer pursuant to regulations issued
under Code Section 414(o); provided, however, that if Article 1 of
the Employer's Plan is a Standardized Adoption Agreement, for
purposes of Subsection 1.02(b) of the Adoption Agreement, the term
"Related Employer" shall not include any employer that becomes a
Related Employer as a result of an asset or stock acquisition,
merger or other similar transaction with respect to any period
prior to the earlier of (1) the date as of which Subsection 1.02(b)
of the Adoption Agreement is amended to name such employer or (2)
the first day of the second Plan Year beginning after the date of
such transaction.
(ss) " Required Beginning Date
" means:
(1) for a Participant who is not a
five percent owner, April 1 of the calendar year following the
calendar year in which occurs the later of (i) the Participant's
retirement or (ii) the Participant's attainment of age 70
1/2
; provided, however, that a
Participant may elect to have his Required Beginning Date
determined without regard to the provisions of clause
(i).
(2) for a Participant who is a five
percent owner, April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar
year in which the Participant attains age 70 1/2 .
Once the Required Beginning Date of a five
percent owner or a Participant who has elected to have his Required
Beginning Date determined in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2.01(ss)(1)(ii) has occurred, such Required Beginning Date
shall not be re-determined, even if the Participant ceases to be a
five percent owner in a subsequent year or continues in employment
with the Employer or a Related Employer.
For purposes of this Subsection 2.01(ss), a
Participant is treated as a five percent owner if such Participant
is a five percent owner as defined in Code Section 416(i)
(determined in accordance with Code Section 416 but without regard
to whether the Plan is top-heavy) at any time during the Plan Year
ending with or within the calendar year in which such owner attains
age 70 1/2 .
(tt) " Rollover Contribution "
means any distribution from a qualified plan (or an individual
retirement account holding only assets allocable to a distribution
from a qualified plan) that an Employee elects to contribute to the
Plan in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.06.
(uu) " Self-Employed
Individual " means an individual who has Earned Income for the
taxable year from the Employer or who would have had Earned Income
but for the fact that the trade or business had no net profits for
the taxable year, including, but not limited to, a partner in a
partnership, a sole proprietor, a member in a limited liability
company or a shareholder in a subchapter S corporation.
(vv) " Service Agreement "
means the agreement between the Employer and the Prototype Sponsor
(or an agent or affiliate of the Prototype Sponsor) relating to the
provision of investment and other services to the Plan and shall
include any addendum to the agreement and any other separate
written agreement between the Employer and the Prototype Sponsor
(or an agent or affiliate of the Prototype Sponsor) relating to the
provision of services to the Plan.
(ww) " Severance Date " means
the earlier of (i) the date an Employee retires, dies, quits, or is
discharged from employment with the Employer and all Related
Employers or (ii) the 12-month anniversary of the date on which the
Employee was otherwise first absent from employment; provided,
however, that if an individual terminates or is absent from
employment with the Employer and all Related Employers because of
military duty, such individual shall not incur a Severance Date if
his employment rights are protected under Federal law and he
returns to employment with the Employer or a Related Employer
within the period during which he retains such employment rights,
but, if he does not return to such employment within such period,
his Severance Date shall be the earlier of (1) the anniversary of
the date his absence commenced or (2) the last day of the period
during which he retains such employment rights.
(xx) " Trust " means the trust
created by the Employer in accordance with the provisions of
Section 20.01.
(yy) " Trust Agreement " means
the agreement between the Employer and the Trustee, as set forth in
Article 20, under which the assets of the Plan are held,
administered, and managed.
(zz) " Trustee " means
Fidelity Management Trust Company or its successor. The term
Trustee shall include any delegate of the Trustee as may be
provided in the Trust Agreement.
(aaa) " Trust Fund " means the
property held in Trust by the Trustee for the Accounts of
Participants and their Beneficiaries.
(bbb) " Vesting Service "
means an Employee's service that is taken into account in
determining his vested interest in his Matching Employer and
Nonelective Employer Contributions Accounts as may be required
under Section 1.15 of the Adoption Agreement. Vesting Service shall
be credited in accordance with Article 3.
2.02.
Pronouns . Pronouns used in the Plan are in the
masculine gender but include the feminine gender unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise.
2.03.
Special Effective Dates . Some provisions of the Plan are only
effective beginning as of a specified date or until a specified
date. Any such special effective dates are specified within Plan
text where applicable and are exceptions to the general Plan
Effective Date as defined in Section 2.01(o).
3.01.
Crediting of Eligibility Service . If the Employer has selected an
Eligibility Service requirement in Subsection 1.04(b) of the
Adoption Agreement for an Eligible Employee to become an Active
Participant, Eligibility Service shall be credited to an Employee
as follows:
(a) If the Employer has selected the
one or two year(s) of Eligibility Service requirement described in
Subsection 1.04(b)(1)(C) or (D) of the Adoption Agreement, an
Employee shall be credited with a year of Eligibility Service for
each Eligibility Computation Period during which the Employee has
been credited with at least 1,000 Hours of Service.
(b) If the Employer has selected the
months of Eligibility Service requirement described in Subsection
1.04(b)(1)(B) of the Adoption Agreement, an Employee shall be
credited with Eligibility Service for the aggregate of the periods
beginning with the Employee's Employment Commencement Date (or
Reemployment Commencement Date) and ending on his subsequent
Severance Date; provided, however, that an Employee who has a
Reemployment Date within the 12-consecutive-month period following
the earlier of the first date of his absence or his Severance Date
shall be credited with Eligibility Service for the period between
his Severance Date and his Reemployment Date. Months of Eligibility
Service shall be measured from the Employee's Employment
Commencement Date or Reemployment Commencement Date to the
coinciding date in the applicable following month.
3.02.
Re-Crediting of Eligibility Service Following Termination of
Employment . An
Employee whose employment with the Employer and all Related
Employers terminates and who is subsequently reemployed by the
Employer or a Related Employer shall be re-credited upon
reemployment with his Eligibility Service earned prior to his
termination of employment.
3.03.
Crediting of Vesting Service . If the Plan provides for Matching
Employer and/or Nonelective Employer Contributions that are not 100
percent vested when made, Vesting Service shall be credited to an
Employee for the aggregate of the periods beginning with the
Employee's Employment Commencement Date (or Reemployment
Commencement Date) and ending on his subsequent Severance Date;
provided, however, that an Employee who has a Reemployment Date
within the 12-consecutive-month period following the earlier of the
first date of his absence or his Severance Date shall be credited
with Vesting Service for the period between his Severance Date and
his Reemployment Date. Fractional periods of a year shall be
expressed in terms of days.
3.04.
Application of Vesting Service to a Participant's Account
Following a Break in Vesting Service . The following rules describe how
Vesting Service earned before and after a Break in Vesting Service
shall be applied for purposes of determining a Participant's vested
interest in his Matching Employer and Nonelective Employer
Contributions Accounts.
(a) If a Participant incurs
five-consecutive Breaks in Vesting Service, all years of Vesting
Service earned by the Employee after such Breaks in Service shall
be disregarded in determining the Participant's vested interest in
his Matching Employer and Nonelective Employer Contributions
Account balances attributable to employment before such Breaks in
Vesting Service. However, Vesting Service earned both before and
after such Breaks in Vesting Service shall be included in
determining the Participant's vested interest in his Matching
Employer and Nonelective Employer Contributions Account balances
attributable to employment after such Breaks in Vesting
Service.
(b) If a Participant incurs fewer
than five-consecutive Breaks in Vesting Service, Vesting Service
earned both before and after such Breaks in Vesting Service shall
be included in determining the Participant's vested interest in his
Matching Employer and Nonelective Employer Contributions Account
balances attributable to employment both before and after such
Breaks in Vesting Service.
3.05.
Service with Predecessor Employer . If the Plan is the plan of a
predecessor employer, an Employee's Eligibility and Vesting Service
shall include years of service with such predecessor employer. In
any case in which the Plan is not the plan maintained by a
predecessor employer, service for such predecessor employer shall
be treated as Eligibility and Vesting Service if so specified in
Section 1.16 of the Adoption Agreement.
3.06.
Change in Service Crediting . If an amendment to the Plan or a
transfer from employment as an Employee covered under another
qualified plan maintained by the Employer or a Related Employer
results in a change in the method of crediting Eligibility and/or
Vesting Service with respect to a Participant between the Hours of
Service crediting method set forth in Section 2530.200b-2 of the
Department of Labor Regulations and the elapsed-time crediting
method set forth in Section 1.410(a)-7 of the Treasury Regulations,
each Participant with respect to whom the method of crediting
Eligibility and/or Vesting Service is changed shall be treated in
the manner set forth in Section 1.410(a)-7(f)(1) of the Treasury
Regulations which are incorporated herein by reference.
Article 4.
Participation .
4.01.
Date of Participation . If the Plan is an amendment and
restatement of a prior plan, all Eligible Employees who were active
participants in the Plan immediately prior to the Effective Date
shall continue as Active Participants on the Effective Date. All
Eligible Employees who are in the service of the Employer on the
Effective Date (and, if this is an amendment and restatement of a
prior plan, were not active participants in the prior plan
immediately prior to the Effective Date) shall become Active
Participants on the date elected by the Employer in Subsection
1.04(f) of the Adoption Agreement. Any other Eligible Employee
shall become an Active Participant in the Plan on the Entry Date
coinciding with or immediately following the date on which he first
satisfies the eligibility requirements set forth in Subsections
1.04(a) and 1.04(b) of the Adoption Agreement.
The Employer may elect different Eligibility
Service requirements for purposes of eligibility (a) to make
Deferral Contributions and (b) to receive Nonelective and/or
Matching Employer Contributions. Any Eligibility Service
requirement that the Employer elects to apply in determining an
Eligible Employee's eligibility to make Deferral Contributions
shall also apply in determining an Eligible Employee's eligibility
to make Employee Contributions, if Employee Contributions are
permitted under the Plan, and to receive Qualified Nonelective
Employer Contributions. If an Employer elects to have different
Eligibility Service requirements apply, an Eligible Employee who
has met the eligibility requirements with respect to certain
contributions, but who has not met the eligibility requirements
with respect to other contributions, shall become an Active
Participant in accordance with the provisions of the preceding
paragraph, but only with respect to the contributions for which he
has met the eligibility requirements.
4.02.
Transfers Out of Covered Employment .
If any Active
Participant ceases to be an Eligible Employee, but continues in the
employ of the Employer or a Related Employer, such Employee shall
cease to be an Active Participant, but shall continue as an
Inactive Participant until his entire Account balance is forfeited
or distributed. An Inactive Participant shall not be entitled to
receive an allocation of contributions or forfeitures under the
Plan for the period that he is not an Eligible Employee and wages
and other payments made to him by the Employer or a Related
Employer for services other than as an Eligible Employee shall not
be included in Compensation for purposes of determining the amount
and allocation of any contributions to the Account of such Inactive
Participant. Such Inactive Participant shall continue to receive
credit for Vesting Service completed during the period that he
continues in the employ of the Employer or a Related
Employer.
4.03.
Transfers Into Covered Employment . If an Employee who is not an
Eligible Employee becomes an Eligible Employee, such Eligible
Employee shall become an Active Participant immediately as of his
transfer date if such Eligible Employee has already satisfied the
eligibility requirements and would have otherwise previously become
an Active Participant in accordance with Section 4.01. Otherwise,
such Eligible Employee shall become an Active Participant in
accordance with Section 4.01.
Wages and other payments made to an Employee
prior to his becoming an Eligible Employee by the Employer or a
Related Employer for services other than as an Eligible Employee
shall not be included in Compensation for purposes of determining
the amount and allocation of any contributions to the Account of
such Eligible Employee.
4.04.
Resumption of Participation Following Reemployment
. If a
Participant who terminates employment with the Employer and all
Related Employers is reemployed as an Eligible Employee, he shall
again become an Active Participant on his Reemployment Date. Any
other Employee who terminates employment with the Employer and all
Related Employers and is reemployed by the Employer or a Related
Employer shall become an Active Participant as provided in Section
4.01 or 4.03. Any distribution which a Participant is receiving
under the Plan at the time he is reemployed by the Employer or a
Related Employer shall cease except as otherwise required under
Section 12.04.
Article 5.
Contributions .
5.01.
Contributions Subject to Limitations .
All contributions made
to the Plan under this Article 5 shall be subject to the
limitations contained in Article 6.
5.02.
Compensation Taken into Account in Determining Contributions
. In
determining the amount or allocation of any contribution that is
based on a percentage of Compensation, only Compensation paid to a
Participant for services rendered to the Employer while employed as
an Eligible Employee shall be taken into account. Except as
otherwise specifically provided in this Article 5, for purposes of
determining the amount and allocation of contributions under this
Article 5, Compensation shall not include reimbursements or other
expense allowances, fringe benefits (cash and non-cash), moving
expenses, deferred compensation, welfare benefits, and any items
elected by the Employer with respect to such contributions in
Subsection 1.05(a) or (b), as applicable, of the Adoption
Agreement, but shall include amounts that are not includable in the
gross income of the Participant under a salary reduction agreement
by reason of the application of Code Section 125, 132(f)(4),
402(e)(3), 402(h), 403(b), or 457(b).
If the initial Plan Year of a new plan consists
of fewer than 12 months, calculated from the Effective Date listed
in Subsection 1.01(g)(1) of the Adoption Agreement through the end
of such initial Plan Year, except as otherwise provided in this
paragraph, Compensation for purposes of determining the amount and
allocation of contributions under this Article 5 for such initial
Plan Year shall include only Compensation for services during the
period beginning on the Effective Date listed in Subsection
1.01(g)(1) of the Adoption Agreement and ending on the last day of
the initial Plan Year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Plan
is a profit sharing plan, Compensation for purposes of determining
the amount and allocation of non-safe harbor Nonelective Employer
Contributions under this Article 5 for such initial Plan Year shall
include Compensation for the full 12-consecutive-month period
ending on the last day of the initial Plan Year.
5.03.
Deferral Contributions . If so provided by the Employer in
Subsection 1.07(a) of the Adoption Agreement, each Active
Participant may elect to execute a salary reduction agreement with
the Employer to reduce his Compensation by a specified percentage
or dollar amount, not exceeding the percentage specified by the
Employer in Subsection 1.07(a)(1) of the Adoption Agreement, per
payroll period, subject to any exceptions elected by the Employer
in Subsections 1.07(a)(2) and (3) of the Adoption Agreement, and
equal to a whole number multiple of one percent. If elected by the
Employer in Subsection 1.07(a)(1)(A) of the Adoption Agreement, in
lieu of specifying a percentage of Compensation reduction, an
Active Participant may elect to reduce his Compensation by a
specified dollar amount per payroll period, provided that such
dollar amount may not exceed the percentage of Compensation
specified by the Employer in Subsection 1.07(a)(1) of the Adoption
Agreement, subject to any exceptions elected by the Employer in
Subsections 1.07(a)(2) and (3) of the Adoption
Agreement.
An Active Participant's salary reduction
agreement shall become effective on the first day of the first
payroll period for which the Employer can reasonably process the
request, but not earlier than the later of (a) the effective date
of the provisions permitting Deferral Contributions or (b) the date
the Employer adopts such provisions. The Employer shall make a
Deferral Contribution on behalf of the Participant corresponding to
the amount of said reduction. Under no circumstances may a salary
reduction agreement be adopted retroactively.
An Active Participant may elect to change or
discontinue the percentage or dollar amount by which his
Compensation is reduced by notice to the Employer as provided in
Subsection 1.07(a)(1)(B) or (C) of the Adoption Agreement.
Notwithstanding the Employer's election in Subsection 1.07(a)(1)(B)
or (C) of the Adoption Agreement, if the Employer has elected one
of the safe harbor contributions in Subsection 1.10(a)(3) or
1.11(a)(3) of the Adoption Agreement, an Active Participant may
elect to change or discontinue the percentage or dollar amount by
which his Compensation is reduced by notice to the Employer within
a reasonable period, as specified by the Employer (but not less
than 30 days), of receiving the notice described in Section
6.10.
5.04.
Employee Contributions . If the Employer elected to permit
Deferral Contributions in Subsection 1.07(a) of the Adoption
Agreement and if so provided by the Employer in Subsection
1.08(a)(1) of the Adoption Agreement, each Active Participant may
elect to make non-deductible Employee Contributions to the Plan in
accordance with the rules and procedures established by the
Employer and in an amount not less than one percent of such
Participant's Compensation for the Plan Year.
5.05. No
Deductible Employee Contributions . No deductible Employee Contributions
may be made to the Plan. Deductible Employee Contributions made
prior to January 1, 1987 shall be maintained in a separate Account.
No part of the deductible Employee Contributions Account shall be
used to purchase life insurance.
5.06.
Rollover Contributions . An Eligible Employee who is or was
entitled to receive an eligible rollover distribution, as defined
in Code Section 402(c)(4) and Treasury Regulations issued
thereunder, from a qualified plan (or an individual retirement
account holding only assets attributable to a distribution from a
qualified plan) may elect to contribute all or any portion of such
distribution to the Trust directly from such qualified plan or
individual retirement account or within 60 days of receipt of such
distribution to the Eligible Employee. Rollover Contributions shall
only be made in the form of cash, allowable Fund Shares, or, if and
to the extent permitted by the Employer with the consent of the
Trustee, promissory notes evidencing a plan loan to the Eligible
Employee; provided, however, that Rollover Contributions shall only
be permitted in the form of promissory notes if the Plan otherwise
provides for loans.
An Eligible Employee who has not yet become an
Active Participant in the Plan in accordance with the provisions of
Article 4 may make a Rollover Contribution to the Plan. Such
Eligible Employee shall be treated as a Participant under the Plan
for all purposes of the Plan, except eligibility to have Deferral
Contributions made on his behalf and to receive an allocation of
Matching Employer or Nonelective Employer Contributions.
The Administrator shall develop such procedures
and require such information from Eligible Employees as it deems
necessary to ensure that amounts contributed under this Section
5.06 meet the requirements for tax-deferred rollovers established
by this Section 5.06 and by Code Section 402(c). No Rollover
Contributions may be made to the Plan until approved by the
Administrator.
If a Rollover Contribution made under this
Section 5.06 is later determined by the Administrator not to have
met the requirements of this Section 5.06 or of the Code or
Treasury regulations, the Trustee shall, within a reasonable time
after such determination is made, and on instructions from the
Administrator, distribute to the Employee the amounts then held in
the Trust attributable to such Rollover Contribution.
A Participant's Rollover Contributions Account
shall be subject to the terms of the Plan, including Article 14,
except as otherwise provided in this Section 5.06.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Section 5.06, the Employer may direct the Trustee not to accept
Rollover Contributions.
5.07.
Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions .
The Employer may, in its discretion,
make a Qualified Nonelective Employer Contribution for the Plan
Year in any amount necessary to satisfy or help to satisfy the
"ADP" test, described in Section 6.03, and/or the "ACP" test,
described in Section 6.06. Qualified Nonelective Employer
Contributions shall be made and allocated based on Participants'
"testing compensation", as defined in Subsection 6.01(t), rather
than Compensation, as defined in Subsection 2.01(j). Any Qualified
Nonelective Employer Contribution shall be allocated among the
Accounts of Non-Highly Compensated Employees who are Active
Participants at any time during the Plan Year as
follows:
(a) Unless the Employer elects the
allocation formula in Subsection 1.09(a)(1) of the Adoption
Agreement, the Qualified Nonelective Employer Contribution shall be
allocated at the election of the Employer either
(1) in the ratio that each eligible
Active Participant's "testing compensation", as defined in
Subsection 6.01(t), for the Plan Year bears to the total "testing
compensation" paid to all eligible Active Participants for the Plan
Year; or
(2) as a uniform flat dollar amount
for each eligible Active Participant for the Plan Year.
(b) If the Employer elects the
allocation formula in Subsection 1.09(a)(1) of the Adoption
Agreement, the Qualified Nonelective Employer Contribution shall be
allocated as follows:
(1) The eligible Active Participant
with the least "testing compensation", as defined in Subsection
6.01(t), for the Plan Year shall receive an allocation equal to the
lowest of:
(A) the maximum amount that may be
contributed on the eligible Active Participant's behalf under Code
Section 415, taking into account all other contributions made by or
on behalf of the eligible Active Participant to plans maintained by
the Employer or a Related Employer that are includable as "annual
additions", as defined in Subsection 6.01(b); or
(B) the full amount of the Qualified
Nonelective Employer Contribution.
(2) The eligible Active Participant
with the next lowest "testing compensation", as defined in
Subsection 6.01(t), for the Plan Year shall receive an allocation
equal to the lowest of:
(A) the maximum amount that may be
contributed on the eligible Active Participant's behalf under Code
Section 415, taking into account all other contributions made by or
on behalf of the eligible Active Participant to plans maintained by
the Employer or a Related Employer that are includable as "annual
additions", as defined in Subsection 6.01(b); or
(B) the balance of any Qualified
Nonelective Employer Contribution remaining after allocation is
made as provided in Subsection 5.07(b)(1) above.
(3) The allocation in Subsection
5.07(b)(2) shall be applied individually to each remaining eligible
Active Participant, in ascending order of "testing compensation",
until the Qualified Nonelective Employer Contribution is fully
allocated. Once the Qualified Nonelective Employer Contribution is
fully allocated, no further allocation shall be made to the
remaining eligible Active Participants.
Active Participants shall not be required to
satisfy any Hours of Service or employment requirement for the Plan
Year in order to receive an allocation of Qualified Nonelective
Employer Contributions.
Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions
shall be distributable only in accordance with the distribution
provisions that are applicable to Deferral Contributions; provided,
however, that a Participant shall not be permitted to take a
hardship withdrawal of amounts credited to his Qualified
Nonelective Employer Contributions Account after the later of
December 31, 1988 or the last day of the Plan Year ending before
July 1, 1989.
5.08.
Matching Employer Contributions . If so provided by the Employer in Section 1.10
of the Adoption Agreement, the Employer shall make a Matching
Employer Contribution on behalf of each eligible Active
Participant, as determined in accordance with Subsection 1.10(d)
and Section 1.12 of the Adoption Agreement, who had Deferral
Contributions made on his behalf during the Contribution Period.
The amount of the Matching Employer Contribution shall be
determined in accordance with Subsection 1.10(a) and/or (b) and/or
the Safe Harbor Matching Employer Contribution Addendum to the
Adoption Agreement, as applicable.
5.09.
Qualified Matching Employer Contributions .
If so provided by the
Employer in Subsection 1.10(e) of the Adoption Agreement, prior to
making its Matching Employer Contribution (other than any safe
harbor Matching Employer Contribution) to the Plan, the Employer
may designate all or a portion of such Matching Employer
Contribution as a Qualified Matching Employer Contribution. The
Employer shall notify the Trustee of such designation at the time
it makes its Matching Employer Contribution. Qualified Matching
Employer Contributions shall be distributable only in accordance
with the distribution provisions that are applicable to Deferral
Contributions; provided, however, that a Participant shall not be
permitted to take a hardship withdrawal of amounts credited to his
Qualified Matching Employer Contributions Account after the later
of December 31, 1988 or the last day of the Plan Year ending before
July 1, 1989.
If the amount
of an Employer's Qualified Matching Employer Contribution is
determined based on a Participant's Compensation, and the Qualified
Matching Employer Contribution is necessary to satisfy the "ADP"
test described in Section 6.03, the compensation used in
determining the amount of the Qualified Matching Employer
Contribution shall be "testing compensation", as defined in
Subsection 6.01(t). If the Qualified Matching Employer Contribution
is not necessary to satisfy the "ADP" test described in Section
6.03, the compensation used to determine the amount of the
Qualified Matching Employer Contribution shall be Compensation as
defined in Subsection 2.01(j), modified as provided in Section
5.02.
5.10.
Nonelective Employer Contributions . If so provided by the Employer in
Section 1.11 of the Adoption Agreement, the Employer shall make
Nonelective Employer Contributions to the Trust in accordance with
Subsection 1.11(a)and/or (b) of the Adoption Agreement to be
allocated as follows:
(a) If the Plan is a money purchase
pension plan or the Employer has elected a fixed contribution
formula, Nonelective Employer Contributions shall be allocated
among eligible Active Participants, as determined in accordance
with Subsection 1.11(c) and Section 1.12 of the Adoption Agreement,
in the manner specified in Subsection 1.11(a) or the Safe Harbor
Nonelective Employer Contribution Addendum to the Adoption
Agreement, as applicable.
(b) If
the Employer has elected a discretionary contribution
amount, Nonelective Employer Contributions shall be
allocated among eligible Active Participants, as determined in
accordance with Subsection 1.11(c) and Section 1.12 of the Adoption
Agreement, as follows:
(1) If the non-integrated formula is
elected in Subsection 1.11(b)(1) of the Adoption Agreement,
Nonelective Employer Contributions shall be allocated to eligible
Active Participants in the ratio that each eligible Active
Participant's Compensation bears to the total Compensation paid to
all eligible Active Participants for the Plan Year; provided,
however, that if the Plan is or is deemed to be a "top-heavy plan",
as defined in Subsection 15.01(f), for any Plan Year, these
allocation provisions shall be modified as provided in Section
15.04; or
(2) If
the integrated formula is elected in Subsection 1.11(b)(2) of the
Adoption Agreement, Nonelective Employer Contributions shall be
allocated in the following steps:
(A) First, to each eligible Active
Participant in the same ratio that the sum of the eligible Active
Participant's Compensation and "excess Compensation" for the Plan
Year bears to the sum of the Compensation and "excess Compensation"
of all eligible Active Participants for the Plan Year. This
allocation as a percentage of the sum of each eligible Active
Participant's Compensation and "excess Compensation" shall not
exceed the "permitted disparity limit", as defined in Section 1.11
of the Adoption Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if in any Plan
Year an eligible Active Participant has reached the "cumulative
permitted disparity limit", such eligible Active Participant shall
receive an allocation under this Subsection 5.10(b)(2)(A) based on
two times his Compensation for the Plan Year, rather than the sum
of his Compensation and "excess Compensation" for the Plan Year. If
an Active Participant did not benefit under a qualified defined
benefit plan or target benefit plan for any Plan Year beginning on
or after January 1, 1994, the Active Participant shall have no
"cumulative disparity limit".
(B) Second, if any Nonelective
Employer Contributions remain after the allocation in Subsection
5.10(b)(2)(A), the remaining Nonelective Employer Contributions
shall be allocated to each eligible Active Participant in the same
ratio that the eligible Active Participant's Compensation for the
Plan Year bears to the total Compensation of all eligible Active
Participants for the Plan Year.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections
5.10(b)(2)(A) and (B) above, if in any Plan Year an eligible Active
Participant benefits under another qualified plan or simplified
employee pension, as defined in Code Section 408(k), that provides
for or imputes permitted disparity, the Nonelective Employer
Contributions for the Plan Year allocated to such eligible Active
Participant shall be in the ratio that his Compensation for the
Plan Year bears to the total Compensation paid to all eligible
Active Participants.
If the Plan is or is deemed to be a "top-heavy
plan", as defined in Subsection 15.01(f), for any Plan Year, the
allocation steps in Subsections 5.10(b)(2)(A) and (B) shall be
modified as provided in Section 15.04.
For purposes of this Subsection 5.10(b)(2), the
following definitions shall apply:
(C) " Cumulative permitted
disparity limit " means 35 multiplied by the sum of an Active
Participant's annual permitted disparity fractions, as defined in
Sections 1.401(l)-5(b)(3) through (b)(7) of the Treasury
Regulations, attributable to the Active Participant's total years
of service under the Plan and any other qualified plan or
simplified employee pension, as defined in Code Section 408(k),
maintained by the Employer or a Related Employer. For each Plan
Year commencing prior to January 1, 1989, the annual permitted
disparity fraction shall be deemed to be one, unless the
Participant never accrued a benefit under any qualified plan or
simplified employee pension maintained by the Employer or a Related
Employer during any such Plan Year. In determining the annual
permitted disparity fraction for any Plan Year, the Employer may
elect to assume that the full disparity limit has been used for
such Plan Year.
(D) " Excess Compensation "
means Compensation in excess of the "integration level" specified
by the Employer in Subsection 1.11(b)(2) of the Adoption
Agreement.
5.11.
Vested Interest in Contributions . A Participant's vested interest in
the following sub-accounts shall be 100 percent:
(a) his Deferral Contributions
Account;
(b) his Qualified Nonelective
Contributions Account;
(c) his Qualified Matching Employer
Contributions Account;
(d) his
Nonelective Employer Contributions Account attributable to
Nonelective Employer Contributions made in accordance with the Safe
Harbor Nonelective Employer Contribution Addendum to the Adoption
Agreement that are intended to satisfy the safe harbor contribution
requirement for deemed satisfaction of the "ADP" test described in
Section 6.03;
(e) his Matching Employer
Contributions Account attributable to Matching Employer
Contributions made in accordance with the Safe Harbor Matching
Employer Contribution Addendum to the Adoption Agreement that are
intended to satisfy the safe harbor contribution requirement for
deemed satisfaction of the "ADP" test described in Section
6.03;
(f) his Rollover Contributions
Account;
(g) his Employee Contributions
Account; and
(h) his deductible Employee
Contributions Account.
A Participant's vested interest in his
Nonelective Employer Contributions Account attributable to
Nonelective Employer Contributions other than those described in
Subsection 5.11(d) above, shall be determined in accordance with
the vesting schedule elected by the Employer in Subsection
1.15(b)(1) of the Adoption Agreement. A Participant's vested
interest in his Matching Employer Contributions Account
attributable to Matching Employer Contributions other than those
described in Subsection 5.11(e) above, shall be determined in
accordance with the vesting schedule elected by the Employer in
Subsection 1.15(b)(2) of the Adoption Agreement.
5.12.
Time for Making Contributions . The Employer shall pay its
contribution for each Plan Year not later than the time prescribed
by law for filing the Employer's Federal income tax return for the
fiscal (or taxable) year with or within which such Plan Year ends
(including extensions thereof).
The Employer shall remit any safe harbor
Matching Employer Contributions made during a Plan Year quarter to
the Trustee no later than the last day of the immediately following
Plan Year quarter.
The Employer should remit Employee Contributions
and Deferral Contributions to the Trustee as of the earliest date
on which such contributions can reasonably be segregated from the
Employer's general assets, but not later than the 15
th business day of the calendar month following the
month in which such amount otherwise would have been paid to the
Participant, or within such other time frame as may be determined
by applicable regulation or legislation.
The Trustee shall have no authority to inquire
into the correctness of the amounts contributed and paid over to
the Trustee, to determine whether any contribution is payable under
this Article 5, or to enforce, by suit or otherwise, the Employer's
obligation, if any, to make a contribution to the
Trustee.
5.13.
Return of Employer Contributions . The Trustee shall, upon request by
the Employer, return to the Employer the amount (if any) determined
under Section 20.24. Such amount shall be reduced by amounts
attributable thereto which have been credited to the Accounts of
Participants who have since received distributions from the Trust,
except to the extent such amounts continue to be credited to such
Participants' Accounts at the time the amount is returned to the
Employer. Such amount shall also be reduced by the losses of the
Trust attributable thereto, if and to the extent such losses exceed
the gains and income attributable thereto, but shall not be
increased by the gains and income of the Trust attributable
thereto, if and to the extent such gains and income exceed the
losses attributable thereto. To the extent such gains exceed
losses, the gains shall be forfeited and applied as provided in
Section 11.09. In no event shall the return of a contribution
hereunder cause the balance of the individual Account of any
Participant to be reduced to less than the balance which would have
been credited to the Account had the mistaken amount not been
contributed.
Article 6.
Limitations on Contributions .
6.01.
Special Definitions . For purposes of this Article, the
following definitions shall apply:
(a) "
Aggregate limit " means the greater of (1) or (2) where (1)
is the sum of (A) 125 percent of the greater of the average
"deferral ratio" of the Active Participants who are Non-Highly
Compensated Employees for the "testing year" or the average
"contribution percentage" of Active Participants who are Non-Highly
Compensated Employees for the "testing year" beginning with or
within the "testing year" of the cash or deferred arrangement and
(B) the lesser of 200 percent or two plus the lesser of such
average "deferral ratio" or average "contribution percentage" and
where (2) is the sum of (A) 125 percent of the lesser of the
average "deferral ratio" of the Active Participants who are
Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the "testing year" or the
average "contribution percentage" of the Active Participants who
are Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the "testing year"
beginning with or within the "testing year" of the cash or deferred
arrangement and (B) the lesser of 200 percent or two plus the
greater of such average "deferral ratio" or average "contribution
percentage".
(b) " Annual additions " mean
the sum of the following amounts allocated to an Active Participant
for a Limitation Year:
(1) all employer contributions
allocated to an Active Participant's account under qualified
defined contribution plans maintained by the "415 employer",
including amounts applied to reduce employer contributions as
provided under Section 11.09;
(2) all employee contributions
allocated to an Active Participant's account under a qualified
defined contribution plan or a qualified defined benefit plan
maintained by the "415 employer" if separate accounts are
maintained with respect to such Active Participant under the
defined benefit plan;
(3) all forfeitures allocated to an
Active Participant's account under a qualified defined contribution
plan maintained by the "415 employer";
(4) all amounts allocated, after
March 31, 1984, to an "individual medical benefit account" which is
part of a pension or annuity plan maintained by the "415
employer";
(5) all amounts derived from
contributions paid or accrued after December 31, 1985, in taxable
years ending after such date, which are attributable to
post-retirement medical benefits allocated to the separate account
of a key employee, as defined in Code Section 419A(d)(3), under a
"welfare benefit fund" maintained by the "415 employer";
and
(6) all allocations to an Active
Participant under a "simplified employee pension".
(c) " Contribution percentage
" means the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (1) the
"contribution percentage amounts" allocated to an "eligible
participant's" accounts for the Plan Year to (2) the "eligible
participant's" "testing compensation" for the Plan Year.
(d) " Contribution percentage
amounts " mean:
(1) any Employee Contributions made
by an "eligible participant" to the Plan;
(2) any Matching Employer
Contributions, but excluding (A) Qualified Matching Employer
Contributions that are taken into account in satisfying the "ADP"
test described in Section 6.03 (except that such exclusion shall
not apply for any Plan Year in which the "ADP" test described in
Section 6.03 is deemed satisfied pursuant to Section 6.10) and (B)
Matching Employer Contributions that are forfeited either to
correct "excess aggregate contributions" or because the
contributions to which they relate are "excess deferrals", "excess
contributions", or "excess aggregate contributions";
(3) at the election of the Employer,
Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions, excluding Qualified
Nonelective Employer Contributions that are taken into account in
satisfying the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03; and
(4) at the election of the Employer,
Deferral Contributions, excluding Deferral Contributions that are
taken into account in satisfying the "ADP" test described in
Section 6.03.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for any Plan Year
in which the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03 is deemed
satisfied pursuant to Section 6.10, "contribution percentage
amounts" shall not include the following:
(5) any Deferral Contributions;
and
(6) if the requirements described in
Section 6.11 for deemed satisfaction of the "ACP" test with respect
to Matching Employer Contributions are met, any Matching Employer
Contributions; or if the requirements described in Section 6.11 for
deemed satisfaction of the "ACP" test with respect to Matching
Employer Contributions are not met, any Matching Employer
Contributions made on behalf of an "eligible participant" for the
Plan Year that do not exceed four percent of the "eligible
participant's" Compensation for the Plan Year.
To be included in determining an "eligible
participant's" "contribution percentage" for a Plan Year, Employee
Contributions must be made to the Plan before the end of such Plan
Year and other "contribution percentage amounts" must be allocated
to the "eligible participant's" Account as of a date within such
Plan Year and made before the last day of the 12-month period
immediately following the Plan Year to which the "contribution
percentage amounts" relate. If an Employer has elected the prior
year testing method described in Subsection 1.06(a)(2) of the
Adoption Agreement, "contribution percentage amounts" that are
taken into account for purposes of determining the "contribution
percentages" of Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the prior year
relate to such prior year. Therefore, such "contribution percentage
amounts" must be made before the last day of the Plan Year being
tested.
Effective for Plan Years beginning on or after
January 1, 1999, if an Employer elects to change from the current
year testing method described in Subsection 1.06(a)(1) of the
Adoption Agreement to the prior year testing method described in
Subsection 1.06(a)(2) of the Adoption Agreement, the following
shall not be considered "contribution percentage amounts" for
purposes of determining the "contribution percentages" of
Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the prior year immediately
preceding the Plan Year in which the change is
effective:
(7) Qualified
Matching Employer Contributions that were taken into account in
satisfying the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03 for such prior
year;
(8) Qualified
Nonelective Employer Contributions that were taken into account in
satisfying the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03 or the "ACP"
test described in Section 6.06 for such prior year; and
(9) all
Deferral Contributions.
(e) " Deferral ratio " means
the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (1) the amount of
"includable contributions" made on behalf of an Active Participant
for the Plan Year to (2) the Active Participant's "testing
compensation" for such Plan Year. An Active Participant who does
not receive "includable contributions" for a Plan Year shall have a
"deferral ratio" of zero.
(f) " Defined benefit fraction
" means a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the Active
Participant's annual benefits (adjusted to an actuarially
equivalent straight life annuity if such benefit is expressed in a
form other than a straight life annuity or qualified joint and
survivor annuity) under all the defined benefit plans (whether or
not terminated) maintained by the "415 employer", each such annual
benefit computed on the assumptions that the Active Participant
shall remain in employment until the normal retirement age under
each such plan (or the Active Participant's current age, if later)
and that all other factors used to determine benefits under such
plan shall remain constant for all future Limitation Years, and the
denominator of which is the lesser of 125 percent of the dollar
limitation determined for the Limitation Year under Code Sections
415(b)(1)(A) and 415(d) or 140 percent of the Active Participant's
highest average Compensation for three consecutive calendar years
of service during which the Active Participant was active in each
such plan, including any adjustments under Code Section 415(b).
However, if the Active Participant was a participant as of the
first day of the first Limitation Year beginning after December 31,
1986, in one or more defined benefit plans maintained by the "415
employer" which were in existence on May 6, 1986 then the
denominator of the "defined benefit fraction" shall not be less
than 125 percent of the Active Participant's total accrued benefit
as of the close of the last Limitation Year beginning before
January 1, 1987, disregarding any changes in the terms and
conditions of such plans made after May 5, 1986, under all such
defined benefit plans that met, individually and in the aggregate,
the requirements of Code Section 415 for all Limitation Years
beginning before January 1, 1987.
(g) " Defined contribution
fraction " means a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum
of all "annual additions" credited to an Active Participant for the
current Limitation Year and all prior Limitation Years and the
denominator of which is the sum of the "maximum permissible
amounts" for the current Limitation Year and all prior Limitation
Years during which the Participant was an Employee (regardless of
whether the "415 employer" maintained a defined contribution plan
in any such Limitation Year).
If the Active Participant was a participant as
of the first day of the first Limitation Year beginning after
December 31, 1986, in one or more defined contribution plans
maintained by the "415 employer" which were in existence on May 6,
1986, then the numerator of the "defined contribution fraction"
shall be adjusted if the sum of this fraction and the "defined
benefit fraction" would otherwise exceed 1.0 under the terms of the
Plan. Under the adjustment an amount equal to the product of (1)
the excess of the sum of the fractions over 1.0 and (2) the
denominator of this fraction shall be permanently subtracted from
the numerator of this fraction. The adjustment is calculated using
the fractions as they would be computed as of the end of the last
Limitation Year beginning before January 1, 1987, and disregarding
any changes in the terms and conditions of the plans made after May
6, 1986, but using the Section 415 limitation applicable to the
first Limitation Year beginning on or after January 1,
1987.
For purposes of determining the "defined
contribution fraction", the "annual additions" for Limitation Years
beginning before January 1, 1987 shall not be recomputed to treat
all employee contributions as "annual additions".
(h) " Determination year "
means (1) for purposes of determining income or loss with respect
to "excess deferrals", the calendar year in which the "excess
deferrals" were made and (2) for purposes of determining income or
loss with respect to "excess contributions", and "excess aggregate
contributions", the Plan Year in which such "excess contributions"
or "excess aggregate contributions" were made.
(i) "
Elective deferrals " mean all employer contributions, other
than Deferral Contributions, made on behalf of a Participant
pursuant to an election to defer under any qualified CODA as
described in Code Section 401(k), any simplified employee pension
cash or deferred arrangement as described in Code Section
402(h)(1)(B), any eligible deferred compensation plan under Code
Section 457, any plan as described under Code Section 501(c)(18),
and any employer contributions made on behalf of a Participant
pursuant to a salary reduction agreement for the purchase of an
annuity contract under Code Section 403(b). "Elective deferrals"
shall not include any deferrals properly distributed as excess
"annual additions".
(j) " Eligible participant "
means any Active Participant who is eligible to make Employee
Contributions, or Deferral Contributions (if the Employer takes
such contributions into account in calculating "contribution
percentages"), or to receive a Matching Employer Contribution.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term "eligible participant"
shall not include any Active Participant who is included in a unit
of Employees covered by an agreement which the Secretary of Labor
finds to be a collective bargaining agreement between employee
representatives and one or more employers.
(k) " Excess aggregate
contributions " with respect to any Plan Year mean the excess
of
(1) The aggregate "contribution
percentage amounts" actually taken into account in computing the
average "contribution percentages" of "eligible participants" who
are Highly Compensated Employees for such Plan Year,
over
(2) The maximum amount of
"contribution percentage amounts" permitted to be made on behalf of
Highly Compensated Employees under Section 6.06 (determined by
reducing "contribution percentage amounts" made for the Plan Year
on behalf of "eligible participants" who are Highly Compensated
Employees in order of their "contribution percentages" beginning
with the highest of such "contribution percentages").
"Excess aggregate contributions" shall be
determined after first determining "excess deferrals" and then
determining "excess contributions".
(l) " Excess contributions "
with respect to any Plan Year mean the excess of
(1) The aggregate amount of
"includable contributions" actually taken into account in computing
the average "deferral percentage" of Active Participants who are
Highly Compensated Employees for such Plan Year, over
(2) The maximum amount of "includable
contributions" permitted to be made on behalf of Highly Compensated
Employees under Section 6.03 (determined by reducing "includable
contributions" made for the Plan Year on behalf of Active
Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees in order of their
"deferral ratios", beginning with the highest of such "deferral
ratios").
(m) " Excess deferrals " mean
those Deferral Contributions and/or "elective deferrals" that are
includable in a Participant's gross income under Code Section
402(g) to the extent such Participant's Deferral Contributions
and/or "elective deferrals" for a calendar year exceed the dollar
limitation under such Code Section for such calendar
year.
(n) " Excess 415 amount "
means the excess of an Active Participant's "annual additions" for
the Limitation Year over the "maximum permissible
amount".
(o) " 415 employer " means the
Employer and any other employers which constitute a controlled
group of corporations (as defined in Code Section 414(b) as
modified by Code Section 415(h)) or which constitute trades or
businesses (whether or not incorporated) which are under common
control (as defined in Code Section 414(c) as modified by Code
Section 415(h)) or which constitute an affiliated service group (as
defined in Code Section 414(m)) and any other entity required to be
aggregated with the Employer pursuant to regulations issued under
Code Section 414(o).
(p) " Includable contributions
" mean:
(1) any
Deferral Contributions made on behalf of an Active Participant,
including "excess deferrals" of Highly Compensated Employees, but
excluding (a) "excess deferrals" of Non-Highly Compensated
Employees that arise solely from Deferral Contributions made under
the Plan or plans maintained by the Employer or a Related Employer
and (b) Deferral Contributions that are taken into account in
satisfying the "ACP" test described in Section 6.06;
(2) at the
election of the Employer, Qualified Nonelective Employer
Contributions, excluding Qualified Nonelective Employer
Contributions that are taken into account in satisfying the "ACP"
test described in Section 6.06; and
(3) at the election of the Employer,
Qualified Matching Employer Contributions; provided, however, that
the Employer may not elect to treat Qualified Matching Employer
Contributions as "includable contributions" for any Plan Year in
which the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03 is deemed satisfied
pursuant to Section 6.10.
To be included in determining an Active
Participant's "deferral ratio" for a Plan Year, "includable
contributions" must be allocated to the Participant's Account as of
a date within such Plan Year and made before the last day of the
12-month period immediately following the Plan Year to which the
"includable contributions" relate. If an Employer has elected the
prior year testing method described in Subsection 1.06(a)(2) of the
Adoption Agreement, "includable contributions" that are taken into
account for purposes of determining the "deferral ratios" of
Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the prior year relate to such
prior year. Therefore, such "includable contributions" must be made
before the last day of the Plan Year being tested.
Effective for Plan Years beginning on or after
January 1, 1999, if an Employer elects to change from the current
year testing method described in Subsection 1.06(a)(1) of the
Adoption Agreement to the prior year testing method described in
Subsection 1.06(a)(2) of the Adoption Agreement, the following
shall not be considered "includable contributions" for purposes of
determining the "deferral ratios" of Non-Highly Compensated
Employees for the prior year immediately preceding the Plan Year in
which the change is effective:
(4) Deferral
Contributions that were taken into account in satisfying the "ACP"
test described in Section 6.06 for such prior year;
(5) Qualified
Nonelective Employer Contributions that were taken into account in
satisfying the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03 or the "ACP"
test described in Section 6.06 for such prior year; and
(6) all
Qualified Matching Employer Contributions.
(q) " Individual medical benefit
account " means an individual medical benefit account as
defined in Code Section 415(l)(2).
(r) " Maximum permissible
amount " means for a Limitation Year with respect to any Active
Participant the lesser of (1) $30,000 (adjusted as provided in Code
Section 415(d)) or (2) 25 percent of the Active Participant's
Compensation for the Limitation Year. If a short Limitation Year is
created because of an amendment changing the Limitation Year to a
different 12-consecutive-month period, the dollar limitation
specified in clause (1) above shall be adjusted by multiplying it
by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of months in the
short Limitation Year and the denominator of which is
12.
The Compensation limitation specified in clause
(2) above shall not apply to any contribution for medical benefits
within the meaning of Code Section 401(h) or 419A(f)(2) after
separation from service which is otherwise treated as an "annual
addition" under Code Section 419A(d)(2) or 415(l)(1).
(s) " Simplified employee
pension " means a simplified employee pension as defined in
Code Section 408(k).
(t) " Testing compensation "
means compensation as defined in Code Section 414(s). "Testing
compensation" shall be based on the amount actually paid to a
Participant during the "testing year" or, at the option of the
Employer, during that portion of the "testing year" during which
the Participant is an Active Participant; provided, however, that
if the Employer elected different Eligibility Service requirements
for purposes of eligibility to make Deferral Contributions and to
receive Matching Employer Contributions, then "testing
compensation" must be based on the amount paid to a Participant
during the full "testing year".
The annual "testing compensation" of each Active
Participant taken into account in applying the "ADP" test described
in Section 6.03 and the "ACP" test described in Section 6.06 for
any "testing year" shall not exceed the annual compensation limit
under Code Section 401(a)(17) as in effect on the first day of the
"testing year". This limit shall be adjusted by the Secretary to
reflect increases in the cost of living, as provided in Code
Section 401(a)(17)(B); provided, however, that the dollar increase
in effect on January 1 of any calendar year is effective for
"testing years" beginning in such calendar year. If a Plan
determines "testing compensation" over a period that contains fewer
than 12 calendar months (a "short determination period"), then the
Compensation limit for such "short determination period" is equal
to the Compensation limit for the calendar year in which the "short
determination period" begins multiplied by the ratio obtained by
dividing the number of full months in the "short determination
period" by 12; provided, however, that such proration shall not
apply if there is a "short determination period" because (1) the
Employer elected in accordance with any rules and regulations
issued by the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate to apply
the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03 and/or the "ACP" test
described in Section 6.06 based only on Compensation paid during
the portion of the "testing year" during which an individual was an
Active Participant or (2) an Employee is covered under the Plan for
fewer than 12 calendar months.
(u) " Testing year "
means
(1) if
the Employer has elected the current year testing method in
Subsection 1.06(a)(1) of the Adoption Agreement, the Plan Year
being tested.
(2) if
the Employer has elected the prior year testing method in
Subsection 1.06(a)(2) of the Adoption Agreement, the Plan Year
immediately preceding the Plan Year being tested.
(v) " Welfare benefit fund "
means a welfare benefit fund as defined in Code Section
419(e).
6.02.
Code Section 402(g) Limit on Deferral Contributions
. In no
event shall the amount of Deferral Contributions made under the
Plan for a calendar year, when aggregated with the "elective
deferrals" made under any other plan maintained by the Employer or
a Related Employer, exceed the dollar limitation contained in Code
Section 402(g) in effect at the beginning of such calendar
year.
A Participant may assign to the Plan any "excess
deferrals" made during a calendar year by notifying the
Administrator on or before March 15 following the calendar year in
which the "excess deferrals" were made of the amount of the "excess
deferrals" to be assigned to the Plan. A Participant is deemed to
notify the Administrator of any "excess deferrals" that arise by
taking into account only those Deferral Contributions made to the
Plan and those "elective deferrals" made to any other plan
maintained by the Employer or a Related Employer. Notwithstanding
any other provision of the Plan, "excess deferrals", plus any
income and minus any loss allocable thereto, as determined under
Section 6.09, shall be distributed no later than April 15 to any
Participant to whose Account "excess deferrals" were so assigned
for the preceding calendar year and who claims "excess deferrals"
for such calendar year.
Any Matching Employer Contributions attributable
to "excess deferrals", plus any income and minus any loss allocable
thereto, as determined under Section 6.09, shall be forfeited and
applied as provided in Section 11.09.
"Excess deferrals" shall be treated as "annual
additions" under the Plan, unless such amounts are distributed no
later than the first April 15 following the close of the calendar
year in which the "excess deferrals" were made.
6.03.
Additional Limit on Deferral Contributions ("ADP" Test)
. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan
to the contrary, the Deferral Contributions made with respect to a
Plan Year on behalf of Active Participants who are Highly
Compensated Employees for such Plan Year may not result in an
average "deferral ratio" for such Active Participants that exceeds
the greater of:
(a) the average "deferral ratio" for
the "testing year" of Active Participants who are Non-Highly
Compensated Employees for the "testing year" multiplied by 1.25;
or
(b) the average
"deferral ratio" for the "testing year" of Active Participants who
are Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the "testing year"
multiplied by two, provided that the average "deferral ratio" for
Active Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees for the
Plan Year being tested does not exceed the average "deferral ratio"
for Participants who are Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the
"testing year" by more than two percentage points.
For the first Plan Year in which the Plan
provides a cash or deferred arrangement, the average "deferral
ratio" for Active Participants who are Non-Highly Compensated
Employees used in determining the limits applicable under
Subsections 6.03(a) and (b) shall be either three percent or the
actual average "deferral ratio" for such Active Participants for
such first Plan Year, as elected by the Employer in Section 1.06(b)
of the Adoption Agreement.
The deferral ratios of Active Participants who
are included in a unit of Employees covered by an agreement which
the Secretary of Labor finds to be a collective bargaining
agreement shall be disaggregated from the "deferral ratios" of
other Active Participants and the provisions of this Section 6.03
shall be applied separately with respect to each group.
The "deferral ratio" for any Active Participant
who is a Highly Compensated Employee for the Plan Year being tested
and who is eligible to have "includable contributions" allocated to
his accounts under two or more cash or deferred arrangements
described in Code Section 401(k) that are maintained by the
Employer or a Related Employer, shall be determined as if such
"includable contributions" were made under a single arrangement. If
a Highly Compensated Employee participates in two or more cash or
deferred arrangements that have different plan years, all cash or
deferred arrangements ending with or within the same calendar year
shall be treated as a single arrangement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, certain plans shall be treated as separate if
mandatorily disaggregated under regulations under Code Section
401(k).
If this Plan satisfies the requirements of Code
Section 401(k), 401(a)(4), or 410(b) only if aggregated with one or
more other plans, or if one or more other plans satisfy the
requirements of such Code Sections only if aggregated with this
Plan, then this Section 6.03 shall be applied by determining the
"deferral ratios" of Employees as if all such plans were a single
plan. Plans may be aggregated in order to satisfy Code Section
401(k) only if they have the same plan year.
The Employer shall maintain records sufficient
to demonstrate satisfaction of the "ADP" test and the amount of
Qualified Nonelective and/or Qualified Matching Employer
Contributions used in such test.
6.04.
Allocation and Distribution of "Excess Contributions"
. Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Plan, the "excess contributions" allocable to the Account
of a Participant, plus any income and minus any loss allocable
thereto, as determined under Section 6.09, shall be distributed to
the Participant no later than the last day of the Plan Year
immediately following the Plan Year in which the "excess
contributions" were made. If such excess amounts are distributed
more than 2 1/2 months after the last day of the Plan Year in
which the "excess contributions" were made, a ten percent excise
tax shall be imposed on the Employer maintaining the Plan with
respect to such amounts.
The "excess contributions" allocable to a
Participant's Account shall be determined by reducing the
"includable contributions" made for the Plan Year on behalf of
Active Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees in order
of the dollar amount of such "includable contributions", beginning
with the highest such dollar amount.
"Excess contributions" shall be treated as
"annual additions".
Any Matching Employer Contributions attributable
to "excess contributions", plus any income and minus any loss
allocable thereto, as determined under Section 6.09, shall be
forfeited and applied as provided in Section 11.09.
6.05.
Reductions in Deferral Contributions to Meet Code
Requirements . If the Administrator anticipates
that the Plan will not satisfy the "ADP" and/or "ACP" test for the
year, the Administrator may objectively reduce the rate of Deferral
Contributions of Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees
to an amount determined by the Administrator to be necessary to
satisfy the "ADP" and/or "ACP" test.
6.06.
Limit on Matching Employer Contributions and Employee
Contributions ("ACP" Test) . The provisions of this Section 6.06
shall not apply to Active Participants who are included in a unit
of Employees covered by an agreement which the Secretary of Labor
finds to be a collective bargaining agreement between employee
representatives and one or more employers.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan
to the contrary, Matching Employer Contributions and Employee
Contributions made with respect to a Plan Year by or on behalf of
"eligible participants" who are Highly Compensated Employees for
such Plan Year may not result in an average "contribution
percentage" for such "eligible participants" that exceeds the
greater of:
(a) the average "contribution
percentage" for the "testing year" of "eligible participants" who
are Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the "testing year"
multiplied by 1.25; or
(b) the average "contribution
percentage" for the "testing year" of "eligible participants" who
are Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the "testing year"
multiplied by two, provided that the average "contribution
percentage" for the Plan Year being tested of "eligible
participants" who are Highly Compensated Employees does not exceed
the average "contribution percentage" for the "testing year" of
"eligible participants" who are Non-Highly Compensated Employees
for the "testing year" by more than two percentage
points.
For the first Plan Year in which the Plan
provides for "contribution percentage amounts" to be made, the
"ACP" for "eligible participants" who are Non-Highly Compensated
Employees used in determining the limits applicable under
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 6.06 shall be either three
percent or the actual "ACP" of such eligible participants for such
first Plan Year, as elected by the Employer in Section
1.06(b).
The "contribution percentage" for any "eligible
participant" who is a Highly Compensated Employee for the Plan Year
and who is eligible to have "contribution percentage amounts"
allocated to his accounts under two or more plans described in Code
Section 401(a) that are maintained by the Employer or a Related
Employer, shall be determined as if such "contribution percentage
amounts" were contributed under a single plan. If a Highly
Compensated Employee participates in two or more such plans that
have different plan years, all plans ending with or within the same
calendar year shall be treated as a single plan. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, certain plans shall be treated as separate if
mandatorily disaggregated under Treasury Regulations issued under
Code Section 401(m).
If this Plan satisfies the requirements of Code
Section 401(m), 401(a)(4) or 410(b) only if aggregated with one or
more other plans, or if one or more other plans satisfy the
requirements of such Code Sections only if aggregated with this
Plan, then this Section 6.06 shall be applied by determining the
"contribution percentages" of Employees as if all such plans were a
single plan. Plans may be aggregated in order to satisfy Code
Section 401(m) only if they have the same plan year.
The Employer shall maintain records sufficient
to demonstrate satisfaction of the "ACP" test and the amount of
Deferral Contributions, Qualified Nonelective Employer
Contributions, and/or Qualified Matching Employer Contributions
used in such test.
6.07.
Allocation, Distribution, and Forfeiture of "Excess Aggregate
Contributions" . Notwithstanding any other provision
of the Plan, the "excess aggregate contributions" allocable to the
Account of a Participant, plus any income and minus any loss
allocable thereto, as determined under Section 6.09, shall be
forfeited, if forfeitable, or if not forfeitable, distributed to
the Participant no later than the last day of the Plan Year
immediately following the Plan Year in which the "excess aggregate
contributions" were made. If such excess amounts are distributed
more than 2 1/2 months after the last day of the Plan Year in
which such "excess aggregate contributions" were made, a ten
percent excise tax shall be imposed on the Employer maintaining the
Plan with respect to such amounts.
The "excess aggregate contributions" allocable
to a Participant's Account shall be determined by reducing the
"contribution percentage amounts" made for the Plan Year on behalf
of "eligible participants" who are Highly Compensated Employees in
order of the dollar amount of such "contribution percentage
amounts", beginning with the highest such dollar amount.
"Excess aggregate contributions" shall be
treated as "annual additions".
"Excess aggregate contributions" shall be
forfeited or distributed from a Participant's Employee
Contributions Account, Matching Employer Contributions Account and
if applicable, the Participant's Deferral Contributions Account
and/or Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions Account in the
order prescribed by the Employer, who shall direct the Trustee, and
which order shall be uniform with respect to all Participants and
non-discriminatory.
Forfeitures of "excess aggregate contributions"
shall be applied as provided in Section 11.09.
6.08.
Aggregate Limit on "Contribution Percentage Amounts" and
"Includable Contributions" . The sum of the average "deferral
ratio" and the average "contribution percentage" of those Active
Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees during the Plan
Year shall not exceed the "aggregate limit". The average "deferral
ratio" and average "contribution percentage" of such Active
Participants shall be determined after any corrections required to
meet the "ADP" test, described in Section 6.03, and the "ACP" test,
described in Section 6.06, have been made. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the "aggregate limit" shall not be exceeded if either
the average "deferral ratio" or the average "contribution
percentage" of such Active Participants for the Plan Year does not
exceed 1.25 multiplied by the average "deferral ratio" or the
average "contribution percentage", as applicable, for the "testing
year" of the Active Participants who are Non-Highly Compensated
Employees for the "testing year".
If the "aggregate limit" would be exceeded for
any Plan Year, then the limit shall be met by reducing the
"contribution percentage amounts" contributed for the Plan Year on
behalf of the Active Participants who are Highly Compensated
Employees for such Plan Year (in order of their "contribution
percentages", beginning with the highest such "contribution
percentage"). "Contribution percentage amounts" that are reduced as
provided herein shall be treated as "excess aggregate
contributions". If for any Plan Year in which the "ADP" test
described in Section 6.03 is deemed satisfied pursuant to Section
6.10, the average "deferral ratio" of those Active Participants who
are Highly Compensated Employees during the Plan Year does not meet
the "aggregate limit" after reducing the "contribution percentage
amounts" contributed on behalf of such Active Participants to zero,
no further reduction shall be required under this Section
6.08.
6.09.
Income or Loss on Distributable Contributions .
The income or loss
allocable to "excess deferrals", "excess contributions", and
"excess aggregate contributions" shall be determined under one of
the following methods:
(a) the income or loss for the
"determination year" allocable to the Participant's Account to
which such contributions were made multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the amount of the distributable contributions
and the denominator of which is the balance of the Participant's
Account to which such contributions were made, determined without
regard to any income or loss occurring during the "determination
year"; or
(b) the income
or loss for the "determination year" determined under any other
reasonable method, provided that such method is used consistently
for all Participants in determining the income or loss allocable to
distributable contributions hereunder for the Plan Year, and is
used by the Plan in allocating income or loss to Participants'
Accounts.
Income or loss
allocable to the period between the end of the "determination year"
and the date of distribution shall be disregarded in determining
income or loss.
6.10.
Deemed Satisfaction of "ADP" Test . Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Article 6 to the contrary, for any Plan Year beginning on
or after January 1, 1999, if the Employer has elected one of the
safe harbor contributions in Subsection 1.10(a)(3) or 1.11(a)(3) of
the Adoption Agreement and complies with the notice requirements
described herein for such Plan Year, the Plan shall be deemed to
have satisfied the "ADP" test described in Section 6.03. The
Employer shall provide a notice to each Active Participant during
the Plan Year describing the following:
(a) the formula used for determining
the amount of the safe harbor contribution to be made on behalf of
Active Participants for the Plan Year or a statement that the Plan
may be amended during the Plan Year to provide for a safe harbor
Nonelective Employer Contribution for the Plan Year equal to at
least three percent of each Active Participant's Compensation for
the Plan Year;
(b) any other employer contributions
provided under the Plan and any requirements that Active
Participants must satisfy to be entitled to receive such employer
contributions;
(c) the type and amount of
Compensation that may be deferred under the Plan as Deferral
Contributions;
(d) the procedures for making a cash
or deferred election under the Plan and the periods during which
such elections may be made or changed; and
(e) the withdrawal and vesting
provisions applicable to contributions under the Plan.
The descriptions required in (b) through (e) may
be provided by cross references to the relevant sections of an up
to date summary plan description. Such notice shall be written in a
manner calculated to be understood by the average Active
Participant. The Employer shall provide the notice to each Active
Participant within one of the following periods, whichever is
applicable:
(f) if the employee is an Active
Participant 90 days before the beginning of the Plan Year, within
the period beginning 90 days and ending 30 days before the first
day of the Plan Year; or
(g) if the employee becomes an Active
Participant after the date described in paragraph (f) above, within
the period beginning 90 days before and ending on the date he
becomes an Active Participant;
provided,
however, that such notice shall not be required to be provided to
an Active Participant earlier than is required under any guidance
published by the Internal Revenue Service.
If an Employer that provides notice that the
Plan may be amended to provide a safe harbor Nonelective Employer
Contribution for the Plan Year does amend the Plan to provide such
contribution, the Employer shall provide a supplemental notice to
all Active Participants stating that a safe harbor Nonelective
Employer Contribution in the specified amount shall be made for the
Plan Year. Such supplemental notice shall be provided to Active
Participants at least 30 days before the last day of the Plan
Year.
6.11.
Deemed Satisfaction of "ACP" Test With Respect to Matching
Employer Contributions . A Plan that satisfies the
requirements of Section 6.10 shall also be deemed to have satisfied
the "ACP" test described in Section 6.06 with respect to Matching
Employer Contributions, if Matching Employer Contributions to the
Plan for the Plan Year meet all of the following
requirements: (a) the percentage of Deferral
Contributions matched does not increase as the percentage of
Compensation contributed increases; (b) Highly Compensated
Employees are not provided a greater percentage match than
Non-Highly Compensated Employees; (c) Deferral Contributions
matched do not exceed six percent of a Participant's Compensation;
and (d) if the Employer elected in Subsection 1.10(a)(2) or 1.10(b)
of the Adoption Agreement to provide discretionary Matching
Employer Contributions, the Employer also elected in Subsection
1.10(a)(2)(A) or 1.10(b)(1) of the Adoption
Agreement, as applicable, to limit the dollar amount of such
discretionary Matching Employer Contributions allocated to a
Participant for the Plan Year to no more than four percent of such
Participant's Compensation for the Plan Year.
If such Plan provides for Employee
Contributions, the "ACP" test described in Section 6.06 must be
applied with respect to such Employee Contributions. For purposes
of applying the "ACP" test with respect to Employee Contributions,
Matching Employer Contributions and Nonelective Employer
Contributions that satisfy the vesting and distribution
requirements applicable to safe harbor contributions, but which are
not required to comply with the safe harbor contribution
requirements may be taken into account.
6.12.
Code Section 415 Limitations . Notwithstanding any other provisions
of the Plan, the following limitations shall apply:
(a)
Employer Maintains Single Plan : If the "415
employer" does not maintain any other qualified defined
contribution plan or any "welfare benefit fund", "individual
medical benefit account", or "simplified employee pension" in
addition to the Plan, the provisions of this Subsection 6.12(a)
shall apply.
(1) If a Participant does not
participate in, and has never participated in any other qualified
defined contribution plan, "welfare benefit fund", "individual
medical benefit account", or "simplified employee pension"
maintained by the "415 employer", which provides an "annual
addition", the amount of "annual additions" to the Participant's
Account for a Limitation Year shall not exceed the lesser of the
"maximum permissible amount" or any other limitation contained in
the Plan. If a contribution that would otherwise be contributed or
allocated to the Participant's Account would cause the "annual
additions" for the Limitation Year to exceed the "maximum
permissible amount", the amount contributed or allocated shall be
reduced so that the "annual additions" for the Limitation Year
shall equal the "maximum permissible amount".
(2) Prior to the determination of a
Participant's actual Compensation for a Limitation Year, the
"maximum permissible amount" may be determined on the basis of a
reasonable estimation of the Participant's Compensation for such
Limitation Year, uniformly determined for all Participants
similarly situated. Any Employer contributions based on estimated
annual Compensation shall be reduced by any "excess 415 amounts"
carried over from prior Limitation Years.
(3) As soon as is administratively
feasible after the end of the Limitation Year, the "maximum
permissible amount" for such Limitation Year shall be determined on
the basis of the Participant's actual Compensation for such
Limitation Year.
(4) If there is an "excess 415
amount" with respect to a Participant for a Limitation Year as a
result of the estimation of the Participant's Compensation for the
Limitation Year, the allocation of forfeitures to the Participant's
Account, or a reasonable error in determining the amount of
Deferral Contributions that may be made on behalf of the
Participant under the limits of this Section 6.12, such "excess 415
amount" shall be disposed of as follows:
(A) Any Employee Contributions shall
be reduced to the extent necessary to reduce the "excess 415
amount".
(B) If after application of
Subsection 6.12(a)(4)(A) an "excess 415 amount" still exists, any
Deferral Contributions that have not been matched shall be reduced
to the extent necessary to reduce the "excess 415
amount".
(C) If after
application of Subsection 6.12(a)(4)(B) an "excess 415 amount"
still exists, any Deferral Contributions that have been matched and
the Matching Employer Contributions attributable thereto shall be
reduced to the extent necessary to reduce the "excess 415
amount".
(D) If after the application of
Subsection 6.12(a)(4)(C) an "excess 415 amount" still exists, any
Nonelective Employer Contributions shall be reduced to the extent
necessary to reduce the "excess 415 amount".
(E) If after the application of
Subsection 6.12(a)(4)(D) an "excess 415 amount" still exists, any
Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions shall be reduced to
the extent necessary to reduce the "excess 415 amount".
Employee Contributions and Deferral
Contributions that are reduced as provided above shall be returned
to the Participant. Any income allocable to returned Employee
Contributions or Deferral Contributions shall also be returned or
shall be treated as additional "annual additions" for the
Limitation Year in which the excess contributions to which they are
allocable were made.
If Matching Employer, Nonelective Employer, or
Qualified Nonelective Employer Contributions to a Participant's
Account are reduced as an "excess 415 amount", as provided above,
and the individual is still an Active Participant at the end of the
Limitation Year, then such "excess 415 amount" shall be reapplied
to reduce future Employer contributions under the Plan for the next
Limitation Year (and for each succeeding Limitation Year, as
necessary) for such Participant, so that in each such Limitation
Year the sum of the actual Employer contributions made on behalf of
such Participant plus the reapplied amount shall equal the amount
of Employer contributions which would otherwise be made to such
Participant's Account. If the individual is not an Active
Participant at the end of a Limitation Year, then such "excess 415
amount" shall be held unallocated in a suspense account. The
suspense account shall be applied to reduce future Employer
contributions for all remaining Active Participants in the next
Limitation Year and each succeeding Limitation Year if
necessary.
If a suspense account is in existence at any
time during the Limitation Year pursuant to this Subsection
6.12(a)(4), it shall participate in the allocation of the Trust
Fund's investment gains and losses. All amounts in the suspense
account must be allocated to the Accounts of Active Participants
before any Employer contribution may be made for the Limitation
Year.
Except as otherwise specifically provided in
this Subsection 6.12, "excess 415 amounts" may not be distributed
to Participants.
(b)
Employer Maintains Multiple Defined Contribution Type Plans
: Unless the Employer specifies another method for
limiting "annual additions" in the 415 Correction Addendum to the
Adoption Agreement, if the "415 employer" maintains any other
qualified defined contribution plan or any "welfare benefit fund",
"individual medical benefit account", or "simplified employee
pension" in addition to the Plan, the provisions of this Subsection
6.12(b) shall apply.
(1) If a Participant is covered under
any other qualified defined contribution plan or any "welfare
benefit fund", "individual medical benefit account", or "simplified
employee pension" maintained by the "415 employer", that provides
an "annual addition", the amount of "annual additions" to the
Participant's Account for a Limitation Year shall not exceed the
lesser of
(A) the "maximum permissible amount",
reduced by the sum of any "annual additions" to the Participant's
accounts for the same Limitation Year under such other qualified
defined contribution plans and "welfare benefit funds", "individual
medical benefit accounts", and "simplified employee pensions",
or
(B) any other limitation contained in
the Plan.
If the "annual additions" with respect to a
Participant under other qualified defined contribution plans,
"welfare benefit funds", "individual medical benefit accounts", and
"simplified employee pensions" maintained by the "415 employer" are
less than the "maximum permissible amount" and a contribution that
would otherwise be contributed or allocated to the Participant's
Account under the Plan would cause the "annual additions" for the
Limitation Year to exceed the "maximum permissible amount", the
amount to be contributed or allocated shall be reduced so that the
"annual additions" for the Limitation Year shall equal the "maximum
permissible amount". If the "annual additions" with respect to the
Participant under such other qualified defined contribution plans,
"welfare benefit funds", "individual medical benefit accounts", and
"simplified employee pensions" in the aggregate are equal to or
greater than the "maximum permissible amount", no amount shall be
contributed or allocated to the Participant's Account under the
Plan for the Limitation Year.
(2) Prior to the determination of a
Participant's actual Compensation for the Limitation Year, the
amounts referred to in Subsection 6.12(b)(1)(A) above may be
determined on the basis of a reasonable estimation of the
Participant's Compensation for such Limitation Year, uniformly
determined for all Participants similarly situated. Any Employer
contribution based on estimated annual Compensation shall be
reduced by any "excess 415 amounts" carried over from prior
Limitation Years.
(3) As soon as is administratively
feasible after the end of the Limitation Year, the amounts referred
to in Subsection 6.12(b)(1)(A) shall be determined on the basis of
the Participant's actual Compensation for such Limitation
Year.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of
any other plan maintained by a "415 employer", if there is an
"excess 415 amount" with respect to a Participant for a Limitation
Year as a result of estimation of the Participant's Compensation
for the Limitation Year, the allocation of forfeitures to the
Participant's account under any qualified defined contribution plan
maintained by the "415 employer", or a reasonable error in
determining the amount of Deferral Contributions that may be made
on behalf of the Participant to the Plan or any other qualified
defined contribution plan maintained by the "415 employer" under
the limits of this Subsection 6.12(b), such "excess 415 amount"
shall be deemed to consist first of the "annual additions"
allocated to this Plan and shall be reduced as provided in
Subsection 6.12(a)(4); provided, however, that if the "415
employer" maintains both a profit sharing plan and a money purchase
pension plan under this Basic Plan Document, "annual additions" to
the money purchase pension plan shall be reduced only after all
"annual additions" to the profit sharing plan have been
reduced.
(c)
Employer Maintains or Maintained Defined Benefit Plan
: For Limitation Years beginning prior to January 1,
2000, if the "415 employer" maintains, or at any time maintained, a
qualified defined benefit plan, the sum of any Participant's
"defined benefit plan fraction and "defined contribution plan
fraction" shall not exceed the combined plan limitation of 1.00 in
any such Limitation Year. The combined plan limitation shall be met
by reducing "annual additions" under the Plan, unless otherwise
provided in the qualified defined benefit plan.
(d)
Adjustment to Compensation : Compensation for
purposes of this Section 6.12 shall include amounts that are not
includable in the gross income of the Participant 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).
Article 7.
Participants' Accounts .
7.01.
Individual Accounts . The Administrator shall establish
and maintain an Account for each Participant that shall reflect
Employer and Employee contributions made on behalf of the
Participant and earnings, expenses, gains and losses attributable
thereto, and investments made with amounts in the Participant's
Account. The Administrator shall establish and maintain such other
accounts and records as it decides in its discretion to be
reasonably required or appropriate in order to discharge its duties
under the Plan. The Administrator shall notify the Trustee of all
Accounts established and maintained under the Plan.
7.02.
Valuation of Accounts . Participant Accounts shall be valued
at their fair market value at least annually as of a date specified
by the Administrator in accordance with a method consistently
followed and uniformly applied, and on such date earnings,
expenses, gains and losses on investments made with amounts in each
Participant's Account shall be allocated to such Account.
Participants shall be furnished statements of their Account values
at least once each Plan Year.
Article 8.
Investment of Contributions .
8.01.
Manner of Investment . All contributions made to the
Accounts of Participants shall be held for investment by the
Trustee. Except as otherwise specifically provided in Section
20.10, the Accounts of Participants shall be invested and
reinvested only in Permissible Investments selected by the Employer
and designated in the Service Agreement.
8.02.
Investment Decisions . Investments shall be directed by the Employer or
by each Participant or both, in accordance with the Employer's
election in Subsection 1.23 of the Adoption Agreement. Pursuant to
Section 20.04, the Trustee shall have no discretion or authority
with respect to the investment of the Trust Fund; however, an
affiliate of the Trustee may exercise investment management
authority in accordance with Subsection (e) below.
(a) With respect to those Participant
Accounts for which Employer investment direction is elected, the
Employer (in its capacity as a named fiduciary under ERISA) has the
right to direct the Trustee in writing with respect to the
investment and reinvestment of assets comprising the Trust Fund in
the Permissible Investments designated in the Service
Agreement.
(b) With
respect to those Participant Accounts for which Participant
investment direction is elected, each Participant shall direct the
investment of his Account among the Permissible Investments
designated in the Service Agreement. The Participant shall file
initial investment instructions with the Administrator, on such
form as the Administrator may provide, selecting the Permissible
Investments in which amounts credited to his Account shall be
invested.
(1) Except as provided in this
Section 8.02, only authorized Plan contacts and the Participant
shall have access to a Participant's Account. While any balance
remains in the Account of a Participant after his death, the
Beneficiary of the Participant shall make decisions as to the
investment of the Account as though the Beneficiary were the
Participant. To the extent required by a qualified domestic
relations order as defined in Code Section 414(p), an alternate
payee shall make investment decisions with respect to any
segregated account established in the name of the alternate payee
as provided in Section 18.04.
(2) If the Trustee receives any
contribution under the Plan as to which investment instructions
have not been provided, the Trustee shall promptly notify the
Administrator and the Administrator shall take steps to elicit
instructions from the Participant. The Trustee shall credit any
such contribution to the Participant's Account and such amount
shall be invested in the Permissible Investment selected by the
Employer for such purposes or, absent Employer selection, in the
most conservative Permissible Investment designated in the Service
Agreement, until investment instructions have been received by the
Trustee.
If the Employer elects to allow Participants to
direct the investment of their Account in Subsection 1.23(b) or (c)
of the Adoption Agreement, the Plan is intended to constitute a
plan described in ERISA Section 404(c) and regulations issued
thereunder. The fiduciaries of the Plan shall be relieved of
liability for any losses that are the direct and necessary result
of investment instructions given by the Participant, his
Beneficiary, or an alternate payee under a qualified domestic
relations order. The Employer shall not be relieved of fiduciary
responsibility for the selection and monitoring of the Permissible
Investments under the Plan.
(c) All dividends, interest, gains
and distributions of any nature received in respect of Fund Shares
shall be reinvested in additional shares of that Permissible
Investment.
(d) Expenses attributable to the
acquisition of investments shall be charged to the Account of the
Participant for which such investment is made.
(e) The
Employer may appoint an investment manager (which may be the
Trustee or an affiliate) to determine the allocation of amounts
held in Participants' Accounts among various investment options
(the "Managed Account" option) for Participants who direct the
Trustee to invest any portion of their accounts in the Managed
Account option. The investment options utilized under the Managed
Account option may be those generally available under the Plan or
may be as selected by the investment manager for use under the
Managed Account option. Participation in the Managed Account option
shall be subject to such conditions and limitations (including
account minimums) as may be imposed by the investment
manager.
8.03.
Participant Directions to Trustee . The method and frequency for change
of investments shall be determined under (a) the rules applicable
to the Permissible Investments selected by the Employer and
designated in the Service Agreement and (b) any additional rules of
the Employer limiting the frequency of investment changes, which
are included in a separate written administrative procedure adopted
by the Employer and accepted by the Trustee. The Trustee shall have
no duty to inquire into the investment decisions of a Participant
or to advise him regarding the purchase, retention, or sale of
assets credited to his Account.
Article 9.
Participant Loans .
9.01.
Special Definitions . For purposes of this Article, the
following special definitions shall apply:
(a) A
" participant " is any Participant or Beneficiary, including
an alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order, as
defined in Code Section 414(p), who is a party-in-interest (as
determined under ERISA Section 3(14)) with respect to the
Plan.
(b) An "
owner-employee " is, if the Employer is a sole
proprietorship for Federal income tax purposes (regardless of its
characterization under state law), the individual who is the sole
proprietor or sole member, as applicable; if the Employer is a
partnership for Federal income tax purposes (regardless of its
characterization under state law), a partner or member, as
applicable, who owns more than 10 percent of either