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Title: WOLVERINE EMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN
Date: 3/15/2006
Industry: FOOTWR     Law Firm: Warner Norcross     Sector: CYCLIC

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Wolverine World Wide Exhibit 10.19 to Form 10-K - 03/15/06

EXHIBIT 10.19








WOLVERINE

EMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN

(Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 1997)














Warner Norcross & Judd LLP
400 Terrace Plaza
P.O. Box 900
Muskegon, Michigan 49443-0900





 

WOLVERINE

EMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 1 - Establishment of Plan and Trust

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.1

Establishment of Plan

1

 

 

(a)

Employer

1

 

 

(b)

Plan History

1

 

 

(c)

Adoption by Affiliated Employer

1

 

 

(d)

Administration

1

 

1.2

Declaration of Trust

2

 

1.3

Compliance With Law

2

 

1.4

Effective Dates of Plan Provisions

2

 

1.5

Application to Inactive and Former Participants

2

 

 

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

1

 

 

 

2.1

Break in Service

1

 

2.2

Employer Contributions

1

 

2.3

5% Owner

1

 

 

(a)

Corporation

1

 

 

(b)

Partnership

1

 

 

(c)

Proprietorship

1

 

2.4

Highly Compensated Employee

3

 

 

(a)

Definition

3

 

 

(b)

Determination Rules

3

 

2.5

Hour of Service

4

 

 

(a)

Definition

4

 

 

(b)

Back Pay

4

 

 

(c)

No Duties Performed

4

 

 

(d)

Qualified Maternity or Paternity Absence

4

 

 

(e)

Qualified Military Service

5

 

 

(f)

No Duplication

5

 

 

(g)

Non-Covered Employment

5

 

 

(h)

Periods Credited

6

 

 

(i)

Additional Hours

6

 

 

(j)

Predecessor Plan

6

 

 

(k)

Leased Employee

6

 

 

(l)

Equivalency

6

 

2.6

Person

6

 

2.7

Plan Year

6

 

2.8

Related Employer

7

 

2.9

Valuation Date

7

 

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ARTICLE 3 - Eligibility to Participate

1

 

 

 

3.1

Eligibility Requirements

1

 

 

(a)

Employee Definitions

1

 

 

(b)

Entry Date

1

 

 

(c)

Year of Eligibility Service

1

 

 

(d)

Eligibility Period

1

 

 

(e)

Breaks in Service

1

 

3.2

Requirement of Covered Employment

1

 

3.3

Participation Rules

2

 

 

(a)

Termination of Participation

2

 

 

(b)

Cancellation of Years of Eligibility Service

2

 

 

(c)

Resumption of Participation

2

 

3.4

Leased Employee

2

 

 

(a)

Definition

2

 

 

(b)

Exceptions

4

 

 

ARTICLE 4 - Contributions

1

 

 

 

4.1

Contributions/Amount

1

 

4.2

Limits on Employer Contributions

1

 

4.3

Return of Employer Contributions

1

 

 

(a)

Mistake of Fact

1

 

 

(b)

Nondeductible

1

 

 

(c)

Amount

1

 

4.4

Reduction of Contribution for Leased Employees

2

 

4.5

Timing of Contributions

2

 

 

(a)

Quarterly Payments

2

 

 

(b)

Final Payment

2

 

4.6

414(k) Contributions

2

 

 

(a)

Maximum Match

3

 

 

(b)

Excess Assets

3

 

 

(c)

Maximum Annual Addition

3

 

4.7

414(k) Accounts

3

 

 

(a)

Eligibility/Participation

3

 

 

(b)

401(m)/ACP Compliance

4

 

 

(c)

Additional Rules

6

 

 

(d)

Allocation of Transfers

8

 

 

(e)

Allocation of Forfeitures

8

 

 

(f)

Allocation of Earnings

8

 

 

(g)

Vesting

8

 

 

(h)

Forfeitures

8

 

 

(i)

Distribution

10

 

 

(j)

Investment

10



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ARTICLE 5 - Amount of Benefits

1

 

 

 

5.1

Normal Retirement

1

 

 

(a)

Normal Retirement Date

1

 

 

(b)

Normal Retirement Benefit

1

 

 

(c)

Accrued Benefit

1

 

 

(d)

Average Monthly Compensation.

3

 

 

(e)

Compensation

3

 

 

(f)

Benefit Service

4

 

5.2

Early Retirement

5

 

 

(a)

Early Retirement Date

5

 

 

(b)

Early Retirement Benefit

5

 

 

(c)

Early Payment

5

 

5.3

Late Retirement

6

 

 

(a)

Late Retirement Date

6

 

 

(b)

Late Retirement Benefit

6

 

5.4

Deferred Vested Retirement

7

 

 

(a)

Deferred Vested Benefit

7

 

 

(b)

Vested Accrued Benefit

7

 

 

(c)

Early Payment

7

 

5.5

Death Benefits

7

 

 

(a)

Death Before Vesting

7

 

 

(b)

Death Before Annuity Starting Date

7

 

 

(c)

Death After Annuity Starting Date

8

 

5.6

Pension Offsets

8

 

 

(a)

Workers Compensation

8

 

 

(b)

Disability Pension

9

 

5.7

Special Benefit Schedules

9

 

5.8

Benefit Rules

9

 

 

(a)

Single Benefit

9

 

 

(b)

Previously Paid Benefits

9

 

 

(c)

Transfer

9

 

5.9

Maximum Annual Benefits

9

 

 

(a)

Annual Benefit

10

 

 

(b)

Defined Benefit Dollar Limit

10

 

 

(c)

Compensation Limit

10

 

 

(d)

Section 415 Compensation

11

 

 

(e)

Limitation Year

11

 

 

(f)

Related Employer Aggregation

12



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5.10

Adjustments to Maximum Annual Benefits

12

 

 

(a)

Accrued Benefit

12