The Plan is intended to be an “employee benefit pension plan,” as defined in Section 3(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), and a plan that is “unfunded and is maintained primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees,” as provided in Sections 201, 301, and 401 of ERISA and the Department of Labor regulations promulgated under ERISA and is intended to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). The benefits provided by the Plan are not funded but shall be payable when due out of the assets of the Company as general, unsecured obligations of the Company.
Unless otherwise provided herein, defined terms used in this Plan shall have the same meaning attributed to such terms in the Qualified Pension Plan and the Federal Express Corporation Nonqualified Disability Plan for Officers (the “Officers Nonqualified Disability Plan”), as applicable.
Section 2.Eligibility. Prior to June 1, 2008, any employee of a participating employer (which shall mean the Company; on or after February 1, 1998, FedEx Corporation; on or after December 1, 1998, FedEx Global Logistics, Inc.; on or after March 1, 2000, FedEx Trade Networks, Inc., and FedEx Trade Networks Transport & Brokerage, Inc. (formerly, Tower Group International, Inc.); on or after May 1, 2000, World Tariff, Limited; on or after June 1, 2000, FedEx Corporate Services, Inc.; on or after March 1, 2001, FedEx Freight Corporation; on or after April 11, 2001, FedEx Trade Networks Trade Services, Inc.; on or after May 31, 2003, FedEx Ground Package System, Inc., FedEx Custom Critical, Inc., FedEx Supply Chain Services, Inc., AutoQuik, Inc. and Urgent Freight, Inc.; on or after June 1, 2001, Federal Express Virgin Islands, Inc.; on or after September 12, 2004, FedEx SmartPost, Inc.; on or after June 1, 2006, FedEx Customer Information Services, Inc.; and on or after November 15, 2006, FedEx Truckload Brokerage, Inc.) other than an Officer or Managing Director the terms of whose employment are governed by the collective bargaining agreement between the Company and the FedEx Pilots Association effective May 31, 1999 (“Agreement”) or any successor agreement thereto; or on after January 1, 2020, FedEx Freight, Inc.; on or after January 1, 2021, FedEx Office and Print Services, Inc. and FedEx Supply Chain Systems, Inc., who serves as an Officer after the Effective Date or, after June 1, 1996, as a Managing Director, has served as an Officer and/or Managing Director for a combined period of five consecutive years, including service prior to the Effective Date, and is an active participant in the FedEx Corporation Employees’ Pension Plan, as it currently exists and as it may be amended from time to time (the “Qualified Pension Plan”) or would be an active participant in the Qualified Pension Plan or the FedEx Freight Pension Plan (“Freight Pension Plan”) but for the fact that the Officer or Managing Director (1) is hired on or after January, 1, 2020; (2) is employed by FedEx Office and Print Services, Inc.; FedEx Supply Chain Systems, Inc.; or one of their subsidiaries; or (3) elected to forego accruing Compensation Credits under a Portable Pension Account in the Qualified Pension Plan or Freight Pension Plan, shall be eligible for the benefit described in subsection (c) of Section 3 below, subject to subsection (a) of Section 3. In addition, an Officer described above shall be eligible for the benefit described in subsection (d) of Section 3 below, subject to subsection (b) of Section 3.
The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, an employee of FedEx Custom Critical, Inc., AutoQuik, Inc., UrgentFreight, Inc., FedEx Truckload Brokerage, Inc., or FedEx Supply Chain Services, Inc. who is an Officer of either company prior to June 1, 2008 shall be eligible to
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