| | (b) | Annual 401(k) Refund Offset Amount. A Participant may also elect to defer from Annual Base Salary an amount equal to 0% or 100% (but no other percentage) of his or her Annual 401(k) Refund Offset Amount with respect to any refund that is paid from the 401(k) Plan in the second Plan Year beginning after the Plan Year in which the deferral election for the Annual 401(k) Refund Offset Amount is made under Section 3.3(a); provided, however, any such deferral shall be treated, for purposes of the applicable time and form of payment under the Plan, as if it were made in the Plan Year immediately preceding the year in which such deferrals were actually made from Annual Base Salary. If no election is made, the amount deferred shall be zero. The terms for how and when deductions for deferrals described in this Section will be taken from Participants’ Annual Base Salary (and any changes in such terms from the previous year) will be determined by the Committee and communicated to Participants. (For purposes of clarity, an Annual 401(k) Refund Offset Amount deferral election with respect to a particular Plan Year shall apply with respect to any refunds payable from a 401(k) Plan to the Participant in such second Plan Year, regardless of whether the refund relates to compensation deferred from, and/or contributions made to, the 401(k) Plan in a preceding year; provided, however, the deferral made will be treated, as described above, as if made in the immediately preceding Plan Year. For example, an Annual 401(k) Refund Offset Amount deferral election made in 2007 with respect to refunds paid from the 401(k) Plan in 2009 shall apply to the deferral of Annual Base Salary of the Participant in 2009, regardless of whether the refund relates to compensation deferred and/or contributions made to the 401(k) Plan in 2008 or any preceding year; provided, however, such deferral will be treated, for purposes of the time and form of payment, as if it were made in 2008.) |
