EXHIBIT 99
HEARTH & HOME TECHNOLOGIES INC.
RETIREMENT PLAN
(Effective as of January 1, 2002)
Allied Fireside, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Wisconsin established the Allied Fireside, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan ("Plan"), effective January 1, 1990. The Plan was amended and restated effective January 1, 1994, and further amended at subsequent times. The Minocqua Fireplace Company and Madison Fire Place, Inc. adopted the Plan as Participating Affiliates effective September 1, 1999. Pursuant to an agreement dated January 28, 2000, all of the issued and outstanding stock of Allied Fireside, Inc. was purchased by Hearth Technologies Inc., an Iowa corporation, along with the assets of The Minocqua Fireplace Company and Madison Fire Place, Inc. Hearth Technologies Inc. became the sponsoring employer of the Plan and the participants were transferred to the employ of Hearth Technologies Inc. The Plan was subsequently amended and restated effective January 1, 1997, to comply with legislative changes incl uded in the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996, the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, and the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000. These legislative changes are collectively known as the "GUST changes." The Plan is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as set forth in this document effective January 1, 2002. Effective January 1, 2002, the Plan is renamed the "Hearth Technologies Inc. Retirement Plan." Effective October 22, 2002, Hearth Technologies Inc. was renamed "Hearth & Home Technologies Inc." and the Plan was renamed the "Hearth & Home Technologies Inc. Retirement Plan."
Allied Fireside, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Wisconsin established the Allied Fireside, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan ("Plan"), effective January 1, 1990. The Plan was amended and restated effective January 1, 1994, and further amended at subsequent times. The Minocqua Fireplace Company and Madison Fire Place, Inc. adopted the Plan as Participating Affiliates effective September 1, 1999. Pursuant to an agreement dated January 28, 2000, all of the issued and outstanding stock of Allied Fireside, Inc. was purchased by Hearth Technologies Inc., an Iowa corporation, along with the assets of The Minocqua Fireplace Company and Madison Fire Place, Inc. Hearth Technologies Inc. became the sponsoring employer of the Plan and the participants were transferred to the employ of Hearth Technologies Inc. The Plan was subsequently amended and restated effective January 1, 1997, to comply with legislative changes include d in the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996, the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, and the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000. These legislative changes are collectively known as the "GUST changes." The Plan is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as set forth in this document effective January 1, 2002. Effective January 1, 2002, the Plan is renamed the "Hearth Technologies Inc. Retirement Plan."
The Thulman Eastern Corporation Tax-Sheltered Thrift Plan and Trust was originally adopted by Thulman Eastern Corporation, a Maryland corporation, effective December 31, 1975, and was amended and restated most recently effective January 1, 1997. Effective March 28, 1999, American Fireplace Company, a Maryland corporation, succeeded Thulman Eastern Corporation as the sponsoring employer and the plan was renamed the American Fireplace Company Tax-Sheltered Thrift Plan and Trust (the "AFC Plan"). Effective July 1, 1999, Hearth & Home, Inc. became a participating employer in the AFC Plan. Pursuant to an agreement dated January 28, 2000, substantially all of the assets of American Fireplace Company and Hearth & Home, Inc. were purchased by Hearth Technologies Inc. Pursuant to an agreement dated February 29, 2000, Hearth Technologies Inc. assumed sponsorship of the AFC Plan. By a separate agreement dated February 29, 2000, Hearth Services In c., an Iowa corporation assumed sponsorship of the AFC Plan. The AFC Plan was subsequently amended and restated effective January 1, 1997, to comply with the GUST changes.
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The Fireplace & Spa, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (the "F&S Plan") was originally adopted by Fireplace & Spa, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation, effective September 8, 1992. The F&S Plan was amended and restated most recently effective January 1, 1997 and other subsequent amendments were adopted. On January 28, 2000, substantially all of the assets of Fireplace & Spa, Inc. were purchased by Hearth Technologies Inc. Pursuant to an agreement dated February 29, 2000, Hearth Technologies Inc. assumed sponsorship of the F&S Plan. By a separate agreement dated February 29, 2000, Hearth Services Inc. assumed sponsorship of the F&S Plan for the benefit of employees of the Fireplace & Spa Division of Hearth Services Inc. At that time, the F&S Plan became known as the Hearth Services Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan. The Hearth Services Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan was subsequently amended and restated effective January 1, 1997 , to comply with the GUST changes.
Effective January 1, 2002, the AFC Plan and the Hearth Services Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan are merged into this Plan and this Plan shall continue as the surviving plan. Addendum A of the Plan is adopted with a general effective date of January 1, 2002, to conform the Plan to provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, Pub. L. 107-16.
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ARTICLE 1.APPLICATION, PURPOSES AND USE OF THE PLAN
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Section 1.1 -Application of the Plan. Except as otherwise indicated herein, the provisions of the Plan, as set forth in this document, shall apply only to individuals who are in the employment of the Employer or a Participating Affiliate, or have an Account under the Plan attributable to prior employment, on or after January 1, 2002.
The Plan and the Trust shall constitute a qualified retirement plan (within the meaning of Code Section 401(a)), which is comprised of a combination profit sharing and stock bonus plan with savings features pursuant to Code Section 401(k). The Plan is intended to constitute a plan described in Section 404(c) of ERISA and Department of Labor Regulation Section 2550.404c-1. The Plan's fiduciaries shall be relieved of liability for any losses which are the result of investment instructions given by a Participant or Beneficiary, to the extent permitted under Section 404(c) of ERISA.
The Plan shall also constitute an eligible individual account plan as defined in ERISA Section 407(d)(3) that is authorized to acquire and hold qualifying employer securities (as defined in ERISA Section 407(d)(5)) or qualifying employer real property (as defined in ERISA Section 407(d)(4)) with a value in excess of ten percent of the fair market value of the assets of the Plan. Elective Deferrals shall not be invested in employer securities or employer real property without the consent of the Participant.
Section 1.2 -Purposes of the Plan. The principal purposes of the Plan are (a) to aid eligible Members in the acquisition of financial security for themselves and their Beneficiaries, (b) to promote in Members a strong interest in the successful operation of the Employer, loyalty to the Employer and increased efficiency in their work, and (c) to encourage and provide the opportunity for eligible Members to make regular and systematic retirement savings from current income by pre-income-tax payroll deductions.
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ARTICLE 2.DEFINITIONS
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Section 2.1 -Definitions. Whenever used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, and when the defined meaning is intended, the term is capitalized:
2.1.1 -"Account" means the record of the assets credited to an individual under the Plan and may refer to any or all of the following subaccounts: Pre-Tax Contribution Account, After-Tax Contribution Account, Matching Account, Rollover Account, Company Ownership Account, Retirement Contribution Account, ESOP Account, Profit Sharing Contribution Account, Prior Plan Employee Contribution Account, Prior Plan Employer Contribution Account, Allied Fireside Employer Contribution Account, and Fireplace & Spa Matching Account.
"Pre-Tax Contribution Account" means the record of amounts attributable to Employer contributions made at the election of a Participant in lieu of cash compensation pursuant to a pay reduction agreement under Section 4.1 and shall also include: (a) amounts credited to a Participant's Deferral Contributions Account under the Plan prior to the effective date of this restatement, and (b) amounts transferred from or attributable to similar pre-tax contributions accounts under the HON INDUSTRIES Inc. Profit Sharing Retirement Plan, the AFC Plan or the F&S Plan.
"After-Tax Contribution Account" means the record of amounts attributable to Member contributions made at the election of a Participant in lieu of cash compensation pursuant to a pay reduction agreement under Section 4.8 and amounts transferred from or attributable to After Tax Contributions Accounts under the HON INDUSTRIES Inc. Profit Sharing Retirement Plan.
"Matching Account" means the record of amounts attributable to Employer contributions made pursuant to Section 4.2 and amounts transferred from or attributable to a Participant's Employer Matching Contribution Account under the AFC Plan.
"Rollover Account" means the record of a Member's rollover contributions from other qualified plans and direct transfers on behalf of a Member by trustees of other qualified retirement plans, but excluding transferred amounts for which a different subaccount has been designated under the Plan. Transfers (but not rollovers) from plans such that the transferred assets would be subject to the joint and survivor annuity requirements of Code Section 417 or subject to any other special restrictions or conditions shall be held in a separate Rollover Account, if the Employer in its discretion accepts such transfers.
"Company Ownership Account" means the record of amounts attributable to Employer contributions of HON Stock made pursuant to Subsection 4.3.1(a) and (c) and amounts transferred from or attributable to a Participant's Company Ownership Contributions Account under the HON INDUSTRIES Inc. Profit Sharing Retirement Plan.
"Retirement Contribution Account" means the record of amounts attributable to Employer contributions made pursuant to Subsection 4.3.1(b) and amounts transferred from or attributable to a Participant's Retirement Contributions Account under the HON INDUSTRIES Inc. Profit Sharing Retirement Plan.
"ESOP Account" means the record of amounts transferred from or attributable to a Participant's ESOP Account under the HON INDUSTRIES Inc. Profit Sharing Retirement Plan, which amounts were originally accumulated during participation in the HON Members Company Ownership Plan.
"Profit Sharing Contribution Account" means the record of amounts attributable to discretionary Employer contributions made pursuant to Subsection 4.3.1(d) and amounts transferred from or attributable to a Participant's Profit Sharing Contributions Account under the HON INDUSTRIES Inc. Profit Sharing Retirement Plan.
"Prior Plan Employee Contribution Account" means the record of amounts originally attributable to a Participant's Heat-N-Glo Before Tax Contributions Account or Heat-N-Glo Rollover Account, which were transferred to the HON INDUSTRIES Inc. Profit Sharing Retirement Plan before being transferred to this Plan.
"Prior Plan Employer Contribution Account" means the record of amounts originally attributable to a Participant's Heat-N-Glo Matching Contributions Account or Heat-N-Glo Profit Sharing Contributions Account, which were transferred to the HON INDUSTRIES Inc. Profit Sharing Retirement Plan before being transferred to this Plan.
"Allied Fireside Employer Contribution Account" means the record of amounts attributable to employer contributions and regular matching contributions which are transferred to the Plan on behalf of an individual from the Allied Fireside, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan.
"Fireplace & Spa Matching Account" means the record of amounts attributable to employer matching contributions which are transferred to the Plan on behalf of an individual from the Fireplace & Spa, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan.
The Administrator in its discretion, may establish additional subaccounts within the various Accounts or combine similar Accounts or subaccounts. In the discretion of the Administrator, amounts transferred from other qualified plans may be credited to existing Accounts which have similar tax, vesting or distribution characteristics as the transferred benefits rather than credited to Rollover Accounts.
Any Participant who has forfeited a portion of his Account, subsequently becomes eligible to share in Employer contributions, and has not received a complete distribution of his Account, shall have a separate Account for each subsequent period of eligibility for as long as he does not have a 100% nonforfeitable interest in all Accounts.
2.1.2 -"Accounting Date"Error! Bookmark not defined. means each day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business other than bank holidays. However, if a valuation may not be made on such date, despite reasonable efforts, then the Accounting Date shall be the next date a valuation can reasonably be made.
2.1.3 -"Administrative Committee" means the Hearth & Home Technologies Inc. Retirement Plan Administrative Committee established by the Board of Directors of HON INDUSTRIES Inc., which shall have the authority and duties described in Subsection 9.3.1.
2.1.4 -"Administrative Delegate"Error! Bookmark not defined. means one or more persons or institutions to whom the Administrator or Administrative Committee has delegated certain administrative functions pursuant to written agreement under the provisions of Article 9 of the Plan.
2.1.5 -"Administrator" for purposes of Section 3(16)(A) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, shall mean Hearth & Home Technologies Inc. In the event a Administrative Committee is appointed, the term "Administrator" shall be deemed to refer to the Administrative Committee to the extent the duties and obligations of the Administrator are delegated to such Administrative Committee.
2.1.6 -"Affiliate" means a group of entities and each such entity, including the Employer, which constitutes a controlled group of corporations (as defined in Code Section 414(b)), a group of trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control (as defined in Code Section 414(c)), or an affiliated service group (within the meaning of Code Section 414(m)), and any other entity required to be aggregated with the Employer pursuant to regulations under Code Section 414(o). For purposes of Article 5 of the Plan, the necessary level of ownership or control for determining affiliation shall be reduced from 80% to 50%, pursuant to Code Section 415(h).
2.1.7 -"After-Tax Contributions" means those contributions made by a Participant under Section 4.8.
2.1.8 -"Alternate Payee" means any spouse, former spouse, child or other dependent of a Participant who is recognized by a domestic relations order as having a right to receive all, or a portion, of the benefits payable under the Plan with respect to such Participant.
2.1.9 -"Annual Addition" means, with respect to each Participant, the sum for the Limitation Year of all Affiliate contributions, and forfeitures allocated to his accounts in all qualified retirement plans. Annual Additions for a Limitation Year also include amounts allocated to a suspense account in a prior year pursuant to Section 5.5 and reallocated to the Participant's Account for such Limitation Year.
Amounts allocated to an individual medical benefit account, as defined in Code Section 415(l)(2), which is part of a qualified pension or annuity plan maintained by an Affiliate, are treated as Annual Additions to a defined contribution plan. In addition, amounts derived from contributions that 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, as defined in Code Section 419(e), maintained by an Affiliate, are treated as Annual Additions to a defined contribution plan.
2.1.10 -"Beneficiary" means such person or persons who at any particular time shall be entitled to receive a distribution from the Trust in the event of the death of a Participant.
2.1.11 -"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor tax code. References to a Code section shall be deemed to be to that section or to any successor to that section.
2.1.12 -"Computation Year" means a consecutive 12-month period used for determining Years of Service for eligibility for the Plan. For purposes of eligibility, Computation Year means a consecutive 12-month period measured from the date a Member first completes an Hour of Service for an Affiliate; provided, however, if the Member fails to complete 1,000 Hours of Service during that initial 12-month period, the Computation Year shall be the Plan Year, with the first such Plan Year Computation Year beginning with the first day of the Plan Year commencing with or within the Member's initial Computation Year. For purposes of determining a Participant's Years of Service for vesting under Section 8.5, the Computation Year shall be the Plan Year.
2.1.13 -"Credited Compensation" of a Participant for any Plan Year means wages within the meaning of Code Section 3401(a) and all other payments of compensation to the Member by an Affiliate (in the course of the Affiliate's trade or business) for which the Affiliate is required to furnish the Member a statement under Code Sections 6041(d), 6051(a)(3) and 6052 ("W-2 wages"). Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, however, Credited Compensation shall not include any of the following items (even if includible in gross income): reimbursements or other expense allowances, fringe benefits (cash and noncash), moving expenses, deferred compensation, and welfare benefits. Credited Compensation shall not include severance payments, whether paid during or after the Member's employment.
Credited Compensation must be determined without regard to any rules under Section 3401(a) that limit the remuneration included in wages based on the nature or location of the employment or the services performed. Credited Compensation shall include all elective contributions made by an Affiliate on behalf of a Member that are not includible in the gross income of the Member under Code Sections 402(h) and 403(b), and shall be further adjusted as follows:
(a) If a Member is a participant in a plan maintained by an Affiliate which is described in Code Section 401(k), including this Plan, Credited Compensation shall include any amount which would be included in Credited Compensation but for the Member's election to reduce his or her compensation and have the amount of the reduction contributed to the 401(k) plan on the Member's behalf.
(b) If a Member is a participant in a plan maintained by an Affiliate which is described in Code Section 125 or 132(f), Credited Compensation shall include any amounts which would be included in Credited Compensation but for the Member's election to reduce his or her salary and apply the same toward a benefit or benefits under the plan, but expressly excluding any funds or credits made available by an Affiliate other than through salary reduction, regardless of whether the Member elects or could elect to receive the same in cash.
(c) For purposes of allocating Qualified Non-Elective Contributions, (i) all Credited Compensation of a Member for a portion of the Plan Year prior to his or her Entry Date or when the Member is not in employment covered by the Plan shall be disregarded, and (ii) Credited Compensation of an HTI Participant shall be determined over a 12-month period (or a shorter period beginning on the HTI Participant's Entry Date for purposes of Qualified Non-Elective Contributions) that ends on the September 30 which falls within the Plan Year for which the contribution is made.
(d) Credited Compensation shall not exceed $200,000 (as adjusted by the Secretary of the Treasury for cost-of-living increases for Plan Years after 2002 pursuant to Code Section 401(a)(17)(B)). If a Plan Year has fewer than 12 months, the applicable annual dollar limitation (as adjusted) in effect for such Plan Year shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months in such partial Plan Year, and the denominator of which is 12.
Only compensation for that portion of the Plan Year during which a Member is a Participant shall be taken into account for purposes of determining Credited Compensation, except for any Plan Year during which the Plan is Top Heavy. Solely for purposes of allocating any type of Qualified Non-Elective Contribution to HTI Participants under Section 4.3.1 of the Plan, Credited Compensation shall be calculated based on compensation paid from October 1 of the preceding Plan Year through September 30 of the Plan Year for which the contribution is made.
2.1.14 -"Deferred Compensation" means any employer contribution made to this or any other plan at the election of a Participant, in lieu of cash compensation, and shall include contributions made pursuant to a salary reduction agreement or other deferral mechanism. With respect to any taxable year, a Participant's Deferred Compensation is the sum of all employer contributions made on behalf of such Participant pursuant to an election to defer under any qualified cash or deferred arrangement described in Code Section 401(k), any salary reduction simplified employee pension described in Code Section 408(k)(6), any SIMPLE IRA Plan described in Code Section 408(p), any eligible deferred compensation plan under Code Section 457, any plan described under Code Section 501(c)(18), and any employer contributions made on the behalf of a Participant for the purchase of an annuity contract und er Code Section 403(b) pursuant to a salary reduction agreement. Deferred Compensation includes deferrals under Section 4.1 of this Plan but shall not include any deferrals properly distributed as excess Annual Additions.
2.1.15 -"Designated Beneficiary" means any individual other than the Participant's spouse, designated by a Participant, or if the Participant is deceased, by the surviving spouse of the Participant, as a Beneficiary.
2.1.16 -"Disability" means a physical or mental impairment which renders the individual eligible to receive disability benefits under the federal Social Security Act as indicated in a letter to the individual from the Social Security Administration.
2.1.17 -"Elective Deferrals" means pre-tax contributions made to the Plan during the Plan Year by the Employer at the election of the Participant in lieu of cash compensation and shall include contributions made pursuant to a pay reduction election.
2.1.18 -"Employer" means Hearth & Home Technologies Inc. For purposes of determining a Participant's entitlement to receive a distribution, the Participant shall not be treated as having terminated employment with the Employer until he has terminated employment with all Affiliates.
2.1.19 -"Employment Commencement Date" of a Member means the first day for which the Member is entitled to be credited with an Hour of Service pursuant to the terms of this Plan.
2.1.20 -"Entry Date" means, with respect to Elective Deferrals, After-Tax Contributions and Qualified Matching Contributions, the first day of the earliest payroll period beginning in each month. Entry Dates to share in Qualified Non-Elective Contributions are the first day of the earliest payroll period beginning in each month.
2.1.21 -"Excess Aggregate Contributions" means with respect to a Plan Year the excess of (a) the aggregate amount of the Matching Contributions and After-Tax Contributions (and any Qualified Non-Elective Contributions or Elective Deferrals taken into account in computing the average contribution percentage) actually made on behalf of Highly Compensated Employees for such Plan Year, over (b) the maximum amount of such contributions permitted under the limitations of Code Section 401(m)(2)(A) (determined by hypothetically reducing contributions made on behalf of Highly Compensated Employees in order of their average contribution percentages, beginning with the highest of such percentages). Such determination shall be made after first determining any Excess Deferral Amounts pursuant to Section 2.1.23.
2.1.22 -"Excess Contributions" means, with respect to a Plan Year, the excess of (a) the aggregate amount of Elective Deferrals actually made on behalf of Highly Compensated Employees for such Plan Year, and any Qualified Non-Elective Contributions and Qualified Matching Contributions that are treated as Elective Deferrals under Subsection 4.5.2, on behalf of eligible Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year, over (b) the maximum amount of such contributions permitted under the limitations of Code Section 401(k)(3)(A)(ii) (determined by hypothetically reducing contributions made on behalf of Highly Compensated Employees in order of their average deferral percentages, beginning with the highest of such percentages). Such determination shall be made after first determining any Excess Deferral Amount.
2.1.23 -"Excess Deferral Amount" means the amount of Elective Deferrals for a calendar year that a Participant contributes to this Plan pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Plan which, when added to amounts deferred under this Plan and other plans or arrangements described in Code Sections 401(k), 408(k) or 403(b), exceeds the limit imposed on the Participant by Code Section 402(g) for the calendar year in which the deferral occurred.
2.1.24 -"415 Compensation" of a Member for a Limitation Year means the Member's Credited Compensation for the Limitation Year. Compensation which exceeds $200,000 shall be excluded from 415 Compensation; provided, however, that such dollar limitation shall be adjusted automatically to take into account any adjustments made by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to Code Section 415(d)(2) or Code Section 401(a)(17). Provided further, that for a partial Plan Year, $200,000 (as adjusted) shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months in such partial Plan Year, and the denominator of which is 12.
2.1.25 -"414(s) Compensation" of a Member for any Plan Year means such Member's Credited Compensation for the Plan Year, unless otherwise elected by the Administrator in a manner consistent with Code Section 414(s) and regulations thereunder.
2.1.26 -"Fund Committee" means the Pension and Retirement Fund Committee established by the Board of Directors of HON INDUSTRIES Inc., which shall have the authority and duties described in Subsection 9.3.2 with respect to the Plan.
2.1.27 -"Highly Compensated Employee" includes highly compensated active employees and highly compensated former employees. A highly compensated active employee includes any Member who performs service for the Employer during the determination year and who: (a) was a five-percent (5%) owner of the Employer, within the meaning of Code Section 416(i) at any time during the determination year or look-back year; or (b) for the look-back year, received compensation from the Employer in excess of $80,000 (as adjusted pursuant to Code Section 415(d), except that the base period is the calendar quarter ending September 30, 1996) and was a member of the top-paid group.
The top-paid group consists of the top 20% of Members ranked on the basis of compensation received during the Plan Year. For purposes of determining the number of employees in the top-paid group, Members described in Code Section 414(q)(8) and Q&A 9(b) of Treasury Regulation Section 1.414(q)-1T are excluded. Further, all Affiliates are treated as one employer when applying these rules to determine the Highly Compensated Employees.
For this purpose, the determination year shall be the Plan Year. The look-back year shall be the 12-month period immediately preceding the determination year.
A highly compensated former employee includes any Member 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. A highly compensated former employee is based on the rules applicable to determining highly compensated employee status as in effect for that determination year, in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.414(q)-1T, A-4 and IRS Notice 97-45.
The determination of who is a Highly Compensated Employee, including the determinations of the number and identity of Members in the top-paid group and the compensation that is considered, will be made in accordance with Code Section 414(q) and the regulations thereunder. For purposes of this definition, "compensation" for a determination year or look-back year shall mean the Member's 415 Compensation for such period.
2.1.28 -"HON Stock" means the common stock of HON INDUSTRIES Inc.
2.1.29 -"Hour of Service" by a Member means each hour:
(a) He is paid or entitled to payment by an Affiliate for the performance of duties for an Affiliate;
(b) He is paid or entitled to payment by an Affiliate for reasons such as vacation, holiday, illness, incapacity (including Disability), lay-off, jury duty, military duty or leave of absence for a period of time during which no duties are performed (irrespective of whether the employment relationship has terminated); and
(c) For which back pay (irrespective of mitigation of damages) has either been awarded to the Member or agreed to by an Affiliate and is not otherwise credited herein.
For purposes of crediting Hours of Service under paragraph (b) and paragraph (c) (to the extent that the award for back pay relates to periods of time during which no duties are performed), the following limitations shall apply:
(i) No more than 501 Hours of Service shall be credited for any single continuous period during which the Member performs no duties (whether or not such period occurs in a single computation period);
(ii) No credit shall be given on account of payments 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
(iii) No credit shall be given for payments which solely reimburse a Member for medical or medically related expenses incurred by the Member.
For purposes of paragraphs (a), (b), and (c), a payment shall be deemed to be made by or due from an Affiliate regardless of whether such payment is made by or due from an Affiliate directly or indirectly through, among others, a trust fund or insurer to which an Affiliate contributes or pays premiums, regardless of whether contributions made or due to the trust fund, insurer or other entity are for the benefit of particular Members or are on behalf of a group of Members in the aggregate.
If a Member is not otherwise credited with 1,000 or more Hours of Service in a Plan Year which falls within (partially or entirely) the period described in the following sentence, the Member shall be credited with such number of additional Hours of Service so that the number of Hours of Service in such Plan Year shall be equal to 1,000 provided he is reemployed by an Affiliate at the end of such period. The period referred to in the preceding sentence is the period of service with the Armed Forces of the United States which the Member entered from employment with an Affiliate on account of induction or enlistment, up to and including the earlier of his return to work with an Affiliate or the last day of the period prescribed by law within which said Member can exercise a statutory right to reinstatement (or in the absence of any applicable law, 90 days from his discharge from military service), provided that he do es in fact return to work with an Affiliate within said period.
If a Member's absence from work begins by reason of a maternity or paternity absence described below, the Member shall be deemed credited with the following Hours of Service only for purposes of determining whether the Member has incurred a One-Year Break in Service. The hours deemed to be Hours of Service are those which otherwise would normally have been credited to such Member under this Section, or if those hours may not be determined, eight Hours of Service per each normal work day absent. However, no more than 501 Hours of Service shall be credited for any single continuous period during the Member's maternity or paternity absence. The hours shall be deemed to be Hours of Service in the year in which absence from work begins if a Member would be prevented from incurring a One-Year Break in Service in such year solely because the period of absence is treated as Hours of Service, or in the immediately followin g year, if the Member would not incur a One-Year Break in Service in the year in which the absence begins. For purposes of this paragraph, a maternity or paternity absence means an absence:
(1) by reason of the pregnancy of the Member;
(2) by reason of the birth of a child of the Member;
(3) by reason of the placement of a child with the Member in connection with the adoption of such child by such Member; or
(4) for purposes of caring for such child for a period beginning immediately following such birth or placement.
However, if the Member fails to furnish in a timely fashion to the Employer such information as the Employer may reasonably require to establish that the absence from work is for the maternity or paternity reasons described above, Hours of Service during such period of absence shall not be credited for purposes of determining whether the individual has incurred a One-Year Break in Service described above, and the number of days for which there was such an absence.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, contributions, benefits, and service credit with respect to Qualified Military Service will be provided in accordance with Section 414(u) of the Internal Revenue Code and credit for Hours of Service shall be given to the extent and for the purpose provided by the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
For computing Hours of Service, credit shall be given for service with predecessor entities of an Affiliate or with respect to periods Affiliates were not considered as Affiliates as follows: (1) credit shall be given to the extent required by the provisions of any agreement executed by an Affiliate relating to any acquisition or merger, or in accordance with uniform rules adopted by the Employer; (2) for determining a Participant's eligibility and vesting, credit shall be given for service (prior to being employed by Allied Fireside, Inc.) with Madison Lighting, Ltd., Madison Fire Place, Inc., Minocqua Interiors, Inc., Fireside Corner, Inc. and Moe Allied, Inc. and (3) credit shall be given for service with The Minocqua Fireplace Company, Fireplace & Spa, Inc., American Fireplace Company and Hearth & Home, Inc. Credit for Hours of Service shall also be given with respect to service with all entities which are members of a controlled or commonly controlled group of corporations, trades or businesses, or affiliated service groups (as those terms are referred to Code Sections 414(b), 414(c) and 414(m)) in periods during which Affiliate is a member of such group.
In computing Hours of Service, to the extent not otherwise provided in the Plan, the rules contained in paragraphs (b) and (c) of Regulation Section 2530.200b-2 issued by the Department of Labor shall be applied, and such rules are incorporated herein by reference.
Hours of Service shall be determined by Employer from records determined by it to accurately reflect this information. If Hours of Service are credited to a Member for a period when actual records are not kept or maintained, and for those Members for periods where records of Hours of Service are not maintained, Hours of Service shall be determined on the basis of months worked. A Member shall be credited with one hundred ninety (190) Hours of Service, if under the Plan, such Member would be credited with at least one (1) Hour of Service during such period.
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2.1.30 -"Leased Employee" means a person who performs services for another (the "recipient"), is not a common-law employee of the recipient, and (i) provides such services pursuant to an agreement between the recipient and any other person (the "leasing organization"); (ii) has performed such services for the recipient (or for the recipient and related persons as determined in accordance with Code Section 414(n)(6)) on a substantially full time basis for a period of at least one year; and (iii) performs such services under primary direction or control of the recipient.
2.1.31 -"Limitation Year" means the 12-month period commencing January 1 and ending December 31. If a 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, and the $30,000 limitation otherwise applicable for the Limitation Year under Code Section 415(c)(1)(A) (as it may be adjusted from time to time) shall be reduced for the short Limitation Year which begins on the first day of the last Limitation Year prior to amendment and ends on the day before the first day of the new Limitation Year as amended. The dollar limit shall be reduced by multiplying the dollar limit otherwise applicable by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months in the short Limitation Year and the denominator of which is 12.
2.1.32 -"Matching Contribution" means any Employer contribution or forfeiture for a Plan Year allocated to a Participant's Account by reason of the Participant's Elective Deferrals for the Plan Year.
2.1.33 -"Maximum Permissible Amount" means, for a Limitation Year, with respect to any Participant, the lesser of (1) $30,000 (as adjusted under Code Section 415(d)), or (2) twenty-five percent (25%) of the Participant's 415 Compensation for the Limitation Year. The "25% of 415 Compensation" limitation of this subsection shall not apply to any contribution for medical benefits (within the meaning of Code Section 419A(f)(2)) after separation from service which is otherwise treated as an Annual Addition, or any amount otherwise treated as an Annual Addition under Code Section 415(l)(1).
2.1.34 -"Member" means (a) a person employed as a common-law employee on the payroll of an Employer or an Affiliate, and (b) a Leased Employee, but does not include (c) a dual employee or co-employee or (d) a person during the period that such person was treated by an Employer or an Affiliate as an independent contractor for federal income tax purposes, regardless of whether such person is subsequently reclassified as a common-law employee for such period. For purposes of (c) in the foregoing sentence, a person is considered a dual employee or co-employee if the person performs services for an Employer or an Affiliate but is paid to perform such services by a third party and would not otherwise be considered a Leased Employee. An Employer's or an Affiliate's non-payment of FICA taxes with respect to any person shall be considered to be a determination by the Employer or Affiliate that such person is not a common-law employee regardless of an y subsequent reclassification determined by any agency, court or other authority, unless the Employer or Affiliate voluntarily determines that such classification was in error.
An individual shall be considered to be a Member if such individual is a Leased Employee, but only if (a) leased employees constitute more than twenty percent (20%) of Non-Highly Compensated Employees or (b) the individual is not covered by a qualified money purchase pension plan maintained by the leasing organization providing a nonintegrated employer contribution rate of at least ten percent (10%) and providing for full and immediate vesting. "Member" shall include any individual deemed to be an employee of an Affiliate under regulations issued under Code Section 414(o).
A Member of Hearth & Home Technologies Inc. is referred to in this Plan as an"HTI Member"if the Member's primary place of employment is one of the Employer's facilities in Lakeville, Minnesota; Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; Lake City, Minnesota; or Colville, Washington; or the manufacturing facility in Annapolis Junction, Maryland. Any other Member who is employed by the Employer or a Participating Affiliate is referred to as an"HSI Member."
For purposes of allocating Employer contributions where employment on the last day of the Plan Year is required, an individual shall not be considered to be employed as a Member after services are no longer being provided by the individual, even though the individual may continue to receive unused vacation or sick pay.
2.1.35 -"Non-Highly Compensated Employee" means a Member who is not a Highly Compensated Employee.
2.1.36 -"Normal Retirement Date" means the date on which a Participant attains age 65.
2.1.37 -"One-Year Break in Service" means an applicable Computation Year during which a Member is credited with 500 or fewer Hours of Service with the Employer or an Affiliate.
2.1.38 -"One-Year Period of Severance" means:
(a) With respect to any Member or Participant, any twelve consecutive-month period beginning on his Severance from Service Date and ending on the first anniversary of that date, provided that the Member or Participant does not perform any duties for the Employer or any Affiliate during that period for which he is paid or entitled to payment. A Member or Participant shall not incur a one-year Period of Severance during any period that is included in his Period of Service, as provided in paragraph (c) of subsection 2.1.50.
(b) For the purposes of determining any Participant's nonforfeitable right under the Plan to any portion of his Accounts, if any, earned prior to the date he incurs at least five consecutive One-Year Periods of Severance, the number of whole years in his Period of Service completed after incurring such a Period of Severance shall be disregarded.
(c) For all purposes of the Plan, if a Member or Participant does not have a nonforfeitable right to any portion of his benefit and the number of his consecutive One-Year Periods of Severance equals or exceeds five, then the number of whole years, if any, during his Period of Service completed prior to such Period of Severance shall be disregarded and, upon reemployment, he shall be considered as a new Member.
2.1.39 -"Participant" means a Member who enters the Plan as provided herein. A Member who becomes a Participant shall be considered to be a Participant until the earlier of his death, payment of all benefits from the Plan to him, or forfeiture of all of his benefits under the Plan.
A Participant who is an HTI Member (or was an HTI Member as of the Member's Termination of Employment) is referred to in this Plan as an"HTI Participant" and any other Participant is referred to as an"HSI Participant."
2.1.40 -"Participating Affiliate" means an Affiliate which has adopted the Plan and such adoption is approved by the Employer, provided such Affiliate has not terminated participation or withdrawn from the Plan pursuant to Article 13. As of January 1, 2002, there are no Participating Affiliates.
2.1.41 -"Period of Service" means:
(a) The aggregate of each segment of time, stated as days, which begins on a Member's Employment Commencement Date and ends on the next following Severance from Service Date. If such Member is rehired after a Period of Severance that is not included in his Period of Service under this definition, the Period of Service shall be computed by moving the Employment Commencement Date forward by the number of days in the Period of Severance and counting the number of days from such adjusted Employment Commencement Date as if the Period of Severance did not occur.
(b) With respect to any Member or Participant, Period of Service shall also include the following:
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(i) In the event a Member has a Severance from Service by reason of a quit, discharge or retirement and the Member subsequently performs an Hour of Service for which the Member is paid or entitled to payment, and that Hour of Service is performed within twelve months of the Severance from Service Date, Period of Service shall include the Period of Severance.
(ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (i), in the event a Member has a Severance from Service by reason of a quit, discharge or retirement during an absence from service from the Employer or an Affiliate of twelve months or less (if the absence from service is for a reason other than a quit, discharge or retirement) and subsequently performs an Hour of Service for which the Member is paid or entitled to payment, and that Hour of Service is performed within twelve months of the date the Member was first absent from service from the Employers or an Affiliate (other than the Severance from Service Date), "Period of Service" shall include the period from the date of the quit, discharge or retirement to the first anniversary of the date on which the Member was first absent from service for a reason other than a quit, discharge or retirement.
(iii) Any period during which the Member is on a leave of absence, inclusive of any unpaid leave of absence under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, except that credit shall not be given under this paragraph if it would otherwise be given under any other provision of this Subsection.
(iv) For purposes of determining the number of days in a Period of Service, if a Member or Participant Terminates Employment with the Employer or Affiliates by reason of maternity or paternity leave, the Member or Participant shall be considered to have terminated employment on the first anniversary of the first date of such absence. For purposes of this Plan "maternity or paternity leave" means Termination of Employment or absence from work by reason of the pregnancy of the Member or Participant, the birth of a child of the Member or Participant, the placement of a child with the Member or Participant in connection with the adoption of such child by such Member or Participant, or the caring for such child by such Member or Participant for a period beginning immediately following such birth or placement.
2.1.42 -"Period of Severance" means, with respect to a Member or Participant, the period of time commencing on the Member's Severance from Service Date and ending on the Member's Reemployment Commencement Date.
2.1.43 -"Plan" means the Hearth & Home Technologies Inc. Retirement Plan, the terms and provisions of which are set forth herein, as the same may be amended or restated from time to time. The Plan was formerly known as the Allied Fireside, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan and, in its present form, represents the merger of the Allied Fireside, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, the American Fireplace Company Tax-Sheltered Thrift Plan and Trust, and the Hearth Services Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan.
2.1.44 -"Plan Year" means the 12-month period commencing January 1 and ending December 31.
2.1.45 -"Qualified Domestic Relations Order" means a domestic relations order entered on or after January 1, 1985, which creates or recognizes the existence of an Alternate Payee's right, or assigns to an Alternate Payee the right, to receive all or a portion of the benefits payable with respect to the Participant under the Plan, provided the order clearly specifies certain facts and does not alter the amount or form of benefits. To the extent permitted in a Qualified Domestic Relations Order, an Alternate Payee may elect any of the optional forms of benefit that would be available under the Plan to a terminated Participant.
A domestic relations order means any judgment, decree, or order, including approval of a property settlement agreement, which relates to the provision of child support, alimony payments, or marital property rights to a spouse, former spouse, child, or other dependent of the Participant. The order must be made pursuant to a State domestic relations law.
The order is deemed to clearly specify certain facts only if it specifies:
(a) the name and last known mailing address, if any, of the Participant and the name and mailing address, if any, of each Alternate Payee covered by the order;
(b) the amount or percentage of the Participant's benefits to be paid by the Plan to each such Alternate Payee, or the manner in which such amount or percentage is to be determined;
(c) the number of payments or period to which such order applies; and
(d) each plan to which such order applies.
If the Administrator has reason to know of the Participant's or Alternate Payee's current mailing address independently, an order shall not fail to clearly specify certain facts merely because it does not specify such address.
An order is deemed not to alter the amount or form of benefits only if it:
(i) does not require the Plan to provide any type or form of benefit, or any option, not otherwise provided under the Plan when the order was issued;
(ii) does not require the Plan to provide increased benefits, determined on the basis of actuarial value; and
(iii) does not require the payment of benefits to an Alternate Payee which have been required to be paid to another Alternate Payee under another order previously determined to be a Qualified Domestic Relations Order.
In the case of any payment before a Participant has separated from service, a domestic relations order shall not be treated as failing to meet the requirements of not altering the amount or form of benefits solely because such order requires that payment of benefits be made to an Alternate Payee:
(A) following a reasonable period of time after the Administrator determines that the order is qualified;
(B) as if the Participant had retired on the date on which such payment is to begin under such order (but taking into account only the present value of the benefits actually accrued); and
(C) in any form in which such benefits may be paid under the Plan to the Participant (other than in the form of a joint and survivor annuity for the Alternate Payee and his or her subsequent spouse).
To the extent provided in any Qualified Domestic Relations Order, the former spouse of a Participant shall be treated as a surviving spouse of such Participant for purposes of Section 8.3.
The Administrator shall establish in its discretion reasonable procedures to determine the qualified status of domestic relations orders and to administer distributions under such orders. When an Administrator is in actual receipt of a domestic relations order entered by a court of competent jurisdiction, he shall promptly notify the Participant, and any other Alternate Payee of the receipt of such order and the Plan's procedures for determining the qualified status of such orders. Within a reasonable period after receipt of such order, the Administrator shall determine whether such order is a Qualified Domestic Relations Order and notify the Participant and each Alternate Payee of its determination.
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During any period in which the issue of whether a domestic relations order is a Qualified Domestic Relations Order is being determined by the Administrator, a court of competent jurisdiction, or otherwise, but not prior to the time the Administrator is in actual receipt of a domestic relations order, the Administrator shall separately account for the amounts (the "segregated amounts") which would have been payable to the Alternate Payee during such period if the order had been determined to be a Qualified Domestic Relations Order. Prior to receiving a domestic relations order, the Administrator shall have no duty to suspend a Participant's right to borrow or withdraw any amounts allocated to his or her Account.
If within 18 months after the date payments are due to commence under the order, the order, or a modification thereof, is determined to be a Qualified Domestic Relations Order, the Administrator shall pay the segregated amounts, including any interest thereon, to the person or persons entitled to them. If, within the same 18-month period, it is determined that the order is not a Qualified Domestic Relations Order, or the issue as to whether such order is a Qualified Domestic Relations Order is not resolved, the Administrator shall then pay the segregated amounts, including any interest thereon, to the person or persons who would have been entitled to such amounts if there had been no order. However, if the Administrator is notified that the parties are attempting to cure the defects in the order, the Administrator shall continue to defer payments and maintain a separate account for the amounts until the end of the 18-month period. Any determination that an order is a Qualified Domestic Relations Order which is made after the close of the 18-month period shall be applied prospectively only.
2.1.46 -"Qualified Matching Contribution" means any Matching Contribution allocated to Participants' Accounts for the Plan Year which, at the time of the contribution, satisfies the distribution and nonforfeitability requirements of Code Sections 401(k)(2)(B) and (C).
2.1.47 -"Qualified Military Service" means any service in uniformed services (as defined in chapter 43 of title 38 of the United States Code) by any individual if such individual is entitled to reemployment rights under such chapter with respect to such service.
2.1.48 -"Qualified Non-Elective Contribution" means any Employer contribution (other than a Matching Contribution) allocated to the Account of a Participant for the Plan Year which the Participant may not elect to receive in cash until distributed from the Plan and which, at the time of the contribution, satisfies the distribution and nonforfeitability requirements of Code Sections 401(k)(2)(B) and (C). Contributions made in accordance with Section 4.3 of the Plan shall be Qualified Non-Elective Contributions.
2.1.49 -"Reemployment Commencement Date" means the first date following the Member's Period of Severance (which period is not included as a Period of Service) on which the Member performs duties for the Employer or an Affiliate for which the Member is paid or is entitled to payment.
2.1.50 -"Severance from Service Date" means, with respect to a Member or a Participant, the earlier of:
(a) The date the Member or Participant Terminates Employment with the Employer and all Affiliates by reason of voluntary termination, discharge, death or retirement;
(b) The first anniversary of the beginning of a period during which the Member or Participant remains absent from service with the Employer and all Affiliates, with or without pay, for any reason other than voluntary termination, discharge, death or retirement, such as vacation, holiday, sickness, disability, leave of absence or layoff; provided, however, that in the event a Member is on a leave of absence and the leave of absence terminates after that first anniversary, the applicable date shall be the date the leave of absence terminates; or
(c) The second anniversary of the beginning of a period during which a Member remains absent from service with the Employer and all Affiliates by reason of maternity or paternity leave, as defined in subparagraph 2.1.41(b)(iv) but solely for purposes of determining whether a one-year Period of Severance has occurred. The application of the rules provided in this paragraph relating to absences for maternity and paternity reasons shall be limited as follows: (i) the rules shall apply only for purposes of determining whether a Member has a one-year Period of Severance for eligibility to participate; and (ii) the rules shall not affect the determination as to whether the Member has a one-year Period of Severance for purposes of the Member's Account being credited with contributions; and (iii) if a Member has a leave of absence which terminates after the second anniversary described in this Paragraph, the Member's Severance from Service Date shall be the date the leave of absence terminates instead of the second anniversary date.
(d) Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, contributions, benefits, and service credit with respect to Qualified Military Service will be provided in accordance with Code Section 414(u).
2.1.51 -"Termination of Employment" or"Terminates Employment" means a termination of employment with an Employer and all Affiliates, including:
(a) a resignation or discharge (regardless of whether the Member is on an authorized leave of absence at the time of such resignation or discharge); or
(b) a failure to return to active service with the Employer or an Affiliate at the conclusion of an authorized leave of absence without notice, which shall be deemed to be a Termination of Employment as of the date on which such leave of absence or layoff commenced.
2.1.52 -"Trust" or"Trust Agreement" means the trust agreement or trust agreements with the Trustee which the Employer establishes in connection with the Plan, including any group trust or pooled investment trust to the extent the assets of the group or pooled investment trust are attributable to the Plan.
2.1.53 -"Trustee" means American Express Trust Company, or such other individuals or institution having trust powers which shall accept the appointment to execute the duties of the Trustee as set forth in the Plan and the Trust Agreement.
2.1.54 -"Year of Service" means an applicable Computation Year during which a Member completes at least 1,000 Hours of Service. |
Section 2.2 -Gender and Number. Pronoun references herein shall be deemed to be of any gender relevant to the context, and words used in the singular shall include the plural.
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ARTICLE 3.ELIGIBILITY TO BE A PARTICIPANT
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Section 3.1 -Eligibility to Participate. An individual shall be a Participant in the Plan as of January 1, 2002, if the individual (a) is an HSI Member or an HTI Member on January 1, 2002, and (b) on December 31, 2001, was a participant in (i) the Allied Fireside, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, the American Fireplace Company Tax-Sheltered Thrift Plan and Trust, or the Hearth Services Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan (collectively, the "Merged Plans") or (ii) the HON INDUSTRIES Inc. Profit Sharing Retirement Plan.
Effective January 1, 2002, each HSI Member or HTI Member who was not a Participant in one of the Merged Plans or the HON INDUSTRIES Inc. Profit Sharing Retirement Plan on December 31, 2001, shall be eligible to commence participation in a particular type of contribution under the Plan on the first Entry Date applicable to that contribution type on which the following requirements are satisfied:
(a) The Member has attained age eighteen (18);
(b) The Member is not covered by a collective bargaining agreement to which the Employer or a Participating Affiliate is a party, unless the collective bargaining agreement expressly provides for the application of the provisions of the Plan to a group to which the Member belongs;
(c) The Member is not a nonresident alien who receives no earned income (within the meaning of Code Section 911(d)(2)) from the Employer which constitutes income from sources within the United States (within the meaning of Code Section 861(a)(3));
(d) The Member is not a Leased Employee;
(e) The Member is not a temporary employee. For purposes of this Section 3.1, the term "temporary employee" shall mean a Member who is employed on a basis such that the Member's term of employment is intended to be of limited duration, as determined in accordance with the standard personnel procedures of the Employer or Participating Affiliate;
(f) The Member has satisfied the applicable service requirement with respect to a type of contribution, as follows:
(i) For HTI Members who are scheduled to complete more than 1,000 Hours of Service during a one-year period, the service requirement is a 90-day Period of Service for making Elective Deferrals pursuant to Section 4.1 and After-Tax Contributions pursuant to Section 4.8, and one Year of Service for receiving Qualified Non-Elective Contributions pursuant to Section 4.3.
(ii) For HSI Members who are scheduled to complete more than 1,000 Hours of Service during a one-year period, the service requirement is a 90-day Period of Service for making Elective Deferrals pursuant to Section 4.1, receiving Qualified Matching Contributions pursuant to Section 4.2, and making After-Tax Contributions pursuant to Section 4.8. The service requirement for such Members is one Year of Service for receiving Qualified Non-Elective Contributions pursuant to Section 4.3.
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(iii) For all Members who are not scheduled to complete more than 1,000 Hours of Service during a one-year period, the service requirement is one Year of Service for purposes of all contributions for which the Member is otherwise eligible under Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.8.
Section 3.2 -Subsequent Eligibility. Each Participant shall participate in the Plan for each Plan Year subsequent to the Plan Year he entered the Plan pursuant to Section 3.1, so long as he continues to satisfy the requirements of subsections (b), (c), (d) and (e) of Section 3.1.
Section 3.3 -Reemployment of Participant and Immediate Participation. If a Member satisfied the applicable eligibility requirements of Section 3.1, terminated employment with the Employer or Participating Affiliate, and the Member is reemployed as a member of the eligible class of Members after the Entry Date that was or would have been applicable to the Member, such Member shall become a Participant on the date he is reemployed. A Member who is in a class of Members that is not eligible for the Plan, but would have been entitled to participate in the Plan had he been a member of the eligible class of Members, shall participate in the Plan immediately upon becoming a member of such eligible class or, in the case of Elective Deferrals and Qualified Matching Contributions, as soon thereafter as is administratively feasible.
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ARTICLE 4.CONTRIBUTIONS
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Section 4.1 -Elective Deferrals.
4.1.1 -Elective Deferrals. Subject to the limitations of Sections 4.1.2, 4.5 and 5.1 hereof, the Employer shall contribute to the Plan for each Plan Year an amount equal to the amount deducted and withheld from each Participant's Credited Compensation during such Plan Year as a pre-tax pay reduction contribution pursuant to the Participant's election or deemed election.
4.1.2 -Pay Reduction Election. Each Member who has satisfied the eligibility requirements set forth in Article 3 (or is reasonably expected to and does satisfy the requirements on or prior to the next payroll date) may elect to reduce his Credited Compensation for the Plan Year paid on or after the effective date of the election and have the reduction contributed by the Employer to the Participant's Pre-Tax Contribution Account. Elections shall be made before the payroll date the Participant first chooses to participate in contributions pursuant to this Section, and shall become effective as soon as administratively feasible on or after such date.
In the event that the Fund Committee decides to implement the automatic enrollment provisions of the Plan, the provisions of this paragraph and the following paragraph shall apply to new Participants hired or rehired after the effective date of the Fund Committee's decision. Commencing on the first payroll date a Participant is eligible to make an Elective Deferral (or the first payroll date a reemployed Participant is eligible under Section 3.3), the Participant shall be deemed to have enrolled in the Plan and elected to reduce his or her Credited Compensation and make Elective Deferrals in a percentage determined by the Fund Committee, unless the Participant affirmatively elects otherwise. The Participant must make an affirmative election to change the level of, or stop, Elective Deferrals. A Participant shall be automatically enrolled to make Elective Deferrals under this paragraph only if the Participant has been given an effective opportunity t o elect to receive that amount in cash and has received notice of the right to suspend or change the amount of Elective Deferrals.
The Employer shall notify the Participant, upon becoming eligible, of the terms of the automatic enrollment, and the Participant's rights to change or stop Elective Deferrals, including the procedures and timing for exercising such rights. At least annually, a Participant who is making Elective Deferrals without having affirmatively elected to do so shall receive a notice stating the level of the Elective Deferrals and information about changing or stopping contributions similar to that provided at the time of initial eligibility.
Pay reduction elections shall be further subject to the following rules and limitations:
(1) Amounts - All amounts are to be expressed as whole percentages of Credited Compensation, or in such other manner of uniform application specified by the Employer, but in no event may such amount exceed a percentage determined from time to time for this Plan by the Administrative Committee. Pursuant to the discretion given to it under Subsection 4.5.1 of the Plan, the Administrative Committee may set a separate percentage limitation for Highly Compensated Employees that is lower than the limitation set for other Participants. The limitation or limitations established by the Administrative Committee pursuant to this paragraph shall be deemed to be incorporated into this Plan as if set forth herein.
(2) Changes - A Participant may change the amount to be contributed as of the next practicable payroll period provided reasonable time is given to process the change by giving the Administrator or its agent prior notice. Such notice shall be in a form prescribed by the Administrator specifying the amount to be contributed to his Pre-Tax Contribution Account.
(3) Termination of Pay Reduction Elections - A termination or suspension of pay reduction contributions may occur at any time effective with the next practicable payroll date after such election is made. A Participant shall initiate an election to terminate (or suspend) his pay reduction election by giving to the Administrator or its agent in a form prescribed by the Administrator notice of his or her intent. Effective as soon as administratively feasible, no further pay reduction contributions will be made to the Participant's Pre-Tax Contribution Account until the Participant makes a new pay reduction election, but such termination shall not affect any amounts which have already been allocated to the Participant's Pre-Tax Contribution Account pursuant to Subsection 4.1.4. Any Participant who has so terminated his pay reduction election may enter into a new election effective w ith the next practicable payroll date.
(4) Limitation on Amounts of Reduction - Any pay reduction election shall at all times be subject to the limitations set forth in this Section, in Section 4.5 and in Article 5 hereof. No Participant may elect to defer an amount under this Section that was otherwise payable in cash during the Participant's taxable year which, when combined with all other Deferred Compensation provided by the Employer for the taxable year, would exceed the amount as may be determined for the taxable year under Code Section 402(g). This amount is $11,000 for 2002, and will increase by $1,000 each year thereafter until it reaches $15,000 in 2006. The Employer may disregard any election to make Elective Deferrals to the extent it would result in the contribution of an Excess Deferral Amount. If an Excess Deferral Amount is contributed to the Plan on behalf of any Participant during a taxable yea r, the Excess Deferral Amount (plus any income and minus any loss allocable thereto) may be distributed to the Participant prior to the first April 15 following such taxable year. Any such distribution shall be designated as an Excess Deferral by the Employer or Trustee, as the case may be, and shall be reduced by the amount of any Excess Contributions previously distributed to the Participant from the Plan for the Plan Year beginning with or within such calendar year.
In allocating income or losses to Excess Deferral Amounts, the Employer may use any reasonable method otherwise used by the Plan for allocating gains, earnings and losses to Participants' Accounts generally, provided such method is used consistently for all Participants and for all corrective distributions under the Plan for the Plan Year. Income or losses shall not be allocated for the period between the end of the Participant's taxable year and the date of distribution.
(5) Hardship Withdrawal Penalties - In the event a Participant receives a hardship withdrawal from his Pre-Tax Contribution Account, and relies upon the "deemed necessity standard" in Subsection 8.10.1 by which the distribution is deemed necessary to satisfy a financial need, (a) the Participant's Elective Deferrals under Section 4.1 and after-tax contributions pursuant to Section 4.8 shall be suspended for at least 12 months after receipt of the hardship withdrawal, and (b) the limitation described in Subsection 4.1.2(4) shall be reduced for the Participant's taxable year following the taxable year of the hardship withdrawal in the amount of such Participant's Elective Deferrals for the taxable year of the hardship withdrawal. After the 12-month suspension, a Participant's Elective Deferrals and after-tax contributions shall not resume until the Participant has entered into a n ew election effective with the next practicable payroll date.
In the event that a Participant is also a participant in another plan or arrangement (of the Employer or another plan sponsor) such that the combined Deferred Compensation under this Plan and such other plans or arrangements results in an Excess Deferral Amount for a taxable year of the Participant, the Participant may, not later than March 1 following the close of his taxable year, notify the Administrator in writing of the portion of the Excess Deferral Amount that is to be allocated to this Plan for the preceding calendar year. The Participant's Elective Deferrals under this Plan shall be reduced by the amount of the excess allocated to this Plan (plus any income and minus any loss allocable thereto) and the amount shall be distributed in the same manner as provided in Subsection 4.1.2(4). A Participant is deemed to have notified the Administrator of an Excess Deferral Amount that is allocated to this Plan to the extent the Participant has an Exc ess Deferral Amount for the taxable year calculated by taking into account only Deferred Compensation under the Plan and other plans of the Employer or another Affiliate, and in that event written notice shall not be required under this paragraph.
For purposes of this Article 4, if two or more plans which include arrangements under Code Section 401(k) are considered one plan for purposes of Code Sections 401(a)(4) or 410(b) (other than 410(b)(2)(A)(ii)), the Code Section 401(k) arrangements included in such plans shall be treated as one arrangement for purposes of Code Section 401(k) and 401(m); provided, however, that contributions and allocations under an Employee Stock Ownership Plan, as described in Code Section 4975(e)(7), shall not be combined with the Plan.
All Elective Deferrals shall be deemed to be Employer and not employee contributions.
4.1.3 -Payment. The amount designated by the Participant for contribution to his Pre-Tax Contribution Account shall be reflected in one or more payroll deductions during the Plan Year or such other means as the Employer shall prescribe under rules of uniform application. The Participant's contributions so collected shall be remitted to the Trustee as soon as reasonably practical, but in no event later than the time prescribed by applicable law.
4.1.4 -Allocation to Account. The amount contributed for a Participant shall be allocated to the Participant's Pre-Tax Contribution Account maintained under the Plan as of the date during the Plan Year on which the amount is deducted and withheld from the Participant's Credited Compensation but for purposes of allocating income or losses under Article 6 shall be credited as of the date received by the Trustee.
Section 4.2 -HSI Matching Contributions.
4.2.1 -Amount. The Employer will make Qualified Matching Contributions to the Trustee on behalf of all HSI Participants making pay reduction contributions pursuant to Section 4.1. The amount of Qualified Matching Contributions made on behalf of an HSI Participant for a Plan Year shall be 50 percent of the Elective Deferrals made by the HSI Participant during the Plan Year. However, the Employer shall not match Elective Deferrals in excess of 5 percent of an HSI Participant's Credited Compensation. |
4.3.1 -Method of Determining Qualified Non-Elective Contributions.
(a) HTI Company Ownership Contribution.
For each Plan Year, the Employer will contribute, on behalf of HTI Participants who are eligible to receive an allocation under Subsection 4.3.3, a contribution of HON Stock equal to 2% of each such HTI Participant's Credited Compensation.
(b) HTI Retirement Contribution.
For each Plan Year, the Employer will contribute, on behalf of HTI Participants who are eligible to receive an allocation under Subsection 4.3.3, a cash contribution equal to 2.5% of each such HTI Participant's Credited Compensation.
(c) HSI Company Ownership Contribution.
For each Plan Year, the Employer will contribute, on behalf of HSI Participants who are eligible to receive an allocation under Subsection 4.3.3, a contribution of HON Stock equal to 1% of each such HSI Participant's Credited Compensation.
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The Employer may make additional contributions pursuant to this Section to the Trustee in such amount as the Employer may determine for the Plan Year. The Employer may determine different contribution rates (as a percentage of Credited Compensation) for HTI Participants and HSI Participants, provided that the contributions do not cause the Plan to violate the nondiscrimination requirements of Code Section 401(a)(4).
If the Employer elects to make contributions pursuant to this Subsection 4.3.1, the amount of the contribution together with other Annual Additions for the Limitation Year shall not exceed the maximum contribution permitted under Article 5.
4.3.2 -Payment. Employer contributions made pursuant to this Section generally may be made at any time during the Plan Year or within the time following the close of the Plan Year which is prescribed by law for the filing of the Employer's Federal income tax return for such Plan Year (including extensions thereof) and in no event later than the end of the 12-month period immediately following the Plan Year.
With respect to the 2% and 1% HON Stock contributions described in Subsection 4.3.1(a) and (b), the number of shares allocated to a Participant will be determined by using the closing fair market value of HON Stock determined as of the last business day of the Plan Year. Alternatively, the Employer may contribute some or all of this amount in the form of cash with a direction to the Trustee to purchase HON Stock on the New York Stock Exchange.
4.3.3 -Allocation. Any contribution to be made by the Employer on behalf of HTI Participants or HSI Participants pursuant to this Section 4.3 for a Plan Year shall be allocated among the members of the applicable group of Participants who are employed on the last day of the Plan Year, in the proportion that the Credited Compensation paid by the Employer for such Plan Year for each such Participant bears to the Credited Compensation paid by the Employer for such Plan Year for all such Participants in that group. Participants shall also be included in the allocation of contributions for their Participant group if they terminated employment during the Plan Year after reaching age 55 or due to death or Disability. Contributions made pursuant to this section are not eligible for Matching Contributions. Contributions made on behalf of each Participant pursuant to Subsection 4.3.1(a) and (c) shall be allocated to the Participant's Company Ow nership Account; contributions pursuant to Subsection 4.3.1(b) shall be allocated to the Participant's Retirement Contribution Account; and discretionary contributions pursuant to Subsection 4.3.1(d) shall be allocated to the Participant's Profit Sharing Contribution Account.
If application of the allocation eligibility rules for Employer non-elective contributions under this Section 4.3 would cause the Plan to fail to satisfy Code Section 410(b) with respect to those contributions then, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, additional contributions, which shall be treated as discretionary contributions under Subsection 4.3.1(d), shall be allocated on behalf of one or more additional Participants as provided in this paragraph or by resolution of the Employer. Unless provided otherwise by resolution, the additional allocation shall be made to one or more Participants who have completed more than 500 Hours of Service during the Plan Year, regardless of whether they are employed on the last day of the Plan Year, beginning with the Participants in the HTI Participant group or the HSI Participant group (as determined by the Employer) with the lowest Credited Compensation. Allocations shall continue to such Particip ants in ascending order of Credited Compensation until such Code provisions are satisfied or, if earlier, all Participants in this group have received an allocation. If the foregoing allocation rule would still cause the Plan to fail to satisfy Code Section 410(b) with respect to those contributions, the group of Participants eligible to receive an allocation shall be expanded in a similar manner to include one or more Participants who are employed on the last day of the Plan Year, but who have not completed more than 500 Hours of Service during the Plan Year, beginning with the Participants with the lowest Credited Compensation.
Section 4.4 -Dividends. Any dividends received with respect to HON Stock allocated to a Participant's Account shall be allocated and credited to such Account. The portion of such dividends to be so allocated and credited to each such Account shall be determined on the basis of the number of share units of HON Stock held in such Participant's Account as compared to the total number of share units held in all Participants' Accounts. Any cash dividends allocated and credited to such Participant's Accounts shall be transferred to the Trustee for investment in a separate fund pursuant to Article 7.
Section 4.5 -Employer Directed Reduction of Contributions.
4.5.1 -General. The Plan must meet the nondiscrimination tests set forth in Code Sections 401(k)(3) and 401(m)(2). In the event the Administrative Committee determines there is a reasonable probability that either of these nondiscrimination tests will not be satisfied for a Plan Year, the Administrative Committee shall have the right to reduce (to zero if necessary) further contributions on behalf of persons who are reasonably expected to be Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year being tested for discrimination. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.5 to the contrary, the Employer may, in its discretion, meet the nondiscrimination tests of Code Sections 401(k)(3) and 401(m)(2) and the coverage test of Code Section 410(b) by treating a plan benefiting otherwise excludable employees as two separate plans as permitted under Treasury Regulation Sections 1.410(b)-6(b)(3) and 1.410(b)-7(c)(3) or other regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Contributions will be reduced only to the extent necessary, in the judgment of the Administrative Committee, to comply with the nondiscrimination tests. The Administrative Committee shall first disallow or restrict future contributions on behalf of Highly Compensated Employees. If that is not sufficient, then Excess Contributions or Excess Aggregate Contributions, as the case may be, shall be distributed (to the extent attributable to Elective Deferrals, After-Tax Contributions or Qualified Matching Contributions, if any) to Highly Compensated Employees on the basis of the excess amounts attributable to them as set forth below. Determination of the amount of Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be made after first determining the aggregate amount of any Excess Contributions. Excess Aggregate Contributions (to the extent attributable to nonvested Matching Contributions) shall be forfeited on the same basis. Excess Contributions or Excess Aggregate Co ntributions shall be reduced by deducting such amounts from the accounts of the Highly Compensated Employees with the largest amounts of contributions taken into account in calculating the Code Sections 401(k)(3) or 401(m)(2) test for the year in which the excess arose, beginning with the Highly Compensated Employee with the largest amount of such contributions and continuing in descending order until all the Excess Contributions or Excess Aggregate Contributions have been reduced. For purposes of the preceding sentence, this "largest amount" is determined after distribution of any Excess Contributions or Excess Aggregate Contributions.
The amount designated by a Highly Compensated Employee to be paid to his Pre-Tax Contribution Account but which is subject to reduction (plus any income and minus any loss attributable thereto) shall be designated as an Excess Contribution and paid by the Trustee or the Employer, as the case may be, to the Member as soon as practicable. Any such distribution with respect to a Member for a Plan Year shall be reduced by the amount of any Excess Deferrals previously distributed to such Member for the Member's taxable year ending with or within the Plan Year in which the Excess Contribution arose. In allocating income or losses to Excess Contributions, the Employer may use any reasonable method otherwise used by the Plan for allocating gains, earnings and losses to Participants' Accounts generally, provided such method is used consistently for all Participants and for all corrective distributions under the Plan for the Plan Year. Income or losses shall not be allocated for the period between the end of the Plan Year and the date of distribution.
The amount of any Matching Contribution (and any amount treated as a Matching Contribution pursuant to Subsection 4.5.3) that is subject to reduction (plus any income and minus any loss allocable thereto) shall be designated as an Excess Aggregate Contribution and either paid by the Trustee or the Employer, as the case may be, to the Member as soon as practicable, if the amount is nonforfeitable or, if forfeitable, the amount shall be forfeited and applied in accordance with Section 6.4. In allocating income or losses to Excess Aggregate Contributions, the Employer may use any reasonable method otherwise used by the Plan for allocating gains, earnings and losses to Participants' Accounts generally, provided such method is used consistently for all Participants and for all corrective distributions under the Plan for the Plan Year. Income or losses shall not be allocated for the period between the end of the Plan Year and the date of distribution. |
The Employer will use its best efforts to distribute Excess Contributions and Excess Aggregate Contributions (plus any income or minus any loss thereon), or, if forfeitable, to cause a forfeiture of such amounts (plus any income and minus any loss thereon), no later than 21/2 months after the end of the Plan Year of the deferral or contribution, and in no event shall the distribution or forfeiture occur later than 12 months after the end of the Plan Year of the deferral or contribution. A distribution of Excess Contributions or Excess Aggregate Contributions must be made after the Plan Year in which the excess amounts were contributed. Distributions pursuant to this Section may be made without the consent of the Participant or the Participant's spouse. The Employer will also use its best efforts to determine and contribute to this Plan the maximum amount permitted under the rules of Code Sections 401(k) and 401(m); however, no liability to the Em ployer or to its agents shall result from the Members' loss of any deferral of taxation for federal or state income purposes nor for interest on any amounts subject to pay reduction elections.
The Employer may apply the mathematical nondiscrimination tests and determine the extent of the reduction as of any dates during the Plan Year, based on the then available facts and any reasonable projections. The ratios and average percentages used in the mathematical nondiscrimination tests shall be calculated to the nearest one-hundredth of one percent of the Member's 414(s) Compensation.
The Employer may adopt such guidelines as it deems reasonable and equitable to restrict the deferral elections of Highly Compensated Employees during Plan Years in which Elective Deferrals must be reduced under this Section.
If the Employer has previously determined that a reduction of contributions for the Plan Year is necessary, a Highly Compensated Employee who becomes eligible to participate after the first day of the Plan Year may not designate or contribute an amount to his Pre-Tax Contribution Account greater than the projected average percentage for Highly Compensated Employees, as determined by the Employer at that time, after giving effect to the mandated reduction.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.5 to the contrary, contributions and allocations under an Employee Stock Ownership Plan, as described in Code Section 4975(e)(7), shall not be combined with the Plan.
4.5.2 -Actual Deferral Percentage Test.
(a) Prior Year Testing:
The Actual Deferral Percentage (hereinafter "ADP") for a Plan Year for Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees for each Plan Year, and the prior year's ADP for Participants who were Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the prior Plan Year, must satisfy one of the following tests:
(1) The ADP for a Plan Year for Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year shall not exceed the prior Plan Year's ADP for Participants who were Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the prior Plan Year multiplied by 1.25; or
(2) The ADP for a Plan Year for Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year shall not exceed the prior year's ADP for Participants who were Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the prior Plan Year multiplied by 2.0, provided that the ADP for Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees does not exceed the ADP for Participants who were Non-Highly Compensated Employees in the prior Plan Year by more than two (2) percentage points.
(b) Special Rules:
(1) A Participant is a Highly Compensated Employee for a particular Plan Year if he or she meets the definition of a Highly Compensated Employee in effect for that Plan Year. Similarly, a Participant is a Non-Highly Compensated Employee for a particular Plan Year if he or she does not meet the definition of a Highly Compensated Employee in effect for that Plan Year.
(2) The ADP for any Participant who is a Highly Compensated Employee for the Plan Year and who is eligible to have Elective Deferrals (and Qualified Non-Elective Contributions or Qualified Matching Contributions, or both, if treated as Elective Deferrals for purposes of the ADP test) allocated to his or her accounts under two or more arrangements described in Code Section 401(k), that are maintained by the Employer, shall be determined as if such Elective Deferrals (and, if applicable, such Qualified Non-Elective Contributions or Qualified Matching Contributions, or both) 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. No twithstanding the foregoing, certain plans shall be treated as separate if mandatorily disaggregated under regulations under Code Section 401(k).
(3) The Employer may elect to aggregate this Plan with one or more other plans under Code Section 401(k) sponsored by an Affiliate, in which case this Section shall be applied by determining the ADP as if all such plans were a single plan. Any adjustments to the Non-Highly Compensated Employee ADP for the prior year will be made in accordance with IRS Notice 98-1 and any superseding guidance. Plans may be aggregated in order to satisfy Code Section 401(k) only if they have the same Plan Year and use the same ADP Testing Method.
(4) For purposes of determining the ADP test, Elective Deferrals, Qualified Non-Elective Contributions and Qualified Matching Contributions must be made before the end of the 12-month period immediately following the Plan Year to which the contributions relate.
(5) The Employer shall maintain records sufficient to demonstrate satisfaction of the ADP test and the amount of Qualified Non-Elective Contributions or Qualified Matching Contributions, or both, used in such test.
(c) Definition:
"Actual Deferral Percentage" or "ADP" shall mean, for a specified group of Participants for a Plan Year, the average of the ratios (calculated separately for each Participant in such group) of the amount of the contributions actually paid over to the trust on behalf of such Participant for the Plan Year to the Participant's 414(s) Compensation for the portion of the Plan Year during which the Member is eligible to make Elective Deferrals (without regard to any suspension resulting from a hardship withdrawal). For this purpose, contributions on behalf of any Participant shall include: (i) any Elective Deferrals made pursuant to the Participant's deferral election (including Excess Elective Deferrals of Highly Compensated Employees), but excluding (A) Excess Elective Deferrals of Non-Highly Compensated Employees that arise solely from Elective Deferrals made under the plan or plans of this Employer and (B) El ective Deferrals that are taken into account in the Actual Contribution Percentage test (provided the ADP test is satisfied both with and without exclusion of these Elective Deferrals); and (ii) at the election of the Employer, Qualified Non-Elective Contributions and Qualified Matching Contributions. For purposes of computing Actual Deferral Percentages, an employee who would be a Participant but for the failure to make Elective Deferrals shall be treated as a Participant on whose behalf no Elective Deferrals are made.
(d) Use of Qualified Non-Elective Contributions and Qualified Matching Contributions in ADP Test:
At the Employer's election, all or part of any Qualified Non-Elective Contributions and Qualified Matching Contributions made under the Plan or any other qualified plan maintained by the Employer with respect to those Members who are eligible to participate in the Plan may be treated as Elective Deferrals for purposes of the ADP test provided the following requirements (to the extent applicable) are satisfied:
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(1) The Non-Elective contributions, including those Qualified Non-Elective Contributions treated as Elective Deferrals for purposes of the ADP test, satisfy the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(4).
(2) The Non-Elective contributions, excluding those Qualified Non-Elective Contributions treated as Elective Deferrals for purposes of the ADP test and excluding those Qualified Non-Elective Contributions treated as Matching Contributions for purposes of the average contribution percentage test under Subsection 4.5.2, satisfy the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(4).
(3) The Matching Contributions and Qualified Matching Contributions satisfy the requirements of Code Section 401(m). Those Qualified Non-Elective Contributions and Qualified Matching Contributions treated as Elective Deferrals for purposes of the ADP test shall be disregarded in making this determination.
(4) Except as provided in paragraphs (1) and (3), the Qualified Non-Elective Contributions and Qualified Matching Contributions treated as Elective Deferrals for purposes of the ADP test are not taken into account in determining whether any other contributions or benefits satisfy the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(4) and are not taken into account in determining whether the Plan satisfies the average contribution percentage test under Subsection 4.5.2.
(5) Qualified Non-Elective Contributions may not be treated as Elective Deferrals if the effect is to increase the difference between the ADP for the group of eligible Highly Compensated Employees and the ADP for the group of eligible Non-Highly Compensated Employees.
(6) The Qualified Non-Elective Contributions and Qualified Matching Contributions are allocated to Members as of a date within the Plan Year within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 1.401(k)-1(b)(6)(i).
(7) The Qualified Non-Elective Contributions and Qualified Matching Contributions made to any other qualified plan may be used by the Plan to meet the ADP test of Code Section 401(k) only if the plan year of such other plan is the same as the Plan Year.
4.5.3 -Average Contribution Percentage Test.
(a) Prior Year Testing:
The Average Contribution Percentage ("ACP") for a Plan Year for Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees for each Plan Year and the prior year's ACP for Participants who were Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the prior Plan Year must satisfy one of the following tests:
(1) The ACP for a Plan Year for Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year shall not exceed the prior year's ACP for Participants who were Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the prior Plan Year multiplied by 1.25; or
(2) The ACP for a Plan Year for Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees for the Plan Year shall not exceed the prior year's ACP for Participants who were Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the prior Plan Year multiplied by 2, provided that the ACP for Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees does not exceed the ACP for Participants who were Non-Highly Compensated Employees in the prior Plan Year by more than 2 percentage points.
(b) Special Rules:
(1) A Participant is a Highly Compensated Employee for a particular Plan Year if he or she meets the definition of a Highly Compensated Employee in effect for that Plan Year. Similarly, a Participant is a Non-Highly Compensated Employee for a particular Plan Year if he or she does not meet the definition of a Highly Compensated Employee in effect for that Plan Year.
(2) For purposes of this section, the Contribution Percentage for any Participant who is a Highly Compensated Employee and who is eligible to have Contribution Percentage Amounts allocated to his or her account under two or more plans to which Code Section 401(m) applies shall be determined as if the total of such Contribution Percentage Amounts was made under each plan. If a Highly Compensated Employee participates in two or more plans subject to Code Section 401(m) that have different plan years, all such plans 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(m).
(3) The Employer may elect to aggregate this Plan with one or more other plans under Code Section 401(m), in which case this Section shall be applied by determining the ACP as if all such plans were a single plan. Any adjustments to the Non-Highly Compensated Employee ACP for the prior year will be made in accordance with IRS Notice 98-1 and any superseding guidance. Plans may be aggregated in order to satisfy Code Section 401(m) only if they have the same Plan Year and use the same ACP testing method.
(4) For purposes of determining the Contribution Percentage test, After-Tax Contributions, Matching Contributions and Qualified Non-Elective Contributions will be considered made for a Plan Year if made no later than the end of the twelve-month period beginning on the day after the close of the Plan Year.
(5) The Employer shall maintain records sufficient to demonstrate satisfaction of the ACP test and the amount of Qualified Non-Elective Contributions or Matching Contributions, or both, used in such test.
(c) Definitions:
(1) "Aggregate Limit" shall mean the sum of (i) 125 percent of the greater of the ADP of the Non-Highly Compensated Employees for the prior Plan Year or the ACP of Non-Highly Compensated Employees under the Plan subject to Code Section 401(m) for the Plan Year beginning with or within the prior Plan Year of the cash or deferred arrangement and (ii) the lesser of 200% or two percentage points plus the lesser of such ADP or ACP. "Lesser" is substituted for "greater" in "(i)", above, and "greater" is substituted for "lesser" after "two plus the" in "(ii)" if it would result in a larger Aggregate Limit.
(2) "Average Contribution Percentage" or "ACP" shall mean the average of the Contribution Percentages of the Eligible Participants in a group.
(3) "Contribution Percentage" shall mean the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of the Participant's Contribution Percentage Amounts to the Participant's 414(s) Compensation for the Plan Year (whether or not the Member was a Participant for the entire Plan Year).
(4) "Contribution Percentage Amounts" shall mean the sum of the Matching Contributions, After-Tax Contributions and Qualified Matching Contributions (to the extent not taken into account for purposes of the ADP test) made under the Plan on behalf of the Participant for the Plan Year. Such Contribution Percentage Amounts shall not include Matching 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. The Employer may include Qualified Non-Elective Contributions in the Contribution Percentage. The Employer also may elect to use Elective Deferrals in the Contribution Percentage Amounts so long as the ADP test is met before the Elective Deferrals are used in the ACP test and continues to be met following t he exclusion of those Elective Deferrals that are used to meet the ACP test.
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(5) "Eligible Participant" shall mean any Member who is eligible to make an Elective Deferral or After-Tax Contribution (if the Employer takes such contributions into account in the calculation of the Contribution Percentage), or to receive a Matching Contribution (including forfeitures) or a Qualified Matching Contribution.
(6) "Matching Contribution" shall mean an employer contribution made to this or any other defined contribution plan on behalf of a Participant on account of an employee contribution made by such Participant, or on account of a Participant's Elective Deferral, under a plan maintained by the Employer.
(d) Use of Elective Deferrals and Qualified Non-Elective Contributions in ACP Test:
At the Employer's election, all or part of Elective Deferrals and Qualified Non-Elective Contributions made under this Plan or any other qualified plan maintained by the Employer with respect to those Members who are eligible to participate in the Plan may be treated as Matching Contributions for purposes of the ACP test provided the following requirements (to the extent applicable) are satisfied:
(1) The Non-Elective contributions, including those Qualified Non-Elective Contributions treated as Matching Contributions for purposes of the ACP test, satisfy the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(4).
(2) The Non-Elective contributions, excluding those Qualified Non-Elective Contributions treated as Matching Contributions for purposes of the ACP test and those Qualified Non-Elective Contributions treated as Elective Deferrals for purposes of the ADP test satisfy the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(4).
(3) The Elective Deferrals, including such contributions treated as Matching Contributions for purposes of the ACP test, satisfy the requirements of Code Section 401(k)(3).
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Section 4.6 -Rollover Contributions and Transfers from Qualified Plans.
4.6.1 -Trustee Authorized to Accept Rollover Contributions. With the consent of the Employer, the Trustee shall accept rollover contributions described in this Subsection 4.6.1 from any individual who has become an HSI Member or an HTI Member (whether or not eligible to otherwise participate in the Plan), if the contribution consists of all or any portion of a distribution from an employees' trust described in Code Section 401(a) and exempt from taxation under Code Section 501(a) and the contribution is transferred to the Trustee on or before the 60th day following receipt of the distribution. The Member must have received the distribution due to his status either as a participant in the plan associated with such trust or as an alternate payee entitled to benefits from such trust, and not as a surviving spouse or other beneficiary of a participant.
The distribution may be rolled over into this Plan only if the distribution is a single payment of the Member's entire interest in the trust, or if it is a partial distribution that is not part of a series of equal (or almost equal) payments that are made at least annually for the Member's lifetime or life expectancy, for the lives of the Member and his beneficiary or their life expectancies, or for a period of ten years or more. No distribution may be rolled over, however, to the extent it consists of a required minimum distribution under Code Section 401(a)(9).
In addition, with the consent of the Employer, the Trustee shall accept any rollover contribution, regardless when it is made, that constitutes a qualifying rollover contribution under Code Section 408(d). Generally, this requires that the contribution consist only of the entire amount (including cash and other property) from an individual retirement account described in Code Section 408(a), or the entire value of an individual retirement annuity described in Code Section 408(d), and no other amounts, and no amount in said account and no part of the value of said annuity is attributable to any source other than a rollover contribution as defined in Code Section 402(c)(5) consisting of a distribution from an employees' trust described in Code Section 401(a), which is exempt from taxation under Code Section 501(a) or an annuity plan described in Code Section 403(a), and any earnings on such sum, and further that the transfer to the Trustee occurs on o r before the 60th day following receipt by the Member of the amount from said account or said annuity. However, a rollover contribution attributable to a distribution from such an employees' trust before January 1, 1993, will be considered a qualifying rollover contribution subject to this Subsection 4.5.1 only if (a) such rollover contribution consists of a qualifying total distribution as defined in Code Section 402(a)(5)(E)(i) (as in effect on December 31, 1992); and (b) such rollover contribution does not consist of the amount distributed under a qualified domestic relations order to a spouse or former spouse as alternate payee.
Accumulated deductible employee contributions within the meaning of Code Section 72(o)(5) may not be rolled over to this Plan.
The Trustee and the Employer may require the Member to provide evidence satisfactory to them that the foregoing conditions have been satisfied. In the event that a contribution (or any portion) purported to be rollover contribution does not qualify as a rollover contribution, the contribution (or the non-qualifying portion) will be returned to the Member. Rollover contributions shall be allocated to the Participant's Rollover Account and a separate Rollover Account may be established for each separate rollover.
4.6.2 -Direct Rollovers and Direct Transfers. The Trustee may accept, with the express approval of the Employer, a direct rollover or transfer of funds to an individual's Rollover Account hereunder from the trustee or insurer with respect to any amount to be distributed from an employees' trust described in Code Section 401(a), which is exempt from taxation under Code Section 501(a), or from the trustee or custodian of an account or annuity described in Code Section 408. However, a direct rollover may be accepted by the Trustee only if the assets to be transferred could otherwise be rolled over pursuant to Subsection 4.5.1. Also, transfers may be permitted of any assets held in an employee's trust described in Code Section 401(a) and exempt from taxation under Code Section 501(a), including transfers on behalf of an alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order. If the Employer consents, property in the form of a note rep resenting a Participant loan may be transferred (but not directly rolled over) to this Plan, and shall be considered as a loan under this Plan. No direct transfer or direct rollover may be made if in the opinion of the Employer such a transfer or rollover will adversely affect the exempt status of the Trust under Code Section 501(a). As a condition of the transfer, the Employer may require the Member to provide such information as it may determine to be relevant.
4.6.3 -Effect on Participation in the Plan. Direct transfers and direct rollovers may be made without regard to whether a Member has become a Participant pursuant to Article 3, but nothing herein shall alter the requirements to become a Participant under Article 3.
Section 4.7 -Make-up Contributions for Omitted Participants. If, after the Employer's contribution pursuant to Section 4.2 or 4.3 has been made and allocated, it should appear that, through oversight or a mistake of fact or law, a Participant (or a Member who should have been considered a Participant) who should have been entitled to share in such contribution received no allocation or received an allocation which was less than he should have received, the Employer may, at its election and in lieu of reallocating the prior contributions, make a special make-up contribution for the Account of such Participant in an amount adequate to provide for him the same percentage of his Credited Compensation as if the oversight or mistake had not been made. Contributions pursuant to this Section 4.7 shall be allocated to a Participant's Account in accordance with the requirements of this Article that relate to the type of contribution to which th e make-up contribution relates.
Section 4.8 -After-Tax Member Contributions. Subject to the limitations of Sections 4.5 and 5.1 hereof, the Employer shall contribute to the Plan for each Plan Year an amount equal to the amount deducted and withheld from each Participant's Credited Compensation during such Plan Year as an After-Tax Contribution pursuant to the Participant's election. Under this Section 4.8, each Participant may elect to contribute a percentage of his Credited Compensation equal to the difference between twenty percent (20%) and the percentage contributed as an Elective Deferral. No Participant shall be required to make a contribution pursuant to this Section. Contributions made pursuant to this section are not eligible for Matching Contributions.
An election to make a contribution under this Section shall be made by a written, telephonic or electronic authorization, as prescribed by the Administrative Committee, including an authorization of payroll deductions, and shall become effective on a date determined under the rules of the Administrative Committee. Changes in the rate of contributions may be made pursuant to rules and regulations prescribed by the Administrative Committee. After-Tax Contributions made by a Participant shall be credited to the Participant's After-Tax Contribution Account as they are received by the Trustees and reported by the Administrative Committee, but not later than the last day of the Plan Year for which they are made.
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ARTICLE 5.RESTRICTIONS ON ANNUAL ADDITIONS
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Section 5.1 -General Restrictions. Annual Additions under the Plan shall be subject to the rules of this Article 5. The provisions of this Article are subject to any additional limitations in other sections of the Plan. The restrictions contained in this Article apply to qualified plans and only such plans maintained by Affiliates, whether or not such plans have previously been terminated.
Section 5.2 -Maximum Permissible Amount. Annual Additions that would be allocated to Accounts of a person under this Plan and under any other plan as of an Accounting Date within a Limitation Year in excess of the remaining Maximum Permissible Amount (based on 415 Compensation up to such Accounting Date) shall be reduced to the extent of any such excess. The remaining Maximum Permissible Amount is determined by subtracting from the Maximum Permissible Amount for the Limitation Year the allocations of Annual Additions to such person's accounts under defined contribution plans or welfare benefit plans, as defined in Code Section 419(e), as of Accounting Dates preceding the current Accounting Date which are within the Limitation Year. Annual Additions attributable to a welfare benefit fund will be deemed to have been allocated prior to any defined contribution plan allocations regardless of the actual Accounting Date. Prior to determinin g the Participant's actual 415 Compensation for the Limitation Year, the Employer may determine the Maximum Permissible Amount for a Participant on the basis of a reasonable estimation of the Participant's 415 Compensation for the Limitation Year, uniformly determined for all Participants similarly situated. As soon as administratively feasible after the end of the Limitation Year, the Maximum Permissible Amount for the Limitation Year will be determined on the basis of the Participant's actual 415 Compensation for the Limitation Year.
Section 5.3 -Differing Accounting Dates. If the Accounting Date under this Plan does not coincide with an Accounting Date under any other defined contribution plan or welfare benefit fund of an Affiliate to which allocations are made, the reduction of the Annual Additions mandated by Section 5.2 shall be accomplished by reducing the allocation of Annual Additions to the Accounts of said person under this Plan. Any such reduction shall be effected by reducing the person's contributions (to the extent included in Annual Additions) made as of a date within the Limitation Year in the following order: after-tax contributions, unmatched Elective Deferrals, matched Elective Deferrals (together with the corresponding Qualified Matching Contributions), Employer contributions other than Elective Deferrals and Qualified Matching Contributions, forfeitures, and finally from any contributions to a welfare benefit fund (as defined in Code Section 4 19(e)) of an Affiliate. If contributions or forfeitures for more than one Affiliate are present, any reduction of such amount shall be made proportionately.
Section 5.4 -Coincidental Accounting Dates. If an Accounting Date of the Plan coincides with an Accounting Date of any other defined contribution plan or welfare benefit fund of an Affiliate on which allocations are made, the reduction of Annual Additions mandated by Section 5.2 shall be accomplished by reducing the allocation of Annual Additions to the accounts of said person under said plans and funds as follows:
(a) If all of said other plans and funds contain a provision substantially similar to this Article 5, then the reduction shall first be accomplished by reducing a person's after-tax contributions (to the extent included in Annual Additions) made at any time within the Limitation Year, unmatched Elective Deferrals, matched Elective Deferrals (together with the corresponding Qualified Matching Contributions), Employer contributions other than Elective Deferrals and Matching Contributions, forfeitures, and finally from any contributions to a welfare benefit fund (as defined in Code Section 419(e)) of an Affiliate. If contributions or forfeitures for more than one Affiliate are present, any reduction of such amounts shall be made proportionately. If there are contributions of the same priority category present in more than one plan or fund, contributions in the highest priority category sh all be reduced to zero before any reduction shall be made in a lower priority category. The amount of the reduction in each priority category as of said Accounting Date shall be proportionate as to each priority category for the Plans having amounts in such priority category. This paragraph shall be applied to all categories until the required reduction has been effected.
(b) If one or more of the other defined contribution plans having an Accounting Date coinciding with the Accounting Date under this Plan do not have a provision similar to this Article 5, the provisions of Section 5.2 shall be applied to this Plan after giving effect to the rules governing the allocation of Annual Additions of such other plans.
Section 5.5 -Effect of Reduction. If, as a result of the preceding paragraphs of this Article 5, the allocation of Annual Additions under this Plan is reduced, such reduction shall be treated as follows:
(a) The amount of such reduction consisting of the person's Elective Deferral shall be paid to such person as soon as administratively feasible.
(b) The amount of such reduction consisting of Employer contributions (other than Elective Deferrals) shall be allocated to a suspense account for the Employer and held therein until the next succeeding date on which Employer contributions could be applied under this Plan. Any amounts in the suspense account shall be allocated as soon as practicable in accordance with Subsection 4.3.3, provided, however, that in no event shall any such amount be allocated to the Account of a Highly Compensated Employee whose contributions are reduced pursuant to Section 4.5. In the event of termination of the Plan, the suspense account shall revert to the Employer or Participating Affiliate that made the contributions to the extent it may not then be allocated to any person pursuant to the terms of the Plan relating to allocation of Employer contributions.
Section 5.6 -Limiting Contributions to Suspense Account. The Employer shall not contribute any amount that would cause an allocation to the suspense account under this Article as of the date the contribution is allocated. If the contribution is made prior to the date as of which it is to be allocated, then such contribution shall not exceed an amount that would cause an allocation to such suspense account if the date of contribution were the date of allocation. The suspense account shall not participate in the allocation of investment gains or losses.
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ARTICLE 6.PERIODIC ADJUSTMENT OF ACCOUNTS AND FORFEITURES
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Section 6.1 -Daily Processing. As of each Accounting Date, the Accounts of each Participant and Beneficiary shall be revalued in accordance with this Section 6.1. The Administrative Committee or its Administrative Delegate shall, following the end of each Accounting Date, allocate net gains or losses and process additions to and withdrawals from Participant Accounts in the following manner:
(a) The Trustee shall first compute and/or obtain from an internal or external pricing service the fair market value of each investment fund designated by the Fund Committee for direction of investment by the Participants of this Plan. Each Account invested in each of the investment funds shall be adjusted each Accounting Date by applying the closing market price of the investment fund on the current business day to the share unit balance of each Account invested in the investment fund as of the close of business on the current business day.
(b) The Trustee shall then account for any requests for additions, withdrawals or loans made to or from a specific designated investment fund by any Participant, including allocations of contributions and loan repayments. Contributions received by the Trustee shall be allocated to Participant Accounts as soon as administratively practicable following the date such contribution was received by the Trustee. No contribution under this Plan shall be taken into account until the Accounting Date coinciding with or next following the Accounting Date such contribution was both actually paid to the Trustee and allocated among Participant Accounts.
(c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) above, in the event a pooled investment fund is created as a designated investment fund for the Plan, valuation of the pooled investment fund and allocation of earnings of the pooled investment shall be governed by the written agreement providing for the administration of the pooled investment fund.
(d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) above, Loan Funds shall be valued at the amount of unpaid principal and accrued interest as of the Accounting Date.
It is intended that this Section operate to distribute among each Participant Account all income of the Trust and changes in the value of the assets of the Trust.
Section 6.2 -Adjustment on Termination. In the event of Termination of Employment of a Participant under circumstances requiring a distribution of benefits to him or to his Beneficiaries, his Account balance shall be valued as of the Accounting Date immediately prior to the date of distribution or as close as administratively practicable to the date of distribution.
Section 6.3 -Adjustment on Direction. A valuation of the Trust shall be made as of any other date specified by the Administrator and such date shall be an Accounting Date.
Section 6.4 -Forfeitures. The Plan provides that all Participants who are employed by the Employer on or after January 1, 2002, shall be 100% vested in their Accounts. The Plan will, however, hold non-vested or partially vested accounts attributable to individuals who participated in one of the Merged Plans or the HON INDUSTRIES Inc. Profit Sharing Retirement Plan, and terminated employment with all Affiliates prior to January 1, 2002 (January 1, 2001, in the case of HTI Members). Any non-vested credit balance of an Allied Fireside Employer Contribution Account, Fireplace & Spa Matching Account or Profit Sharing Contribution Account which has been forfeited during a Plan Year (other than a forfeiture under Section 8.13) shall be used, in the Administrator's discretion, to restore other forfeitures under Section 8.1, reduce Employer or Participating Affiliate contributions, or pay expenses of the Plan.
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ARTICLE 7.FUNDING AND INVESTMENT OPTIONS
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Section 7.1 -Establishment of Funding Policy. The Administrator shall (a) establish a funding policy for the Plan consistent with the needs of the Plan and in accordance with applicable law and (b) communicate this policy to the Trustee in writing, and direct and supervise the Trustee's actions to see that this policy is carried out. The Administrator may, however, delegate this function to an investment manager. An investment manager (if appointed) shall be charged with the power to direct the Trustee as to the management, acquisition or disposal of any or all assets of the Trust (as designated in the delegation). The investment manager must be an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, a bank as defined in said Act, or an insurance company qualified to manage, acquire or dispose of assets of the Plan under the laws of more than one state. The investment manager must have acknowledged in writing th at it is a fiduciary with respect to the Plan. The foregoing requirements for investment managers shall not apply to Accounts separately invested at the direction of the Participant or Beneficiary.
Participants and Beneficiaries generally may not direct the investment of their Accounts except among separate investment funds (including HON Stock) as described in Section 7.2. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Administrator may, in a nondiscriminatory manner, permit Accounts transferred from other qualified plans to continue being invested directly in securities through "brokerage window" arrangements. These arrangements may be continued for any period of time determined in the discretion of the Administrator. The Participant or Beneficiary may invest in any asset in which the Trustee could invest, subject only to the restrictions that no investment shall be made which would constitute a prohibited transaction, create unrelated business income or expose the Accounts of other Participants or Beneficiaries to potential liabilities.The Administrator shall establish procedures and guidelines designed to enforce such res trictions. The Administrator shall provide reasonable notice to affected Participants prior to terminating any such arrangements (at which time the affected Participants shall be required to elect among the investment funds described in Section 7.2). During any period a Participant or Beneficiary is directly investing the assets in his Account, the Trustee shall have no responsibility with respect to said Account other than to execute, in a reasonable manner and within a reasonable time, proper investment directives made by said person. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee shall have no responsibility to review or make recommendations with respect to any asset or transaction with respect to said Account.
Section 7.2 -Separate Funds.
7.2.1 -In General. In recognition of the fact that existing and future Participants and Beneficiaries may have diverse economic situations which make it desirable to permit some degree of individual selection of different types of investments in the Trust, the Administrator may establish separate investment funds from time to time, subject to the following provisions of this Section 7.2. A pooled investment fund shall be treated as a separate fund under Section 7.2 to the extent the provisions of this Section do not conflict with the terms of the service agreement and Trust Agreement executed in connection with the pooled fund. The Trustee shall hold, manage, administer, invest, reinvest, account for, and otherwise deal with the Trust and each separate fund as provided in the Trust Agreement.
Upon becoming a Participant or at any time thereafter, each Participant may elect, pursuant to rules and procedures adopted by the Administrative Committee, and effective at such time as prescribed by the Administrative Committee, that contributions to such Participant's Account, and repayments of a loan made pursuant to Article 14, shall be invested in any one or more of the separate funds. Subject to rules established by the Administrative Committee and the provisions of this Subsection 7.2.1, a Participant may change his investment directions with respect to future contributions and also may direct that any portion of his Account be transferred to another fund or reallocated among the funds. Investment directions for future contributions may not allocate more than twenty-five percent (25%) of new contributions to be invested in HON Stock (excluding contributions allocated to the Participant's Company Ownership Account). In no case may any Partici pant direct a reallocation if the direction would cause the investment in HON Stock to exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the current value of the total of his Account, after reducing such current value by the value of his Company Ownership Account and ESOP Account. HON Stock credited to Company Ownership Accounts and ESOP Accounts shall not be counted as HON Stock allocated to a Participant's Account for purposes of the 25% limitation in the preceding sentence. The Company Ownership Account and ESOP Account of each Participant shall remain invested in HON Stock and shall not be invested in any separate fund, except to the extent provided in Section 7.4.
The Plan is intended to constitute a plan described in Section 404(c) of ERISA, so that neither the Fund Committee nor any other Plan fiduciary shall have any liability for losses which are the direct and necessary result of a Participant's investment instructions, except with respect to Company Ownership Accounts and ESOP Accounts. In furtherance of this intent, the Administrative Committee (or its delegate) shall be responsible for ensuring that adequate procedures are installed and utilized for the safeguarding of confidential information as to the ownership of, and the exercise of ownership rights with respect to, any HON Stock. In addition, the Fund Committee (or its delegate) shall appoint an independent fiduciary to carry out those activities which the Fund Committee determines involve a potential for undue Employer influence on Participants with regard to the direct or indirect exercise of shareholder rights with respect to HON Stock.
7.2.2 -Establishment of Separate Funds. The Administrator may at any time or from time to time establish separate funds by written resolution. Any separate fund shall at all times remain a part of the Trust and subject to all of the Trust provisions, and the total of such separate funds existing at any time, in addition to funds that are not so separately invested, shall comprise the total Trust attributable to Accounts.
In establishing separate funds, the Administrator may authorize, but shall not require, each Participant or Beneficiary having an interest in the Trust to transfer assets allocated to him from one separate fund to another and, by a separate election, to allocate future contributions to separate funds, at such time or times and upon such terms, restrictions, rules and conditions as the Administrator may determine; provided, however, that all such terms, restrictions, rules and conditions shall:
(a) Be uniform, requiring persons in like circumstances to be treated in the same manner (although the Administrator's rules may distinguish between types of Accounts);
(b) Grant to each Participant (including Participants who have had a Termination of Employment) and Beneficiary the right to select the separate fund or funds (authorized by the Administrator) in which the assets allocated to him and, by a separate election, future contributions are to be invested; and
(c) Specify the general nature or type of investments to be utilized for each separate fund.
Separate funds established pursuant to this Section may be created as a part of a trust fund, an insurance contract, or both. However, all assets of the Plan must be held either in trust, in an insurance contract, or in a combination of both. Investment changes may be made on any Accounting Date.
If contributions are allocated to a Participant who has not made an investment election, the Trustee shall allocate the Participant's entire Account to a balanced lifestyle fund designed for investors with a mid-term investment horizon.
7.2.3 -Valuation of Separate Funds and Accounts. Each separate fund shall be valued in the same manner and at the same times as the Trust is required to be valued, as provided in Section 6.1.
7.2.4 -Consolidation of Funds. At such time or times as the Administrator may determine, one or more separate funds may be consolidated, using fair market value as of the date of consolidation. The consolidation is to be governed by uniform terms, restrictions, rules and conditions as the Administrator may determine. The consent of any individual Participant or Beneficiary shall not be required to permit a consolidation.
Section 7.3 -Shareholder Rights. Each Participant (or, in the event of the Participant's death, the Participant's Beneficiary) is, for purposes of this Section, hereby designated a "named fiduciary" within the meaning of Section 402(a)(2) of ERISA. A Participant shall have the right to direct the Trustee as to the manner in which shares of HON Stock allocated to such Participant's Accounts are to be voted on each matter brought before an annual or special stockholders' meeting of HON INDUSTRIES Inc. Before each such stockholders' meeting, the Employer shall cause to be furnished to each Participant (or Beneficiary) a copy of the proxy solicitation material, together with a form requesting confidential direction on how such shares of HON Stock allocated to such Participant's Accounts shall be voted on each such matter.
Upon timely receipt of such directions, the Trustee shall on each such matter vote as directed the number of shares (including fractional shares) of HON Stock allocated to such Participant's Accounts, and the Trustee shall have no discretion in such matter. The instructions received by the Trustee shall be held by the Trustee in strict confidence and shall not be divulged or released to any person, including Members, officers or directors of any Affiliate; provided, however, that, to the extent necessary for the operation of the Plan, such instructions may be relayed by the Trustee to a recordkeeper, auditor, or other person providing services to the Plan if such person (a) is not an Affiliate, or a Member, officer or director thereof, and (b) agrees not to divulge such directions to any other person, including Members, officers or directors of HON INDUSTRIES Inc. and its Affiliates.
Each Participant (or Beneficiary) who provides voting instructions, as a "named fiduciary" within the meaning of Section 402(a)(2) of ERISA, shall also direct the vote of a portion of any shares of HON Stock for which a signed voting direction instrument is not timely received from the Participants ("Undirected Shares"). A Participant who provides directions as to his own shares of HON Stock is treated as providing voting directions for a number of Undirected Shares that is equal to the total number of Undirected Shares multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the total number of shares of HON Stock allocated to the Participant's Account for which the Participant has provided voting instructions and the denominator of which is the total number of shares of HON Stock allocated to the Accounts of all Participants who have given the Trustee voting instructions.
A Participant (or, in the event of the Participant's death, the Participant's Beneficiary) shall have the right in accordance with Section 403(a)(l) of ERISA to direct the Trustee as to the manner in which to respond to a tender or a tender exchange offer with respect to shares of HON Stock allocated to such Participant's Account. The Employer shall use its best efforts to timely distribute or cause to be distributed to each Participant (or Beneficiary) such information as will be distributed to stockholders of HON INDUSTRIES Inc. in connection with any such tender or exchange offer. Upon timely receipt of such instructions, the Trustee shall respond as instructed with respect to shares (including fractional shares) of HON Stock allocated to such Participant's Accounts. The instructions received by the Trustee shall be held by the Trustee in strict confidence and shall not be divulged or released to any person, including officers, directors or Membe rs of any Affiliate; provided, however, that, to the extent necessary for the operation of the Plan, such instructions may be relayed by the Trustee to a recordkeeper, auditor, or other person providing services to the Plan if such person (a) is not an Affiliate, or any officer, director or Member thereof and (b) agrees not to divulge such instructions to any other person, including Members, officers or directors of any Affiliates. If the Trustee shall not receive timely instruction from a Participant or Beneficiary as to the manner in which to respond to such a tender or exchange offer, such Participant or Beneficiary shall be deemed to have timely instructed the Trustee not to tender or exchange shares of HON Stock and the Trustee shall not tender or exchange any shares of HON Stock with respect to which such Participant has the right of direction, and the Trustee shall have no discretion in such matter.
Section 7.4 -Diversification of HON Stock Investments.
7.4.1 -Elections. A "qualified participant" (as defined in Subsection 7.4.2 below) shall be permitted to make an election to liquidate and reinvest amounts invested in HON Stock in the qualified participant's Company Ownership Account and ESOP Account. This election may be made at any time during a Plan Year in accordance with procedures established by the Administrative Committee. The election may apply to any portion up to 100% of the HON Stock in the Company Ownership Account and ESOP Account, as the qualified participant may designate.
7.4.2 -Qualified Participants. A Participant shall become a "qualified participant" during the Plan Year in which occurs his fifty-fifth birthday.
7.4.3 -Time of Reinvestment. If a qualified participant makes a proper election to cause the liquidation of HON Stock in his Account pursuant to Subsection 7.4.1 above, the proceeds from selling HON Stock shall be reinvested in other investment funds designated by the qualified participant and available under the Plan as soon as administratively practicable.
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ARTICLE 8.VESTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS Section 8.1 -Vesting. Each Participant's Pre-Tax Contribution Account, After-Tax Contribution Account, Matching Account, Rollover Account, Company Ownership Account, Retirement Contribution Account, ESOP Account, Prior Plan Employee Contribution Account, and Prior Plan Employer Contribution Account established and maintained hereunder shall be fully vested and nonforfeitable at all times.
A Participant's Allied Fireside Employer Contribution Account or Fireplace & Spa Matching Account shall be fully vested upon the Participant's completion of one Hour of Service for an Affiliate after December 31, 2001. A Participant's Profit Sharing Contribution Account shall be fully vested upon the Participant's completion of one Hour of Service for an Affiliates after December 31, 2000. If a Participant has not completed one Hour of Service after December 31, 2001 (or December 31, 2000, in the case of a Profit Sharing Contribution Account), his Allied Fireside Employer Contribution Account, Fireplace & Spa Matching Account, or Profit Sharing Contribution Account shall be vested in the same percentage as it was vested prior to January 1, 2002 under the plan from which the amounts were transferred. The vesting schedules for the three subaccounts are as follows:
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