IV. EQUALIZED BENEFITS If member participating contributions or Company contributions to the 401(k) Plan for any calendar year are limited by reason of the application of Sections 401(a)(17) or 415 of the Code or the exclusion from the definition of Compensation under the 401(k) Plan of amounts deferred under any nonqualified deferred compensation plan, the Corporation shall pay the participant, on or about March 1st of the following year, an amount equal to: (1) the Company matching contributions that otherwise would have been credited to such participant’s account under the 401(k) Plan if the limitations imposed by Sections 401(a)(17) and 415 of the Code and the exclusion from the definition of Compensation under the 401(k) Plan of amounts deferred under any nonqualified deferred compensation plan did not apply, plus (2) an interest factor equal to one-half of the annual return which would have been received by the participant had such payment been invested eighty percent (80%) in the Fixed Income Fund of the 401(k) Plan and twenty percent (20%) in the S&P 500 Index Fund of the 401(k) Plan during the year, less (3) any applicable withholding taxes. V. MISCELLANEOUS This Plan may be terminated at any time by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, in which event the rights of participants to their accrued benefits shall become nonforfeitable. This Plan may also be amended at any time by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, except that no such amendment shall deprive any participant of benefits accrued at the time of such amendment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Employee Benefits Committee of the Corporation may amend the Plan without the approval of the Board of Directors of the Corporation with respect to amendments that such Committee determines do not have a significant effect on the cost of the Plan. Benefits payable under this Plan shall not be funded and shall be made out of the general funds of the Corporation; provided, however, that the Corporation reserves the right to establish a trust fund as an alternate source of benefits payable under the Plan and to the extent payments are made from such trust, such payments will satisfy the Corporation’s obligations under this Plan. No right to payment or any other interest under this Plan may be alienated, sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or made subject to attachment, execution, or levy of any kind. Nothing in this Plan shall be construed as giving any employee the right to be retained in the employ of the Corporation. The Corporation expressly reserves the right to dismiss any employee at any time without regard to the effect which such dismissal might have upon him under the Plan. This Plan shall be construed, administered and enforced according to the laws of the State of Georgia unless preempted by federal law. |