NOTE 1 - DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN
General Plan Information
The following description of the AptarGroup, Inc. Profit Sharing and Savings Plan (the “Plan”) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the plan document or summary plan description for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.
The Plan, established on April 22, 1993, is a participant-directed defined contribution plan which covers eligible full-time and part-time non-union employees of AptarGroup, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries (the “Company” or the “Employer”). The Plan is administered by a committee appointed by the Company, consisting of Company employees. Fidelity Management Trust Company (the “Trustee”) is the trustee for the Plan.
Effective April 1, 2019, employees of the following subsidiaries of AptarGroup, Inc. became eligible to participate in the Plan: Capital Cups, Inc., Capital Plastics Products LLC, CSP Technologies, Inc., CSP Technologies North America LLC, CV Partners, Maxwell Chase Technologies LLC and Total Innovative Packaging Inc. Employees of Capital Cups, Inc., Capital Plastics Products LLC, CSP Technologies, Inc., CSP Technologies North America LLC previously participated in the CSP Technologies 401(k) Plan.
On May 1, 2019, $16,786,027 from the CSP Technologies 401(k) Plan was merged with and into the Plan. The participant account balances from the CSP Technologies 401(k) Plan were merged into the existing participant accounts under the Plan, creating one account under the Plan for each participant.
Effective October 31, 2019, employees of Noble International, LLC (subsidiary of AptarGroup, Inc.) became eligible to participate in the Plan.
Eligibility and Participant Contributions
A participant (“Participant” or “Participants”) is a full-time employee who becomes eligible to participate on the first day of the month following 30 days of service, or a part-time employee who becomes eligible to participate after completion of 1,000 hours of service in a defined twelve-month period. If an employee has not enrolled in the Plan within 30 days from the eligibility date, the employee will be automatically enrolled, deferring at 3% of eligible compensation, unless the employee elects to not participate in the Plan. A Participant can authorize contributions of salary to the Plan of not less than 1% and not more than 25% of earnings (subject to Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) limitations). Contributions can be traditional pre-tax, Roth after-tax, or a combination of the two contribution types. Each Participant who was age 50 or older by the end of 2019 was also permitted under the IRC and the Plan to contribute an additional $6,500 in catch-up contributions. Participants’ earnings are generally defined as total compensation for services rendered to the Employer. Participants may elect to suspend their contributions at any time. Eligible employees will