Exhibit 99.4
CNF INC.
2005 SUPPLEMENTAL EXCESS RETIREMENT PLAN
Portlnd2-4337688.3 0020558-00003
CNF INC.
2005 SUPPLEMENTAL EXCESS RETIREMENT PLAN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Preamble ...................................................1
ARTICLE 1 Effective Date; Tax and ERISA Status.....................
1.01 Effective Date; Plan Year....................
1.02 Tax and ERISA Status.........................
ARTICLE 2 Application to the Company and Affiliates................
2.01 Affiliates...................................
ARTICLE 3 Participation and Benefits...............................
3.01 Participation................................
3.02 Amount of Benefit............................
3.03 Vesting......................................
3.04 Time and Form of Benefits....................
ARTICLE 4 Administration...........................................
4.01 Administrative Committee.....................
4.02 Committee Powers and Duties; Administrator...
4.03 Claims Procedure.............................
4.04 Authority to Act for the Company or Employer.
4.05 Expenses; Indemnification....................
4.06 Trust........................................
ARTICLE 5 Amendment and Termination................................
5.01 Amendment....................................
5.02 Termination..................................
ARTICLE 6 General Provisions.......................................
6.01 Information for Administrator................
6.02 Applicable Law...............................
6.03 Plan Binding on All Parties..................
6.04 Not Contract of Employment...................
6.05 Notices......................................
6.06 Benefits Not Assignable......................
6.07 Actuarial Equivalency........................
6.08 Saving Clause................................
INDEX OF TERMS
Term Section Page
Actuarial Equivalent..............................................
Administrator.....................................................
Affiliate.........................................................
Basic Benefit.....................................................
Basic Compensation................................................
Break in Service Years............................................
Code...............................Preamble.......................
Committee.........................................................
Company............................Preamble.......................
Employer..........................................................
Participant.......................................................
Plan...............................Preamble.......................
Plan Year.........................................................
Prior Plan.........................Preamble.......................
Retirement Plan....................Preamble.......................
Spouse............................................................
Supplemental Basic Compensation...................................
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CNF INC.
2005 SUPPLEMENTAL EXCESS RETIREMENT PLAN
CNF Inc. (the "Company") maintains a Supplemental Excess Retirement
Plan (the "Prior Plan") for the purpose of providing key executives of the
Company with retirement benefits in excess of those benefits provided under
the CNF Inc. Retirement Plan (the "Retirement Plan") and the EWA Pilots'
Retirement Plan. The Company has amended the Prior Plan to limit it to pre-
2005 accruals. As a consequence, the Prior Plan need not meet the
requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code"). The
Company hereby adopts this 2005 Supplemental Excess Retirement Plan (the
"Plan") to provide for post-2004 accruals in such a way as to meet the
requirements of Section 409A.
ARTICLE 1
Effective Date; Tax and ERISA Status
1.1 Effective Date; Plan Year
1.1-1 The Plan shall be effective January 1, 2005.
1.1-2 The "Plan Year" of the Plan shall be the calendar year,
the same as for the Retirement Plan.
1.2 Tax and ERISA Status
1.2-1 The Plan is not intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of
the Code.
1.2-2 The Plan is intended to constitute a plan of deferred
compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated
employees.
ARTICLE 2
Application to the Company and Affiliates
2.1 Affiliates
2.1-1 The Company sponsors the Plan for its employees and for
the employees of any Affiliate that is an Employer under the Plan.
2.1-2 "Affiliate" means a corporation, person or other entity
that is one of the following:
(a)A member, with an Employer, of a controlled group under
Section 414(b) of the Code.
(b)A member, with an Employer, of a group of trades or
businesses under common control under Section 414(c) of the Code.
(c)A member, with an Employer, of an affiliated service group
under Section 414(m) of the Code.
(d)A member, with an Employer, of a group of employers
required to be aggregated under Section 414(o) of the Code.
2.1-3Employer
"Employer" means the Company and any Affiliate that is an Employer
under the Retirement Plan. A list of Employers is attached to the Retirement
Plan.
ARTICLE 3
Participation and Benefits
3.1 Participation
3.1-1Any employee of Employer who participates in the Retirement
Plan shall be eligible for this Plan if the employee has either of the
following:
(a)Compensation deferred under an elective nonqualified
deferred compensation plan of Employer.
(b)Compensation, as defined in a Retirement Plan, in excess of
the limit imposed by Section 401(a)(17) of the Code.
3.1-2"Participant" means any employee of Employer who satisfies the
conditions of 3.01-1.
3.2Amount of Benefit
3.2-1Subject to the limitations of Section 3.02-4, a Participant
shall have a retirement benefit under the Plan equal to the excess of (a)
over (b) based on the Retirement Plan covering the Participant:
(a)The "Basic Benefit," as defined in the Retirement Plan, the
Participant would have had if Supplemental Basic Compensation were used
in place of "Basic Compensation" as defined in the Retirement Plan.
(b)The Participant's actual Basic Benefit under the Retirement
Plan.
3.2-2"Supplemental Basic Compensation" means a Participant's Basic
Compensation increased to include:
(a)Any compensation deferred by the Participant pursuant to a
nonqualified deferral arrangement that, but for such arrangement, would
have been included in Basic Compensation; and
(b)Any compensation that would have been included in Basic
Compensation but for the limitations imposed by Section 401(a)(17) of
the Code.
An amount described in (a) shall be counted as Supplemental Basic
Compensation in the year in which it would have been paid but for such
deferral. An amount described in (b) shall be counted as Supplemental Basic
Compensation in the year paid.
3.2-3If the surviving Spouse of a Participant is entitled to a pre-
retirement survivor annuity under a Retirement Plan, the Spouse shall have a
benefit under this Plan calculated by applying the provisions of the
Retirement Plan for the amount of pre-retirement survivor annuity to an
accrued benefit of the Participant on the date of death equal to the excess
benefit described in 3.02-1. For purposes of the Plan, the term "Spouse" has
the meaning set forth in the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-199),
as amended. (As of January 1, 2005, this definition is a legal union between
one man and one woman as husband and wife.)
3.2-4The retirement benefit described in 3.02-1 shall be the sum of
the retirement benefit provided by the Plan and the retirement benefit
provided by the Prior Plan. The Prior Plan applies to benefits accrued as of
December 31, 2004. The Plan applies to benefits accrued after December 31,
2004. The Committee shall determine accrued benefits as of December 31, 2004
in a manner consistent with Section 409A of the Code, the regulations
thereunder, and any additional guidance provided by the Treasury Department.
3.3Vesting
A Participant's retirement benefit under this Plan shall become
vested at the same time as the Participant's retirement benefit under the
Retirement Plan becomes vested. If the Participant forfeits retirement
benefits due to having five consecutive "Break in Service Years" as defined
in the Retirement Plan, the Participant's benefits under this Plan also shall
be forfeited.
3.4Time and Form of Benefits
3.4-1A retirement benefit or preretirement survivor annuity under
this Plan shall be paid at the same time and in the same form as the
corresponding benefit is paid under the Retirement Plan; provided, however
that, if such payment would cause the Plan to fail to meet the requirements
of Section 409A of the Code, the retirement benefit or preretirement survivor
annuity under this Plan shall be paid at the time and in the form the
corresponding benefit would have been paid under the Retirement Plan if -
(a)The Participant had elected to commence benefits under the
Retirement Plan at the earliest time permitted but not before the time
the Participant had incurred a separation from service, as that term is
used in Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Code.
(b)If the Participant has no Spouse when benefits would have
commenced, benefits were paid in the form of the "Basic Benefit" as
defined in the Retirement Plan.
(c)If the Participant has a Spouse when benefits would have
commenced, benefits were paid in the form of a life annuity with half
payments continued to the Spouse.
(d)The Participant did not waive the pre-retirement survivor
annuity.
3.4-2If a Participant dies after benefits under this Plan commence,
survivor benefits, if any, shall be paid in accordance with the form of
benefit being paid to the Participant.
3.4-3If the Actuarial Equivalent lump sum value of a benefit
payable to a Participant or surviving Spouse is less than $10,000 at the time
payment is to commence, payment shall be made at that time in a lump sum and
not in the form provided in 3.04-1 or 3.04-2.
ARTICLE 4
Administration
4.1Administrative Committee
4.1-1"Committee" means the Administrative Committee or any other
committee with responsibility for administering the CNF Inc. Retirement Plan.
4.1-2Documents may be signed for the Committee by the chair, the
secretary or other persons designated by the Committee.
4.2Committee Powers and Duties; Administrator
4.2-1The Committee shall interpret the Plan, shall decide any
questions about the rights of Participants and surviving Spouses and in
general shall administer the Plan. The Company intends the Plan to meet the
requirements of Section 409A of the Code, the regulations thereunder and any
additional guidance provided by the Treasury Department. The Committee shall
interpret the Plan in such a way as to meet such requirements. Any decision
by the Committee within its authority shall be final and bind all parties.
The Committee shall have absolute discretion to carry out its
responsibilities.
4.2-2The Committee shall be the plan administrator under federal
laws and regulations applicable to plan administration and shall comply with
such laws and regulations. The general counsel for the Company shall be the
agent for service of process on the Plan at the Company's address.
4.2-3The Committee may delegate all or part of its administrative
duties to one or more agents and may retain advisors to assist it. The
Committee may consult with and rely upon the advice of counsel who may be
counsel for the Company. The Committee shall retain an enrolled actuary,
who shall be the same as the enrolled actuary for the Retirement Plan.
4.2-4"Administrator" means the Committee or another fiduciary for
the Plan to whom the Committee has delegated duty and authority for the
discretionary Plan functions in question. The Administrator shall keep
records of all relevant data about the rights of all persons under the Plan.
The Administrator shall determine the time, manner, amount and recipient of
payment of benefits and the service of any employee and instruct the Trustee
on distributions.
4.3Claims Procedure
4.3-1Any person claiming a benefit, requesting an interpretation or
ruling under the Plan or requesting information under the Plan shall present
the request in writing to the Administrator, who shall respond in writing as
soon as practicable.
4.3-2If the claim or request is denied, the written notice of
denial shall state:
(a)The reasons for denial, with specific reference to the plan
provisions on which the denial is based.
(b)A description of any additional material or information
required and an explanation of why it is necessary.
(c)An explanation of the Plan's claim review procedure.
4.3-3The notice of denial normally will be given within 90 days
after the claim or request is received by the Administrator. If special
circumstances require an extension of time for processing the claim or
request, the Administrator may extend the time up to an additional 90 days
and shall give notice of the extension to the claimant.
4.3-4Any person whose claim or request is denied or who has not
received a response within the time provided in 4.03-3 may request review by
notice given in writing to the Administrator. A request for review is
required to be submitted within 60 days after the date the notice of denial
is given unless the Committee waives such requirement. The claim or request
shall be reviewed by the Administrator, who may, but shall not be required
to, have the claimant appear in person. On review, the claimant may have
representation, examine pertinent documents and submit issues and comments in
writing.
4.3-5The decision on review shall normally be made within 60 days.
If an extension is required for a hearing or other special circumstances, the
claimant shall be so notified and the time limit shall be 120 days. The
decision shall be in writing and shall state the reasons and the relevant
plan provisions. All decisions on review shall be final and bind all parties
concerned.
4.4Authority to Act for the Company or Employer
4.4-1Except as provided in 4.04-2, all authority of the Company or
any Employer under this Plan shall be exercised by the chief executive
officer of the corporation, who may delegate all or any part of such
authority.
4.4-2The power to amend or terminate the Plan may be exercised only
by the Board of Directors of the Company, except as provided in 4.04-3.
4.4-3Any officer of the Company may amend the Plan to make
technical, administrative or editorial changes on advice of counsel to comply
with applicable law or to simplify or clarify the Plan.
4.4-4The Board of Directors of the Company or of an Employer shall
have no administrative or investment authority or function. Membership on
the Board shall not make a person a plan fiduciary.
4.5Expenses; Indemnification
4.5-1The Administrator shall not be compensated for services. The
Administrator shall be reimbursed for all expenses.
4.5-2The Company shall indemnify and defend any Plan fiduciary who
is an officer, director or employee of an Employer from any claim, loss,
liability, or expense, including attorneys' fees, arising from any action or
inaction in connection with the Plan, subject to the following:
(a)Coverage shall be limited to actions taken in good faith
that the fiduciary reasonably believed were not opposed to the best
interests of the Plan.
(b)Coverage shall be reduced to the extent of any insurance
proceeds.
4.6Trust
The Employer may, in its discretion, make contributions to a trust
established by the Company, to be invested and utilized to pay benefits under
the Plan. The assets of any such trust shall be subject to the claims of
creditors of the Employer and shall be maintained pursuant to a separate
trust document.
ARTICLE 5
Amendment and Termination
5.1Amendment
The Company may amend this Plan at any time, except that no
amendment shall adversely affect the benefits under this Plan of a
Participant accrued on the basis of service and compensation up to the date
on which the amendment has been adopted and communicated to affected
Participants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may amend the Plan
retroactively to the extent required to qualify the Plan under Section 409A
of the Code, provided that no such amendment may reduce the value of any
Participant's accrued benefits.
5.2Termination
5.2-1The Company may terminate the Plan at any time. Upon
termination, the benefit rights of each Participant shall be limited to those
accrued on the basis of service and compensation up to the date on which
action to terminate the Plan has taken and communicated to Participants.
5.2-2Upon termination, the Company may satisfy the benefit rights
of Participants and surviving Spouses by any of the following:
(a)Continuing the Plan to pay benefits in accordance with the
payment forms determined under 3.04, including benefits commencing after
the termination date.
(b)Paying to each Participant, and to each surviving Spouse
then in pay status, a lump sum equal to the Actuarial Equivalent present
value of the benefit accrued as of the termination date.
(c)Purchasing and distributing to each Participant, and to
each surviving Spouse then in pay status, an insurance company annuity
contract providing the benefit accrued as of the termination date.
ARTICLE 6
General Provisions
6.1Information for Administrator
6.1-1The Administrator may accept as correct and rely on any
information furnished by the Company or an Employer. The Administrator may
not demand an audit, investigation or disclosure of the records of the
Company or any Employer.
6.1-2The Administrator may require satisfactory proof of data from
a Participant, surviving Spouse, joint or contingent annuitant or
beneficiary. The Administrator may adjust any retirement benefit if an error
in relevant data is discovered.
6.2Applicable Law
This Plan shall be construed according to the laws of California
except as preempted by federal law.
6.3Plan Binding on All Parties
This Plan shall be binding upon the heirs, personal
representatives, successors and assigns of all present and future parties.
6.4Not Contract of Employment
This Plan shall not be a contract of employment between any
Employer and any employee, and no employee may object to amendment or
termination of the Plan. The Plan shall not prevent an Employer from
discharging any employee at any time.
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6.5Notices
Except as otherwise required or permitted under other provisions of
this Plan or under applicable law, any notice under this Plan shall be in
writing and shall be effective when actually delivered or, if mailed, when
deposited postpaid as first-class mail. Notices to the Company, Employer, or
the Administrator shall be directed to:
Corporate Benefits Office
CNF Inc.
1717 NW 21st
Portland, OR 97209
PO Box 3680
Portland, OR 97208
6.6Benefits Not Assignable
6.6-1This Plan is for the personal protection of the Participants.
No vested or unvested interest of any Participant or beneficiary may be
assigned, seized by legal process, transferred or subjected to the claims of
creditors in any way, except as provided in 10.06-2.
6.7Actuarial Equivalency
"Actuarial Equivalent" means an amount equivalent in value as
determined by the enrolled actuary retained for the Plan. The factors for
determining equivalent value shall be the same as those used under the
Retirement Plan.
6.8 Saving Clause
The Company intends the Plan to meet the requirements of Section
409A of the Code, the regulations thereunder, and any additional guidance
provided by the Treasury Department. Any Plan provision that does not meet
such requirements shall be void.