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Exhibit 10.2
THE CONSOLIDATED EDISON
THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN*
EFFECTIVE AS OF JANUARY 1, 2001
AMENDED AS OF MAY 8, 2002
FOR INCLUSION OF THE
EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
*INCLUDES
THE CONSOLIDATED EDISON OF NEW YORK, INC.
TAX REDUCTION ACT STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS.............................................................................................5
1.01 ACCOUNT BALANCE.................................................................................5
1.02 ACTUAL DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE......................................................................5
1.03 AFFILIATE.......................................................................................6
1.04 AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTION..........................................................................6
1.05 AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS SUBACCOUNT..............................................................7
1.06 ANNUAL DOLLAR LIMIT.............................................................................7
1.07 ANNUITY STARTING DATE...........................................................................7
1.08 AVERAGE CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE.................................................................7
1.09 AVERAGE ACTUAL DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE..............................................................7
1.10 BENEFICIARY.....................................................................................8
1.11 BOARD...........................................................................................8
1.12 BREAK IN SERVICE................................................................................8
1.13 CECONY..........................................................................................8
1.14 CECONY MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE......................................................................8
1.15 CECONY MANAGEMENT PARTICIPANT...................................................................8
1.16 CECONY MANAGEMENT PLAN..........................................................................8
1.17 CECONY PARTICIPANT..............................................................................9
1.18 CECONY WEEKLY EMPLOYEE..........................................................................9
1.19 CECONY WEEKLY PARTICIPANT.......................................................................9
1.20 CECONY WEEKLY PLAN..............................................................................9
1.21 CEI.............................................................................................9
1.22 CEI AFFILIATE OR CEI AFFILIATES.................................................................9
1.23 CEI EMPLOYEE....................................................................................9
1.24 CEI PARTICIPANT.................................................................................9
1.25 CODE............................................................................................9
1.26 COMPANY........................................................................................10
1.27 COMPANY STOCK FUND.............................................................................10
1.28 COMPENSATION...................................................................................10
1.29 CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE........................................................................11
1.30 COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT......................................................................12
1.31 DISABILITY.....................................................................................12
1.32 EARNINGS.......................................................................................12
1.33 ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE..............................................................................12
1.34 EMPLOYEE.......................................................................................12
1.35 EMPLOYER.......................................................................................13
1.36 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION..........................................................................13
1.37 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS SUBACCOUNT..............................................................13
1.38 ERISA..........................................................................................13
1.39 ESOP...........................................................................................13
1.40 ESOP EFFECTIVE DATE............................................................................13
1.41 ESOP TRUST FUND................................................................................13
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1.42 EXCESS AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTIONS.................................................................13
1.43 EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS...........................................................................14
1.44 EXCESS DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE.....................................................................14
1.45 EXCESS PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS...................................................................15
1.46 HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE....................................................................15
1.47 HOUR OF SERVICE................................................................................15
1.48 INVESTMENT FUND................................................................................16
1.49 INVESTMENT MANAGER.............................................................................17
1.50 LEASED EMPLOYEE................................................................................17
1.51 LOAN RESERVE...................................................................................17
1.52 LOCAL 1-2 EMPLOYEE.............................................................................17
1.53 LOCAL 3 EMPLOYEE...............................................................................17
1.54 NAMED FIDUCIARIES..............................................................................17
1.55 NON-HIGHLY COMPENSATED MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE.....................................................17
1.56 NON-PARTICIPATING CONTRIBUTION.................................................................17
1.57 O&R............................................................................................17
1.58 O&R EMPLOYEE...................................................................................18
1.59 O&R HOURLY EMPLOYEE............................................................................18
1.60 O&R HOURLY PLAN................................................................................18
1.61 O&R MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE........................................................................18
1.62 O&R MANAGEMENT PLAN............................................................................18
1.63 O&R PARTICIPANT................................................................................18
1.64 PARTICIPANT....................................................................................18
1.65 PARTICIPATING CONTRIBUTION.....................................................................18
1.66 PAYROLL PERIOD.................................................................................18
1.67 PLAN...........................................................................................19
1.68 PLAN ADMINISTRATOR.............................................................................19
1.69 PLAN YEAR......................................................................................19
1.70 PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTION...........................................................................19
1.71 PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS SUBACCOUNT...............................................................19
1.72 PRIOR PLAN OR PRIOR PLANS......................................................................20
1.73 RECORD KEEPER..................................................................................20
1.74 RETIREMENT.....................................................................................20
1.75 ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS.........................................................................20
1.76 ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS SUBACCOUNT..............................................................20
1.77 SECTION 125 CONTRIBUTIONS......................................................................20
1.78 SECTION 132 CONTRIBUTIONS......................................................................21
1.79 SHARES.........................................................................................21
1.80 STATUTORY COMPENSATION.........................................................................21
1.81 TOP HEAVY GROUP................................................................................21
1.82 TOP-HEAVY PLAN.................................................................................22
1.83 TRANSFERRED EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE PAYSOP CONTRIBUTIONS.........................................22
1.84 TRASOP.........................................................................................22
1.85 TRASOP ACCOUNT.................................................................................22
1.86 TRASOP TRUST FUND..............................................................................22
1.87 TRUST FUND.....................................................................................22
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1.88 TRUSTEE........................................................................................22
1.89 VESTED PORTION.................................................................................22
1.90 YEAR OF SERVICE................................................................................23
ARTICLE II ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION.........................................................................24
2.01 ELIGIBILITY....................................................................................24
2.02 PARTICIPATION..................................................................................24
2.03 REEMPLOYMENT OF FORMER EMPLOYEES AND FORMER PARTICIPANTS.......................................26
2.04 TRANSFERRED PARTICIPANTS.......................................................................26
2.05 TERMINATION OF PARTICIPATION...................................................................26
2.06 PARTICIPATION IN ESOP..........................................................................26
ARTICLE III CONTRIBUTIONS........................................................................................27
3.01 CONTRIBUTION ELECTION..........................................................................27
3.02 PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTION DOLLAR LIMITATION AND RE-CHARACTERIZATION.................................29
3.03 RETURN OF EXCESS PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS.........................................................30
3.04 EXCESS DEFERRALS TO OTHER PLANS................................................................30
3.05 PARTICIPATING CONTRIBUTIONS ELIGIBLE FOR EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS................................31
3.06 ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS.........................................................................35
3.07 CHANGES IN CONTRIBUTIONS.......................................................................36
3.08 PAYMENT TO TRUST...............................................................................37
3.09 NO CONTRIBUTIONS TO TRASOP.....................................................................37
3.10 CATCH-UP CONTRIBUTIONS.........................................................................37
3.11 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO ESOP.................................................................38
ARTICLE IV INVESTMENT ELECTIONS - TIMING AND FREQUENCY...........................................................39
4.01 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS ELECTION................................................................39
4.02 PARTICIPANT PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS, AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS AND ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS..........39
4.03 CHANGE OF ELECTION.............................................................................39
4.04 CERTIFICATION TO COMPANY.......................................................................40
4.05 FORFEITURES....................................................................................40
ARTICLE V THE TRUST FUND - INVESTMENTS...........................................................................41
5.01 TRUST AGREEMENT................................................................................41
5.02 INVESTMENT OF TRUST FUND.......................................................................41
5.03 COMPANY STOCK FUND.............................................................................42
5.04 ACCOUNTS AND SUBACCOUNTS.......................................................................44
5.05 STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNT..........................................................................44
5.06 RESPONSIBILITY FOR INVESTMENT..................................................................45
ARTICLE VI VESTING...............................................................................................46
6.01 PARTICIPANT CONTRIBUTIONS......................................................................46
6.02 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS.........................................................................46
6.03 SPECIAL VESTING RULES..........................................................................47
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ARTICLE VII DISTRIBUTIONS, WITHDRAWALS AND FORFEITURES...........................................................49
7.01 VOLUNTARY TERMINATION OR TERMINATION BY THE COMPANY - FORFEITURES..............................49
7.02 DEATH..........................................................................................50
7.03 WITHDRAWALS....................................................................................50
7.04 HARDSHIP WITHDRAWALS...........................................................................56
7.05 DISTRIBUTION FROM COMPANY STOCK FUND...........................................................59
7.06 LEAVES OF ABSENCE..............................................................................59
7.07 AGE 70 1/2 REQUIRED DISTRIBUTION...............................................................60
7.08 FORM AND TIMING OF DISTRIBUTIONS...............................................................61
7.09 PROOF OF DEATH AND RIGHT OF BENEFICIARY OR OTHER PERSON........................................63
7.10 DISTRIBUTION LIMITATION........................................................................63
7.11 DIRECT ROLLOVER OF CERTAIN DISTRIBUTIONS.......................................................63
ARTICLE VIII NON-DISCRIMINATION AND LIMITATION...................................................................66
8.01 ACTUAL DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE TEST................................................................66
8.02 ACTUAL CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE TEST............................................................68
8.03 SEPARATE NON-DISCRIMINATION TESTING............................................................70
8.04 MAXIMUM ANNUAL ADDITIONS.......................................................................70
ARTICLE IX LOANS.................................................................................................74
9.01 LOANS PERMITTED................................................................................74
9.02 AMOUNT OF LOANS................................................................................74
9.03 SOURCE OF LOANS................................................................................74
9.04 INTEREST RATE..................................................................................75
9.05 REPAYMENT......................................................................................76
9.06 MULTIPLE LOANS.................................................................................77
9.07 PLEDGE.........................................................................................77
9.08 LOAN RESERVE...................................................................................78
9.09 MINIMUM ACCOUNT BALANCE........................................................................78
9.10 OTHER TERMS....................................................................................78
ARTICLE X ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN, ESOP AND TRASOP............................................................79
10.01 NAMED FIDUCIARIES AND PLAN ADMINISTRATOR OF PLAN ESOP AND TRASOP...............................79
10.02 AUTHORITY OF PLAN ADMINISTRATOR................................................................79
10.03 RELIANCE ON REPORTS............................................................................80
10.04 DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY........................................................................80
10.05 ADMINISTRATION EXPENSES........................................................................81
10.06 FIDUCIARY INSURANCE............................................................................82
10.07 CLAIM REVIEW...................................................................................82
10.08 APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEE.........................................................................83
10.09 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY........................................................................83
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS.........................................................................................85
11.01 EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT - AMENDMENTS.................................................................85
11.02 TERMINATION - SALE OF ASSETS OF SUBSIDIARY.....................................................85
11.03 BENEFICIARIES..................................................................................87
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11.04 ASSIGNMENT OF BENEFITS.........................................................................88
11.05 MERGER.........................................................................................90
11.06 CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT NOT AFFECTED BY PLAN..................................................90
11.07 FACILITY OF PAYMENT............................................................................90
11.08 INFORMATION....................................................................................91
11.09 ADDITIONAL PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS.............................................................91
11.10 IRS DETERMINATION..............................................................................92
11.11 MISTAKEN CONTRIBUTIONS.........................................................................93
11.12 PREVENTION OF ESCHEAT..........................................................................93
11.13 CONSTRUCTION...................................................................................93
ARTICLE XII TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS.................................................................................95
12.01 APPLICATION OF TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS............................................................95
12.02 MINIMUM BENEFIT FOR TOP-HEAVY YEAR.............................................................95
12.03 MINIMUM BENEFITS...............................................................................96
12.04 AGGREGATION GROUPS.............................................................................96
12.05 SPECIAL BENEFIT LIMITS.........................................................................97
12.06 SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION RULE......................................................................97
ARTICLE XIII TAX REDUCTION ACT STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN..............................................................98
13.01 PURPOSE - SEPARATE ENTITY......................................................................98
13.02 TRASOP ACCOUNTS - APPLICATION OF DIVIDENDS.....................................................99
13.03 VOTING RIGHTS, OPTIONS, RIGHTS, AND WARRANTS..................................................100
13.04 DISTRIBUTION OF SHARES........................................................................101
13.00 DIVERSIFICATION OF TRASOP ACCOUNTS............................................................106
ARTICLE XIV EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN.......................................................................109
14.01 PURPOSE - SEPARATE ENTITY.....................................................................109
14.02 SPECIAL DEFINITIONS FOR ESOP..................................................................110
14.03 PARTICIPATION IN ESOP.........................................................................111
14.04 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS........................................................................111
14.05 PURCHASE OF SHARES............................................................................112
14.06 DIVIDENDS.....................................................................................113
14.07 VOTING RIGHTS, OPTIONS, RIGHTS, AND WARRANTS..................................................114
14.08 TRANSFERABILITY...............................................................................115
14.09 DIVERSIFICATION...............................................................................115
14.10 DISTRIBUTION OF SHARES........................................................................116
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THE CONSOLIDATED EDISON THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of the Consolidated Edison Thrift Savings Plan (the "Plan") is
to establish a convenient way for each eligible employee of the parent company,
Consolidated Edison, Inc. (the "Company" and/or "CEI") and of certain of the
controlled group affiliates of CEI, to supplement his or her retirement income
by saving on a regular and long-term basis, while concurrently offering each
employee an additional incentive to continue his or her career with the Company.
The Plan is intended to satisfy the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the "Code"), Sections 401(k) and 401(m) and to qualify under
Section 401(a). The trust established under and as a part of the Plan is
intended to qualify under Code Section 501(a). The Plan and its trust provide
each Participant with an opportunity to defer a portion of his or her
compensation and to invest and reinvest that deferred savings under the Plan on
a tax-deferred basis. It is intended that a Participant's Pre-Tax contributions,
as defined in the Plan, shall constitute payments by each Employer as
contributions to the trust fund on behalf of the Participant, within the meaning
of Code Section 401(k).
The Plan was originally established and made effective on January 1, 1987,
by the Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. ("CECONY") as the
Consolidated Edison Retirement Income Savings Plan for Weekly Employees ("CECONY
Weekly Plan"). Thereafter, the CECONY Weekly Plan was amended from time to time.
On December 1, 1996, the CECONY Weekly Plan was amended and restated in its
entirety, among other
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reasons, to make a transition from Bankers Trust Company as trustee and record
keeper to Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company.
Effective January 1, 1998, CEI was formed and CECONY became a subsidiary
corporation of CEI. From time to time thereafter, wholly-owned affiliates of CEI
were formed and together with CEI create a controlled group, as defined in Code
Section 414(b), in which CEI is the parent corporation. In July 1999, CEI
acquired Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. ("O&R").
On July 20, 2000, for administrative ease, to facilitate the transfer of
employees from one affiliate to another, and to reduce the cost of operational
expenses, the Board of Trustees of CECONY and the Board of Directors of O&R
approved the merger ("Merger"), effective January 1, 2001, of the following
plans into the CECONY Weekly Plan:
(i) the Consolidated Edison Thrift Savings Plan for Management
Employees (the "CECONY Management Plan");
(ii) the Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. Management
Employees Savings Plan (the "O&R Management Plan") and
(iii) the Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. Hourly Group
Savings Plan (the "O&R Hourly Plan".
The CECONY Weekly Plan, the CECONY Management Plan, the O&R Management Plan
and the O&R Hourly Plan are called the Prior Plans.
The CECONY Weekly Plan, renamed the Consolidated Edison Thrift Savings
Plan, was also amended, effective January 1, 2001, to take into account the
Merger, among other things, and restated constitutes the single plan and a
continuation of each one of the Prior Plans.
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In the Plan, CEI is the Company, CECONY is the Plan Sponsor and an
Employer, O&R is an Employer, and certain existing and future affiliates are, or
will become, Employers.
The Plan is amended for the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, the
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1993, the
Retirement Protection Act of 1994, as enacted under the Uruguay Round Agreements
Act (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade), the Small Business Job Protection
Act of 1996, and the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, and certain provisions of the
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 ("EGTRRA"). This
amended Plan is intended as god faith compliance with the requirements of EGTRRA
and is to be construed in accordance with EGTRRA and guidance issued thereunder.
Except as otherwise provided, the provisions effectuating EGTRRA will be
effective beginning January 1, 2002. The EGTRRA amendments supersede the
provisions of the Plan to the extent those provisions are inconsistent with the
provisions of the EGTRRA amendments.
Additionally, the Plan document serves as the official plan document for
the Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. Tax Reduction Act Stock
Ownership Plan ("TRASOP"). The TRASOP is a plan separate from the Plan. CECONY
has entered into a separate trust agreement with Vanguard Financing Trust
Company under the TRASOP. Participation in the TRASOP is frozen.
The Plan is amended to take into account the changes made by the collective
bargaining agreement covering employees who are members of Local 1-2 of the
Utility Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, as effective June 24, 2000, Local 3
of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO, as effective
June 24, 2001, and
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the collective bargaining agreement for Local 503 of the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO, as effective June 20, 2000.
Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the rights and benefits
of any Participant who retires or whose employment is terminated are determined
in accordance with the provisions of the Plan as in effect and operative at the
time of such retirement or termination.
Effective May 8, 2002, the Company amended the Plan to incorporate, as a
separate part, an employee stock ownership plan ("ESOP"). All Participants are
eligible to participate in the ESOP. Any Participant who elects as an Investment
Fund, the Company Stock Fund for his or her Employer Contributions, will be
deemed to be an ESOP Participant. Only Employer Contributions will be
contributed to the ESOP.
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
The following words and phrases have the following meanings in the Plan
unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:
1.01 ACCOUNT BALANCE means the amount credited to a Participant
consisting of one or more of his or her Subaccounts, as the case may be,
including his or her Pre-Tax Contributions Subaccount, After-Tax Contributions
Subaccount, Rollover Contributions Subaccount, Employer Contributions
Subaccount, TRASOP, Transferred Employer and Employee PAYSOP Contributions
Subaccount, ESOP Account and other amounts transferred to the Plan which are
accounted for under the Plan under such classification.
1.02 ACTUAL DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE means, for each Highly Compensated
Employee who is a Participant, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of (1) the
amount of Pre-Tax Contributions (including Excess Pre-Tax Contributions) for the
current Plan Year to (2) the Highly Compensated Participant's Statutory
Compensation for the entire Plan Year (whether or not the Eligible Employee was
a Participant for the entire Plan Year). The Actual Deferral Percentage of each
Non-highly Compensated Employee who is a Participant is the ratio, expressed as
a percentage, of (1) the amount of Pre-Tax Contributions (excluding Excess
Pre-Tax Contributions) for the prior Plan Year to (2) the Non-Highly Compensated
Employee's Statutory Compensation for the portion of the prior Plan Year in
which the Participant was an Eligible Employee. For purposes of computing the
Actual Deferral Percentage, an Eligible Employee who would be a Participant but
for the failure to make Pre-Tax Contributions shall be treated as a Participant
on whose behalf no Pre-Tax Contributions are made. The Actual Deferral
Percentage of each Eligible Employee shall be rounded to the
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nearest 100th of 1% of each such Eligible Employee's Statutory Compensation. For
purposes of determining the Actual Deferral Percentage for a Plan Year, Pre-Tax
Contributions may be taken into account for a Plan Year only if they:
(a) relate to compensation that either would have been received by the
Eligible Employee in the Plan Year but for the deferral election, or are
attributable to services performed by the Eligible Employee in the Plan Year and
would have been received by the Eligible Employee within 2 1/2 months after the
close of the Plan Year but for the deferral election;
(b) are allocated to the Eligible Employee as of a date within that Plan
Year and the allocation is not contingent on the participation or performance of
service after such date; and
(c) are actually paid to the Trustee no later than 12 months after the end
of the Plan Year to which the contributions relate.
1.03 AFFILIATE means any company that is a member of a controlled group
of corporations (as defined in Code Section 414(b)) that also includes as a
member the Company; any trade or business under common control (as defined in
Code Section 414(c)) with the Company; any organization (whether or not
incorporated) that is a member of an affiliated service group (as defined in
Code Section 414(m)) that includes the Company; and any other entity required to
be aggregated with the Company pursuant to regulations under Code Section
414(o). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the definitions in Code Sections 414(b)
and (c) shall be modified as provided in Code Section 415(h).
1.04 AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTION means a contribution made by a Participant
of amounts after income taxes have been withheld on the amount and all
dividends, income, gains and losses attributable thereto. After-Tax
Contributions include Participating
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Contributions and Non-participating Contributions. In the case of an O&R
Participant, After-Tax Contributions include Transferred Employee PAYSOP
Contributions.
1.05 AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS SUBACCOUNT means the account into which is
credited all of a Participant's After-Tax Contributions within which shall be
separately accounted, if applicable, a Participant's Participating Contributions
and Non-Participating Contributions.
1.06 ANNUAL DOLLAR LIMIT means, effective January 1, 1994, in accordance
with Code Section 401(a)(17), $150,000, except that, if for any calendar year
from 1994 to 2001 the Cost-of-Living Adjustment is equal to or greater than
$10,000, then the Annual Dollar Limit for any Plan Year beginning January 1,
1995, shall be increased by the amount of such Cost-of-Living Adjustment,
rounded to the next lowest multiple of $10,000. Effective January 1, 2002, the
Annual Dollar Limit is increased to $200,000 and increased each subsequent Plan
Year by the Cost-of-Living Adjustment equal to or greater than $5,000.
1.07 ANNUITY STARTING DATE means the first day of the first period for
which an amount is paid following a Participant's retirement or other
termination from employment.
1.08 AVERAGE CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE means, with respect to a specified
group of Eligible Employees for a Plan Year, the average of the actual
Contribution Percentages (calculated separately for each Participant in each
specified group). The Contribution Percentage for each group of Eligible
Employees will be calculated to the nearest on one-hundredth of one percent.
1.09 AVERAGE ACTUAL DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE means, with respect to a
specified group of Eligible Employees, the average of the Actual Deferral
Percentages (calculated separately
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for each Participant in each specified group). The Actual Deferral Percentage
for each group of Eligible Employees will be calculated to the nearest one
one-hundredth of one percent.
1.10 BENEFICIARY means the person or persons, trust or other recipient
determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.03 to succeed to a
Participant's Account Balance under the Plan in the event of the death of such
Participant prior to the entire distribution of such Account Balance.
1.11 BOARD means the Board of Trustees of CECONY.
1.12 BREAK IN SERVICE means a Plan Year in which an Employee completes
500 or fewer Hours of Service. Solely for purposes of determining whether a
Break-in-Service has occurred, an Employee who is absent from work on account of
the Employee's pregnancy, the birth of the Employee's child, the placement of a
child with the Employee in connection with the adoption of that child by the
Employee, for purposes of caring for that child or for a Family and Medical
Leave Act ("FMLA"), shall be deemed to have earned at least 501 Hours of Service
in the Plan Year in which he or she is absent from work or the immediately
following Plan Year, whichever Plan Year is necessary to first avoiding a Break
in Service.
1.13 CECONY means the Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., and
any successor by merger, purchase or otherwise.
1.14 CECONY MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE means an Employee employed by and on the
management payroll of CECONY.
1.15 CECONY MANAGEMENT PARTICIPANT means a CECONY Management Employee
who is a Participant.
1.16 CECONY MANAGEMENT PLAN means the Con Edison Thrift Savings Plan for
Management Employees, as in effect and prior to January 1, 2001.
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1.17 CECONY PARTICIPANT means a CECONY Management Participant and/or a
CECONY Weekly Participant.
1.18 CECONY WEEKLY EMPLOYEE means an Employee employed by and on the
payroll of CECONY who is (a) a member of the collective bargaining unit
represented by Local 1-2 of the Utility Workers' Union of America, AFL-CIO or
(b) a member of the collective bargaining unit represented by Local 3 of the
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO.
1.19 CECONY WEEKLY PARTICIPANT means a CECONY Weekly Employee who is a
Participant.
1.20 CECONY WEEKLY PLAN means the Con Edison Retirement Income Savings
Plan for Weekly Employees, as in effect on December 31, 2000.
1.21 CEI means Consolidated Edison, Inc.
1.22 CEI AFFILIATE OR CEI AFFILIATES means one, more than one or all, as
the context indicates, of Consolidated Edison Communications, Inc. (CEC);
Consolidated Edison Solutions, Inc. (CES); Consolidated Edison Energy, Inc.
(CEE); Consolidated Edison Development, Inc. (CED); Consolidated Edison Energy
Massachusetts, Inc. (CEEM); CED Operating Company, L.P. ("CEDOC") and any future
Affiliate who becomes an Employer.
1.23 CEI EMPLOYEE means an Employee of a CEI Affiliate.
1.24 CEI PARTICIPANT means a CEI Employee who is a Participant in the
Plan.
1.25 CODE means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time.
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1.26 COMPANY means Consolidated Edison, Inc. or any successor by merger,
purchase or otherwise, that assumes the obligations of this Plan with respect to
its Eligible Employees.
1.27 COMPANY STOCK FUND shall have the meaning set forth in Plan Section
5.03.
1.28 COMPENSATION means
(a) for a CECONY Weekly Employee, straight time wages, paid for a
Payroll Period and determined prior to any reduction for --
(i) Pre-Tax Contributions,
(ii) Section 125 Contributions, and
(iii) Section 132 Contributions.
Compensation is determined by excluding bonuses, overtime pay, premium pay,
incentive compensation, severance pay, deferred compensation and all other forms
of special pay;
(b) for a CECONY Management Employee, a CEI Participant or an O&R
Management Employee, base salary in a payroll period, determined prior to any
reduction for:
(i) Pre-Tax Contributions,
(ii) Section 125 Contributions, or
(iii) Section 132 Contributions.
Compensation is determined by excluding bonuses, overtime pay,
incentive compensation, commissions, severance pay, deferred compensation and
all other forms of special pay; and
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(c) for an O&R Hourly Employee who is not a part-time Employee, forty
times the base hourly wage to an Eligible Employee in a week determined prior to
any reduction for Pre-Tax Contributions and Section 125 Contributions.
Compensation shall not include bonus, overtime, severance pay or other special
pay, or any other employer contributions to another deferred compensation plan
or employee welfare benefit plan. In the case of an O&R Participant who is a
part-time Eligible Employee, twenty shall be substituted for forty in the
preceding sentence.
(d) Compensation for a Plan Year in excess of the Annual Dollar Limit
for such Plan Year shall be disregarded.
1.29 CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE for a Highly Compensated Employee is the
ratio, expressed as a percentage, of After-Tax Contributions and Employer
Contributions on behalf of the Highly Compensated Employee for the current Plan
Year to the Highly Compensated Employee's Statutory Compensation for such Plan
Year (whether or not the Employee was a Participant for the entire Plan Year).
Contribution Percentage for a Non-Highly Compensated Employee is the ratio,
expressed as a percentage, of After-Tax Contributions and Employer Contributions
on behalf of the Non-Highly Compensated Employee for the prior Plan Year to the
Non-Highly Compensated Employee's Statutory Compensation for the portion of such
Plan Year in which the Participant was an Eligible Employee. However, Employer
Contributions shall not be taken into account to the extent they are forfeited
either to correct Excess Aggregate Contributions or because the contributions to
which they relate are Excess Pre-Tax Contributions, Excess Contributions, or
Excess Aggregate Contributions. The Contribution Percentage of each Eligible
Employee shall be rounded to the nearest one-hundredth of one percent of such
Employee's Statutory Compensation.
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1.30 COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT means the cost of living adjustment
prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury under Code Section 415(d) and
applied to such items and in such manner as the Secretary shall provide.
1.31 DISABILITY means total and permanent physical or mental disability,
as evidenced by (a) receipt of a Social Security disability pension or (b)
waiver of premium under an Employer's group term life insurance plan.
1.32 EARNINGS means the amount of income, if any, to be returned to an
affected Participant with any Excess Pre-Tax Contributions, Excess Contributions
or Excess Aggregate Contributions. Earnings on Excess Pre-Tax Contributions and
Excess Contributions shall be determined by multiplying the income earned on the
Subaccount of the Participant for the Plan Year by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the Excess Pre-Tax Contributions or Excess Contributions, as the case
may be, for the Plan Year and the denominator of which is the Subaccount balance
at the end of the Plan Year, disregarding any income or loss occurring during
the Plan Year. Earnings on Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be determined in
a similar manner by substituting the sum of the Employer Contributions
Subaccount and After-Tax Contributions Subaccount for the Pre-Tax Subaccount,
and the Excess Aggregate Contributions for the Excess Pre-Tax Contributions and
Excess Contributions in the preceding sentence.
1.33 ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE means a CECONY Weekly Employee, CECONY Management
Employee, an O&R Hourly Employee, an O&R Management Employee, and a CEI
Employee.
1.34 EMPLOYEE means an individual who is employed by and a common law
employee of the Company or an Affiliate and receives Compensation other than a
pension,
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severance pay, retainer or fee under contract. The term Employee excludes any
Leased Employee.
1.35 EMPLOYER means one, more than one, or all, as the context requires
of CECONY, O&R, and each CEI Affiliate. Employer also means each newly created,
future established or acquired Affiliate to the extent that such Affiliate
elects to participate and CECONY approves its participation in the Plan.
1.36 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION means a contribution to the Trust Fund made
by an Employer on behalf of a Participant.
1.37 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS SUBACCOUNT means the Subaccount into which
is credited a Participant's Employer Contributions.
1.38 ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time.
1.39 ESOP means, effective on the ESOP Effective Date, the Consolidated
Edison Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP"), which is incorporated into and
becomes a separate plan within this Plan.
1.40 ESOP EFFECTIVE DATE means May 8, 2002.
1.41 ESOP TRUST FUND means that part of the Trust Fund held exclusively
for the ESOP Accounts of the ESOP Participants.
1.42 EXCESS AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTIONS means with respect to any Plan Year,
the excess of:
(a) The actual Contribution Percentage(s) taken into account in
computing the numerator of the Average Contribution Percentage actually made on
behalf of Highly Compensated Employees for such Plan Year, over
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(b) The maximum actual Contribution Percentages permitted by the
Average Contribution Percentage test determined by reducing contributions
made on behalf of Highly Compensated Employees in order of their Contribution
Percentage beginning with the highest of such percentage.
Such determination shall be made after first determining Excess Pre-Tax
Contributions and then Excess Contributions. In no case shall the amount of
Excess Aggregate Contributions with respect to any Highly Compensated Employee
exceed the amount of After-Tax Contributions and Employer Contributions made on
behalf of such Highly Compensated Employee for the Plan Year.
1.43 EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS means, with respect to any Plan Year, the
excess of:
(a) the aggregate amount of Employer Contributions actually taken into
account in computing the Average Actual Deferral Percentage of Highly
Compensated Employees for such Plan Year, over
(b) the maximum amount of Employer's contributions permitted by the
Average Actual Deferral Percentage test (determined by reducing contributions
made on behalf of Highly Compensated Employees in order of the Actual average
Deferral Percentages, beginning with the highest of such percentages).
In no case shall the amount of Excess Contributions for a Plan Year with
respect to any Highly Compensated Employee exceed the amount of Pre-Tax
Contributions made on behalf of such Highly Compensated Employee for the Plan
Year.
1.44 EXCESS DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE means the excess of:
(a) the Average Deferral Percentage for the group of eligible Highly
Compensated Employees, over
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(b) the Average Deferral Percentage limit permissible to such group of
Highly Compensated Employees.
1.45 EXCESS PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS means those Pre-Tax Contributions that
are includible in a Participant's gross income under Code Section 402(g) to the
extent the Participant's Pre-Tax Contributions exceed the dollar limitation
under Code Section 402(g).
1.46 HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE means any Employee of the Company or an
Affiliate (whether or not an Eligible Employee) who during the look-back year
received Statutory Compensation in excess of $80,000, adjusted by the
Cost-of-Living Adjustment and, at the election of the Company or CECONY, was in
the "Top Paid Group." The term "Top Paid Group" includes all Employees who are
among the 20% highest paid. A Highly Compensated Management Employee means a
Highly Compensated Employee who is a CECONY Management Employee, an O&R
Management Employee, or a CEI Employee who is not covered by a collective
bargaining agreement. A Highly Compensated Union Employee is a Highly
Compensated Employee who is a Local 1-2 Employee, Local 3 Employee, and an O&R
Hourly Employee who is covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
1.47 HOUR OF SERVICE means, with respect to any applicable computation
period,
(a) each hour for which:
(i) the Employee is paid or entitled to payment for the
performance of duties for the Company or an Affiliate;
(ii) the Employee is paid or entitled to payment by the Company
or an Affiliate on account of a period during which no
duties are performed, whether or not the employment
relationship has terminated, due to
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vacation, holiday, illness, incapacity (including
disability),layoff, jury duty, military duty or leave of
absence; and
(iii) back pay, irrespective of mitigation of damages, is either
awarded or agreed to by the Company or an Affiliate,
excluding any hour credited under (a)(i) or (ii), which
shall be credited to the computation period or periods to
which the award, agreement or payment pertains rather than
to the computation period in which the award, agreement or
payment is made.
(b) No hours shall be credited on account of any period during which
the Employee performs no duties and receives payment solely for the purpose of
complying with unemployment compensation, workers' compensation or disability
insurance laws. Hours of Service are not required to be credited for a payment
which solely reimburses an Employee for medical or medically-related expenses
incurred by the employee. The Hours of Service credited shall be determined as
required by Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Sections 2530.200b-2(b)
and (c).
(c) With regard to an Employee for whom a record of his or her Hours of
Service is not maintained,
(i) One day of employment equals 10 Hours of Service;
(ii) One week of employment equals 45 Hours of Service; and
(iii) One month of employment equals 190 Hours of Service.
1.48 INVESTMENT FUND means an investment fund available under the Plan
for investment of assets held in the Trust Fund or the ESOP Trust Fund.
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1.49 INVESTMENT MANAGER means an investment manager as defined in ERISA
Section 3(38), which is appointed by the Named Fiduciaries.
1.50 LEASED EMPLOYEE means any person performing services for the
Company or an Affiliate as a leased employee as defined in Code Section 414(n).
In the case of any person who is a Leased Employee before or after a period of
service as an Employee, the entire period during which he or she has performed
services as a Leased Employee shall be counted as service as an Employee for all
purposes of the Plan, except that he or she shall not, by reason of that status,
become a Participant of the Plan.
1.51 LOAN RESERVE shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.08.
1.52 LOCAL 1-2 EMPLOYEE means an Employee represented by Local 1-2,
Utility Workers' Union of America, AFL-CIO.
1.53 LOCAL 3 EMPLOYEE means an Employee represented by Local 3,
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO.
1.54 NAMED FIDUCIARIES means the persons designated as named fiduciaries
of the Plan pursuant to Section 10.01.
1.55 NON-HIGHLY COMPENSATED MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE means any CECONY
Management Employee, O&R Management Employee or CEI Employee who is not covered
by a collective bargaining agreement and not a Highly Compensated Employee.
1.56 NON-PARTICIPATING CONTRIBUTION means the portion of a CECONY
Participant's or CEI Participant's Pre-Tax Contributions or After-Tax
Contributions that is not matched by Employer Contributions.
1.57 O&R means Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.
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1.58 O&R EMPLOYEE means an Employee employed by and on the active
payroll of O&R. A person designated by O&R as a co-op employee or employed in a
co-op capacity, as such term is defined by O&R, and any employee employed on a
temporary or seasonal basis shall not be considered an O&R Employee or an
Eligible Employee.
1.59 O&R HOURLY EMPLOYEE means an Employee employed by and on the active
payroll of O&R who is a member of the collective bargaining unit represented by
Local 503 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO.
1.60 O&R HOURLY PLAN means the Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.
Hourly Group Savings Plan, as in effect on December 31, 2000.
1.61 O&R MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE means an Employee employed by and on the
active management payroll of O&R and is not an O&R Hourly Employee.
1.62 O&R MANAGEMENT PLAN means the Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.
Management Employees' Savings Plan, as in effect on December 31, 2000.
1.63 O&R PARTICIPANT means an O&R Hourly Employee and an O&R Management
Employee who is participating in the Plan.
1.64 PARTICIPANT means any person who has an Account Balance in the
Plan.
1.65 PARTICIPATING CONTRIBUTION means the portion of the Participant's
Pre-tax Contributions or After-Tax Contributions for which there is a matching
Employer Contribution.
1.66 PAYROLL PERIOD means
(a) for a CECONY Weekly Employee, a one week period commencing on a
Sunday and ending on the next following Saturday;
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(b) for a CECONY Management Employee, a one month period commencing on
the first and ending on the last day of the month;
(c) for an O&R Participant, the dates that O&R provides payroll
information to the Trustees in order to determine the amounts that should be
withheld from an O&R Participant's pay as Pre-Tax Contributions and/or After-Tax
Contributions and the amounts that should be rendered by O&R to the Trustee on
behalf of an O&R Participant as an Employer Contribution; and
(d) for a CEI Participant, the prevailing payroll period for that CEI
Affiliate.
1.67 PLAN means the Consolidated Edison Thrift Savings Plan, as amended
from time to time, as set forth herein.
1.68 PLAN ADMINISTRATOR means the Plan Administrator appointed pursuant
to Section 10.01 to administer the Plan and the ESOP.
1.69 PLAN YEAR means the calendar year.
1.70 PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTION means an Employer's contributions made to the
Plan at the election of the Participant, in lieu of cash compensation and before
income taxes have been withheld on the amount, and includes contributions made
pursuant to a salary reduction agreement. In the case of an O&R Participant,
Pre-Tax Contributions include those Transferred Employer PAYSOP-Contributions
that were transferred to the O&R Plan. Pre-Tax Contributions includes amounts
deemed as Pre-Tax Contributions pursuant to an election under a cafeteria plan
maintained by CECONY.
1.71 PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS SUBACCOUNT means the Subaccount into which is
credited all of a Participant's Pre-Tax Contributions and within which are
separately accounted for as Participating Contributions and Non-Participating
Contributions.
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1.72 PRIOR PLAN OR PRIOR PLANS means one, more than one, or all, as the
context requires, of the CECONY Management Plan, the CECONY Weekly Plan, the O&R
Hourly Plan and the O&R Management Plan.
1.73 RECORD KEEPER means the individual(s) or firm selected by the Plan
Administrator to provide record keeping and Participant accounting services for
the Plan, including maintenance of separate accounts for Participants in
accordance with the provisions of Section 5.04.
1.74 RETIREMENT means termination of employment by a Participant under
circumstances in which he or she is entitled to receive an early retirement
pension allowance, normal retirement pension allowance or late retirement
pension allowance under any Employer defined benefit plan. Retirement means
termination from employment on or after his or her sixty-fifth birthday.
1.75 ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS means amounts contributed pursuant to Plan
Section 3.08.
1.76 ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS SUBACCOUNT means the account credited with a
Participant's Rollover Contributions and earnings on those contributions.
Effective for Rollover Contributions received on or after January 1, 2002, a
Rollover Contributions Subaccount may include a separately accounted for
after-tax rollover Subaccount attributable to after-tax rollover contributions
directly transferred to this Plan.
1.77 SECTION 125 CONTRIBUTIONS means Employee contributions made
pursuant to a salary reduction agreement under a cafeteria plan as that term is
defined in Code Section 125.
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1.78 SECTION 132 CONTRIBUTIONS means Employee contributions made for
qualified transportation expenses under a transportation reimbursement account.
1.79 SHARES means issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the
Company and shall include fractional shares of such common stock.
1.80 STATUTORY COMPENSATION means the wages, salaries, and other amounts
paid in respect of an Employee for services actually rendered to the Company or
an Affiliate, including by way of example, shift premiums, bonuses, overtime
payments and similar payments, but excluding non-taxable contributions to
deferred compensation plans, taxable non-qualified stock options and other
distributions which receive special tax benefits under the Code. Statutory
Compensation includes Pre-Tax Contributions, Section 125 Contributions and
Section 132 Contributions. Statutory Compensation may not exceed the Annual
Dollar Limit. To the extent that the above definition does not satisfy the
non-discrimination requirements, Statutory Compensation may be redefined, by the
Plan Administrator, to meet an alternative definition of compensation, including
within Code Section 415(c)(3).
1.81 TOP HEAVY GROUP means any required aggregation group (as defined in
Section 12.03) or any permissive aggregation group (as defined in Section 12.03)
in which more than 60% of the sum of (a) the aggregate account balances under
all plans in the group and (b) the aggregate present value of accrued benefits
under all plans in the group is allocated to key employees. For the purpose of
this definition, present value shall be determined on basis of the applicable
interest rate and applicable mortality table as set forth in the Company's
defined benefit plan.
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1.82 TOP-HEAVY PLAN means any defined contribution plan or defined
benefit plan of an Employer or the Company under which more that 60% of the sum
of (a) its aggregate account balances and (b) the present value of its aggregate
accrued benefits is allocated to key employees. For the purposes of this
definition present value shall be determined on the basis of the applicable
interest rate and applicable mortality table as set forth in the Company's
defined benefit plan.
1.83 TRANSFERRED EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE PAYSOP CONTRIBUTIONS means those
amounts transferred to the O&R Management Plan or the O&R Hourly Plan on behalf
of an O&R Employee from the terminated Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.
Payroll-Based Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
1.84 TRASOP means the Tax Reduction Act Stock Ownership Plan of
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., as included within this plan
document, effective as of July 1, 1988.
1.85 TRASOP ACCOUNT means an account maintained under the TRASOP by the
Trustee of the TRASOP Trust Fund for an Employee.
1.86 TRASOP TRUST FUND means the Trust Fund established solely for the
TRASOP Accounts.
1.87 TRUST FUND means the trust fund described in Article 5.
1.88 TRUSTEE means the trustee appointed and acting as trustee of the
Trust Fund, the TRASOP Trust Fund and the ESOP Trust Fund.
1.89 VESTED PORTION means the portion of an Account Balance in which the
Participant has a nonforfeitable interest as provided in Article 6.
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1.90 YEAR OF SERVICE means each Plan Year in which an Employee is
credited with at least 1000 Hours of Service. An Employee is credited with a
Year of Service in the month in which he or she completes 1000 Hours of Service.
An Employee will be credited with a Year of Service in each Plan Year in which
the Employee is absent on account of qualified military service, in accordance
with Code Section 414(u).
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ARTICLE II
ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
2.01 ELIGIBILITY
(a) Any person who was a Participant in a Prior Plan will continue to
be a Participant in this Plan.
(b) Each Eligible Employee is eligible to participate in the Plan.
(c) Each Eligible Employee who was a Participant in, and had an account
under the TRASOP on December 31, 2000, will continue to participate in the
TRASOP and have a TRASOP Account. As of July 1, 1988, the TRASOP was closed to
new Eligible Employees.
2.02 PARTICIPATION
(a) An Eligible Employee becomes a Participant by satisfying the
service requirements, if any, as described herein, and by completing the
enrollment process described below or such other enrollment process as may be
prescribed by the Plan Administrator. An Eligible Employee must elect to make
contributions to the Trust Fund in an amount or percentage as permitted by
Section 3.01. In general, a Participant's contributions are made by regular
payroll deductions authorized from time to time by such Participant in such
manner and on such conditions as may be prescribed by the Plan Administrator.
(1) CECONY Weekly Employee. A CECONY Weekly Employee may become a
Participant after completing 3 months of service. Participation may
begin with the next immediately following Payroll Period by making
an enrollment election not later than the day specified by the Plan
Administrator.
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(2) CECONY Management Employee or CEI Employee. A CECONY Management
Employee or a CEI Employee may become a Participant in a calendar
month following his or her date of hire by making an enrollment
election on or before the 20th day of the first calendar month of
hire or any subsequent calendar month.
(3) O&R Hourly Employee. An O&R Hourly Employee may become a
Participant in any month following the completion of one Year of
Service. Thereafter, an O&R Hourly Employee may participate by
making an election on or before the 24th day of any month.
Participation will become effective on the first day of the first
Payroll Period in the month following the month in which the
election is made.
(4) O&R Management Employee. An O&R Management Employee may become a
Participant in any month upon the completion of six months of
service and making an election on or before the 24th day of that
sixth month or any month thereafter. Participation will become
effective on the first day of the first Payroll Period in the month
immediately following the month in which the election is made. Six
months of participation means a six-month period in which an O&R
Management Employee is credited with at least five hundred Hours of
Service. Such six-month period will commence on the date the O&R
Management Employee first completes an Hour of Service.
(5) Other Eligible Employees. To the extent that a person becomes an
Eligible Employee and is not otherwise covered by a designated
classification, he or she may become a Participant in the month in
which his or her Employer
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adopts the Plan as provided in the Plan Section 11.05 and satisfies
whatever eligibility requirements, if any, his or her Employer
selects.
2.03 REEMPLOYMENT OF FORMER EMPLOYEES AND FORMER PARTICIPANTS
Any person reemployed as an Eligible Employee, who previously was eligible
to become a Participant, will become a Participant upon making an effective
enrollment election as may be prescribed by the Plan Administrator.
2.04 TRANSFERRED PARTICIPANTS
A Participant who remains in the employ of the Company or an Affiliate but
ceases to be an Eligible Employee will continue to be a Participant in the Plan
but will not be eligible to make After-Tax Contributions or Pre-Tax
Contributions or have Employer Contributions made on his or her behalf while his
or her employment status is other than as an Eligible Employee.
2.05 TERMINATION OF PARTICIPATION
A Participant's participation terminates on the date he or she is no longer
employed by the Company or Affiliate and no longer has an Account Balance.
2.06 PARTICIPATION IN ESOP
In accordance with Article XIV, and effective on the ESOP Effective Date,
each Participant who receives an Employer Contribution is eligible to
participate in the ESOP.
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ARTICLE III
CONTRIBUTIONS
3.01 CONTRIBUTION ELECTION
(a) CECONY WEEKLY PARTICIPANT. A CECONY Weekly Participant may elect to
contribute for each of his or her basic straight-time Hours of Service not in
excess of 40 in a Payroll Period, in one cent multiples or in the maximum
permissible amount if such maximum is not a multiple of one cent, as follows:
(i) for a Local 3 Employee for any Payroll Period beginning on or after: (x)
January 1, 2000, and before January 1, 2001, not in excess of $3.52 per hour;
(y) January 1, 2001, and before January 1, 2002, not in excess of $3.72 per
hour; and (z) January 1, 2002, not in excess of $20.00 per hour; and (ii) for a
Local 1-2 Employee for any Payroll Period beginning on or after: (x) January 1,
2000, and before January 1, 2001, not in excess of $3.52 per hour; (y) January
1, 2001, not in excess of $6.75 per hour; and (z) January 1, 2002, not in excess
of $20.00 per hour. In any case, effective January 1, 2002, a CECONY Weekly
Participant may contribute up to but no more than the lesser of $20.00 per hour
or 50% of basic straight-time pay. Such maximum amount of contributions shall be
subject to limitations imposed under the Code. At the time a CECONY Weekly
Participant elects a contribution amount, he or she shall, in such manner and on
such conditions as may be prescribed by the Plan Administrator, designate which
portion is to be Pre-Tax Contributions and which is to be After-Tax
Contributions. A CECONY Weekly Participant may elect to make Pre-Tax
Contributions whether or not he or she elects to make After-Tax Contributions
and may elect to make After-Tax Contributions whether or not he or she elects to
make Pre-Tax Contributions. Pre-Tax Contributions and After-Tax Contributions
are further limited as provided below and in Article 8.
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(b) CECONY MANAGEMENT AND A CEI PARTICIPANT. For Plan Years beginning
before January 1, 2002, a CECONY Management Participant and a CEI Participant
may elect to reduce his or her Compensation payable while a Participant by at
least 1% and not more than 18%, in multiples of 1%, and have that amount
contributed to the Plan as Pre-Tax Contributions and/or After-Tax Contributions.
A CECONY Management Participant or CEI Participant may elect to make Pre-Tax
Contributions whether or not he or she elects to make After-Tax Contributions
and may elect to make After-Tax Contributions whether or not he or she has
elected to make Pre-Tax Contributions. An amount contributed to the Plan
pursuant to the election of a CECONY Management Participant under a cafeteria
plan under Code Section 125 may be designated as a Pre-Tax Contribution or an
After-Tax Contribution. The maximum total percentage of Compensation which the
CECONY Management Participant and CEI Participant may elect to contribute in the
aggregate as Pre-Tax Contributions and After-Tax Contributions is 18%. Pre-Tax
Contributions and After-Tax Contributions are further limited as provided below
and in Article 8. For Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2002, a
CECONY Management Participant and a CEI Participant may elect to contribute up
to 50% of his or her Compensation as Pre-Tax Contributions and/or After-Tax
Contributions, subject to the maximum annual addition limit set forth in Section
8.03 of the Plan.
(c) O&R HOURLY PARTICIPANT. An O&R Hourly Participant may elect to
reduce his or her Compensation by at least 2% and not more than 20%, in
multiples of 1%, and have that amount contributed to the Plan as Pre-Tax
Contributions. Pre-Tax Contributions are further limited as provided below and
in Article 8.
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(d) O&R MANAGEMENT PARTICIPANT. For Plan Years beginning before
January 1, 2002, an O&R Management Participant may elect to reduce his or her
Compensation payable while a Participant by at least 2% and not more than 15%,
in multiples of 1%, and have that amount contributed to the Plan. Effective
January 1, 2002, an O&R Management Participant may contribute up to 50% of his
or her Compensation. At the time an O&R Management Participant elects a
contribution amount, he or she will designate which portion is to be Pre-Tax
Contributions and which is to be After-Tax Contributions. An O&R Management
Participant may elect to make Pre-Tax Contributions whether or not he or she
elects to make After-Tax Contributions and may elect to make After-Tax
Contributions whether or not he or she elects to make Pre-Tax Contributions.
Pre-Tax Contributions and After-Tax Contributions are to be further limited as
provided below and in Article 8.
3.02 PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTION DOLLAR LIMITATION AND RE-CHARACTERIZATION
In no event will a Participant's Pre-Tax Contributions made on his or her
behalf by the Company or an Affiliate to all plans, contracts or arrangements,
subject to the provisions of Code Section 402(g), in any calendar year exceed
$7,000 multiplied by the Cost-of-Living Adjustment. The Pre-Tax Contribution
limit will be increased for calendar year 2002 to $11,000; for calendar year
2003 to $12,000; for calendar year 2004 to $13,000; for calendar year 2005 to
$14,000; and for calendar year 2006 to $15,000. Beginning in calendar year 2006,
the $15,000 limit will be multiplied by the Cost-of-Living Adjustment,
increasing in $500 increments. Once a Participant's Pre-Tax Contributions in a
calendar year reach the applicable dollar limitation, his or her election of
Pre-Tax Contributions for the remainder of the calendar year will be canceled.
If so elected by a Participant, other than for an O&R Hourly Participant, excess
Pre-Tax Contributions will be re-characterized as After-Tax Contributions at the
same rate as was previously in effect for Pre-Tax Contributions. Each
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Participant affected by this Section 3.02 may elect to change or suspend the
rate at which he or she makes After-Tax Contributions. As of the first Payroll
Period of the calendar year following such cancellation, the Participant's
election of Pre-Tax Contributions will again become effective at the rate in
accordance with his or her most recent election.
3.03 RETURN OF EXCESS PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS
In the event that the sum of the Pre-Tax Contributions and similar
contributions to any other qualified defined contribution plan maintained by the
Company or an Affiliate exceed the dollar limitation in Code Section 402(g) for
any calendar year, the Participant will be deemed to have elected a return of
Pre-Tax Contributions in excess of such limit ("Excess Pre-Tax Contributions")
from this Plan. Unless Excess Pre-Tax Contributions are characterized as
After-Tax Contributions, Excess Pre-Tax Contributions, together with Earnings,
will be returned to the Participant no later than the April 15th following the
end of the calendar year in which the Excess Pre-Tax Contributions were made.
The amount of Excess Pre-Tax Contributions to be returned for any calendar year
will be reduced by any Pre-Tax Contributions previously returned to the
Participant under Section 8.01 for that calendar year. In the event any Pre-Tax
Contributions returned under this Section 3.03 were matched by Employer
Contributions, those Employer Contributions, together with Earnings, will be
forfeited and used to reduce future Employer Contributions. In the event any
Pre-Tax Contributions returned under this Section 3.03 were matched by Employer
Contributions, those Employer Contributions, together with Earnings, will be
forfeited and used to reduce future Employer Contributions.
3.04 EXCESS DEFERRALS TO OTHER PLANS
If a Participant makes tax-deferred contributions under another qualified
defined contribution plan maintained by an employer other than the Company or an
Affiliate for any
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calendar year and those contributions when added to his or her Pre-Tax
Contributions result if Excess Pre-Tax Contributions, the Participant may
allocate all or a portion of the Excess Pre-Tax Contributions to this Plan. In
that event, the Excess Pre-Tax Contributions, together with Earnings, will be
returned to the Participant no later than the April 15th following the end of
the calendar year in which the Excess Pre-Tax Contributions were made. The Plan
is not required to return Excess Pre-Tax Contributions unless the Participant
notifies the Plan Administrator, in writing, by March 1st of the following
calendar year of the amount of the Excess Pre-Tax Contributions allocated to
this Plan. The amount of Excess Pre-Tax Contributions to be returned for any
calendar year will be reduced by any Pre-Tax Contributions previously returned
to the Participant under Section 8.01 for that calendar year. In the event any
Pre-Tax Contributions returned under this Section 3.04 were matched by Employer
Contributions, those Employer Contributions, together with Earnings, will be
forfeited and used to reduce future Employer Contributions.
3.05 PARTICIPATING CONTRIBUTIONS ELIGIBLE FOR EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
(a) CECONY WEEKLY PARTICIPANT A Participating Contribution means that
amount of a Participant's contribution which is matched by an Employer
Contribution. In the instance of a CECONY Weekly Participant who is a Local 1-2
Employee, his or her contribution may not exceed: (1) 97 cents per hour for any
Payroll Period beginning on or after January 1, 2000, (2) $1.02 per hour for any
Payroll Period beginning on or after January 1, 2001, (3) $1.07 per hour for any
Payroll Period beginning on or after January 1, 2002, (4) $1.12 per hour for any
Payroll Period beginning on or after January 1, 2003, or (5) $1.17 per hour for
any Payroll Period beginning on or after January 1, 2004. Such contribution will
be the Local 1-2 Employee's Participating Contribution for such Payroll Period.
A Local 3 Employee's contribution may not exceed (1) $1.02 per hour for any
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Payroll Period beginning on or after January 1, 2001, (2) $1.07 per hour for any
Payroll Period beginning on or after January 1, 2002, (3) $1.12 per hour for any
Payroll Period beginning on or after January 1, 2003, (4) $1.17 per hour for any
Payroll Period beginning on or after January 1, 2004, or (5) $1.22 per hour for
any Payroll Period beginning on or after January 1, 2005. Such contributions
shall be the Local 3 Employee's Participating Contribution for such Payroll
Period. The amount, if any, by which a CECONY Weekly Participant's contribution
for a Payroll Period exceeds his or her Participating Contribution will be his
or her Non-Participating Contribution for such Payroll Period.
CECONY will contribute on behalf of a CECONY Weekly Participant who elects
to make Pre-Tax Contributions or After-Tax Contributions for a Payroll Period an
amount equal to 50% of the aggregate Participating Contributions made by the
CECONY Weekly Participant for such Payroll Period matching first Pre-Tax
Contributions and then After-Tax Contributions. Employer Contributions are made
expressly conditional on the Plan satisfying the provisions of Article VIII. If
any portion of the Pre-Tax Contribution or After-Tax Contribution to which the
Employer Contribution relates is returned to the CECONY Weekly Participant under
Section 3.01, 8.01, 8.02 or 8.03, the corresponding Employer Contribution will
be forfeited, and if any amount of the Employer Contribution is deemed an Excess
Aggregate Contribution under Section 8.03, such amount will be forfeited in
accordance with the provisions of that Section.
(b) CECONY MANAGEMENT PARTICIPANT AND CEI PARTICIPANT CECONY and each
CEI Affiliate will contribute on behalf of each CECONY Management Participant or
CEI Participant, as the case may be, who elects to make Pre-Tax Contributions or
After-Tax
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Contributions an amount equal to 50% of the sum of the Pre-Tax Contributions
and After-Tax Contributions made on behalf of or by the CECONY Management
Participant or the CEI Participant to the Plan during each month, not to exceed
6% of Compensation for such month, to be matched first on Pre-Tax Contributions,
and then on After-Tax Contributions. Employer Contributions for a month will not
exceed 3% of the Participant's Compensation for such month. Employer
Contributions are made expressly conditional on the Plan satisfying the
provisions of Article VIII. If any portion of the Pre-Tax Contribution or
After-Tax Contribution to which an Employer Contribution relates is returned to
the CECONY Management Participant or CEI Participant under Section 3.01, 8.01,
8.02 or 8.03, the corresponding Employer Contribution will be forfeited, and if
any amount of the Employer Contribution is deemed an Excess Aggregate
Contribution under Section 8.03, the Excess Aggregate Contribution will be
forfeited in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.03. In the event a
CECONY Management Participant or CEI Participant elects to make Pre-Tax
Contributions and/or After-Tax Contributions in an amount which, when taking
into account his or her Employer Contributions, exceeds the maximum annual
additions, as defined and determined in Section 8.03 of the Plan, the Employer
will contribute an additional Employer contribution on behalf of such
Participant ("CECONY/CEI True- Up Contribution"). The CECONY/CEI True- Up
Contribution, will be made as soon as administratively possible after the end of
the Plan Year, for each such CECONY Management Participant and CEI Participant
who is employed at year end. The CECONY/CEI True-Up Contribution will equal the
difference between 3% of such Participant's Compensation on an annual basis
minus his or her total Employer Contributions made during the year.
(c) O&R HOURLY PARTICIPANT O&R will contribute on behalf of each O&R
Hourly Participant who elects to make Pre-Tax Contributions an amount equal to
50% of
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Pre-Tax Contributions up to the first "x" percent of Compensation of the O&R
Hourly Participant during each month, where beginning: (1) January 1, 2000, "x"
equals 3; (2) January 1, 2003, "x" equals 4; and (3) January 1, 2004, "x" equals
5 of the O&R Hourly Participant's Compensation for such month. In addition, as
soon as administratively possible after the end of the Plan Year, O&R will
contribute, as of the end of the Plan Year, for each O&R Hourly Participant who
is employed at year end and who in the prior Payroll Periods during that Plan
Year had made Pre-Tax Contributions at a rate in excess of, beginning (1)
January 1, 2000, 3%; (2) January 1, 2003, 4%; or (3) January 1, 2004, 5%; of the
O&R Hourly Participant's Compensation, an Employer Contribution equal to 50% of
the O&R Hourly Participant's Pre-Tax Contributions that were not previously
matched ("True-Up Contributions"). True-Up Contributions will not exceed such
amount as will result in the total O&R Employer Contributions, both those made
previously during the year and those as of year end, exceeding 50% of a O&R
Hourly Participant's Pre-Tax Contributions that do not exceed, beginning: (1)
January 1, 2000, 3%; (2) January 1, 2003, 4%; or (3) January 1, 2004, 5%, of the
O&R Hourly Participant's Compensation on an annual basis.
(d) O&R MANAGEMENT PARTICIPANT O&R will contribute on behalf of each
O&R Management Participant who elects to make Pre-Tax Contributions an amount
equal to 50% of the Pre-Tax Contributions made on behalf of or by the O&R
Management Participant to the Plan during each month not to exceed 3% of his or
her Compensation for the month. In addition, as soon as administratively
possible after the end of the Plan Year, O&R will contribute, as of the end of
the Plan Year, for each O&R Management Participant who is employed at year end
and who in the prior Payroll Periods during that Plan Year had made Pre-Tax
Contributions at a rate in excess of 3% of his or her Compensation, a True-Up
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Contribution equal to 50% of his or her Pre-Tax Contributions. True-Up
Contributions will not exceed such amount as will result in the total O&R
Employer Contributions, both those made previously during the year and those as
of year end, exceeding 50% of a O&R Management Participant's Pre-Tax
Contributions that do not exceed 3% of his or her Compensation on an annual
basis.
3.06 ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS
(a) Subject to such terms and conditions as the Plan Administrator may
determine to be appropriate, applied in a uniform and non-discriminatory manner
to all Eligible Employees, and without regard to any limitations on
contributions set forth in this Article 3, the Plan may receive from an Eligible
Employee for credit to his or her Rollover Contributions Subaccount, in cash,
any amount previously distributed (or deemed to have been distributed) to him or
her from a qualified plan or, beginning January 1, 2002, a traditional
individual retirement account ("IRA"), a government plan subject to Code Section
457 or a Code Section 403(b) tax sheltered annuity. The Plan may receive such
amount either from the Eligible Employee or in the form of a direct rollover.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Plan shall not accept any amount unless such
amount is eligible to be rolled over in accordance with applicable law and the
Eligible Employee provides evidence satisfactory to the Plan Administrator that
such amount qualifies for rollover treatment. Unless received by the Plan in the
form of a direct rollover, the rollover contribution must be paid to the Trustee
on or before the 60th day after the day it was received by the Eligible Employee
or be rolled over from an IRA. Effective January 1, 2002, an eligible rollover
distribution from an IRA is the amount of a distribution from an IRA that is
includible in gross income, including amounts attributable to an Employee's
personal IRA contributions made outside of a qualified plan. At the time
received by the Plan, the Eligible Employee
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shall, in such manner and on such conditions as may be prescribed by the Plan
Administrator, elect to invest the Rollover Contribution in the investment funds
then available under the Plan to a Participant. If the Eligible Employee fails
to make an investment election, 100% of the Rollover Contribution shall be
invested in the Fixed Income Fund.
(b) The Plan may also accept from a former Employee who is a
Participant a rollover or a direct rollover of an amount received from a defined
benefit plan sponsored by an Employer or from the TRASOP.
(c) Subject to terms and conditions as the Plan Administrator may
determine to be appropriate, applied and non-discriminatory manner to all
Participants, the Plan may receive on behalf of Participant a trust-to-trust
transfer from another qualified plan. Any Participant whose benefits are the
subject of a trust-to-trust transfer from another qualified plan to this Plan
will be entitled to receive benefits, rights and features from the Plan that are
no less than the benefits, rights and features he would be entitled to receive
from the other qualified plan immediately preceding the transfer. To the extent
feasible, such transfer shall be made on an in-kind basis. To the extent such
transfer is made in the form of cash, at the time received by the Plan the
Participant shall, in such manner and on such terms as may be prescribed by the
Plan Administrator, elect to invest the cash in the Investment Funds then
available under the Plan other than the Company Stock fund.
3.07 CHANGES IN CONTRIBUTIONS
A Participant may increase, reduce, suspend or resume his or her
contributions within the limits prescribed by Sections 3.01 and/or 3.02,
effective as of the next first Payroll Period, by making a new election, on or
before the date set by the Plan Administrator, in such manner and on such
conditions as may be prescribed by the Plan Administrator. A Participant may
make changes in contribution levels once a month.
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3.08 PAYMENT TO TRUST
Amounts contributed by Participants will be paid by each Employer to the
Trustee promptly and credited by the Trustee to their Accounts in accordance
with the certification of each Employer as to the names of the contributing
Participants and the respective amounts contributed by each Participant as
Participating Contributions, Non-Participating Contributions, Pre-Tax
Contributions, After-Tax Contributions and Rollover Contributions.
3.09 NO CONTRIBUTIONS TO TRASOP
No contributions to the TRASOP by any Employer or by Participants are
permitted.
3.10 CATCH-UP CONTRIBUTIONS
(a) Effective January 1, 2002, or at such later time as the Plan
Administrator may determine to implement, each "Catch-Up Participant," as
defined below, may contribute for each "Catch-Up Year," as defined below, an
amount not to exceed the lesser of the "Catch-Up Contribution," as defined
below, or the Catch-Up Participant's compensation reduced by any other Pre-Tax
Contributions for that Catch-Up Year.
(b) Definitions:
(i) CATCH-UP PARTICIPANT means a Participant who has attained
age 50 by the last day of a Catch-Up Year and for whom no
additional Pre-Tax Contributions can be made for that
Catch-Up Year because of the application of the calendar
year annual dollar limit set forth in Code Section 402(g) or
any other limitations in the Plan.
(ii) CATCH-UP YEAR means Plan Year beginning January 2, 2002
("CUY 2002"), January 1, 2003 ("CUY 2003"), January 1, 2004
("CUY 2004"), January 1, 2005 ("CUY 2005"), or January 1,
2006 ("CUY 2006").
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(iii) CATCH-UP CONTRIBUTION means a Pre-Tax Contribution in the
amount of $1,000 for CUY 2002, $2,000 for CUY 2003, $3,000
for CUY 2004, $4,000 for CUY 2005, and $5,000 for CUY 2006.
For Plan Years beginning after CUY 2006, the $5,000 Catch-Up
Contribution is adjusted by the Cost of Living Adjustment,
increasing, when applicable, in $500 increments. Catch-Up
Contributions are not taken into account for purposes of
determining the Actual Deferral Percentage or Average Actual
Deferral Percentage.
3.11 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO ESOP
Employer Contributions made on behalf of an ESOP Participant are
automatically contributed to the ESOP.
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ARTICLE IV
INVESTMENT ELECTIONS - TIMING AND FREQUENCY
4.01 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS ELECTION
A Participant may elect to have Employer Contributions allocated to his or
her Employer Contributions Subaccount invested, in multiples of 1%, in one or
more of the Investment Funds, including the Company Stock Fund. Effective May 8,
2002, Employer Contributions allocated to the Company Stock Fund are made to the
ESOP. If the Participant fails to make an election as to the Investment Fund(s)
for his or her Employer Contributions, 100% of such Contributions shall be
invested in the Fixed Income Fund. Any such election shall be made in such
manner and on such conditions as may be prescribed by the Plan Administrator.
4.02 PARTICIPANT PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS, AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS AND
ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS
A Participant may elect to have his or her Pre-Tax Contributions, After-Tax
Contributions, and Rollover Contributions invested, in multiples of 1%, in any
Investment Fund other than the Company Stock Fund. If the Participant fails to
make an election as to the Investment Fund(s) for his or her contributions, 100%
of such contributions will be invested in the Fixed Income Fund.
4.03 CHANGE OF ELECTION
Subject to possible restrictions imposed on certain Funds by the Trustee or
an Investment Fund Manager, a Participant may change his or her investment
election regarding future contributions once a month and his or her existing
Account Balance once a day. Any
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election will be made in such manner and on such conditions as may be prescribed
by the Plan Administrator and subject to any restrictions imposed on an
Investment Fund.
4.04 CERTIFICATION TO COMPANY
For each Payroll Period, the Recordkeeper will certify to each Employer the
amount of Employer Contributions to be made on behalf of each Participant.
4.05 FORFEITURES
The total amount of the Trust Fund forfeited by Participants pursuant to
Section 7.02 or otherwise, will be invested in such Investment Fund as may be
specified by the Plan Administrator and will be applied to reduce future
Employer Contributions due under the Plan. The Trustee will promptly advise the
Employers of any such forfeiture and the amount thereof.
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ARTICLE V
THE TRUST FUND - INVESTMENTS
5.01 TRUST AGREEMENT
Contributions are held in a Trust Fund by the Trustee under a written trust
agreement between CECONY and the Trustee. TRASOP Accounts are held in a TRASOP
Trust Fund under a written trust agreement between CECONY and the Trustee. ESOP
Accounts are held in the ESOP Trust Fund which is included in, but a separate
part of the Trust Fund. No person has any rights to or interest in the Trust
Fund except as provided in the Plan. The provisions of the trust agreement
between CECONY and the Trustee shall be considered an integral part of the Plan
as if fully set forth herein.
5.02 INVESTMENT OF TRUST FUND
(a) The Trust Fund shall be invested and reinvested in Investment Funds
in accordance with the Participant's investment directions. The Plan is intended
to be an ERISA Section 404(c) plan within the meaning of regulations issued
pursuant to such section. Each Participant shall have the opportunity, on a
daily basis, to give investment instructions to the Trustee, or other fiduciary
who is appointed and assumes such fiduciary responsibility, with an opportunity
to obtain written confirmation of such instructions as to his or her existing
Account Balance among the Investment Funds. The Plan Administrator, the Trustee
and the Record keeper or their delegate, will comply with such instructions
except as otherwise provided in the ERISA Section 404(c) regulations. The Plan
Administrator will prescribe the form and manner in which such directions will
be made, as well as the frequency with which such directions may be made or
changed, and the dates as of which they will be effective, in a manner
consistent with the foregoing. Transfers to or
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from an Investment Fund may be restricted or limited by the manager of such
Investment Fund or by the terms of the Trust Agreement.
(b) The Named Fiduciaries shall select a range of Investment Funds as
described by ERISA Section 404(c) and applicable regulations. The Investment
Fund categories shall give each Participant a reasonable opportunity to:
(i) Materially affect the potential return on and the degree of
risk of assets over which the Participant exercises
investment control;
(ii) Choose from at least three investment alternatives, each of
which is diversified and has materially different risk and
return characteristics;
(iii) Enable a Participant to achieve a portfolio with risk and
return characteristics at any point within the range
normally appropriate by choosing among the core
alternatives; and
(iv) Diversify investments so as to minimize the risk of large
losses.
(c) The Named Fiduciaries may establish new Investment Funds without
the necessity of an amendment to the Plan and shall have the objectives
prescribed by the Named Fiduciaries. The Named Fiduciaries may eliminate one or
more Investment Fund existing at any time without the necessity of an amendment
to the Plan. The Named Fiduciaries may establish rules and procedures governing
the transfer of portions of Participant's Account Balance in the event that
existing Investment Funds are changed or new Investment Funds added. The Named
Fiduciaries may appoint an Investment Manager to manage an Investment Fund.
5.03 COMPANY STOCK FUND
For Plan Years beginning before January 1, 2002 and for Plan Year 2002
until May 8, 2002, all funds invested in the Company Stock Fund, are invested as
a Participant's
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Employer Contributions Subaccount, and subject to this Section 5.03(a), (b) and
(c). Effective as of the ESOP Effective Date, a Participant who invests some,
all, or any part of his or her Employer Contributions in the Company Stock Fund
will be an ESOP Participant subject to Article XIV.
(a) INVESTMENTS IN FUND The Trustee shall regularly purchase Shares for
the Company Stock Fund in accordance with a non-discretionary purchasing
program. Such purchases may be made on any securities exchange where Shares are
traded, in the over-the-counter market, or in negotiated transactions, and may
be on such terms as to price, delivery and otherwise as the Trustee may
determine to be in the best interests of the Participants. Dividends, interest
and other income received on assets held in the Company Stock Fund shall be
reinvested in the Company Stock Fund. All funds to be invested in the Company
Stock Fund shall be invested by the Trustee in one or more transactions promptly
after receipt by the Trustee, subject to any applicable requirement of law
affecting the timing or manner of such transactions. All brokerage commissions
and other direct expenses incurred by the Trustee in the purchase or sale of
Shares under the Plan will be borne by the Account investing and/or trading in
the Company Stock Fund.
(b) UNITS The interests of Participants in the Company Stock Fund shall
be measured in Units, the number and value of which shall be determined daily.
(c) VOTING OF SHARES Each Participant shall be entitled to direct the
Trustee as to the manner in which any Shares or fractional Share allocated to
the Participant's Account Balance are to be voted. Any such Shares or fractional
Share for which the Participant does not give voting directions shall be voted
by the Trustee in the same manner and proportions as all other Shares held by
the Trustee for which voting directions are given by Participants.
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The Trustee shall keep confidential a Participant's voting instructions and
information regarding a Participant's purchases, holdings and sales of Shares.
The Plan Administrator shall be responsible for monitoring the Trustee's
performance of its confidentiality obligations.
5.04 ACCOUNTS AND SUBACCOUNTS
The Recordkeeper will maintain a daily evaluation at current market values,
as determined by the Trustee. The Recordkeeper will also maintain a separate
TRASOP Account for each eligible Participant and a separate Account Balance for
each Participant, and within each such Account Balance, as applicable, a Pre-Tax
Contributions Subaccount, an After-Tax Contributions Subaccount, a Rollover
Contributions Subaccount, an ESOP Account and an Employer Contributions
Subaccount. The Recordkeeper will keep a separate record of the respective
amounts of each Participant in the Trust Fund, including each Investment Fund
and the Loan Reserve, attributable to amounts credited to a Participant's
Pre-Tax Contributions Subaccount, After-Tax Contributions Subaccount, Rollover
Contributions Subaccount, ESOP Account, and Employer Contributions Subaccount.
5.05 STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNT
As soon as practicable after each calendar quarter, the Recordkeeper will
cause to be sent to each Participant a written statement showing, as of such
date, the respective amounts of the Participant's Account Balance, including
each Investment Fund and the Loan Reserve, attributable to the Participant's
Pre-Tax Contributions Subaccount, After-Tax Contributions Subaccount, Rollover
Contributions Subaccount, Employer Contributions Subaccount and TRASOP Account,
if any. With respect to the Participant's After-Tax Contributions Subaccount,
the statement will show separately the amount of the Participant's own
contributions (less any withdrawal) credited to his or her After-Tax Subaccount.
The Plan
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Administrator may direct the Recordkeeper from time to time to issue comparable
statements to Participants as of other dates during the calendar year.
5.06 RESPONSIBILITY FOR INVESTMENT
Each Participant is solely responsible for the selection of his or her
Investment Funds. The Trustee, the Recordkeeper, any Investment Manager, the
Named Fiduciaries, the Plan Administrator, the Company, each Employer and the
trustees, officers and other Employees of each entity are not empowered to
advise a Participant as to the decision in which his or her Account Balance is
invested. The fact that an Investment Fund is available to Participants for
investment under the Plan is not to be construed as a recommendation for a
particular Participant to invest in the Investment Fund.
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ARTICLE VI
VESTING
6.01 PARTICIPANT CONTRIBUTIONS
The amount to the credit of a Participant's Account Balance attributable to
his or her Pre-Tax Contributions, After-Tax Contributions, Rollover
Contributions and TRASOP Account is 100% vested at all times.
6.02 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
(a) CECONY WEEKLY PARTICIPANT The amount to the credit of a CECONY
Weekly Participant's Account Balance attributable to Employer Contributions,
including those allocated to his or her ESOP Account, if applicable, made with
respect to any Payroll Period ending in a calendar year (the Contribution Year)
shall become 100% vested, subject to Article 8, on the earlier of the last day
of the third calendar year following the close of the Contribution Year or the
first day of the month in which the CECONY Weekly Participant completes five
Years of Service. Once a CECONY Weekly Participant completes five years of
Vesting Service, each Employer Contribution made on behalf of the CECONY Weekly
Participant becomes 100% vested. Effective January 1, 2002, each CECONY Weekly
Participant shall be 100% fully vested on the first day of the month in which he
or she completes three Years of Vesting service. All amounts to the credit of a
CECONY Weekly Participant's Account Balance attributable to Employer
Contributions, including those allocated to his or her ESOP Account, not yet
vested will become 100% vested upon attainment of age 65, death, Disability,
Retirement or termination of employment by the
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Company for reasons other than cause. Employer Contributions not yet vested are
subject to forfeiture as provided in Section 7.01.
(b) CECONY MANAGEMENT OR CEI PARTICIPANT The amount to the credit of a
CECONY Management or CEI Participant's Account Balance attributable to Employer
Contributions, including those allocated to his or her ESOP Account, if
applicable, shall become 100% vested, subject to Article 8, on the first day of
the calendar month in which the CECONY Management or CEI Participant completes
three years of Vesting Service. Once a CECONY Management or CEI Participant
completes three years of Vesting Service, each Employer Contribution made on
behalf of the CECONY Management Participant or CEI shall be 100% vested. All
amounts to the credit of a CECONY Management or CEI Participant's Account
Balance attributable to Employer Contributions, including those allocated to his
or her ESOP Account, if applicable, not yet vested will become 100% vested upon
attainment of age 65, Disability, death, retirement or termination of employment
by the Company for reasons other than cause. Employer Contributions otherwise
are subject to forfeiture as provided in Section 7.01.
(c) O&R HOURLY PARTICIPANT An O&R Hourly Participant's Account Balance
is 100% vested at all times.
(d) O&R MANAGEMENT PARTICIPANT An O&R Management Participant's Account
Balance is 100% vested at all times. 6.03 SPECIAL VESTING RULES
(a) Each person employed at the electric power generating facilities
purchased from Western Massachusetts Electric Company ("WMECO Facilities") on
July 19, 1999, the date of the Closing of the purchase of the WMECO Facilities
by a CEI Affiliate, was 100% vested as of July 19, 1999, in his or her Account
Balance.
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(b) Each CECONY Participant at the fossil-fueled electricity generating
facilities in New York City or at the nuclear-fueled electricity generating
facilities at Indian Point divested by CECONY ("Divested Operations") who became
employed by the respective buyers of the Divested Operations were 100% vested as
of the Date of the Closing of each Divested Operation.
(c) Each person employed at the natural gas fueled electricity
generating facility known as the Lakewood Cogeneration Facility ("Lakewood
Plant") purchased by a CEI Affiliate and who became an Employee of such CEI
Affiliate, was 100% vested in his or her Account Balance as of June 1, 2000.
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ARTICLE VII
DISTRIBUTIONS, WITHDRAWALS AND FORFEITURES
7.01 VOLUNTARY TERMINATION OR TERMINATION BY THE COMPANY - FORFEITURES
(a) If a CECONY or CEI Participant's service is terminated by the
Company for cause or if the CECONY or CEI Participant voluntarily terminates his
or her service other than by reason of Retirement, at on or after attainment of
age 65, or Disability the non-vested portion of the CECONY or CEI Participant's
Employer Contributions Subaccount and ESOP Account shall not be forfeited until
the CECONY or CEI Participant incurs a five-year Break in Service. The vested
portion of such CECONY or CEI Participant's Account Balance (including any
amount due under any outstanding loan pursuant to Article 9) will be distributed
to such CECONY or CEI Participant in accordance with Section 7.08. Termination
of service for cause shall be determined by the Plan Administrator under rules
uniformly applied to all CECONY or CEI Participants. If the CECONY Participant
is not reemployed by the Company or an Affiliate before he or she incurs five
one-year Breaks in Service or receives a distribution, the non-vested portion of
his or her Employer Contributions Subaccount and ESOP Account will then be
forfeited.
(b) If an amount to the credit of a Participant's Employer
Contributions Subaccount and ESOP Account has been forfeited in accordance with
paragraph (a) above, such amount shall subsequently be restored to his or her
Employer Contributions Subaccount and ESOP Account by the Company provided;
however, that within five years after his or her reemployment date if he or she
makes a lump sum payment to the Trust Fund in cash in an amount equal to that
portion of the distribution received which represents the Participant's
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Participating Contributions relating directly to Employer Contributions which
were forfeited at the time of distribution. The amount restored will vest in
accordance with Section 6.02 as an Employer Contribution and shall be credited
to the Participant's Employer Contributions Subaccount and ESOP Account. The
lump sum payment by the Participant is immediately 100% vested and will be
credited to the Participant's Account Balance and ESOP Account.
(c) If any amounts to be restored to a Participant's Employer
Contributions Subaccount and ESOP Account have been forfeited under paragraph
(a) above, those amounts will be taken first from any forfeitures which have not
as yet been applied against Employer Contributions and if any amounts remain to
be restored, the Employer will make a special Employer Contribution equal to
those amounts.
(d) A Participant shall elect how to invest the repayment at the time
of the repayment.
7.02 DEATH
Upon the death of a Participant, the entire amount to the credit of his or
her Account Balance (including any amount due under any outstanding loan
pursuant to Article 9) will be distributed to his or her Beneficiary in
accordance with Section 11.03 as soon as practicable after the calendar month in
which his or her death occurs.
7.03 WITHDRAWALS
(a) A CECONY OR CEI PARTICIPANT may request an in-service cash
withdrawal from his or her vested Account Balance of amounts other than Pre-Tax
Contributions, by making a withdrawal application in such manner and on such
conditions as may be prescribed by the Plan Administrator. In-service
withdrawals of Pre-Tax Contributions are restricted, as described herein.
Payment of the amount withdrawn will be made as soon as practicable after such
application has been completed and processed. Withdrawal requests
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by CECONY or CEI Participants are permitted up to four times in any calendar
year and only in accordance with the following terms: Withdrawals will be made
on an average cost basis within each category below and pro rata from the CECONY
or CEI Participant's Account Balance available for withdrawal. A CECONY or CEI
Participant may at any time withdraw an amount up to the entire vested amount to
the credit of his or her After-Tax and Employer Contribution Subaccounts, and
ESOP Account except that a CECONY Weekly Participant may not withdraw an amount
attributable to an Employer Contribution until December 31st, of the third
calendar year - and a CECONY Management Participant or CEI Participant, of the
second calendar year -- beginning after the calendar month for which the
Employer Contribution was made. A CECONY or CEI Participant will not be
permitted to make any such withdrawal amounting to less than $300 unless the
maximum amount available under this paragraph is less than $300 in which case
the CECONY or CEI Participant will only be permitted to withdraw such maximum
amount. Withdrawals will be made in the following order from a CECONY or CEI
Participant's Account Balance:
(1) If the CECONY or CEI Participant requests a nontaxable withdrawal:
(i) Non-Participating After-Tax Contributions made before
January 1, 1987, excluding any earnings thereon, and
(ii) Participating After-Tax Contributions made before January 1,
1987, excluding any earnings thereon.
(2) If the CECONY or CEI Participant requests a taxable withdrawal,
without incurring a suspension as provided below:
(i) Non-Participating After-Tax Contributions made before
January 1, 1987, excluding any earnings thereon;
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(ii) Participating After-Tax Contributions made before January 1,
1987, excluding any earnings thereon;
(iii) Non-Participating After-Tax Contributions made on or after
January 1, 1987, including any earnings thereon;
(iv) Participating After-Tax Contributions made on or after
January 1, 1987, that have been in the Account for two full
calendar years after the year contributed for a CECONY
Management or CEI Participant and three full calendar years
after the year contributed for a CECONY Weekly Participant,
including any earnings thereon;
(v) Any earnings attributable to Non-Participating After-Tax
Contributions made before January 1, 1987;
(vi) Any earnings attributable to Participating After-Tax
Contributions made before January 1, 1987; and
(vii) Employer Contributions that have not been in the CECONY
Weekly Participant's Account for three, or in a CECONY
Management or CEI Participant's Account for two, full
calendar years after the contribution year, including any
earnings thereon.
(3) If the CECONY or CEI Participant requests a taxable withdrawal
resulting in a suspension as provided below:
(i) Non-Participating After-Tax Contributions made before
January 1, 1987, excluding any earnings thereon;
(ii) Participating After-Tax Contributions made before January 1,
1987, excluding any earnings thereon;
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(iii) Non-Participating After-Tax Contributions made on or after
January 1, 1987, including any earnings thereon;
(iv) Participating After-Tax Contributions made on or after
January 1, 1987, including any earnings thereon;
(v) Any earnings attributable to Non-Participating After-Tax
Contributions made before January 1, 1987;
(vi) Any earnings attributable to Participating After-Tax
Contributions made before January 1, 1987; and
(vii) Employer Contributions that have not been in the Account for
three full calendar years for a CECONY Weekly Participant
and two full calendar years for a CECONY Management or CEI
Participant, after the contribution year, including any
earnings thereon.
A CECONY or CEI Participant who has withdrawn at least the entire amount
available in his or her After-Tax, Employer Contribution Subaccount and ESOP
Account without incurring a suspension may at any time withdraw an amount up to
the entire amount to the credit of his or her Rollover Contribution Subaccount.
A CECONY or CEI Participant who has attained the age of fifty-nine and
one-half and who has withdrawn at least the entire vested amount available for
withdrawal in his or her After-Tax Contribution Subaccount, Employer
Contribution Subaccount, ESOP Account and Rollover Contribution Subaccount
without incurring a suspension, may withdraw an amount up to the entire amount
to the credit of his or her Pre-tax Contribution Subaccount in the following
order:
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(4) If the CECONY or CEI Participant requests a withdrawal, without
resulting in a suspension:
(i) Non-Participating Pre-Tax Contributions, including any
earnings thereon, and
(ii) Participating Pre-Tax Contributions that have been in the
Account for three full calendar years for a CECONY Weekly
Participant and two full calendar years for a CECONY or CEI
Management Participant after the year contributed, including
any earnings thereon.
(5) If the CECONY or CEI Participant requests a withdrawal resulting
in a suspension:
(i) Participating After-Tax Contributions, made on or after
January 1, 1987 that have been in the Account for less than
three full calendar years for a CECONY Weekly Participant
and two full calendar years for a CECONY or CEI Management
Participant after the contribution year, including any
earning thereon;
(ii) Non-Participating Pre-Tax Contributions, including any
earnings thereon; and
(iii) Participating Pre-Tax Contributions including any earnings
thereon.
A CECONY or CEI Participant shall not be permitted to make any such
withdrawal amounting to less than $300 unless the maximum amount available is
less than $300 in which case the CECONY or CEI Participant shall only be
permitted to withdraw such maximum amount.
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Notwithstanding the preceding subparagraphs, a CECONY or CEI Participant
may not withdraw any amount that would cause his or her Account Balance to be
less than the minimum amount required under Section 9.12.
In the event a CECONY or CEI Participant withdraws any amounts which
represent After-Tax Participating Contributions made at any time during the
three full calendar years for a CECONY Weekly Participant and two full calendar
years for a CECONY or CEI Management Participant, preceding the calendar year in
which the withdrawal is made, the CECONY or CEI Participant's right to make any
contributions to the Plan shall be suspended throughout all Payroll Periods
commencing during the six full calendar months as soon as practicable following
the withdrawal. To resume contributions following such suspension, the CECONY or
CEI Participant must elect on or before such day, in such manner and on such
conditions as may be prescribed by the Plan Administrator, to resume making
contributions.
(b) AN O&R HOURLY PARTICIPANT who has attained the age of fifty-nine
and one-half may request an in-service cash withdrawal. He or she may withdraw
all or a portion of his or her Account Balance attributable to Pre-Tax
Contributions and Rollover Contributions and income credited thereon (other than
any portion of his or her Account Balance attributable to an outstanding loan
balance), except that he or she may not withdraw such amount to the extent that
under applicable state law such contributions and/or earnings, whether or not
withdrawn, would be subject to state income tax if such O&R Hourly Participant
had the right to withdraw it from his or her Account Balance. Such request may
be made only once each twelve-month period and may not be for an amount of less
than $500 or the entire amount available for withdrawal. Effective January 1,
2002, withdrawals
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may be made up to four times in a year and the minimum amount that may be
withdrawn is reduced to $300.
(c) AN O&R MANAGEMENT PARTICIPANT may request a withdrawal from his or
her Account Balance which is attributable to After-Tax Contributions in such
manner and on such conditions as may be prescribed by the Plan Administrator.
Additionally, an O&R Management Participant who is at least age fifty-nine and
one-half may withdraw during employment all or a portion of his or her Account
Balance which is attributable to Pre-Tax Contributions and Rollover
Contributions and income credited thereon (except for any portion of his or her
Account Balance attributable to an outstanding loan balance), except that he or
she may not withdraw such amount to the extent that under applicable state law
such contributions and/or earnings, whether or not withdrawn, would be subject
to state income tax if such O&R Management Participant had the right to withdraw
it from his or her Account Balance. Such requests may be made only once each
twelve month period and may not be for an amount of less than $500 or the entire
amount available for withdrawal. Effective January 1, 2002, withdrawals, when
available, may be made up to four times in a year and the minimum amount that
may be withdrawn is reduced to $300.
7.04 HARDSHIP WITHDRAWALS
A Participant may, in the event of hardship, withdraw all or any part of
the amount of Pre-Tax Contributions to the credit of the Account Balance of the
Participant (excluding any earnings after December 31, 1998, attributable to
Pre-Tax Contributions) in excess of any minimum Account Balance required under
Section 9.09. An O&R Participant may also withdraw the income credited after
December 31, 1988, attributable to Transferred Employer PAYSOP Contributions and
Rollover Contributions and income attributable to After-Tax Contributions if
such income is subject to the restrictions on withdrawal pursuant to Section
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7.03. A Participant may apply for a hardship withdrawal in such manner and on
such conditions as may be prescribed by the Plan Administrator. A Participant
shall be deemed to have a hardship if the Participant has an immediate and heavy
financial need and if the withdrawal is necessary to satisfy such financial need
as set forth below. The Plan Administrator or his or her delegate shall
determine whether the Participant satisfies the requirements for a hardship and
the amount of any hardship withdrawal. Any withdrawal under this Section shall
be made pro-rata from the Participant's balances in the Investment Funds from
which withdrawal may be made as provided in Section 7.03. A withdrawal pursuant
to this Section 7.04 shall not be subject to the limitations on number of
withdrawals permitted under Section 7.03.
(a) IMMEDIATE AND HEAVY FINANCIAL NEED. A Participant will be deemed to
have an immediate and heavy financial need if the withdrawal is to made on
account of any of the following:
(1) Medical expenses described in Code Section 213(d) previously
incurred by the Participant, the Participant's spouse or any
dependent, (as defined in Code Section 152), of the Participant,
or expenses necessary for those persons to obtain medical care
described in Code Section 213(d);
(2) Costs directly related to the purchase, excluding mortgage
payments, of a principal residence for the Participant;
(3) Payment of tuition, related educational fees, and room and board
expenses for the next twelve-months of post- secondary
education for the Participant, or the Participant's spouse,
children or dependents;
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(4) Payment of amounts necessary to prevent the eviction of the
Participant from his or her principal residence or to avoid
foreclosure on the mortgage of the Participant's principal
residence;
(5) Payment of funeral expenses for a family member;
(6) Any other need added to the foregoing items of deemed immediate
and heavy financial needs by the Commissioner of the Internal
Revenue Service through the publication of revenue rulings,
notices and other documents of general availability, rather than
on an individual basis.
(7) A Participant shall not be permitted to make a withdrawal in the
event of a hardship on account of any reason other than as set
forth above.
(b) NECESSARY TO SATISFY SUCH NEED. The requested withdrawal will not
be treated as necessary to satisfy the Participant's immediate and heavy
financial need to the extent that the amount of the requested withdrawal is in
excess of the amount required to relieve the financial need or to the extent
such need may be satisfied from other sources that are reasonably available to
the Participant. The amount of an immediate and heavy financial need may include
any amounts necessary to pay any federal, state or local income taxes or
penalties reasonably anticipated to result from the hardship withdrawal. The
Participant must request, on such form or otherwise as the Plan Administrator or
his or her delegate may prescribe, that the Plan Administrator or his or her
delegate made its determination of the necessity for the withdrawal solely on
the basis of the Participant/s certification, without any supporting documents.
In the event the Plan Administrator or his or her delegate shall make such
determination provided all of the following requirements are met: (1) the
Participant has obtained all distributions and withdrawals, other than
distributions available only on account
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of hardship, and all nontaxable loans currently available under all plans of the
Company and Affiliates, (2) the Participant is prohibited from making Pre-Tax
Contributions and After-Tax Contributions to the Plan and all other plans of the
Company and Affiliates under the terms of such plans or by means of an otherwise
legally enforceable agreement for at least 12 months, or beginning on or after
January 1, 2002, six months, after receipt of the distribution, and (3) the
limitation described in Section 3.02 under all plans of the Company and
Affiliates for the calendar year following the year in which the distribution is
made must be reduced by the Participant's Pre-Tax Contributions made prior to
such distribution in the calendar year of the distribution for hardship. All
other plans of the Company and Affiliates means all qualified and non-qualified
plans of deferred compensation maintained by the Company and Affiliates and
includes a stock option, stock purchase (including the Company's Discount Stock
Purchase Plan), qualified and non-qualified deferred compensation plans and such
other plans as may be designated under regulations issued under Code Section
401(k), but shall not include health and welfare benefit plans.
7.05 DISTRIBUTION FROM COMPANY STOCK FUND
Where an amount to be distributed pursuant to Section 7.02, 7.03 or 14.10
is represented in part by Units, the distributee may elect, in such manner and
on such conditions as may be prescribed by the Plan Administrator, to have
distributed the number of whole Shares represented by such Units, together with
an amount of dollars representing the balance of the current value of such
Units. In the absence of such an election, the distribution shall be made
entirely in cash. Withdrawals for hardships or loans to be made from the Company
Stock Fund shall be made entirely in cash.
7.06 LEAVES OF ABSENCE
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If a Participant is granted an unpaid leave of absence by an Employer, such
event will not be deemed a termination of service, but such Participant's
Pre-Tax Contributions and After-Tax Contributions under this Plan will be
suspended as of the last day of the Payroll Period in which such leave
commences. Such Participant may resume making Pre-Tax Contributions and
After-Tax Contributions, as of a Payroll Period following the termination of
such leave of absence, by making a new payroll deduction authorization in such
manner and on such conditions as may be prescribed by the Plan Administrator.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, and the provisions of Section 7.04, if a
Participant makes a hardship withdrawal while on a leave of absence, any
suspension of such Participant's right to make Pre-Tax or After-Tax
Contributions which shall result from such withdrawal shall begin with the first
Payroll Period beginning after such leave of absence.
7.07 AGE 70 1/2 REQUIRED DISTRIBUTION
(a) A Participant who attains age 70 1/2 on or after January 1, 2000,
shall begin his or her distribution of his or her Account Balance no later than
the April 1st following the later of the calendar year in which he or she
attains age 70 1/2 or the calendar year in which the Participant terminates
employment.
(b) In the event a Participant in active service was required prior to
January 1, 2000 to begin receiving payments while in service under the
provisions of a Prior Plan, the Plan shall distribute to the Participant in each
distribution calendar year the minimum amount required to satisfy the provisions
of Code Section 401(a)(9) provided; however, that the payment for the first
distribution calendar year shall be made on or before April 1 of the following
calendar year. Such minimum amount will be determined on the basis of the joint
life expectancy of the Participant and his or her Beneficiary. Such life
expectancy will be recalculated once each year; however, the life expectancy of
the Beneficiary will not be
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recalculated if the Beneficiary is not the Participant's spouse. The amount of
the withdrawal shall be allocated among the Investment Funds in proportion to
the value of the Account Balance as of the date of each withdrawal. The
commencement of payments under this Section shall not constitute an Annuity
Starting Date for purposes of Code Sections 72, 401(a)(11) and 417. Upon the
Participant's subsequent termination of employment, payment of the Participant's
Account Balance shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.08.
(c) With respect to distributions under the Plan made in calendar years
beginning on or after January 1, 2000, the Plan will apply the minimum
distribution requirements of Code Section 401(a)(9) that were proposed in
January 2001, notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary. This
amendment shall continue in effect until the end of the last calendar year
beginning before the effective date of final regulations under Code Section
401(a)(9) or such other date specified in guidance published by the Internal
Revenue Service.
7.08 FORM AND TIMING OF DISTRIBUTIONS
(a) TIMING OF DISTRIBUTIONS. Upon termination from employment with the
Company and any Affiliate service, distributions will be made as follows:
(1) if the vested portion of the Participant's Account Balance equals
$5000 or less, his or her Account Balance will be distributed in a
single lump sum as soon as practicable but not later than 60 days
after the end of the calendar year in which the Participant's
termination from employment occurs; or
(2) unless the Participant consents to a distribution upon termination
from employment, if the vested portion of the Participant's Account
Balance exceeds $5000, distribution will be deferred until April 1
of the calendar year
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following the calendar year in which the Participant attains age
70 1/2 unless, and until, the Participant elects an earlier
distribution under Section 7.08(b).
(3) Termination of employment entitling a Participant to a distribution
does not occur in the event of a corporate transaction in which
there is a transfer of the Account Balances of Participants
affected by the corporate transaction to a plan maintained or
created by the affected Participant's new employer.
(b) The Participant may elect an immediate or deferred distribution,
subject to Code Section 401 (a)(9), Article XIV, if applicable, and, in such
manner and on such conditions as may be prescribed by the Plan Administrator,
any of the following:
(1) a distribution of the Participant's Vested Account Balance in a
single lump sum;
(2) monthly, quarterly or annual periodic installment payments in a
fixed dollar amount or fixed percentage amount, up to a 15-year
period; or
(3) a distribution of all or part of the Participant's Vested Account
Balance.
(c) If a Participant's distribution is deferred until April 1 of the
calendar year following the calendar year in which the Participant attains again
70 1/2, the Participant may elect, in such manner and on such conditions as may
be presented by the Plan administrator;
(1) a distribution in a single lump sum, or
(2) a distribution in the required minimum amounts and over the
applicable distribution period prescribed under the Code's minimum
distribution rules. If the Participant fails to make an election,
the distribution shall be made in a single lump sum;
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(d) Any distribution of less than all of a Participant's Vested Account
Balance shall be made pro-rata from the Investment Funds in which the Account
Balance in invested.
7.09 PROOF OF DEATH AND RIGHT OF BENEFICIARY OR OTHER PERSON
The Plan Administrator may require and rely upon such proof of death and
such evidence of the right of any Beneficiary or other person to receive the
value of the vested Account Balance of a deceased Participant as the Plan
Administrator may deem proper, and his or her determination of the right of that
Beneficiary or other person to receive payment will be conclusive.
7.10 DISTRIBUTION LIMITATION
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 7, all distributions
from this Plan shall conform to the regulations issued under Code Section
401(a)(9), including the incidental death benefit provisions of Code Section
401(a)(9)(G). Such regulations override any Plan provision that is inconsistent
with Code Section 401(a)(9).
7.11 DIRECT ROLLOVER OF CERTAIN DISTRIBUTIONS
Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary that would
otherwise limit a Distributee's election under this Section, a Distributee may
elect, in such manner and on such conditions as may be prescribed by the Plan
Administrator, to have any portion of an Eligible Rollover Distribution paid
directly to an Eligible Retirement Plan specified by the Distributee in a direct
rollover. The following definitions apply to the terms used in this Section:
(a) ELIGIBLE ROLLOVER DISTRIBUTION means any distribution of all or any
portion of the balance to the credit of the Distributee. An Eligible Rollover
Distribution does not include any distribution that is one of a series of
substantially equal periodic payments (not less frequently than annually) made
for the life (or life expectancy) of the Distributee or the
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joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of the Distributee and the
Distributee's designated beneficiary, or for a specified period of ten years or
more or any distribution to the extent such distribution is required under Code
Section 401(a)(9). Any amount that is distributed on account of hardship is not
an Eligible Rollover Distribution. The Distributee may not elect to have any
portion of a hardship distribution paid directly to an Eligible Retirement Plan.
Effective beginning January 1, 2002, a distribution does not fail to be an
Eligible Rollover Distribution solely because it includes after-tax employee
contributions that are not includible in gross income. The portion attributable
to after-tax contributions may be transferred only to an individual retirement
account or annuity described in Code Section 408(a) or (b), or to a qualified
defined contribution plan described in Code Section 401(a) or 403(a) that agrees
to separately account for amounts so transferred, including separately
accounting for the portion of such distribution which is includible in gross
income and the portion of such distribution which is not so includible.
(b) ELIGIBLE RETIREMENT PLAN means an individual retirement account
described in Code Section 408(a), an individual retirement annuity described in
Code Section 408(b), an annuity plan described in Code Section 403(a), or a
qualified trust described in Code Section 401(a) that is a defined contribution
plan, that accepts the Distributee's Eligible Rollover Distribution. However, in
the case of an Eligible Rollover Distribution to the surviving spouse, an
Eligible Retirement Plan is an individual retirement account or individual
retirement annuity. Effective January 1, 2002, Eligible Retirement Plan also
means an annuity plan described in Code Section 403(b), and an eligible plan
under Code Section 457(b) maintained by a political subdivision of a state, or
any agency or instrumentality of a state or political subdivision of a state and
which agrees to separately account for amounts
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transferred into such plan from this Plan, including separately accounting for
the portion of such distribution that is includible in gross income and the
portion of such distribution that is not so includible.
(c) DISTRIBUTEE means an Employee, former employee, the surviving
spouse of the Employee or Former Employee, spouse or former spouse of an
Employee or Former Employee who is the alternate payee under a qualified
domestic relations order as defined in Code Section 414(p), are Distributees.
(d) DIRECT ROLLOVER means a payment by the Plan to the Eligible
Retirement Plan specified by the Distributee.
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ARTICLE VIII
NON-DISCRIMINATION AND LIMITATION
8.01 ACTUAL DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE TEST
(a) Separate Testing Groups. Solely for purposes of determining whether
the Plan satisfies the Average Actual Deferral Percentage tests, the Plan will
be tested as if it were four separate plans ("Testing Plan"): (1) a Plan
covering CECONY Management Employees, O&R Management Employees and CEI Employees
("Management Employees"), (2) a Testing Plan covering O&R Hourly
Employees ("O&RU"), (3) a plan covering Local 1-2 Employees ("Local 1-2U") and,
(4) a plan covering Local 3 Employees ("Local 3U"). Each employee in the O&RU,
Local 1-2U, and Local 3U is referred to as a "Union Employee." Solely for
purposes of determining whether a Testing Plan satisfies the Actual Deferral
Percentage Test, an Employee who is under age 21 or has less than one Year of
Service is not taken into account as an Eligible Employee.
(b) The Average Actual Deferral Percentage for both Highly Compensated
Management Employees ("HCMEs") and for Highly Compensated Union Employees
("HCUEs"), respectively, who are, or are eligible to become, Participants may
not exceed the greater of:
(i) the Average Actual Deferral Percentage for Non-Highly
Compensated Management Employees ("NHCMEs") or Non-Highly
Compensation Union Employees ("NHCUEs"), respectively, who
are, or eligible to become, Participants multiplied by 1.25;
or
(ii) the Average Actual Deferral Percentage for HCMEs or HCUEs,
respectively, multiplied by 2.0, but not more than 2
percentage points in
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excess of the Average Actual Deferral Percentage for the
NHCMEs or NHCUEs, respectively.
(c) During a Plan Year, the Plan Administrator may implement rules
limiting the Pre-Tax Contributions which may be made on behalf of some or all of
either the HCMEs or HCUEs so that this limitation is satisfied. If the Plan
Administrator determines that the limitation has been exceeded in any Plan Year,
the following provisions apply:
(1) The amount of Pre-Tax Contributions made by either the HCMEs or
HCUEs, as applicable, will be reduced by a leveling process under
which the Pre-Tax Contributions of the HCME or HCUE, as applicable,
with the highest dollar amount of Pre-Tax Contributions shall be
reduced to the extent necessary to completely eliminate the excess
Pre-Tax Contribution or cause such Pre-Tax Contributions to equal
the amount of such contributions of the HCME or HCUE, as
applicable, with the next highest dollar amount of Pre-Tax
Contribution. This process will be repeated until the excess
Pre-Tax Contribution is eliminated.
(2) Excess Pre-Tax Contributions, together with Earnings, will be paid
to the Participant before the close of the Plan Year following the
Plan Year in which the excess Pre-Tax Contributions were made and,
to the extent practicable, within 2 1/2 months of the close of the
Plan Year in which the Excess Pre-Tax Contributions were made.
However, any Excess Pre-Tax Contributions for any Plan Year will be
reduced by any Pre-Tax Contributions previously returned to the
Participant for that Plan Year. If any returned Excess Pre-Tax
Contributions were matched by Employer Contributions, such
corresponding
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Employer Contributions, with Earnings will be forfeited and used to
reduce Employer Contributions. The Participant, other than an O&R
HCUE, may elect, in lieu of a return of the Excess Pre-Tax
Contributions to have the Plan treat all or a portion of the Excess
Pre-Tax Contributions to the Plan as After-Tax Contributions for
the Plan Year in which the Excess Pre-Tax Contributions were made,
subject to the limitations of Section 3.01. Re-characterized Excess
Pre-Tax Contributions shall be considered After-Tax Contributions
made in the Plan Year to which the Excess Pre-Tax Contributions
relate for purposes of Section 8.02 and shall be subject to the
withdrawal provisions applicable to After-Tax Contributions under
Article 7. The Participant's election to re-characterize Excess
Pre-Tax Contributions shall be made within 21/2months of the close
of the Plan Year in which the Excess Pre-Tax Contributions were
made or within such shorter period as the Plan Administrator may
prescribe. In the absence of a timely election by the Participant,
the Plan shall return Excess Pre-Tax Contributions.
8.02 ACTUAL CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE TEST
(a) Solely for purposes of determining whether the Plan satisfies the
Average Contribution Percentage test, the Plan will not test Union Employees.
The Plan will test only the Management Employees.
(b) The Average Contribution Percentage for HCMEs who are, or eligible
to become, Participants may not exceed the Average Contribution Percentage of
NHCMEs who are, or are eligible to become, Participants multiplied by 1.25. If
the Average Contribution Percentage for the HCMEs does not meet the foregoing
test, the Average Contribution Percentage for HCMEs may not exceed the Average
Actual Contribution Percentage of
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NHCMEs who are, or eligible to become, Participants by more than two percentage
points, and the Average Contribution Percentage for HCMEs may not be more than
2.0 times the Average Contribution Percentage for NHCMEs (or such lesser amount
as the Plan Administrator shall determine to satisfy the provisions of Section
8.03). During a Plan Year, the Plan Administrator may implement rules limiting
the After-Tax Contributions which may be made by some or all HCMEs so that this
limitation is satisfied. If the Plan Administrator determines that the
limitation under this Section 8.02 has been exceeded in any Plan Year, the
following provisions shall apply:
(1) The amount of After-Tax Contributions and Employer Contributions
made by or on behalf of some or all HCMEs in the Plan Year shall be
reduced in the same leveling manner as Excess Pre-Tax Contributions
are reduced.
(2) Any Excess Aggregate Contributions will be reduced and allocated in
the following order:
(i) Non-Participating After-Tax Contributions, to the extent of
the Excess Aggregate Contributions, will be paid to the
Participant; and then, if necessary,
(ii) so much of the Participating After-Tax Contributions and
corresponding Employer Contributions, as is necessary to
meet the test will be reduced, with the After-Tax
Contributions, together with Earnings, being paid to the
Participant and the Employer Contributions, together with
Earnings, being reduced, with vested Employer Contributions
being paid to the Participant and Employer Contributions
which are forfeitable under the
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Plan being forfeited and applied to reduce Employer
Contributions; then if necessary,
(iii) so much of the Employer Contributions, together with
Earnings, as is necessary to equal the balance of the Excess
Aggregate Contributions will be reduced, with vested
Employer Contributions being paid to the Participant and
Employer Contributions which are forfeitable under the Plan
being forfeited and applied to reduce Employer
Contributions.
(c) Any repayment or forfeiture of Excess Aggregate Contributions will
be made before the close of the Plan Year following the Plan Year for which the
Excess Aggregate Contributions were made and, to the extent practicable, any
repayments or forfeiture will be made within 2 1/2 months of the close of the
Plan Year in which the Excess Aggregate Contributions were made.
8.03 SEPARATE NON-DISCRIMINATION TESTING
Effective for Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2002, solely for
purposes of determining whether the Thrift Plan and the ESOP satisfy the Average
Actual Deferral Percentage Test and the Average Contribution Percentage all
Employer Contributions allocated to the Company Stock Fund are treated as
contributions to the ESOP and tested separately.
8.04 MAXIMUM ANNUAL ADDITIONS
(a) Except to the extent permitting Catch-Up Contributions in
accordance with Code Section 414(v), the annual addition to a Participant's
Account Balance for any Plan Year, (the "Limitation Year") when added to the
Participant's annual addition for the Limitation Year under any other qualified
defined contribution plan of the Company or an Affiliate, may not exceed the
lesser of (1) 25% or, for Plan Years beginning on January 1, 2002,
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100%, of his or her Compensation for the Plan Year or (2) the greater of $30,000
or, for Plan Years beginning on January 1, 2002, $40,000, as adjusted for
increases in the Cost-Of-Living Adjustment.
(b) For purposes of this Section, the annual addition to a
Participant's Account Balance under this Plan or any other qualified defined
contribution plan maintained by the Company or an Affiliate will be the sum of:
(1) the total contributions, including Pre-Tax Contributions, made on
the Participant's behalf by each Employer and all Affiliates,
(2) all After-Tax Contributions, exclusive of any Rollover
Contributions,
(3) all Employer Contributions; and
(4) forfeitures, if applicable, that have been allocated to the
Participant's Account Balance under this Plan or his or her
accounts under any other such qualified defined contribution plan.
Any Pre-Tax Contributions distributed under Section 8.01 and any
Employer Contributions or After-Tax Contributions distributed or
forfeited under the provisions of Section 3.01, 8.01, 8.02 or 8.03
shall be included in the annual addition for the year allocated.
(c) If the annual addition to a Participant's Account Balance for any
Plan Year, prior to the application of the limitation set forth in paragraph (a)
above, exceeds that limitation due to a reasonable error in estimating a
Participant's Compensation or in determining the amount of Pre-Tax Contributions
that may be made with respect to a Participant under Code Section 415, or as the
result of the allocation of forfeitures, the amount of contributions credited to
the Participant's Account Balance in that Plan Year shall
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be adjusted to the extent necessary to satisfy that limitation in accordance
with the following order of priority:
(1) The Participant's Non-Participating After-Tax Contributions shall
be reduced to the extent necessary. The amount of the reduction
shall be returned to the Participant, together with any earnings on
the contributions to be returned.
(2) The Participant's Non-Participating Pre-Tax Contributions shall be
reduced to the extent necessary. The amount of the reduction shall
be returned to the Participant, together with any earnings on the
contributions to be returned.
(3) The Participant's Participating After-Tax Contributions and
corresponding Employer Contributions shall be reduced to the extent
necessary. The amount of the reduction attributable to the
Participant's Participating After-Tax Contributions shall be
returned to the Participant, together with any earnings on those
contributions to be returned, and the amount attributable to the
Employer Contributions shall be forfeited and used to reduce
subsequent contributions payable by the affected Employer.
(4) The Participant's Participating Pre-Tax Contributions and
corresponding Employer Contributions shall be reduced to the extent
necessary. The amount of the reduction attributable to the
Participant's Participating Pre-Tax Contributions shall be returned
to the Participant, together with any earnings on those
contributions to be returned, and the amount attributable to the
Employer Contributions shall be forfeited and used to reduce
subsequent contributions payable by the affected Employer.
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(d) Any Pre-Tax Contributions returned to a Participant under this
paragraph (d) shall be disregarded in applying the dollar limitation of Pre-Tax
Contributions under Section 3.01(b), and in performing the Actual Deferral
Percentage Test under Section 8.01. Any After-Tax Contributions returned shall
be disregarded in performing the Actual Contribution Percentage Test under
Section 8.02.
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ARTICLE IX
LOANS
9.01 LOANS PERMITTED
Upon terms and conditions set forth in this Article 9, and in accordance
with such uniform rules as the Plan Administrator may adopt, a Participant who
is not on a leave of absence and remains on the active payroll may borrow from
his or her Account Balance. The Plan Administrator or his or her delegate is
authorized to administer the loan program under this Article 9. Any Participant
who is an Employee, a former Employee, or a Beneficiary of an O&R Participant,
and who is also a "party-in-interest" (as defined in Section 3(14) of ERISA) to
the Plan, may borrow from his or her Account Balance.
9.02 AMOUNT OF LOANS
The minimum amount of any loan is $1,000 for a CECONY or CEI Participant
and $500 for an O&R Participant. Effective January 1, 2002, the minimum amount
of a loan for a CECONY or CEI Participant will be $500. The amount of any loan
to a Participant may not exceed the lesser of (a) or (b), where (a) is $50,000
reduced by the excess (if any) of (i) the highest outstanding balance of loans
to the Participant from the Plan during the one-year period ending on the day
before the date on which such loan is made, over (ii) the outstanding balance of
loans to the Participant from the Plan on the date on which such loan is made,
and (b) is one-half of the vested portion of the Participant's Account Balance.
Outstanding balance of loans means the outstanding amount of all loans from the
Plan and any other qualified plans of the Company or an Affiliate.
9.03 SOURCE OF LOANS
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(a) Funds for loans from a Participant's Account Balance shall be taken
from the Participant's Subaccounts in the following order:
(1) For a CECONY Participant:
(i) Non-Participating Pre-Tax Contributions and Earnings;
(ii) Participating Pre-Tax Contributions and Earnings;
(iii) Rollover Contributions and Earnings;
(iv) Vested Employer Contributions and Earnings that have been in
the Account Balance for three full calendar years for a
CECONY Weekly Participant and two full calendar years for a
CECONY or CEI Management Participant after the contribution
year and Earnings;
(v) Non-Participating After-Tax Contributions and Earnings; and
(vi) Participating After-Tax Contributions and Earnings.
(2) For an O&R Participant:
(i) Pre-Tax Contributions and Earnings;
(ii) Rollover Contributions and Earnings; and
(iii) After-tax Contributions and Earnings.
(b) No loan will be made from a Subaccount or a part of a Subaccount
until the entire balance in the Subaccount or part of the Subaccount preceding
it on the above list has been exhausted. Within each Subaccount or part thereof,
funds for loans will be taken on an average cost basis and pro-rata from each
Investment Fund within the Subaccount or part of the Subaccount, and such
pro-rata portion of each Investment Fund will be converted to cash for the loan
based upon the market value of the investment on the date of conversion.
9.04 INTEREST RATE
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The interest rate to be charged on loans will be a reasonable rate of
interest determined from time to time by the Plan Administrator. In determining
such rate the Plan Administrator seeks to provide to the Plan a rate of return
commensurate with the interest rates charged by persons in the business of
lending money for loans that would be made under similar circumstances on the
date the loan is approved. The interest rate will be fixed for the entire term
of the loan.
Effective for loans originating before January 1, 2001, the interest rate
to be charged to an O&R Participant is the effective interest rate charged by
the Orange and Rockland Employees' Federal Credit Union for a 48 month
share-secured loan. The interest rate to be charged for a principal residence
loan to an O&R Management Participant will be based upon Federal National
Mortgage Association mortgage rates. Effective for loans originating after
January 1, 2001, the interest rate to be charged to an O&R Participant will be
the same interest rate applicable to a CECONY Participant.
9.05 REPAYMENT
The Participant may select a period of one, two, three, four or five years
for repayment of a loan, except that the Participant may, at his or her option,
select a longer period of whole years, not exceeding ten, (20 in the case of an
O&R Management Participant) for repayment of a loan for the purpose of
purchasing his or her principal residence. Repayment will be made by level
payments, not less frequently than quarterly, in such amount as shall be
sufficient to pay the principal and interest thereon over the period for
repayment. Repayment shall be made by payroll deductions, except that in the
case of a Participant who is not on the active payroll, repayments may continue
to be made by check or other similar means as the Plan Administrator shall
determine. Prepayment by a CECONY Weekly Participant of a loan in full, without
penalty, may be made only after 52
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weekly payments have been made. Prepayment by an O&R Participant of a loan in
full, without penalty, and prepayment by a CECONY Management or CEI Participant
of a loan in full or in part, without penalty, may be made at any time by
personal check or money order. The amount of each loan payment shall be placed
into the Investment Funds, except the Company Stock Fund, in accordance with the
most recent investment election made by the Participant with respect to the
Participant's Contributions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a loan which is made
to a Participant who is an Employee shall become due and payable in full upon
the Employee's termination of employment; provided, however, that if a
Participant becomes an employee of a buyer or one of its affiliates following
the sale of the Company's or an Affiliate's assets, and if the Participant's
Account is transferred to a qualified plan maintained by the buyer or one of its
affiliates (the "Buyer's Plan"), any outstanding loan at his or her termination
of employment with the Company will not be due and payable in full at
termination but will instead be transferred to the Buyer's Plan.
9.06 MULTIPLE LOANS
A CECONY Weekly Participant may not have more than one loan outstanding at
a time. A CECONY Management or CEI Participant may not have more than one loan
granted in a calendar year unless all earlier loans made in the same calendar
year to the Participant shall have been repaid in full. An O&R Participant may
not have more than one loan outstanding at any time and may make a request for a
loan only once in a twelve month period.
9.07 PLEDGE
The vested portion of the Participant's Account Balance shall be pledged as
security for all loans to the Participant. The amount pledged shall not be
greater than fifty percent of the Participant's vested portion. If a default
occurs in the repayment of a loan, the entire
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unpaid principal balance plus accrued interest, if any: (i) will be charged,
when the Participant becomes eligible to receive a distribution, against that
portion of the Participant's vested portion which serves as security for the
loan; (ii) will be deducted, if a distribution is to made, from the amount
payable to the Participant or the Participant's Beneficiary; or (iii) if neither
(i) nor (ii) applies, will continue to encumber that portion of the
Participant's vested portion that serves as security for the loan.
9.08 LOAN RESERVE
The amount of each loan to a Participant will be transferred from the
portion of the Trust Fund held for the Participant's Account Balance and
invested pursuant to Section 5.02 to a special Loan Reserve maintained for such
Participant's Account Balance. Such Loan Reserve will be invested solely in the
loan or loans made to the Participant. Payments on any such loan will reduce the
Participant's Loan Reserve and will be reinvested for the Participant's Account
Balance in accordance with Section 9.05.
9.09 MINIMUM ACCOUNT BALANCE
So long as any amount of a loan remains outstanding to a Participant, the
Participant may not make any withdrawal from his or her Account Balance that
would reduce the value of his or her vested portion to less than his or her Loan
Reserve.
9.10 OTHER TERMS
Each loan will be evidenced by a promissory note payable to the Trustee.
The terms and conditions of any loan may be adjusted at any time, to the extent
determined by the Plan Administrator, to be necessary for compliance with law or
to maintain the qualification of the Plan under the Code.
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ARTICLE X
ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN, ESOP AND TRASOP
10.01 NAMED FIDUCIARIES AND PLAN ADMINISTRATOR OF PLAN ESOP AND TRASOP
The following persons from time to time occupying the following offices of
CECONY are hereby designated as Named Fiduciaries: Chief Executive Officer,
Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Accounting Officer. CECONY may designate
other persons who, upon acceptance of such designation, shall serve as Named
Fiduciaries either instead of or in addition to those named above. Any such
designation and acceptance shall be in writing and retained by the Plan
Administrator. The Named Fiduciaries shall act by majority rule. The Named
Fiduciaries shall appoint from among the officers of CECONY a Plan Administrator
who shall serve at the discretion of the Named Fiduciaries. The Plan
Administrator shall serve without compensation for his or her services as such
and shall act solely in the interest of the Participants and their
Beneficiaries.
Solely in this Article X, the term Plan includes the Thrift Savings Plan,
the ESOP and the TRASOP unless the context clearly designates otherwise.
10.02 AUTHORITY OF PLAN ADMINISTRATOR
The Plan Administrator has the discretionary authority to control and
manage the operation and administration of the Plan ESOP and, without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, shall interpret the Plan, ESOP,, determine
eligibility for benefits under the Plan, determine any facts or resolve any
questions relevant to the administration of the Plan, ESOP, and TRASOP and, in
connection therewith, may remedy and correct any ambiguities, inconsistencies,
or omissions in the Plan, ESOP and TRASOP. Any such action taken by the
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Plan Administrator shall be conclusive and binding on all Participants, ESOP
Participant, Beneficiaries and other persons. The Plan Administrator is
authorized to make any changes to the Plan, ESOP and TRASOP that he or she, in
his or her sole discretion, determines are necessary or desirable to carry out
(a) the transition to Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company as Trustee, record keeper
and Investment Manager for the O&R Hourly Plan and the O&R Management Plan, (b)
the addition of new Investment Funds, (c) the merger of the CECONY Management
Plan, the O&R Hourly Plan and O&R Management Plan into this Plan, ESOP and
TRASOP, and (d) to make any other changes to facilitate administration of the
Plan, ESOP and TRASOP.
The Plan Administrator also has the authority to adopt certain amendments
to the Plan, ESOP and TRASOP, which are (a) required or desirable in order to
implement corporate transactions such as mergers, acquisitions and divestitures;
(b) required, necessary or recommended for compliance with ERISA, the Code or
other laws; or (c) necessary or desirable for uniform or efficient
administration. In all cases, any amendment(s) adopted by the Plan Administrator
shall neither materially nor significantly increase the Employers' or the
Company's obligations or adversely affect or reduce the Account Balance of any
Participant.
10.03 RELIANCE ON REPORTS
The Named Fiduciaries and the Plan Administrator are entitled to rely upon
any opinions, reports, or other advice that will be furnished by specialists,
subject to fiduciary responsibilities imposed by ERISA.
10.04 DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
With approval of the Named Fiduciaries, the Plan Administrator may
designate one or more persons to exercise any power, or perform any duty, of the
Plan Administrator. Any
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such designation will be in writing and signed by the Plan Administrator and the
Named Fiduciaries and a copy thereof will be delivered to the Trustee.
10.05 ADMINISTRATION EXPENSES
All expenses arising in connection with the operation and administration of
the Plan will be paid by the Plan, ESOP or TRASOP, as applicable.
The expenses of administration of the TRASOP shall include, without
limitation, transfer taxes, postage, brokerage commissions and other direct
selling expenses incurred by the Trustee in the sale of Shares pursuant to
Article XIII, losses incurred by the Trustee on funds invested pursuant to
Article XIII, and fees of the Trustee in connection with the administration of
TRASOP, including fees for legal services rendered to the Trustee (whether or
not rendered in connection with a judicial or administrative proceeding and
whether or not incurred while it is acting as Trustee), but shall excludes
brokerage fees and commissions for purchases of Shares pursuant to Section
13.02, which brokerage fees and commissions shall be paid out of the dividends
being reinvested thereby. Such expenses of administration of TRASOP will, to the
extent permitted by law, be paid:
(i) first, out of any available income of TRASOP;
(ii) second, out of any available dividends received by the
Trustee on Shares allocated to Participants pursuant to
Section 13.02, which dividends have not then been applied to
the purchase of additional Shares pursuant to Section 13.02;
and
(iii) Third, by CECONY.
In no event shall the amounts paid by the Trustee during such Plan Year
pursuant to clauses "first" and "second" above, exceed the smaller of: the sum
of (x)10 percent of the first $100,000 and (y) 5 percent of an amount in excess
of $100,000 of the income from
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dividends paid to the Trustee with respect to common stock of the Company during
such Plan Year or $100,000.
10.06 FIDUCIARY INSURANCE
The Employers may purchase and carry fiduciary responsibility insurance
under which each member of the Board, each Named Fiduciary, the Plan
Administrator, and any person, including each employee, to whom there may be
delegated any responsibility in connection with the administration of the Plan,
including the Trustee, will be indemnified against any cost or expense
(including counsel's fees) or liability which may be incurred arising out of any
act or failure to act in the administration of this Plan, except for gross
negligence or willful misconduct.
10.07 CLAIM REVIEW
(a) Upon receipt from a Participant or Beneficiary of an initial claim
for benefits, the Plan Administrator shall respond in writing and deliver or
mail to the Participant or Beneficiary within 90 days following the date on
which the initial claim is filed. If the initial claim is denied, in part or
totally, the Plan Administrator shall set forth the specific reasons for the
denial, written in a plain and understandable manner, with specific reference to
pertinent Plan, ESOP and TRASOP provisions on which the denial is based, a
description of any additional material or information necessary for the claimant
to perfect the claim, an explanation of why such material or information is
necessary, and an explanation of the Plan's ESOP and TRASOP claim review
procedure. If special circumstances require an extension of time for processing
the claim, written notice of an extension shall be furnished to the claimant
prior to the end of the initial period of 90 days following the date on which
the claim was filed. Such an extension may not exceed a period of 90 days beyond
the end of the initial period. If the claim has not been granted, and if written
notice of the denial of the
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claim is not furnished within 90 days following the date on which the claim is
filed, the claim shall be deemed denied for the purpose of proceeding to the
claim review procedure.
(b) CLAIM REVIEW PROCEDURE. A Participant, Beneficiary, or the
authorized representative of either shall have 60 days after receipt of written
notification of denial of a claim to request a review of the denial by making
written request to the Plan Administrator. The Plan Administrator shall give the
Participant, Beneficiary, or the authorized representative of either an
opportunity to appear to review pertinent documents, to submit issues and
comments in writing, and to present evidence supporting the claim. Not later
than 60 days after receipt of the request for review, the Plan Administrator
shall render and furnish to the claimant a written decision which shall include
specific reasons for the decision, and shall make specific references to
pertinent Plan provisions on which it is based. If special circumstances require
an extension of time for processing, the decision shall be rendered as soon as
possible, but not later than 120 days after receipt of the request for review,
provided that written notice and explanation of the delay are given to the
claimant prior to commencement of the extension. Such decision by the Plan
Administrator shall not be subject to further review. If a decision on review is
not furnished to a claimant within the specified time period, the claim will be
deemed to have been denied on review.
(c) EXHAUSTION OF REMEDY. No claimant shall institute any action or
proceeding in any state or federal court of law or equity, or before any
administrative tribunal or arbitrator, for a claim for benefits under the Plan
until he or she has first exhausted the procedures set forth in this section.
10.08 APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEE
The Trustee will be appointed by the Board.
10.09 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
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The Company, the Board, the Named Fiduciaries, the Plan Administrator, the
Employers and any officer, Employee or agent of the Company and each Employer
shall not incur any liability individually or on behalf of any other individuals
or on behalf of the Company or Employers for any act or failure to act, made in
good faith in relation to the Plan or the funds of the Plan. However, this
limitation shall not act to relieve any such individual or the Company or
Employers from a responsibility or liability for any fiduciary responsibility,
obligation or duty under Part 4, Title I, of ERISA.
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
11.01 EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT - AMENDMENTS
It shall be impossible for any part of the corpus or income of the Trust
Fund, ESOP Trust Fund or the TRASOP Trust Fund to be used for or diverted to
purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of Participants or Beneficiaries
entitled to benefits under the Plan and for paying the expenses of the Plan. No
person has any interest in, or right to, any part of the Trust Fund except as
and to the extent expressly provided in the Plan. Subject to the foregoing, the
Plan may be amended, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time by
the Board or pursuant to authority granted by the Board and any amendment may be
given such retroactive effect as the Board or its duly authorized delegate may
determine. If an Employer, other than CECONY, wishes to amend the Plan as to its
participating employees, that Employer will present a resolution of its board of
directors approving the proposed amendment and requesting CECONY to amend the
Plan. CECONY shall have the sole discretion whether to amend the Plan as
requested by an Employer.
Solely in this Article XI, the term Plan includes the Thrift Savings Plan,
the ESOP and the TRASOP and reference to the Trust Fund includes the ESOP Trust
Fund and the TRASOP Trust Fund, unless the context clearly designates otherwise.
11.02 TERMINATION - SALE OF ASSETS OF SUBSIDIARY
(a) The Plan may be partially or fully terminated or contributions may
be permanently discontinued for any reason at any time by the Board. In the
event of a partial or total termination of the Plan or permanent discontinuance
of contributions under the Plan:
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(i) no contribution will be made thereafter except for a Payroll Period the last
day of which coincides with or precedes such termination or discontinuance; (ii)
no distribution shall be made except as provided in the Plan; (iii) the rights
of all Participants to the entire amounts to the credit of their Account
Balances as of the date of such termination or partial termination or
discontinuance shall become 100% vested; (iv) no person shall have any right or
interest except with respect to the Trust Fund; (v) any remaining forfeitures
shall be considered a special Employer Contribution and shall be allocated on a
pro-rata basis, based on Account Balance, to all Participants with an Account
Balance as of the date of termination, partial termination or discontinuance;
and (vi) the Trustee shall continue to act until the Trust Fund shall have been
distributed in accordance with the Plan.
(b) Upon termination of the Plan, Pre-Tax Contributions, with Earnings,
will be distributed to Participants only if neither the Company, Employers nor
an Affiliate establishes or maintains a successor defined contribution plan. For
purposes of this paragraph, a "successor defined contribution plan" is a defined
contribution plan, other than an employee stock ownership plan as defined in
Code Section 4975(e)(7) or a simplified employee pension as defined in Code
Section 408(k) which exists at the time the Plan is terminated or within the
12-month period beginning on the date all assets are distributed. A defined
contribution plan will not be deemed a successor plan if fewer than two percent
of the Employees who are eligible to participate in the Plan at the time of its
termination are or were eligible to participate under another defined
contribution plan of the Company or an Affiliate (other than an ESOP or a SEP)
at any time during the period beginning 12 months before and ending 12 months
after the date of the Plan's termination.
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11.03 BENEFICIARIES
Upon the death of a Participant, his or her Account Balance shall be
payable in a lump sum to his or her surviving spouse. If there is no surviving
spouse or the surviving spouse has consented, in the manner provided in this
Section 11.03, to a designation of a Beneficiary in addition to or instead of
such spouse, and such designation is in effect at the time of the Participant's
death, the Participant's Account Balance will be paid to such Beneficiary.
Effective beginning June 1, 2002, the surviving spouse or Beneficiary(ies) may
elect to take a distribution in monthly, quarterly or yearly installments up to
but not exceeding a 15-year period; providing, however, that any distribution
election is consistent with Code Section 401(a)(9) and the regulations
promulgated thereunder. Each Participant may designate a primary or contingent
Beneficiary or Beneficiaries in the event of the death of the Participant prior
to distribution of such benefits. The Participant may file a written designation
with the Plan, on a form furnished by the Plan Administrator, or his or her
delegate. Such designation shall be effective only if (1) such designation is
accompanied by the written consent of the Participant's spouse which
acknowledges the effect on the spouse of the designation and it witnessed by a
notary public, or (2) the Participant if not married. Any such designation made
by an unmarried Participant shall become null and void in the event the
unmarried Participant marries before his or her Annuity Starting Date. Any
consent of a spouse shall be effective only with respect to such spouse. If, at
the time of a Participant's death, there is no surviving spouse of the
Participant and no designation of a Beneficiary by such Participant is in
effect, then the Participant's benefits shall be payable to his or her estate or
legal representative. A Participant may revoke a designation made pursuant to
this Section 11.03 by signing and filing with the Plan Administrator or his or
her delegate a written instrument to that effect, in such manner and on such
conditions as may be
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prescribed by the Plan Administrator, or by filing a new designation pursuant to
this Section 11.03. The consent of a Participant's spouse may not be revoked,
but such spouse's consent shall be required for every designation of a
Beneficiary other than the Participant's spouse and for every change in any such
designation. The requirement for spousal consent may be waived by the Plan
Administrator if he or she believes there is no spouse, or the spouse cannot be
located, or because of such other circumstances as may be established by
applicable law.
11.04 ASSIGNMENT OF BENEFITS
(a) No Participant or Beneficiary shall have the right to assign,
transfer, alienate, pledge, encumber or subject to lien any benefits to which he
or she is entitled under the Plan. Nothing in this Section shall preclude
payment of Plan benefits pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order as
defined in Code Section 414(p) and Section 206(d) of ERISA. The Plan
Administrator will establish a written procedure to determine the qualified
status of domestic relations orders and to administer distributions under such
qualified orders.
(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the amount
payable to the alternate payee under the qualified domestic relations order is
$5,000 or less, such amount shall be paid in one lump sum as soon as practicable
following the qualification of the order. If the amount exceeds $5,000, it may
be paid as soon as practicable following the qualification of the order if the
alternate payee consents thereto; otherwise it may not be payable before the
earliest of (1) the Participant's termination of employment, (2) the time such
amount could be withdrawn under Article 7 or (3) the Participant's attainment of
age 50.
(c) A Participant's Account Balance may be offset against the amount
owed to the Plan as a result of a breach of fiduciary duty to the Plan or
criminality involving the Plan.
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The participant's Account Balance will be reduced to satisfy liabilities of the
Participant to the Plan due to: (1) the Participant being convicted of
committing a crime involving the Plan; (2) a civil judgment (or consent order or
decree) being entered by a court in an action brought in connection with a
violation of ERISA's fiduciary duty rules; or (3) a settlement agreement between
the Secretary of Labor and the Participant in connection with a violation of
ERISA's fiduciary rules. If the Participant is married at the time at which the
offset is to be made, either the Participant's spouse must consent in writing to
these offset (unless there is no spouse, the spouse cannot be located, or due to
other circumstances prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to Code Section
417(a)(2)(B)), or a spousal waiver of survivor benefits must be in effect for
the offset to take place. Spousal consent is not required if the spouse is
ordered or required by the judgment, order, decree, or settlement to pay an
amount to the Plan in connection with a violation of Part 4 of Title I of ERISA.
Spousal consent is not required where, in the judgment, order, decree, or
settlement, the spouse retains the right to receive a 50% survivor annuity under
a qualified joint and survivor annuity and under a qualified pre-retirement
survivor annuity. The amount of a benefit that is so offset is includible in
income on the date of the offset.
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11.05 MERGER
The Plan may not be merged or consolidated with, or its assets or
liabilities may not be transferred to any other plan unless each person entitled
to benefits under the Plan would, if the resulting plan were then terminated,
receive immediately after the merger or consolidation, or transfer of assets or
liabilities, a benefit which is equal to or greater than the benefit he or she
would have been entitled to receive immediately before the merger, consolidation
or transfer if the Plan had then terminated.
In the event of a corporate transaction, divestiture of assets or an
Affiliate, or other corporate reorganization in which one or a group of
Participants are transferred to another employer, the Plan Administrator, in his
or her sole discretion, may effectuate a trust-to-trust transfer of affected
Participants' Account Balance to the other employer's qualified defined
contribution plan.
In the event of a corporate acquisition, merger, or other corporate
reorganization in which one or a group of persons become Employees, the Plan
Administrator, in his or her sole discretion, or if CECONY so requires, may
accept a trust-to-trust transfer of the affected persons' Account Balance from
another employer's qualified defined contribution plan to the Plan.
11.06 CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT NOT AFFECTED BY PLAN
The establishment and maintenance of the Plan shall not confer any legal
rights upon any Employee or other person for a continuation of employment, nor
shall it interfere with the rights of the Employers to discharge any Employee
and to treat him or her without regard to the effect which that treatment might
have upon him or her as a Participant or potential Participant of the Plan.
11.07 FACILITY OF PAYMENT
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If the Plan Administrator finds that a Participant or other person entitled
to a benefit is unable to care for his or her affairs because of illness or
accident or is a minor, the Plan Administrator may direct that any benefit due
him or her, unless claim has been made by a duly appointed legal representative,
be paid to his or her spouse, a child, a parent or other blood relative, or to a
person with whom he or she resides. Any payment so made shall be a complete
discharge of the liabilities of the Plan for that benefit.
11.08 INFORMATION
Each Participant, Beneficiary or other person entitled to a benefit, before
any benefit is payable to him or her/on his or her account under the Plan, shall
file with the Plan Administrator the information that the Plan Administrator
requires to establish his or her rights and benefits under the Plan.
11.09 ADDITIONAL PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS
(a) If any entity is or becomes an Affiliate, the Board may include the
employees of that Affiliate in the participation of the Plan upon appropriate
action by that Affiliate necessary to adopt the Plan. If any person becomes an
Employee as the result of a merger, a consolidation, or an acquisition of all or
part of the assets or business of another company, the Board shall determine to
what extent, if any, previous service with the other entity will be recognized
under the Plan, subject to the continued qualification of the trust for the Plan
as tax-exempt under the Code.
(b) An Employer may terminate its participation in the Plan upon
appropriate action. In that event, the funds of the Plan held on account of
Participants in the employ of that Affiliate, and any unpaid Account Balances of
Participants who have separated from the employ of that Affiliate, shall be
determined by the Plan Administrator. Those funds will be distributed as
provided in and permitted under Section 11.02 if the Plan, as to that employer,
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is terminated, or segregated by the Trustee to a separate trust, pursuant to
certification to the Trustee by the Plan Administrator, continuing the Plan as a
separate plan for the employees of that Affiliate under which the board of
directors of that Affiliate will succeed to all the powers and duties of the
Board, including the appointment of named fiduciaries and plan administrator.
11.10 IRS DETERMINATION
All contributions made to the Trust Fund, and all loans made pursuant to
Article 9, which are made prior to the receipt of a determination from the
Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the Plan is a qualified plan under
Code Sections 401 (a) and 401(k) or the refusal of the IRS in writing to issue
such a determination, shall be made on the express condition that such
determination is received. In the event the Internal Revenue Service determines
that the Plan is not so qualified or refuses in writing to make such
determination, such contributions, increased by any earnings thereon, and
reduced by any losses thereon and by the outstanding balance (principal and
interest) on any loans made under Article 9, shall be returned to the
Employer(s) and Participants, as appropriate, as promptly as practicable after
such determination. In the event the Internal Revenue Service requires
reductions in such contributions and/or changes in the terms and conditions of
such loans as a condition of its determination that the Plan is so qualified,
the required reductions in contributions, increased by any earnings and reduced
by any losses attributable thereto, shall be returned to the Employer(s) and
Participants, as appropriate, and/or the amounts and terms and conditions of any
such outstanding loans shall be modified to meet Internal Revenue Service
requirements, as promptly as practicable after notification from the Internal
Revenue Service. If all or part of an Employer's deductions under Code Section
404 for Employer Contributions to the Plan are disallowed by the Internal
Revenue Service, the portion of the
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Employer Contributions to which the disallowance applies shall be returned to
that Employer without earnings thereon, but reduced by any losses attributable
thereto. The return shall be made within one year after the denial of
qualification or disallowance of deduction, as the case may be.
11.11 MISTAKEN CONTRIBUTIONS
Any contribution made by mistake of fact shall be returnable, without any
earnings thereon but reduced by any losses attributable thereto, to the
Employer(s) and/or Participants, as appropriate within one year after the
payment of the contribution.
11.12 PREVENTION OF ESCHEAT
If the Plan Administrator cannot ascertain the whereabouts of any person to
whom a payment is due under the Plan, the Plan Administrator may, no earlier
than three years from the date such payment is due, mail a notice of such due
and owing payment to the last known address of such person, as shown on the
records of the Plan or Employer. If such person has not made written claim
therefor within three months of the date of the mailing, the Plan Administrator
may, if he or she so elects and upon receiving advice from counsel to the Plan,
direct that such payment and all remaining payments otherwise due such person be
canceled on the records of the Plan and the amount thereof applied to reduce the
contributions of the applicable Employer. Upon such cancellation, the Plan and
the Trust shall have no further liability therefor except that, in the event
such person or his or her beneficiary later notifies the Plan Administrator of
his or her whereabouts and requests the payment or payments due to him under the
Plan, the amount so applied shall be paid to him or her in accordance with the
provisions of the Plan.
11.13 CONSTRUCTION
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The Plan shall be construed, regulated and administered under ERISA and the
laws of the State of New York, except where ERISA controls. In the event a
claimant institutes an action or proceeding in any state or federal court of law
or equity, the applicable "statute of limitations" for such action will be New
York State statute for actions brought in contract matters.
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ARTICLE XII
TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS
12.01 APPLICATION OF TOP-HEAVY PROVISIONS
This Article XII shall apply for purposes of determining whether the plan
is a top-heavy plan under Code Section 416(g) for Plan Years beginning after
December 31, 2001, and whether the Plan satisfies the minimum benefit
requirements of Code Section 416(c) for such years.
12.02 MINIMUM BENEFIT FOR TOP-HEAVY YEAR
(a) KEY EMPLOYEE. Key Employee means any Employee or former Employee
(including any deceased Employee) who at any time during the Plan Year that
includes the determination date was an officer of the Company or Affiliate
having Annual Compensation greater that $130,000 (as adjusted under Code Section
416(i)(1) beginning after December 31, 2002, a 5-percent owner of the Company or
Affiliate or a 1-percent owner of the Company or Affiliate having Annual
Compensation of more than $150,000. The determination of who is a Key Employee
will be made in accordance with Code Section 416(i)(1) and the applicable
regulations and other guidance of general applicability issued thereunder.
(b) DETERMINATION OF PRESENT VALUES AND AMOUNTS. This section 12.02(b)
shall apply for purposes of determining the present values of accrued benefits
and the amounts of Account Balances of Employees as of the determination date.
(i) Distributions during the year ending on the determination
date. The present values of accrued benefits and the amounts
of Account Balances of an Employee as of the determination
date shall be increased by the
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distributions made with respect to the Employee under the
Plan and any Plan aggregated with the Plan under Code
Section 416(g)(2) during the 1-year period ending on the
determination date. The preceding sentence shall also apply
to distribution under a terminated plan which, had if not
been terminated, would have been aggregated with the plan
under Code Section 416(g)(2)(A)(i). In the case of a
distribution made for a reason other than separation from
service, death, or disability, this provision shall be
applied by substituting "5-year period" for "1-year period."
(ii) Employees not performing services during year ending on the
determination date. The accrued benefits and Account
Balances of any individual who has not performed services
for the Company or an Affiliate during the 1-year period
ending on the determination date shall not be taken into
account.
12.03 MINIMUM BENEFITS
Matching Contributions. Employer Contributions shall be taken into account
for purposes of satisfying the minimum contribution requirements of Code Section
416(c)(2) and the Plan. Employer Contributions that are used to satisfy the
minimum contribution requirements shall be treated as matching contributions for
purposes for the Actual Contribution Percentage Test and other requirements of
Code Section 401(m).
12.04 AGGREGATION GROUPS
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Plan shall
not be a Top-Heavy Plan if it is part of either a "required aggregation group"
or a "permissive aggregation group" that is not a Top-Heavy Group.
(b) The "required aggregation group" consists of:
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(i) Each Defined Contribution Plan or Defined Benefit Plan in
which at least one Key Employee participates; and
(ii) Each other Defined Contribution Plan or Defined Benefit Plan
which enables a plan referred to in the preceding
subparagraph (i) to meet the nondiscrimination requirements
of Section 401(a)(4) or 410 of the Code.
(c) A "permissive aggregation group" consists of the plans included in
the "required aggregation group" plus any one or more other Defined Contribution
Plans or Defined Benefit Plans which, when considered as a group with the
"required aggregation group", would continue to meet the nondiscrimination
requirements of Section 401(a)(4) and 410 of the Code.
12.05 SPECIAL BENEFIT LIMITS
For any Plan Year for which this Article 12 is applicable the definitions
of "Defined Benefit Plan Fraction" and "Defined Contribution Plan Fraction" in
Sections 1.20 and 1.22, respectively, shall be modified in each case by
substituting "1.0"for "1.25".
12.06 SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION RULE
For any Plan Year for which this Article 12 is applicable, Section 7.08(a)
shall apply to Key Employees.
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ARTICLE XIII
TAX REDUCTION ACT STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
13.01 PURPOSE - SEPARATE ENTITY
(a) The TRASOP, is a stock bonus plan, established under the Tax
Reduction Act of 1975 was intended to give eligible participants an equity
interest in CECONY and encourage those participants to remain in the employ of
CECONY. The TRASOP is invested in Shares and in a short-term investment fund of
cash and cash equivalents. Applicable laws do not permit additional
contributions to the TRASOP. CECONY desires to continue the TRASOP Accounts of
Participants having such accounts. Effective as of July 1, 1988, all TRASOP
Accounts were transferred to this Plan, and all TRASOP provisions which continue
to be applicable were added to this Plan and shall, together with other
applicable provisions of this Plan, govern the TRASOP Accounts.
(b) Participant's Plan Account Balances and TRASOP Accounts shall be
administered separately, although they shall be held as part of the same Trust
Fund. There shall be no transfers between TRASOP Accounts and Plan Accounts.
(c) All matters relating to the TRASOP which relate to or arise out of
facts, circumstances or conditions in effect prior to July 1, 1988, shall be
governed by the provisions of the TRASOP as in effect on June 30, 1988 prior to
the merger, unless expressly otherwise provided in this Plan.
(d) Effective on or after January 1, 2002, the Economic Growth and Tax
Reduction Recovery Act of 2001 amended the definition of applicable dividend to
allow a deduction for dividends paid on applicable employer securities with
respect to which participants or beneficiaries are provided an election to have
the dividend paid to an ESOP
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and distributed in cash, or reinvested in qualifying employer securities. The
deduction is available both with respect to dividends that are reinvested and
paid out in cash. Accordingly, effective January 1, 2002, the TRASOP is being
amended to provide participants or beneficiaries with the election to have
dividends paid in cash or reinvested, as set forth below.
13.02 TRASOP ACCOUNTS - APPLICATION OF DIVIDENDS
(a) The TRASOP Account of each Participant in TRASOP who remained in
the employ of CECONY on July 1, 1988 was transferred to this Plan effective as
of July 1, 1988. Each such Participant shall continue to have a nonforfeitable
right to all Shares allocated and all amounts credited to such Participant's
TRASOP Account.
(b) All dividends received by the Trustee with respect to Shares
allocated to the TRASOP Accounts of Participants shall be applied to the
purchase of additional Shares. Such purchases shall be made promptly after the
receipt of each such dividend. The Trustee shall purchase, in one or more
transactions, the maximum number of whole Shares obtainable at then prevailing
prices, including brokerage commissions and other reasonable expenses incurred
in connection with such purchases. Such purchases may be made on any securities
exchange where Shares are traded, in the over-the-counter market, or in
negotiated transactions, and may be on such terms as to price, delivery and
otherwise as the Trustee may determine to be in the best interest of the
Participants. The Trustee shall complete such purchases as soon as practical
after receipt of such dividends, having due regard for any applicable
requirements of law affecting the timing or manner of such purchases. The
additional Shares so purchased shall be allocated among the respective TRASOP
Accounts of the Participants in proportion to the number of Shares in each
TRASOP Account at the record date for the payment of the dividend so applied.
Such allocation shall be made as
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promptly as practicable but for purposes of determining the time at which such
additional Shares shall become distributable pursuant to Section 13.04, the
additional Shares so allocated to each Participant's TRASOP Account shall be
deemed to have been allocated as of the respective allocation dates of the
Shares in such TRASOP Account at such record date, in proportion to the number
of such Shares previously allocated as of each such allocation date.
(c) For Plan Years beginning on and after January 1, 2002, dividends
received by the Trustee with respect to Shares allocated to the TRASOP accounts
of Participants, in accordance with the election of the Participant, will be
either paid in cash to Participants not later than 90 days after the close of
the Plan Year in which the dividends are paid, or applied by the Trustee for the
purchase of additional shares. A Participant will be given a reasonable
opportunity before a dividend is paid or distributed to make the election and
can change a dividend election at least annually. If there is a change in the
Plan governing the manner in which the dividends are paid or distributed to
Participants, each Participant will be given a reasonable opportunity to make an
election under the new Plan terms prior to the date on which the first dividend
subject to the new Plan terms is paid or distributed. A Participant who fails to
make an election as to whether to receive his or her dividend in cash or have
such dividend reinvested will be treated as if he or she elected to have his or
her dividend reinvested until such time that he or she makes an affirmation
election for a distribution of the dividend. Dividends that are distributed will
be held and invested in a short-term investment fund or like kind of cash
account until distributed.
13.03 VOTING RIGHTS, OPTIONS, RIGHTS, AND WARRANTS
(a) Each Participant shall be entitled to direct the Trustee as to the
manner in which any Shares or fractional Shares allocated to the Participant's
TRASOP Account are to
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be voted.
(b) In the event that any option, right, or warrant shall be granted or
issued with respect to any Shares allocated to the Participant's TRASOP Account,
each Participant shall be entitled to direct the Trustee whether to exercise,
sell, or deal with such option, right, or warrant.
(c) The Trustee shall keep confidential the Participant's voting
instructions and instructions as to any option, right or warrant and any
information regarding a Participant's purchases, holdings and sales of Shares.
13.04 DISTRIBUTION OF SHARES
(a) Each Share allocated to a Participant's TRASOP Account shall be
available for distribution to such Participant promptly after the earlier of the
death, disability or termination of employment of such Participant.
(b) Each Share which shall become distributable to a Participant by
reason of clause (a)(i) above is herein called, from the time such Share shall
become so distributable, an Unrestricted Share. Notwithstanding the provisions
of the aforesaid clause A.(i), Unrestricted Shares shall be distributed to
Participants as follows:
(i) From time to time, a Participant may request, in such manner
and on such conditions as may be prescribed by CECONY, that
Unrestricted Shares held in the Participant's TRASOP Account
be distributed to the Participant. If such Participant is
married, the written application shall include written
consent of the Participant's spouse witnessed by a Notary
Public. Spousal consent shall not be required with respect
to withdrawal requests made on or after March 1, 1994.
Applications made in a calendar month shall be effective as
of the last day of such calendar
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month. Any such request must be for whole Shares only and
must be for at least ten Shares or the number of whole
Unrestricted Shares in the TRASOP Account, whichever is
less.
(ii) Certificates for Unrestricted Shares requested in accordance
with the preceding paragraph B(a) shall be delivered, or a
cash distribution in respect of such Unrestricted Shares if
elected by the Participant pursuant to Section 13.04D below
shall be made, to the Participant as soon as practicable
after the effective date of the application.
(iii) Any Unrestricted Share which shall become distributable by
reason of any provision of this Plan other than clause A.(i)
above (including, without limitation, provision for
distribution upon the death, disability or termination of
employment of the Participant) shall be distributed in
accordance with such provision.
(c) In the case of death of a Participant, distributions in respect of
Shares allocated to the Participant's TRASOP Account shall be made to the
Participant's Beneficiary. In the case of disability or termination of
employment with the Company or an Affiliate of a Participant, distributions in
respect of Shares allocated to the Participant's TRASOP Account shall be made to
the Participant.
All distributions under the TRASOP will begin, subject to Section 7.08 and
Subsection 13.04.F, not later than the 60th day after the close of the Plan Year
in which the latest of the following events occurs: (1) the Participant attains
age 65, (2) the 10th anniversary of the year in which the Participant commenced
participation in TRASOP, or
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(3) the Participant becomes disabled, dies or terminates employment with the
Company or an Affiliate.
(d) All distributions from a Participant's TRASOP Account shall be made
in Shares; provided, however, that a Participant or Beneficiary shall have the
right to elect, on a form furnished by and submitted to CECONY, to receive a
distribution, other than a distribution upon termination of TRASOP, in cash.
Except in the case of a final distribution from a Participant's TRASOP Account
and a distribution of the Participant's entire TRASOP Account balance after such
time as all Shares in a Participant's TRASOP Account have become Unrestricted
Shares, all distributions from such TRASOP Account shall be made in respect of
whole Shares only, and any fractional Share which is otherwise distributable
shall be retained in such TRASOP Account until it can be combined, in whole or
in part, with another fractional Share which shall subsequently become
distributable, so as to make up a whole Share. In the case of a final
distribution from a Participant's TRASOP Account (except a distribution upon
termination of the TRASOP) or in the case of a distribution of the Participant's
entire TRASOP Account balance after such time as all of the Shares in the
Participant's TRASOP Account have become Unrestricted Shares, such distribution
shall be made in respect of the number of whole Shares then remaining in the
Participant's TRASOP Account, together with a cash payment in respect of any
fractional Share based on the closing price of a Share as reported on the New
York Stock Exchange consolidated tape on the last trading day of the month
immediately preceding the month in which such final distribution is made. The
Trustee, in each such case, shall purchase such fractional Share from the
Participant at a price equal to the cash payment to be made to the Participant.
Whenever the Trustee requires funds for the purchase of fractional Shares, such
funds shall be drawn from
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the accumulated income of the TRSOP Trust Fund, if any, and otherwise shall be
advanced by CECONY upon the Trustee's request, subject to reimbursement from
future income of the TRASOP Trust. All fractional Shares so purchased by the
Trustee shall be allocated to the TRASOP Accounts of the remaining Participants
at such intervals as shall be determined by the Plan Administrator, but no later
than the end of the next succeeding Plan Year. The Trustee shall sell any Shares
in respect of which a cash distribution is to be made. The Trustee may make such
sales on any securities exchange where Shares are traded, in the
over-the-counter market, or in negotiated transactions. Such sales may be on
such terms as to price, delivery and otherwise as the Trustee may determine to
be in the best interests of the Participants. The Trustee shall complete such
sales as soon as practical under the circumstances having due regard for any
applicable requirements of law affecting the timing or manner of such sales. All
brokerage commissions and other direct selling expenses incurred by the Trustee
in the sale of Shares under this Subsection 13.04D shall be paid as provided in
Section 10.05.
(e) Upon any termination of TRASOP pursuant to Section 11.02, the Trust
shall continue until all Shares which have been allocated to Participants'
TRASOP Accounts have been distributed to the Participants, unless the Board
directs an earlier termination of the TRASOP Trust Fund. Upon the final
distribution of Shares, or at such earlier time as the Board shall have fixed
for the termination of the TRASOP Trust Fund, the Plan Administrator shall
direct the Trustee to allocate to the Participants any Shares then held by the
Trustee and not yet allocated, and the Trustee shall distribute to the
Participants any whole Shares which have been allocated to their TRASOP Accounts
but which have not been distributed, shall sell all fractional Shares and
distribute the proceeds to the respective
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Participants entitled to such fractional Shares, shall liquidate any remaining
assets (other than Shares) held by the TRASOP Trust Fund, and shall apply the
proceeds of such liquidation and any remaining funds held by the Trustee, the
disposition of which is not otherwise provided for, to a distribution to all
Participants then receiving a final distribution of Shares, in proportion to the
whole and fractional Shares to which each is entitled; and the TRASOP Trust Fund
shall thereupon terminate.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, unless a
Participant otherwise elects in writing on a form furnished by CECONY:
A. Distribution of a Participant's TRASOP Account balance will
commence not later than one (1) year after the close of the Plan
Year
(1) in which the Participant terminates employment with the Company or
an Affiliate by reason of Retirement upon or after attainment of
Normal Retirement Age, death, or disability, or
(2) which is the fifth Plan Year following the Plan Year in which the
Participant terminates employment for any other reason, and the
Participant is not reemployed before such Plan Year.
B. Distribution of the Participant's TRASOP Account balance will be in
five (5) annual distributions as promptly as practicable after the
end of each Plan Year; provided, however, that a TRASOP Account
balance that equals $5,000 or less shall be distributed in a single
distribution as soon as practicable, but not later than 60 days
after the close of the Plan Year in which the Participant's
termination of employment occurs. Each such annual distribution
shall be in respect of the number of Shares, rounded down to the
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nearest number of whole Shares, which most closely approximates the
entire balance in the Participant's TRASOP Account as of December
31 of the previous year divided by the number of annual
distributions remaining to be made under this subsection, except
that the fifth such distribution shall be respect of the entire
balance in the Participant's TRASOP Account as of the preceding
December 31. Each such annual distribution shall be taken pro rata
from all contribution years in Participant's TRASOP Account.
C. A Participant whose employment with the Company or an Affiliate is
terminated by reason of Retirement, disability or any other reason
(other than death) may elect in such a manner and on such
conditions as may be prescribed by CECONY to have his TRASOP
Account balance distributed in one of the following forms:
(i) a single lump sum distribution as soon as practicable, but
not later than 60 days after the end of the Calendar Year in
which the Participant's termination of employment occurs; or
(ii) a distribution deferred until the last day of a calendar
month not later than the calendar month in which the
Participant attains age 70, as designated by the
Participant, in which event the distribution of the
Participant's TRASOP Account balance as of the last day of
the calendar month so designated by the Participant shall be
made in a single lump sum as soon as practicable after such
calendar month.
13.00 DIVERSIFICATION OF TRASOP ACCOUNTS
(a) DEFINITIONS: The following terms shall have the following meanings
for purposes of this Section 13.05:
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(i) Qualified Participant shall mean a Participant who has a
TRASOP Account and has attained at least age 55 and
completed at least 10 years of participation in TRASOP.
(ii) Qualified Election Period shall mean the first ninety (90)
days following the end of each Plan Year.
(iii) Eligible Shares shall mean Shares added to a Participant's
TRASOP Account after December 31, 1986.
(iv) Diversifiable Amount shall, with respect to any Qualified
Election Period, mean twenty-five percent (25%) of the
number of Eligible Shares in the Participant's TRASOP
Account as of the end of the preceding Plan Year. However,
if the Diversifiable Amount for any Qualified Election
Period shall have a value which may be deemed de minimis
under regulations issued by the Secretary of the United
States Department of the Treasury, then there shall be no
Diversifiable Amount available for such Qualified Election
Period.
(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR DIVERSIFICATION: Each Qualified Participant shall
have the right to elect to diversify, by means of a distribution of whole
Eligible Shares only, all or some portion of the Diversifiable Amount in his
TRASOP Account during each of the six (6) consecutive Qualified Election Periods
following the Plan Year in which such Participant first became a Qualified
Participant, provided, however, that, notwithstanding subsection 13.05.A.(d),
the Diversifiable Amount in the sixth Qualified Election Period for each
Qualified Participant shall be fifty percent (50%) of the number of Eligible
Shares in his TRASOP Account as to the end of the preceding Plan Year. A
distribution pursuant to this
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Article 13.05 must be a minimum of ten (10) Shares, or all Whole Shares
comprising the Diversifiable Amount for such Qualified Election Period if less
than 10. Each Qualified Participant who desires to elect diversification under
this Section shall, during the Qualified Election Period, complete and execute a
diversification election and consent form provided by CECONY. Such election may
be revoked or modified or a new election may be made in its stead within the
Qualified Election Period, upon the expiration of which the diversification
election shall be irrevocable.
(c) DIVERSIFICATION PROCEDURE
(i) The TRASOP shall, within the 90 day period following each
Qualified Election Period, distribute to each Qualified
Participant who has elected to diversify under this Section,
the number of whole Eligible Shares which most closely
approximates, but does not exceed, the number of Eligible
Shares duly elected to be diversified by each such Qualified
Participant. Failure by a Qualified Participant to provide
required consents to distribution of any Diversifiable
Amount, shall relieve the TRASOP of all obligation to make
any such distribution.
(ii) To the extent a Qualified Participant has Eligible Shares
which are Unrestricted Shares in his TRASOP Account, such
Unrestricted Shares shall be distributed pursuant to this
Section 13.05. Only upon exhaustion of all such Unrestricted
Shares may additional Eligible Shares then be distributed
hereunder.
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ARTICLE XIV
EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
14.01 PURPOSE - SEPARATE ENTITY
(a) Effective as of the ESOP Effective Date, the Company established the
Consolidated Edison Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP") as a portion of,
included within and separate from the Thrift Plan. The ESOP affords special
rights and has specific requirements which must be satisfied that are distinct
from the Thrift Plan, such as the right of an ESOP Participant to: (1) vote his
or her allocated Shares; (2) request his or her distribution be in the form of
Shares; (3) diversify his or her ESOP Account; (4) elect to take dividends in
cash or have dividends reinvested; and, (5) be 100% fully invested immediately
in those Shares purchased by reinvested dividends. Each of these distinct ESOP
rights and requirements is set forth in the Thrift Plan and obligations in the
Thrift Plan such as those requirements regarding eligibility to participate,
vesting, distributions, in-service distributions, operational, administrative
and fiduciary requirements continue to apply to the ESOP and are deemed
incorporated into and so are not repeated in this Article XIV. The ESOP is
intended to be an employee stock ownership plan within the meaning of Code
Section 4975(e)(7). The ESOP is intended to give ESOP Participants an equity
interest in CEI and encourage ESOP Participants to remain in the employ of CEI.
(b) Effective as of the ESOP Effective Date, the part of a Participant's
Employer Contributions Subaccount invested in the Company Stock Fund in the
Thrift Plan was transferred to the ESOP and ESOP Trust Fund and established and
included into the Participant's ESOP Account.
(c) Participants' ESOP Accounts will be held in the ESOP Trust Fund and
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administered separately, although they shall be held as part of the same Trust
Fund. Participants are permitted to transfer assets to and from their ESOP
Accounts to their Thrift Plan Accounts within the ESOP Trust Fund and the Trust
Fund.
14.02 SPECIAL DEFINITIONS FOR ESOP
(a) The following terms shall have the following meanings for purposes of
the ESOP:
(i) ESOP ACCOUNT means the account into which is credited a Participant's
Employer Contributions' invested in the Company Stock Fund and
dividends paid on these Shares and comprising the following
Subaccounts:
(1) the Participant's TRANSFERRED ESOP SUBACCOUNT which is the
Participant's Company Stock Fund that was transferred from the
Thrift Plan to the ESOP as of the ESOP Effective Date;
(2) a Participant's DIVIDEND SUBACCOUNT which, for a Participant who is
credited with less than three Years of Service, consists solely of
Shares purchased with reinvested dividends after the ESOP Effective
Date and are 100% fully vested at all times; and
(3) a Participant's ESOP SUBACCOUNT which is the account into which is
credited a Participant's Employer Contributions contributed to the
ESOP after the ESOP Effective Date.
(4) Once a Participant is credited with at least three Years of Vesting
Service, his or her Dividend Subaccount will be merged into his or
her ESOP Subaccount. After the ESOP Effective Date, a Participant's
ESOP Subaccount will include any Employer Contributions invested in
the other Investment Funds to the extent such amounts were ever at
any time invested in the ESOP after the ESOP Effective Date.
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(ii) ESOP EFFECTIVE DATE means May 8, 2002.
(iii) ESOP PARTICIPANT means a Participant in the Thrift Plan who has
elected to invest some or all of his or her Employer Contributions in
the Company Stock Fund.
(iv) DIVERSIFIABLE ESOP AMOUNT, with respect to any Qualified ESOP
Election Period, means 25% of the number of Shares in the
Participant's ESOP Account as of the end of the preceding Plan Year.
However, if the Diversifiable ESOP Amount for any Qualified ESOP
Election Period has a value which may be deemed de minimis under
regulations issued by the Secretary of the United States Department
of the Treasury, then there will be no Diversifiable ESOP Amount
available for such Qualified ESOP Election Period.
(v) QUALIFIED ESOP PARTICIPANT shall mean an ESOP Participant who has an
ESOP Account, attained at least age 55 and completed at least 10
years of participation in the ESOP. Years of participation in the
Thrift Plan will be taken into account in determining whether a
Qualified ESOP Participant has completed 10 years of participation.
(vi) QUALIFIED ESOP ELECTION PERIOD shall mean the first 90 days following
the end of each Plan Year.
14.03 PARTICIPATION IN ESOP
Each Participant in the Thrift Plan who elects to have his or her Employer
Contributions invested in the Company Stock Fund will automatically become an
ESOP Participant in the ESOP. Each ESOP Participant will have his or her ESOP
Account held in the ESOP Trust Fund.
14.04 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
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Only Employer Contributions and dividends issued on Shares held in the ESOP
Trust Fund will be contributed to the ESOP.
14.05 PURCHASE OF SHARES PURCHASES FOR ESOP TRUST FUND. The Trustee shall
regularly purchase Shares for the ESOP Trust Fund in accordance with a
non-discretionary purchasing program. Such purchases may be made on any
securities exchange where Shares are traded, in the over-the-counter market, or
in negotiated transactions, and may be on such terms as to price, delivery and
otherwise as the Trustee may determine to be in the best interests of the ESOP
Participants. Interest and other income received on assets held in the ESOP
Trust Fund shall be reinvested in the ESOP Trust Fund. All funds to be invested
shall be invested by the Trustee in one or more transactions promptly after
receipt by the Trustee, subject to any applicable requirement of law affecting
the timing or manner of such transactions. All brokerage commissions and other
direct expenses incurred by the Trustee in the purchase of sale of Shares under
the ESOP will be borne by the ESOP Account investing and/or trading in Shares.
(b) UNITS. The interests of an ESOP Participant in his or her ESOP Account
shall be measures in Units, the number and value of which shall be determined
daily.
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14.06 DIVIDENDS
Beginning on and after the ESOP Effective Date, and for all Plan Years
thereafter, dividends received by the Trustee with respect to Shares allocated
to the ESOP Accounts, in accordance with the election of each ESOP Participant,
will be either paid in cash to the ESOP Participant as soon as practicable
following the declaration date but in any case not later than 90 days after the
close of the Plan Year in which the dividends are paid or applied by the Trustee
for the purchase of additional Shares.
An ESOP Participant will be given a reasonable opportunity before a
dividend is paid or distributed to make the election. The ESOP Participant will
have a reasonable opportunity to change a dividend election at least annually.
If there is a change in the ESOP governing the manner in which the dividends are
paid or distributed to ESOP Participants, each ESOP Participant will be given a
reasonable opportunity to make an election under the new ESOP terms prior to the
date on which the first dividend subject to the new ESOP terms is paid or
distributed. An ESOP Participant who fails to make an election as to whether to
receive his or her dividend in cash or have such dividend reinvested will be
treated as if he or she elected to have his or her dividend reinvested until
such time that he or she makes an affirmation election for a distribution of the
dividend. If dividends are reinvested and applied to the purchase of additional
Shares, such purchases shall be made promptly after the receipt of each such
dividend. The Trustee shall purchase, in one or more transactions, the maximum
number of whole Shares obtainable at then prevailing prices, including brokerage
commissions and other reasonable expenses incurred in connection with such
purchases. Such purchases may be made on any securities exchange where Shares
are traded, in the over-the-counter market, or in negotiated transactions, and
may be on such terms as to price, delivery and otherwise as the Trustee may
determine to be in the best interest of the ESOP
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Participants. The Trustee shall complete such purchases as soon as practical
after receipt of such dividends, having due regard for any applicable
requirements of law affecting the timing or manner of such purchases. The
additional Shares so purchased shall be allocated among the respective ESOP
Accounts of the Participants in proportion to the number of Shares in each ESOP
Account at the record date for the payment of the dividend so applied. Such
allocation shall be made as promptly as practicable but for purposes of
determining the time at which such additional Shares shall become distributable,
the additional Shares so allocated to each ESOP Participant's ESOP Account shall
be deemed to have been allocated as of the respective allocation dates of the
Shares in such ESOP Account at such record date, in proportion to the number of
such Shares previously allocated as of each such allocation date.
14.07 VOTING RIGHTS, OPTIONS, RIGHTS, AND WARRANTS
(a) Each ESOP Participant is entitled to direct the Trustee as to the
manner in which any Shares or fractional Shares allocated to the ESOP
Participant's ESOP Account are to be voted. Any such Shares or fractional Share
for which the Participant does not give voting directions shall be voted by the
Trustee n the same manner and proportions as all other Shares held by the
Trustee for which voting directions are given by ESOP Participants.
(b) In the event that any option, right, or warrant shall be granted or
issued with respect to any Shares allocated to the ESOP Participant's ESOP
Account, each ESOP Participant shall be entitled to direct the Trustee whether
to exercise, sell, or deal with such option, right, or warrant.
(c) The Trustee shall keep confidential the ESOP Participant's voting
instructions and instructions as to any option, right or warrant and any
information regarding an ESOP
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Participant's purchases, holdings and sales of Shares. The Plan Administrator
shall be responsible for monitoring the Trustee's performance of its
confidentiality obligations.
14.08 TRANSFERABILITY
A Participant may transfer all or any part of his or her existing ESOP
Account once a day to any other Investment Funds in the Trust Fund. Any election
will be made in such manner and on such conditions as may be prescribed by the
Plan Administrator and subject to any restrictions imposed on an Investment Fund
by the Trustee or Investment Manager.
14.09 DIVERSIFICATION
(a) Each Qualified ESOP Participant shall have the right to elect to
diversify, by means of a distribution of whole ESOP Shares only, all or some
portion of the Diversifiable Amount in his ESOP Account during each of the six
consecutive Qualified ESOP Election Periods following the Plan Year in which
such Participant first became a Qualified ESOP Participant. The Diversifiable
ESOP Amount in the sixth Qualified ESOP Election Period for each Qualified ESOP
Participant shall be 50% of the number of Eligible ESOP Shares in his or her
ESOP Account as of the end of the preceding Plan Year. A distribution pursuant
to this must be a minimum of ten Shares, or all Whole Shares comprising the
Diversifiable ESOP Amount for such Qualified ESOP Election Period if less than
10. Each Qualified ESOP Participant who desires to elect diversification under
this Section shall, during the Qualified ESOP Election Period, complete and
execute a diversification election and consent form provided by his or her
Employer. Such election may be revoked or modified or a new election may be made
in its stead within the Qualified ESOP Election Period, upon the expiration of
which the diversification election shall be irrevocable.
(b) Diversification Procedure. The ESOP shall, within the 90-day period
following each Qualified ESOP Election Period, distribute to each Qualified ESOP
Participant who has
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elected to diversify under this Section, the number of whole Shares which most
closely approximates, but does not exceed, the number of ESOP Shares duly
elected to be diversified by each such Qualified ESOP Participant. Failure by a
Qualified ESOP Participant to provide required consents to distribution of any
Diversifiable ESOP Amount, shall relieve the ESOP of all obligation to make any
such distribution.
14.10 DISTRIBUTION OF SHARES
(a) An ESOP Participant's ESOP Account shall be available for distribution
to such ESOP Participant promptly after the earlier of the death, disability or
termination of employment of such ESOP Participant.
(b) If an ESOP Participant elects a distribution in Shares, certificates
for such Shares shall be delivered to the ESOP Participant as soon as
practicable after the effective date of the application.
(c) In the case of death of an ESOP Participant, distributions in respect
of Shares allocated to his or her ESOP Account shall be made to his or her
Beneficiary. In the case of disability or termination of employment with the
Company or an Affiliate, distributions in respect of Shares allocated to the
ESOP Participant's ESOP Account shall be made unless the ESOP Participant elects
otherwise.
(d) All distributions from an ESOP Participant's ESOP Account shall be made
in Shares; provided, however, that an ESOP Participant or Beneficiary shall have
the right to elect, on a form furnished by and submitted to his or her Employer,
to receive a distribution, other than a distribution upon termination of the
ESOP, in cash. Except in the case of a final distribution from an ESOP
Participant's ESOP Account and a distribution of the entire ESOP Account
balance, all distributions from such ESOP Account made in Shares shall be made
in respect of whole Shares only, and any fractional Share which is otherwise
distributable shall
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be retained in such ESOP Account until it can be combined, in whole or in part,
with another fractional Share which shall subsequently become distributable, so
as to make up a whole Share. A final distribution from an ESOP Account (except a
distribution upon termination of the ESOP) shall be made in respect of the
number of whole Shares then remaining in the ESOP Account, together with a cash
payment in respect of any fractional Share based on the closing price of a Share
as reported on the New York Stock Exchange consolidated tape on the last trading
day of the month immediately preceding the month in which such final
distribution is made. The Trustee, in each such case, shall purchase such
fractional Share from the ESOP Participant at a price equal to the cash payment
to be made to the ESOP Participant.
(e) Whenever the Trustee requires funds for the purchase of fractional
Shares, such funds shall be drawn from the accumulated income of the ESOP Trust
Fund, if any, and otherwise shall be advanced by the Employer upon the Trustee's
request, subject to reimbursement from future income of the ESOP Trust Fund. All
fractional Shares so purchased by the Trustee shall be allocated to the ESOP
Accounts of the remaining Participants at such intervals as shall be determined
by the Plan Administrator, but no later than the end of the next succeeding Plan
Year. The Trustee shall sell any Shares in respect of which a cash distribution
is to be made. The Trustee may make such sales on any securities exchange where
Shares are traded, in the over-the-counter market, or in negotiated
transactions. Such sales may be on such terms as to price, delivery and
otherwise as the Trustee may determine to be in the best interests of the ESOP
Participants. The Trustee shall complete such sales as soon as practical under
the circumstances having due regard for any applicable requirements of law
affecting the timing or manner of such sales.
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(f) Upon any termination of the ESOP, the ESOP Trust Fund shall continue
until all Shares which have been allocated to ESOP Participants' ESOP Accounts
have been distributed to the ESOP Participants, unless the Board directs an
earlier termination of the ESOP Trust Fund. Upon the final distribution of
Shares, or at such earlier time as the Board shall have fixed for the
termination of the ESOP Trust Fund, the Plan Administrator shall direct the
Trustee to allocate to the ESOP Participants any Shares then held by the Trustee
and not yet allocated, and the Trustee shall distribute to the ESOP Participants
any whole Shares which have been allocated to their ESOP Accounts but which have
not been distributed, shall sell all fractional Shares and distribute the
proceeds to the respective ESOP Participants entitled to such fractional Shares,
shall liquidate any remaining assets (other than Shares) held by the ESOP Trust
Fund, and shall apply the proceeds of such liquidation and any remaining funds
held by the Trustee, the disposition of which is not otherwise provided for, to
a distribution to all ESOP Participants then receiving a final distribution of
Shares, in proportion to the whole and fractional Shares to which each is
entitled; and the ESOP Trust Fund shall thereupon terminate.
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APPENDIX A
PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS
A. LIST OF PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS
The following list sets forth:
(i) the Participating Employers,
(ii) the effective date of each Employer's participation, and
(iii) the designation of those employees who will become
Participants or continue their participation in the Plan.
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EFFECTIVE DATE OF
NAME OF COMPANY PARTICIPATION ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES
Consolidated Edison May 1, 1996 All otherwise Eligible Employees.
Development, Inc.
Consolidated Edison Solutions, Inc. May 1, 1997 All otherwise Eligible Employees.
Consolidated Edison February 1, 1999 All otherwise Eligible Employees.
Communications, Inc.
Consolidated Edison Energy, Inc. March 1, 1998 All otherwise Eligible Employees.
Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. January 1, 2001 All otherwise Eligible Employees
Consolidated Edison Energy July 18, 1999 Employees working at the Western Massachusetts
Massachusetts, Inc. Electric Cogeneration Facility.
CED Operating Company, L.P. June 1, 2000 Employees working at the Lakewood Cogeneration
Facility
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